Tractor Towing Covers The practice of using a tractor towing the covers to drive across the match pitch is not allowed – it is not within cricket Law, and ICC do not allow it in their regulations
ECB Media Release17-Apr-2003County CricketTractor Towing Covers
The practice of using a tractor towing the covers to drive across the match pitch is not allowed – it is not within cricket Law, and ICC do not allow it in their regulations.Denmark
Denmark can stage home matches in the C&G Trophy from the beginning of the 2004 competition (Round 1 to be played at the end of the 2003 season).One-day pitches & potential penalties
One-day pitch policing and penalties – click hereUCCEs
First-class status awarded to Loughborough. (Oxford, Cambridge, Durham retain first-class status).Fielding of under strength teams
Fielding of under strength Teams – Counties must at all times field full strength teams.
Replacement of Players called up for England
In addition to the current regulation, a player in the England squad not required for the actual match shall be allowed to join a County match and take the place of a nominated player participating in the match. Additional wording to the existing playing condition as follows:Penalty for a Wide
The penalty for a wide shall be one run in all competitions – ie a change from two to one in the Frizzell County Championship. (No change to the penalty for a No Ball – this is two runs in all domestic competitions).Nomination of Players
If an un-nominated player takes part in the game, then if consent is not given by the opposing Captain for that player to continue to play (not to be unreasonably withheld), then the player shall take no further part in the match and no substitute (including the originally nominated player) shall be allowed.Frizzell County Championship Points System
Points for a win shall increase to 14 (seven for a tie and to the side batting fourth in a drawn match when the scores are level). Points for a draw remain at four. Maximum points in the match are therefore 22, and this shall be the penalty for an “Unfit” pitch.Corresponding changes shall also be made in the Second Xl Championship.Eligibility in Second Xl Trophy
Eligibility criteria relaxed to allow qualifying and scholarship players to take part in the Second Xl Trophy, (genuine overseas players are still not be allowed). (In the Second Xl Championship, a genuine overseas player continues to be allowed in addition to qualifiers/scholarships).Public Lightmeters
Public Lightmeters are to be discontinued in domestic cricket (to remain in npower Test Matches).International Cricket / tourist matchesTest Match – Hours of play
npower Test Series – please note new scheduled timings
All days - Start - 10.45amLunch - 12.45pm - 1.25pmTea - 3.25pm - 3.45pmClose - 5.45pm
As 2002, there is provision for playing time to be extended by the amount of time lost in the day up to a maximum of one hour.If any time is lost and cannot be made up as stated above, additional time of up to a maximum of one hour per day shall be added to the scheduled playing hours for the next day, and subsequent day(s) as required (to make up as much lost time as possible). All time carried forward in this way shall be added to the last session.Three-Day and Four-Day Tourist Matches – Hours of play
Scheduled hours of play and the provision for time to be made up on the day or carried forward to subsequent day(s) will be exactly the same as npower Test Matches – see above.One-Day Tourist Matches – Extra time
In the same way as in One-Day Internationals, a period of “extra time” is playable in one-day tour matches where time has been lost. This period is set at a maximum of one hour in day matches and 30 minutes in floodlit matches. Essentially, this means that no overs are lost from the match until that period of time has expired.One-Day Internationals – over-rate penalties
Teams will still have three-and-a-half hours plus allowances given by the referee to bowl 50 overs and each member of the bowling team will be fined 5% of his match fee per lost over. However, under the amended playing conditions, penalties will be doubled for the captain of the bowling side.If the shortfall in an ODI is more than two overs, the captain will also be charged with a Level Two breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for deliberate time wasting. This will result in a disciplinary hearing with possible penalties of a fine of between 50% and 100% of his match fee and/or a two ODI ban.The penalty of reducing the overs for a team batting second that failed to complete its overs in the allotted time has been removed.The principles of the new approach will also apply in Test Match cricket with the increased penalties coming into effect after five rather than two overs.The amendment reflects a decision taken at the ICC Cricket Committee – Management (CC-M) meeting in Cape Town from 7th – 8th February 2003.Safety and security at international matches
The CC-M meeting also approved the introduction of a process for a match referee to suspend play due to safety and security concerns and this too will come into effect from the opening match of the Sharjah tournament.The new provisions can be viewed in full on the ICC website www.icc.cricket.org. The over-rate penalties are in section J of the ICC Code of Conduct (p20) and s12.4 of the ICC ODI Playing Conditions. The safety and security suspension provisions can be found in s3.6 of the ICC Test Match and s3.6 of the ICC ODI Playing Conditions.