1.	Teams shall comprise of eight players.
2.	Each match shall be of sixteen overs per side.
3.	Scoring will be as for normal cricket. Batsmen must leave the field when they are out.
4.	The innings shall close when the batting side has lost seven wickets, or sixteen overs have been completed, whichever comes first.
5.	Wides and no balls shall count as two runs to the batting side and will not be bowled again, except in the last two overs. Note that two runs are still awarded, as well as the extra ball, in these final two overs.
6.	No player may bowl more than 3 overs.
7.	The wicket keeper may not be changed, or bowl, during the innings.
8.	The team with the highest number of runs shall be the winners.
9.	Points shall be awarded as detailed in the table below.
10.	In the case of no result games because of inclement weather, there is no longer a compulsory requirement to rearrange the fixture. Should a new date be mutually agreed and for whatever reason not be completed then no penalties will apply to either team.
11.	Players must have been U17, U15, U13 or U11 on 31st August 2011 (see guidance notes for clarification).
12.	County players (maximum of 1 only) may only be included in games between teams who have indicated their proposed participation at the beginning of the season.

Winning Margin	Winners' Points	Losers' Points
60+ runs or 7 wickets	16	0
50-59 runs or 6 wickets	15	1
40-49 runs or 5 wickets	14	2
30-39 runs or 4 wickets	13	3
20-29 runs or 3 wickets	12	4
10-19 runs or 2 wickets	11	5
1-9 runs or 1 wicket	10	6
Tied match	8	8

League positions in 2012 will be determined by average rather than total points. Clubs must complete at least 70% of their fixtures before the end of the season. Clubs falling short of this requirement (because of a very wet summer for instance) may need to rearrange some of their games.

Before submitting a team for entry in any of these competitions, team managers should be aware of the general guidance regarding participating players.

The South Norfolk U11, U13, U15 and U17 Community Leagues are designed to cater for smaller community based clubs and, where appropriate, large clubs that have too many members for their needs of regular league cricket to be adequately accommodated.

The spirit of this competition is to provide league cricket for youth players who would otherwise be denied this opportunity, either because they play in a large club where team places are limited, or because they belong to a small club not yet strong enough for alliance competition.

Where a club is fielding a team in an alliance league, they should have sufficient team members to avoid excessive duplication in their community side.

Clubs should familiarise themselves with the new rules regarding the participation of county players in this competition.

The competition will be played in a league format with each team playing each other team once.

Age Limits. The table below details these for the 2012 season.

Girls participation. The league is committed to promoting Girls' participation in the league and different rules apply to their eligibility. Please see the table below for details. There are no restrictions (unlike boys) as to the amount of county players that may be included in a SNCL team.

League	Boys born on or after	Girls (non county) born on or after	County girls born on or after
U17	1st September 1994	1st September 1991	1st September 1992
U15	1st September 1996	1st September 1993	1st September 1994
U13	1st September 1998	1st September 1995	1st September 1996
U11	1st September 2000	1st September 1997	1st September 1998

For U15 and U17 games, the matches are to be played with an adult ball, 5½ozs, on a full sized pitch of 22 yards. For U13 games the ball should be 4¾ ounces and the pitch 21 yards. For U11 games the ball should be 4¾ ounces and the pitch 20 yards. Full sized stumps may be used at all age groups.

In 2012 the U11 league will be played on Sunday Mornings only. The league will provide a fixture list at the beginning of the season. Games are not to be played outside of these fixture windows other than in exceptionable circumstances. Weather affected games, if rearranged, may be played on other Sundays.

The home team is responsible for providing a ball (ideally new, but at least in good condition and acceptable to both team captains) for each game, this to be used for both innings.

Each team should provide an umpire and scorer for each match. It is not expected that either of these will hold any specific qualifications for the role but a consistent approach from both umpires (regarding wides etc.) should be delivered throughout both innings. Those less familiar with the rules of the game, particularly the LBW rule, should exercise caution before delivering this verdict.

It is intended that whites should be worn for these matches.

The home team manager is responsible for submitting the result within 24 hours of the match on the website results form.

The rules of the competition must be adhered to. Games are not to be longer than sixteen overs.

Managers, team players, parents etc. are welcome to submit match reports, photographs, blogs etc. to the website. These will be considered for publication in the news section. Photographs must be accompanied by a disclosure from the team manager that those pictured have consented to the use of their image.

The competition’s dedicated website will be updated regularly. Please ensure that your teams are aware of this site.

Youth managers of the home team must arrange their fixture within the allocated time window and offer the visiting club at least two dates. If the fixture is held over by the mutual agreement of both teams and, for whatever reason, eventually not completed, NO POINTS will be awarded to either team.

Home teams that are unable to offer two fixture dates within the time window will have 10 points deducted from their total and one game added to their total played.

If the original fixture is cancelled because of bad weather there is no longer a compulsory requirement to provide a new date. Should both clubs agree to rearrange the game and, for whatever reason, this rearranged fixture not be completed, no penalty will be applied to either team.

If matches, which have started, become rain affected, team managers and captains may, at their discretion, agree a procedure to produce a fair result. The league has its own Duckworth-Lewis calculations for abandoned games but 8 overs must have been completed in the second innings before this may be used.

Teams cancelling, or failing to fulfil a fixture in their original time window for reasons other than the weather, will have 10 points deducted from their total and one game added to their total played.

County Players

Clubs will be allowed to field one county player only per fixture as long as their opponents have indicated that they will also field a county player. To avoid the impractical situation of team managers having to contact their opponents before every fixture, teams will make a declaration of intent at the beginning of the season as to whether they wish to include such players in their side. This will be displayed adjacent to the club name on the league tables' page.

This new ruling is intended to allow teams to include county players on a like for like basis, but not against clubs who do not have such a player or players available, or have decided not to use them in these fixtures.

County players (whether boys or girls) are defined as those included in the 2012 Squads of any county in the UK.