A new social grade got under way at Taieri College in Mosgiel earlier this week.
It is a slightly reduced version of twenty20, with some interesting and very social rules.
It is an eight-a-side game. Each team faces 17 overs and everyone must bowl.
The unfortunate player who had the worse figures the week before has to bowl the extra over. That could get ugly.
You cannot bat in the top four two weeks in a row and must retire at 25. The Don would not approve.
You get awarded eight competition points for a win but also one for the best joke afterwards and another point if your team has the most people return to the clubrooms.
It is the brainchild of Taieri Cricket Club and serves a couple of purposes. It will bring a bit more money into the club and it will also cater for a gap in the market.
Taieri Cricket Club president Andrew Sutton said the twilight cricket competition in Dunedin was really popular, but there was nothing available in Mosgiel - until now.
"Twilight appears to be one of the forms of cricket that is actually growing, so I thought let's embrace that and get it going out here," he said.
"It is a fundraiser for the club as well. It is not easy for clubs these days."
The tournament will run for 10 weeks - five before Christmas and five afterwards. Four teams are entered, but Sutton is confident more teams will enter once the community becomes aware of the competition.
Sutton said there is capacity to expand to a 10-team competition by using other facilities and he hopes it will become an annual event on the cricket calendar.
"That would give us a regular income for 10 more weeks and just help out."
