After advice from several parties including Carlton comittee man and umpire Tim Bee and Ian White and Alan Roome, cricket stars of a past decade no less, Carlton Chairman Mick Garton has announced the outline rules for the forthcoming cricket friendlies as follows.

1) Each team to field 8 players, cost £40 per team.

2) Each team to bowl 16 overs, 2 overs per bowler ( 6 ball overs)

3) Each batting pair to bat for 4 overs.

4) Short boundries 2 and 4, long boundries 4 and 6.

5) No runs can be scored behind the wicket.

6) No LBW'S but batsmen can be out in all other usual ways, dismissal results in -10 runs.

7) Bouncers and balls above waist high not permitted and will result in a no ball call. One run and a free hit the next ball will result which will be an extra ball.

8) As above applies for over stepping no balls.

9) Wides punished by one run and an extra ball for batsman.

10) Bowling is from one end so batmen will change ends at the end of each over.

11) Any ball hit over the fence on the left hand side towards the road will be classed as a dismissal.

12) The Umpire will keep score.

Dave fryer's Arnold Inbred's will be the second game for Carlton Town's all new 8 a side Cricket team and the game is expected is to take place on a Sunday afternoon towards the end of August.

Carlton Town Chairman Mick Garton is known to be keen to run with a Mini cricket league in 2011 and this second game will give him the chance to see if the concept is workable.

With Fryer expected to name the big hitting Dayne Lowe in his line up and with John Hickling, Chuck Fowler and Bob Sharpe all pressing for a Carlton Town start, the future is looking bright for the Carlton Town cricket venture and Garton is believed to be planning further games during September.

With the clock ticking towards the first ever Carlton 8 a side cricket match, Cozimo Devivo, brother of Notts Warriors Captain Pep Devivo has told the Carlton Town website that Garton and Roome are "yesterday's men, they are unfit, too old and both blockers which is no use in this form of cricket. Pep's team which is younger will be much more mobile, are firm favourites in my eyes."

Umpire Tim Bee however has been putting his final touches to the rules and regulations and anticipates going with a twelve over game with 8 ball overs with no bowler allowed to bowl more than 2 overs,he has also stated that each two batsman will face 3 overs and the rule will be that they must face 3 seperate bowlers during their innings. There will be 2's for close boundries and 4's and 6's for distant boundries. Despite Devivo's comments, Carlton are rumoured to have called up former Carlton centre Half Grant Brindley who is himself a decent cricketer and Garton's competitive spirit will no doubt ensure that if Carlton are to lose, they will at least go down fighting.