Cricket domestic competitions

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

**TV graphic**

* England v WI 2009, graphics
* The Hundred Win graphic
* TV network bug scoreboard
* TV executives plan to show which Hundred team is 'winning' with in-game graphic
* A simplified scoreboard is used (countdown, time)

Other

* Eventually all these formats will merge to form a single version of the short game - maybe T20 with more punitive rules to keep the pace of play up? I can see no reason why this form has to harm the longer forms - each has its own pros and cons. The days of kids and young adults wanting to attend a 3-day county game with their scorebook and pencil are not coming back. Given all the other entertainments on offer why would anyone want to join a handful of old people with their tupperware sandwiches and thermos coffees in an almost empty cricket ground
* ICC does not grant Afghanistan and Ireland Test status.
* ICC suspended South Africa and Zimbabwe's Test status.
* There is no ICC Women's Championship
* Brunei, Cuba, Morocco, Tonga and Zambia are not suspended except for their Test status

**South Africa**

* Cricket South Africa has sacked the country's entire selection panel, a day after head coach Mickey Arthur resigned ahead of a tour to India
* Allegedly irregular bonuses paid to its CEO Gerald Majola during the 2009 IPL
* The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has suspended the board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) due to maladministration and malpractice, meaning the organisation would no longer be recognised as the governing body in that country (section 13(5) of the Sports Act)
* Section 13(5) allows for the Minister to suspend funding and notify CSA that it will no longer be recognised as the game's governing body. That would mean it loses the power to select the national side.
* The member's council, which is made up of 14 presidents of affiliated unions, failed to pass a Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that would have seen an independent board take over the running of the game
* CSA has faced heavy flack from the sponsors over governance concerns. Recently, 30 commanding players from the men’s and women’s national teams endorsed a harsh word. It reprimanded the board for deferring CSA’s Annual General Meeting that was on 5th September.
* Exodus of white players
* Domestic legal battles
* Debt-busting austerity
* Cricket South Africa goes bankrupt.
* Lose money every time they host a Test match not involving England or India and generate much more revenue from white-ball games against the same opposition
* This led to South Africa playing far less Tests.

**West Indies**

* West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) goes bankrupt in 2008
* Suspend coach Phil Simmons just days out from a tour of Sri Lanka – and a couple of months before a visit to Australia
* Test players strike over contract dispute
* Quit the Indian tour without playing a single test match
* Multiple West Indies players preferring to play franchise T20 cricket over international tests.
* Shivnarine Chanderpaul controversially dropped against Australia.

Other

* Due to a lack of test matches and feeling it was more profitable having just limited-overs, all associate members and Zimbabwe scrapped their test team.
* Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) both went bankrupt and also face turmoil
* Most Tests make a net loss of over US$500,000
* New Zealand also played less Tests, 4 Tests in 18 months
* Headingley Cricket Ground were stripped of Test due to the Azeem Rafiq racism crisis (which was later thrown out due to Rafiq not only being a racist himself but admitted to making it up)
* Test matches to make way for more white-ball cricket in ICC Future Tor Programme 2014-2019

