Eagles2014 wrote:Corona Man wrote:Aerie wrote:Cricket lacks a lot of common sense.
1. Why take the tea break?
2. Why not play until it’s too dark?
3. Why could play go on next door on the D Grade oval and the umpires go off in the 1st Grade?
Kensington deserve to go through thanks to finishing top, but a combination of the laws and interpretation of the laws, as well as the weather, has ruined this semi final.
All that. But Capel may have wanted to bat with a tad more urgency.
May have played to the weather forecast of rain late afternoon, then run rate was not urgent. Did not see any play for the day, but going by stats you maybe spot on.
Play was on again, off again, which also allowed the 2 opening bowlers to bowl the first 20 odd overs of the innings. Smith and Drew got out knicking at drives. Capel played well against a good bowling line up. Given it was only drizzle all day, hard to predict you’d only have 30 overs bowled before 6pm. The tea break was the killer as covers went on and needed for rain to stop before they could get on again. Otherwise could’ve played through that period. Kensington played it smart - took it slow, defensive fields. Hard for Capel to get any momentum and by the time they came back after 6 - it was an impossible task in the 2-day format.
One that got away for West Torrens after bowling well and looking solid enough with the bat.
At the end of the day, Kensington rewarded for their superior season, including defeating West Torrens outright in a game that at the time was for top spot.
From a West Torrens point of view - really good to see Drew, Johnson, Nielsen and Smith finish the season playing both formats for the Redbacks and hopefully they all take their games to another level again next year and the next crop of players come through 1st Grade to ensure we’re competitive in what should be a high quality Div 1 competition.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:22 pm
