da blaze casino： The 2003 BBC Sport Kwik Cricket Tournament is now under way with games taking place in Primary Schools throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
da bwin： ECB Media Release22-May-2003
The 2003 BBC Sport Kwik Cricket Tournament is now under way with games taking place in Primary Schools throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.Over 5,500 schools will enter, making it cricket’s biggest competition. With 10 children per team squad – teams must field at least one girl – over 55,000 boys and girls under the age of 11 will battle for the chance to appear in the National Final at the Trent Bridge international ground in Nottingham on Tuesday 15 July. An England player will preside over the final, in which 16 teams will contest for the title of national champions.The champions will win a brand new set of playground markings worth up to £7,000 for their school.David Leighton, ECB Primary Schools Development Manager, said: “We are delighted to have BBC Sport as sponsors of our hugely successful Kwik Cricket Tournament. The competition goes from strength to strength – we had record numbers last year and we anticipate even more teams taking part this summer, which demonstrates that cricket is very much alive in schools throughout the country.”The playground markings are a fantastic prize. They transform what can be an uninspiring playground into a hive of sporting activity for all the children in the school to enjoy. The headmaster of the winning team will be delighted.”The 2003 BBC Kwik Cricket Tournament begins with local and district festivals (to be played by mid-June), with the winning teams progressing through to the county finals (to be played by late June). The victors of the county finals qualify for the regional finals (to be played by Friday 4 July), and the most successful will progress to the national final.Playground markingsThe playground markings and targets, devised by the ECB’s Development Department, will not only encourage boys and girls to play sport in their breaks but will help teachers deliver the school curriculum.Numbered targets will help with numeracy skills while the layout of the targets within the playground will facilitate more organised PE practice time. In addition, the brightly coloured markings will allow matches and training for a multitude of sports, including cricket, football, netball and hockey so a wide-range of sporting tastes can be catered for.The markings will be installed by Highway Safety Systems, a Stockport-based Company which is the largest supplier and installer of pre-formed playground markings in the UK, thus ensuring that they will be of the highest quality.Kwik Cricket – the rulesThe two teams toss a coin to decide which team has the choice of either batting or fielding first.Games consist of one innings per team, each innings to be eight overs long. The batting side is divided into pairs, each pair batting for two overs, with a new pair starting at the end of the second, fourth and sixth overs.Each team starts batting with a score of 200 runs. Each time a batter is out, five runs are deducted and the other batter of the pair faces the next ball. A batter may be out bowled, caught, run out, stumped, hit wicket. There is no LBW rule unless the batter deliberately blocks the ball with a leg or foot.Runs will be scored in the normal way, as will byes. Two runs will be awarded to the batting team for each wide ball and no-ball bowled, but no extra ball will be allocated, except in the final over of each innings when, in addition to the two runs, an extra ball will be bowled.At the end of the first two overs, the first pair of batters retires and are replaced by the second pair until all four pairs have batted for two overs each. The second team then bats for its eight overs.Each player on the fielding side must bowl one over and bowling will take place from one end only (bowling over-arm where possible). Players on the fielding side do not need to rotate fielding positions. With the exception of the wicketkeeper, no fielder is allowed within 10 yards of the batter until the ball is played by the batter.The team with the higher score wins. In the event of a tie the team taking more wickets will be the winner. If it is still equal, each player bowls one ball at the wickets (no batter), with the team scoring the higher number of strikes the winner.2003 BBC Sport Kwik Cricket Tournament dates
County Finals:Bedfordshire – 24/06/2003 – Flitwick CCCBerkshire – 25/06/2003 – Wokingham CCBuckinghamshire – 17/06/2003 – tbcCambridgeshire – 01/07/2003 – Clare College sports GrdCheshire – 02/07/2003 – Warrington Sports ClubCornwall – 18/06/2003 – St Austell Cricket ClubCumbria – 20/06/2003 – Keswick Cricket ClubDerbyshire – 27/06/2003 – Harehay CCDevon – 20/06/2003 – Newton AbbotDorset – 10/06/2003 – Bryanston SchoolDurham – 16/06/2003 – County Ground RiversideEssex – 03/07/2003 – BillericayGloucestershire – 25/06/2003 – Cheltenham Cricket ClubHampshire – 25/06/2003 – The Rose BowlHerefordshire – 19/06/2003 – Luctonians CCHertfordshire – 25/06/2003 – Shenley Cricket CentreHuntingdonshire – 25/06/2003 – Hinchingbrooke SchoolIsle of White – date tbc – NewportKent – 06/07/2003 – St Lawrence GroundLancashire – 26/06/2003 – Old TraffordLeics & Rutland – 18/06/2003- Grace RoadLincolnshire – 21/06/2003 – Hartsholme CCLondon – 24/06/2003 – Walker Ground;SouthgateMiddlesex – 03/07/2003 – Lord’sNorfolk – 24/06/2003 – Horsford County Cricket GroundNorthamptonshire – 25/06/2003 – The County GroundNorthumberland – 20/06/2003- South North CCNottinghamshire – 30/06/2003 – Boots Sports GroundOxfordshire – 27/06/2003 – Rover Sports ClubShropshire – date tbc – Wellington CCSomerset – 08/06/2003 – Country Ground, TauntonStaffordshire – 24/06/2003 – Cannock CCSuffolk – 30/06/2003 – WoolpitSurrey – 08/07/2003 – The OvalSussex – 24/06/2003 – Horsham CCWales – tbcWarwickshire – date tbc – Kenilworth Wardens CCWiltshire – 27/06/2003 – DevizesWorcestershire – 16/06/2003 – County Ground, WorcesterYorkshire – tbcRegional Finals:East – 08/07/2003 – Bury St EdmundsEast Midlands – 07/07/2003 – Boots Sports GroundNorth – 25/06/2003 – Graham Sports Centre, Maidens CastleNorth East – 04/07/2003 – Headingley Cricket ClubNorth West – 07/07/2003 – Warrington Sports ClubNorthern Ireland – 24/06/2003 – Ballymena CCScotland – 24/06/2003 – Stirling County CCSouth – 03/07/2003 – Rover Sports Club, OxfordSouth East – 09/07/2003 – East Grinstead CCSouth West – 27/06/2003 – Newton AbbotWales South – 9/7/03 – Aberystwyth CCWales North – 4/7/03 – Sophie GardensWest Midlands – 02/07/2003 – Wallsall Cricket ClubNational Final:Tuesday 15 July, Trent Bridge (Nottingham)
