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Law 12 Innings
Law 15 Intervals
Law 13
The follow-on
Law 16 Start of play; cessation of play
Law 14 Declaration and forfeiture Law 17 Practice on the field
1. Number of innings
(a) A match shall be one or two innings of each side according to agreement
reached
before the match.
(b) It may be agreed to limit any innings to a number of overs or by a period of
time. I
If such an agreement is made then
(i) in a one innings match, it shall apply to both innings.
(ii) in a two innings match, it shall apply to either the first innings of each
side or
the second innings of each side or both innings of each side.
2. Alternate innings
In a two innings match each side shall take their innings alternately except in
the cases
provided for in Law 13 (The follow-on) or Law 14.2 (Forfeiture of an innings).
3. Completed innings
A side’s innings is to be considered as completed if
(a) the side is all out, or
(b) at the fall of a wicket, further balls remain to be bowled, but no further
batsman is
available to come in, or
(c) the captain declares the innings closed, or
(d) the captain forfeits the innings, or
(e) in the case of an agreement under 1(b) above, either
(i) the prescribed number of overs has been bowled, or
(ii) the prescribed time has expired.
4. The toss
The captains shall toss for the choice of innings on the field of play not
earlier than 30
minutes, nor later than 15 minutes, before the scheduled or any rescheduled time for the
match to start. Note,
however, the provisions of Law 1.3 (Captain).
5. Decision to be notified
The captain of the side winning the toss shall notify the opposing captain of
his decision
to bat or to field, not later than 10 minutes before the scheduled or any rescheduled time
for the match to start. Once notified the decision may not be altered.
LAW 13 THE FOLLOW-ON
1. Lead on first innings
(a) In a two innings match of 5 days or more, the side which bats first and
leads by at
least 200 runs shall have the option of requiring the other side to follow their innings.
(b) The same option shall be available in two innings matches of shorter
duration with
the minimum required leads as follows:
(i) 150 runs in a match of 3 or 4 days;
(ii) 100 runs in a 2-day match;
(iii) 75 runs in a 1-day match.
2. Notification
A captain shall notify the opposing captain and the umpires of his intention to
take up this
option. Law 10.1(e) (Insufficient time to complete rolling) shall apply.
3. First day’s play lost
If no play takes place on the first day of a match of more than one day’s
duration, 1 above
shall apply in accordance with the number of days remaining from the actual start of the
match. The day
on which play first commences shall count as a whole day for this
purpose, irrespective of the time at which play
starts. Play will have taken place as soon
as, after the call of Play, the first over has started. See Law 22.2 (Start of
an over).
LAW 14 DECLARATION AND FORFEITURE
1. Time of declaration
The captain of the batting side may declare an innings closed, when the ball is
dead, at
any time during a match.
2. Forfeiture of an innings
A captain may forfeit either of his side’s innings. A forfeited innings shall
be considered
as a completed innings.
3. Notification
A captain shall notify the opposing captain and the umpires of his decision to
declare
or to forfeit an innings. Law 10.1(e)
(Insufficient time to complete rolling) shall apply.
1. An interval
The following shall be classed as intervals.
(i) The period between close of play on one day and the start of the next day’s
play.
(ii) Intervals between innings.
(iii) Intervals for meals.
(iv) Intervals for drinks.
(v) Any other agreed interval.
All these intervals shall be considered as scheduled breaks for the purposes of
Law 2.5
(Fielder absent or leaving the
field).
2. Agreement of intervals
(a) Before the toss:
(i) the hours of play shall be established;
(ii) except as in (b) below, the timing and duration of intervals for meals
shall be
agreed;
(iii) the timing and duration of any other interval under 1(v) above shall be
agreed.
(b) In a one-day match no specific time need be agreed for the tea interval. It
may be
agreed instead to take this interval
between the innings.
(c) Intervals for drinks may not be taken during the last hour of the match, as
defined
in Law 16.6 (Last hour of match – number of overs). Subject to this limitation the
captains and umpires shall
agree the times for such intervals, if any, before the toss
and on each subsequent day not later than 10 minutes before play
is scheduled to
start. See also Law 3.3 (Agreement with captains).
3. Duration of intervals
(a) An interval for lunch or for tea shall be of the duration agreed under 2(a)
above, taken
from the call of Time before the interval until the call of Play on resumption after the
interval.
(b) An interval between innings shall be 10 minutes from the close of an innings
to the
call of Play for the start of the next innings, except as in 4, 6 and 7 below.
4. No allowance for interval between innings
In addition to the provisions of 6 and 7 below,
(a) if an innings ends when 10 minutes or less remain before the time agreed for
close
of play on any day, there will be no further play on that day. No change will be made
to the time for the start of
play on the following day on account of the 10 minutes
between innings.
(b) if a captain declares an innings closed during an interruption in play of
more than
10 minutes duration, no adjustment shall be made to the time for resumption of play
on account of the 10 minutes
between innings, which shall be considered as included
in the interruption.
