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Test
Match Playing Conditions
Except
as modified for One Day
Internationals and in the section on
Other Tour matches,
these playing conditions shall apply to all tour matches.
- Laws
of Cricket
Except as varied hereunder the
Laws of Cricket
(1980 Code) Second Edition - 1992 and subsequent amendments shall
apply.
- Duration
of Matches
Test Matches shall be of five days scheduled
duration. The two participating countries may:
- Provide
for a rest day during the match, and/or a reserve day after the
scheduled days of play.
- Play
on any scheduled rest day, conditions and circumstances permitting,
should a full day's play be lost on any day prior to the rest day.
- Play
on any scheduled reserve day, conditions and circumstances
permitting, should a full day's play be lost on any day. Play shall
not take place on more than 5 days.
- Make
up time lost in excess of five minutes in each day's play due to
circumstances outside the game other than acts of God.
-
Hours
of Play, Intervals and Minimum Overs in the Day
3.1
Start
and Cessation Times: To be determined by the Home Board, subject
to there being 6 hours scheduled for play per day (Pakistan a
minimum of five and a half hours), and subject to:
Minimum Overs in the Day in Test Matches
- Play
shall continue on each day until the completion of a minimum number
of overs or until the scheduled or re-scheduled cessation time,
whichever is the later.
The minimum number of overs to be
completed, unless an innings ends or an interruption occurs shall
be:
- on days other
than the last day - a minimum of 90 overs.
- on the last
day - a minimum of 75 overs (or 15 overs per hour) for playing time
other than the last hour when Clause (e)
below shall apply.
- Additional Hour:
Subject to weather and light, except in the last hour of the match, in the event of play
being suspended for any reason other than normal intervals, the
playing time on that day shall be extended by the amount of time
lost up to a maximum of one hour. In these circumstances, the minimum number of overs
to be bowled shall be in accordance with the provisions of this clause and
the cessation time shall be rescheduled accordingly.
- If play
has been suspended for 30 minutes or more prior to the commencement
of the scheduled tea interval, the tea interval shall be delayed for
half an hour.
- Experimental Condition - subject
to both Boards agreement prior to start of the Tour.
If any time is lost and cannot be
made up under (iii) above, additional time up to a maximum of one hour per day
shall be added to the scheduled playing hours for the next day, and subsequent day(s)
as required (to make up as much lost time as possible). Of this additional time the
first 30 minutes (or less) shall be added prior to the scheduled start of the first session,
and the remainder shall be added to the last session.
- When
an innings ends, a minimum number of overs shall be bowled from the
start of the new innings. The number of overs to be bowled shall be
calculated at the rate of one over for each full four minutes to
enable a minimum of 90 overs to be bowled in a day, and the time for
close of play shall be rescheduled accordingly. The last hour of the
match shall be excluded from this calculation when
Clause (e) shall apply.
Where a change
of innings occurs during a day's play, in the event of the team
bowling second being unable to complete its overs by the scheduled
cessation time, play shall continue until the required number of
overs have been completed.
Where there is a change of innings
during a day's play (except at lunch or tea), 2 overs will be
deducted from the minimum number of overs to be bowled.
- Except
in the last hour of the match, for which Clause
(e) makes provision, if play is suspended due to adverse
weather or light for more than one hour in aggregate on any day, the
minimum number of overs shall be reduced by one over for each full 4
minutes of the aggregate playing time lost.
- On
the last day, if any of the minimum 75 overs, or as recalculated,
have not been bowled when one hour of scheduled playing time
remains, the last hour of the match for the purposes of
Clause (e) shall be the hour immediately
following the completion of these overs.
-
Law
17.6 and
17.7
will apply except that a minimum of 15 (six ball) overs shall be
bowled in the last hour and all calculations with regard to
suspensions of play or the start of a new innings shall be based on
one over for each full 4 minutes (refer (i) below). If, however, at any time after 30
minutes of the last hour have elapsed both Captains (the batsmen at
the wicket may act for their Captain) accept that there is no
prospect of a result to the match, they may agree to cease play at
that time.
