Luigianna by the sounds of it mate you have written the proposal....... Anyway this topic has intrigued me. As a former player in Country cricket, i am completely and totally perplexed by this proposal and how it increases participation and the standard of the game. I have taken a keen interest in this comp since retirement called my name and have no idea why the association feels the need to do this? This proposal suits only 1 part of the game and that is batting, all it means if you aren't very good at batting you get to have a hit every week and show everyone week in and week out you aren't good! It doesnt suit bowlers who like to bowl big spells, and doesn't suit bowling all rounder's. To me it seems all to be catering for in the bowling department is the 5th or 6th bowler who isn't that great. My issue with this proposal is you are changing arguably the strongest comp in the Hills. Why would anyone want to do that?? I tell you why, cause some old batsmen who cant make a run to save himself wants to have as many hits as possible before father time calls him! MTCA went to one day cricket due to the fact it had to and to be honest the standard of cricket there is downright deplorable! It will do the same to this Comp if the association aren't careful! All credit to TVCA to continue with a mixture of both and clearly the Hills comp will have both as well. That is a great decision. The sticking point will be with this proposal is certain clubs want 40-45 overs a side while Strath want 50 each. (Talk about a stupidly long day) Rumours have it Strath wont vote for the any less while other clubs wont vote for any more! The only hope for the die hard cricketers who love 2 day cricket and who enjoy having a week off bowling to talk rubbish is that the clubs cant agree on the overs and the Comp stays the same way. For the sake of the game, i hope thats the case!
Not having a look at this thread for 3 or 4 weeks, its good to see there's a bit of emotion out there and also a variety of thoughts about the proposal.
The theory with the bowlers that usually bowl long spells is that instead of bowling say a 20 over spell every 2nd week, they get to bowl 10 overs every week.
From a personal point of view, I think the combined format of a mix of 2 day and 1 day matches are a good mix but the facts are that, thats not everyones preferred choice and having been part of the selection process in my club for decades, rarely does a 2 day match selection occur without plenty of headaches had, trying to juggle replacement players.
Our club will study the proposal in detail in coming weeks, strongly taking into account the views of our current A grade players.
At this early stage my feeling is that we wouldn't lose anyone by going to an all 1 day comp but by remaining as is, a few players may well just restrict themselves to the one dayers or T20 comp or not play any cricket at all.
As ive said b4, There's no perfect format that will suit everyone, so i guess it's the challenge to find the format that suits most for not only the present but the future as well.
Interesting to hear that Strath wont vote for anything LESS than their full proposal as presented.
As Luigianna stated, The main decision to be made is surely whether the A grade comp becomes an exclusively ONE DAY COMP.
If it is decided to go that way, then i think the Playing conditions are on the table to be decided upon.
I find it hard to see how Straths proposal in it's entirety could / will be voted in, in one hit.
I can understand Straths stance on its insistence that it is 50 overs per side, and even tho 50 over cricket is played in some other country comps successfully apparently. i have my doubts about it in regards to the possible length of the day.
A few 45 over games were trialed several years ago in A&EHCA but not much came of that as the general consensus was that it didnt make much difference. 50 overs is certainly a significant difference tho imo and whilst most A graders may be happy with that, i think the time available is the real concern.