Adelaide Hills Cricket (Hills, A&EH, TV) 2011-12

[frontfoot]

Final between Hills & Southern

A&EHCA lost both their matches.

That is a disgraceful result for A&EHCA with the talent available in that comp. Did the selectors mess up the selection? Perhaps there was too many old blokes in the team? Either way they blown their best opportunity in a long time to win it.

[jackpot jim]

Final between Hills & Southern

A&EHCA lost both their matches.

That is a disgraceful result for A&EHCA with the talent available in that comp. Did the selectors mess up the selection? Perhaps there was too many old blokes in the team? Either way they blown their best opportunity in a long time to win it.

Dont know much about the make up of the team or much about the players from Woodside or Lobethal but from what i've seen over the years is that there really is a lack of quality batting talent in the A&EHCA. Dont be fooled by some of the guys over the last few years thast have made a few scores, they're mostly slappers and sloggers against average bowlers but get found out against quality bowling at Association level. So really, their consistent failure in the Meyer sheild comes as NO surprise.

[The Panther]

Yeah good one JJ. Got issues with the association or someone over that way. Fairly hostile assessment.

[frontfoot]

Final between Hills & Southern

A&EHCA lost both their matches.

A&EH probably lost both games because they did not pick there team on form just on past reputations and with the majority of the side on the wrong side of 30 it made for a poor fielding side

poor fielding team with guys like Johns, Hackett, Slack, Heinrich, Wimberley all very slow in the field and then they use one of there best fielders in Wescombe in the slips cant work it out plus leaving Hughes out who probebly is the hardest batter to get out and a gun in field who can bowl a few overs he must not of been in the click with the selctors

[jackpot jim]

Yeah good one JJ. Got issues with the association or someone over that way. Fairly hostile assessment.

No Issues at all, just an honest assessment from what i've seen over many years. Who / where are the guys that average 50 -60 with the bat year after year ? There are NONE.

[The Panther]

I would not cast a dim view on the A&EH league but rather the selection of the squad over the past couple seasons. Like a previous poster i believe stated. Players are being picked on the name they have built up over many seasons rather than on current season performances and form. That may be why so many "older" players were in the team.
I was certainly surprised on the initial squad of 18 selected.

[jackpot jim]

Was surprising that the 3 main selectors are all NEW into the A&EHCA this season.
Why has age got anything to do with selection?
I would've thought it's a matter of selecting the BEST performed and committed players available reguardless of age. Whether they've done that or not is a matter of opinion i suppose. One surprising ommission who played in the Invitation XI was Mark Abbott who i believe has played Meyer sheild 3 times and made the Team of the Carnival EVERY TIME but wasn't considered good enough this time.

[Dutchy]

HCA won the Meyer shield

[old fullback]

Any decent sort of batsman should be able to get runs on hard wickets.

[youngpace]

One surprising ommission who played in the Invitation XI was Mark Abbott who i believe has played Meyer sheild 3 times and made the Team of the Carnival EVERY TIME but wasn't considered good enough this time.

That is shocking, useless selection if that is the case! Mark is one of the leading players in the A&EH, dippapointing to here he didnt get a gig

[kickittome]

Does anyone know any courier cup results from the weekend?
Only one i know is strath v bridgewater. Strath batted first made 4/220 runs and bowled bridgewater out for 180. Strath had a close to full strength team available with 9 of the regular a graders available which hasn't happened for a few years in a courier cup game. Matt abbott opened and made 130 runs n.o clearly enjoying the smaller boundaries on offer at bridgewater, with a few hits sailing in to the river. Would hate to play fooy on that ground! Strath with 7 wkts in hand scored 122 runs off the last ten overs. Bridgewaters openers got them off to a steady start. But with bridgewater needing 90 off the last ten eventually the task got to big for them. A good game all round.

[Dogwatcher]

Matt Pistola's Hill's cricket wrap:

http://wp.me/p1Tnfg-xi

[Dogwatcher]

A look at Torrens Valley cricket:

http://wp.me/p1Tnfg-xp

[saintal]

Bewildering decision by the AEHCA to schedule a round of meaningless T20 games the weekend after the Meyer Shield break. Couple this with the scheduling mess mentioned on the prior page and the bloated A Grade competition, it looks as though there are plenty of areas that could be tinkered with for next season.

Should be a good round of TVCA coming up, with all games having the potential to go either way.

Mt Torrens/Charleston (1) v Paracombe (2)
Palmer (3) v Gumeracha (4)
Eden Valley (5) v Cambrai (7)
Birdwood (8) v Lenswood (6)

[jackpot jim]

Bewildering decision by the AEHCA to schedule a round of meaningless T20 games the weekend after the Meyer Shield break. Couple this with the scheduling mess mentioned on the prior page and the bloated A Grade competition, it looks as though there are plenty of areas that could be tinkered with for next season.

Think the A&EHCA were keen to continue with some form of T20 programming following on from last year. Problem was that the T20s last Saturday were MEANINGLESS and counted for NOTHING were as last year the winner qualified for the Country Club T20 championships. As a result, of the 7 programmed matches, only 4 took place whilst the which sends a pretty clear message.
Also with the Australia Day holiday on a Thursday and the Test match on the Saturday, the thought was that clubs would struggle for numbers, hence the T20 being programmed.

The 'A' grade draw is a total joke this year but i wouldn't hold my breath that much changes next year.

[Dogwatcher]

Hills wrap with Matt Pistola:

http://wp.me/p1Tnfg-yA

[Jimmy Recard]

What are punters general thoughts on the A&EH A Grade comp this year, sound like there are a few people here who would like to see a few things changed. Surely the number of teams has to be altered, there are far too many for the competition to be fair and competitive week in week out IMO

[Dogwatcher]

Matt Pistola's Torrens Valley wrap:

http://wp.me/p1Tnfg-yC

[jackpot jim]

What are punters general thoughts on the A&EH A Grade comp this year, sound like there are a few people here who would like to see a few things changed. Surely the number of teams has to be altered, there are far too many for the competition to be fair and competitive week in week out IMO

My money would be on that the 'A' grade next year is reduced to 10 teams. The fair thing to do if that was the case would be to play 1 complete round of 2 day matches. Ideally some 1 day matches would be good to break it up a bit, but that then comprimises the fairness of the draw. The other way to go would be to have a 8 team 'A' grade comp and play 1 complete round of 1 day matches and 1 complete round of 2 day matches. That would be the best scenario imo but wether 6 of the 14 clubs are prepared to forego an 'A' grade team is debatable. If that went ahead, some form of promotion/relegation system would have to be put in place. 8 teams would make for an overall stronger comp but the dissadvantage for the clubs without an 'A' Grade team is that they may lose players that want to play 'A' grade cricket to other clubs.
Will be interesting to see what happens. 1 thing for sure is that whatever they do, it surely couldn't be worse than this years programme.

[jackpot jim]

will be interesting in coming weeks and more so next season what effect a change of curator at Strathalbyn will have on the pitches there.
I'm led to believe that after at least 3 decades of tending the square in the middle of the Strath oval, former champion express bowler from the 70s, Perry Jones has handed over the job to local lad Luke Cousins. Being a bowler, Perry was known for producing bowler friendly pitches, the most notorious probably being last years semi-final where the highest team score in 4 completed innings was about 70 odd.
I think batsmen may start breathing a little easier from now on.
Having said that, the committed effort put in by Perry over all those years certainly deserve accolades of the highest order, for it is the efforts of volunteers such as him that every club crave for.