What are the key Stage 1 rules I need to know?

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20-over matches, six-ball overs. All overs are bowled from the same end, and the batters change ends at the end of each over. 130 minutes for the whole match: 60 minutes per innings and a 10-minute changeover. Drinks after 10 overs (no more than 3 minutes), when the wicketkeepers swap. 16-metre pitch, popping crease 1.22 metres in front of the stumps. Wides and no-balls are recorded but not re-bowled. No LBW, and no stumpings. Batters can only be out bowled, caught, hit wicket or run out. A dismissed batter keeps batting. Each dismissal is worth 4 runs to the bowling team. After a wicket the striker changes ends, except after a run out. Running out the non-striker before the ball is bowled is never out: use it to teach the batter instead. Batters retire after facing a set number of balls, including wides and no-balls: 24 with 5 players, 20 with 6, 17 or 18 with 7, 15 with 8, and 13 or 14 with 9. Every player bowls at least 2 and no more than 4 overs. Two wicketkeepers per team, 10 overs each. No fielder (including slips) other than the keeper within 15 metres of the striker, and no more than two fielders behind square leg. Helmets, pads, gloves and protectors are compulsory when batting and keeping. No Hat No Play applies to players, coaches and umpires.