### Cricket laws

* Gender-neutral term 'batter' will be used in place of the traditional 'batsman' tag
* To create more of a sense of all matches being part of a greater whole, the ICC could borrow one of the IPL’s best and simplest ideas: orange and purple caps worn by the top run-scorers and wicket-takers in the competition
* Independent personnel that judge pitches according to their ability in providing competitive battles between bat and ball. The key should be even bounce in the first few days, and a little bit in it for everyone. If they fail, penalties can be applied. Leave the pitch preparation to the groundstaff.
* Pitches need more pace and more consistent bounce if the best batsmen and best bowlers are to thrive and attractive cricket be promoted. To do this, cricket needs a set of reliable metrics, because if you want to change things, you first must measure them. Golf’s stimpmeter offers a low-tech solution to assessing the pace of greens and that gadget might be adapted for cricket. For international matches, software that crunches Hawkeye data to produce an easy to understand measure of pace and bounce is surely not beyond the ken of the game that gave us Duckworth-Lewis.
* Standardization of ground sizes
* The bowling side to get 3 UDRS referrals and the batting side 1. The batting side usually know the outcome of their referral (inside edges for example), whereas the bowling side are usually backing their opinion. If the referral is correct, but stays with the original decision because it is within the margin of error, the referral should not count as one of the three / one allocated.
* There will be 10 match balls in total for each fixture, 1 in play, 1 with the umpire and 8 balls distributed around the pitch
* For ODIs and T20s, grounds should be zoned for the different needs of spectators. Stewarding should enforce family zones. Cricket (even T20 cricket) is a longish day and spectators should have some say over the company they enjoy.
* Fans should be encouraged to keep their eyes on the ball while it is in play, with no distractions on the big screens during overs other than the score. Stewards should also sit half-facing the play and half-facing the crowd, so they have some chance of taking evasive action should a flat-batted hit come their way. Introduce prizes for catching the ball.
* Make sure cricket grounds has sufficient women’s toilet or baby-changing facilities
* Remove the no runner rule and allow the batsman a luxury to have a runner when he wants to continue batting but is not able to run between wickets
* It should be allowed for any on-field injury which results in any player unable to take any further part in the match. Any big shoulder or hamstring injury or any injuries that make it impossible for the player to play. Neutral medical staff on the ground should judge the extent of those injuries and report to the umpire for a final decision. This rule can help both teams to stay on equal footing for the remainder of the game.
* Remove “Appeal Withdrawal Rule”
* Remove rule where “A Batsman CAN NOT be given OUT without an Appeal”
* Remove “Penalty Runs for Kicking the Ball over the Boundary” rule
* Remove rule where “the batsman is allowed to protect his wickets. This means, he can use just about any part of his body, pads, helmet or even the bat to prevent the ball from hitting the stumps” this will be hitting the ball twice.
* If the ball already stopped without him touching it the batsman can return the ball without being out
* The pitch does not have to be mowed every day
* If either side is not ready after the time has elapsed, they would be warned in the first instance and incur a five-run penalty every time it happened again during the innings
* Make ticket prices affordable for common public
* Coin toss scrapped and away team’s captain picking what he'd like to do
* The non-striker must return to their original end after a caught dismissal
* During DRS reviews, the standard protocol should be cut short as soon as the TV production team is aware that it will be 'not out.' For example, time is often spent trying to discern an inside edge for lbw decisions, only to see that the ball was missing the stumps. As soon as the ball tracking data has been loaded, if it will result in a 'not out' decision, the TV umpire should be informed immediately.
* Fake fielding is allowed
* A timer, to be shown on the scoreboard, to count down from 45 seconds from the call of ‘Over’, this would be increased to 80 seconds for a change of bowler. If either side is not ready to play when the clock reaches 0, they would receive a warning, with further infringements in that innings resulting in 5 penalty runs being awarded to the opposition.
* No drinks intervals are permitted. Players may be given drinks at the boundary edge or at the fall of a wicket provided no playing time is wasted. Outfielders have a drinks cooler placed around the boundary to sip whenever they want. Exception to this is if a match is over 30 degrees Celsius.
* No mid-pitch conversations allowed unless a player is hurt or ill and in need of attention, the striker should stay at one end and the non-striker at the other
* No equipment change unless equipment is broken.
* https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/01/13/eleven-ways-to-speed-up-test-cricket-time-to-cut-out-the-wasted-hours/#:~:text=Stump%20markings%20on,is%20totally%20unnecessary.
* During DRS reviews, the standard protocol should be cut short as soon as the TV production team is aware that it will be 'not out.' For example, time is often spent trying to discern an inside edge for lbw decisions, only to see that the ball was missing the stumps. As soon as the ball tracking data has been loaded, if it will result in a 'not out' decision, the TV umpire should be informed immediately.
* Test-styled wides
