The league being even remotely "inflexible" in this circumstance is IMHO unforgiveable. It is hard enough encouraging mass participation in cricket without a self-appointed jobsworth administrator making it more difficult. As volunteers these people have some immunity from criticism, but there...
Good luck with this move to "Get the Game On" - hopefully someone will come through for you from the NSC community. Moshe Jnr would have been an option (nice bit of left arm over...) but we are off to Swansea for the weekend...