DUTIES OF UMPIRES
Section 1:
Umpires are solely in charge of matches under the FCA jurisdiction and shall enforce the Code of Conduct, notions of fair play and all FCA-defined Competition Rules 
Section 2:
Umpires are required to be at the playing venue on the day of the fixture at least Fifteen [15] minutes prior to the scheduled commencement of play
Section 3:
Other duties shall include the following:
Umpires shall be cognizant of all FCA-defined Competition Rules and ICC laws 
Umpires shall inspect the wicket and ensure adequate pitch conditions before the start of the match. A delay of one hour is permissible to wait to get to the proper playing conditions. 
Umpires shall inspect the outfield and ensure that the outfield is adequately prepared 
Umpires shall ensure that all boundaries are clearly marked and visible from their stations 
Umpires shall ensure that each team has 11 players before the start of the match. Start of the match is defined as 8.30 AM for morning matches and 1.30 PM for afternoon matches. Night matches at 6.00 PM. 
No players will be admitted late after 30 minutes from start of play. If a team is not with playing eleven at 30 minutes after the scheduled start umpires award the match to the opponents and the team coming late will be said to have forfeited the match. 
Umpires shall enforce the dress code. Any player not wearing the Sponsor’s T-Shirt /a white T Shirt /team’s colored uniform will not be allowed to bat or bowl but will be counted as one of the 11 players. Variations of whites or whites with logos are allowed.
Umpires shall ensure the match starts on time 
Umpires shall ensure that the match proceeds in a brisk and timely manner and are authorized to take steps to prevent clubs from indulging in time-wasting or delaying tactics.  They have the right to reduce the playing 25/20 overs to less number at the rate of 1 over for every lost 5 minutes. Drinks break are at 5 minutes and can be taken at 12/13th over. Innings break is for 10 minutes.
Umpires shall ensure that both captains understand the duration of each match, and the scores and over’s allowed for the match & boundary conditions of the match. The change of the pitch owing to the rains has to be mutually agreed upon by both captains. Since boundary conditions change is a serious one while changing the pitch rain affected match rules apply. 
Umpires shall ensure that score sheets tally and all pertinent information has been recorded and are authorized to make corrections at appropriate junctures.
Umpires shall have the Captains sign the completed score sheets to make sure there are no discrepancies in the score sheets. D&L methods require bal to ball records and calculations are rounded to the next whole number. For e.g. 11.2 overs will be considered as 12 overs.
Umpires shall submit a MANDATORY match report, to Tournament Coordinator at the end of the amtch. This can be filled in and dropped along with the FCA Kit or just emailed to both the tournament coordinator(s) and the website controller.
Umpires shall report all breaches in the Code of Conduct to the Tournament Coordinator. The tournament coordinator can resolve the matter with help from an advisory council of experienced players for resolving disputes.
Umpires shall not declare results in the ground if both captians do not sign scoresheets and/or if the verdict / result of the match is not clear and controversial. For such cases it (match result) will be referred  back to the tournament coordinator and the EC for appropriate action on umpire’s report including but not limited to working with the captains of both the teams and an advisory dispute committee.
Umpires shall warn a player for bad conduct or for charging towards Umpires for clarifications and questioning and can eject the player from the match for any further repeated misconduct. They have to write the names of the erring player(s) in the match report.
Umpires shall implement the 9 inch wide rule on the leg side. Balls going through the leg side within 9 inch will not be called as wide and such judgements will be based on normal batting stances of the batsmen and how the ball left the batsmen while playing.
Umpires shall decide the Man of the Match and award the trophy on behalf of FCA at the end of the match. 
Umpires at their discretion, based on the circumstances, can allow the player to leave the field and allow the match to continue. 
Main Umpire can consult the Leg Umpire and revert any previously given decision. 
Umpires shall give the benefit of doubt to the batsman, only in case of any doubts. 
Umpires shall change the ball at the break (after 12 over’s) during both the innings if needed. If either of the captain agrees the ball should be taken. If the ball gets lost during the play, a replacement ball will be taken by the umpires.
Umpires must learn the front foot rule for no balls. 
A free hit will follow the front foot no ball. If it is again a no ball or a wide sball the free hit continues in the next ball.
Beamers above waist are to be declared as no balls. 
Balls above the head are to be declared as wide ball. Balls above the shoulder should be no balled after one warning ( one bouncer above shoulder is allowed).  Above the head balls hit by a bat are not wides anyway. But it has to be judged for a no ball since it is above shoulder.
There are no leg byes. Runouts are not counted even when attempting to run on a leg bye.
Supersubs who are declared a the beginning of the match are allowed - a supersub can either bat or bowl & not both. Substitutes are allowed in lieu of supersubs. For e.g. a supersub bats and leaves the field.  He can be introduced at any point of the match. If he replaces a bowler who has say finished a part of his bowling quota, the bowler supersub must finish the remaining overs. If a supersub is selected as a bat, he replaces the other person in batting. The replaced person can not bat.
Wides will be well marked. 9” rule on leg side wide will be implemented. 
Always issue a warning for any player for any breach for any on field misbehavior or verbal volleys. Any physical abuse/violence has no place in the field of play and umpires can rule a player out of the match in such cases IMMEDIATELY. 
There are no warnings required for such physical abuse/violence and authorities for the law and order of the county will be called in by FCA officials/ the umpires & reported.
FCA treat physical abuse/violence very seriously and as an organized body we have the right to inform the authorities for law and order. We also reserve the right to ban the entire team from current and future tournaments of the year at an extreme.

