daysofourlives wrote:bennymacca wrote:daysofourlives wrote:whufc wrote:Couldn't think of anything worse in 35 degree weather than having to stay out in the field when your team has already been smashed
Bat better, were here here to play cricket, if you dont want to play dont put your hand up at selection
This is fair enough for A grade - but surely the lower grades is as much about participation. and forcing fill ins to stand out there in the heat just makes them not wanna play.
Youre right it is about participation, not much fun for the guys who bat 4-7 and dont get a hit for a month. Id rather look after the regular players than the fill ins, I couldnt give two hoots about the fill ins. Or if youre a change bowler in a bad batting team, you dont get a bowl either.
90% of players play because they want to spend the afternoon playing cricket. Costs alot of money to play for all involved, clubs, players why wouldnt you want to play the day out. I dont want to cater for blokes who dont really want to play cricket i want the guys that want to play to get the most out of it. We have 1st class facilities, alot of them better than even the grade clubs and we play one afternoon a week, why we wouldnt we utulize them as much as we can.
The top 2 teams played each other in the 2s yesterday and one of them batted first and made bugger all. The score was passed one down. The bowling team didnt want to come off and the batting team didnt either. They continued to bowl their better bowlers and try and take some wickets because they have some pride in their performance. Teams that want to walk off have a pea heart and thats why they find themselves in the position they are in on a regular basis.
I dont mind the a grade calling if off, most of their games go 35plus in the 2nd innings anyway.
I want someone to tell me what is the difference if i bat first and make 300 and then the opposition crawl to 8/130 off 40 and then if that happens in reverse. They got their 40 why shouldnt i get my 40? If they arent good enough to bat 40 they are getting a shorter day anyway.
They are only a shorter version of the 2 day limited overs cricket anyway that nobody has a problem playing out.
i get where you are coming from, i think it should be on a case by case basis. As a skipper ive continued to bat on more often than I have called it early most probably, but have done both.
Mostly my decision in the past was based on whether it mattered whether I got the extra points. I.e if you are top and chasing points vs second on the ladder then batting on is completely fine.
But if it was batting on against the bottom team for no other reason than to give people a hit - maybe do it for a few overs and then call it a day.