Cricket Blast

Primary Competition Rules

• Competition Formats

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  • Region and Division: Consult the SSV website or contact the relevant Coordinator.
  • State Format: Split Round Robin followed by a Final.
  • State Schedule: Eight overs per innings. Teams must attend a Pre-Championships Briefing before first-round matches. Refer to the State Finals Draw on the SSV website for timings.

• Determining Winners

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  State Round Robin

  • Match Winner: Decided by most runs scored. Tied matches result in a draw.
  • Points: 4 for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 for a loss.
  • Ranking: If equal on games won, positions are decided by total runs scored (or average runs if a bye exists). Teams with a bye receive win points and their average runs from other matches.
  • Tie-Breaker: If wins and runs are equal, a bowl-off determines the qualifier.

  State Finals

  • Finals are generally structured as 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, etc.
  • Tied Final: Decided by a ‘Bowl Off’.
  • Eight team members bowl one ball each at the stumps.
  • 1 point per hit.
  • Process repeats until a winner is decided.

• Conditions and Eligibility

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  • Regulations: Participants are bound by SSV General Conditions, Codes of Conduct, and the Participant Behaviour Policy.
  • Restrictions: Students cannot play for both a girls’ team and a boys/mixed team in the same sport.
  • Binding Level: The competition level chosen at District remains binding through to State.
  • Team Size: Maximum of 12 players per day.
  • Awards: 12 medallions per team plus one for the coach. Extra medallions are not available.

• Batting Rules

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  1. Eight batters are divided into four numbered pairs. Each pair bats for two overs.
  2. Pairs remain in for the full two overs regardless of dismissals. Batters swap ends at the completion of each over.
  3. Dismissals: Bowled, caught, run out, stumped, hit wicket, or LBW. LBW only applies if no shot is offered and the ball is hitting the stumps.
  4. Penalty: When out, players swap ends (except for run out). The bowling team receives five bonus runs.
  5. Next pairs must be ready immediately. Teams swap roles after all four pairs have batted.

• Bowling and Fielding Rules

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  Bowling

  1. Eight players must bowl and wicket-keep for one over each. Partners swap roles after six balls. The wicket-keeper must stand behind the stumps at the batter's end.
  2. Run-ups are limited to eight metres (marked by a white line).
  3. All overs are bowled from the same end.
  4. Maximum of six deliveries per over. No balls are only re-bowled in the final over of the innings.
  5. State Final Delivery: First three balls must be overarm. The remaining three may be underarm if required (must only bounce once).

  No Balls

  • Bounces over shoulder height or full toss above waist height.
  • Passing outside plastic cones placed 120cm from the middle stump.
  • Penalty: Two runs awarded to the batting team.
  • Overarm balls bouncing more than once are fair unless deemed deliberate.

  Free Hits

  • Awarded after a No Ball. Taken off a batting tee.
  • One swing permitted. Ball must be hit on the ‘on’ or ‘off’ side (not behind wicket).
  • Fielders must remain in their original positions.
  • Batter can only be out via run out. Only the batter may place the ball on the tee.

  Fielding

  • No player (except wicket-keeper/slip) within 10 metres of the bat at delivery.
  • Maximum of three players in the Double Zone.
  • Substitutes allowed for injury at the conclusion of a batting pair's overs.

• Scoring and Equipment

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  Scoring Exceptions

  • No Ball: 2 runs plus any runs from the Free Hit.
  • Double Zone: Runs hit into the zone behind the bowler’s stumps are doubled (e.g., 4 becomes 8; 6 becomes 12). No ball penalties are not doubled.
  • Wickets: 5 bonus runs to the bowling side per wicket.

  Officials

  • Umpires provided at State Finals.
  • Each team must provide a scorer; scorers must sit together at Square Leg.

  Equipment

  • Wooden or plastic bats.
  • Kookaburra ‘Super Softa’ balls (supplied at State Final).
  • Recommended: Wicket-keepers wear a helmet with a grill.
  • Stumps and cones supplied at State Final.
  • Medical: Schools must bring a first aid kit and sports tape. Staff at finals cannot perform injury prevention strapping.