Team concedes cricket match over broken printer
A cricket match in Northern Ireland was awarded to the visiting side after the host club's broken printer meant a required rain-affected scoring calculation could not be produced. Ballyspallen were hosting Eglinton in the North West Cricket Union Premier League when rain stopped play, forcing officials to apply the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, but with no working printer to produce the necessary sheet, competition rules required Ballyspallen to concede the match immediately.
Eglinton had been bowled out for 159 and Ballyspallen were 19 for the loss of no wickets after two overs when the rain arrived. North West Cricket Union rules require host clubs to have an operational computer, software and printer ready before a match begins so that a DLS sheet can be produced to both teams and umpires if needed; failure to do so results in automatic forfeiture. The defeat cost Ballyspallen a possible fifth league win and left them bottom of the table.
- Ballyspallen forfeited a cricket match due to a broken printer.
- Rain meant a DLS sheet was needed but couldn't be printed.
- Eglinton won; Ballyspallen stay bottom of the table.