1. Teams taking part are Development Teams from the 4 Hampshire Districts. They will play against each other twice to decide the league winner followed by a presentation evening at the Rose Bowl at the end of the season

2. The first 3 league fixtures will be played on the first 3 days of Summer Half Term (May/June). The Second 3 fixtures will be played in July. An abandoned match CANNOT be re-arranged.

3. All matches to start at 11.00am at a venue determined by the Development Officer.

4. Teams to consist of 12 players with 11 to bat and 11 to be on the field at any one time. Each player from your squad plays a minimum of 2 games.

5. A match shall consist of 80 overs with each team restricted to batting a maximum of 40 overs . One new ball will be used for the match. All MATCHES: a tea interval of 20 minutes will be taken after 40 overs have been bowled. Should a team be bowled out inside 40 overs tea will be taken at the discretion of each Team Manager.

6. Should matches start after the scheduled time due to inclement weather or other cause, during the innings of the team batting first, the overs per team will be reduced by one over for every 6 minutes lost.

7. Unless bowled out earlier, the team batting first should bat for number of overs allotted prior to the start of the match. Declarations are not permitted. Should the team batting first be all out before the overs to which it is entitled, the team batting second WILL receive the unused overs of the team batting first.

8. Should time be lost due to weather or any other cause during the innings of the team batting second, then overs will be reduced for each 3 minutes lost.

9. Each side should receive 20 overs to constitute a match. ALL MATCHES - no match should start after 3.50pm with tea taken. The final 20 overs in any match must begin NO LATER than 5pm .

10. Should the loss of time result in less than 20 overs being available to the team batting second, the match shall be abandoned. Abandoned matches will NOT be re-arranged.

11. Should overs be reduced in the second innings of a match the runs required to win will be the average runs per over total of the team batting first, in the number of overs allocated to the team batting second

12. The outcome of each match will be on a win/lose basis.

13. Points will be allocated to each team as follows: -Outright win 12pts – Tie 6pts - Abandoned match 6pts.

Teams batting second and winning will receive 1 batting point for every 2 wickets in hand up to a maximum of 5 points.

14. ECB Fast bowling directives shall apply. In the event of an overs reduced match at least 5 bowlers MUST BE USED.

15. League positions will be based on the number of points obtained by a team per match. In the event of 2 or more teams having the same points average, the team winning the most matches shall decide the highest position in the table. Should that be equal, the team taking most number of wickets shall be highest. The outcome of the match between the 2 level teams will decide the outcome in the final instance

16. Players must be under the age group they are representing on 1 September the previous year.

17. Each District Association to appoint a match umpire.

18. After the 3rd fixture in May/June ‘A District Select X1' will be named and they will play against ‘A County Development X1'. This fixture will be played on Friday 2nd June and will be regarded as a ‘Final Trial' for that age group. County Squads will be announced after the game on Friday 2nd June. After the 3rd fixture in July ‘A District Select X1' will be named and they will play against ‘A County Development X1'. This fixture will be played on Friday 28th July and will be regarded as a ‘Final Trial' for the Winter Development Coaching Squad. Winter Development Squad will be announced in September.

19. The Development Office will be responsible for making the final decision if necessary.