Under 9 Age Group- 08/09

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Under 9 Age Group- 08/09

• Rules, Playing Conditions and Scoring

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SEJCA Rules

• The Rules of Cricket published by the MCC provide
  the basic rules by which the game is played
  e.g. the methods of dismissal, the umpires
  signals, the dimensions of wickets, bat and ball
  are described
• The SEJCA rules are essentially a set of local
  rules which can over-ride the Rules of Cricket in
  areas such as dismissals (limiting these in
  various age groups) or supplement them (such as
  setting out times of play and restrictions on the
  number of overs that may be bowled or runs made
  by one player).

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Development Through Junior Cricket Age-Groups

• U8 . modified with soft ball, batters in pairs,
  non-competitive
• U9 . modified with soft ball, batters in pairs,
  competitive
• U10 . 142g hard ball, 25 overs per side, 20 runs
  per batter
• U11. 36 overs per side, 25 runs per batter,
• U12 . 40 runs per batter, 6 overs per bowler,
  one 2-day match
• U13 .50 runs per batter, 156g hard ball, 50 runs
  per batter, 8 overs per bowler, one 2-day match
• U14.. No compulsory retirement, two 2-day
  matches
• U16 . Turf wickets where possible, three 2-day
  matches

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Age Group Eligibility

• SEJCA considers that the clubs which register
  teams in the various age group competitions have
  primary responsibility for ensuring that players
  are eligible to play in the age group in which
  they have been registered
• However, SEJCA will take action when it believes
  that over-age player(s) have been registered in
  an age group
• Players are allowed to play in an older age group
  than the youngest for which they are eligible
• The cut-off time for determining age is midnight
  31st August
• Check the eligibility of your players

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Safety on the Field

• Pads, gloves, helmet and protector may be worn
  but are not mandatory for batsmen in Under 9
  cricket
• However, they are mandatory in Under 10s, and one
  of the aims of Under 9 coaches should be to
  develop their players so they can adapt to
  playing with a hard ball next season
• Only the wicket-keeper and one slip are permitted
  to field within 10m of the batsman in U9s . The
  umpire should use discretion about the ability of
  a player to field at slip

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Safety on the Field

• In the event of rain the umpires control the
  situation .play should cease if the pitch is
  slippery or the light is poor to minimise the
  risk of injury.
• In the event of the umpires being unable to agree
  on action, the status quo should remain if the
  players are on the field, then they remain
  on.if the players are off the field they remain
  off
• In the event of lightning the 30/30 rule
  applies.. If thunder is heard less than 30
  seconds after lightning is seen, the players and
  umpires should leave the ground and remain off
  until 30 minutes after the last lightning flash

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Under 9 Match Format

• Teams of ten players, five batting pairs
• Eight players needed to constitute a team
• Each batting pair faces four overs, so 20 overs
  total
• Change the bowling end for each new batting pair
• No batter bats twice, so if the team is a player
  short, only four pairs can bat
• At least 8 bowlers must be used and no player can
  bowl more than two overs until 8 players have
  bowled
• Pitch length 18 metres
• Match time not to exceed 2 hours
• 35m boundaries
• No 6s scored

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Under 9 Match Format

• Often the change of ends by the bowling team gets
  ignored sometimes the players find the into
  the wind end more than they can handle
• Remember, if your team makes the finals they are
  going to have to organise themselves on the field
  and they will have to bowl from both ends
• So, develop them during the year so that they can
  cope on the field in U9 finals and next season in
  U10s
• SEJCA recommends that bowling and batting orders
  be rotated so that each player gets a reasonable
  share of the play

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General Playing Rules- No-Balls

• A ball pitching off the surface of the pitch is a
  no-ball
• A ball which stops before it reaches the batsman
  is a no-ball. signal dead ball and then
  no-ball.. the batsman is not allowed to attempt
  to hit a stationary ball
• A ball which bounces more than twice before it
  reaches the batsman is a no-ball
• A ball which begins to roll along the ground
  before it reaches the batsman is a no-ball

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General Playing Rules- No-Balls

• A slow/spin ball which in the opinion of either
  umpire would pass the batsman above shoulder
  height when in an upright stance is a no-ball
• Any medium paced or fast full toss which in the
  opinion of either umpire would pass the batsman
  over waist height when in an upright stance is a
  no-ball
• Any medium-paced or fast short-pitched ball which
  in the opinion of either umpire would have passed
  the batsman above shoulder height when in an
  upright stance is a no-ball
• No additional balls are bowled for a no-ball in
  Under 9s

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General Playing Rules- No-Balls

• Normal rules apply for no-balls due to
  over-stepping at the bowlers end
• If runs are scored from a wide or a no-ball,
  these runs are scored as no-balls or wides,
  without the addition of any penalty If the ball
  crosses the boundary, then 4 wides or no-balls
  are scored

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General Playing Rules- Wides

• The normal rule in The Rules of Cricket applies
  to wides
• i.e. a wide is a delivery which a batsman cannot
  hit from his normal stance
• Law 25 of The Rules of Cricket "The ball will be
  considered as passing wide of the striker unless
  it is sufficiently within his reach for him to be
  able to hit it with his bat by means of a normal
  cricket stroke".
• The One Day International rule for wides down the
  leg-side does not apply to any of the age groups
  in the SEJCA
• No additional balls are bowled for wides (or
  no-balls) in Under 9s

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Scoring in Under 9s

• In general scoring is similar to Under 8s
• A change to the way in which dismissals are
  accounted for in U8 and U9 matches has been made
  for the 08/09 season
• Last year 3 runs subtracted from the batting
  teams score, down to a minimum of zero, for each
  dismissal
• This year 3 penalty runs added to the bowling
  teams score for each dismissal
• A table has been added to the scoresheet to
  record catches .. There is an award for the most
  catches taken in the Under 9 competition

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Scoring- Why the Change?

• Prior to implementation of ResultsVault batters
  could make negative scores and the match remained
  live even after the team batting second had
  past the score of the team batting first
• Last season, the change was made to eliminate the
  possibility of negative scores by batters, which
  RV cannot handle.this killed matches when the
  team batting second passed the team batting first
• This season, SEJCA has decided to add the 3 runs
  to the bowling teams score, so that the match
  remains live to the end of its second innings

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Coaching on the Field

• Usually the coaches of the two teams are the
  umpires, although SEJCA has a limited number of
  umpires who may be allocated to U9 games
• Coaching on the field by the umpires is allowed
  provided that play is not seriously disrupted
• Aim to develop the teams ability to manage
  themselves on the field . In U9 finals,
  coaching is limited to setting fields on change
  of batsmen

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Dismissals

• In Under 9s the batsman can be out three ways
• Bowled
• Caught
• Run Out
• There is no lbw, stumped or hit wicket in Under
  9s
• Batsmen cannot be out in those obscure ways such
  as obstructing the field.

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Possible Results in U9 Games

• Each side can bat once only
• Possible results are
• Win on first innings
• Loss on first innings
• Tie on first innings
• Draw.. if match interrupted by weather or washed
  out
• Bye
• In SEJCA one day cricket, no side bats a second
  time, so no outright wins
• Outright wins are possible in two day matches

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The End