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Penalty points
Friday 22nd July 2005

Following the deduction of 1 pt from Ainsdale and Formby's totals for slow over rates in last Saturday's matches, a total of 30 pts have now been deducted, 10 in the ECB Premier League and 20 in the First Division, with Worsley (5), Northop Hall (4) and Wigan (4) being the worst offenders.

We will find out in September how the deductions have affected promotion and relegation.

Umpires are asked not to inform players whether or not they are up with the rate after an incident earlier in the season when they told a team that they were alright, only for them to find out that, after the 'after match' calculations had been made, they were in fact behind and had points deducted.