SUSSEX WOMEN'S PLAYER ELIGIBILITY RULES

• SX-WPE.1 - All players must be aged 12 and above on 1st September 2021.​​

• SX-WPE.2 - No player shall represent more than ONE team in The Slam in any single year.​​​​​​

• SY-WPE.3 - The following exclusions and restrictions shall be in effect for the whole of the competition in any given year.

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• SX-WPE.3a - Any player selected for a Senior Regional Centre of Excellence in 2022 is INELIGIBLE to play in either The Women's Cup or The Women's Plate.

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• SX-WPE.3b - Any player selected for Senior County Cricket in 2022 is INELIGIBLE to play in The Women's Plate.

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• SX-WPE.3c - Any player who participates in any division of the Women's Cricket Southern League in 2022 is INELIGIBLE to play in The Women's Plate. 

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• SX-WPE.3d - Teams in The Women's Cup are only permitted to play ONE player per match who has ben selected for Senior County Cricket in 2022.

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• SX-WPE.3e - Any player who has been selected for Senior County Cricket in 2022 and plays in The Women's Cup may not bat any higher than 5 and may not bowl earlier than the 9th over.

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• SX-WPE.3f - Any player who has been selected for U17-level County Cricket in 2022 and plays in The Women's Plate may not bat any higher than 5 and may not bowl earlier than the 7th over.

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• SX-WPE.3g - No player is allowed to play for more than ONE team in any ONE  of The Women's Cup or The Women's Plate in any given year.
  

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• SX-WPE.3h - Where a club enters a team in both The Women's Cup and The Women's Plate, a player IS permitted to play for both teams in the same year so long as they meet the eligibility criteria for that competition at the time of participating. 

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• SX-WPE.3i - Participation in The Women's Cup or The Women's Plate does NOT prohibit any participation in any other Slam competition, although their eligibility to do shall be based upon that other competition's own eligibility rules and not those above. 

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• SY-WPE.3j - Teams may submit to the Competition Manager a request for players to be exempt from any element of rule PEW.3 whereby a player may have only played to a very limited degree at a level that would ordinarily result in ineligibility or restriction in either The Women's Cup or Plate. This should be submitted via the designated online form ONLY and any exemption is only confirmed once it has been confirmed by email or text to the requesting team.​​

• SY-WPE.4 - Teams may submit to the Competition Manager a request for players to be exempt from any element of rule SY-WPE.3 whereby a player may have only played to a very limited degree at a level that would ordinarily result in ineligibility or restriction. This should be submitted via the designated online form ONLY and any exemption is only confirmed once it has been confirmed by email or text to the requesting team.

• SY-WPE.5 - Any dispute regarding players who have played for a team in this competition is to be referred, in writing, to the Competition Manager only by the designated Competition Contact for that team.​

​The above is implemented in good faith as players might not be well known to the opponent given the possibility that the two sides may regularly compete in different leagues. It is in the best interests of the competition itself that clubs compete in a fair manner given this competition’s intention to promote participation & inclusion within the game of cricket.