* ICC\_Cricket\_Code\_of\_Conduct, Level 1 is a yellow card, level 2 is a orange card, Level 3 & Level 4 are merged and is a red card. An orange card means missing a set number of overs and concede 5 penalty runs. A red card will see the guilty party removed from the game with no substitute allowed. Physical yellow and red cards (Changing the condition of the ball . Showing dissent at an umpire's decision by word or by action is a yellow card, Using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting is an orange card)
* Abolish “match referees”
* Scrap “That the Batsman cannot be adjudged OUT if the ball pitches outside the Leg Stump.” Makes no sense. Hawk Eye has proved that the ball can hit the stumps even if it is pitched outside the Leg Stump.
* Covered stadiums so that games are not hindered by rains, consequently no game will be curtailed or played more than designated time.
* If a ball pitches outside leg stump, and regardless of the point of impact, if the ball hits the body without touching the glove or the bat, the batsman is liable to be given out LBW subject to the ball hitting the stumps.
* The shortest boundary should be at least 70 meters from both sets of stumps.
* Restrictions on the weight and dimensions of the bat.
* Scrap leg byes, it should be a dead ball
* A throw from the fielder that hits the batsman accidentally will result in a dead ball.
* If a fielder hits the stumps directly in a successful attempt to get the batsman run-out, then the ball should be immediately considered dead upon impact and no further runs can be added to the current number of runs taken by the batsmen.
* If wicketkeeper takes his helmet off, maybe the umpire should hold it like a Cap
* DRS: leave no grey area and improvises accuracy in decision making
* If you get bowled on free-hit, you are not allowed to run byes (or leg-byes for that matter). It is ridiculous that sometimes the ball hits the stumps and then goes for four, and the team gets awarded a boundary. Free-hit should mean: you can’t get caught, stumped, bowled.
* No changing of equipment (unless there is an emergency) within the overs.
* The weight of the bails should be reduced. Since these days bails have LED in it, the necessary electrical equipment may be making it heavier. The bails can be thinner to reduce the weight.
* The groove over the stumps which hold the bails can be made less dipper.
* Since the bails, as well as stumps, have LED in it, it glows once the ball hit the stumps. This should be enough to decide the batsman is out or not. In that case, bails are not needed to be clipped off the stumps to decide a batsman is out or not.
* Use 1 ball instead of 2 balls for the entire match. These days 2 new balls have been used in the ODI matches from the beginning of an innings. As a result, when an innings is complete each ball is only 25 overs old. Thus the chances of reverse swing become very less. Instead of that if only 1 ball is used, later in the innings when the batsman tries to score faster, balls will start to show reverse swing which will give a bowler something more to fight with.
* Using light bails
* Bad light to be renamed “dangerous light” and only invoked if there is a clear and present danger to the players. The light is part of the environment in which the game is played – just get on with it.
* In stadiums where the roof is closed, if the ball hits the roof beam it will count as a '6', however if the ball hits the roof, ball tracking technology will be used to see if it will be a '6' or 'dead ball'. Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand. MCG in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (inside). Optus Stadium in Perth, WA (inside). Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, NSW, Australia (inside)
* International eligibility rule is: a) Born in the territory of the relevant nation; b) Biological mother or biological father was born in the territory of the relevant nation, or c) Grandmother or grandfather was born in the territory of the relevant nation. Eligibility by descent is strictly limited to biological descent; adoption is not considered at all. If a player has play at senior international level he cannot switch nations.
* Player umpires used for all levels below professional level.
* These things are the responsibility of the club. If 1 of our players intimidated an umpire or gave a batsman a send-off, then he would never play cricket for us again.
* If an opposition club did that, we would request that player be removed, and if not, we would simply remove that fixture from our calendar. If it was a league, we would make sure the league knew the reason why we wouldn't be playing them.
* Clubs that allow bad behaviour always end up losing all their players and eventually fold.
* https://www.streetdirectory.com/travel\_guide/7694/recreation\_and\_sports/improvement\_of\_cricket.html
* Make sure all nations use Hawk Eye and DRS.
* While the teams' Test kits should obviously remain white, the country name should be written clearly in front of the shirt in the colour of the respective cap. Also, the player's name and number on the back. New audiences need to identify the players.
* Market cricket well. Full-page ads and hoardings promoting games. Build the hype.
* Let regular grounds host matches, and make the event as fan-friendly as possible. In this way, people would look forward to say, the annual Mumbai Test or the Wellington Test. Again, a lesson to be learnt from Melbourne.
* Keep doctors, physiotherapists, psychologists and the rest where they belong – in the dressing room. Unless they are seriously hurt, Injured batsmen should be given two options: retire hurt or battle on
* https://www.thefulltoss.com/england-cricket-blog/a-5-point-plan-to-save-english-cricket/
* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/06/24/eight-ways-fix-test-crickets-uncertain-future/#:~:text=A%20Netflix%20for,sized%20Test%20nations.