- Notwithstanding
any other provision, there shall be no further play on any day,
other than the last day, if a wicket falls or a batsman retires or
if the players have occasion to leave the field during the last
minimum over within 2 minutes of the scheduled or re-scheduled
cessation time or thereafter.
- An
over completed on resumption of a new day's play shall be
disregarded in calculating minimum overs for that day.
- Except
on the final day, if in the event of ground, weather or light
conditions causing a suspension and/or if the players are already
off the field at the re-scheduled cessation time or any time
thereafter, stumps shall be drawn.
- Fractions
are to be ignored in all calculations re the number of overs except where there is a change
of innings in a day's play, when the over in progress at the conclusion
shall be rounded up.
- The
scoreboard shall show:
- The total
number of overs bowled with the ball currently in use; and
- The minimum
number of overs remaining to be bowled in a day.
- Penalties shall apply for slow over-rates
3.2
The Umpires
may decide to play 30 minutes (a minimum of eight overs) extra
time at the end of any day (other than the last day) if requested by either captain if, in the umpires
opinion, it would bring about a definite result on that day (this
is in addition to the maximum one hour's extra time provided for in
3.1(a)(iii) above). If the umpires do not believe a result
can be achieved no extra time shall be allowed.
3.3
Use
of Lights:
Experimental Condition (1 year
from 1st September 1998) - subject to both Boards agreement prior to
the Tour.
If in the opinion of the umpires, natural light is
deteriorating to an unfit level, they shall authorise the ground
authorities to use the available artificial lighting so that the
match can continue in acceptable conditions.
The lights are
only to be used to enable a full day's to be completed as provided
in Clause 3 - Hours of play, Intervals and
Minimum Overs in the Day.
In the event of power failure or
lights malfunction, the existing provisions of Clause
3 'Hours of Play, Intervals and Minimum Overs in the Day' shall
apply.
Once the lights have been turned on, they must remain on
for the remainder of the days play.
3.4
Luncheon
Interval:
Law
16.2 shall be replaced by the following:
of 40 minutes
duration from ... to ... Where an innings concludes, or there is a
break in play, within 10 minutes of the scheduled interval, the
interval will commence at that time and be limited to 40 minutes.
3.5
Tea
Interval: of 20 minutes duration from ... or at the conclusion
of the over in progress at the above time subject to circumstances
provided for in
Law
16.3,
16.4
and
16
Note (b).
Law
16.5 shall not apply.
3.6
Intervals
for Drinks: The provisions of
Law
16.6 shall be strictly observed except that under conditions
of extreme heat the Umpires may permit extra intervals for drinks.
An individual player may be given a drink either on the boundary
edge or at the fall of a wicket, on the field, provided that no
playing time is wasted. No other drinks shall be taken onto the
field without the permission of the Umpires. Any player taking
drinks onto the field shall be dressed in proper cricket attire.
3.7
Time
Keeping: A clock on the ground shall be used to regulate the
hours of play and intervals. The Umpires must notify the Ground
Authority which clock is to be followed, so that the spectators and
representatives of the media may be informed. If the clock in the
ground is out of order, the watches of the Umpires shall determine
the time.
The host country may provide for the ringing of a
bell and shall inform the visiting country at the start of the tour.
The bell will be rung 5 minutes before the termination of an
interval, when the Umpires shall go to the wickets.
- Appointment
of Umpires
For as long as ICC maintains an International Panel of Umpires, the following rules for the selection and
appointment of Test Match Umpires shall be followed as far as is practicable to do so:
- ICC
will establish each year a Panel of up to 20 Umpires nominated by
the Test countries and will appoint one Umpire from that Panel to
stand in each Test match.
- The
Home Board shall appoint a Committee for the purpose of nominating
the other Umpire to officiate in each Test Match in its country.
- Test
Match Umpires shall be nominated by this Committee from those
Umpires officiating in first class matches during the current
season.
- As
long as possible before each Test Match, ICC will advise the Home
Board of the name of its appointee and the Home Board will advise
the Manager of the touring team of both Umpires names.
