WHAT'S THIS ABOUT
- Update for Reg 12 Player Absences
PROPOSAL
- To be developed
DISCUSSION
A new version of Reg 12 Player Absences is overdue.
- Some regard Reg 12 as lacking in consistency and ambiguous in it's current form.
- Currently it emulates a basic version of the 1980's time off for absent bowlers Laws.
- Something more sophisticated that addresses the continuous interchange of sub fielders regardless of Law 24.1 (Sub fielders only for illness/injury) is warranted.
- It could be better written to address the use of sub fielders. Right now the Regulation focusses on bowlers and to a lesser extent, batters
- A better format might be to emulate Law 24 and Law 25 point by point.
Clarify the position of Law 24.1 in relation to players subbing off the field for religious observances eg. resting due to day fasting in Ramadan.
We do need to be wary of introducing a complex Regulation.
An important aim of the current version of this rule is simplicity (both for player understanding and umpire administration.)
QSDCA ManCom declined to endorse this proposal in May 2025
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