SUSSEX WOMEN'S PLAYER ELIGIBILITY RULES
NOTE THAT FROM 2024 THE SUSSEX SLAM WOMEN'S COMPETITION WILL BE IN TWO TIERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU ASSESS THE ELIGIBILITY RULES IN FULL TO ENSURE THAT YOU ENTER WHICHEVER VERSION IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR PLAYERS, THE CUP (HIGHER LEVEL) OR THE PLATE (LOWER LEVEL).
- SX-WPE.1 - All players must be aged 12 and above (or aged 11 and above if on a County Pathway scheme) on 1st September 2023.
- SX-WPE.2a - No player shall represent more than ONE team in EITHER version (Cup or Plate) of The Slam in any single year.
- SX-WPE.2b - The only exception to SX-WPE.2a is where a club enters a team into both of the Women's Cup and the Women's Plate. In such an instance a player IS able to play for both teams for that club ONLY in any single year so long as they meet the eligibility criteria for the version they are playing in at the given time as per rules under section SX-WPE.3.
- SX-WPE.3 - The following exclusions and restrictions shall be in effect for the whole of the competition in any given year.
- SX-WPE.3a - Any player who has EVER played any Senior Elite Pathway Cricket (e.g. Surrey Stars or Southern Vipers) is INELIGIBLE to play in either The Cup or The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3b - Any player selected for a Senior Regional Centre of Excellence in the current season is INELIGIBLE to play in either The Cup or The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3c - Any player selected for Senior County Cricket in the current season is INELIGIBLE to play in either The Cup or The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3d - Any player who participates in the Women's Cricket Southern League in the current season is INELIGIBLE to play in either The Cup or The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3e - Any player who has been selected for U18-level County Cricket in the current season may not bat any higher than 5 and may not bowl earlier than the 7th over in The Cup, and is INELIGIBLE to play in The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3f - Any player who participates in the Sussex Women's Cricket League, Premier Division in the current season may not bat higher than 5 and may not bowl earlier than the 7th over in The Cup, and is INELIGIBLE to play in The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3g - Any player who participates in the Sussex Women's Cricket League, Division 2 East or West may play without restriction in The Cup but is INELIGIBLE to play in The Plate.
- SX-WPE.3h - Any player who has been selected for U14, U15, U16 or U17-level County Cricket in the current season may play without restriction in The Cup but is INELIGIBLE to play in The Plate
- SX-WPE.3i - Any player who has been selected for U13-level (or younger) County Cricket in the current season may play without restriction in either The Cup or The Plate. .
- SX-WPE.3j - Participation in The Sussex Women's Slam 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.
- SX-WPE.4 - Teams may submit to the Competition Manager a request for players to be exempt from any element of rule SX-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.
- SX-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.