- The
Home Board shall also appoint a third Umpire (using the procedures
in (b) and (c)) who shall act as the emergency Umpire and officiate
in regard to TV replays.
- The
third Umpire will officiate in regard to TV replays only when the
Umpires on the field have referred a decision to him in regard to
hit wicket, run out, caught or stumping appeals.
Either the on field or
third umpire shall be entitled to call for a TV replay to assist him
in making a decision about whether the fieldsman had any part of his
person in contact with the ball when he touched or crossed the
boundary line or whether a four or six had been scored (refer to
Regulation of ICC Full Members, Clause 2).
- Neither
team will have a right of objection to an Umpire's appointment.
- Substitutes
5.1
Law
2.1 will apply as modified:
In normal circumstances,
a Substitute shall be allowed to field only for a player who
satisfies the Umpires that he has become injured or become ill
during the match. However, in very exceptional circumstances, the
Umpires may use their discretion to allow a Substitute for a player
who has to leave the field or does not take the field for other
wholly acceptable reasons, subject to consent being given by the
opposing Captain. If a player wishes to change his shirt, boots
etc., he may leave the field to do so (no changing on the field) but
no Substitute will be allowed.
5.2
Law
2.6 (Runner's Equipment) will apply as modified:
The
player acting as Runner for an injured Batsman shall at all times
wear similar external clothing and protective equipment as the
injured Batsman.
5.3
Law
2.8 - Fieldsman Leaving the Field
In place of Law
2.8, the following will apply:
No fieldsman shall leave the
field or return during a session of play without the consent of the
Umpire at the bowler's end. The Umpire's consent is also necessary
if a Substitute is required for a fieldsman at the start of play or
when his side returns to the field after an interval. If a member of
the fielding side does not take the field at the start of play,
leaves the field or fails to return after an interval and is absent
from the field longer than 8 minutes (2 overs):
- the
player shall not be permitted to bowl in that innings after his
return until he has been on the field for at least that length of
playing time for which he was absent. In the event of a follow-on,
this restriction will, if necessary, continue into the second
innings.
- the
player shall not be permitted to bat unless or until, in the
aggregate, he has returned to the field and/or his side's innings
has been in progress for at least that length of playing time for
which he has been absent or, if earlier, when his side has lost five
wickets.
The restriction in (i) and (ii) above shall not
apply if a player has suffered an external blow (as opposed to an
internal injury such as a pulled muscle) while participating earlier
in the match and consequently been forced to leave the field. Nor
shall it apply if the player has been absent for very exceptional
and wholly acceptable reasons (other than injury or illness) and
consent for a Substitute has been granted by the opposing captain.
Note - in the event of a fieldsman already being off the
field at the commencement of an interruption in play through ground,
weather or light conditions, he shall be allowed to count such
stoppage time as playing time, provided that he personally informs
the Umpires when he is fit enough to take the field had play been in
progress.
- Law
3.8 - Fitness of Ground, Weather and Light
6.1
Add
the following to paragraph (1) and delete clause (i):
The
Umpires will suspend, or continue to suspend play for bad light when
they consider that there is a risk of serious physical injury to the
batsman, or where conditions are unfit for play. Amongst the facts to be considered are background, sight
screens and the type of bowling. Before deciding to suspend play, or
not to resume play after an interval on account of bad light (but
for no other reason), the Umpire shall establish whether the Captain
of the batting team (the batsmen at the wicket may deputise for
their Captain) wishes to continue in unfit conditions; if so, his
wishes shall be met.
6.2
Add
the following to the last sentence of 3.8 (a) (ii):
... or, as
a consequence of a change of bowler, if batting conditions have
become more dangerous.
6.3
The
Umpires shall disregard any shadow on the pitch from the stadium or
from any permanent object on the ground.
- Law
5 - The Ball
The Home Board shall provide cricket
balls of an approved standard for Test cricket and spare used balls
for changing during a match which shall also be of the same brand.
