Grade rules · 2025/26
Year 3 & 4 – Grade Rules (2025/26)
Source: Kiwi-Year-3-4-Mini-Mags-Grade-conditions-as-at-26th-September-2025.pdf, pages 4–10, tidied for reading (see “Changes from the original”).
Rules: Christchurch Junior Cricket Association (CJCA). Reformatted as coaching notes; see the source PDF for the official wording.
Grade Format
These grades are for players from school Years 1–4, split into three grades: Kiwi (Years 0–2), Year 3 and Year 4. Players may progress from younger grades, or enter the sport at any stage along this pathway, at which stage they should experience a similar format.
Years 3 and 4 are a progression from Kiwi cricket, with the introduction of wooden bats and a seamed Incrediball.
Location
In Kiwi and Years 3 and 4, teams are split into North and South divisions to minimise travel for parents. We use club grounds alongside hub grounds such as Bradford, Beckenham, Lancaster Park and other grounds as needed. We also have the privilege of playing at Hagley Oval on occasion; these games will be set in advance, so your teams have plenty of notice.
Grading
Within these divisions, especially after Christmas, there may be an opportunity to split again based on teams’ results, so that “like vs like” matches can be played and mismatches minimised.
As these are non-competitive grades, no points are awarded and no ladder is kept, but we still want results entered on the PlayHQ website. They provide useful information for grading and moving teams around. For this grade, just enter the net score for your team; don’t worry about the number of wickets taken. This means adding the runs gained by taking wickets to the runs scored by your batters. Each team should enter results.
Draw
The draw up to Christmas will be confirmed after grading. Clubs will be told if grades are allocated games at Hagley Oval on a Friday night. After Christmas, players will also be given plenty of notice of when their grade is drawn to play on a Friday at Hagley Oval. If the draw changes after it is published, junior club convenors will be informed.
Eligibility
Players are encouraged to play in the year group they are currently in at school. Should players wish to play down because they are new to the game or because of other circumstances, clubs should apply before the start of the season, giving the names of the players, the team they wish to play for, and a brief explanation of why a dispensation is required for each player to play down a grade.
Players may play up a grade, but parents and caregivers must be aware of the risks involved in playing ahead of their current school year. We recommend no more than one grade higher.
Time
Games for Years 3 and 4 start at either 5.30 pm on a Friday or 9.00 am on a Saturday morning.
Team Size
All grades are pairs-based cricket.
Years 3 and 4: 8 a side.
Teams with fewer than 6 or 8 players should first ask whether the opposition has additional players to balance the teams. If a team in Kiwi or Years 3 and 4 has fewer than 6 or 8 players, bowling limits can be extended to 3 overs each.
Coaches should make sure all players have an equal opportunity to bat twice or bowl additional overs across the season if necessary. Where possible, opposition players should be asked to field so there are 6 or 8 players in the fielding team.
Teams with more than 6 or 8 players should try to maximise participation. Options include batting and bowling for fewer overs, or, with the agreement of the opposition, extending the game by up to one partnership, while being aware of the total time taken. Scoring should be stopped at 12 or 16 overs for the normal innings (unless both teams can bat extra).
Maximum of 6 or 8 players on the field at any one time. Any additional fielders must be rotated on and off the field.
Pitch Length
The pitches are prepared by a club or the CJCA and are painted with numbers to identify them.
Years 3 and 4: 14 m (prepared outfield pitch).
Boundaries
We want players to hit 4s and 6s, so it’s important that boundaries are achievable. If ground conditions (e.g. long grass) prevent the ball travelling at a reasonable pace, managers and coaches should consult and agree shorter boundaries. The boundary should be marked with cones, or by a stream, path, another match, or anything else that is dangerous or stops the ball, if that is closer than these guidelines. If this occurs, a four or six is signalled.
Years 3 and 4: 30 m or natural boundaries.
Equipment
Years 3 and 4: “Club Junior Safety” Incrediball – see the Aero Safety Club ball at Cricket Express.
In Years 3 and 4, wooden bats should be used, along with the soft Incrediball.
NB: in Year 3 or 4, plastic gear can be used by those new to cricket or with different abilities, but coaches must make sure plastic gear is not being used by competent batters to gain an advantage.
Cones should be used to mark the fielding exclusion zone in grades up to Year 4.
Small hitting tees should be used in Kiwi and Years 3 and 4. Two tees should be set up.
Match Length
All games are one innings each; decide who starts with a coin toss or similar.
