Lengthy update ahead of the new season starting tomorrow.
Coronation Cup and Celebrations
We hope that anyone celebrating the Coronation has a fantastic day. In particular we hope the first Coronation Cup match between Wanstead and Snaresbrook v Chingford is a celebration of cricket.
Find the League Rules For Your Division
All rules and regulations for your division can be found at this link https://www.essexcricket.com/pages/page_34628/Rules-and-Regulations.aspx
- we suggest clubs and captains bookmark the links for their XI’s rules.
Format
All clubs will follow the same format timings this year:
First 5 league matches will be overs games,
Then the middle 9 will be time games, and
Then final 4 will be overs again.
Balls
For each match in the league clubs need to provide one ball each for the matches.
New Laws
As explained at the pre-season meeting there are new laws in place. In particular:
No saliva on ball (this was a league rule in 2022 season)
Batters can no longer cross during a catch being taken
All new laws can be viewed here https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/mcc-announces-new-code-of-laws-from-1-october-2022
DLS/Rain
The forecast is a little iffy on Saturday - clubs should be aware of the rain rules for their division and level. In particular, there is no need for clubs to provide printers for 1st XI.
For 1st and 2nd XI matches rain impacted matches will use the DLS calculator found on the Play Cricket Scorer app
Android Download
Apple Download
It is the responsibility of both clubs to ensure that someone is present from each club at each match (This can be a player, official or non-playing person) who has access to the ECB Play Cricket Scorer App. This App is available on iOS or Android, it is free, it does not require a log-in nor a network to be fully functional. This App contains a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern calculator which should be used to calculate revised par scores or to determine the result in the case of abandonment. The captains, umpires (if present) and scorers (if present) will be responsible for recalculating the overs and giving these details to the person who will operate the application. If either club does not provide the above App in a rain-interrupted game then they will be deemed to have forfeited the match. The non-offending club will be declared the winners and the offending club will take no points from the match.
To find the calculator, open the app, click on tools (at the bottom), and select Duckworth-Lewis Stern.
It is well worth having a play around with this before a match.
Umpire Contact
If umpires need to be contacted due to wet weather or any other match issue please contact them directly - their details can be found at this link https://www.essexcricket.com/pages/page_35032/Umpires-Information.aspx
Club Contact
All club contacts can be found at this link https://www.essexcricket.com/pages/page_36799/club-contacts.aspx
Please continue to talk to your opposition and to discuss any issues.
Teas
Arrangements are the same as last season, 1st and 2nd XI matches will have teas provided for players and officials by the home side.
All other XIs will provide their own teas, unless agreed between clubs beforehand.
Live Streaming
As mentioned at the pre-season meeting any clubs who wish to live stream matches must follow the ECB Live Streaming Guidance https://resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document/2022/02/14/8f153276-1990-418c-ac19-360b382915e0/ECB-Live-Streaming-Guidance-September-2021-.pdf as well as making sure that permission has been received from all players and officials.
Discipline
There have been tweaks to the discipline process and committee:
Tony Sanderson remains as Disciplinary Secretary and should be who is communicated to with any issues
Martin Pluck is now the Discipline Adjudicator
Ayaz Karim is the Disciplinary Hearing Chair - if a hearing is ever required
If any of this panel above’s clubs are involved in a disciplinary matter, Tom Clarke as League Chairman will slot into their place.
The league follows the General Conduct Regulations - which can be viewed here https://images.secure-club.com/clubs/4852/docs/Rules%20and%20Regulations/2023/ECB-Regulations/16-15-GCR%20vF%20(including%20appendices%20and%20links).pdf
All players, captains and league club officials should make sure to have made themselves familiar with the GCR.
1st XI Captain Reports
All 1st XI Captains must submit a report to the league by 5pm on the Monday following the match.
This form is found here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQWPOdyZgRiFBPE2yiY0swyeft7rpFe166fumZJI_NEZwKHQ/viewform - and also under the forms tab on the website.
All other captains and players can submit an exception report to highlight positives and negatives which can again be found under the forms tab on the website - but this is not mandatory.
Results
Each home team must enter an accurate summary result and scores on play-cricket.com (including details of all times and lengths of rain stoppages and, in limited overs games, changes to targets and any over reductions):-
1st XI matches – by 9pm on the day of the match.
All other matches – by 8pm on the Sunday following the match.
Failure to do so will result in a one-point penalty.
Any 1st XI home team not entering full match details (as far as is possible) on play-cricket.com by 12 noon on the Monday following the match will have five points deducted.
Any 1st XI home team not confirming the match result on play-cricket.com by 12 noon on the Monday following the match will have one point deducted.
Any 1st XI away team not entering full match details (as far as is possible) on play-cricket.com.com by 8pm on the Monday following the match will have five points deducted.
Any 1st XI away team not confirming the match result on play-cricket.com by 8pm on the Monday following the match will have one point deducted.
Any non-1st XI home team not entering full match details (as far as is possible) on play-cricket.com by 8pm on the Wednesday following the match will have five points deducted.
Any non-1st XI home team not confirming the match result on play-cricket.com by 8pm on the Wednesday following the match will have one point deducted.
Any non-1st XI away team not entering full match details (as far as is possible) on play-cricket.com by 8pm on the Friday following the match will have five points deducted.
Any non-1st XI away team not confirming the match result on play-cricket.com.com by 8pm on the Friday following the match will have one point deducted.
Registering Players
All players must be registered on Play Cricket by the season and match deadlines. The league committee receives a huge amount of nominations at this time of year, so please get the nominations in as quickly as possible.
Please don’t chase up nominations, unless very close to deadlines.
All registration details and clarifications are found within the laws - there are deadlines for new 1st XI and overseas players. Please again make sure to have read the rules.
Penalty Points
The committee do not enjoy having to hand out penalty points, but we will if deadlines are missed… the most common are
No scorer (1st XI Prem Div, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3)
Result not inputted by the deadline
Incomplete scorecards by the deadline
Not confirming the result (clicking the cross to turn it into a tick)
No 1st XI captain report received
Please make sure all captains know of the regular issues and try to stop any point penalties from occurring.
Thanks for taking the time to read this update, and for your continued work around getting matches played.
The committee and I hope that everyone at your clubs has a fantastic season.
Any questions or clarifications please let me know.
Regards
Thomas Clarke
HFEL Chairman
tpc1981@hotmail.com
07763607076