Club/Team Penalties 2023

The following table provides a list of the standard penalties that will be applied.

All penalties applied are subject to appeal.

Non membership compliance

Constitutional violation / Not affiliated to HCB

Non Club attendance at AGM Constitutional violation

Non Club attendance at Captains' Meeting

Constitutional violation

Club suspended / Disciplinary action

Club fined as per rules

Each club's team not eligible for 5 point bonus

Non result reporting Premier requirement play-cricket.com requirement Home team: £25 each occasion

Non result reporting (home team) by 9pm after match

Non facility reporting by 9pm following Wednesday

All divisions 5 point deduction each occasion

Division 1 - 6B 5 point deduction each occasion

No umpire marking report by 11pm the following Friday Division 2B and above Team: 2 point deduction (5 points after 30 June)

Playing unregistered/ineligible player

Playing unregistered Juniors (U18 and below)

Playing ineligible juniors in adult matches, eg non-county U12 or younger players (even as substitute fielders)

Playing player in wrong category

Playing player under false name

Failure to provide team sheet at toss (Constitution rule 13e)

Failure to put team sheet on website by 9pm on match day

Team Sheet incorrectly completed

Captain without DBSineligible player

Failure to comply with fixture cancellation requirements

All divisions Team: 5 point deduction each occasion (10 points after 1 Aug)

All divisions 30 point deduction on each occasion

All divisions Automatic relegation + disciplinary proceedings

Constitutional violation

50% deduction of points in matches per player

All divisions Automatic relegation + disciplinary proceedings

All divisions No match -Match awarded to opposition

All divisions Team: 5-point penalty each occasion

All divisions 5-point penalty each occasion

All divisions Team: 10 point deduction each occasion

All divisions £150 to opposition

Failure to provide umpire Subject to league rules 5 point deduction each occasion

Failure to provide scorer Subject to league rules 5 point deduction each occasion

Paying a player to play Division One & below Automatic relegation + disciplinary proceedings

No Safeguarding Officer

All teams in all divisions 30 points deduction on each occasion

Playing Rules - Development League

Safeguarding Responsibilities

All clubs have a duty of care to all juniors and vulnerable adults who participate in cricket. These are set out on the League website at www.hertsleague.co.uk/documents/files/ safeguarding_responsibilities_2023.pdf

The guidelines cover:

• A club’s safeguarding responsibilities

Note: Every club must appoint a trained Club Safeguarding Officer (CSO). It’s part of a club’s membership to ECB, Hertfordshire Cricket and SHPCL. Failure to have a trained CSO negates the club’s membership, and the club will then be penalised as per league rules

• Photography, filming, social media and broadcasting guidelines

• Guidelines for youth players in the SHPCL

For any DBS and safeguarding questions, contact

Richard Burling, League & County Safeguarding Officer

Email: welfare@hertsleague.co.uk

Mobile: 07885 288296

Substitutes and Runners

General

The Laws provide for the umpires to determine whether a substitute or runner is to be allowed. In matches where there are no non-playing umpires the captains must take this responsibility and act fairly and impartially in accordance with the Laws.

Substitutes

The captain may request a substitute for any member of the team who becomes ill or injured at any time after the team sheets have been given to the umpires (or the opposing captain if there are not non-playing umpires). Team sheets must be provided before the Toss takes place.

A substitute is not allowed if a player leaves the field for any other reason.

If a player comes into a match with an injury a substitute is not permitted unless the injury is made worse during the match.

A substitute may also be allowed for other “wholly acceptable reasons”. As a guide this would mean someone in the team who was an on-call doctor or someone who had a family member involved in an accident or emergency. In general this does not cover someone simply arriving late at the match without an acceptable reason.

A substitute may field in any position but may act as wicket-keeper only with the consent of the umpires. He may not bat, bowl or act as captain.

Runners

A batsman will be allowed a Runner if he becomes ill or injured at any time after the team sheets have been given to the umpires (as above) and the illness or injury affects his ability to run.

For the avoidance of doubt where there are non-playing umpires the consent of the captain of the fielding side for a Runner is not required.

A Runner must:

1. Be a member of the team

2. Have already batted, if possible. If an Opening Batsman requires a Runner the person who acts as the Runner must not be listed to bat in the first 6. When a wicket falls the dismissed batsman shall become the Runner.

3. Wear the same external protective equipment as the Batsman for whom he is running (pads, gloves and helmet, as applicable) and carry a bat. Further, if the Runner is Under-18 he must wear a helmet.

Runners may only be changed with the approval of the umpires.