Willow Indoor Cricket (WIC-ket) League: Rules and Regulations
1. Laws
The laws of cricket shall apply, with the exception of the following playing regulations:
a) All players should wear appropriate clothing and non-marking soled shoes.
b) Teams shall consist of 6 to play. Wherever possible teams are requested to have an extra person who can assist with umpiring, scoring, etc.
c) Each match shall consist of one innings per team.
d) Each innings shall consist of a maximum of 10 six ball overs.
e) No player shall bowl more than 2 overs.
f) Two batsmen shall be at the wicket at all times during an innings. In the event of a team losing five wickets within the permitted 10 overs, the last man shall continue batting with the fifth man out remaining at the wicket as a runner.
g) When a batsman reaches a personal total of 25 he shall retire but may return to the crease in the event of his side being bowled out within the 10 overs. Retired batsmen must return in the order of their retirement.
h) If in the opinion of the umpire, a ball pitches short of the no-ball line, he shall call and signal ‘no ball’.
i) The law relating to ‘wides’ shall be strictly interpreted by the umpire particularly down the leg side.
j) A team not ready to start on time will lose one over when batting for every three minutes lost.
k) If the ball is lodged in a curtain or part of the building structure, ‘dead ball’ shall be called. Any completed runs shall stand but no further runs added.
l) Team captains (or another team member) shall toss before the scheduled start of play to determine who bats first.
m) Each team shall provide a match ball which they will use when bowling/fielding. Any team that causes a ball to become lost or damaged shall be responsible for replacing it prior to the next round of games.
2. Methods of Dismissal
Apart from the normal methods of dismissal in the Laws of Cricket, the following variations shall apply:
a) The batsmen shall be caught out by a fieldsman after the ball has hit the ceiling, the netting or any wall provided the ball has not touched the floor.
b) The last not-out batsman shall be given out if the non-striker running with him is run out.
3. Scoring
a) A ball struck to hit the boundary wall behind the bowler without touching the floor or any other wall or ceiling shall count 4 runs. If however the ball touches the floor and does not touch any of the other walls or ceiling, a fielder or the stumps at the non-striker’s end and hits the boundary wall, then it shall count as 6 runs.
b) A ball struck to hit one or more of the side or back walls or ceiling shall count as 1 run, even if the ball subsequently hits the boundary wall. 2 additional runs shall be scored if the batsmen complete a run.
c) 2 runs shall be scored if the striker plays the ball and it does not hit a wall and the batsmen complete a run.
d) Wides or No Balls shall count as 1 extra plus if the ball hits a wall, another run will be added. Additionally in each case if the batsmen complete a run, 2 further extras shall be scored.
e) An overthrow hitting any wall shall count as 1 run to the batsmen.
f) A run shall be scored if a batsman is out caught off the walls or ceiling other than the boundary wall when 4 runs will be awarded when the batsman shall be given out. No runs shall be scored for batsmen completing a run in such dismissals.
g) A ‘wall’ is deemed to be any wall, ceiling, netting, curtain, equipment or other attached to any of the aforementioned.
h) Each team is responsible for providing a scoresheet (downloadable from the website) and a pen at each fixture.
i) Results must be submitted by email within 48 hours of the game being completed.
4. Points & League placings
a) Competition comprises 5 teams playing in a round robin format where every team plays each other once to establish a table and then there are one set of play-offs – 2nd placed team v 3rd placed, and 4th placed v 5th place. The winners of 2nd/3rd then go to Grand Final game with 1st placed team. Losers of 2nd/3rd play off play winners of 4th/5th play off to determine Bronze winner.
b) 17 points are available per game: 12 for winning and 5 bonus points allocated between the two teams according to the relative closeness of the result (as shown in table below). If a game is tied, the points are shared equally (8.5 each).
Wicket result
Wickets remaining Winners Losers
1 0 bonus 5 bonus
2 1 bonus 4 bonus
3 2 bonus 3 bonus
4 3 bonus 2 bonus
5 4 bonus 1 bonus
6 5 bonus 0 bonus
Run result
Runs Winners Losers
1-5 0 bonus 5 bonus
6-10 1 bonus 4 bonus
11-15 2 bonus 3 bonus
16-20 3 bonus 2 bonus
21-25 4 bonus 1 bonus
26 or more 5 bonus 0 bonus
c) In the event of a tie for table placings, it will be decided in favour of the result between the two teams, ie. whichever team won that game will be placed above the team that lost. If the match was tied, then it will be decided on the number of wickets taken in the match between them. If that is still inconclusive, a coin will be tossed.