Grade Cricket

[Eagles2014]

Glenelg 5/359 dec vs Sturt 0/11
Most likely scenario: Glenelg miss finals and Sturt lose top spot. Both captains probably wondering tonight how they can conjure up the 10 point bonus.

Kensington 232 vs Woodville 2/35
The most bizarre game so far. Kensington going from 0/53 to 7/77 and then 8/207!
Most likely scenario: Kensington take top spot. They know how to win.

Tea Tree Gully 2/104 vs East Torrens 159
Most likely scenario: Tea Tree Gully storm into finals with a form bowling line up.

University 1/355 dec vs Southerns 2/70
Most likely scenario: Uni win comfortably on 1st Innings and give SD every chance to get the 10 bonus points in the pursuit of an outright themselves, which they’ll likely get to secure 4th spot.

West Torrens 195 vs Adelaide 2/22
Most likely scenario: Whilst Uni, Glenelg and TTG put their full foot forward for a finals spot on day one, WT limped to a meagre total whilst chewing up valuable overs. Finals are done and dusted, minus a miracle bowling performance.

Miracles do happen

Sturt vs West Torrens at Price Memorial
TTG vs Kensington at Pertaringa

[Aerie]

Southerns hold on for the draw 9 down to deny Uni a finals spot, just as they did last year against Sturt. West Torrens again sneak into the 4 thanks to that result and their win against Adelaide.

Who can predict sport? Not me.

Semi-Finals
Sturt vs West Torrens
Tea Tree Gully vs Kensington

[Eagles2014]

I heard WT kicked up a stink when they were alerted to having their 2nd grade game moved to Park 23. It's lucky the curator had prepared a wicket for centre wicket training for Prospects 4th grade otherwise it wouldn't have happened. Prospect 4th grade weren't too happy they got kicked off it last night without actually being able to get on.

No point preparing a wicket if nobody puts covers on it Wet pitch, no play today.

Interesting,

Who does that fall on? Curator, Prospect CC or Adelaide CC. The covers are left out on a trolley so they are accessible to anyone. The curator works on his own too

2nd Grade is the home side responsibility isn't it?

Correct. Home team responsible. In this case Adelaide moved the game to Prospect Oval, they were the home team so all up to them. Obviously very different circumstances so oversight by them and the curator.

[wedgetail]

Uni didn't deserve to make the finals. Their bowling attack wasn't good enough to dismiss the bottom placed team.
Gutsy effort by Southerns and Sugg in particular.
Eagles have Drew and Nielsen available next week v Strut.
Some interesting selection decisions to be made, especially who is to keep-Peters or Nielsen?

[billy]

Uni didn't deserve to make the finals. Their bowling attack wasn't good enough to dismiss the bottom placed team.
Gutsy effort by Southerns and Sugg in particular.
Eagles have Drew and Nielsen available next week v Strut.
Some interesting selection decisions to be made, especially who is to keep-Peters or Nielsen?

What an effort by Southern Districts today, seem to find another leg when there is pain on the end of it for Adelaide University . Very interesting finals series now, Sturt have been dominant all year so have to be favourites and up against a full strength West Torrens who were able to win the One Day final after being in a tough position and Tea Tree Gully playing Kensington at full strength who will also make it tough. Sturt who have to be favourites will also remember the 4/426 the Eagles knocked up against them earlier in the year when at full strength .. going to be very good weather so no excuses for any team.

[bulldogproud]

Well done to all sides who made finals, particularly the mighty Eagles (sneaking in two years in a row in a very tight finish).
I just hope that home curators do not prepare 'roads' for the finals, knowing that the away team needs to bowl them out to win the semi.

[Eagles2014]

Well done to all sides who made finals, particularly the mighty Eagles (sneaking in two years in a row in a very tight finish).
I just hope that home curators do not prepare 'roads' for the finals, knowing that the away team needs to bowl them out to win the semi.

You are living in la-la land BP if you don’t think Sturt and TTG will prepare absolute roads. May as play the games on Henley Beach Rd

But that’s the system we have, as WT found out last year when Uni did the same thing. The sooner we follow Victoria Premier Cricket where you can only bat on for 16 overs the following day, leaving 80 overs, the better.

Even though WT made 4/426 at Sturt this year, they could only take six wickets and the game finished in a draw. Sturt’s bowling is terrible, main bowler has taken three wickets for the year at an average of nearly 90 But their batting is strong, and as minor premier they are in the box seat if they can bat 130 plus overs both weeks of the finals.

