Keyworth CC Twenty20 update

It’s now less than a week to go until the inaugural Keyworth Twenty20 Club match on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August.

We’ve had a great response from everyone, both players and non-players, old and new, so we’re hopeful of a good game in front of a bumper crowd. All we need is for everyone to keep his or her fingers crossed for dry weather now!

Captains and sides have been selected and are shown below. The two captains are Keyworth Chairman Richard Drury and Star All Rounder Alex Ball.

Chairman’s XI
R Drury (cpt)
D Garland
D Strong
P Lay
I Graham
S King
G Tindsley
A Cowlard
C Legge
A Hiller
N Palmer
W Dessaur

Star All Rounder Ball’s XI
A Ball (cpt)
R Beake
D Hiller
D Collison
S Rendu
R Baker
G Parker
G Baker
A Ward
S Tuckwell
T Newby
M Dring

The action starts at 2pm, but players should arrive 12.30 – 1pm to help get things organised.

Chris 'Dirty Den' Ladd is organising the bar, and drinks will be available from 2pm. Cliff and Jean are doing the BBQ, which will be sparked up around 3.30pm should anyone be hungry before the end of the match at around 5pm.

The match is being sponsored by Cottee Fibres and King Stone Products Ltd, and a trophy will be presented to the winning captain after the game.

There are some specific rules applicable to the match to hopefully ensure we have a close game.

Keyworth CC Twenty20 Rules
If the team batting first is dismissed in less than 20 overs, the team batting second shall only be entitled to bat for 20 overs.

In the event of a tie the team losing the lesser number of wickets shall be the winner.

If the result cannot be decided by the above, the winner shall be the team with the higher score after 10 overs.

For the first 6 overs only of each innings, only three fieldsmen are permitted to be outside the
fielding circle. After the first 6 overs, five players must remain within the circle.

Batsmen must retire at 50 runs scored and/or 30 balls faced and can only return at the end of the innings once the last wicket has fallen.

No bowler may bowl more than four overs (but Captains should be aware if people want to bowl they should be given at least one over).

The penalty for a no ball will be 2 runs. The delivery following a no ball shall be a free hit for whichever batsman is facing it. For a free hit, the striker cannot be out caught, bowled or LBW.

Field changes are permitted for free hit deliveries.

Umpires are instructed to apply a very strict and consistent interpretation in regard to wide balls in order to prevent negative bowling wide of the wicket.