ECB budget cuts mean overseas programmes are cut

England vs Ireland 2020 1st ODI Sky Sports Intro

https://vimeo.com/98454427

### **T10 cricket**

* Stop the pointless and stupid interviews during the match
* Make the teams 9 a side
* No strategic time outs
* A minimum of 2 overs per team will constitute a match. The YANK Model will be used to calculate run targets in rain-affected games.
* Each inning should last no longer than 45 minutes. Teams will incur a 6-run penalty if they fail to bowl the full 10 overs within 45mins.
* 10-minute break between innings
* New batsmen must be in position within 60 seconds of a wicket falling (3 minutes in test) otherwise be out by ‘timed out’
* Umpires can impose a 5 penalty runs for time-wasting by batsmen. They are expected to be ready as soon as the bowler is ready.
* Wickets to be renamed 'outs’. A team will be said to have made 72 runs for 2 'outs' and a bowler will have taken 21 'outs’
* A clock counting down (from 100 balls or 240 balls)
* Countdown from 45 seconds after the umpire calls 'over' with players on both sides expected to be ready to play by the time the clock reaches 0. Time increase to 60 seconds for a new bowler or batsman
* The fielding position of 3rd man is removed
* The batters will be referred to as "in" or "out" during the commentary of a match.
* ICC announced that it would grant ODI and T20I status to all of its 105 members
* New batsmen must be in position within 60 seconds of a wicket falling, if the batsman fails to be at the crease when the 60s elapses, the incoming batsman will be given timed out, on appeal.
* Umpires can impose a 5-run penalty for time-wasting by batsmen. They are expected to be ready as soon as the bowler is ready.
* Ends will be swapped every 2 overs (rather than 1 over).
* 50 seconds will come at the change of ends
* No-balls will be penalised by a free-hit next ball with standard rules on no-ball dismissals applying.
* An extra ball should not awarded following a wide or no-ball, in order to save time. Instead, 2 runs should be added to the score instead of the usual 1 run. This rule should not apply for the last over of each innings to ensure that no strategic advantage can be gained from the deliberate bowling of a wide or no-ball ball.
* Over -> Balls
* Observations after half-watching the Hundred on TV with a couple of kids milling about the place
* https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/catchy-new-jargon-dismissed-cricket-the-100-r93bmx0rw
* https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-sport/20210721/281483574401876
* Ensure more sporting pitches
* 10 players selected rather than 11.
* Change of ends after 30 balls.
* 5 outs instead of 10 meaning there will be 6 batters.
* Too many T20 matches are played with shorter boundaries of 55 to 65 MTS. The ICC needs to stipulate the boundary sizes to a minimum of 70mts for all T20 matches. With high-quality bats, even mistimed shots go for 6s which is too unkind for the bowlers. Hence to get the bowlers more into the game, the boundary sizes need to be increased.
* During DRS reviews, the standard protocol should be cut short as soon as the TV production team is aware that it will be 'not out.' For example, time is often spent trying to discern an inside edge for LBW decisions, only to see that the ball was missing the stumps. As soon as the ball tracking data has been loaded, if it will result in a 'not out' decision, the TV umpire should be informed immediately.
* Umpires can impose a 5-run penalty for time-wasting by batsmen. They are expected to be ready as soon as the bowler is ready.
* https://www.lastmanstands.com/rules#lms-t20-rules-of-play:~:text=RULE%20NUMBER%202,a%20Home%20Run.
* ICC should allow 2 bouncers per over
* Get rid of the dot ball information. Why show dot balls for each bowler? Surely it’s more important to show runs conceded by each bowler. Someone bowling 5 dot balls out of 10 when the other 5 are all hit for boundaries is far more expensive than someone who bowls 10 balls that all go for singles with no dot balls, yet the former would appear to be bowling better according to these scoreboards. The focus of the game is on runs scored and balls bowled (and runs and balls remaining).
* 5 main features take place: runs scored, runs required, wickets, balls bowled and balls remaining. Individual batters and bowlers have their name and score on screen. Run rate is superfluous to requirements.
* Give bowlers max 3 overs
* Every wicket lost gives you -5 runs
* https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/seven-ways-to-improve-t20-starring-high-res-cameras-shared-meals-and-more-1238363
* https://www.crictracker.com/umpires-call-could-be-scrapped-as-mcc-members-discuss-much-debated-law/

Allow only 5 wickets per innings for T20 matches. This will have the following benefits:

