While the carding system, which has come from the MCC, won’t be implemented during the 2017/18 season, it will come into play the following season.

During 2017/18, players who have committed a card-able offence will be told when they have done so to prepare them for the new system.

Tamworth District Cricket Umpires & Scorers Association president Dan O’Connor said the new rule was “interesting”.

“With a yellow card, you can be sent off for a period of time and a red card you can be sent off for the match,” O’Connor said

“It’s got some interesting connotations.”

Another big change will be the rule surrounding players who leave the field.

The new rule means anyone who leaves the field and then returns won’t be able to bat or bowl for whatever amount of time they were off the field.

“If you're off the field for half an hour, by the time you get on, you can’t bat or bowl for another half an hour,” O’Connor said.

The final rule change which O’Connor found interesting regarded no balls and is one Tamworth District Cricket Association president Ben Middlebrook was not sure whether the association would bring in this season.

For all bowlers, anything full toss bowled over the waist will be called a no ball and bowlers will only receive one warning before being pulled out of the attack for the innings.