The document summarizes the BCF End of Season Meeting for 2017. It reviews the 2017 season including fixture schedules, umpiring, club contributions, and highlights. It proposes plans for the 2018 season such as dates, rescheduling policies, forms submission, and player restrictions. It also discusses items like colored kits, Ramadan scheduling, and awards for the top players in each league division.

1. BCF End of Season Meeting 2017
Ganesh Ramasubramanian
On Behalf of League Committee
28-Jan-2018

2. Agenda
 Review of the 2017 Season
 Proposal for 2018 Season
 Colored Kit
 Awards
 League Organization
 Milestones
 Miscellaneous points
 Q&A

3. REVIEW OF THE 2017
SEASON

4. Review of the 2017 Season
• BCF season start
 09-Apr-2017
• Balls
 CA Test A (T20 & League)
• Umpiring Course
 No umpiring course
 Online Certification - ECB ACO – ICC Level 1

5. Review of the 2017 Season
• Fixture Reschedules
 Played Division 1 games at the start of the season
• To give NT players enough practice for ICC tournament
 T20 schedule => Done in the last minute
• Optimists pulled out of T20
 Rain affected games
• # T20 QF’s => Semis and Final
 Games couldn’t be rescheduled
• # 2 T20s (MCCB Vs Roesalare, 12 Stars-2 Vs Greens)
 Forfeits
T20: # 2 League: #
Crescent:1
12 Stars-2: 1
Beveren-1:
Beveren-2:
Mechelen:

6. Review of the 2017 Season
• Umpires
 Total games: 191 (League & T20)
 Single umpires: 37 (Last year: 49)
 SCM, 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
• Umpires expenses
 Total cost: (Match fee + Travel): 11547 EUR
 Cost incurred (got) from Clubs: (Match fee): 6870 EUR
 BCF overhead: -4677 EUR

7. Review of the 2017 Season
• Single & Double Umpires – Divsion 1

8. Review of the 2017 Season
• Single & Double Umpires – Division 2

9. Review of the 2017 Season
• Clubs contribution - Umpires

10. Review of the 2017 Season
• Clubs contribution - Umpires

11. Review of the 2017 Season
• Star Players
 Based on CricHQ Statistics
• LC cases – 8 cases
• DP cases – 5 cases
• All forms online
 New player registration
 Player Transfer
 Incident report
 Resultsheet submission
• CricHQ App

12. Review of the 2017 Season
• CricHQ scorecards distribution
Total
Forfeit/Rained/
Cancelled
No scorecards
Division 1 30 3 12
Division 2 30 0 0
Division 3 30 2 6
Division 4 60 6 12
T20 57 2 20
Total 207 13 50

13. Review of the 2017 Season
• Highlights
 ”Zaki Hassan Shah” of Hasselt scored 193* (no) in a T20
game (Hasselt Vs PCCB) (Hasselt scored 270/5 in 20 overs)
 "Mamoon Latif" of Crescent scored 151* (no) in a T20
game (Exiles-2 Vs Crescent)
 "Abdul Rahim Omerkhel" of Mechelen Eagles took hatrick
in a T20 game (Eagles Vs RBCC)
 “Deep Shah” of AICC took hatrick in a T20 game (AICC Vs
ICCB)
 "Swaroop Poduval" of 12 Stars scored 142* (not out) in a
Division 1 match (Hasselt Vs 12 Stars-1)
 "Ismail Muhammad" of Mechelen Eagles hit 6 sixes in an
over against Arcadians in a league game.
 "Waqas Shafiq" of Mechelen Eagles took 8 wickets in
Division 2 (Brugge Vs Eagles)

14. Review of the 2017 Season
• Highlights
 "Ayyappan Sivatharisanam" of 12 Stars scored 88 (3 fours,
10 sixes) in an SCM match (12 Stars-1 vs Crescent)
 “Faisal Mahmoud” of Exiles hit 6 sixes in an over in a
league game (Exiles-2 Vs ICCB)
 “Sandeep Kumar Singh” and “Gangadhar Barrey” each
scored centuries while chasing 304 against Exiles-2 in the
league match.
 “Ramesh Paliniappan” of 12 Stars took 6 wickets in 6 balls
(4 wickets in a match and then 2 in the following match)
 12 Stars scored a massive 435/6 in the Division 1 league
against Exiles-1