1. Teams will place more value on wickets. 10 wickets over 20 overs is way too much. You can afford to lose a wicket every couple of overs if you have half decent batsmen all through who can just throw their bats at everything and get away with a few. 5 wickets over 20 overs will make it a whole new ball game since teams will be afraid of getting bowled out without using their quota of overs. We need to reintroduce fear into batting in T20s.
2. Teams will pick more pure bowlers and fewer bits and pieces players which will improve the quality of cricket. Since at most you can use only 6 batsmen, there will be at least five genuine bowlers who earn their bread through bowling alone.
3. With the increased importance placed on wickets we will see teams try to dismiss opposition batsmen more than we see now. We might even see test match fields at least for the initial 2 - 3 overs with three slips, gullies etc. Also when a team has lost 3 or 4 wickets, the bowling side could again resort to more attacking fields if there is enough time left in the game.

All in all, we will see a lot more thought put into the game instead of the mindless slogging we are treated to these days

**Women’s Hundred**

* The latest BBC article on The Hundred fails to mention the women’s competition. The BBC has the rights to broadcast eight of the games from The Women’s Hundred, but I am not certain that they have to schedule them on BBC 1 or 2. They could quite easily put them on the Red Button channel or even have them as streaming-only on their website
* Alternatively, it appears that at least some women’s The Hundred games will be hosted by county outgrounds, such as Beckenham. That might present a problem for Sky and the BBC because smaller grounds like this might not be suitable for broadcasting live from. Loughborough (which hosts one of the Kia Super League teams) had this problem, for example.
* If The Women’s Hundred games are televised from smaller, less developed grounds that would make the women’s competition appear to be distinctly second-rate when compared to the men’s. Smaller stands, no floodlights, and no media center for the journalists and commentators. Playing at amateur cricket grounds makes professional women’s cricket appear amateurish.
* If games (perhaps even a majority of games) in The Women’s Hundred aren’t televised, it would make the typical franchise-style scheduling certifiably insane. Literally the only reason for playing one game at a time is to allow every single one to be shown on television without overlap. Without needing to accommodate a broadcaster, you’d play all of your games on the weekends or after work on weekdays in order to maximise attendance like every other professional sport (and of course the T20 Blast) already does. If three or four of them are on at the same time, who cares?

## **ECB board**

* Chairman: Richard Thompson
* Vice-Chairman: Barry O’Brien
* CEO: Tom Harrison
* COO: David Mahoney
* CFO: Scott Smith
* Chief Communicator officer: Kate Miller
* Chief Commercial officer: Steve Elworthy
* Chief Human Resources officer: Claire Dale
* Chief Marketing officer: Katie Bickerstaffe
* Chief Information Officer:
* Chief Medical Officer: Nick Peirce
* General counsel:
* Managing Director of county cricket: Neil Snowball
* Managing Director of grassroots cricket: Ian Lovett
* Managing Director of Men’s cricket: Andrew Strauss
* Managing Director of women’s cricket: Clare Connor
* Director: Alan Dickinson
* Director: Roger Hutton
* Director: Martin Darlow
* Senior Independent Non-Executive Director: Brenda Trenowden
* Non-Executive Director: Ron Kalifa
* Non-Executive Director: Lucy Pearson
* Non-Executive Director: Jim Wood
* Non-Executive Director: Valerie Amos

## **England men cricket coaching staff**

* Head of performance analysis:
* Head selector: James Taylor
* Deputy head selector: Ed Smith
* Selector: Tony Singh
* Selector: Andy Flower
* Selector: Michael Vaughan
* Selector: Ashley Giles
* Team doctor: Dr Moiz Moghal
* Head Physiotherapist: Ben Langley
* Head of Nutrition: Emma Gardner
* Head of Recovery and Performance: Hannah Jowitt
* Head of Fitness and Conditioning: Michael Bourne
* ECB Coaches Association administrator: Lord Morris of Handsworth

### Test coaches

* Head coach-Gary Kirsten
* Assistant coach-Graham Thorpe
* Batting coach-Jonathan Trott
* Fast bowling coach-Jon Lewis
* Spin bowling coach-David Parsons
* Wicketkeeper coach-Chris Read
* Fielding coach-Carl Hopkinson
* Strength and Conditioning Coach-Rob Ahmun
* Physiotherapist-Ben Davies
* Performance Analyst-Rupert Lewis
* Fitness Coach-Huw Bevan
* Tactical Statistician-

