Belmont

Cricket

Festival

Saturday 26th May 2012

9:00 am – 2:30 pm

Belmont Cricket 8 a side Cricket Festival

Saturday 26th May

9:00am- 2 pm

Competing Schools

Belmont

Orleans Park

Lincroft

Northwood

St Johns

Davenies

Schedule of Matches

Time of Match / Pitch 1 Grass / Pitch 2Astro / Pitch 3 Astro
9 – 10am / Belmont v Orleans / St Johns v Davenies / Northwood v Lincroft
10.05 – 11.05 / St Johns v Northwood / Belmont v Davenies / Lincroft v Orleans
11.10 – 12.10 / Lincroft v Davenies / Belmont v St Johns / Northwood v Orleans
12.15 – 1.15 / Belmont v Northwood / St Johns v Lincroft / Davenies v Orleans
1.20 – 2.20 / St Johns v Lincroft / Belmont v Lincroft / Northwood v Davenies

*Players to only wear spikes on the grass wicket

Administration

  • Please arrive at 8.30am for so that we can make a prompt start at 9am.
  • Refreshments will be provided for all players and coaching staff throughout.
  • There will be refreshments for parents and staff from 9.00am in the pavilion.
  • Players to all wear protective boxes.
  • Mini buses to park on the gravelled car park at the bottom of the Forest Road.
  • Parents can park along the Forest Road.

Rules

  • All teams will play5 matches in a round-robin tournament format
  • 8-a-side matches.
  • Maximum Squads of 11 players. Teams cannot be changed during a game with the exception of injury.
  • Matches will be 7 overs per side.
  • Each player bowls1 over, with the exception of the wicketkeeper.
  • Wide’s will count as 2 runs and no extra ball will be bowled apart from the final over when normal rules apply with wide’s being 1 run and re-bowled.
  • Batsmen retire when they reach 20 and may come back in if required.
  • Before an innings batting teams will inform the umpire when they wish to play their power play overwhere runs are doubled including extras.
  • All other rules of cricket apply.
  • 3 points for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss.
  • In the event of a tie for positions in the group, the result between the sides involved will decide the winner. If teams are still tiedthen the total number of runs scored will determine the winners followed by the fewest number of wickets lost in the competition and.

I would invite everyone to stay for the Presentations, which will be held at the pavilion at around 2:30 pm.

Player and Spectator Code of Conduct

  • The umpire’s decision is final always respect decisions – even if you think they are wrong!
  • Shake handswith the opposition after the game and applaud the batsmen ‘in’ and ‘out’.
  • When supporting parents should give POSITIVE encouragement and applaud good play from BOTH teams.