How many overs can each bowler bowl?
Rule- Gauteng
- Central Gauteng Lions
- Club cricket
- Senior
- MCC Laws of Cricket
- 2025/26
- Captains
Under the CGL 2025/26 playing conditions:
| Format | Max overs per bowler |
|---|---|
| 50 overs | 10 |
| 35 overs | 7 |
| 20 overs | 4 |
| Time cricket | No limit |
Shortened matches: no bowler may bowl more than one-fifth of the innings' overs. If the overs don't divide by 5, enough bowlers get one extra over to make up the total. For example, in a 22-over innings, 2 bowlers may bowl 5 overs and 3 bowlers 4 overs.
Injured bowler mid-over: another bowler finishes the over. It counts as a full over against each bowler's limit (in 35-over matches it counts as one of the overs of the bowler who completes it). The bowler who completes it can't have bowled the previous over or bowl the next one.
Juniors: the limits above are subject to the CGL bowling restrictions for young players. Players aged 16 or under may bowl spells of at most 5 overs, with at most 15 overs in a day, and must rest for as many overs as they bowled before bowling again.
Added 22 Oct 2026