General Playing Regulations
The only significant change in the 2014 General PLaying Regulations, is the introduction of the new registration system which has necessitated alterations in Regulation 2 although the general principles remain the same.
The arrangements governing the refixing of no result matches in late season which were introduced on an ad hoc basis in August 2013 have now been formalised and included in the regulations.
The requirement that a player must play at least once in any four week period to remain in a starring list is retained. However a single appearance in a midweek cup match will not count for such purposes.
Competition Regulations
General – Starting times remain as was but there has been some tidying up of tea times in some competitions – see individual comp. regs.
Divs 1 -4
(i) Penalty for breaching the Permitted Time Allocation has been changed. Fielding side will simply be penalised 6 runs for every over not bowled within the permitted time.
(ii) Minimum length from centre of pitch being used to any point on the boundary is specified as 40 yards.
Divs 5 – 14
(i) Basic fielding circle introduced for Divs 5 and 6
(ii) Minimum length from centre of pitch being used to any point on the boundary is specified as 35 yards – Divs 5 – 9 and 30 yds Divs 10 - 14.
Senior Cup
(i) Same changes as Divs 1-4
Cups below Senior
Senior 2
(i) Same changes as Divs 1-4
(ii) One Over Eliminator (OOE) prescribed for all cases of ties (bowl out if conditions do not allow OOE).
Middle Cup
(i) Same changes as Divs 5-9
(ii) One Over Eliminator (OOE) prescribed for all cases of ties (bowl out if conditions do not allow OOE).
All Cups below Middle
(iii) Ties in rounds other than the final – bowl out, Ties in Final – OOE (bowl out if conditions do not allow OOE).
Middle 2 Cup
(i) Boundary length to be 35 yds as in Divs 5 – 9
Cups below Middle 2
(i) Boundary length to be 30 yds as in Divs 10 – 14
Midweek Cups
Alan Murray Cup
(i) Starting time for section matches specified as 6.00 pm.
(ii) Permitted Time Allocation (PTA) for 20 overs to be 80 mins.
(iii) Penalty for breaching the Permitted Time Allocation has been changed. Fielding side will simply be penalised 6 runs for every over not bowled within the permitted time.
(iv) One Over Eliminator (OOE) to be used to resolve ties in semi-finals and final (bowl out if conditions do not allow OOE).
Other cups
(i) Pink balls to be used in YMCA Salver (as well as in Tillain cup as in 2013).
(ii) Resolution of ties – where runs scored and wickets lost are equal, resolution of the tie will be by way of a bowl out in the early rounds and a One Over Eliminator (OOE) in the final (bowl out if conditions do not allow OOE).
(iii) Whelan Cup matches will now consist of twenty 6 ball overs a side.
All of the competition regulations can be viewed on the regulations page at http://www.cricketleinster.ie/regulations