preparing for 1st october 2026

No this isn’t an early April Fools. The changes to the Laws of Cricket which will come into force on 1st October 2026 have just been released:

https://www.lords.org/getattachment/f3fb1bc7-e14b-4cee-af67-6dd96f1d8cac/Changes-to-Laws-for-2026-edition.pdf

https://www.lords.org/getattachment/e0034c87-ecd0-40bf-bc1c-b5a7f7e0ddcc/Changes-to-Laws-for-2026-edition-explained.pdf

https://www.lords.org/getattachment/e70e7a2c-15b1-4ed3-b581-9e71ef26ad80/Ten-major-changes-to-Laws-for-2026-edition.pdf

https://www.lords.org/getattachment/d9eb43d5-5935-4634-b170-da698e0e9d6e/Laws-of-Cricket-2017-Code-4th-Edition-(2026).pdf

So while we still have these dark evenings why don’t you get ahead of the game with some light reading!