Q. How can I join Atlanta Cricket League?
A. ACL does not handle individual registrations. There are many teams in metro atlanta area that are looking for players constantly. if you are interested then send an email to info@atlantacricketleague.org and ACL will channelize your request,
Q. Our team scores are not reflected on website, what to do?
A. ACL requires teams and umpires support in getting the scores updated on time. sometimes it will take a day or two more than normal time for the scores to be updated. Please check by mid of week to see past week's scores updated.
Q. whom should I contact in case of any match interruption, opposition did not turn up or umpires non-availability?
A. In case of pool in-charge availability please contact them with any of the questions you may have. If you cannot reach the pool in-charge, feel free to call any of the ACL committee members
Q. Where I can find ACL rules?
A. ACL rules and rules addendum are available online at www.atlantacricketleague.org
Q. Can I join ACL committee?
A. Yes. ACL is open to everyone. Every year ACL board will send out request for new committee members to join (usually at the start of the season).
Q. . In case of rain and if both the captains and umpires shall we postpone the match?
A. There are two cases of postponement. In case of a regular round-robin match, the match has to be completed on the same scheduled day. in case of rain or ground unvailability, then it has to be played on the same day, may be at a different time. In any case a round robin game cannot be postponed for next day or week. In case of a play off game with scheduled reserve day, it can be postponed to the reserve day. However, there may be some play offs without reserve day and in that case the same rule that apply for round robin games will apply. In any case no game can be preponed.
Q. In case of unfair play by a team, player or umpire how can I complain?
A. Please send out an email to ACL committee with your grievance and ACL disciplinary committee will certainly look into it and take necessary actions.
Q. How and when can I register a team?
A. There are different tournaments that ACL conducts. The notifications are sent via email to all the subscribers and also the information can be found at our website @ www.atlantacricketleague.org. Please subscribe to ACL by sending out an email to info@atlantacricketleague.org. The registration link will be open for individual tournaments for a specific time period.
Q. How can I be a sponsor for ACL and its activities?
A. ACL as a non-profit organisation welcomes any sponsor. ACL also partners with other non-profit organisation to generate funds for charity. Please visit "Become a Sponsor" link at our website or contact any of the committee members.
Q. Where can I find ACL committee members information?
A. It is available at our website @ http://atlantacricketleague.org/Pages/Contact.aspx
Q. Where will be ACL matches conducted and when?
A. ACL matches are played in baseball fields and on sunday mornings.
Q. What is the match start time?
A. The match start time is 8:00 AM in the morning. In case of time change due to weather reasons ACL will notify the teams of time change.
Q. Who is a home team?
A. Since most of the teams does not have a ground of their preference, the home team concept in ACL is different. Home team applies only to responsibilities that a team is entitled to. A home team is responsible for setting up boundaries, pitch, wickets.
Q. If a team do not agree with home team on their measurements what can they do?
A. In case of disagreement between two teams on the boundary, pitch measurements then Umpires will decide them. Umpires decision will be final.
Q. Can an umpire recall a batsman declared out?
A. No. Only the opposition captain can recall a batsman declared out by an umpire.
Q. What is the wide distance?
A. ACL feels that it would be better to provide wide markers in terms of bat distance as it would be easy for everyone to comprehend and measure. It would be 1 bat from the middle stump on the offside. Usually any ball on the leg side would be considered wide. This holds good for left handed batsman with the sides changed
Q. What are the boundary measurements?
A. Since most of all the matches are played on baseball fields, offside play area availability is limited. usually we keep 2 runs or 4 runs declared for direct hits on offside. The minimum/maximum boundary length is given in Rules/Rules addendum documents available @ www.atlantacricketleague.org ACL is currently working on to generalize the setup. Any changes to the boundary measurements will be notified to all the teams.