short handed rule, batting out of order

[youngump]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Umpire never should have accepted the line up with more names than players. The 10th position, by rule, is left blank and is an out each time that position is due to bat.

Do you actually count the players or do you just mean that given that the coach told you the 10th guy wasn't there?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by youngump

Do you actually count the players or do you just mean that given that the coach told you the 10th guy wasn't there?

I always count the players and in Co-rec, make sure I have the right number of each gender. I do this before the exchange of line-ups so I know what I'm looking at when I examine the card