Hong Kong Cricket Association

a) Kookaburra red four-piece balls, 156 gms, shall be used and provided by the home side. The home captain must ensure a sufficient supply of spare balls of varying degrees of wear.

b) A new ball shall be used at the start of each new innings and shall also be available to be taken after 75 overs.

3. Innings

a) Matches shall be of two-days’ duration.

b) There shall be two innings per side with 100 overs to be bowled per day.

4. The Follow-on

In a two innings match of two days, the side which bats first and leads by at least 100 runs shall have the option of requiring the other side to follow their innings.

5. Declaration and Forfeiture

Law 14 shall apply.

6. Intervals

a) There shall be a ten-minute interval between innings.

b) The lunch interval shall be of 40 minutes duration.

c) The tea interval shall be of 20 minutes duration.

d) Tea interval - 9 wickets down

If at the scheduled time for the tea interval, the ninth wicket of the innings in progress is already down, or it falls at, or after that time, or falls when less than two minutes remain before that time, play will continue for a period of 30 minutes unless the players have cause to leave the field of play, or the innings is concluded earlier.

e) Intervals for Drinks

i) A drinks break of no more than five minutes shall be taken at the end of every hour’s play.
ii) Under conditions of extreme heat the umpires may permit extra intervals for drinks. The duration of these should be kept to a minimum and the time noted by the umpires and taken into consideration in the calculation of over-rate penalties (see Rule 9).
iii) 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.

7. Number of Overs Per Bowler

There shall be no limit on the number of overs any individual bowler may bowl in an innings.

8. Scoring of Points

a) Win outright and first innings lead: 10 points
eg. Team A scores 350 in the first inning, Team B scores 280 in the first innings. Each team has a second innings with team A declaring at 3/150 and Team B being bowled out for 120.

b) Win outright and first innings tie: 8 points
eg. Team A scores 300 in the first inning, Team B scores 300 in the first innings. Each team has a second innings with team A declaring at 3/150 and Team B being bowled out for 120.

c) Win outright and behind on first innings: 6 points
eg. Team A scores 220 in the first inning, Team B scores 300 in the first innings. Each team has a second innings with team A declaring at 350 and Team B being bowled out for 170.

d) Win on first innings – no further points result: 6 points
eg. Team A scores 520 in the first inning, Team B scores 470 in the first innings. Each Team has a second innings and Team A scores 3/170 Declared and at close of play on the second day Team B are 6/130.

e) Tie outright – each team: 5 points
eg. Team A scores 350 in the first inning, Team B scores 280 in the first innings. Each team has a second innings with team A declaring at 3/150 and Team B being bowled out for 220.

f) Tie on first innings – no further points result: 3 points
eg. Team A scores 300 in the first inning, Team B scores 300 in the first innings. Team A scores 250 in second innings and Team B scores 1/120.

g) Tie on first innings with outright loss: 2 points
eg. Team A scores 300 in the first inning, Team B scores 300 in the first innings. Team A scores 250 in second innings and Team B scores 253.

h) Loss outright after first innings lead: 4 points
eg. Team A scores 350 in the first inning, Team B scores 280 in the first innings. Each team has a second innings with team A declaring at 3/150 and Team B scoring 3/223.

i) If a match is abandoned without a ball being bowled, each side will score four points.

9. Super League Over-Rate Penalties

The minimum over rate to be achieved will be 16 overs per hour. When calculating the over rate, two minutes will be allowed for each wicket taken which results in the subsequent batsman immediately commencing his innings. For the avoidance of doubt, no allowance shall be given for the final wicket in an innings or for a wicket that falls prior to any interval. Allowances shall be given for drinks intervals. Any suspension of play for an injury to a player or for any other reason beyond the control of the players shall be a deductible allowance.

The umpire at the bowler's end will inform the fielding captain, the batsman and his fellow umpire of any time allowances as and when they arise and the scorers at the earliest opportunity. (This matter will not be subject to retrospective negotiation). Overs will be calculated at the end of the match and penalties applied on a match by match basis. The relevant calculation to establish the match target is: Total minutes in the field, minus two minutes per allowable wicket, minus umpires' allowances, divided by 3.75 (fractions to be ignored).

For example, a side that has been in the field for 491 minutes throughout the course of the match and that has taken 18 allowable wickets and been allowed ten minutes by the umpires, has a match target of (491-36-10)/3.75 = 118.67 overs. Ignoring fractions, the match target is 118 overs. For each over (fractions to be ignored) that a side has bowled short of the target number, one point will be deducted from their Championship total as follows:

1 over short of the match target – 1 point deduction
2 overs short of the match target – 2 points deduction, etc.

Only matches in which a team has bowled for four hours or more (net of time allowed for wickets taken and umpires' allowances) in the match will be subject to over-rate penalties.

10. League Champions

The side which has the highest aggregate of points gained at the end of the season shall be the Super League Champions. If the top teams have the same number of points, the following will be the order of preference for deciding the League Champions:

a) Team with most wins

b) Team with fewest lost matches

c) Team with most bonus points

d) Team with least penalty points

Should all the above remain identical, the Championship will be awarded to the winners of the most recent League match between the relevant teams. If still undecided, a playoff game will be arranged, if possible. Otherwise, the Championship will be shared.