Wherever possible the Home Board will make available more than one
make of approved ball and the Captains may agree as to the make to
be used. In the event of a disagreement between the Captains, the
Home Board shall decide by the toss of a coin. The fielding Captain
or his nominee may select the ball with which he wishes to bowl
from the supply provided by the Home Board. Such a selection must
take place in the presence of the umpires in the umpires room.
The Umpires shall
retain possession of the match ball(s) throughout the duration of
the match when play is not actually taking place. During play
Umpires shall periodically and irregularly inspect the condition of
the ball and shall retain possession of it at the fall of a wicket,
a drinks interval, at the end of each over, or any other disruption
in play.
Law
5.4 - New Ball
The Captain of the fielding side
shall have the choice of taking a new ball any time after 80 overs
have been bowled with the previous ball.
Law
5.5 - Ball Lost or Becoming Unfit for Play
In
the event of a ball during play being lost or, in the opinion of the
Umpires, being unfit for play through normal use, the Umpires shall
allow it to be replaced by one that in their opinion has had a
similar amount of wear. However, if the ball needs to be replaced after 110 overs
for any of the reasons above, it shall be replaced by a new ball. If the ball is to be
replaced, the umpire shall inform the Batsmen.
- Law
6 - The Bat
Law
6.1 will apply as modified:
The bat overall shall not be
more than 38 inches / 96.5 cm in length; the blade of the bat shall
be made of wood, shall have a conventional "flat" face and
shall not exceed 4.25 inches / 10.8 cm at the widest part.
- Law
7 - The Pitch
In addition to the
Law
7.2, the following will apply:
Captains, Umpires, the
Referee and Groundsmen should co-operate to ensure that, prior to
the start of any day's play, no-one bounces a ball on the pitch or
strikes it with a bat to assess its condition or for any other
reason, or causes damage to the pitch in any other way.
Prior
to the start of play on any day, only the Captain and Team Coach may
walk on the pitch to assess its condition. Spiked footwear is not
permitted.
Prior to the commencement of a day's play, one TV
commentator and camera crew of the official licensed TV
broadcaster/s (but not news crew) may be permitted to inspect the
pitch and surrounds subject to the following:
- a
ball must not be bounced on the pitch
- A
key or knife may only be inserted in the pitch in the area between
the popping and bowling creases
In the event of any dispute, the
Referee in consultation with the Home Board will rule and his ruling
will be final.
- Law
9.2 - The Popping Crease
Law 9.2 shall apply,
except that the reference to "a minimum of 6ft" shall be
replaced by " a minimum of 15 yards".
- Law
10 - The Pitch
Law
10.1 - Rolling of the Pitch
Law 10.1 will apply, but
add the following sentence to the first paragraph:
However, if
in the opinion of the Umpires, the delay has had no significant
effect upon the state of the pitch, they shall refuse any request
for the rolling of the pitch.
In addition the Umpires are
empowered to authorise the Groundsman to roll, sweep and otherwise
treat the pitch by such manner and means which they, bearing in mind
the advice of the Groundsman, consider will return the state of the
pitch as near as possible to that pertaining when the choice of
innings was made.
Law
10.3 (d) - Mowing of the Outfield
The outfield shall
be mown daily before play begins.
Law
10.6 - Maintenance of Foot Holes
Law 10.6 will apply
but add:
The Umpires shall see that whenever possible and
whenever it is considered necessary, action is taken during all
intervals in play to do whatever is practicable to improve the
bowler's foot holes. As soon as possible after the conclusion of
each day's play, bowlers foot holes will be repaired.
- Covering
the Pitch - Before and During a Match
In place of
Law
11.1 and
11.2,
the following shall apply:
In all matches, the pitch shall be
entirely protected against rain up to the commencement of play and
for the duration of the period of the match. It shall be wholly
covered at the termination of each day's play or providing the
weather is fine, within a period of two hours thereafter.
The
covers shall be removed no earlier than 5.00am and no later than
7.00am on each morning of the match (including the rest day)
provided it is not raining at the time, but they will be replaced if
rain falls prior to the commencement of play.
