Premier Divisions Player Registration 2023

The following regulations apply to the Premier Division and Championship:

• All players must be registered prior to playing as per SHPCL Registration requirements

• All players must in first instance be registered to play in Hertfordshire Cricket League on their clubs play-cricket website, prior to registering on SHPCL Club registration site.

• All Category 2 & 3 players must be re- registered each season

• On Clubs SHPCL Registration site there will be a box for “Premier” status which must be ticked by all Premier & Championship players

• No player can be register to play for more than one Premier club

Category 1

All players must be either

(i) a British or Irish citizen born in England and Wales and is deemed “ordinarily resident”* or

(ii) a player who has been resident in England and Wales for the immediately preceding 210 days and is deemed ‘Ordinarily Resident’*

* A player will only be treated as having been ordinarily resident within England and Wales for the relevant consecutive period if he or she has spent a minimum of 210 days in each year within England or Wales (for which purpose a ‘year’ shall mean a year ending 31st March). If however the player from overseas returns home and plays cricket as a ‘home grown’ cricketer during the year, he reverts to an overseas cricketer status,

Confirmation: A player who holds a British passport and lives outside the UK must also meet the ”Ordinarily Resident” criteria.

Category 2

Category 3

One per team - a player CONTRACTED to a First Class county and not an Overseas player

Any player who does not qualify as a Category 1 or 2 player

Player eligibility conditions are set out below or if in doubt contact SHPCL Registration Secretary

• It is the responsibility of Clubs and their nominated officer to check player details, against original documents

• Penalties for playing an unregistered player are a minimum ten point deduction for each occasion

• Clubs must keep copies of relevant registration documents, as

• SHPCL may ask clubs to supply evidence of entry into UK including original visa & passport and / or evidence of permanent residency in order to verify information.

• SHPCL may suspend any player if evidence required is not received within five days of request for information

For avoidance of doubt

• Category 1 players must be eligible to play for England or Ireland.

• To become a Category 1 player, an EU (non-UK or Irish) citizen has to be permanently resident in UK for 210 days prior to registration.

• Players with dual passports (one UK) will have to meet permanently resident qualifications to be eligible to play for England

• Definition of an International match, are International matches for ICC Full Member Countries plus Ireland, Netherlands & Scotland at above under17 level. They include a T/20 match, as well as a 50/50 or a First Class match.

• A player in an under13 age group or lower is ineligible to be registered in SHPCL Premier Divisions.