Red Lion Twenty20 rules

Red Lion cricket club Twenty20 - pub rules

1. You can't be out first ball (this allows for some interesting swipes!)
2. You can't be out LBW (we can't tax the umpire's brain too much, and I can't find a DRS supplier on eBay)
3. Batsmen must retire once they score 25 runs, however..
   
4. If wicket 9 falls, then any batsmen retired 'Not out' can come back in. Rule 3 then reapplies for this innings, i.e. they must retire again at 50.
   
5. Everyone must bowl two overs.
6. A maximum of two wides or no-balls are counted per over - a third wide, for example, is declared a dead ball and rebowled.
7. The home team provides food after the match
   

Optional rules

• Good humoured banter is optional but desirable - this is supposed to be fun, after all!
• Anyone trying a reverse sweep and missing, can be heckled with calls of 'Oooh, get you!'
• Over-celebrating a fall of a wicket along the lines of Monty Panesar's skipping will be fined after the game in the bar