FORMAT
The Surrey Slam this year is divided up into 4 separate, regionalised competitions, which will crown their own winner who will then go on to a finals day to see who will be crowned the County Champion.
The map below shows the split of the 4 regions.
The map below shows the split of the 4 regions.
With 16 teams in each region, the format will be as follows, designed to maximise the number of matches played by each team:
This format guarantees ALL teams 5 matches, 50% of teams 6 matches, 25% of teams 7 matches, 6% of teams 8 matches and 3% of teams 9 matches.
Schedule the competition around a time of year where the evening light is most conducive to playing evening cricket.
- Four groups of 4 with each side playing each other once, and one side twice = 4 group stage matches;
- Top 2 teams from each group qualify for the quarter finals of the main regional competition and proceeding by knock-out from there;
- The bottom 2 teams from each group will go into the quarter finals of the regional 'plate' competition and proceeding by knck-out from there;
- The 4 winners of the main regional competitions will proceed to a Finals Day on Monday 27 August where they will play semi-finals and final on the same day to crown an overall Surrey Slam champion.
This format guarantees ALL teams 5 matches, 50% of teams 6 matches, 25% of teams 7 matches, 6% of teams 8 matches and 3% of teams 9 matches.
Schedule the competition around a time of year where the evening light is most conducive to playing evening cricket.
All regionalised matches will adhere to the following format:
- matches start at 18:00;
- 20 overs per innings, with the first 10 overs from the same end and the second 10 overs from the other end;
- Each fixture is assigned a 14 day window for teams to arrange suitable dates between them;
- pink balls will be used.
