Adelaide Hills Cricket (Hills, A&EH, TV)

[Dutchy]

So Im led to believe Mylor are the best B grade team in the HCA? True?

(and if your from Mylor please dont answer, as I know what you will say)

Judging from last year and the results so far this year i think it would be fair to assume that they are the best team in the 'B' Grade.

Why is that Dutchy?? Do you have a different opinion???

OK, just after peoples thoughts, we wernt in B grade last year so dont know. If they are the best then Im suprised....

Maybe you should come back down to C grade, when you played us in that grade you had no dramas. The boys back at the pub weren't overly complimentary about you and i guess you are leaning down that path about them ?

Agree had no problem with Mylor in lower grades, always had good friendly games/banter

They certainly like to yap but when thrown back at them they dont like it....was pretty easy to get under their skins, suprisingly easy in fact (guess that is confirmed by your comments - surely there is better things to talk about at the pub!!?)

Has anyone got sledged before for wanting to wait for a car to pass behind the bowlers arm?

[the bus]

i heard ballhog is a kidney shifter great day yesterday, nairne boys good bunch of fellas and the highlight was T bar having his car headlight smashed by a luke tonkin 6!

[hereselmo1]

And apparently having a look at the field before the bowler bowls is "against the spirit of cricket" Dutchy?

Yet giving a bloke not out when he smashes a ball through to the keeper, even after he has walked half way off is fine?

They must have written their own little "spirit of cricket" book down at Mylor.

Good game on the weekend by the way and well played by mylor. Too good in the end, but not nearly by as much as they thought.

I think it was more the quality of Dutchy's batting rather than any words spoken that got under the skins.

[R. White]

Not sure what happened on this weekend but from the scores looks like the lofty boys took it right up to mylor. Must have been a good game. I know alot of the mylor boys and i agree, they probably thought it was going to be a little easier that what the scores indicate so i would not be suprised if things got a little heated, but thats what its about is it not???

[Dutchy]

Not sure what happened on this weekend but from the scores looks like the lofty boys took it right up to mylor. Must have been a good game. I know alot of the mylor boys and i agree, they probably thought it was going to be a little easier that what the scores indicate so i would not be suprised if things got a little heated, but thats what its about is it not???

exactly....

they were probably pissed that the bottom ranked B grade team kept them in the field for 70 overs!

[The Panther]

70 OVERS - that's why C grade is more friendly, i would get cranky too if i spent that much time in the field.

[R. White]

Dutchy, what was mylors bowling line up like??? i heard it was pretty strong, which makes the performance by you boys all the more impressive.

I would be intereted to get your thoughts on Dan Agars and Anthony Cooper. did they bowl well and more importantly were they quick???

[Dutchy]

Dutchy, what was mylors bowling line up like??? i heard it was pretty strong, which makes the performance by you boys all the more impressive.

I would be intereted to get your thoughts on Dan Agars and Anthony Cooper. did they bowl well and more importantly were they quick???

Steady bowling line up, with some depth which is important

Mylor seemed to think they were quick, maybe for B grade they are? in A grade they would be called slow/medium, Agars has potential if he kept the ball full more, he tired very quickly though, only 4 overs down the hill in his first spell...to many Coopers on the field Saturday not aure which one was which!!!

[bookie]

agree with your posts dutchy all i heard all week from the lads from mylor is how they would definately beat us outright.
Also agree with Mylor not really having any speedsters in there team however i wouldnt call them slow. Mediums would be a fair description Agars can send some quick balls down when he is in the right mindset.

I believe Mylor were getting fired up because they were made to field the full 70 and usually don't have to. When things werent going their way they turned angry very quickly which could bring there downfall against the stronger B grade teams

[R. White]

Does that mean that lofty are not a strong team bookie???? If they were able to make mylor field for 70 overs they cant be that bad. Are they a shot at playing finals.
Mylor have not been made to field for 70 overs for a long time.

I just spoke to one of the mylor lads and he said that when things got firey they picked up a couple of wickets. How will that be a downfall???

[bookie]

We are currently in the bottom half of the B grade ladder which would suggest that there are teams above us that would be stronger, we have a lot of improving to do if we are going to be a threat in the finals which i believe is possible but we have a bit of work to do yet.

