BCF end-of-season meeting - part 1

1. BCF End of Season Meeting 2016
Part 1
Ganesh Ramasubramanian
On Behalf of League Committee

2. Agenda
 Review of the 2016 Season
 Proposal for 2017 Season
 Colored Kit
 Ramadan in 2017
 League Organization
 Milestones
 Miscellaneous points
 Q&A

3. REVIEW OF THE 2016
SEASON

4. Review of the 2016 Season
• Umpiring Course
 20 participants
 Participation #9 clubs, 70% cleared
• BCF season start
 16-Apr-2016
• Balls
 Wintech Super Test (T20)
 Wintech Super Test (League)
 Used by Deutsche from 2014

5. Review of the 2016 Season
AICC Liege Optimists
Hasselt

6. Review of the 2016 Season
• Fixture Reschedules
 Rain affected games
• # T20: 1, League: 1
• # T20 QF’s => Semis and Final
 Games couldn’t be rescheduled
• # 3 T20s
 Forfeits
 Pending
• Division 2: Brugge Vs Afghan CC
T20: # 0 League: # 5
MCCB: 2
Gent CC-2: 3

7. Review of the 2016 Season
• Umpires
 Clubs Participation (still needs to be validated)
 Non-compliance by the Clubs
• 30 EUR penalty fine (Approved by BCF EC. In the rules it was
60 EUR)
 Umpired games : 66.49% (123 out of 185 games)
• None: 33.51% (62 out of total)
• Single umpire: 26.49% (49 out of total)
• In 2015, it was 83% (153 out of 184 games)
 Indoor and Sixers tournament aren’t counted
 LC declined choice/Demand of specific umpires by Clubs
 Poor treatment of Umpires on the field by the clubs
Liege: 59 Hasselt: 1 AICC: 0 Brugge: 0
Antwerp: 19 Exiles: 3 Afghan: 0 MCCB: 0
Ostend: 26 12 Stars: 14 PCCB: 3
Gent: 12 Optimists: 4 Eagles: 5
RBCC: 18 Arcadians: 9 Greens: 6
ICCB: 4 KUCC: 10 Crescent: 0

8. Review of the 2016 Season
• Star Players
 Based on CricHQ Statistics
• LC cases – 16 cases
 Forfeits – 5
 Pending
• 2 cases with LC
• 3 out of 5 with Disciplinary panel
• All forms online
 New player registration
 Player Transfer
 Incident report
 Resultsheet submission
• CricHQ App – Mandatory in Division 1

9. Review of the 2016 Season
• Start Times
 All Divisions at 12:00
 In case of junior games in the morning the
corresponding league games was started at
12:30/13:00 hrs.
• Duckworth Lewis Method for rain affected matches
• Junior program/initiatives
 Division 1 and Division 2 must have junior program.
 Automatic Relegation to lower division when not
followed.
 Clubs who haven’t fulfilled yet:
• Ostend CC, Gent CC, Exiles CC & Arcadians CC
 Deadline: 31-Dec-2016

11. PROPOSAL FOR 2017
SEASON

12. Proposal for 2017 Season
• Duckworth Lewis Method will be applied for all
divisions (for rain affected matches)
 T20 and League
• Season
 April 2nd week till October 2nd week
 Any fixtures outside this period will not be considered
• BCF Players code of conduct

13. Proposal for 2017 Season
• CricHQ App
 All BCF organized matches is advised to be scored by
the Home Team in the CricHQ App.
• For Division 1, it is mandatory to use the CricHQ
App.
• Player validation
• Statistics (inc fielding) are readily available
immediately.
• No need for LC to chase up upload of scorecard.
• Junior program/initiatives
 Division 1 and Division 2 must have junior program.
 Automatic Relegation to lower division when not
followed.

14. Proposal for 2017 Season
• Points
 Abandoned due to rain
• Points will be shared => 22.5 each
• (Review) Clubs do not want to give 2.5 bonus points !!!
 In case of no agreement (and the game couldn't be
played by both), then "No points" will be given (0
points).
 In case of a problem (that LC finds it out) with one of
the team, the other team gets walkover (win: 20 + 2.5
bonus = 22.5 points). The team which is found guilty
gets 0 points.
 No fixtures CAN be played after the 2nd weekend of
OCT (season end).

