Para District Cricket Association 2012/13

[Phantom Gossiper]

Also like to take this time to announce my retirement from assoc cricket, its been fun, thanks to everyone whose been involved, well done to Daniel Jenner and Bill Fuller on theor efforts, ATCO also for an amazing lunch!

[bagster]

Well seen as I have been viewing a hard wicket game for some of today, containing players from this thread, I guess I'm allowed to post here??
Please don't ban me again for posting on an open forum
I don't quite get why adults are playing on a surface that was made for school and kids cricket, it's great for these two groups because it offers even bounce for batsmen, good carry for keepers, and it can be played on in harsher weather than turf. For the owners of such grounds its offers a lot less upkeep, once laid can be forgotten about, no need to pay a groundsman, perfect for schools.

But we have adults playing on it, producing shots with footwork similar to sewag, the footwork is the only thing similar to sewag. As I type, another lusty blow over deep mid on- deep mid wicket. That's right, cow corner. This surface also seems to make these seamers who are no quicker than a M. Samuels quicker ball bowl bouncers.

Lastly, for a league select eleven, there are some portly fellows in the 22 that don the leagues colours.
Oh and another one over in that same area, only this time the batsman stands there with his chest out, I presume he thinks he has played a good shot, or pushing his chest out better hides his ample waistline.

#uninspiring
#couldhavemowedtheoutfield
#batsmenhaveshoesmadeoflead
#canbusfaresberefunded

i dont quite guess why as sensible adults, you turf people waste so much time and effort of the same overworked club volunteer untrained curator to spend hours preparing a shite cricket wicket , only to have too much rain on thursday, friday or saturday and you cannot play your game, as adults who have a busy lifestyle you cannot see that all that time and effort would be better spent with the wives and kids to spare you up for saturday afternoons with your mates at the cricket club, THEN 15 minutes later having rolled out the matting, pegged it in , and BANG... we play 99.9% of every saturday, and although we may not have the facilities and the silver spoons that some of your snobbish clubs have and we have to rely on our local council to mow and water our ovals, you turf people are no better cricketers or cricket lovers than us, in fact , even having the rules that favor you, we still beat you , both in the seniors and the pasting the under 21s gave you, you adelaide turd clowns need to get off your podium and except, you aint that bloody good.... although you dont like the cow corner, warner does, gayle does, sehwag does, pollard does, etc etc etc etc.... and i was actually surprised how pedestrian your so called quicks were... especially the old bloke with the mop on his head that had to go off after his spell and abuse the 12th man rule that PDCA were not allowed to use. also, when WE are supposed to have our turn at have the home ground advantage, when we play hardwicket you should use a 2 piece ball because thats what we use, when you have home ground advantage, we will use a 4 piece ball as you use, but NO we have to use your ball on our pitch !! JOKE !!! maybe just to even it up ?? and on the players waistlines, they are weekend social cricketers, even ATCA dont have a weigh in each saturday.. or do they? ill text rocco to find out... maybe PG will know that too.
# inspiring win today
# not sponsored by jims mowing
# turf bowl pies
# your bus is government funded
# now get lost

[Wizard of Oz]

Wowee !! Any idea on runs and wickets for both sides ?

And most importantly...Lord Rocco update ??

D. Jenner 40, J. Carmen 36, and a young Josh Osbourne 31*, only got a game because Parker injured his finger in the field and needed a replacement, he ended up with direct hit run out from the boundary and with Justin Carmen combined beautifully for the 9th wicket to get into a winning position before Justin did the unselfish thing and gave the 1000's of fans what they wanted and let the Phantom casually come out and hack 2 educated slaps for 4 to win with 2 balls to spare.

Wickets - Woodward 4 was on fire and bowled a treat, Bedgegood 2, singles to Scott, Jenner and Carmen. Parker bowled an amazing spell with good wheels and very unlucky not to get a wicket. We dropped a few hard catches.

Lord Rocco opened batting, 1st 3 balls for 4 then snicked up few balls later... also dropped a catch late in the game..

Number 3 batsman from ATCA hit the ball like Aaron Finch, Carson had 8 lives and solid contributions from most the top order. Tail failed, that's the difference.

Was it Corneford who batted 3 ??

