This came up when someone new (who had been reading the Laws of Cricket) asked in all innocence why Law 12.6 wasn't being followed in our Saturday cricket matches.
Law 12.6 is the law which provides for a minimum 20 overs in the last hour of play on the last day of the game.
As far as I know this hasn't been used in First Class cricket in Australia since about 1980. Typically only older cricketers are familiar with it.
What has happened is that most competitions including QSDCA Saturdays have introduced minimum overs for a day's play rules. (See Regulation 10 for what you already know about.)
What has been missed up to now is a Playing Regulation that says something like "In this competition Law 12.6 is suspended." Many people might regard this as unnecessary but it's only a short line and serves to remove any confusion about the issue.
| OLD REGULATION | PROPOSED NEW WORDING |
| 9.4 Nil | 9.4 The following Laws of Cricket are suspended in all competitions in this association. |
| 9.4.1 Law 12.6 Last Hour of Match - Number of Overs (2017 Code) | |
| 9.4.2 Law 12.7 Last Hour of Match - Interruptions of Play (2017 Code) | |
| 9.4.3 Law 12.8 Last Hour of Match - Intervals Between Innings (2017 Code) |
For reference this is what we are suspending...
12.6 Last hour of match – number of overs
When one hour of Playing time of the match remains, according to the agreed hours of play, the over in progress shall be completed. The next over shall be the first of a minimum of 20 overs which must be bowled, provided that a result is not reached earlier and provided that there is no interval or interruption in play.
The bowler’s end umpire shall indicate the commencement of this 20 overs to the players and to the scorers. The period of play thereafter shall be referred to as the last hour, whatever its actual duration.
When the minimum number of overs have been bowled in the last hour, further overs can be started only if the original time for the close of play has not been reached. See 12.7 and 12.8.
12.7 Last hour of match – interruptions of play
If there is an interruption in play during the last hour of the match, the minimum number of overs to be bowled shall be reduced from 20 as follows.
12.7.1 The time lost for an interruption is counted from the call of Time until the time for resumption as decided by the umpires.
12.7.2 One over shall be deducted for every complete 3 minutes of time lost.
12.7.3 In the case of more than one such interruption, the minutes lost shall not be aggregated; the calculation shall be made for each interruption separately.
12.7.4 If, when one hour of Playing time remains, an interruption is already in progress
12.7.4.1 only the time lost after this moment shall be counted in the calculation.
12.7.4.2 the over in progress at the start of the interruption shall be completed on resumption and shall not count as one of the minimum number of overs to be bowled.
12.7.5 If, after the start of the last hour, an interruption occurs during an over, the over shall be completed on resumption of play. The two part-overs shall between them count as one over of the minimum number to be bowled.
12.8 Last hour of match – intervals between innings
If an innings ends so that a new innings is to be started during the last hour of the match, the interval starts with the end of the innings and is to end 10 minutes later.
12.8.1 If this interval is already in progress at the start of the last hour then, to determine the number of overs to be bowled in the new innings, calculations are to be made as set
out in 12.7.
12.8.2 If the innings ends after the last hour has started, two calculations are to be made, as set out in 12.8.3 and 12.8.4. The greater of the numbers yielded by these two calculations is to be the minimum number of overs to be bowled in the new innings.
12.8.3 Calculation based on overs remaining:
- At the conclusion of the innings, the number of overs that remain to be bowled, of the minimum in the last hour, to be noted.
- If this is not a whole number it is to be rounded up to the next whole number.
- Three overs, for the interval, to be deducted from the resulting number to determine the number of overs still to be bowled.
12.8.4 Calculation based on time remaining:
- At the conclusion of the innings, the time remaining until the agreed time for close of play to be noted.
- 10 minutes, for the interval, to be deducted from this time to determine the Playing time remaining.
- A calculation to be made of one over for every complete 3 minutes of the Playing time remaining, plus one more over if a further part of 3 minutes remains.
(b) Suspend some parts of other Laws (such as 5 The Bat, 6 The Pitch, 9 Preparation and Maintenance of the Playing Area, 10 Covering the Pitch, 26 Practice on the Field)
There are some other Laws of cricket which might need a line to confirm that they do or do not apply.
Problem with this is it's a 'can of worms'. Adopting this approach means that there's always another one that we have missed.
So maybe we should add a general line which says something like "Any Law of cricket which is overruled by Playing Regulation probably does not apply. Please check with Management Committee before play begins to confirm."
Is it arguable that there is an implied sense of this in regulation 1.3?
1. APPLICATION
1.1 Matches will be played under the Laws of Cricket as recognized by Cricket Australia.
1.2 These playing regulations will apply to matches played under management of this association.
1.3 New laws recognized by Cricket Australia may be introduced at the discretion of the Management Committee at the start of each season.
(c) Note that both International and Premier cricket playing regulations are formatted in order of the Laws of Cricket.
Playing Regulation 1 is about Law 1. Reg 2 is about Law 2 etc.
To convert QSDCA Regs would take (another) revolution and a lot of work.
No.... But maybe one day....
(d) Note New Laws 2017 Code Second Edition happened on 1 April 2019.
Most interesting is about waist high non-pitching deliveries Law 41.7.
If I understand it correctly.....
Main new idea in Law 41.7 seems to be that the umpire may include a judgement about the danger posed by a waist high non-pitching delivery. This means that the crazy call of slow, low skill bowler sends down two 'oopsies' and suddenly he's taken off can be avoided. But it's another layer of confusion.
Here's a link to a summary of the new Laws which came into effect internationally on 1 April 2019.
https://tinyurl.com/y28x9dre
And here's a complete copy of the new Laws https://tinyurl.com/y4ywhpyp
Officially, this will only be adopted in Australian cricket only when Cricket Australia and Qld Cricket says so.
Realistically the only way this affects the QSDCA Playing Regulations is if numbering changes means a reference in the Regs consequently needs updating. I haven't found any yet.
ABM, 04-Apr-2019
Revised 9-Jun-2019
Revised 14-Jun-2019
Revised 9-Jun-2019
Revised 14-Jun-2019
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