The Senior 1 Day Grade is open to teams consisting of any players (girls or boys) up to Form II.

The season commences in February (normally the second weekend after schools open), and concludes in December on the weekend before schools close.

Matches are (one) 1 innings per team. Innings are limited by overs and time.

Each one (1) day match is of three (3) hours duration. Each innings has a maximum of 25 overs.

If twenty-five (25) overs have not been completed by the time to end the innings (see Compulsory Declaration below), five (5) runs shall be added to the batting team’s score for each over not completed. This shall apply for either weather delays or due to a slow over rate, but not if due to a team being late to commence the match.

The team that bats first shall have half the available playing time for its innings, at which time it shall declare (allowing ten (10) minutes between innings).

If no time has been lost (e.g. weather, ground conditions) during this innings, the compulsory declaration shall be at 10:25 a.m. (5:55 p.m. on Fridays). If any time has been lost prior to the declaration, the remaining available time for the whole match is to be halved and a further adjustment made to allow for the ten (10) minutes between innings.

The match must end at the end of the over being bowled at 12:00 noon (7:30 p.m. on Fridays).

There shall be six (6) balls per over.

The expected minimum over rate is eighteen (18) overs per hour. This has been set to encourage fair play.

The recommended length of pitches for Seniors is 20.12 metres.

It is desirable that all players be encouraged to bowl. In an effort to achieve this, no bowler shall bowl more than 4 overs per spell.

If the bowler bowls the ball so high or so wide of the wicket that, in the opinion of the umpire it passes out of reach of the striker standing in normal guard position, the umpire shall call and signal "wide ball" as soon as it has passed the line of the striker’s wicket and an extra ball bowled.

The umpire shall not adjudge a ball as being wide if:

b) the striker moves and thus brings the ball within his reach.

NOTE: This is the law in ordinary cricket. The TV one day rule for leg side or height does not apply.

The ordinary law applies. No balls shall be called, and an extra ball bowled. No balls shall be called if:

a) A full pitched ball passes above the batsman’s hip

b) The ball bounces above shoulder height

The ordinary law applies. Umpires are expected to apply the law correctly. In particular if in doubt, not out.

As a guide, if the ball strikes the player in front of the crease, it is unlikely that you would know whether the ball would have hit the stumps. Remember a batsman cannot be given out if the ball pitches outside the leg stump.

The ONLY players allowed within ten (10) metres of the in-strike batsman are the wicket keeper and slips fielders. (This is a NZ Cricket Council recommendation for Under 16 grades and below.)

This rule is to be STRICTLY OBSERVED in the interests of safety for the children.

The ordinary law applies. A batsman retired hurt may resume his innings at the fall of a wicket. No other retired batsman is entitled to resume. However, the fielding side is encouraged to invite a retired player to resume, especially if retired to enable other team members to get a bat.

A 12th man may be used as a substitute fielder. Batting teams are encouraged to allow the 12th man to bowl.

The team with the higher score, regardless of wickets lost is the winner.

If the score is exactly tied at the end of the match (regardless of the number of wickets lost by either team), the result is a tie.

Win 5 points

Tie 3 points each

Loss 0 points

A drinks interval may be taken in each innings, at intervals not less than 40 minutes. (It is recommended that these be every 45 minutes.)

A change of inning shall be counted as a drinks interval.

Drinks must not take more than 5 minutes from the end of one over to the commencement of the next.