Post by cavebubonem on Jul 2, 2013 17:23:21 GMT
In our Essex League we often have "youngsters", i.e. U19 players (and jolly big they are, too), who are all subject, if they bowl "fast" (wicket-keeper standing back) to the ECB restrictions. Often they warrant a second spell, and it's important to anticipate when they are entitled to bowl again before the skipper asks you (or even worse, puts the bowler on before you realise, too early).
I found a simple trick to help me avoid unpleasant mistakes. If you use a standard card for recording the score at the end of each over, each box will have its own number. In the bowlers' recording section, write the bowler's name and his "limit". Then for each over they bowl in the spell, write its number - don't just tick the box. Then, say for instance the bowler is able to bowl 6 consecutive overs at that end in a spell, write a "6" against their name. Say they then bowl overs 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 & 20 - at the end of that over, state "Over - end of statutory allowance" or somesuch. Then take the "6", double it and add 1, giving 13. Add that to the number of the over, number 20, to get 33, and inform the skipper that the young bowler may bowl again from over 33. Yes, I know that would be from a different end, but it's legal, if you work it through. If they bowl less than their limit, say 4 overs, double that and add 1. In my example, if they stopped at over 16, the next they could bowl would be 16+9 = over 25.
I've done a great deal of youth cricket, and it's served me well (and saved some colleagues embarrassment, too!)
I found a simple trick to help me avoid unpleasant mistakes. If you use a standard card for recording the score at the end of each over, each box will have its own number. In the bowlers' recording section, write the bowler's name and his "limit". Then for each over they bowl in the spell, write its number - don't just tick the box. Then, say for instance the bowler is able to bowl 6 consecutive overs at that end in a spell, write a "6" against their name. Say they then bowl overs 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 & 20 - at the end of that over, state "Over - end of statutory allowance" or somesuch. Then take the "6", double it and add 1, giving 13. Add that to the number of the over, number 20, to get 33, and inform the skipper that the young bowler may bowl again from over 33. Yes, I know that would be from a different end, but it's legal, if you work it through. If they bowl less than their limit, say 4 overs, double that and add 1. In my example, if they stopped at over 16, the next they could bowl would be 16+9 = over 25.
I've done a great deal of youth cricket, and it's served me well (and saved some colleagues embarrassment, too!)