Note: the covers
must totally protect the pitch and also the pitch surroundings, a
minimum of 5 metres either side of the pitch and any worn or soft
areas in the outfield, as well as the bowlers run-ups to a distance
of at least 10 x 10 metres.
Attention is drawn to
Law
3 Note (c) and
Law
11.3.
- Drying
of Pitch and Ground
- Prior
to tossing for choice of innings the artificial drying of the pitch
and outfield shall be at the discretion of the Groundsman.
Thereafter and throughout the match the drying of the outfield may
be undertaken at any time by the Groundsman, but the drying of the
affected area of the pitch shall be carried out only on the
instructions and under the supervision of the Umpires. The Umpires
shall be empowered to have the pitch dried without reference to the
Captains at any time they are of the opinion that it is unfit for
play.
- The
Umpires may instruct the Groundsman to use any available equipment,
including any roller for the purpose of drying the pitch and making
it fit for play.
Note - an absorbent roller may be used
to remove water from the covers including the cover on the match
pitch.
- Law
15.2 - Practice on the Field
At no time on any
day of the match shall there be any bowling or batting practice on
the pitch or the square, except in official netted practice pitch
areas. In addition there shall be no bowling or batting practice on
any part of the square or the area immediately parallel to the match
pitch after the commencement of play on any day. Any fieldsman
contravening this Law may not bowl his next over.
No practice
may take place on the field if, in the opinion of the Umpires, it
could result in a waste of time.
- Law
19 - Boundaries
15.1
The
boundary shall be the fence or a rope inside the fence. The pitch
shall be a minimum 60 yards from one boundary square of the pitch.
When this minimum distance is used, the pitch has to be a minimum 80
yards from the opposite square boundary. The straight boundary at
both ends of the pitch shall be a minimum of 60 yards. Distances
shall be measured from the centre of the pitch to be used.
Note: any ground on which a Test or One day International has been
played prior to 1st July 1995 which does not conform with these
minimum dimensions shall be exempted from this playing condition.
Any new ground must conform to these minimum dimensions.
If an
unauthorised person enters the playing arena and handles the ball,
the Umpire at the bowler's end shall be the sole judge of whether
the boundary allowance should be scored or the ball be treated as
still in play or called dead ball if a batsman is liable to be out
as a result of the unauthorised person handling the ball.
15.2
Note
(a)
Sight screens shall be provided at both ends of all
grounds. Advertising shall be permitted on the sight screen behind
the striker, providing it is removed for the subsequent over from
that end.
- Law
22.7 - Bowler Incapacitated or Suspended During an Over
The following shall apply in place of Law 22.7:
If for any
reason, a Bowler is incapacitated while running up to bowl the first
ball of an over, or is incapacitated or suspended during an over,
the Umpire shall call and signal 'dead ball' and another bowler
shall bowl or complete the over from the same end, provided only
that he shall not bowl two overs, or part thereof, consecutively in
one innings.
- Law
24.1 The Ball - Mode of Delivery
Law 24.1 will
apply except that the bowler may not deliver the ball underarm. If a
bowler bowls a ball underarm the umpire shall call and signal dead
ball, and the ball is to be re-bowled overarm.
In addition, the umpire at
the bowler's end shall call and signal no ball if a ball which the
umpire considers to have been delivered:
- bounces
more than twice or
- rolls
along the ground or
- comes
to rest
before
it reaches the striker or, if not otherwise played by the striker,
before it reaches the popping crease. If the ball comes to rest in
such circumstances, the Umpire will call No Ball and
Law
25.3 shall apply.
- Law
24.2 Fair Delivery - The Arm
Law 24.2 shall apply
with the following:
The umpire shall also adopt the procedures
of caution, final warning, action against the Bowler and reporting
as set out in
Law
42.8.
- Law
24.8 - Penalty
The following shall apply in place of Law
24.8. A penalty of one run shall be scored for a no ball, plus any runs scored from
the delivery. The above penalty shall also apply to clause 26.1 (fast short pitched balls) and
clause 27 (fast, high, full pitched balls).
