The Forty Under 9 Competition 2025 – Green Group

The Forty is a softball cricket format for Under 9 and Under 11 age groups, adapted from Countdown Cricket Rules and similar to the 100 format, linked to Dynamos Cricket and Dynamos Schools to provide consistency in softball competitions for U9 and U11 players at both school and club level.

Teams

1. Folkestone Cricket Club
2. Deal Vics Cricket Club Team 1
3. Deal Vics Cricket Club Team 2
4. Sibton Park Cricket Club

Festivals

Round 1: Deal Vics  – 22nd June 2024

Round 2: Folkestone – 13th July 2025

09:30 – 10:10
Pitch 1: Sibton Park v Folkestone 1
Pitch 2: Deal Vics v Folkestone 2

10:15 – 10:55
Pitch 1: Deal Vics v Sibton Park
Pitch 2: Folkestone 1 v Folkestone 2

11:00 – 11:40
Pitch 1: Deal Vics v Folkestone 1
Pitch 2: Sibton Park v Folkestone 2

Round 3: Sibton Park – 3rd August 2025

Rules:-

The Forty Comp Rules

Countdown Cricket App

Gone are the paper sheets and pens- get the new Countdown Cricket app on your phone or device for easy scoring of matches.
Scorers may need to register for an account to use the app and should download the app in advance of any competition.
Please ensure devices are charged.

App Scoring Set-up and scoring.
An instructional video can be found here:- https://youtu.be/VWu6yvK58qA

App downloads,
Android- Click Here
IOS- Click Here

• Open Countdown cricket app
• Select ‘New Game’
• Select ‘Dynamos Cricket’
• Select ‘Balls’
• Use sliders to select,
  • 8 players per team.
  • 40 balls per team.
• Select teams (from the 8 Hundred teams- assign one to each team) or if you have registered you can add a custom team name.
• Select which team bats first- and start game.
• App provides a summary of rules- click start game.
• App provides scoring screen, record balls as game is played, screen shows,
  • runs scored.
  • balls faced.
• Use the ‘Undo’ button to delete the last ball if you make any mistakes.
• After 5 balls the app will prompt to change bowler.
• After 10 balls the app will prompt to change batters and bowler.
• At the end of innings app will provide a summary of runs scored, wickets taken, runs added to fielding and runs required.
• Click ‘Continue’ to start next innings.
• Scoring Screen now shows,
  • runs required.
  • balls remaining.
• Score in the same way as first innings.
• Runs required will automatically increase as wickets are taken.
• If the team batting second overtakes the first innings score- ‘runs required’ changes to ‘runs ahead’.
• Continue to play until all balls have been bowled.
• At the end, app will display summary of match- record final totals of runs for both teams.
• Completed scored matches can be found in ‘my matches’.