Under 13 Match Rules

a Any person under the age of 13 on the 31st August of the year preceding the season shall be eligible.

b Games will be played on a Thursday evening, with a 6.30pm start whenever possible. Twenty overs per side to be played in all League games, unless otherwise agreed between the team managers.

c The game shall be played on a pitch of 21 yards. Artificial pitches are acceptable.

d Ball must be of school regulation size. Maximum weight 4.75 oz.

e All boundaries count as 4 runs.

f Maximum of 3 overs per bowler.

g There will be no extra ball if a wide is bowled and two runs shall be awarded. With the exception of the last over of each innings, when a wide will count as one run and an extra ball shall be bowled.

h On scoring 30, a batsman will retire and not return to the wicket.

i No fielder, except the wicket keeper, is to field nearer than 11 yards, measured from the middle stump, except behind the wicket on the off side, until the batsman has played the ball. If a fielder comes within this distance, the umpire must stop the game and instruct the fielder to move back.