- Law
24.8 and
25.6
In addition, the following shall apply:
No balls and wide balls
not scored from shall be included in the bowling analysis of the
bowler responsible.
- Law 25.1 - Judging a Wide
Law 25.1
will apply but in addition:
(i)For bowlers whom umpires consider to be
bowling down the leg side as a negative tactic,
the One Day International Wide interpretation
shall be applied
(ii) In place of Laws 25.2,
25.6
and 25.8 the following will apply:
A penalty of one run for a wide shall be scored. This penalty shall stand in addition to any
other runs which are scored or awarded. All runs which are run or result from a Wide Ball which
is not a No Ball shall be scored Wide Balls.
- Law
30 - Bowled
The following shall apply in place of
Law
30.1 (b):
He plays the ball, or if it touches his person,
then hits or kicks it into and breaks his wicket and in the Umpire's
judgement an attempt to protect the wicket has been made, the
striker will be given out on appeal - bowled. Completion of the
stroke will not be considered if an attempt is made to protect the
wicket. See
Law
34.1 (Out - Hit the Ball Twice).
- Helmets
(and Protective Equipment)
In addition to
Laws
23.1 (e),
32.2
(e),
38
Note (c) and
41.4
the following shall apply:
The striker is out under this Law if
the ball is deflected from his bat onto his own protective helmet
and he is subsequently caught. Runs may be scored off deflections
from the batsman's or fielder's helmet.
A batsman may call for
a helmet to be brought out to him at any time. He must then wear or
carry it personally all the time while play is in progress, or can
have it taken off the field at the fall of a wicket, or at the end
of an over, or at any drinks interval.
In all cases, no actions
involving helmets are to waste playing time. Umpires are not to hold
helmets.
The exchanging of protective equipment between members
of the fielding side on the field shall be permitted provided that
the Umpires do not consider that it constitutes a waste
of playing time. A batsman may only change other items of protective equipment
(e.g. batting gloves, etc.) provided that there is no waste of
playing time.
- Law
42.3 - Unfair Play
In addition to Law 42.3 the following will apply:
It is normal fielding practice for fielders in recognised close
to the wicket catching positions to be stationary, and for outfielders to walk in towards
the striker when the bowler commences his run up. Any significant movement, off line or in depth, by a
fielder once the bowler commences his run up is considered unfair and either umpire
shall take action under Law 42.3 (Unfair Play).
As a guide, the movement of a wicket keeper standing back who moves up to the stumps
would be regarded as significant, whereas the movement forward by a wicket keeper of a
couple of paces for a slower delivery or in taking his normal stance would not be
regarded as significant, The same provision will apply to a slip fielder who takes only
a couple of steps forward. The umpire has to make a judgement taking all the
circumstances into account.
- Law
42.4 - (Lifting the Seam) and
42.5
- (Changing the Condition of the Ball)
In the event
that a ball has been interfered with and requires replacement the
batsman at the wicket shall choose the replacement ball from a
selection of six other balls of similar degrees of usage (including
a new ball) and of the same brand as the ball in use prior to the
contravention.
-
Law
42.8 - The Bowling of Fast, Short-Pitched Balls
26.1
- A
bowler shall be limited to two fast short pitched deliveries per
over.
- A
fast, short pitched ball is defined as a ball which passes or would
have passed above the shoulder height of the batsman standing
upright at the crease
- In
the event of a bowler bowling more than two fast short pitched
deliveries in an over, either Umpire shall call and signal no ball
on each occasion.
- The
penalty for a fast short pitched no ball shall be one run plus any
runs scored from the delivery.
- A
differential signal shall be used to signify a fast short pitched
delivery. The Umpire shall call and signal "no-ball" and
then raise the other arm across the chest.
Where
a bowler delivers a third fast short pitched ball in one over which
is also a no-ball under
Law
24 e.g. a front foot no-ball, the penalty will be 1 run plus
any runs scored from that delivery, i.e. the greater penalty will
apply.