### **Limited overs coaches**

* Head coach-Paul Collingwood
* Assistant coach-Marcus Trescothick
* Batting coach-Jacques Kallis
* Fast bowling coach-Alan Richardson
* Spin bowling coach-Jeetan Patel
* Wicketkeeper coach-Steve Rhodes
* Fielding coach-Chris Taylor
* Strength and Conditioning Coach-Phil Scott
* Physiotherapist-Kirk Russell
* Performance Analyst-Nathan Leamon
* Fitness Coach-Ian Durrant
* Tactical Statistician-

### England Lions

* Head coach-Richard Dawson
* Geoff Arnold
* John Emburey
* Chris Read
* Ray Baker

### Youth staff

* Head of Youth Development-Peter Moores
* John Abraham-U19s Head coach
* Simon Guy-U16 Head coach
* Elite pathway coach-David Graveney

Batting coach

* Fast Bowling coach-Kevin Shine-
* Spin Bowling Coach-David Parsons-
* Fielding coach-Richard Halsall-
* Wicket keeping coach-Jack Russell-

## **England & Wales**

http://www.bonbeachycw.vic.cricket.com.au/files/6048/images/junior%20cricket%20pathway.jpg

http://millparkcc.vic.cricket.com.au/files/878/images/pathway.png

* Devon and Cornwall merge
* Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire
* Norfolk/Suffolk
* Staffordshire
* County one-day ticket should get a couple of complementary passes to a Bob Wills Trophy match. A company like McDonald’s, for example, would be able to give out The T20-branded cricket sets with their Happy Meals, along with prize draws to attend the games.
* Correct when the final was played at Lords on first Saturday in September people knew months in advance so could book tickets in advance. The semi finals were play a month before the final so both teams had 4 weeks to sell their allocation of tickets. That is why lords was neatly always full on the day. Asking fans to book time off, arrange travel, buy tickets with two days notice is a disgrace

The national team selects from their region, the regions select from the counties in their region, and the counties select straight from the Premier League clubs in their county.

Wales national team (Limited overs)

* Danelaw chairman: Colin Graves
* Yorkshire chairman: Kamlesh Patel
* Anthony McGrath-Head coach at Essex
* Michael Najdan-Performance Analyst at Kent cricket
* Paul Tweddle-Fielding coach at Somerset
* Paul Farbrace-Director of cricket at Warwickshire
* Min Patel-Spin bowling coach at Kent
* Mark Dekker-Head of player pathway
* Tony Frost-Batting coach at Warwickshire
* Carl Crowe-Lancashire
* James Whitaker
* Matt Prior is the co-owner and chief executive of One Pro Cycling, with the cycling team racing at the UCI Continental level in 2015, and were promoted to the second-tier Professional Continental level for 2016
* Graeme Swann summarizer on BBC TMS

All England Club

### **Bob Wills Trophy**

Bob Wills Trophy the teams will play a double round-robin (14 games, 7 home & 7 away). A maximum of 3 overseas players can be named in the Bob Wills Trophy squad.

3 day games are played in the months of June, July and August

* 1st ball bowled at 10:30am
* Session 1 – 2 hours of play
* Lunch – 40 minutes
* Session 2 – 2 hours of play
* Tea – 20 minutes
* Session 3 – 2.5 hours of play
* These day-night test matches start around 2pm and last till 10pm in the night.

### Friends Provident Trophy

The Friends Provident Trophy the teams will play a single round-robin + 1 additional 'rival' round (total of 8 games, 4 home and 4 away). Top team advances straight to the final, with the 2nd and 3rd placed team playing in the semi-final, winner of semi faces the 1st placed team in the Final at Lord's. It’s 4 points for a win and 2 points for a tie, no result or match abandoned without a ball bowled. Tiebreaking methods:

1. Runs Per Wicket Ratio
2. Matches won
3. Matches won away from home
4. Average Net Run Rate
5. Head-to-head record

A maximum of 3 overseas players can be named in Royal London One Day Cup squad.

### **Awards**

* PCA Player of the Year - the player who had the best year in English county cricket. The winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA).
* Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year - the player who had the best year in English county cricket but must be aged under 23 on 1 May of the awarding year. The winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the Cricket Writers' Club.

