Grade Cricket

[Eagles2014]

Interesting results today make for an exciting finish to the season in A Grade.

TTG chase down 396 with two overs to spare. Will rue Redbacks taking Lawford to Perth and making him 12th man, plus with Neate injured meant they were missing two of their three best bowlers, made it tough for them.

Northerns upset East Torrens and Sturt defeat Kensington outright, dents both of their finals chances a little bit.

Port and Uni keep their seasons alive with easy wins against Woodville and Glenelg.

Interesting one was Southerns and Prospect having a draw. Southerns needed to win to have any chance of playing finals, and after making over 330 last week made the amazing decision to bat on this week. They then have Prospect 8 down at stumps, if only they had those overs left they wasted at start of days play! Bet they are spewing about that decision now, very negative cricket as who cares if they lost with Prospect on the bottom of table, crazy stuff!

[Aerie]

Interesting results today make for an exciting finish to the season in A Grade.

TTG chase down 396 with two overs to spare. Will rue Redbacks taking Lawford to Perth and making him 12th man, plus with Neate injured meant they were missing two of their three best bowlers, made it tough for them.

Northerns upset East Torrens and Sturt defeat Kensington outright, dents both of their finals chances a little bit.

Port and Uni keep their seasons alive with easy wins against Woodville and Glenelg.

Interesting one was Southerns and Prospect having a draw. Southerns needed to win to have any chance of playing finals, and after making over 330 last week made the amazing decision to bat on this week. They then have Prospect 8 down at stumps, if only they had those overs left they wasted at start of days play! Bet they are spewing about that decision now, very negative cricket as who cares if they lost with Prospect on the bottom of table, crazy stuff!

Amazing result at Glandore. Makes for an interesting last 3 rounds.

Woodville 145*
TTG 120
East Torrens 100
Kensington 100*
________________
Adelaide 100
West Torrens 100
Uni 100
Port 90
Sturt 85
Southerns 75
Glenelg 70
Northerns 70
Prospect 45*

*Bye still to come

[heater31]

Yep bowlers couldn't get the job done on a flat deck. At one point went 60 overs without a wicket. Missed Neate's outright pace today.

[bulldogproud2]

Interesting results today make for an exciting finish to the season in A Grade.

TTG chase down 396 with two overs to spare. Will rue Redbacks taking Lawford to Perth and making him 12th man, plus with Neate injured meant they were missing two of their three best bowlers, made it tough for them.

Northerns upset East Torrens and Sturt defeat Kensington outright, dents both of their finals chances a little bit.

Port and Uni keep their seasons alive with easy wins against Woodville and Glenelg.

Interesting one was Southerns and Prospect having a draw. Southerns needed to win to have any chance of playing finals, and after making over 330 last week made the amazing decision to bat on this week. They then have Prospect 8 down at stumps, if only they had those overs left they wasted at start of days play! Bet they are spewing about that decision now, very negative cricket as who cares if they lost with Prospect on the bottom of table, crazy stuff!

Amazing result at Glandore. Makes for an interesting last 3 rounds.

Woodville 145*
TTG 120
East Torrens 100
Kensington 100*
________________
Adelaide 100
West Torrens 100
Uni 100
Port 90
Sturt 85
Southerns 75
Glenelg 70
Northerns 70
Prospect 45*

*Bye still to come

Although great to see Kelvin Smith playing for the Redbacks, purely from a personal selfish and West Torrens point of view, I wish it was not now... may be the difference between making finals!! *pouting grin*

[heater31]

[ http://www.cricket.com.au/news/south-au ... 2015-02-11]

Looks like higher powers have finally caught up with a naughty boy.... Can't believe SACA took him to Perth in the first place.

[C Horse]

Can't see it changing the poor on field attitude of his club.
No doubt they'll be at it again this game - scene of a GF replay last time they played Glenelg at P25!

[Eagles2014]

Can't see it changing the poor on field attitude of his club.
No doubt they'll be at it again this game - scene of a GF replay last time they played Glenelg at P25!

East Torrens certainly do have a reputation around the comp! Speaking to couple of parents of Adelaide players after their Prelim final, some of the behaviour of ET players was pretty disgraceful.

Think Kane Richardson got what he deserved by the sounds of it.

Karma has funny way of giving teams what they deserve, year after year they look like finishing top couple only for the wheels to fall off at the end of season, looks like this is going to happen again! Just need Sturt to win the one day comp GF also!