15. Review of the 2017 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 interrupted matches
for all divisions.
• Junior program/initiatives
 Division 1 and Division 2 must participate in junior league.
 Automatic Relegation to lower division when not followed.
 Clubs who haven’t fulfilled: (Deadline: 31-Dec-2017)
• Crescent and Liege did not raise junior teams
• Beveren has only 1 game uploaded in CricHQ

16. PROPOSAL FOR 2018
SEASON

17. Proposal for 2018 Season
• Duckworth Lewis Method will be applied for all
divisions (for rain affected matches) (like last season)
 T20 and League
• Season
 April 3rd week till October 2nd week
 Any fixtures outside this period will not be considered
• Fixture Reschedule
 Minimum 2 weeks of notice
• BCF Players code of conduct

18. Proposal for 2018 Season
• Ground and Team Availability
 Seniors &
 Juniors
• CricHQ App
 All BCF organized matches is advised to be scored by
the Home Team in the CricHQ App.
• For Division 1 & Division 2, 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.
 When CricHQ is unavailable – www.CricClubs.com
(Android and iOS free App are available)

19. Proposal for 2018 Season
• Junior program/initiatives
 Division 1 and Division 2 MUST have junior program.
 Automatic Relegation to lower division when not
followed.
 All Junior players MUST be registered in CricHQ
 All FULL scorecards MUST be uploaded

20. Proposal for 2018 Season
• Points
 Abandoned due to rain
• Points will be shared => 12.5 each
 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 forfeit or 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 reschedule within 2 weeks of a scheduled fixture.
 No fixtures CAN be played after the 2nd weekend of
OCT (season end).

21. Proposal for 2018 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): Penalty points will be strictly applied
 Incident Reports
• Player
• Club
• Umpire
 Expense Claims (online - New)
• Umpire Travel
• BCF Expense reimbursement
 Fixture Reschedule
• 2 weeks notice (Addressed to LC by Email)

22. Proposal for 2018 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) are aware of BCF position.

23. Proposal for 2018 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.
 Tournament organizers are responsible to
communicate clearly rules & regulations upfront.
Recommendations from BCF:
• 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.

24. Proposal for 2018 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

25. Snacks & Soft Drinks.
Trash in the bin please !!!

26. COLORED KIT

27. Colored kit for 2018
(Reference: Slideshare from 2016 EOS Meeting – 27-Nov-2016)
• Colored kits
 Voting happened in the EOS Meeting – part 2 in 2016

28. Result - Colored kit in 2017
(Reference: Slideshare from 2016 EOS Meeting – 27-Nov-2016)
• We play in 2017 with Whites !!!
 But, gives one year for the Clubs to go for it
 Next Year 2018 - No VOTE
• Mandatory for T20
• No Whites

29. Colored kit for 2018
• Colored kits
 T-shirt, Trouser, Pullover must all be in the same color
 Clubs can’t afford for helmets, pads and gloves.
 Clads/Cover (4 pairs per team) will be given by BCF.
 New player joining the club during the season !!!
• Make your colored kit simple so that you can get new
material at the earliest
 Any Player with different colored kit will not be allowed
to participate in the game.
 Black sight screens

30. Colored kit for 2018
• Colored kits
 White Balls (TBC)
• League: 2 new balls will be used per innings (One from
each end). 2nd new ball cost will be borne by BCF.
• T20: 1 ball per innings
 In case a club can’t afford a colored kit then (TBC)
 Play with whites in 2018 with Clads for the Pads.
 In 2019 whites will not be allowed.
 As we play with white balls, white clothing isn’t possible

31. Colored kit for 2018
• Colored kits
 All Clubs must upgrade their clothing to colored in 2019.

32. RAMADAN IN 2018

33. Ramadan in 2018
• Ramadan
 16th of May till 14th of June
 Complete 6 weekends
• SCM takes 3 weekends
• Proposal
 BCF will not stall for 6 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
 Ground & Team Availability sheet (Deadline: 31-Dec-
2017)

34. AWARDS

35. Awards
Flemish Open League – Division 4: CricHQ Link
Champions AICC-2 (8 wins out of 10)
Best Batsman Ali Raza (Liege) – 322 runs
Best Bowler Shivendra Singh (Greens) – 20 wkts
MVP Dhruva Sen Sharma (Greens) – 74.34 pts
Runners Greens (8 wins out of 10)