Law 10.1(e) (Insufficient time to
complete rolling) shall apply.
(c) if a captain declares an innings closed during any interval other than an
interval for
drinks, the interval shall be of the
agreed duration and shall be considered to include
the 10 minutes between
innings. Law 10.1(e) (Insufficient time to complete rolling)
shall apply.
5. Changing agreed times for intervals
If for adverse conditions of ground, weather or light, or for any other reason,
playing time
is lost, the umpires and captains together may alter the time of the lunch interval or of the
tea interval. See also 6, 7 and 9(c) below.
6. Changing agreed time for lunch interval
(a) If an innings ends when 10 minutes or less remain before the agreed time for
lunch,
the interval shall be taken immediately. It shall be of the agreed length and shall
be considered to include
the 10 minutes between innings.
(b) If, because of adverse conditions of ground, weather or light, or in exceptional
circumstances, a stoppage occurs when 10 minutes or less remain before the
agreed time for lunch then,
notwithstanding 5 above, the interval shall be taken
immediately. It shall be of the agreed length. Play shall resume at the
end of this
interval or as soon after as conditions permit.
(c) If the players have occasion to leave the field for any reason when more
than 10
minutes remain before the agreed time for lunch then, unless the umpires and
captains together agree to alter it,
lunch will be taken at the agreed time.
7. Changing agreed time for tea interval
(a) (i) If an innings ends when 30 minutes or less remain before the agreed
time for tea,
then the interval shall be taken immediately. It shall be of the agreed length and
shall be considered to include
the 10 minutes between innings.
(ii) If, when 30 minutes remain before the agreed time for tea, an interval
between
innings is already in progress, play will resume at the end of the 10 minute
interval.
(b) (i) If, because of adverse conditions of ground, weather or light, or in
exceptional
circumstances, a stoppage occurs when 30 minutes or less remain before the
agreed time for tea, then unless
either there is an agreement to change the time
for tea, as permitted in 5 above or the captains agree to forgo the tea
interval, as
permitted in 10 below, the interval shall be taken immediately. The interval shall be
of the agreed
length. Play shall resume at the end of this interval or as soon after
as conditions permit.
(ii) If a stoppage is already in progress when 30 minutes remain before the time
agreed for tea, 5 above will apply.
8. Tea interval – 9 wickets down
If either 9 wickets are already down when 2 minutes remain to the agreed time
for tea
or the 9th wicket falls within these two minutes or at any later time up to and including
the final ball of the over
in progress at the agreed time for tea then, not withstanding the
provisions of Law 16.5(b) Completion of an over), tea will
not be taken until the end of
the over in progress 30 minutes after the originally agreed time for tea, unless the
players
have cause to leave the field of play, or the innings is completed earlier.
9. Intervals for drinks
(a) If on any day the captains agree that there shall be intervals for drinks,
the option to
take such intervals shall be available to either side. Each interval shall be kept as
short as possible and in any
case shall not exceed 5 minutes.
(b) (i) Unless both captains agree to forgo any drinks interval, it shall be
taken at the
end of the over in progress when the agreed time is reached. If, however, a
wicket falls within 5 minutes of the
agreed time then drinks shall be taken
immediately. No other variation in the timing of drinks intervals
shall be permitted
except as provided for in (c) below.
(ii) For the purpose of (i) above and Law 3.9(a)(ii) (Suspension of play for
adverse
conditions of ground, weather or light) only, the batsmen at the wicket may deputise
for their captain.
(c) If an innings ends or the players have to leave the field of play for any
other reason
within 30 minutes of the agreed time for a drinks interval, the umpires and captains
together may rearrange the
timing of drinks intervals in that session.
10. Agreement to forgo intervals
At any time during the match, the captains may agree to forgo the tea interval
or any of
the drinks intervals. The umpires shall be informed of the decision.
11. Scorers to be informed
The umpires shall ensure that the scorers are informed of all agreements about
hours
of play and intervals, and of any changes made thereto as permitted under this Law.
LAW 16 START OF PLAY and CESSATION OF PLAY
1. Call of Play
The umpire at the bowler’s end shall call Play at the start of the match and on
the
resumption of play after any interval or interruption.
2. Call of Time
The umpire at the bowler’s end shall call Time on the cessation of play before
any
interval or interruption of play and at the conclusion of the match. See Law 27 (Appeals).
3. Removal of bails
After the call of Time, the bails shall be removed from both wickets.
4. Starting a new over
Another over shall always be started at any time during the match, unless an
interval is
to be taken in the circumstances set out in 5 below, if the umpire, after walking at his
normal pace, has arrived at
his position behind the stumps at the bowler’s end before
the time agreed for the next interval, or for the close of play, has
been reached.
5. Completion of an over
Other than at the end of the match,
(a) if the agreed time for an interval is reached during an over, the over shall
be
completed before the interval is taken except as provided for in (b) below.
