Yes, we lost, but faced some spectacular bowling from South Nutfield's A team. We retorted with fair to excellent bowling - notably Jane and Maz, thus containing their score to within 20 of our own. Some hot fielding from Trina, some epic running from Kim (despite injury) and Kate and the sister act just about holding their own against hot shots Megan and Charlotte, made for another enjoyable game.
Our fingers may only be slightly scorched, but that was more to do with the vigour with which we clapped ourselves on the back at the end.

Match details

Match date

Sun 28 Oct 2018

Kickoff

18:40

Meet time

18:10

Location

Boxhill School

Instructions

Please arrive promptly about half an hour before your game starts so that when possible we have time for a warm up.!

Subs: £3.50 per MATCH

Kit: blue or white tops
Blue or Black trousers
Bring your preferred bat. Club bats will be available.

Enjoy yourselves, and be lively on the field!

A reminder of the rules of Play. These help you understand where to stand and how the scoring works.

RULES:
A twist on pairs cricket where its pair vs pair as well as team vs team.

• Team to consist of SIX players; one innings per team.
Each innings shall consist of 6 x EIGHT ball overs
• Players will bat in pairs (known as a SMASH) with an equal number of overs across the 3 pairs (2 overs per pair) Teams start on 200 and lose 5 runs per wicket
• Bowlers are only able to bowl a MAXIMUM of 2 overs each (3 bowlers min). Bowling will take place from one end – At the end of each over the batters will swap ends to alternate the strike. Wides and no-balls shall be decided by the umpires according to the normal laws of cricket. (No ball to be called if a ball without bouncing goes above waist height). Any no-ball/wide bowled on the last delivery for a pair will be re-bowled.
• Fielders do not need to rotate – however there must be a fielder on the off-side at all times as well as two fielders in the half of the hall closest to the striking batter when the ball is bowled (Wicket keeper will be included in this count.)
• All normal dismissals of cricket shall be allowed with the exception of LBW – LBW is only to be given if the batsman deliberately kicks the ball in front of the stumps without offering any shot at the ball. At the fall of a wicket the batsmen shall switch ends – no need to switch in the event of a run out.

The scoring for SMASH IT shall take place as follows:

The wall behind the bowler shall count as the boundary wall – any ball that bounces before contact will count as 4; any ball that hits the wall on the full will count as 6. All other walls will count as 1 run, overthrows will also count as 1 run including when thrown and hit the boundary wall.

2 runs shall be awarded for every completed run
Wides and No-balls shall count as 2 runs (extras) – If any completed runs are made off a no-ball or wide these will be given accordingly (Run off a wide – additional runs go down as extras; Run off a no-ball without hitting the ball – additional runs go down as extras; Run off a no-ball being hit by a batter will be awarded to the person that hit the ball)

Rules of play! Please read before you play!
A twist on pairs cricket where its pair vs pair as well as team vs team:

• Team to consist of SIX players; one innings per team.
Each innings shall consist of 6 x EIGHT ball overs
• Players will bat in pairs (known as a SMASH) with an equal number of overs across the 3 pairs (2 overs per pair) Teams start on 200 and lose 5 runs per wicket
• Bowlers are only able to bowl a MAXIMUM of 2 overs each (3 bowlers min). Bowling will take place from one end – At the end of each over the batters will swap ends to alternate the strike. Wides and no-balls shall be decided by the umpires according to the normal laws of cricket. (No ball to be called if a ball without bouncing goes above waist height). Any no-ball/wide bowled on the last delivery for a pair will be re-bowled.
• Fielders do not need to rotate – however there must be a fielder on the off-side at all times as well as two fielders in the half of the hall closest to the striking batter when the ball is bowled (Wicket keeper will be included in this count.)
• All normal dismissals of cricket shall be allowed with the exception of LBW – LBW is only to be given if the batsman deliberately kicks the ball in front of the stumps without offering any shot at the ball. At the fall of a wicket the batsmen shall switch ends – no need to switch in the event of a run out.

The scoring for SMASH IT shall take place as follows:

The wall behind the bowler shall count as the boundary wall – any ball that bounces before contact will count as 4; any ball that hits the wall on the full will count as 6. All other walls will count as 1 run, overthrows will also count as 1 run including when thrown and hit the boundary wall.

2 runs shall be awarded for every completed run
Wides and No-balls shall count as 2 runs (extras) – If any completed runs are made off a no-ball or wide these will be given accordingly (Run off a wide – additional runs go down as extras; Run off a no-ball without hitting the ball – additional runs go down as extras; Run off a no-ball being hit by a batter will be awarded to the person that hit the ball)

Have fun! Laura x

Competition

Women's Indoor Smash It Pre-Christmas, Box Hill

League position

South Nutfield CC - Womens 1st XI

Outwood CC - Outwood Blazes

Team overview