[Tony Clifton]

Did Wes Agar get injured? Didn't seem to bowl on the Sunday. Amazing effort by Southern District.

[Minimum Chips]

Did Wes Agar get injured? Didn't seem to bowl on the Sunday. Amazing effort by Southern District.

I believe he may have been on bowling restrictions as determined by the SACA High Performance department?

[Minimum Chips]

Uni didn't deserve to make the finals. Their bowling attack wasn't good enough to dismiss the bottom placed team.
Gutsy effort by Southerns and Sugg in particular.
Eagles have Drew and Nielsen available next week v Strut.
Some interesting selection decisions to be made, especially who is to keep-Peters or Nielsen?

A genuine question - does Nielsen's form actually warrant selection?

[Minimum Chips]

Well done to all sides who made finals, particularly the mighty Eagles (sneaking in two years in a row in a very tight finish).
I just hope that home curators do not prepare 'roads' for the finals, knowing that the away team needs to bowl them out to win the semi.

You are living in la-la land BP if you don’t think Sturt and TTG will prepare absolute roads. May as play the games on Henley Beach Rd

But that’s the system we have, as WT found out last year when Uni did the same thing. The sooner we follow Victoria Premier Cricket where you can only bat on for 16 overs the following day, leaving 80 overs, the better.

Even though WT made 4/426 at Sturt this year, they could only take six wickets and the game finished in a draw. Sturt’s bowling is terrible, main bowler has taken three wickets for the year at an average of nearly 90 But their batting is strong, and as minor premier they are in the box seat if they can bat 130 plus overs both weeks of the finals.

Interesting this one as Kensington prepare both wickets (i.e. Jake Brown).

[bulldogproud]

Well done to all sides who made finals, particularly the mighty Eagles (sneaking in two years in a row in a very tight finish).
I just hope that home curators do not prepare 'roads' for the finals, knowing that the away team needs to bowl them out to win the semi.

You are living in la-la land BP if you don’t think Sturt and TTG will prepare absolute roads. May as play the games on Henley Beach Rd

But that’s the system we have, as WT found out last year when Uni did the same thing. The sooner we follow Victoria Premier Cricket where you can only bat on for 16 overs the following day, leaving 80 overs, the better.

Even though WT made 4/426 at Sturt this year, they could only take six wickets and the game finished in a draw. Sturt’s bowling is terrible, main bowler has taken three wickets for the year at an average of nearly 90 But their batting is strong, and as minor premier they are in the box seat if they can bat 130 plus overs both weeks of the finals.

Either that or revert back to the system used for most of Grade cricket's history: Semi-Finals on neutral grounds.

[helicopterking]

The Hattrick ball in the Kensington game was 100% a bump ball. Shit decision by the umpires

Just watched it. Terrible decision.

[Under_Scrutiny]

The Hattrick ball in the Kensington game was 100% a bump ball. Shit decision by the umpires

Just watched it. Terrible decision.

What were both the umps doing? Surely between two of them they could have worked it out. And what were the Woodville blokes thinking with their arms out wide like aeroplanes? One hand one bounce stops at backyard level.

[Tony Clifton]

Edge a gimme full toss maybe you deserve to be out haha

[Arch44]

Bit deceitful by Torrens on the weekend. Flying in Buckingham and Johnson for Sunday without advising Adelaide.

[heater31]

Bit deceitful by Torrens on the weekend. Flying in Buckingham and Johnson for Sunday without advising Adelaide.

Guess it's payback for a few years ago when Adelaide slipped in their Premier league players the morning of the game when pretty much every game in the state was washed out except down at Henley....

[Arch44]

Bit deceitful by Torrens on the weekend. Flying in Buckingham and Johnson for Sunday without advising Adelaide.

Guess it's payback for a few years ago when Adelaide slipped in their Premier league players the morning of the game when pretty much every game in the state was washed out except down at Henley....

Yeah that's exactly what they were thinking

[bulldogproud]

Bit deceitful by Torrens on the weekend. Flying in Buckingham and Johnson for Sunday without advising Adelaide.

Both Buckingham and Johnson were named in the team West Torrens entered in My Cricket.
Cheers

[The Hound]

With some of the results from round 13, how did the club champs ladder end up?
Can't seem to find it online.