Twenty20
Rules
The file below is the detailed Twenty20 Cup rules and
regulations from the 2005 First Class Regulations and
Playing Conditions:
Twenty20
Cricket Rules (76 KB)
The major change for the third season of the Twenty20
Cup is the increase in group games to eight per County.
Each County will play three teams in their group home
and away and the remaining two either just at home or
away.
All group games will be played between Wednesday, June
22nd and Wednesday, July 6th 2005
The top two teams in each of the three regional groups
plus the two best third-placed teams will progress to
the quarter-finals, which will be played on Monday, July
18th 2005.
The top team from each group and the best second placed
team will receive home draws in the quarter-finals.
The tie-breakers for teams finishing on equal points are:
- Most wins in Group Matches
- If still equal, the team with the higher net run
rate in the Group Matches will be placed in the higher
position
- If still equal, the team with the higher number
of wickets taken per balls bowled in the Group Matches
in which results were achieved, will be placed in
the higher position
- In the event that teams cannot be separated by the
above, this will be done by drawing lots
The winners of the four quarter-finals will progress
to Finals Day on Saturday, July 30th 2005 at the Brit
Oval. Both semi-finals and the final will be played
on that day. Group matches have no reserve days, the
finals day has one reserve day.
The scheduled hours of play for the finals day will be
as follows:
First Semi-Final
First Session - 11.30am - 12.45pm
Interval - 12.45pm - 1.00pm
Second Session - 1.00pm - 2.15pm
Second Semi-Final
First Session - 3.00pm - 4.15pm
Interval - 4.15pm - 4.30pm
Second Session - 4.30pm - 5.45pm
Final
First Session - 7.15pm - 8.30pm
Interval - 8.30pm - 8.45pm
Second Session - 8.45pm - 10.00pm
The Groups are as follows:
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North
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Mid/Wales/West
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South
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| Durham |
Northamptonshire
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Essex
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| Lancashire |
Warwickshire
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Middlesex
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| Yorkshire |
Worcestershire
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Surrey
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| Derbyshire |
Glamorgan
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Kent
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| Nottinghamshire |
Gloucestershire
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Hampshire
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| Leicestershire |
Somerset
|
Sussex
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Playing Conditions
Duration
One innings per side, each innings limited to a maximum
of 20 overs
Scheduled Hours of Play
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Match
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First Innings
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Interval
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Second Innings
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Zonal Matches
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5.30-6.45pm
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6.45-7.00pm
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7.00-8.15pm
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Interval
The interval will normally be of 15 minutes duration.
In reduced overs matches, the interval will be cut to
10 minutes.
Re-arrangement of Overs
Teams have one hour 15 minutes to bowl 20 overs. In the
first innings, the calculation of the number of overs
to be bowled shall be based on one over for every full
3.75 minutes in the total time available for play up to
the scheduled close of play. In the second innings of
the match, overs shall be reduced at a rate of one over
for every full 3.75 minutes lost, unless the first innings
finished early / second innings started early in which
case no overs are lost until the time that has been gained
is subsequently lost.
Timed Out
The incoming batsman must be in position to take guard
or for his partner to be ready to receive the next ball
(or for his partner to receive the next ball) within one
minute 30 seconds of the fall of the previous wicket.
Ball
White Kookaburra balls are to be used.
The Result
Each side must have faced (or had the opportunity to face)
five overs in order to constitute a match. The Duckworth
Lewis Method shall be used in interrupted matches.
Restrictions on the Placement of Fieldsmen
Fielding restrictions apply for the first six overs of
each innings.
Number of Overs per Bowler
Each bowler may bowl a maximum of four overs. In a delayed
or interrupted match, no bowler may bowl more than one
fifth of the total overs allowed unless such a number
has been exceeded before the interruption.
Free Hit after a Foot Fault No Ball
This will apply.
Short Pitched Bowling
As in other one-day competitions, one short-pitched ball
is allowed per over.
Over-Rate Penalties
The six-run penalty for each over not bowled will apply
- all sides are expected to be in position to bowl the
first ball of the last of their 20 overs within one hour
15 minutes playing time. In reduced over matches, the
fielding side has one over's leeway in addition to any
time that the Umpires may allow for stoppages.
Umpires are instructed to apply a strict interpretation
of time-wasting by the batsman (five-run penalties). Specifically,
batsmen are expected to be ready for the start of a new
over as soon as the bowler is ready.
Net Run Rate
A team's net run rate is calculated by deducting from
the average runs per over scored by that team, the average
runs per over scored against that team.
In the event of a team being all out in less than its
full quota of overs, the calculation of its net run rate
shall be based on the full quota of overs to which it
would have been entitled and not on the number of overs
in which the team was dismissed.
Only those matches where results are achieved will count
for the purpose of net run rate calculations. Where a
match is abandoned, but a result is achieved under Duckworth/Lewis,
for net run rate purposes Team 1 will be accredited with
Team 2's Par Score on abandonment off the same number
of overs faced by Team 2. Where a match is concluded but
with Duckworth/Lewis having been applied at an earlier
point in the match, Team 1 will be accredited with 1 run
less than the final Target Score for Team 2 off the total
number of overs allocated to Team 2 to reach the target. |
