OUT-GROUND GROUND REGULATIONS

MIDDLESEX CRICKET

GROUND REGULATIONS

All persons entering the ground, and the right to remain within the ground are subject to the Ground Regulations. Middlesex Cricket reserve the right to remove from the Ground any person who refuses to comply with them.

During T20 matches, anyone attending the ground should can expect to be searched on entry. Please follow the guidance given by our stewards and security staff. Please note wherever practical, a member of staff of the same sex as the person to be searched will conduct these types of searches. If a member of staff of the same sex is not readily available searching can be carried out by a person of any sex.

All matches are played in accordance with the rules and regulations of both Middlesex Cricket and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Help us stay secure by staying alert; if something doesn’t look right, tell a steward

• The Club (and stewards) reserve the right to refuse admission to any person.
• All spectators must comply with instructions and directions issued by Club officials, stewards and/ or police officers.
• The use of any racial comment or racial chanting is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
• Smoking and Vaping is not permitted in seating areas and only in designated smoking or vaping areas.
• Only Flags and banners related to cricket are allowed to be brought into the Ground.
• No animals other than assistance dogs are allowed into the Ground.
• The Club accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to property or injury to spectators whilst they are on the club's premises.
• Fireworks, flares, firearms, weapons, any article that is hazardous or illegal or any device or object which in the ground’s reasonable opinion has the potential to be dangerous, hazardous, cause injury, harm or public nuisance are not permitted.
• The throwing or discharging of missiles is forbidden.
• Spectators are not allowed to encroach onto the field of play or to interfere with the normal course of play in any way.
• Under no circumstances may any person at the ground use a mobile telephone, computer or other kind of communication device either
  • to communicate or in any way transmit any form of commentary, data or other material in relation to a cricket match taking place at the ground for any kind of improper betting or other corrupt or unlawful purpose; or
  • to conduct betting activity in a public pitch-facing part of the ground in a way which, in [the Club’s] (or its appointed nominee’s) opinion, otherwise brings the game or [the Club] into disrepute or which offends (or is likely to offend) other spectators.
• Any Visitor who is reasonably suspected by the Club, or its appointed nominee’s opinion, including but not limited for such purposes to the anti-corruption officials and any other representatives of ECB) of acting in breach of Regulation 4.12(a) during any cricket match unconditionally acknowledges, accepts and agrees that:
  • such Visitor must, upon request by the Club (or its appointed nominees), provide their name and address and an explanation for their suspicious conduct (including full details of the nature of their suspicious communications);
  • such person may be photographed and/or filmed by MCC (or its appointed nominees); and
  • any such names, addresses, photographs and films collected by the Club (or its appointed nominees) pursuant to this Regulation may be shared between each of the ECB and the first-class county cricket clubs and relevant official cricket authorities and the police and any relevant crime-prevention authorities, for the purposes of any criminal investigations or proceedings, and/or in connection with any investigation into a potential breach of domestic or international cricket anti-corruption rules and/or to enable to enable MCC, the ECB and the first-class county cricket clubs to give reciprocal effect to any ban on entry which is subsequently imposed by MCC pursuant to this Regulation 4.12
• NO ALCOHOL is permitted to be brought into the ground for T20 games or matches played under international regulations.
• ALCOHOL may be brought into the ground for County Championship and One-Day Cup matches, limited to one bottle of wine (max 750ml) or 2 cans or bottles of beer/lager/cider per person (max 500ml) or two cans of pre-mixed aperitifs/spirits (max 330ml)
• The Club reserves the right to eject or to cause the ejection of anyone who, within the ground, is considered to be behaving in a manner likely:
  • to bring the Club or the game into disrepute; or
  • to interfere with the comfort, enjoyment or safety of other spectators; or
  • to impede in any way the activities of the Club, including the progress or conduct of any match;
  • to be in breach of any of the official ground regulations.

OUT-GROUND REFUND POLICY

VITALITY BLAST

If, because of bad weather conditions at the Ground on the day for which this ticket is valid, play does not take place, or is restricted to 5 overs or less, with no result being obtained, a full refund of the face value of the ticket is available. Refunds will be credited back onto the card used for purchase. Please allow 30 days from the match date for the refund to be processed. This ticket is issued subject to the Ground Regulations, copies of which are displayed above and near entrances to each out-ground.

ONE-DAY CUP & COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

No refunds are available on advance tickets, however the ticket can be swapped for an alternative Middlesex home fixture in either the County Championship or One-Day Cup.

PARKING

No refunds are available for car parking tickets.