Country Twenty20 Champions Cup

[Ripdschitlaz]

Oh get over it Rip.
How many country comps actually play on turf?
We're damned lucky here.

Absolute crap DW.
Do you want me to list them?
I think you will find the majority of games up to this point would have been played on turf and that there are bugger all major centres that don't have at least one turf deck.
How about you list the centres that don't have one.

[daysofourlives]

probably because nuri is a better side then sandy creek... in all forms.

So is nuri the best team in the mid north comp? The issue is nuri was gifted the right to enter the semis without playing qualifying rounds. If the barossa comp felt nuri were the better side to represent them then they should have been there at Clare instead of Sandy. Its a bit harsh on Clare, who rightfully won the day to have to go through nuri to get any further. Ill be watching closely

nuri is the best team in the mid north, that is obviously the thought of the regional council (or Ravo) when selecting the sides for the comp... which is fair enough, you want the best sides competing plus from memory didnt sandy lose thier t20 game to ango??? so why didnt GC, tanunda or ango get the chance to compete over you????

I dont mean to have a go donk, just my op.

Angry you have no idea what your talking about. nuri may or may not the best team in mid north how can u make that judgement without having games against other teams in diff assoc. Nuri self nominated bypassing the B&L assoc and the other associations in the comp.
Im starting to see a bit of a love affair here between an outbacks selector and what many say is a contreversial selection in the outbacks team

[daysofourlives]

probably because nuri is a better side then sandy creek... in all forms.

So is nuri the best team in the mid north comp? The issue is nuri was gifted the right to enter the semis without playing qualifying rounds. If the barossa comp felt nuri were the better side to represent them then they should have been there at Clare instead of Sandy. Its a bit harsh on Clare, who rightfully won the day to have to go through nuri to get any further. Ill be watching closely

nuri is the best team in the mid north, that is obviously the thought of the regional council (or Ravo) when selecting the sides for the comp... which is fair enough, you want the best sides competing plus from memory didnt sandy lose thier t20 game to ango??? so why didnt GC, tanunda or ango get the chance to compete over you????

I dont mean to have a go donk, just my op.

just heard from a delgate... saca's decision to send the two day premier apparently!

saca had nothing to do with selection of the team to represent mid north that is up to the mid north zone and ALL its associations to work out

[cokadonkeytoo]

probably because nuri is a better side then sandy creek... in all forms.

So is nuri the best team in the mid north comp? The issue is nuri was gifted the right to enter the semis without playing qualifying rounds. If the barossa comp felt nuri were the better side to represent them then they should have been there at Clare instead of Sandy. Its a bit harsh on Clare, who rightfully won the day to have to go through nuri to get any further. Ill be watching closely

nuri is the best team in the mid north, that is obviously the thought of the regional council (or Ravo) when selecting the sides for the comp... which is fair enough, you want the best sides competing plus from memory didnt sandy lose thier t20 game to ango??? so why didnt GC, tanunda or ango get the chance to compete over you????

I dont mean to have a go donk, just my op.

Yeah I understand its your opinion and thats fine, the record between sandy and nuri last year was 3-1 in Sandys favour, and I dont think there were too many close games, the GF may have been the closest. The club is certainly looking forward to playing nuri it will be a great showing of where each side is

[The Angry Bull]

probably because nuri is a better side then sandy creek... in all forms.

So is nuri the best team in the mid north comp? The issue is nuri was gifted the right to enter the semis without playing qualifying rounds. If the barossa comp felt nuri were the better side to represent them then they should have been there at Clare instead of Sandy. Its a bit harsh on Clare, who rightfully won the day to have to go through nuri to get any further. Ill be watching closely

nuri is the best team in the mid north, that is obviously the thought of the regional council (or Ravo) when selecting the sides for the comp... which is fair enough, you want the best sides competing plus from memory didnt sandy lose thier t20 game to ango??? so why didnt GC, tanunda or ango get the chance to compete over you????

I dont mean to have a go donk, just my op.