15. Proposal for 2017 Season
• All Forms submission will be online only.
 New Player Registration (2 days prior to the fixture)
 Transfer of Player (before 31st Mar)
 BCF Result sheet (before Monday that follows fixture
date)
 Incident Reports
• Player
• Club
• Umpire
 Expense Claims (New)
• Umpire Travel
• BCF Expense reimbursement
 Online Fixture Reschedule (New – Feedback)
• 2 week prior

16. Proposal for 2017 Season
• Players in BCF T20 and League
 A player when he plays for BCF T20/League can only
play here.
 The Player can live anywhere.
 Whenever he wants to leave the BCF T20/League for
the season MUST get a "No Objection Certificate"
from BCF League Chairman.
 From that moment onward the player cannot come
back and play again in the same season.
 Players when they breach this will be given suspension
along with the Clubs concerned in addition to forfeit
 The Neighboring federations (KNCB, Deutsche and
France) will be informed of BCF position.

17. Proposal for 2017 Season
• Players in any other Tournaments
 Indoor tournament, SCM, BCF Sixers, BCF Kings Cup
etc.,
 BCF takes care of the Balls, Umpires and Disciplinary
actions.
 No restriction on the player location
 Players from different club or country can join and
form a team.
 Registration of such a team (including the players)
must be communicated well before the competition in
clear official email communication to LC.

18. Proposal for 2017 Season
• Awards for Star Players
 Star Players are identified based on CricHQ statistics
 These Star Players will not receive Best Batsman, Best
Bowler or MVP when playing for the lower division.
 Reason:
• Star Players play more games
• Unfair for Players who play only in the lower division

20. COLORED KIT

21. Colored kit for 2016
• Colored kits
 Some clubs have shown interest to play with colored kits
for T20 Games. Problems foreseen:
• Every club has to invest in new kits (min. 40 EUR per kit)
– T-shirt, Trouser, Pullover and Cap
– Pads, Gloves, Helmet
– Sight screens (white to black)
• Pullover color must also be in the same color
• Clubs can’t afford for helmets, pads and gloves.
• New player joining the club during the season !!!
• Black sight screens
– Assemble for each game. (Clubs having fixed painted wall ?)
• White Balls
• In case a club can’t afford a colored kit then
 Club will not be allowed to participate ?
• Any Player with different colored kit will not be allowed to
participate in the game.
• Voting will happen in the part 2 of the EOS Meeting

22. RAMADAN IN 2017

23. Ramadan in 2017
• Ramadan
 27th of May till 25th of June
 Complete 5 weekends
• SCM takes 3 weekends
• Proposal
 BCF will not stall for 5 weekends the games
 Instead T20 games will be scheduled during this period
 One game only for Teams who follow Ramadan.
 LC must be notified clearly well before the Fixtures
Meeting

24. LEAGUE ORGANIZATION

25. League Structure
• 4 divisions
 Division 1 till Division 3
• 6 teams (Home & Away)
 Division 4
• > 8 teams - Playing each other only once
• Top 4 after Round Robin will play Semi-Final and Final
• Final winner will be crowned as Champions of Division
4. The finalists will get promoted to the Division 3.
 More Matches
• 10 for each in D1, D2 and D3
• At least 7 and max 9 in D4
 Home & Away - Minimizes Ground Rental problems

26. MILESTONES

27. Milestones
New Club Registration Before 1st Jan
Withdrawal from T20 & League (e-mail) Before 1st Jan
Change Division Before 1st Jan
Home ground intimation and availability
details to LC
Before 1st Jan
Participation in SCM by the Clubs Before 1st Jan
Transfer of players (online form) Before 31st Mar
AGM March, 2017
Rules update and communication Before 31st Mar
Pre-season Meeting (umpires & captains) 3rd Apr (Sun)
Season start 15th Apr (Sat)
Senior Citizen Memorial (SCM)
Tournament
?

28. MISCELLANEOUS

29. Miscellaneous
• Clubs participation to increase umpires
• Umpires course
 Encouraged for all the Team Captains
• Recognize new umpires in the field
• Serious sanctions against players abusing umpires
• State of grounds
 Grass level
 Stumps with proper bails
 Inner and outer circles
 Boundary flags
• Junior Initiatives
• Ladies Cricket development