(b) when less than 2 minutes remain before the time agreed for the next
interval, the
interval will be taken immediately if
either (i) a batsman is out or retires
or (ii) the players have occasion to leave the field whether this occurs during
an
over or at the end of an over. Except at the end of an innings, if an over is
thus interrupted it shall be completed
on resumption of play.
6. Last hour of match – number of overs
When one hour of playing time of the match remains, according to the agreed
hours of
play, the over in progress shall be completed. The next over shall be the first of a minimum
of 20 overs which must
be bowled, provided that a result is not reached earlier and
provided that there is no interval or interruption in play.
The umpire at the bowler’s end
shall indicate the commencement of this 20 overs to the players and the scorers. The
period of
play thereafter shall be referred to as the last hour, whatever its actual duration.
7. Last hour of match – interruptions of play
If there is an interruption in play during the last hour of the match, the
minimum number
of overs to be bowled shall be reduced from 20 as follows:-
(a) The time lost for an interruption is counted from the call of Time until the
time for
resumption of play as decided by the umpires.
(b) One over shall be deducted for every complete 3 minutes of time lost.
(c) In the case of more than one such interruption, the minutes lost shall not
be
aggregated; the calculation shall be made for each interruption separately.
(d) If, when one hour of playing time remains, an interruption is already in
progress,
(i) only the time lost after this moment shall be counted in the calculation;
(ii) the over in progress at the start of the interruption shall be completed on
resumption of play and shall not count as one of the minimum number of overs
to be bowled.
(e) If, after the start of the last hour, an interruption occurs during an over,
the over shall
be completed on resumption of play. The two part-overs shall between them count as
one over of the minimum number to
be bowled.
8. Last hour of match – intervals between innings
If an innings ends so that a new innings is to be started during the last hour
of the match,
the interval starts with the end of the innings and is to end 10 minutes later.
(a) If this interval is already in progress at the start of the last hour, then
to determine
the number of overs to be bowled in the new innings, calculations are to be made as
set out in 7 above.
(b) If the innings ends after the last hour has started, two calculations are to
be made,
as set out in (c) and (d) below. The greater of the numbers yielded by these two
calculations is to be the minimum
number of overs to be bowled in the new innings.
(c) Calculation based on overs remaining.
(i) At the conclusion of the innings, the number of overs that remain to be
bowled,
of the minimum in the last hour, to be noted.
(ii) If this is not a whole number it is to be rounded up to the next whole
number.
(iii) Three overs to be deducted from the result for the interval.
(d) Calculation based on time remaining.
(i) At the conclusion of the innings, the time remaining until the agreed time
for
close of play to be noted.
(ii) Ten minutes to be deducted from this time, for the interval, to determine
the
playing time remaining.
(iii) A calculation to be made of one over for every complete 3 minutes of the
playing
time remaining, plus one more over for any further part of 3 minutes remaining.
9. Conclusion of match
The match is concluded
(a) as soon as a result, as defined in sections 1,2,3 or 4 of Law 21 (The
result), is
reached.
(b) as soon as both
(i) the minimum number of overs for the last hour are completed and
(ii) the agreed time for close of play is reached unless a result has been
reached
earlier.
(c) if, without the match being concluded either as in (a) or in (b) above, the
players leave
the field, either for adverse conditions of ground, weather or light, or in exceptional
circumstances, and no
further play is possible thereafter.
10. Completion of last over of match
The over in progress at the close of play on the final day shall be completed
unless
either (i) a result has been reached
or (ii) the players have occasion to leave the field. In this case there
shall be no
resumption of play, except in the circumstances of Law 21.9 (Mistakes in
scoring), and the match shall be at an
end.
11. Bowler unable to complete an over during last hour of match
If, for any reason, a bowler is unable to complete an over during the last hour,
Law 22.8
(Bowler incapacitated or suspended during an over) shall apply.
LAW 17 PRACTICE ON THE FIELD
1. Practice on the field
(a) There shall be no bowling or batting practice on the pitch, or on the area
parallel
and immediately adjacent to the pitch, at any time on any day of the match.
(b) There shall be no bowling or batting practice on any other part of the
square on any
day of the match, except before the start of play or after the close of play on that day.
Practice before the
start of play
(i) must not continue later than 30 minutes before the scheduled time or any
rescheduled time for play to start on that day.
(ii) shall not be allowed if the umpires consider that, in the prevailing
conditions of
ground and weather, it will be detrimental to the surface of the square.
(c) There
shall be no practice on the field of play between the call of Play and
the call of
Time, if the umpire considers that it could result in a
waste of time. See Law 42.9
(Time wasting by the fielding side).
(d) If a player contravenes (a) or (b) above he shall not be allowed to bowl
until either at
least one hour later than the contravention or there has been at least 30 minutes of
playing time since the
contravention whichever is sooner. If an over is in progress at
the contravention, he shall not be allowed to complete that over.
2. Trial run up
No bowler shall have a trial run up between the call of Play and the call of
Time unless the
umpire is satisfied that it will not cause any waste of time.
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