Finals Day Schedule - the Regulations

 

12.2 Finals Day 

12.2.1 Both semi-finals and the final will be played on Finals Day. 

The scheduled hours of play will be as follows: 

First Semi-Final First Session .................................... 11.00am - 12.15pm 

Interval ............................................ 12.15pm - 12.30pm 

Second Session ................................ 12.30pm - 1.45pm 

Second Semi-Final First Session....................................... 2.30pm - 3.45pm Interval................................................ 3.45pm - 4.00pm 

Second Session ................................. 4.00pm - 5.15pm 

Final First Session ....................................... 6.45pm - 8.00pm

 Interval................................................ 8.00pm - 8.15pm 

Second Session ............................... 8.15pm - 9.30pm 

12.2.2 The Chairman of the Cricket Committee will appoint a Technical Committee who will in conjunction with the Umpires, determine the re-arrangement of overs and timings of matches in the case of any match being delayed or interrupted. At all times, the objectives of the Technical Committee will be prioritized as follows:

 • To ensure that both Semi-Finals and the Final are completed on the scheduled day of the matches (minimum overs to constitute a match is 5 overs per team).

 • To ensure wherever possible a 20-over per side floodlit Final.

 • To ensure that wherever possible both semi-finals are of the same duration.

 • To ensure that wherever possible, within each match, teams have the opportunity of batting for the same number of overs. 

• To balance the desire to achieve commercial objectives with the need to ensure matches of as long a duration as possible.

 In making its judgments, the Technical Committee will need to take into account the amount of play that may already have taken place, the amount of play remaining, and the most accurate weather forecast. 

If there is a delayed start or one or more interruptions in play, the Technical Committee may order up to 30 minutes of extra time either at the break between the first and second semi-final and/or between the second semi-final and the final and/or at the end of the first day (latest re-scheduled finish tbc) and readjust the timings for matches as appropriate. If the Technical Committee is satisfied that the Final cannot be completed on the first day, the timing for cessation of play on the first day will be 9.30pm. 

The available hours of play on the Reserve Day are10.00am – 8.00pm. The availability of floodlights on the Reserve Day will be confirmed at the time. 

12.5 Delayed or Interrupted Matches – Finals Day 

12.5.1 Any rearrangement of the number of overs that maybe necessary due to a delayed start or one or more interruptions in play as a result of adverse ground, weather or light conditions or any other reason, shall be made by the Technical Committee in accordance with 12.2.2 above. The Technical Committee will apply the provisions of Clauses 12.4.2 and 12.4.3 as appropriate, and in accordance with 12.2.2 above. 

12.5.2 After any hold up in play, the Technical Committee will perform the Duckworth/Lewis calculations required. The Umpires will both satisfy themselves as to the correctness of all such calculations before allowing play to take place. The Technical Committee shall notify the Captains, Scorers and all others concerned of such decisions. 

Bowl-out procedure

Five players from each side will bowl two deliveries each at a wicket

The first bowler from Team A will bowl two deliveries, then the first bowler from Team B will bowl two deliveries

Then the second bowler from Team A will bowl two deliveries, and so on

The side which bowls down the wicket most times shall be the winner

If the scores are equal, the same players will bowl one ball each alternately to achieve a result on a 'sudden death' basis

The order in which the bowlers bowl in the sudden death may differ from the first stage of the bowl out