Time of Innings
Coaches and managers must keep the game moving so games are completed in good time. All bowling is to be from the same end, and the next batting pair must be ready to bat as soon as the previous pair’s partnership ends. Parents and supporters can be asked to make sure players are ready to go.
Years 3 and 4: 16 overs per side (should be around an hour).
Match Setup
For all grades, a 10 m fielding exclusion zone applies; it does not apply to the wicketkeeper.
Cones should be placed around a 10 m circle. No fielder may enter the circle until after the batter has played their shot. The zone is extended so that no fielder may be within 10 m of the bowler’s-end stumps.
Fielders do not have to stand where the exclusion-zone markers are placed; they can stand level with or beyond the markers. Fielders can therefore be encouraged to field on the boundary, where they can stop the ball.
Batting
Six or eight batters are placed into pairs, numbered 1–4, by the coach or captain.
Each pair bats together for 4 overs. This is 24 balls, and we would like each batter to face 12 balls, so batters may need to be told to change ends to achieve this, including mid-over after dot balls. The scorer can tell the umpire when the allocated overs are nearly finished and one batter needs to catch up on balls faced.
Switching Ends
When dismissed, batters do not face the next delivery, and they always change ends at the end of each over.
Run-outs: if a run-out occurs, the batting side is allocated all the runs being attempted, provided the batters have crossed on the final run, while the fielding team still gets its 3 runs for the wicket.
So if a single was being attempted and a run-out occurs, the batting side keeps the single (provided the batters crossed), and the run is allocated to the appropriate batter. If a run-out occurs on the third run, they keep all 3 runs, provided the batters crossed on the final run.
This is to encourage batters to take runs.
Dismissals
Players can be out bowled, caught, stumped, hit wicket or run out. There are no LBWs.
A player is also out if bails are being used and they don’t fall after the ball has hit the base of the stumps or any wicket, or has passed between two wickets.
Catches should be recorded against the player who took the catch, in a column of the new scoresheets.
Players remain batting when they are out. An out is recorded with an X in the scorebook, and the bowler is credited with the wicket.
The only penalty for being out is that the batters swap ends (this does not apply to run-outs) and the bowling team receives 3 bonus runs, added to its batting total as extras.
Free Hits
In Kiwi and Years 3 and 4, if a wide or no-ball is bowled, the batter receives a free hit off cones set up on each side of the wicket beside the batter. The batter only gets the runs scored from hitting the free hit.
Batters stay on strike when they receive a wide or no-ball and take their free hit. Free hits in these grades can only result in run-outs.
Batters should be coached to have only one swing at a free hit, although discretion can be used, and coaches can encourage good technique by allowing another swing. The ball must be hit forward of the wicket, on either side. If the ball is hit behind, the batter should be allowed to retake the hit and be shown where they are allowed to hit the ball.
Change in the 2024/25 season: all players may hit off either tee, bringing the entire field into play.
The fielding side must stay in their original positions, and out of the exclusion zone, until the ball is hit off the tee.
If a batter hits a delivery that would have been a wide, they score the runs made from that shot and forfeit their free hit. If no run is scored off the free hit, they must return to the popping crease.
If a no-ball is hit to the boundary, the boundary stands and no free hit is taken.
Fielding
Byes and Overthrows
In Years 3 and 4, byes and overthrows should be limited to one only. We want to encourage good practice by the fielding team, and coaches should encourage good throws and the use of relay throwing, so the ball is returned in good time.
Bowling
- All bowling is from one end only.
- A bowler may not bowl two overs in a row, and all bowlers should bowl 1 over before any bowler bowls a 2nd.
- There are no re-bowls, so there is a maximum of 6 deliveries in each over.
- Bowlers should have a maximum run-up of 5 m.
- All bowlers should bowl 2 overs, unless you are playing with fewer than 6 or 8 players, when bowling limits can be changed.
No-Balls and Wides
Wide and no-ball free-hit cones exist to create more balls in play for batters and fielders.
Coaches and umpires should discuss, before the match, a consistent understanding to be applied during each game.
A wide will be called if:
- the ball passes outside the off-side cone and is not hit by the batter
- the ball passes halfway towards the leg side and is not hit by the batter.
A no-ball will be called if:
- the ball bounces two or more times, or rolls, before reaching the batter’s popping crease (bowlers can bowl from a shorter distance if needed)
- the delivery would have passed above the waist on the full, at a normal batting stance
- the delivery would have passed above the shoulder after bouncing, at a normal batting stance
- any fielder (other than the bowler) encroaches into the fielding exclusion zone before the ball is hit.