### **County Championship**

The teams in the County Championship are split into divisions of 8 teams, a team plays a double-round robin (14matches). The bottom 2 teams are relegated, the top 2 teams of the previous division is promoted. All matches are played for 3 days.

Kolpak players will no longer be used starting from 2020 due to Britain leaving the European Union, players with "settled or pre-settled status" will also not be protected. A maximum of 2 overseas players can be named in County Championship squad

The maximum number of overs bowled in a day is 90, and the team's first innings could be no longer than 120 overs. If 2 or more teams are tied on points then it’s determined by:

1. Matches won
2. Runs Per Wicket Ratio
3. Average Net Run Rate
4. Head-to-head record

**Points system**

* Win: 12 points
* Tie/No result/Match abandoned without a ball bowled: 6 points
* Loss: 0 points

**Batting bonus point**

* 200-249 runs: 1 point
* 250-299 runs: 2 points
* 300-349 runs: 3 points
* 350-399 runs: 4 points
* More than 400 runs: 5 points

**Bowling bonus point**

* 3-5 wickets taken: 1 point
* 6-8 wickets taken: 2 points
* 9 or 10 wickets taken: 3 points

At the end of each hour if 15 overs are not bowled any unbowled over results in 10 penalty runs. For example if a team bowls 13 overs in an hour that means the batting side will receive 20 penalty runs added to the extras.

A team may have points deducted for fielding an unregistered player, poor pitches, ball-tampering, breach of salary cap, discipline, and financial issues

### **Teams**

**Royal London One Day Cup**

Same as County Championship

**T20 Blast**

In the T20 Blast, the 18 counties regional teams are joined by 2 teams from Scotland, 2 from Netherlands, 2 from Ireland, teams are divided into 2 groups of 4 and play a double round-robin (6 games in total, 3 home, 3 away), top 2 of each group advances to Finals Day, both semi final and final is played in one venue on the same day. The venue is last year's champions. Played once every 3 days (weekend matches are played in the afternoon, all other day matches are played as a day/night). A maximum of 3 overseas players can be named in the T20 Blast squad.

**Euro T20 Slam awards**

Man of the Tournament – Best player of the tournament decided by the fans

Orange Cap - Leading run scorer. During the season the leading run scorer will wear the Orange Cap while fielding, at the conclusion of the tournament the player with the most runs wins the actual Orange Cap award on the day of the season's final. In a tie, the batsman with superior batting average would hold the Orange Cap

Purple Cap - Leading wicket-taker. During the season the leading wicket-taker will wear the Purple Cap while fielding, at the conclusion of the tournament the player with the most wickets wins the actual Purple Cap award on the day of the season's final. In a tie, the bowler with superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap

Maximum Sixes Award - is presented to the batsman who hits the most sixes in a season

Best Young Player of the Season - Best under-19 player

The Phantoms - Derby is the most haunted city in England, and also the city's links with Rolls Royce

* Gerard Butler
* Lycamobile & Empire Media Group buy Trinidad & Tobago.
* Punjab Kings
* Red Chillies Entertainment
* Silver Lake
* Murdoch family
* CVC Capital Partners

## **Trans-Tasman**

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Sheffield Shield (trophy)

## **Internationals**

Series are decided on a points system, taking into account ODI’s and T20I’s as well as well as Tests. 4 points for a Test victory (2 points for a draw, tie or no result), and 2 points for a limited-overs victory (1 point for a tie or no result). If a match was abandoned without a ball bowled then both teams get 0 points.

### **ICC Cricket World Cup**

The ICC Cricket World Cup is a One Day International (ODI) championship cricket consisting of 16 teams. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), held quadrennial. 8 teams will compete in a 1st Round where they’re spilt into 2 groups of 4, the top 2 team in the group advance to the Super 12s. Teams in the Super 12s are split into 2 groups of 6. The First Round and Super 12s are a single round-robin. During the group stage 2 games are played in 1 day, one at 11.30am and another at 2pm, 4 points for a win and 2 points for a tie or no result. Top 2 teams in the Super 12s advance to the knockout stage. If 2 or more teams are tied on points then it’s determined by:

* Runs Per Wicket Ratio
* Average Net Run Rate
* Net Wicket Ratio
* Matches won
* Head-to-head record
* ICC ODI World Rankings

If 2 teams are still tied then a Super Over commences. In the knockout stage, if a match is tied a Super Over commences.

