Announcement · 2026/27
Retired Batters Returning and Additional Batters in Short Teams (Poster)
Source: Retired-Batters-and-Additional-Batters-August-2026.pdf, page 1 – a single poster image with no text layer. Text transcribed from the image by Claude and checked against zoomed crops; poster capitals changed to sentence case.
A one-page CJCA poster (August 2026) on the order in which retired and additional batters return, and on not retiring batters early. The poster is shown first; its text is transcribed into the cards below so it can be read at any size. Capitals on the poster are written here in sentence case; the wording is otherwise as shown. The same rules are in the changes document.
Rules: Christchurch Junior Cricket Association (CJCA). Reformatted as coaching notes; see the source PDF for the official wording.
The Poster
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1. Retired Batters Returning
Retired (Not Out) Batters must return in order in which they retired
2. Additional Batter Needed in Short-Handed Teams (Grace Period Games)
Batters in teams short of the required batters for a full team must return in order of least balls faced
3. Additional Batters Needed in Short-Handed Teams (Pairs Cricket)
Teams with odd numbers should rotate batters into the vacant position throughout the season
4. Not Retiring Batters Early for Competitive Advantage
Coaches are not allowed to retire batters earlier than these Retirement limits for competitive advantage unless they are playing with more than 9 players and spreading the innings equally.
(The picture shows a raised hand.)
This Applies To
- All grades
Guaranteed participation | meaningful involvement.