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LV=CC points change for 2010

11 December 2009

Following an ECB board meeting, the following points system and rule changes have been approved for the LV= County Championship and are effective from 2010.

Durham will defend their LV= County Championship title under new regulations regarding points awarded for wins and draws

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Teams will receive 16 points for a win and three for a draw (14 points for a win and four for a draw in recent years).

Bonus points remain unchanged (a maximum of five batting points and three bowling points available during each side's first innings) but the threshold for achieving them has reduced to 110 overs (from 120 overs in 2009).

The use of the heavy roller will be banned after the commencement of the match.

The changes have been approved in an effort to encourage and incentivise positive cricket throughout the season as well as maintaining and promoting the preparation of good cricket pitches.

A full list of regulations for 2010 will be available in due course.

Your comments

Given that no action seems likely on my previous suggestion and that the intention is to try and ensure that a non-draw is the favoured result can more consideration be given to making up time lost during a game?

My suggestion is that at the end of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd day AND at the beginning of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days the hours of play can be extended by half an hour ( 8 overs).

Brian McCullough on 24/02/10

I fully support the change to 16 points for a win and the reduction of the 'bonus point overs' to 110 (I wrote a couple of years ago suggesting a reduction from 130 to 115).

However, I think teams suffering significant interruptions to play are at a disadvantage with the award of only 3 points for a draw. For a game where a full days play is lost (measured as 25% ot the total overs able to be bowled in the game) then I suggest 5 points would be fairer. Similarly if half the game or more is lost then I would suggest 7 points per team would be fairer. Otherwise a team suffering a couple of badly weather affected matches could quickly find themselves too far distant in the table from teams able to complete their games. Hence a lot of competitive interest could be lost from the Championship.

Brian McCullough on 16/12/09

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