| Saturday Cup and Plate Rules 1998-99
Entrants
1a) The Saturday Cup and Plate Competitions are open to all Saturday League teams. Entries will be called for by the League & Cup Committee. The Committee may also invite other teams to enter the Competition.
b) The format of the Saturday Cup and Plate Competitions shall be decided by the League & Cup Committee.
c) Teams must notify the HKCA of the names of their players before the draw is made for the first round. No transfers or additions will be allowed without the prior approval of the Match Committee.
d) The player eligibility rule will be strictly enforced. The decision of the Match Committee will be final.
Draw
2. The draw for each separate round of matches will be made by a minimum of 3 members of the League & Cup Committee or Match Committee appointed by the Chairman of the League & Match Committee.
Competition Conditions
3a) The Saturday Cup and Plate Competitions will be on a straight knockout basis.
b) All matches are to commence at 1315 hrs or earlier if both Captains agree and will be of one innings for each team.
c) Teams losing first round matches will enter the Plate Competition.
d) Teams losing qualifying round matches will not be able to enter the Plate Competition.
e) Where possible the Match Committee will reschedule a match abandoned as No Result due to inclement weather. Where this is not possible the match will be decided by the toss of a coin.
Playing Conditions and Intervals
4a) Playing conditions will be the same as for Saturday League matches, i.e. 35 overs per innings.
b)The team fielding first shall bowl 35 overs or complete the over which is in progress at 1530 hrs, if this arises first.
c) The team batting second shall be limited to the same number of overs unless the team batting first is all out in fewer than 35 overs, in which case the team batting second shall have the opportunity of batting for the full 35 overs.
d) Notwithstanding b) and c) above, the team batting first may declare at any time before 35 overs are completed, in which case the team batting second shall receive the full 35 overs.
e) The team fielding second will be expected to bowl the same number of overs as the team fielding first by 1755 hrs. Complaints of slow over rates may be referred to the Match Committee under General Rule 13(c).
f) No bowler may bowl more than 10 overs. In the event of a bowler becoming incapacitated, Competition General Rule 13 (a) will apply.
g) There will be a 10-minute interval between innings.
Results
5a) The team scoring the higher number of runs in the allocated number of overs will be deemed the winner.
b) In the event of tied scores, the team losing fewer wickets will be the winner.
c) If both teams have scored the same number of runs and are all out, but the number of overs bowled is unequal, the winner will be the team with the overall faster scoring rate.
d) Where both teams have scored the same number of runs, lost the same number of wickets and bowled the same number of overs, the winner will be the team with the faster scoring rate at the end of the 20 overs and, if still identical, at the end of the 10 overs.
e) If the team batting second has not received ten overs, the match will be abandoned as No Result, provided the batting second is not all out in fewer than ten overs. If the match is abandoned, Rule 4(e) above will apply.
Match Balls
6. The attention of Team Captains is drawn to Competition General Rule 11.
Match Expenses
7. In all rounds, expenses incurred by the home team such as refreshments and cricket balls will be shared by both teams.
Short-Pitched Bowling
8. The square leg umpire shall call and signal NO BALL for any short pitched ball passing or having hit his bat or person, which would have passed the batsman in his normal batting stance above shoulder height. |
