PDCA

[Lightning McQueen]

Mixed cricket comp dropped from 30 teams to 21 (-9).
Limited overs cricket comp increased from 34 to 42 (+8).

Eastern Park down to 1 team.

NEK the latest to only submit LO teams.

Few clubs left in limbo contemplating the future.

One week until season starts, good luck to teams!

Grade 1 teams?

Smithfield 1 or 2 teams?

[Tony Clifton]

The dead cricket after a result has been achieved in two day games has long been a point of contention in every competition.

Here's my radical idea to fix it:

As soon as a first innings result has been achieved on Day 2 the first innings is finished.

The remaining overs in the day are split equally between the teams. This becomes a second "mini game" itself with bonus points on offer for winning the second innings mini game.

A traditional outright win only on the table if a first innings result is achieved on Day 1

[whufc]

The dead cricket after a result has been achieved in two day games has long been a point of contention in every competition.

Here's my radical idea to fix it:

As soon as a first innings result has been achieved on Day 2 the first innings is finished.

The remaining overs in the day are split equally between the teams. This becomes a second "mini game" itself with bonus points on offer for winning the second innings mini game.

A traditional outright win only on the table if a first innings result is achieved on Day 1

Like it.....kind of also might cater a bit for the guys who want to have a bit of a slap....t20 style if overs are split around that amount.

[Lightning McQueen]

Cricket is just less appealing to people nowadays, back in the day we'd rush home from school to watch the last session, the whole family would sit down and watch the cricket all day Sunday, we were raised on it.

The young lads of today find it boring, everyone is time poor and it's mainly the older generation that still prefer the longer version, we're all getting older now and the new younger folk are taking over, they want to have a hit and bowl then be done with it, cricket has lost it's class, it's pizzazz, it's craft, it used to be a mind game where you won with strategies, now everyone wants to win by belting as many runs as you can in a short space of time.

[The Bedge]

Grade 1 teams?
Smithfield 1 or 2 teams?

From memory.. could be wrong - I switched off haha! Smithfield one LO side.

Grade 1
1. Salis West
2. Virginia
3. Angle Vale
4. Eastern Park
5. Dublin
6. Craigmore

Grade 2
1. Eyre Royals A
2. Enfield A
3. Parafield Gardens A
4. North Pines A
5. One Tree Hill A
6. Salisbury West B

Grade 3
1. Eyre Royals B
2. Craigmore B
3. Salisbury West C
4. Virginia B

****** if i can remember whose else.

Dublin pulled their B grade from higher grades, Two Wells gone to 1x 1 day, NEK 2x 1 day, Smithfield 1x 1 day, Central United 1x 1 day

[Lightning McQueen]

Grade 1 teams?
Smithfield 1 or 2 teams?

From memory.. could be wrong - I switched off haha! Smithfield one LO side.

Grade 1
1. Salis West
2. Virginia
3. Angle Vale
4. Eastern Park
5. Dublin
6. Craigmore

Grade 2
1. Eyre Royals A
2. Enfield A
3. Parafield Gardens A
4. North Pines A
5. One Tree Hill A
6. Salisbury West B

Grade 3
1. Eyre Royals B
2. Craigmore B
3. Salisbury West C
4. Virginia B

****** if i can remember whose else.

Dublin pulled their B grade from higher grades, Two Wells gone to 1x 1 day, NEK 2x 1 day, Smithfield 1x 1 day, Central United 1x 1 day

That looks tragic.

[Lightning McQueen]

ATCO is missing, I assume it would be 6/8/7?

[The Bedge]

ATCO is missing, I assume it would be 6/8/7?

Oh forgot ATCO haha! They're Grade 2 - Salis West B Grade 3

[Lightning McQueen]

ATCO is missing, I assume it would be 6/8/7?

Oh forgot ATCO haha! They're Grade 2 - Salis West B Grade 3

I wonder if the Goats are getting any players back?

[The Bedge]

Eyre Royals the masters of flying under the radar.. never asked to fill a gap in Grade 1 after making finals, B grade continue to remain in a much weaker Grade 3 after consecutive GF's

[Lightning McQueen]

Eyre Royals the masters of flying under the radar.. never asked to fill a gap in Grade 1 after making finals, B grade continue to remain in a much weaker Grade 3 after consecutive GF's

Didn't they finish 4th in Grade 2 last season?

They are hardly Grade 1 calibre, North Pines nearly beat them and the Gardens beat them. They aren't ready to go to Grade 1.

[The Bedge]

Didn't they finish 4th in Grade 2 last season?

Isn't finals top 4?

[The Bedge]

Round 1
Salisbury West v Eastern Park
Virginia v Craigmore
Dublin v Angle Vale

[Lightning McQueen]

Didn't they finish 4th in Grade 2 last season?

Isn't finals top 4?

In a comp where 67% of the teams made the finals, they finished in the bottom half

[Lightning McQueen]

Round 1
Salisbury West v Eastern Park
Virginia v Craigmore
Dublin v Angle Vale

Grand Final rematch

[whufc]

Cricket is just less appealing to people nowadays, back in the day we'd rush home from school to watch the last session, the whole family would sit down and watch the cricket all day Sunday, we were raised on it.

The young lads of today find it boring, everyone is time poor and it's mainly the older generation that still prefer the longer version, we're all getting older now and the new younger folk are taking over, they want to have a hit and bowl then be done with it, cricket has lost it's class, it's pizzazz, it's craft, it used to be a mind game where you won with strategies, now everyone wants to win by belting as many runs as you can in a short space of time.

It's interesting isn't it.....T20 was meant to be somewhat the savior to increase interest/popularity and therefore participation rates and financial funding in cricket.

Whilst it has done that somewhat at the elite levels the increased attendances/tv viewers hasn't equaled increased junior participation rates. I wonder if that is because at a ammo/country level both juniors and seniors T20 isn't ideal to replicate. I mean who wants to train once/twice a week and then maybe get a bat for 5 overs or at most get to bowl 4 overs. especially if you've still given up 3-4 hours including travel time, pack up/pack down. Its almost impossible to get everyone involved in a game of t20.

I'm not sure anyone has the magic answer but its a massive problem.

[whufc]

Bleedredandblue will know but will it be a competitive EP team with the likes of Easy, Banksy, Mozza, Nug etc or is it more the b grade lads from last year playing up so the club can have a team given they have to have a div1 side.

[Lightning McQueen]

Bleedredandblue will know but will it be a competitive EP team with the likes of Easy, Banksy, Mozza, Nug etc or is it more the b grade lads from last year playing up so the club can have a team given they have to have a div1 side.

I'm thinking more of the latter, my lad gets asked 2-3 times a week to go out there for a hit.

[The Bedge]

Bleedredandblue will know but will it be a competitive EP team with the likes of Easy, Banksy, Mozza, Nug etc or is it more the b grade lads from last year playing up so the club can have a team given they have to have a div1 side.

From what i've heard it'll basically be the C grade from last year.

[whufc]

Bleedredandblue will know but will it be a competitive EP team with the likes of Easy, Banksy, Mozza, Nug etc or is it more the b grade lads from last year playing up so the club can have a team given they have to have a div1 side.

From what i've heard it'll basically be the C grade from last year.

Holy crap...… not great for anyone and could get people hurt.