Bowling, Not Throwing
Bowlers must be coached to bowl with a straight arm and avoid throwing the ball. Those who find this difficult should bowl from a standing, side-on position, starting with a straight arm against their back leg, and aim to release the ball at the 12 o’clock position. There is no penalty for a thrown delivery in this grade.
We don’t want a bowler to gain an unfair advantage by using an obviously incorrect action. So if a wicket is taken, or a batter seems to be intimidated, the umpire should act; for example, a batter should not be given out off an obvious throw.
Ideally, a word with the opposition coach or umpire will be enough for them to speak to the bowler as soon as the action is noticed.
We don’t want to discourage bowlers from practising in a match, but we also need to protect batters.
In the extreme, a no-ball can be called if an obvious throw results in a wicket being taken.
Scoring
Scoring should be done by a parent or supporter from each team. The grades are non-competitive, so scoring is used only for grading and making sure competition is appropriate. Take care when announcing who has won or has more runs.
Score sheets are available from the CJCA website: https://www.cjca.org.nz/about-us/resources-2/grade-rules-2/
- Each team’s score starts at zero.
- 3 runs are added to the bowling side for each dismissal.
- No extra runs are scored for wides or no-balls, other than the runs from hitting off the cone.
Appendix 1 – Pitch Map
Key: the dotted area is the fielder exclusion zone. It reaches 10 m to each side of the batter and curves round in front of the wicket, past the bowler’s end; pink markers show its edge, and players do not have to stand on these markers. The red dots are the hitting tees, 1.2 m either side of the batter; the batter may hit either ball forward of the wicket. The pitch is 12 m, and bowling is from one end only.
Appendix 2 – Scoresheets
Changes from the original
This copy is tidied for reading. No numbers, limits or rule meanings were changed. To see the CJCA text exactly as published, switch Wording to As published in Settings.
Reorganised
- The plastic-gear NB appears twice in the PDF (under the grade format and under Equipment); it is kept once, under Equipment.
Added
- A short text description of the pitch map (the PDF only has the picture).
- Editor’s notes under Team Size and Batting on the “6 or 8 players”, “12 or 16 overs” and “six or eight” batters, which come from the joint document with Kiwi.
Removed or shortened
- The second-innings copy of the scoresheet is not repeated: it is the same apart from its title and the C and D labels on the total boxes (see the note under the scoresheet).
- The PDF’s own page markers.
- The grade-format heading names Kiwi, Year 3 and Year 4 in the PDF; here it is just “Grade Format”.
- “(See graphics below)” under wides: the PDF has no graphics there.
- A repeated sentence under Match Setup (fielders not entering the zone until after the shot).
- “taken in these grades” at the end of the byes and overthrows sentence, which repeats “In Years 3 and 4”.
- “Therefore,” before “care should be taken about announcing who has won”.
Spelling and terms
- “Haglgey Oval” → “Hagley Oval”; “wicket keeper” → “wicketkeeper”.
- “LBW’s” → “LBWs”; “4 and 6’s” → “4s and 6s”; “it important” → “it’s important”; “practicing” → “practising”; “hit of either tee” → “hit off either tee”.
- “No Ball” → “no-ball”; “Run Out” (the dismissal) → “run-out”; “FREE HIT” and “Free Hit” → “free hit”; “less than 6 or 8 players” → “fewer than 6 or 8 players”; “less overs” → “fewer overs”; “offside” and “legside” → “off side” and “leg side”.
Capitals and emphasis
- Words in capitals (for example “PLAYERS REMAIN BATTING WHEN THEY ARE OUT”, “MAXIMUM OF 6 OR 8 PLAYERS”, “YEARS 3 AND 4”, “KIWI”, “ONE”, “SMALL”, “TWO”, “NOT”, “MUST”, “AFTER”, “BEFORE THE MATCH”, “UP”, “DOWN”) changed to sentence case, with bold for emphasis where the capitals were emphasis.
- The plastic-gear NB is no longer bold throughout; “NB:” and “not” are bold.
- Headings use consistent capitals and no trailing colons; “Byes / Overthrows” → “Byes and Overthrows”; “No Balls and Wides” → “No-Balls and Wides”; “Bowling not Throwing” → “Bowling, Not Throwing”.
