Winchester & District Cricket has really moved into the 21st century with its midweek league and cup playing regulations.
When the opening salvos in the Tichborne Trophy twenty20 cup are fired next week, teams will be playing with pink cricket balls, experiencing batting power-plays for the first time and find bowlers penalised three runs each time they bowl a wide, which will not be re-bowled, except in the last over of an innings.
Batsmen will have to retire when they reach 50, but can return to the crease after everyone else is out.
Bowlers will, as before, be restricted to four overs each.
Several local Southern Premier League clubs will experience the new t20 regulations next week, including Fair Oak, Hursley Park and Sparsholt.
Next week’s ties, to be played on either April 26 or 27, are: Bishop’s Waltham v Owslebury, Chawton v Longparish, Fair Oak v Hursley Park, Rotherfield Park v Sparsholt.
When the opening salvos in the Tichborne Trophy twenty20 cup are fired next week, teams will be playing with pink cricket balls, experiencing batting power-plays for the first time and find bowlers penalised three runs each time they bowl a wide, which will not be re-bowled, except in the last over of an innings.
Batsmen will have to retire when they reach 50, but can return to the crease after everyone else is out.
Bowlers will, as before, be restricted to four overs each.
Several local Southern Premier League clubs will experience the new t20 regulations next week, including Fair Oak, Hursley Park and Sparsholt.
Next week’s ties, to be played on either April 26 or 27, are: Bishop’s Waltham v Owslebury, Chawton v Longparish, Fair Oak v Hursley Park, Rotherfield Park v Sparsholt.