If a bowler delivers a third fast short pitched ball in
an over, not only must the Umpire call no ball, but he must invoke
the procedures of
Law
42.8 (a) in regard to cautioning the bowler.
If a bowler
is no balled a second time in the innings for the same offence, the
Umpire shall advise the bowler this is his final warning as provided
for in
Law
42.8 (b).
A third such offence in the same innings shall
cause the Umpire to invoke
Law
42.8 (d) i.e. the bowler shall be removed forthwith and cannot
bowl again in that innings.
The above is not a substitute for
Law
42.8 (as amended below), which Umpires are able to apply at
any time.
26.2
Law
42.8 (as amended Experimentally)
The bowling of
fast short pitched balls is unfair if the Umpire at the Bowler's end
considers that by their repetition and taking into account their
length, height and direction, they are likely to inflict physical
injury on the Striker, irrespective of the protective clothing and
equipment he may be wearing. The relative skill of the Striker shall
also be taken into consideration.
In the event of such unfair
bowling, the umpire at the Bowler's end shall adopt the following
procedure:
- In
the first instance the Umpire shall call and signal no ball, caution
the Bowler and inform the other Umpires, the Captain of the fielding
side and the Batsmen of what has occurred.
- If
this caution is ineffective, he shall repeat the above procedure and
indicate to the Bowler that this is a final warning.
- Both
the above caution and final warning shall continue to apply even
though the Bowler may later change ends.
- Should
the above warnings prove ineffective the Umpire at the Bowler's end
shall:
- At the first
repetition call and signal no ball and when the ball is dead direct
the Captain to take the Bowler off forthwith and to complete the
over with another Bowler, provided that the Bowler does not bowl two
overs or part thereof consecutively. See
Law
22.7. (Bowler incapacitated or Suspended during an Over).
- Not allow the
Bowler, thus taken off, to bowl again in the same innings.
- Report the
occurrence to the Captain of the batting side as soon as the Players
leave the field for an interval.
- Report the
occurrence to the Executive of the fielding side and to any
governing body responsible for the match who shall take any further
action which is considered to be appropriate against the Bowler
concerned.
- Law
42.9 - The Bowling of Fast, High, Full Pitched Balls
Law 42.9 and Law 42 Note (e) shall be replaced by the following:
The bowling of
fast high full-pitched balls is unfair. Any fast high full
pitched ball which passes or would have passed above waist height
of a batsman standing upright
at the crease shall be called and signalled "No Ball"
by the umpire at the bowler's end.
In the event of a bowler bowling a fast high pitched ball (i.e. a beamer)
the Umpire at the Bowler's end shall adopt
the following procedure:
(a) In the first instance the umpire shall call and signal no ball, caution the
Bowler and issue a first and final warning and inform the other umpire, captain of the
fielding side and the Batsmen of what has occurred.
(b) At the first repetition call and signal no ball and when the ball is dead direct the
captain of the fielding side to take the Bowler off forthwith and to complete the over
with another Bowler, provided that the Bowler does not bowl two overs or part
thereof consecutively.
(c) Not allow the Bowler, thus taken off, to bowl again in the same innings.
- Law
42.11 - Players Damaging the Pitch
Law 42.11 (c) shall be replaced by the following:
In the event of the batsmen damaging the pitch, the umpire at the bowler's end shall follow
the procedures of caution and final warning set out in Law 42.10 (c). Should the above warnings
prove ineffective the umpire shall intervene without appeal by calling and signalling
"Dead Ball" as soon as he considers there is no immediate chance of a dismissal, disallow
any runs, and return the batsmen to their original ends.
- Law
42 Note (c)
Law 42 Note (c) shall apply except
that the reference to "4ft" shall be replaced by "5ft".
- "Hitting
Up"
Teams are required to observe Ground Authority
regulations and to exercise the utmost care and caution when
engaging in practice and pre-match warm-up and "hitting-up"
activities so as to avoid the risk of injury to members of the
public, damage to the centre wicket region and to perimeter fencing.
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