Punctuation, units and spacing
- Appendix headings numbered: “Appendix One” → “Appendix 1”, “Appendix Two” → “Appendix 2”.
- “Year 3 & 4”, “Year 3&4” and “Years 3 &4” → “Years 3 and 4”; “Years 1-4”, “Years 0-2” and “1-4” written with en dashes.
- Units written as 14 m, 30 m, 10 m and 5 m; times as 5.30 pm and 9.00 am.
- The missing closing bracket in the no-ball list is fixed.
- The equipment link now names the page it opens (“Aero Safety Club ball at Cricket Express”).
- Missing full stops, commas and apostrophes added.
- The wide and no-ball conditions are written as one sentence each, introduced by “if:”.
Wording smoothed (meaning unchanged)
- Draw: “Draws will be confirmed until Christmas following grading” → “The draw up to Christmas will be confirmed after grading”; “The post-Christmas grade will also give players ample notice …” → “After Christmas, players will also be given plenty of notice …”.
- Team Size: “Should teams have less than 6 or 8 players in Kiwi, Year 3 and 4 players bowling limits can be extended” → “If a team in Kiwi or Years 3 and 4 has fewer than 6 or 8 players, bowling limits can be extended”; “stopped at the 12 or 16 overs” → “stopped at 12 or 16 overs”; “Options can include batting and bowling for less overs, OR with the agreement of the opposition, you can extend the game …” → “Options include batting and bowling for fewer overs, or, with the agreement of the opposition, extending the game …”.
- Match Setup: “this excludes the wicket keeper” → “it does not apply to the wicketkeeper”; “This is extended so no fielder may be within 10m of the bowler’s end stumps” → “The zone is extended so that no fielder may be within 10 m of the bowler’s-end stumps”.
- Free Hits: “Should a ball be hit behind the batter should be allowed to retake the hit” → “If the ball is hit behind, the batter should be allowed to retake the hit”.
- Long sentences in Eligibility, Boundaries, Team Size, Free Hits and Bowling Not Throwing split or reordered for readability, using the same wording as the 2026/27 Year 3 & 4 page where the CJCA text is the same.
Grade rules · 2025/26
Year 3 & 4 – Grade Rules (2025/26)
Source: Kiwi-Year-3-4-Mini-Mags-Grade-conditions-as-at-26th-September-2025.pdf, pages 4 onward (the pitch map and scoresheets are included as images).
Rules: Christchurch Junior Cricket Association (CJCA). Reformatted as coaching notes; see the source PDF for the official wording.
Kiwi Year 3 & Year 4 Grade Format
These grades are for players from School Years 1-4, split into three grades, Kiwi (Years 0-2) Year 3 and Year 4. Players may progress from younger grades or enter the sport at any stage along this pathway at which stage they should experience a similar format.
Year 3 and 4 is a progression on from Kiwi cricket with the introduction of wooden bats and a seamed Incrediball.
NB: At Year 3 or 4, plastic gear can be used by those new to cricket or with different abilities, but coaches must ensure that plastic gear is NOT being used by competent batters to gain an advantage.
Location:
In Kiwi and Year 3 and 4 grades teams are split into North and South divisions to minimise travel for parents. We use club grounds alongside hub grounds such as Bradford, Beckenham, Lancaster Park, and other grounds as needed. We also have the privilege of playing at Hagley Oval on occasion, which will be set in advance, so your teams have plenty of notice.
Grading:
Within these divisions, especially after Christmas there may be an opportunity to split again based on the results of teams so “like vs like” matches can be played, and mismatches minimised.
As these are non-competitive grades, no points are awarded, or ladder given but we do still want results entered onto the PlayHQ website. These provide useful information for grading and moving teams around. For this grade you should just enter the net score for your team, don’t worry about the number of wickets taken. This means adding the runs gained by taking wickets to the runs scored by your batters. Each team should enter results.
Draw:
Draws will be confirmed until Christmas following grading. Clubs will be advised if grades are allocated to games on Hagley Oval on a Friday night. The post-Christmas grade will also give players ample notice of when their grade is drawn to play on a Friday at Haglgey Oval. If there are changes to draws after they are published Junior Club Convenors will be informed.
Eligibility:
Players are encouraged to play in the year group they are currently in at school. Should players wish to play down due to being new to the game or other circumstances, Clubs should apply prior to the start of the season detailing the name of the players which team they wish to play for a brief explanation of why a dispensation is required for the player to play DOWN a grade.
