Cricket

Secondary Competition Rules

• Competition Categories

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  All matches follow CA’s ‘Junior Cricket Formats 20 over Detailed Match Day rules’ – Stage 3, with the exception of Year 7 Girls (Stage 2).

  Age Group	Gender	Format	Pathway
  Year 7	Boys/Mixed	Junior Formats Stage 3	Div > Reg > State
  Year 7	Girls	Junior Formats Stage 2	Div > Reg > State
  Year 8	Boys/Mixed	Junior Formats Stage 3	Div > Reg > State
  Year 8	Girls	Junior Formats Stage 3	Div > Reg > State
  Year 9 & 10	Boys/Mixed	Junior Formats Stage 3	Div > Reg > State
  Year 9 & 10	Girls	Junior Formats Stage 3	Div > Reg > State
  Year 11 & 12	Boys/Mixed	CV Premier School Shield / Stage 3	Div > Reg > State
  Year 11 & 12	Girls	Junior Formats Stage 3	Div > Reg > State

• State Match Format

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  All State matches are played under Twenty20 (T20) conditions.

  • Time: Teams have 80 minutes to bowl 20 overs.
  • Innings: The team batting second is entitled to the same number of legal balls as the first team.
  • Weather Reductions: Overs are reduced at a rate of 1 over per 4 minutes lost.
  • Over Penalties: If 20 overs are not completed within 80 minutes (plus umpire-allowed stoppages), the bowling team is penalised 6 runs per uncompleted over.

• Determining the Winner

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  • Primary Decider: The team with the most runs wins, regardless of wickets lost.
  • Tie-Breaker 1: If runs are equal, the team that lost fewer wickets wins.
  • Tie-Breaker 2 (Super Over):
  • Teams bat in the original order.
  • Fielding side chooses the bowling end.
  • The original match ball is used.
  • Further Ties: Most sixes (combined innings), then most boundaries (combined innings), then another Super Over.

• Conditions and Eligibility

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  • Codes of Conduct: All participants must follow SSV General Conditions, Codes of Conduct, and the Participant Behaviour Policy.
  • Restrictions: Students cannot play in both a girls' team and a boys/mixed team in the same sport.
  • Team Size:
  • Maximum Players: 13 players per day (Cricket Blast: 12 players).
  • Game Day Names: Stage 1 (7 players), Stage 2 (9 players), Stage 3 (11 players).
  • Awards: 13 medallions plus one for the coach are awarded. No extra medallions are available.

• Gameplay Rules

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  Bowling

  • Limit: Maximum of 4 overs per bowler. In reduced matches, the limit is one-fifth of total overs.
  • End Changes: Fielders change ends only after every 5-over block; batters change ends after every over.
  • Girls' Matches: Maximum 8 balls per over, except the final over which requires 6 legitimate deliveries.
  • Free Hit: Applies after a foot-fault no-ball.

  No-Balls and Wides

  • No-Ball: Full toss above waist height or deliveries bouncing/passing above shoulder height in a normal stance.
  • Wides: Any ball pitched outside leg stump going further leg-side, or balls outside off stump that do not offer a reasonable scoring chance.

  Fielding

  • Leg Side: Maximum of 5 fielders at the time of delivery (Penalty: 1 run and re-bowl).
  • Restrictions: First 6 overs allow only 2 fielders outside the restriction area (27.43m radius).
  • Safety: No fielders within 10 metres of the bat (except slips, gully, and wicketkeeper).

  Batting

  • Time Limit: Incoming batters must be ready within 90 seconds. Time-wasting may result in a five-run penalty.
  • Helmets: Compulsory. Batters are out if they do not wear a helmet with a face grid and pads. Wicketkeepers must wear a helmet when standing up to the stumps.

• Logistics and Equipment

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  Dress Code

  Players must wear cricket whites or a uniform school sports kit (no red permitted). Incorrectly dressed players cannot compete.

  Lateness

  If more than 4 minutes late without notice, the toss is forfeited. The late team loses one batting over for every 4 minutes of lateness.

  Equipment List

  • Helmets with face grids, pads, and all playing gear.
  • Full set of stumps, bails, and boundary markers.
  • Match Balls: * Boys (Senior/Inter/Yr 7 & 8): 150g–165g.
  • All Girls: 140g–150g.
  • Note: Balls provided for State Semi-finals/Finals only.
  • Scorer, scorebook, and square leg umpire.
  • Medical: First aid kit and sports tape. Staff are not permitted to perform injury prevention strapping.