Angry you have no idea what your talking about. nuri may or may not the best team in mid north how can u make that judgement without having games against other teams in diff assoc. Nuri self nominated bypassing the B&L assoc and the other associations in the comp.
Im starting to see a bit of a love affair here between an outbacks selector and what many say is a contreversial selection in the outbacks team

well credit to nuri for taking the initiative really, and what is so controversial about it???? didnt i represent mid north in the country carnival???, dont i posses a dual clearance???, dont i reside in the town of riverton???, dont i play for gilbert valley every and any chance i get???, so i should be punished for having a crack in town????

at the end of the day... sandy is one... and i repeat... one... of the best sides in our comp, along with nuri and ango, daylight to the rest of the comp, i did say it was my opinion that nuri was the best side in the mid north, which over time we'll most probably see this become fact instead of debate. Georgie and Jungy to go mental.... but i must say unlucky to sandy while we are on the topic, clare are very handy side, too bad they have the watered down version of the vandeleurs

[daysofourlives]

Some may call it initiative many would say it smacks of absolute arrogance.

No i didnt mean your eligibility bull

[The Angry Bull]

Some may call it initiative many would say it smacks of absolute arrogance.

No i didnt mean your eligibility bull

just dont think i should be in the side????

to go above the association isnt right, and i know that, i just think if we were to play a geniune comp that nuri would be my tip to win.

[Jim05]

There will we a t20 comp next year - probably before season starts to determine our rep

[daysofourlives]

Some may call it initiative many would say it smacks of absolute arrogance.

No i didnt mean your eligibility bull

just dont think i should be in the side????

to go above the association isnt right, and i know that, i just think if we were to play a geniune comp that nuri would be my tip to win.

call me biased but i think ango would beat nuri 8/10 in T20. 20 overs is optimal length for our batting line up

[eags]

Southern Eyre South to represent the EP

[Not Scared]

Oh get over it Rip.
How many country comps actually play on turf?
We're damned lucky here.

Absolute crap DW.
Do you want me to list them?
I think you will find the majority of games up to this point would have been played on turf and that there are bugger all major centres that don't have at least one turf deck.
How about you list the centres that don't have one.

I don't know every comp around SA but from what I can gather pretty much all of the better comps play on turf, hence most (if not all) of the teams that have even gotten near this Murray Bridge round will be teams that predominantly play on turf wickets. The Hills league might be an exception, but I think they have some problems with preparing turf wickets considering the conditions there.

[Koll Joll Roll]

There are only 4 Turf Wickets in the Fleurieu District Zone, they are Ashbourne, Strathalbyn, Langhorne Creek and Callington and only two of those sides play A Grade Comp in there respective association (Alexandra & Eastern Hills). Based on recent history this is best country zone as results would suggest in the SA Country Champs. Winning the majority of the last 8 or so years.

The Fleurieu Zone is largest zone around and have recently been split to the Red and Gold in the Country champs and have still two of the past 3 country champs and the one they lost they played in the Grand Final and lost in the wet. so to say the best comps are played on Turf is a bit steap.

The majority of South East Zone is probably Turf and the same with Mid North but the majority across Yorke and Eyre peninsula are all hard decks the same with Barrier and Upper North zones.

[Ripdschitlaz]

There are only 4 Turf Wickets in the Fleurieu District Zone, they are Ashbourne, Strathalbyn, Langhorne Creek and Callington and only two of those sides play A Grade Comp in there respective association (Alexandra & Eastern Hills). Based on recent history this is best country zone as results would suggest in the SA Country Champs. Winning the majority of the last 8 or so years.

The Fleurieu Zone is largest zone around and have recently been split to the Red and Gold in the Country champs and have still two of the past 3 country champs and the one they lost they played in the Grand Final and lost in the wet. so to say the best comps are played on Turf is a bit steap.

The majority of South East Zone is probably Turf and the same with Mid North but the majority across Yorke and Eyre peninsula are all hard decks the same with Barrier and Upper North zones.