Matches operated under normal ODI rules. All matches are 50 overs a side unless there’s a interruption (matches can be reduced by the umpire in case of interruptions). In the event of bad weather, each side must have batted a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared, if the match was not otherwise won (for example if the team batting second were dismissed before the completion of 20 overs). In the event of bad weather, the YANK method will be applied to determine a result or target. Every match has 2 reserve days, if still no action can take place after 2 reserve days than a Super Over commences.

Qualification

* Host(s)
* Top 8 teams from the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
* 6 Regional qualifiers (Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Europe and Oceania)
* 2 teams from the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

* 3 groups of 6 teams (18 teams). Top 2 teams advance to Super Six. Top 2 teams from Super 6 qualify.
* Bottom 6 of ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
* Top 2 of ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
* Top 2 of ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
* Top 2 of ICC Cricket ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
* 6 runners-up from regional qualifiers

**ICC ODI level**

The tournament is a partial round-robin league and will be played over 4 years. 14 teams, each team will play 12 other opponents, 8 at home and 8 away, in series consisting of 5 ODI match series. Top team is promoted to ICC Super League, bottom team is relegated. This means that a given team will not face all other opponents, but all teams will play the same number of matches

* Win – 10 points
* Tie, No result or match abandoned – 5 points
* Loss – 0 points

If a match is abandoned and the pitch or outfield is declared unfit by the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, then the match will be awarded to the visiting team.

* If 2 or more teams are tied on points then it’s determined by:
* Runs Per Wicket Ratio
* Average Net Run Rate
* Matches won
* Head-to-head record

### **ICC Super League**

The ICC Super League is the top level ODI league which was introduced in 2019. 14 teams participate in the league, of which the top 8 teams directly qualify for the next Cricket World Cup and the bottom 6 teams advance to the World Cup Qualifier for another chance to qualify. The Super League replaced the ODI rankings as the route to direct qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

### **ICC World Cricket League Division 1**

The ICC World Cricket League Division 1 is an ODI international cricket competition and the 2nd level of the ODI international league system.

### **ICC World Cricket League Division 2**

The ICC World Cricket League Division 2 is a ODI international cricket competition, and the 3rd level of the ODI international league system, which was introduced in 2019. 14 teams, each team will play 12 other opponents, 8 at home and 8 away, in series consisting of 5 ODI match series. Bottom team is relegated

### **ICC World Cricket League Division 3**

The ICC World Cricket League Division 3 is a ODI international cricket competition, and the 4th level of the ODI international league system, which was introduced in 2019. 14 teams, each team will play 12 other opponents, 8 at home and 8 away, in series consisting of 5 ODI match series. Bottom team is relegated

### **ICC World Cricket League Division 4**

The ICC World Cricket League Division 3 is a ODI international cricket competition, and the 5th level of the ODI international league system, which was introduced in 2019. 14 teams, each team will play 12 other opponents, 8 at home and 8 away, in series consisting of 5 ODI match series. Bottom team is relegated

### **ICC T20 World Cup**

The ICC T20 World Cup is a T20 International championship cricket consisting of 20 teams. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), held quadrennial. The teams are spilt into 4 groups of 5 teams in a single round-robin, top 2 teams advance to the knockout stage. 4 points for a win and 2 points for a tie, no result or match abandoned. Top 2 teams in the Super 12s advance to the knockout stage. If 2 or more teams are tied on points then it’s determined by:

* Runs Per Wicket Ratio
* Average Net Run Rate
* Matches won
* Head-to-head record

If 2 teams are still tied then a Super Over commences. In the knockout stage, if a match is tied a Super Over commences. The semi-final and final is played in 1 day in 1 venue, known as Finals Day

Qualification

* (Hosts)
* Top 8 teams from T20 World Cup
* The top 2 teams not already qualified from the T20 World Series also qualify
* 6 Regional qualifiers (Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Europe and Oceania)
* 4 teams from the T20 World Cup Qualifier

T20 World Cup Qualifier

* 12 teams are spilt into 2 groups of 6 teams. Top 2 teams advance to the T20 World Cup
* 6 Regional qualifiers runner-up
* Lowest 4 teams from the previous T20 World Cup tournament
* 2 highest ranked teams (based from ICC T20I Championship) not already qualified

ICC T20 Champions League