Last season there was a great number of last minute requests for exceptions to the 4 game eligibiility condition condition.
These regulation changes will make CricketOps decisions more transparent and assist clubs struggling to fill teams when more than one team makes the finals.
Currently this rule says a player must have appeared in 4 games in the season in the grade to be eligible as a player for the finals (Reg 15.13) or seek clearance from ManCom (Reg 15.14) and that all downgrades of players in finals require Management Committee (CricketOps) approval (Reg 4.5.2)
Innovations include
- Request for exception of a player who has appeared in two or less games will be denied in all cases.
- Also if clubs have consecutive teams in finals they can play up to 2 players who are qualified in the higher grade down automatically. No need for request.
- This is different to Reg 4.5. In regular competition rounds clubs with teams in the same grade can swap players around within grades without permission. (e.g. B1 to B3 is ok, B2 to C1 is not)
- For example, in a club with teams in B1 and C1… if both teams make the finals then 2 eligible players from B1 squad may go to the C1 SEMI FINAL).
- If C1 win and B1 is eliminated those 2 players become ineligible for the C1 GRAND FINAL.
- This means there is a larger pool of qualified players for clubs with multiple teams in finals.
- Note this is largely based on Premier cricket Playing Reg 22.1 [L] & [M] (see below)
| OLD REGULATION | PROPOSED NEW WORDING |
| 4.5 No permission is required for a player downgrade within grades. (i.e. from A1 to A2, B2 to B3, or C3 to C4) | 4.5 No permission is required for a player downgrade within grades. (i.e. from A1 to A2, B2 to B3, or C3 to C4) in regular competition rounds. |
| 4.5.1 This clause does not apply PLAY OFF MATCHES and PREMIERSHIP MATCHES. |
4.5.1 Regulation 4.5 does not apply in SEMI FINAL AND GRAND FINAL MATCHES. |
| 4.5.2 Permission must be granted from the Management Committee for all player downgrades in PLAY OFF MATCHES and PREMIERSHIP MATCHES. | 4.5.2 See Regulation 15.13 for additional finals player eligibility conditions. |
| OLD REGULATION | PROPOSED NEW WORDING |
| PLAYER ELIGIBILITY FOR PLAYOFF MATCHES | PLAYER ELIGIBILITY FOR SEMI FINAL AND GRAND FINAL MATCHES |
| 15.13 To be eligible for a PLAY OFF MATCH a player must have appeared in at least four (4) matches in the current season in that particular grade or a lower grade. | 15.13 To be eligible for a SEMI FINAL AND GRAND FINAL a player must have appeared in
at least |
| 15.14 Any exceptions to this rule must be submitted to the Management Committee for approval in accordance with regulation 4. | 15.13.1 Any exceptions to Regulation 15.13 must be submitted to the Management Committee for approval in accordance with regulation 4.6. |
| 15.13.2 Request for exception of a player who has appeared in two or less matches in the current season in that particular grade or a lower grade will be denied in all cases. | |
| 15.13.3 Players listed for abandoned or forfeited matches count toward qualification for SEMI FINAL and GRAND FINAL MATCHES. See Regulation 14.4 to 14.7. | |
| From Premier Cricket Reg 22.1 L] Despite [B], [C], [F], [G] and [J] above any Club with any consecutive teams in Finals Matches may select any player eligible for the higher Grade in the next lower Grade [provided that the number of players so demoted does not exceed two [2] except with the approval of the Premier Cricket Committee]. Where a Club has two [2] or more teams in the one Grade, matches played for a team in that grade that a player does not propose to play for shall not be counted for the purposes of this regulation. |
15.13.4 When a club has consecutive teams in SEMI FINAL AND GRAND FINAL MATCHES a maximum of 2 players may be downgraded from the higher grade team to the next lower grade team without approval. |
| From Premier Cricket Reg 22.1 [M]Any player who by virtue of paragraph [L] is eligible to play in a Semi Final Match, and does play, shall automatically become ineligible to participate in the Finals Match should the Club’s team in the higher Grade be eliminated from the Final. |
15.13.5 Any player downgraded as in Regulation 15.13.4 for a SEMI FINAL MATCH will become ineligible for the GRAND FINAL MATCH if the higher grade team is eliminated. |
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From
4.5.2 Permission must be granted from the
Management Committee for all player downgrades in PLAY OFF MATCHES and
PREMIERSHIP MATCHES. |
15.13.6 All other player downgrades in SEMI FINAL AND GRAND FINAL MATCHES are not permitted unless approval is granted by the Management Committee. |
| 15.14 See Regulation 4.5 for additional finals eligibility conditions. |
ABM, 17-Jun-2019
Revised 21-Jun-2019
Revised AGAIN 22-Jun-2019
Revised AGAIN 22-Jun-2019
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Here's Premier Cricket Reg 22.1 [L] and [M}
ReplyDelete[L] Despite [B], [C], [F], [G] and [J] above any Club with any consecutive teams in Finals Matches may select any player eligible for the higher Grade in the next lower Grade [provided that the number of players so demoted does not exceed two [2] except with the approval of the Premier Cricket Committee]. Where a Club has two [2] or more teams in the one Grade, matches played for a team in that grade that a player does not propose to play for shall not be counted for the purposes of this regulation.
[M]Any player who by virtue of paragraph [L] is eligible to play in a Semi Final Match, and does play, shall automatically become ineligible to participate in the Finals Match should the Club’s team in the higher Grade be eliminated from the Final.