The point was that most of the lead up games would have been played on turf as most centres have got at least one, so thats where the games would have been played.
It just doesn't make sense that the next round is on a hard deck when there are alternatives reasonably close by (Strath?).
What is it, an extra half hour in the car? Not a valid reason to dumb down the game IMO.
It's meant to be a premier competition afterall.
Does anyone know which ground in MB that the game is going to be played?

[eags]

The Fleurieu Zone is largest zone around and have recently been split to the Red and Gold in the Country champs and have still two of the past 3 country champs and the one they lost they played in the Grand Final and lost in the wet. so to say the best comps are played on Turf is a bit steap.

Should've felt right at home then

[daysofourlives]

the teams from each zone are

eyre peninsula- southern eyre south
fleurieu red - nairne
fleurieu gold- meadows
mid north- nuri vs clare this sunday
murray districts - berri
south east - mundulla
upper north - wandearah
yorke peninsula- stansbury

[Dutchy]

Country cricketers complaining about not playing on turf, now Ive seen it all

[Ripdschitlaz]

Country cricketers complaining about not playing on turf, now Ive seen it all

[The Angry Bull]

the teams from each zone are

eyre peninsula- southern eyre south
fleurieu red - nairne
fleurieu gold- meadows
mid north- nuri vs clare this sunday
murray districts - berri
south east - mundulla
upper north - wandearah
yorke peninsula- stansbury

stansbury at full strength would be a handy side... Bernie Vince, James Moss and Sam Agnew... very handy indeed

[Not Scared]

There are only 4 Turf Wickets in the Fleurieu District Zone, they are Ashbourne, Strathalbyn, Langhorne Creek and Callington and only two of those sides play A Grade Comp in there respective association (Alexandra & Eastern Hills). Based on recent history this is best country zone as results would suggest in the SA Country Champs. Winning the majority of the last 8 or so years.

The Fleurieu Zone is largest zone around and have recently been split to the Red and Gold in the Country champs and have still two of the past 3 country champs and the one they lost they played in the Grand Final and lost in the wet. so to say the best comps are played on Turf is a bit steap.

The majority of South East Zone is probably Turf and the same with Mid North but the majority across Yorke and Eyre peninsula are all hard decks the same with Barrier and Upper North zones.

OK, so maybe there are not as many turf wickets around as I thought there was, but it doesn't really change my argument. This is meant to be the best of the best playing, they should be playing on the best surface, which is a turf wicket. Like the one the winning team will be on at Adelaide Oval. There's plenty of them around. It's been mentioned here that most major centres have one, and if they're not suitable, anyone heard of a place called Adelaide? They've got a few and it's not that much further on than Murray Bridge.

[daysofourlives]

There are only 4 Turf Wickets in the Fleurieu District Zone, they are Ashbourne, Strathalbyn, Langhorne Creek and Callington and only two of those sides play A Grade Comp in there respective association (Alexandra & Eastern Hills). Based on recent history this is best country zone as results would suggest in the SA Country Champs. Winning the majority of the last 8 or so years.

The Fleurieu Zone is largest zone around and have recently been split to the Red and Gold in the Country champs and have still two of the past 3 country champs and the one they lost they played in the Grand Final and lost in the wet. so to say the best comps are played on Turf is a bit steap.

The majority of South East Zone is probably Turf and the same with Mid North but the majority across Yorke and Eyre peninsula are all hard decks the same with Barrier and Upper North zones.

OK, so maybe there are not as many turf wickets around as I thought there was, but it doesn't really change my argument. This is meant to be the best of the best playing, they should be playing on the best surface, which is a turf wicket. Like the one the winning team will be on at Adelaide Oval. There's plenty of them around. It's been mentioned here that most major centres have one, and if they're not suitable, anyone heard of a place called Adelaide? They've got a few and it's not that much further on than Murray Bridge.

The games at pirie are on turf mate.
Of the south East what town is the most northern with a turf wicket? could be played there