Girls Super 8

Girls Junior Super 8s Grade Conditions 

This is a Website Summary (updated with clarifications on 1/2/2010 in italics and bold). The new Full Conditions should be copied from here by each team and a copy of the scoresheet from here.

Grade Manager - John Purdie;- Phone 322 8510 Email: jaspurdie@worldnet.co.nz 

Coaches of teams in this grade should email John your contact information so that he can be in contact with you during the season if needed. 

Grade Objective

Girls Super 8 is an entry-level soft ball grade to introduce junior girls to cricket in a very safe and fun environment. Super 8 is a fast flowing action format of cricket designed to provide the girls with maximum opportunity to participate, to develop the basic skills of cricket and to enjoy the rewards of being in a fun team environment. The grade caters for girls from as young as 5 years old right through to age 10 at start of season. Typically it is expected most girls will spend a max of 2 years at this grade before moving onto Junior 1 Day or even Senior 1 Day for the older ones. If you have any questions about which grade your daughter should play in, please give your Grade Manager a call. *See footnote for dispensations.

Playing Conditions Summary

  • Girls from age 5 up to age 10 (school year 6) at the start of the season.
  • Start at 9.00 AM
  • 8-a-side
  • 16m Pitch
  • Junior size softer Incrediball to be used
  • Each team has two batting innings of 8 overs each 
  • Three balls are on the playing field. One is bowled while the other two are set up on small batting tees, in readiness for a free hit (see graphic below);
  • All bowling from the same end. No one can bowl a third over until all have bowled at least two. Max run up of 8m
  • Players can be bowled, caught, stumped, hit wicket and run out. There are no LBWs. On a free hit a player can only be out by Run Out
  • Compulsory retirement when a batter has faced 12 balls. Coaches are to ensure that all team members face the same number of balls per game (plus or minus 2 balls). Batters are replaced when they are out but can return in sequence until all the team’s overs are used up. A retired batter can also return in the sequence they first batted in the order
  • Wides and no balls are not re-bowled. Instead, 2 balls are set up on small batting tees and can be hit on the offside as soon as the no ball or wide is given. No penalty run is awarded, just the runs scored off the free hit. Free hits can only be hit on the offside, forward of the wicket and as soon as the no ball or wide is signalled or called by the umpire
  • A MAX scoring zone exists where any runs scored are doubled. This applies to any shot played past the parallel line of the bowlers stumps. Only two fielders, plus the bowler, may field inside this zone
  • A fielding exclusion zone also exists, marked by cones or ice cream lids (see below). No player may enter the exclusion zone until after the ball is either hit by the batter, strikes the body or equipment of the batter or passes through to the wicketkeeper. If they do the umpire will signal and call a 'no ball' 
  • Fielders rotate at the end of each over so all get a chance to field in all the positions, including wicket keeper. There is NO designated wicketkeeper
  • Only natural boundaries – streams, paths, other matches etc
  • Hit off a cone if a no ball or wide is bowled, so always playing a shot 

Field Placements

Few young cricketers have the necessary judgement, concentration or reflexes to safely field close to the batter. With the exception of the wicketkeeper fielders should not be positioned within 10 metres of the batter's stumps. This rule is necessary for the safety of the players and must be strictly enforced

Changes for this season

  • An Incrediball from Kookaburra, Dukes, Gunn & Moore, Grey Nicholls or Easton is to be used in this grade.
  • Please make sure the small batting tee is used in this grade
  • Coaching tip: A ‘go to’ marker is to be placed 2m from the non-strikers batting crease. It is to encourage players to back up by giving them a target to aim for. If no run is taken, they must go back to their normal batting crease or risk being Run Out. The non-striker may stand at the ‘go to’ marker whilst the free hit off the tee is being taken. If no run is scored off the free hit they must return to the popping crease. The batter must run to the popping line at the non-strikers end to complete a run
  • The use of natural boundaries only are to be used in this grade now
  • Note that fielders DO NOT have to stand where the fielding exclusion zone markers are placed. In the case of a 'Free Hit', the fielding team must stay in the positions they were in at the moment the delivery was made until the ball is hit off the tee 
  • The Max Zone now applies to any shot played past the line of the bowlers stumps, rather than just in the V (see graphic)