[Eagles2014]

No surprise that SACA have called off most matches tomorrow, only playing A and B Grade, plus Women's A Grade.

Their explanation is pretty spot on, all the grades playing should have air conditioned club rooms and lots of fridges available to store drinks and fruit, etc.

Looking like may be hot again next weekend too, but reckon most teams would love to win the toss and bat all day!

[heater31]

No surprise that SACA have called off most matches tomorrow, only playing A and B Grade, plus Women's A Grade.

Their explanation is pretty spot on, all the grades playing should have air conditioned club rooms and lots of fridges available to store drinks and fruit, etc.

Looking like may be hot again next weekend too, but reckon most teams would love to win the toss and bat all day!

Also week 1 of a game. Remember last year's affected round I think it was hotter to start the day with a cool change in week 2.

[beeroclock]

No surprise that SACA have called off most matches tomorrow, only playing A and B Grade, plus Women's A Grade.

Their explanation is pretty spot on, all the grades playing should have air conditioned club rooms and lots of fridges available to store drinks and fruit, etc.

Looking like may be hot again next weekend too, but reckon most teams would love to win the toss and bat all day!

Geepers.
No trees for shade anywhere?
It was 39 last week.
What's 2 degrees.

[Warnie23]

With the amount of cricket missed by C&D Grade with washouts and heat, should they (or do they) pay the same amount of Subs as A/B Graders? Considering that you pay subs to play cricket, and most A graders would play at least 1.5x the amount of games as a D grade player.

[heater31]

With the amount of cricket missed by C&D Grade with washouts and heat, should they (or do they) pay the same amount of Subs as A/B Graders? Considering that you pay subs to play cricket, and most A graders would play at least 1.5x the amount of games as a D grade player.

What's going to do definitely is change the thinking of the Heat policy.

Why not start 1 hour earlier in hot conditions and you still can finish at 6pm? Get it done sooner well good for you.

[Stumps]

Why don't they start at 9am and play 80 overs. You'd be finished by 2pm

[Tony Clifton]

Glenelg all out 32

Callan Richardson 7/8

[Aerie]

Glenelg all out 32

Callan Richardson 7/8

After 12.2 overs. Almost a wicket per over! Outright by lunch should be on the cards for East Torrens.

All the top teams looking pretty good at stumps. West Torrens 8/123 chasing Prospect's 126 should make the first couple of overs interesting next weekend.

[Lame Choice]

With the amount of cricket missed by C&D Grade with washouts and heat, should they (or do they) pay the same amount of Subs as A/B Graders? Considering that you pay subs to play cricket, and most A graders would play at least 1.5x the amount of games as a D grade player.

Some administration bravery required here. On a few occasions over the past years many teams miss up to three consecutive weekends. I've also heard the concept of getting rid of d grade. This smacks of SACA / clubs looking at their top twenty without giving much to the bottom twenty. These guys need game time too - otherwise they remain in those grades - which misses the point (right?).
A couple of ideas recycled, but never given a chance.
1. C & D grade play one day only
2. Heat policy - play a 20/20 or play Sunday - at least they are playing.
3. Players In D Grade under 25 unless by permit. Get rid of the fossils and a few of the younger ones may well want to play these lower grades.
4. Bring the fun back - clubs with the expectation that a D Grade player is as committed as an A Grade is misguided. It's not the same as SANFL - for those who have played D Grade know what I'm talking about.
5. Sunday 20/20 comp across the year for the bye team vs one other ( single game on the Sunday ) to give the bye team a hit. Each team would only play twice through the year. Play a GF on run rate or something. Not sheep stations, just getting them on the pitch. I'm aware of the pitch availability issues. Play on a hard deck - at least they are playing something somewhere.

You never know, there is a chance some talent might mature from these grades, otherwise it's pointless (and costly) to have them.

[Lame Choice]

With the amount of cricket missed by C&D Grade with washouts and heat, should they (or do they) pay the same amount of Subs as A/B Graders? Considering that you pay subs to play cricket, and most A graders would play at least 1.5x the amount of games as a D grade player.