Players may play UP a grade, but parents/caregivers must be aware of the risks involved in playing ahead of their current school year. We recommend no more than one grade higher.
Time*:*
Year 3 & 4 start at either 5.30pm on a Friday or 9am on a Saturday morning.
Team Size*:*
All grades are pairs-based cricket.
Year 3&4: 8 a side
Teams with less than 6 or 8 players should first enquire if the opposition has additional players to balance the teams. Should teams have less than 6 or 8 players in Kiwi, Year 3 and 4 players bowling limits can be extended to 3 overs each.
Coaches should look to ensure all players have an equal opportunity to bat twice or bowl additional overs throughout the season if necessary. Where possible opposition players should be asked to field to ensure there are 6 or 8 players in the fielding team.
Teams with more than 6 or 8 players should try to maximise participation. Options can include batting and bowling for less overs, OR with the agreement of the opposition, you can extend the game by up to ONE partnership. Whilst being aware of the total time taken. Scoring should be stopped at the 12 or 16 overs for the normal innings. (Unless both teams can bat extra)
MAXIMUM OF 6 OR 8 PLAYERS ON THE FIELD AT ANY ONE TIME -Any additional fielders must be rotated on and off the field
Pitch Length*:*
The pitches will be prepared by either a club or CJCA these will be painted with numbers to identify.
Year 3 & 4: 14 metres (prepared outfield pitch)
Boundaries*:*
We want players to get 4 and 6’s so it important that boundaries are achievable for players, should ground conditions i.e. grass length prevent balls travelling at a reasonable pace then managers/coaches should consult and agree to shortened boundary sizes. The boundary should be marked with cones, or a stream, path, another match, anything that is dangerous or stops the forward momentum of the ball that may be closer than these guidelines. If this occurs a four or six is signalled.
Year 3 & 4: 30 metres or natural boundaries
Equipment
Year 3 & 4: “Club Junior Safety” Incrediball
https://www.cricketexpress.co.nz/product/aero-safety-club-cricket-ball/crblaesaclub.aspx
In Year 3&4 Wooden bats should be used along with the soft 'Incrediball'.
NB: At Year 3 or 4, plastic gear can be used by those new to cricket or with different abilities, but coaches must ensure that plastic gear is NOT being used by competent batters to gain an advantage.
Cones should be used to indicate the fielding exclusion zone in grades up to Year 4.
SMALL Hitting tees should be used in KIWI and Years 3 &4. TWO tees should be set up.
Match Length
All games are one innings each and should be decided who starts with a coin toss, or similar.
Time of Innings
Coaches and managers must keep the game moving to ensure games are completed in a timely manner. All bowling is to be from the same end and the next batting pair must be ready to bat immediately following the previous pair's partnership. Parents / supporters can be tasked with ensuring the players are ready to go.
Year 3 & 4: 16 overs per side (should be around an hour)
Match Setup:
For all grades, a 10-metre fielding exclusion zone exists, this excludes the wicket keeper. Cones should be placed around a 10m circle where no fielder is allowed inside until the batter has played their shot. This is extended so no fielder may be within 10m of the bowler's end stumps. The fielders should not enter the zone until AFTER the batter has played their shot.
Note that fielders DO NOT have to stand where the fielding exclusion zone markers are placed – just level or beyond the markers. Fielders can therefore be encouraged to field on the boundary giving them the ability to stop the ball.
Batting
Six or Eight batters are placed into pairs numbered 1-4 by coach/captain.
Each pair will bat together for 4 overs. This is 24 balls, and we would like each batter to face 12 balls so batters may need to be told to change ends to achieve this, including mid over after dot balls. The scorer can advise the umpire when they feel it is getting near the end of the allocated overs and one batter has some catching up on balls faced to do.
Switching Ends:
When dismissed, batters do not face the next delivery and always change ends at the completion of each over.
Run outs: If a 'Run Out' occurs the batting side is allocated all the runs being attempted, provided the batters have gone past each other (crossed) on the final run, whilst the fielding team still get their 3 runs for the wicket.
Therefore, if a single was being attempted and a 'Run Out' occurs, they keep the single (provided the batters have crossed) and the run should be allocated to the appropriate batter. If a 'Run Out' occurs on the third run, they keep all 3 runs, provided the batters had crossed on the final run.
This is to encourage batters to take runs.
Dismissals
Players can be bowled, caught, stumped, hit wicket and run out. There are no LBW’s.
