Cricket

Groups & Schedule
Venue & Time

    • Tournament Dates: Oct 7 – 15 [Saturdays and Sundays]
    • Location
      • Los Cerritos Community Park,  3377 Alder Fremont, CA

Trophies & Awards

    • Champions: Ever Rolling Trophy, Medals
    • Runners-up: Ever RollingTrophy, Medals
    • Individual Awards
      • Man of the Match awards for Finals
      • Top Batsman
      • Top Bowler
      • Top Wicket Keeper
      • 1 MVP award (Based on stats from the league matches)

Registered Teams
2023 Registrations

Scoring Details

Rules & Regulations

Team composition

    • Being a Malayali tournament, it’s recommended to have all Malayalis on the team. However, each team can have up to 6 non-Malayali players of Indian Origin on the roster while a maximum of 3 in the playing X1. A team roster shall have a maximum of 20 players
      • Indian Origin is defined as the criteria used by the Indian Government to determine OCI eligibility
    • No substitutions are allowed to the 20-member squad declared during registration without serious injury substantiated with a medical certificate Any requests for substitutions have to be submitted to the tournament committee by the Wednesday of the week before the game for review and approval. No exceptions will be approved at the venue.
    • A player who played for another team in this tournament cannot be a substitute player for another team

Player Substitutions during the game

    • Runners are allowed only if the injury is sustained during the game. Umpires to decide whether the injury was sustained during the game. The opposing Captain is not involved. The runner should also be part of the playing 11
    • Fielding Substitutions are allowed only for injury or emergency after consultation with Umpires as long as the substitutes are part of the roster of 20
    • A player returning after being substituted can only bowl after spending an equal amount of time on the field

Game Start & Ground Setup

    • All teams must report at least 15 minutes before the scheduled game time. If any team does not have at least 9 players at the start time, it will be considered a forfeit
    • A player joining late for the game, if not reached by 5th over, the player won’t be able to play the game
    • Home Team to set up ground and fix crease before the match start time

Points

    • A win will fetch 4 points, A draw will share 2 points each, A walk-over or No-show will earn -3 points as a penalty for the non-playing team
    • Umpire no show by start time will earn -1 points
Tie Breaker  After the Round Robin phase of the tournament, if the points are the same, the tiebreaker will be decided in the order of:

    1. The number of wins
    2. The number of Ties
    3. The number of Losses
    4. DRR
    5. Coin Toss

Super Over for tied games in Knockouts (QF, SF, F).


Pitch & Ground Dimensions

    • Length of Pitch: 64 Feet
    • Front Crease: 4 Feet
    • Return (side) Crease : 4 Feet 4 Inch
    • Wide Markers : 3 Feet from the middle stump
    • Boundary Length: 165 Feet from the center of the pitch
    • Inner circle: 60 feet from the center of the pitch

On baseball fields because of fence restrictions on the leg side and off side please follow the below rules

    • Declared Runs
      • When the batsmen play a shot, if the ball touches the fence within the 80 ft markers, it will be declared 1 run (same as if the ball goes over the fence or stuck in the fence)
      • If the ball touches the fence outside the 80 ft markers (inside the boundary marker), it will be declared 2 runs (same as if the ball goes over the fence or stuck in the fence)
      • On the leg side fence (or open area beyond the fence (where there are shorter than 80 ft fence), mark a spot at 80 feet from the striker’s end middle stump
      • Runs of the bat, wides, no balls, byes, and overthrows will now be declared runs when
        • the ball touches the fence
        • goes over the fence
        • gets stuck inside the fence
        • goes inside the dugout
      • Fielders can touch the fence after cleanly fielding the ball and throwing it back, this will not be declared runs since the fielding was done cleanly in the field of play. This is the same as the catch rule
      • Height no balls or wide balls that might shoot or bounce over and hit the fence will be declared
    • Please refer to the below image for a better understanding



Format and Rules

    • Format
      • This tournament will be a regular 15 Overs format
      • 3 Overs max per bowler
      • All games will have 2 umpires
    • Power Play rules
      • 3 Power Play Overs
      • 1 Bowling Power Play to be taken between 6-10
      • 1 Batting Power Play to be taken between 6-10
      • 1 Mandatory Power Play – Over #8
      • Only 2 fielders shall be permitted outside the 60 ft circle at the instant of delivery. No more than 5 fielders can be on the leg side during any time of the game [during a power play as well]
      • If both teams take Power play in the same over then it will be considered as Batting Power play
      • Separate 3 bowlers should bowl each Power Play
    • Field Restrictions
      • Only 4 players will be allowed outside the inner circle (excluding Wicket-keeper) for all the non-Power Play overs.
      • If fielding teams break the fielding restriction then a No-Ball will be awarded (no free hit) to the batting side. All the no-ball rules will be in effect.
    • Extras
      • Usual rules such as No Balls, Wide Balls, and Free Hits will be there
      • No ball is a full toss above waist height or, over the shoulder of the batsman if it bounced at least once
      • If the ball bounces more than once before the popping crease, it will be considered a Deadball 
      • Free-hit only for Front Foot No-Ball
      • No Leg Byes and No LBWs
      • Declared runs will be there, as the grounds are baseball grounds – See the above section for Baseball ground rules

*All decisions of the Tournament Committee will be final and binding

Guidance for Umpires

    • Please carry 2 copies of the umpiring score sheet
    • The umpires shall change ends once after every two overs
    • Anything on the leg side not touching the batsmen/bat is considered a wide
    • Full toss above the waist is a no-ball, and a Ball bouncing over the batsman’s shoulder is no-ball
    • Two beamers in the same/different overs and the bowler will be barred from bowling in that innings
    • A bowler hitting the stumps/bails on the non-striker end during bowling action will be deemed as no-ball

Equipment List to be brought by Team

    • At least one set of spring stumps and usable bails
    • 15 Cones
    • 2 or more Bats for the team’s use
    • Water and other refreshments needed for the team
    • Measuring tape 200ft