Some administration bravery required here. On a few occasions over the past years many teams miss up to three consecutive weekends. I've also heard the concept of getting rid of d grade. This smacks of SACA / clubs looking at their top twenty without giving much to the bottom twenty. These guys need game time too - otherwise they remain in those grades - which misses the point (right?).
A couple of ideas recycled, but never given a chance.
1. C & D grade play one day only
2. Heat policy - play a 20/20 or play Sunday - at least they are playing.
3. Players In D Grade under 25 unless by permit. Get rid of the fossils and a few of the younger ones may well want to play these lower grades.
4. Bring the fun back - clubs with the expectation that a D Grade player is as committed as an A Grade is misguided. It's not the same as SANFL - for those who have played D Grade know what I'm talking about.
5. Sunday 20/20 comp across the year for the bye team vs one other ( single game on the Sunday ) to give the bye team a hit. Each team would only play twice through the year. Play a GF on run rate or something. Not sheep stations, just getting them on the pitch. I'm aware of the pitch availability issues. Play on a hard deck - at least they are playing something somewhere.

You never know, there is a chance some talent might mature from these grades, otherwise it's pointless (and costly) to have them.

..and with the weather forecast tomorrow, it looks as if both Prospect and West Torrens will go 4 consecutive weeks without a game in the lower grades, having a bye either side of the round 11.

[heater31]

With the amount of cricket missed by C&D Grade with washouts and heat, should they (or do they) pay the same amount of Subs as A/B Graders? Considering that you pay subs to play cricket, and most A graders would play at least 1.5x the amount of games as a D grade player.

Some administration bravery required here. On a few occasions over the past years many teams miss up to three consecutive weekends. I've also heard the concept of getting rid of d grade. This smacks of SACA / clubs looking at their top twenty without giving much to the bottom twenty. These guys need game time too - otherwise they remain in those grades - which misses the point (right?).
A couple of ideas recycled, but never given a chance.
1. C & D grade play one day only
2. Heat policy - play a 20/20 or play Sunday - at least they are playing.
3. Players In D Grade under 25 unless by permit. Get rid of the fossils and a few of the younger ones may well want to play these lower grades.
4. Bring the fun back - clubs with the expectation that a D Grade player is as committed as an A Grade is misguided. It's not the same as SANFL - for those who have played D Grade know what I'm talking about.
5. Sunday 20/20 comp across the year for the bye team vs one other ( single game on the Sunday ) to give the bye team a hit. Each team would only play twice through the year. Play a GF on run rate or something. Not sheep stations, just getting them on the pitch. I'm aware of the pitch availability issues. Play on a hard deck - at least they are playing something somewhere.

You never know, there is a chance some talent might mature from these grades, otherwise it's pointless (and costly) to have them.

..and with the weather forecast tomorrow, it looks as if both Prospect and West Torrens will go 4 consecutive weeks without a game in the lower grades, having a bye either side of the round 11.

It's week 2 of the round. 30 overs per side tomorrow I think. They did exactly the same thing last year.


In hot weather why not start the day's play earlier? 11am perhaps. You can still finish at 6pm if it takes you that long but the umpires and captains can extend the tea break or have an extended drinks break in each session?

In some respects it's easier to play A & B Grade with 3 2 hour session as opposed to 2 2.5 hour ones.

[bulldogproud2]

Hard to believe the decision by SACA re tomorrow. Play in C's and D's will be for the full 100 overs!! Yes, 20 overs more than normal as it is a one-day game due to last week having been cancelled. The forecast temperature is the same as last Saturday and they cancelled that day's play entirely!! If anything, the conditions tomorrow are worse as the build-up has been a week of unrelenting heat. If one player drops tomorrow, then SACA is in hot water... in more ways than one.

Yes, I realise that it is important to get some game-time, but why not at least reduce it, as Heater says and they did last year, to no more than 30 overs a side.

Cheers

[heater31]

Hard to believe the decision by SACA re tomorrow. Play in C's and D's will be for the full 100 overs!! Yes, 20 overs more than normal as it is a one-day game due to last week having been cancelled. The forecast temperature is the same as last Saturday and they cancelled that day's play entirely!! If anything, the conditions tomorrow are worse as the build-up has been a week of unrelenting heat. If one player drops tomorrow, then SACA is in hot water... in more ways than one.

Yes, I realise that it is important to get some game-time, but why not at least reduce it, as Heater says and they did last year, to no more than 30 overs a side.

Cheers

Or let us play both weeks....what difference does 1 degree make?
Still think my start earlier policy has merit....