Rain interrupted/other interrupted matches:
Atleast 7 overs must have been bowled by both sides to come to a conclusion for the end result that will be decided applying Duckworth & Lewis Methid(Standard edition). Read the appendix below on D&L method.

Appendix on Duckworth & Lewis Method

FCA Example for 20/20: Interruption to Team 2's innings 
A one-day match has been shortened to 20 overs per side before it commenced. Team 1 have scored 100 runs from their 20 available overs and Team 2 lose 5 wickets in scoring 45 runs in 10 overs. Play is then suspended and 5 overs are lost. What is Team 2's revised target?
Team 1's innings: At the start of 20 over innings resource percentage available = 	75.1% 	
Team 2's innings: resource % available at start of 20 over innings = 	75.1% 	
After 10 overs Team 2 have 10 overs left and have lost 5 wickets. 
From table, resource % left at start of suspension = 	26.1% 	
5 overs are lost in rain, so when play is resumed 5 overs are left.
From table, resource % left at resumption of play = 	15.4% 	
Hence resource % lost = 26.1 - 15.4 = 	10.7% 	
so resource % available for Team 2's innings = 75.1 – 10.7 = 	64.4% 	
Team 2 had less resource available than Team 1 and so to give the target Team 1's score must be scaled down by the ratio of resources, 64.4/75.1
Team 1 scored 100, so Team 2's 'target' is 100 x 64.4/75.1 =85.75=86 which rounds down to 85 to tie with a revised target of 86. They then require a further  40 runs to win from 5 overs with 5 wickets in hand.

FCA Example for 20/20: Interruption to both Team 1& 2's innings 
A one-day match has been shortened to 15 overs per side before it commenced. Team 1 have scored 80 runs from their 15 available overs and Team 2 lose 5 wickets in scoring 45 runs in 10 overs. Play is then suspended and 5 overs are lost. What is Team 2's revised target?
Team 1's innings: At the start of 15 over innings resource percentage available = 	82.7% 	
Team 2's innings: resource % available at start of 15 over innings = 	82.7% 	
After 10 overs Team 2 have 5 overs left and have lost 5 wickets. 
From table, resource % left at start of suspension = 	15.4% 	
Say 2 overs are lost in rain, so when play is resumed 3 overs are left to complete 
15 overs.
From table, resource % left at resumption of play = 	9.9% 	
Hence resource % lost = 15.4 – 9.9 = 	5.5% 	
so resource % available for Team 2's innings = 82.7 – 5.5 = 	77.2% 	
Team 2 had less resource available than Team 1 and so to give the target Team 1's score must be scaled down by the ratio of resources, 77.2/82.7
Team 1 scored 100, so Team 2's 'target' is 80 x 77.2/82.7 =74.67=75 which rounds down to 75 to tie with a revised target of 76. They then require a further  31 runs to win from 3 overs with 5 wickets in hand.

Appendix – mandatory format

FCA Umpire Report Form
After downloading this form, please fill it out and save it using Save-As. Save it as “your club-umpire-field-report-date you are sending” For example if your team is Outsiders and you are submitting the report on March 12, 2008 it would look like this: Outsiders-XXXXX-Davis Park report-3-12-08
Attach it to an email to the Tournament coordinator kvkshyam@yahoo.com 
cc: FCA EC 

Person Submitting Report
First Name: 			Last Name:
Club Affiliated with:

Game
Date of Game: 		Game Site:
Type of Game: 20/25/League/Quarters/Semis/Finals

Team batted first :    	Score(runs/wickets/overs):
Team batted second:  	Score(runs/wickets/overs):

Umpires
U1: First Name: 				Last Name:
U2: First Name: 				Last Name:

Comments Concerning Professionalism of the teams :
(include list of players who got the yellow card (warning) / red card (ejected out for the match )

Comments Concerning Game Management:

Umpire’s arrival time :
Match conditions – boundary cones, markers, stumps set at: 

Match schedule start :

Time started :		Time ended :

Team(s) that did not have 11 players at 30 minutes after scheduled start :

Match result :

Other Comments:

Co – Signed by two captains: