RULES:
1) The games will be played under the normal rules of cricket except for the WIDE BALL, NO BALL and LEG BYE laws. (See rules 13 & 14)

2) Teams can have more than 6 members in their squad, however you can only use 6 players per game and you cannot swap players during games.

3) Matches are 5 (five) overs per side.

4) One player will be designated as the wicketkeeper for each game. The wicketkeeper cannot bowl. Every other player is required to bowl 1 over.

5) Each game will consist of one inning each side, and played at six (6) balls an over.

6) Bowlers run up shall be limited to 5 yards, marked by a line.

7) The coin toss for each game will occur before the start of a game. An official will be assigned to supervise each coin toss.

8) The innings will conclude when either all the overs have been bowled or all six batsmen have been dismissed.

9) Each game should last for approximately 40mins (20min/team).

10) After 25 runs a batsman must retire. If, however, there are overs remaining after all other batsmen have been gotten out, the retired batsman may return to finish his innings.

11) The "last man standing" rule applies.

12) At the fall of the fifth wicket, if more overs or balls are left, the batsman dismissed shall act as runner with the remaining batsman. If the runner is dismissed in any way, such as Run-Out, this will count as the last batsman being out, thus terminating the innings.

12) NO Balls and WIDE Balls shall incur a penalty of one (1) run and an extra ball.

13.1) Short-pitched balls above the shoulder height will be called no balls, resulting in 4 runs. The square leg umpire will call the no ball in the event of a ball passing over the batsmans shoulder height, when standing.

13.2) Full Tosses above the waist will be called no balls, resulting in 1 run.

13.3) Balls will be called wide under criteria of "playableness'

13.4) Hitting a "wide' ball disqualifies it from being a Wide

14) Rules for Leg Byes and Byes shall apply.

Arley Cricket Club