Law
2.
Substitutes
Substitutes
and Runners
1. If the umpires are satisfied that a player has become injured or ill at any
time during the match, that player shall have the right to have
(a) a substitiute acting for him
(b) a runner when batting
2.
"At any time during the match" means from the nomination of the teams
until completion of the match. It includes time when play is not taking place
e.g tripping and falling during the break between innings.
3. The umpires have discretion to allow a substitute or runner for other
"wholly acceptable" reasons such as called away for family crisis or
to accommodate a disabled participant. It does cover a player who is late
because he has taken part in another match earlier in the day. The club has
taken a calculated risk in arranging the players inclusion in the team sheet and
the penalty must be to field one short.
4. A fielder wishing to change a shirt or boots must leave the field to do so. A substitute fielder shall not be allowed in this case.
5. There is no right of objection to any player acting as substitute, nor where the substitute may field ; however, the substitute is not allowed to act as Wicket-keeper.
6.
A substitute may not
(a) Bat or bowl
(b) Act as captain on the field of play
(c) Act as Wicket-keeper
(d) Act as a runner
7.
A player is allowed to bat, bowl or field even though a substitute has
previously acted for him.
8. The player acting as runner for a batsman, must be member of the batting
side; if possible he should have already batted in that innings. When acting
before the fall of a wicket the player who acts as runner should not become the
next incoming batsman.
9. The runner must wear external protective equivalent to that worn by the injured etc batsman, and also carry a bat.
10. The runner can be responsible for the dismissal of the injured batsman if he is out of his ground when the wicket is broken OR he handles the ball OR he wilfully obstructs the fielding side.
11. If a batsman with runner is the striker and he is out of his ground in contravention of the Laws for "Run out" and "Stumped" when the wicket is put down at the Wicket-keepers end, he will be out irrespective of the position of the runner and non-striker.In this event,no runs shall be scored from that delivery other than for a "No ball" or "Wide ball" .
12. As non-striker, the batsman with a runner, is out of the game and should stand where directed by the strikers end umpire so as not to interfere whilst the ball is in play. He remains subject to Cricket Law should he interfere with play by handling the ball or by wilfully obstructing the fielding side.
Fielder absent or leaving the field of play
13. The umpires must be informed of any player who fails to take to the field at the start of play and following the break between innings.
13. A fielder should inform the umpire if he intends leaving the field whilst play is in progress.
15.
A fielder who fails to take to the field, or who has left the field of play, may
not come on to the field of play without the consent of the umpire. If he does this, and comes into
contact with the ball, he will not incur a 5 run penalty for
illegal fielding, even though called for by this part
of Cricket
Law. Instead he shall be severely reprimanded.
This modification is covered by the rules of the BD&AJCL
and the HWDJCL.
16. A fielder who is absent for 15 minutes or longer will not be allowed to bowl until he has been on the field for at least that length of time for which he was absent.