Limited Overs Cricket-Rain Effected- All Divisions.

It was formally agreed at the 2004 AGM to revise the method of arriving at the 'Target Score' in a rain effected match where the team batting second receive less overs. Clause 11.3 for both Division 1 and Division 2 & 3 are changed to read thus:

REVISION TO THE RUN RATE – Replace 11.3 in both Division 1, Divisions 2 & 3 with:

11.3            Where a team batting second does not have the opportunity of batting the same number of overs as the         team batting first due to time being lost after the commencement of the match, the result will be determined as follows:-

11.3.1      The ‘2^nd innings run rate’ shall be determined immediately prior to the start of the innings of the team batting second using the following formula:

‘Second innings run rate’ = (100 + {d x1.2}) x (1^st innings run rate) x (1/100)
Where d = difference in overs to be played at the commencement of the innings of the team batting second.
(1^st innings run rate) = (1^st innings score) / (number of overs allocated to the team batting first)

  Note: i)  The run rate of both the 1^st and 2^nd innings shall be calculated to two decimal places.
           ii)  The run rate shall be agreed by both scorers and umpires prior to the start of innings and once agreed                   shall be final.
           iii)   Once the run rate for the second innings has been calculated it shall remain as the run rate for that  innings even though a later interruption may reduce the number of overs the team batting second can receive.
 iii)   If the second innings commences with the same number of overs   allocated to the team batting first the run rate shall remain as   the first innings run rate even though a later interruption may reduce the number of over the team batting second can receive.

11.3.2   The  “run rate required” shall be multiplied by the lowest reduced number of overs which the team batting second shall be entitled to receive after making allowance for time lost after the commencement of the match. The resulting figure shall be the “target score”

11.3.3          If the score of team batting second surpasses the "target score" at any time prior to the conclusion of its innings then the match shall be won by the team batting second but if bowled out earlier the match shall be won by the team batting first.

11.3.4                    A match shall be tied if the scores are equal at the end of the match. In a match interrupted after the commencement, where the revised target score involves a fraction of a run, then the final scores cannot be equal and the result cannot be a tie.

EXAMPLE OF REDUCED OVERS RUN RATE CALCULATION
A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1st innings Runs Scored	Overs Allotted At Start Of Match	Run Rate = A/B (To 2 Decimal Places)	Overs allocated to side batting second at commencent of 2nd innings	d = Difference in overs (B-D)	d x 1.2	Run Rate for team batting second = (100 + F) x C x 1/100
221	50	4.42	42	8	9.6	4.84
Target Score = Overs allocated to side batting second x G (Example above Target score = 42 x 4.84 = 203.28 = 204 to win) Overs reduced again after start of second innings: New Target score = Revised number overs allocated to side batting second x G (Example further reduction after start of 2nd innings of 4 overs New Target score = 38 x 4.84 = 183.92 = 184 to win)