Welcome

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Spirit of Cricket
To uphold and promote the positive values
associated with the spirit of cricket
Including

• Traditions of the game

• Cricketing etiquette for - batsmen, fielders,
  and umpires

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Traditions of the game
At the toss

• Captains must be dressed in cricket attire

• Home captain to
• toss coin

• Visiting captain to call

• Toss takes place on the field of play

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Traditions of the game
At the start of a session of play
Umpires enter field of play FIRST, followed
by fielding captain and his team and then the two
batsmen
At the end of a session of play
Batsmen leave field FIRST followed by the
fielding side then the umpires
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Traditions of the game
Players should acknowledge efforts of opposition
e.g. acknowledging a batsmans 50 or 100
or the taking of 5 wickets by a bowler
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Traditions of the game
It is correct to applaud your own teams efforts
e.g. applaud a good catch, shot, piece of
fielding
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Traditions of the game
It is NOT correct to applaud errors and/or
misfortunes of opposition
e.g. do NOT applaud when a bowler delivers a No
ball or Wide or a fielder drops a catch or
mis-fields the ball
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Traditions of the game
Players should acknowledge applause from
opposition and spectators
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Traditions of the game
At end of game teams should shake hands
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Traditions of the game
It is only common courtesy that, at the end of
the game, you thank

• Umpires

• Scorers

• Ground staff

• Caterers

• Home club officials

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Actions of the fielding side
Do NOT appeal when you know a batsman is not out
Do NOT put undue pressure on umpires by

• Frivolous appealing

• Loud, orchestrated and
• constant appeals

• Advancing towards the
• umpire when appealing

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Actions of the fielding side
Help umpires by signalling when the ball has
reached the boundary
Do NOT keep up an incessant verbal barrage of
comments to, or about a batsmans ability
Do NOT sledge the batsmen
Bowlers should NOT follow through and engage in
eye to eye contact with batsman or make rude
comments about the batsman or the shot he has
just played
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Actions of the fielding side
Thank the umpire when passing him your sweater or
cap to look after during the over and when he
returns these items
If questioning the umpire on any point do it
politely and accept his response, even though you
may not agree with him
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Actions of the fielding side

• Apologise to a batsman if an accidental full
  pitch delivery (beamer) is bowled

• If non-striker is leaving his crease early it
  is traditional to warn him,
• rather than simply run him out

• Applaud a batsmans 50
• or 100

• Thank a batsman if he
• walks

• Applaud an injured
• Batsman when he recovers

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Actions of the fielding side
At a drinks break

• Always ensure the umpires receive a drink

• Do not sit on the
• ground

• Do not leave the field

• Do not take longer
• than necessary

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Actions of the batting side

• Be honest and if you know you
• have hit the ball and it is
• caught walk

• When asking for a guard say
• please and thank you

• Non-strikers end, do not leave your crease until
  the bowler has delivered the ball

• Accept the umpires decision even though you
• may not agree with it and/or are disappointed

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Actions of the batting side

• Do not stand at the crease in defiance of the
  decision

• Do not wave your bat in the air or point to it
  when given out L.B.W.

• Do not knock stumps with the bat or body

• Do not criticise the umpire and/or his decision
  to your team-mates or spectators

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Actions of the umpire

• Always answer appeals do not ignore the players

• Talk to players as you would wish to be spoken to

• Hold bowlers sweater, cap etc. during the over

• If bowler asks - move your position, back or
  forward

• At the end of the game thank the players and
  scorers

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Spirit of Cricket
EVERYONE has a responsibility to ensure that the
match is played within the Spirit of the Game
These include
captains
players
umpires
scorers
managers and coaches
parents and spectators
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Spirit of Cricket

• If we can
• Protect the spirit of cricket
• Promote enhance the
• history heritage of cricket
• Maintain enhance the traditional spirit of the
  game
• Uphold promote the
• values standards of cricket

THEN CRICKET WILL BE THE GREATEST GAME IN THE
WORLD!