The registration of all players is via play-cricket. 

When registering a player for your club for the first time you must ensure that they are members on play-cricket. The league will not accept registrations or transfers when a player is flagged as temporary member [TMP] except in the case of some junior players. 

By 10 April 2026 clubs with teams in the top three YPLN divisions [Premier, Premer II & Championship] must ensure that every player from their club who will compete in these divisions is a fully registered member on play-cricket. For guidance on this please contact Simon Hird auditmanager@yplncricket.co.uk 

By 10 April 2027 all clubs must ensure that every player who competes in YPLN is a fully registered member on play-cricket. For guidance on this please contact Simon Hird auditmanager@yplncricket.co.uk 

Required Player Details [ Remember - must be members of their club's play-cricket website or on play-cricket]: 

Checking photo identification on all new players is mandatory for safeguarding purposes. 

By virtue of his/her registration, every player registered to play in the League explicitly acknowledges and agrees to abide by the following: 

Registration will be accepted after a match only if a player has been brought in as a last-minute replacement, and under no circumstances having played for another club. 

Any such registration must be completed within 48 hours of the match 

Clubs must remove any player from their on-line players’ register once they have left the club. 

Clubs must check an approved photocard identification when a previous club or player history cannot be found. 

Clubs must satisfy themselves into which category each player falls prior to registration and make sure that all required paperwork including visas, work permits, etc, where required, is complete and accurate. 

It is a serious offence to falsify or withhold any documents relating to player transfers or registrations for all categories of player. 

All players must be fully registered before playing in League or Cup matches. 

No team may not field more than 1 player from Category 3 (Unqualified Player). 

Clubs may play County contracted players provided that in any season the player plays for only one club in YPLN. 

Dual registration and open age loans will be allowed in order that Premier League clubs can loan players to clubs in lower leagues in order to give them experience. 

Players cannot play in other ECB Premier Leagues under the ‘dual-registration’ scheme 

Players may be transferred from other Saturday league clubs in accordance with the League transfer rules. Any such transfer much be approved by the League before the player takes part in any match. 

No transfers or registrations will be allowed after midnight on August 15th except with the specific permission of the League. 

Under 12 age group players or younger may not play, or act as substitute fielder, in matches played under the auspices of the League, unless they have previously been selected in a County U12 or Area U12 squad, are a minimum of 11 years old on 1st September in the year preceding the current season and the club holds explicit written consent for them to play. 

Under 13 age group players may play in matches played under the auspices of the League provided that the club holds explicit written consent for them to play. 

Any team in breach of any of these rules will be subject to penalties as laid down in the League’s Schedule of Penalties. 

All players must be fully registered before playing in League or Cup matches. 

All teams must include a minimum of 8 Category 1 players. 

There is no limit to the number of Category 3 players which may be registered by a club. 

Clubs may register ONE Category 2 (Contracted Player) player. 

Category 2 (Contracted Player) players are not eligible to play below the First Division (s). 

All bona-fide members of a club will be regarded as eligible, irrespective of whether they receive financial or other reward for playing cricket (except Cat 3 players), from any source. 

No transfer will be permitted after midnight on August 15th except with the specific permission of the League. 

No club will strengthen its second, or lower, team, at any stage in the season, with a player who has played regularly for one or more of its higher teams. A player will be classed a regular player for the team that he has made most appearances for during the season. Players will only be classed as a regular player for a team once they have played 4 matches for that team during the current season. 

Clubs may drop a player to a lower team for a genuine reason such as loss of form, return from injury, signing of new players or more players becoming available, for example, but clearance must be sought from the Secretary or a deputy before the fixture takes place. 

If one of a club’s teams does not have a fixture, for whatever reason, any player who has been a regular player for that team cannot play for one of the club’s lower teams without clearance from the Secretary or a deputy who may place a caveat on the role that the player can play in the match. Any player who has played 10 or more matches for particular teams by August 15th will only be eligible to play for a lower team for remaining matches of the season with clearance from the Secretary or a deputy before the fixture takes place.