A player is also 'Out' if bails are being used and fail to dislodge after the ball has struck either the base of the stumps or any wicket or has passed between two wickets.
Catches should be recorded against the player who took the catch in a column of the new scoresheets.
PLAYERS REMAIN BATTING WHEN THEY ARE OUT – an out is recorded with a X in the scorebook and the bowler credited with a wicket.
The only penalty for being 'Out' is that batters swap ends (this does not apply to 'Run Out') and the bowling team receives 3 bonus runs add to their Batting total as EXTRAS.
Free Hits
In Kiwi, Year 3 & 4 should wides or no-balls be bowled players should receive a FREE HIT, off cones which are set up on each side of the wicket beside the batter. The batter only gets the runs scored from the hit off the free hit.
Batters should remain on-strike if they receive a Wide or No-ball and take their Free Hit. Free hits in these grades can only result in RUN OUTS.
Batters should be coached to only get one swing at a free hit, although discretion can be used, and coaches can encourage good technique to have another swing. The ball must be hit forward of the wicket on either side. Should a ball be hit behind the batter should be allowed to retake the hit and coached where they are permitted to hit the ball.
Change in 2024/25 Season. All players may hit of either tee, bringing the entire field into play
The fielding side must remain in their original positions and out of the exclusion zone until the ball is hit off the tee.
If a batter hits a delivery that would have been a 'wide' they score runs made from that shot and forfeit their 'Free Hit'. If no run is scored off the free hit, they must return to the popping crease.
If a No ball delivery is hit to the boundary by the batter, this boundary should stand, and no free hit be taken.
Fielding
Byes / Overthrows
In YEARS 3 AND 4 Byes and overthrows should be limited to ONE only taken in these grades. We want to encourage good practices by the fielding team, and the coaches should encourage good throws / the use of relay throwing to ensure the ball is returned in good time.
Bowling
- All bowling is from one end only.
- A bowler may not bowl two overs in a row, and all bowlers should bowl 1 over before any bowler bowls a 2nd.
- There are no ‘re-bowls’, so there is a maximum of 6 deliveries in each over.
- Bowlers should have a maximum of a 5-metre run up.
- All bowlers should bowl 2 overs, unless you are playing with less than 6 or 8 players when bowling limits can be changed.
No Balls and Wides
Wide/No-ball FREE HIT cones exist to create more balls in play for batters and fielders.
Coaches/Umpires should discuss a consistent understanding to be applied during each game BEFORE THE MATCH
A “Wide” Ball will be called if
- Any ball that passes outside the offside cone and is not hit by the batter shall be deemed a 'wide'.
- Any ball passing halfway towards the legside and is not hit by the batter should also be called wide. (See graphics below)
A No Ball will be called if ...
- The ball bounces TWO or more times or rolls on the pitch before reaching the batters popping crease. (Bowlers can bowl from a shorter distance if needed
- The delivery would have passed over the waist on the full at normal batting stance.
- If the delivery would have passed over the shoulder after it bounces at normal batting stance.
- If players (not the bowler) encroach into the fielding exclusion zone before the ball is hit.
Bowling not Throwing
Bowlers MUST be coached to bowl with a straight arm and avoid ‘throwing’ the ball. Those that find this difficult should bowl from a standing, side on position, starting with a straight arm against their back leg and aim to release the ball at the 12 o’clock position. There is no penalty for a thrown delivery at this grade.
We do not want a bowler to achieve ‘an unfair advantage’ by using an obviously incorrect action, so if a wicket is gained or it is felt that a batter is being intimidated then the umpire should take action. i.e. a batter should not be given out from an obvious thrown ball.
Ideally a word with the opposition coach/umpire will be sufficient for them to have a word with the bowler as soon as the action is noticed.
We do not want to discourage bowlers from practicing in a match but also need to protect batters.
In the extreme, a no ball can be called, if an obvious thrown delivery results in a wicket being taken.
Scoring
Scoring should be done by a parent/supporter from each team, the grades are non-competitive, so scoring is only used for grading and ensuring appropriate competition. Therefore, care should be taken about announcing who has won or has more runs etc
Score sheets are available from the CJCA website
https://www.cjca.org.nz/about-us/resources-2/grade-rules-2/
- Each team’s score starts at Zero.
- 3 runs are added to the bowling side for each dismissal obtained.
- No extra runs scored for wides or no balls other than the runs obtained from hitting off the cone.