Captains of teams are reminded that the cost of refreshments is to be divided equally between both teams. Each team is to provide their own Platypus ball when fielding.

At KGV: Mainlanders 222-3 (L Jayasinghe 52, A Samaraseekara 82, N Savalani 41) beat CCC (A Slack 36; L Jayasinghe 4-32).

At PTS (10.4.99): Police 200-8 (C Walton 65) beat HKCC Casuals 178-6 (R Muller 54) by 22 runs.

At DBS: DBS beat Legal Eagles.

First Round

At HKCC (10.4.99): Kai Tak 256-5 (S Scanlon 128, B Morely 86) beat Witherers 237-9 (N Stearns 65; B Morely 4-45) by 19 runs.

At MR (10.4.99): Merchants 169-4 (Hussain 57, I Gul 45, T R Kalyanraman 42) beat Tartars 167-7 (K Lowcock 41, I Mir 41) by six wickets.

At KCC (17.4.99): Lamma 207-5 (B Tarr 99*, P Hutchinson 48; J Middleton 4-21) beat Crusaders 206-6 (D Green 83, M Eanes 43) by 1 run.

At HKCC (17.4.99): Nomads 170-1 (T Smart 66*, P Varty 50*) beat Centaurs 165 by nine wickets.

At HKU (17.4.99): Mainlanders 232-4 (A Samaraseekera 88) beat HKU 188 (Kelkar 53) by 44 runs.

At PTS (17.4.99): St George's 198-5 (P Wilson 90*) beat Police 152 by 46 runs.

At DBS (17.4.99): Islanders beat DBS.

At MR (17.4.99): Saracens 119-9 (Kidal 4-22) beat Gap Ramblers 118-9 (J Khan 5-20) by one wicket.

Cup Quarter-Finals

At MR (24.4.99): Merchants 193-2 (I Gul 85*, J Iqbal 30, A Ahmend 49) beat Kai Tak 1922-8 (S Scanlon 79; K Khan 3-26) by eight wickets.

At KCC (24.4.99): Saracens 170-9 (R Sujanani 62; A Ashman 3-54, Tuckwell 4-41) beat Nomads 147 (R Sujanani 5-47) by 23 runs.

At KGV (24.4.99): St George's 128-2 (Pankaja 50) beat Islanders 125 (D Chaudhuri 38; Hewamanna 4-31) by eight wickets.

At DBS (24.4.99): Lamma 119-3 (S Malik 45*) beat Mainlanders 118-9 (L Jayasinghe 30; S Malik 5-20) by seven wickets.

Plate Quarter-Finals

At HKU (24.4.99): HKU 178-9 (M Sabine 72, A Shukla 39; B Gohel 4-24 including hat-trick) beat Tartars 151 (B Gohel 58; S Metha 3-16, B Jones 3-18) by 27 runs.

At PTS (24.4.99): DBS 87-9 (Taylor 5-27, C Bull 3-32) beat Police 86 (M Jamshaid 4-32) by one wicket.

At HKCC (24.4.99): Witherers 252-9 (A Booth 57, W Ganesh 86; Hussain 6-40) beat Gap Ramblers 144 (N Ganes 38; J Drew 3-27, N Stearns 3-29) by 108 runs.

At KGV: Crusaders awarded match after Centaurs offer walk-over.

Cup Semi-Finals

At KCC (15.5.99): Saracens 180-4 (R Sharma 77, R Sujanani 51) beat Merchants 179-9 (I Gul 58; Y Vachha 5-45) by six wickets.

At MR (15.5.99): Lamma 192-8 (M Burns 46, B Tarr 41, P Hutchinson 31) beat St George's 168-9 (Amjid 51; P Hutchinson 3-35) by 24 runs.

Plate Semi-Finals

At HKU: HKU beat DBS.

At MR (22.5.99): Crusaders 156-4 (D Green 61, T Pittman 34) beat Witherers 152 (N Henn 55, N Silby 41*) by six wickets.

Cup Final

At KCC (22.5.99): Saracens 130 (R Sharma 40, R Sujanani 40; M Burns 7-11) beat Lamma 116 (B Tarr 39; R Sharma 5-16) by 14 runs.

Plate Final

At MR: Crusaders 235-7 (N Waters 75, T Johnsen 38*; V Lopez 3-47) beat HKU 155 (M Sabine 57, S Buckman 54; N Waters 4-2) by 80 runs.

Entrants

1a) The Saturday Cup and Plate Competitions are open to all Saturday League teams. Entries will be called for by the League & Cup Committee. The Committee may also invite other teams to enter the Competition.

b) The format of the Saturday Cup and Plate Competitions shall be decided by the League & Cup Committee.

c) Teams must notify the HKCA of the names of their players before the draw is made for the first round. No transfers or additions will be allowed without the prior approval of the Match Committee.

d) The player eligibility rule will be strictly enforced. The decision of the Match Committee will be final.

Draw

2. The draw for each separate round of matches will be made by a minimum of 3 members of the League & Cup Committee or Match Committee appointed by the Chairman of the League & Match Committee.

Competition Conditions

3a) The Saturday Cup and Plate Competitions will be on a straight knockout basis.

b) All matches are to commence at 1315 hrs or earlier if both Captains agree and will be of one innings for each team.

c) Teams losing first round matches will enter the Plate Competition.

d) Teams losing qualifying round matches will not be able to enter the Plate Competition.

e) Where possible the Match Committee will reschedule a match abandoned as No Result due to inclement weather. Where this is not possible the match will be decided by the toss of a coin.

Playing Conditions and Intervals

4a) Playing conditions will be the same as for Saturday League matches, i.e. 35 overs per innings.

b)The team fielding first shall bowl 35 overs or complete the over which is in progress at 1530 hrs, if this arises first.

c) The team batting second shall be limited to the same number of overs unless the team batting first is all out in fewer than 35 overs, in which case the team batting second shall have the opportunity of batting for the full 35 overs.

d) Notwithstanding b) and c) above, the team batting first may declare at any time before 35 overs are completed, in which case the team batting second shall receive the full 35 overs.

e) The team fielding second will be expected to bowl the same number of overs as the team fielding first by 1755 hrs. Complaints of slow over rates may be referred to the Match Committee under General Rule 13(c).

f) No bowler may bowl more than 10 overs. In the event of a bowler becoming incapacitated, Competition General Rule 13 (a) will apply.

g) There will be a 10-minute interval between innings.

Results

5a) The team scoring the higher number of runs in the allocated number of overs will be deemed the winner.

b) In the event of tied scores, the team losing fewer wickets will be the winner.

c) If both teams have scored the same number of runs and are all out, but the number of overs bowled is unequal, the winner will be the team with the overall faster scoring rate.

d) Where both teams have scored the same number of runs, lost the same number of wickets and bowled the same number of overs, the winner will be the team with the faster scoring rate at the end of the 20 overs and, if still identical, at the end of the 10 overs.

e) If the team batting second has not received ten overs, the match will be abandoned as No Result, provided the batting second is not all out in fewer than ten overs. If the match is abandoned, Rule 4(e) above will apply.

Match Balls

6. The attention of Team Captains is drawn to Competition General Rule 11.

Match Expenses

7. In all rounds, expenses incurred by the home team such as refreshments and cricket balls will be shared by both teams.

Short-Pitched Bowling

8. The square leg umpire shall call and signal NO BALL for any short pitched ball passing or having hit his bat or person, which would have passed the batsman in his normal batting stance above shoulder height.