Spandana Charity Cricket Tournament
West Palm Beach, FL
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Rules

  • Every team must bring their own Cricket kit and First Aid kit for every game they play.
  • All the morning games will start at 09:00 am but teams have to be present in ground by no later than 08:45 am.
  • All the afternoon games will start at 1.00 pm but teams have to be present in ground by no later than 12:45 pm.
  • Duration of each innings break will be 15 minutes long after ten overs in each innings.
  • Umpiring and Scoring will be done by the team members of the non-playing team.
  • For the morning games, the teams that play in the afternoon should provide 2 volunteers each team for Umpiring and Scoring.
  • For the afternoon games the teams that play in the morning should provide 2 volunteers each team for Umpiring and Scoring. The teams should send the name of the 2 volunteers for Umpiring and Scoring to the organizers at least 36 hrs prior to the game (before 5 pm, Thursday for a game on Saturday).
  • Tournament will be played with hard tennis ball and all the matches will be 20 overs per side.
  • Bowling teams are required to complete their allotted 20 overs in their allotted time of 90 minutes.
  • Maximum number of over’s any player is allowed to bowl in an inning will be 5.
  • Each winning team gets 2 points and loosing team will get 0 point. If any of the matches end as Tie each team will get 1 point.
  • After Round-robin games the top two teams from each group will go to the semi-finals. If there is a tie between two or more teams the team with better Net Run Rate (NRR) will be placed higher. NRR is run rate differential between RRF (Runs Scored/Overs played) and RRA (Runs given/overs bowled).
  • If a match is terminated due to bad weather after 15 overs in the second innings, whoever has higher run rate in the match as of that point will be declared as winner.
  • Match will be re-scheduled to next Saturday if less than 15 overs have been bowled in the second innings due to bad weather or rain.
  • One point will be given to each team if play is not possible after the re-schedule because of bad weather.
  • All the general rules of Cricket will be followed including runs for leg-byes if batsman offers stroke and over throws. Exception includes LBWs, super-subs and 30 yard restrictions.
  • A batsman can use a by-runner if and only if the batsman is able to convince the umpires that he is hurt and/ or cannot sustain running between the wickets at a reasonable speed.
  • WINNERS of the tournament will be awarded with Spandana Championship trophy and RUNNERS will get a Runners-up trophy and there will not be any individual trophies awarded.
  • Organizers are not responsible for any on field or off field injuries.
  • Organizers have discretion to make a final decision on any other rule that has not been mentioned above.
  • Note: Drinks will be provided for all matches.

    It will be highly impossible without volunteers from every team to organize a Charity Cricket Tournament; your co-operation is highly appreciated!