Bring on the real thing...

At last, REAL cricket!!!

i couldnt agree more with you, lets get the real season under way this Saturday.

what does the temparuture need to get to for the A1-A4 to be called off?

42º

Anyone else slightly concerned they are going to drop tomorrow's forecast back to 41 tomorrow morning given so far today has only reached 37 compared to the forecast 40?
Some are concerned they don't drop it back to 41....keen to play.

Clubs with bars need to make it more attractive for players to purchase from them, not try and legislate ways to rip them off.
Why would a 60c can of coke cost $3 at a community club?

Yep if you are buying it for that price there is no need to sell it more than $2.

Beers shouldn't be above $5 either unless it's boutique or imported.

Yeah, I can see it having the opposite effect.
Instead of standing around having a beer or two, where only some might be bought from the home club, now away teams will just pack up straight after the game and head back to their own presentations.

Clubs with bars need to make it more attractive for players to purchase from them, not try and legislate ways to rip them off.
Why would a 60c can of coke cost $3 at a community club?

Just food for thought, is it time for the ATCA to start going down the SAAFL (Adelaide Footy League) pathway in regards to Social Media. I understand SAAFL have a lot more staff and are a much bigger organisation but wouldn't it be great for the ATCA to have a Facebook Page where clubs are invited to email photos into Head Office etc and scores from around the competition can be posted and people can celebrate achievements. I know many supporters live off their MyCricket App but it could be a way of growing the ATCA brand especially with some clubs struggling for players..........

bloods08 wrote:All games now officially called off

Rule # 1.
Don't tell the missus.
We must always turn up on day one, that's the ATCA rule huny.

Correct Trader. Game was drawn as a 4 innings game because can only be a tie if the team batting last is fully dismissed. Therefore GG only team to achieve a result so they must progress. By-law does need tidying up though. Needs to say that a team must win outright to be declared the winner of a final. Imagine if scores are tied with 9 down and one ball to go and the player gets out. Under current bylaw that is a more positive outcome than playing and missing and ending in a draw.

Doesnt need to be a by law its covered in gthe laws of cricket unless you want something different to the laws.
It happened in the BLCA 2 years ago and after much correspondance with SACA and reading the laws of cricket it is clear that the result is 1st innings only, as some have said its only a tie if the team batting 4th is dismissed with scores level.

This is where it gets even more confusing as the ATCA Bylaws state - 'In the event of an equality in the aggregate number of runs in which each side has two completed innings, the match shall be regarded as an outright tie.'

Yep i believe that is also in the laws of cricket, so then it becomes what is the definition of a completed innings. All out (or declared) is a completed innings nothing else. It pays not to overthink it, if its a Test match everyone is pretty clear that its a draw and not a tie so run with that. Clubs will always see things through their own rose coloured glasses and try and interpret the laws to suit themselves.
I would be very surprised if any other result than a 1st innings win was declared.