36. Awards
Flemish Open League – Division 3: CricHQ Link
Champions Eagles (8 wins out of 10)
Best Batsman Sandeep Kumar Singh (ICCB) 403 runs
Best Bowler Waqas Shafiq (Eagles) – 21 wkts
MVP Waqas Shafiq (Eagles) – 103.48 pts
Runners ICCB (7 wins out of 10)

37. Awards
Flemish Open League – Division 2: CricHQ Link
Champions Optimists (8 wins out of 10)
Best Batsman Gulfam Abdul Aziz (Gent CC) – 482 runs
Best Bowler Atif Kamal (Optimists) – 25 wkts
MVP Gulfam Abdul Aziz (Gent CC) – 125.54 pts
Runners RBCC-1 (6 wins out of 10)

38. Awards
Belgium National League – Division 1: CricHQ Link
Champions 12 Stars-1 (7 wins out of 10)
Best Batsman Harjot Singh (Hasselt) – 403 runs
Best Bowler Anshul Gupta (12 Stars) – 17 wkts
MVP Swaroop poduval (12 Stars) – 83.58 pts
Runners Hasselt CC (8 wins out of 10)

39. Awards
T20: CricHQ Link
Champions Ostend CC
Best Batsman Syed Zaki Hassan Shah (Hasselt) – 404 runs
Best Bowler Shahid Muhammad (Ostend) – 17 wkts
MVP Syed Zaki Hassan Shah (Hasselt) – 80.34 pts
Runners Gent CC

40. Valuable contributions
• Hassan Shah
• Fazil Mahmoud
• Faroukh Malik
• Nicky Thrupp
• Ahmed Hamza Sulaiman
• Mohammad Rehman Hussain

41. LEAGUE ORGANIZATION

42. League Structure
• 5 divisions
 Division 1 till Division 4
• 6 teams (Home & Away)
 Division 5
• Remaining and new teams
• 2 Pools (Home & Away)
• Top-2 based on points will get promoted
 New Teams in League
• Optimists-2, Eagles-2, Meise and
• Greens-2 (TBC)
• (T20 – ICCB has withdrawn but Eagles-2 has joined)
 Home & Away - Minimizes Ground Rental problems

43. League Standings in 2017
Belgium National
League
Division 1
Flemish Open
League
Division 2
Flemish Open
League
Division 3
Flemish Open
League
Division 4
12 Stars-1 Optimists CC Eagles AICC-2
Hasselt RBCC-1 ICCB Greens
Beveren-1 AICC-1 Exiles-2 Liege CC-2
Ostend-1 Antwerp CC-1 Brugge 12 Stars-2
Crescent Gent CC-1 Ostend-2 MCCB
Exiles-1 Liege CC-1 Arcadians PCCB
Gent CC-2
Antwerp CC-2
RBCC-2
Beveren-2
Roesalare
Mechelen CC
“Belgium National League Division 1” – Only Belgium Teams can play
Crescent and Liege – Relegation one division (not participating in Junior league)
Beveren – Given deadline till 15-Feb-2018 to upload the Junior league results

44. League Structure in 2018
Belgium National
League
Division 1
Flemish Open
League
Division 2
Flemish Open
League
Division 3
Flemish Open
League
Division 4
Flemish Open
League
Division 5
12 Stars-1 Optimists CC Gent CC-1 Ostend-2 Gent CC-2
Hasselt Exiles-1 Liege CC-1 Arcadians Antwerp CC-2
Beveren-1 Crescent Exiles-2 Liege CC-2 RBCC-2
Ostend-1 Antwerp CC-1 Brugge 12 Stars-2 Beveren-2
RBCC-1 Eagles AICC-2 MCCB Roesalare
AICC-1 ICCB Greens PCCB Mechelen CC
Eagles-2
Optimists-2
Meise
Greens-2 (TBC)?
“Belgium National League Division 1” – Only Belgium Teams can play
Crescent and Liege – Relegation one division (not participating in Junior league)

45. MILESTONES

46. 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
Fixtures Meeting 25th Feb (TBC)
Rules update and communication Before 31st Mar
Pre-season Meeting (umpires & captains) 1rd Apr (TBC)
Season start 14th Apr (Sat)
Senior Citizen Memorial (SCM)
Tournament
?
2018 Availability Excel Sheet (HERE) Before 1st Jan

48. MISCELLANEOUS

49. Miscellaneous
• Clubs participation to increase umpires
• Umpires course
 Encouraged for all the Team Captains
 ECB ACO Level 1 course online – BCF Office will
communicate on this regard
• 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

50. www.cricket-belgium.com