I would say they were pretty angry from the 40th over onwards and only picked up about 3 wickets in the next 30 overs so most of there frustration wasnt constructive at all and showed that maybe there mental side of the game could be a weakness.

Mylor still havent played Onkas and Aldgate the other strongest teams, will be very interesting games

[R. White]

I agree, it will be interesting to see how they go agaisnt those teams. in regards to playing lofty, every team is always going to have off days. the fact that they were still able to win even though they didnt bowl at their best is a sign that they are a strong team. might i add that even though they didnt bowl too well the scoresheet still has a misely 2 next to your name bookie!!!

[hereselmo1]

I would be interested to hear from someone from Mylor whether they felt their bowling was well below their usual standard. I think some credit at least must go to the Lofty batsmen (dutchy in particular) for a good batting effort.

[razorback7]

i heard ballhog is a kidney shifter great day yesterday, nairne boys good bunch of fellas and the highlight was T bar having his car headlight smashed by a luke tonkin 6!

Tonks hit some massive sixes.. glad it wasn't of my bowling he was on fire. One hit the scoreboard on the full

[bookie]

2 i think your giving me too much cred there mate! the way that mylor were talking all week you would think they had a very off day cause apparently they would easily beat our A grade so imagine what they would have done to our b grade if they were on song!!

In all seriousness i think that they bowled quite well but were met with some good batting by Dutchy and Brett Hill.
I know this has probably been talked about before but didnt mylor say a yr or two ago that they would play A grade if they won the GF??

[R. White]

pretty sure there was a lengthy discussion about that earlier in the year. And as i said then, they probably could have played A grade this year but what about next year when most of their top players will be playing less or not at all!!! They would end up like basket range and come straight back down or even worse like mt lofty and stick around up there and not even be competitive!!!

[The Panther]

1. Dutchy has played a lot of A grade, so it would have been good experience for Mylor's bowlers to see what is required to be competitve at A grade level. The top sides in A grade have quality batsmen deep into their orders and quite reguarly teams have to grind away for 70 overs.

2. Anthony Cooper would be top ten as far as quicks go in the hills. I think he would get more wickets against the top tier players. Spends a lot of the time going past the edge at B grade level. The top players in the hills would be good enough to nick them.

3. Mylor mental weakness, not sure about that as defending premiers - maybe a little arrogant aggression expressed. Is it over a year since Mylor spent the full 70 overs in the field ?

4. Mylor is a building club and i am sure if things keep going in the right direction A grade will become a possibility. BIG positive the under 12's in only the second year of having a junior side had their first win on saturday. Also there was talk of only filling 2 sides at the start of the year, but with the addition of 5 or 6 quality blokes in the C grade , 3 sides have been filled. When i say quality blokes, i mean enjoy a hit and have a good laugh with each other and the opposition, sometimes the cricketing ability can go missing!

On a side note - Has anyone heard from tangles: Bats in the old KIWI brown one day kit, not just the shirt but pants as well. Was only missing the light brown pads. Makes 30 then goes home with dizziness. Then we find out that he was out all night and had only 1 hour sleep.

[Banker]

Dutchy- 3-0 this season mate. won the last flag, runner up the year before, so go **** yourself and stop trying to make yourself look good on here.
Not saying we were top blokes out there, but dont hold your head up high and come on here talking sh!t. Is it true you refused to even come out and shake hands after the match?

Disgraceful effort. especially as a senior member of the club.

For the record, we nearly beat SCIBs outright, you lost to SCIBs, so of course we were keen on an outright...

Mylor B's- Top
Mylor C's- Top

Wish i wasnt off overseas Something special in the making down at PiperLand!

[kick it to me]

pretty sure there was a lengthy discussion about that earlier in the year. And as i said then, they probably could have played A grade this year but what about next year when most of their top players will be playing less or not at all!!! They would end up like basket range and come straight back down or even worse like mt lofty and stick around up there and not even be competitive!!!

Basket Range can be used as a good example for what could happen to Mylor if they went up, Baskets management last year pushed the club into A grade, against the wishes of a number of the B grade premiership players. The result, not just one team but a whole club which started to get flogged week in week out, this just lead to heads dropping, players leaving and a club in some real trouble. Unless Mylor have 15 players good enough and keen to play in the top grade they shouldnt, it will only be bad for the club in the liong run.

[Banker]

Mylor also need training nets before they can start looking at A grade...