[bagster]

Wonder if Bagster will post on our thread if they lose..

WELL , WELL , WELL .......................

[Phantom Gossiper]

Was it Corneford who batted 3 ??

Not sure, probably, didn't waste any time trying to play himself in hahaha and hit the ball very hard!

[Phantom Gossiper]

Would like to extend my thanks to Craigmore Cricket Club in their support and contribution to the PDCA and the representative side..

WTF kind of club goes and punishes a bloke for doing something wrong by telling him he cant play today?!? REALLY!? REEEEEEALLY!!??

If you want to enforce some policies and discipline in your club that's great, suspend the kid from playing in YOUR team on a Saturday, not withdrawing him from the rep side late on a Sat arvo and hurting not only the team playing but the association as a whole, not to mention the pressure then placed on the coaching staff to find a replacement keeper at such short notice!

Hope he isn't suiting up next Saturday for Craigmore then.. spastics

[OKC!]

Well seen as I have been viewing a hard wicket game for some of today, containing players from this thread, I guess I'm allowed to post here??
Please don't ban me again for posting on an open forum
I don't quite get why adults are playing on a surface that was made for school and kids cricket, it's great for these two groups because it offers even bounce for batsmen, good carry for keepers, and it can be played on in harsher weather than turf. For the owners of such grounds its offers a lot less upkeep, once laid can be forgotten about, no need to pay a groundsman, perfect for schools.

But we have adults playing on it, producing shots with footwork similar to sewag, the footwork is the only thing similar to sewag. As I type, another lusty blow over deep mid on- deep mid wicket. That's right, cow corner. This surface also seems to make these seamers who are no quicker than a M. Samuels quicker ball bowl bouncers.

Lastly, for a league select eleven, there are some portly fellows in the 22 that don the leagues colours.
Oh and another one over in that same area, only this time the batsman stands there with his chest out, I presume he thinks he has played a good shot, or pushing his chest out better hides his ample waistline.

#uninspiring
#couldhavemowedtheoutfield
#batsmenhaveshoesmadeoflead
#canbusfaresberefunded

i dont quite guess why as sensible adults, you turf people waste so much time and effort of the same overworked club volunteer untrained curator to spend hours preparing a shite cricket wicket , only to have too much rain on thursday, friday or saturday and you cannot play your game, as adults who have a busy lifestyle you cannot see that all that time and effort would be better spent with the wives and kids to spare you up for saturday afternoons with your mates at the cricket club, THEN 15 minutes later having rolled out the matting, pegged it in , and BANG... we play 99.9% of every saturday, and although we may not have the facilities and the silver spoons that some of your snobbish clubs have and we have to rely on our local council to mow and water our ovals, you turf people are no better cricketers or cricket lovers than us, in fact , even having the rules that favor you, we still beat you , both in the seniors and the pasting the under 21s gave you, you adelaide turd clowns need to get off your podium and except, you aint that bloody good.... although you dont like the cow corner, warner does, gayle does, sehwag does, pollard does, etc etc etc etc.... and i was actually surprised how pedestrian your so called quicks were... especially the old bloke with the mop on his head that had to go off after his spell and abuse the 12th man rule that PDCA were not allowed to use. also, when WE are supposed to have our turn at have the home ground advantage, when we play hardwicket you should use a 2 piece ball because thats what we use, when you have home ground advantage, we will use a 4 piece ball as you use, but NO we have to use your ball on our pitch !! JOKE !!! maybe just to even it up ?? and on the players waistlines, they are weekend social cricketers, even ATCA dont have a weigh in each saturday.. or do they? ill text rocco to find out... maybe PG will know that too.
# inspiring win today
# not sponsored by jims mowing
# turf bowl pies
# your bus is government funded
# now get lost

Bagster, great win today by the PDCA boys it seems!

Couple of points id like to point out...

1st..
As for the ball, whether its your home game or not the rules on the SAMCA website (if you wanted to check) states..
12. Balls Permitted:
The ball to be used in this competition will be a Kookaburra Regulation 4 piece (156 gram) ball.

2nd..
As for going off after his over today.. rules state...
7. Team Limitations:
Teams will be made up of 12 named players of which only eleven (11) can bat or bowl. The spare player (12th man) may be interchanged with a player on the field (not including the wicket-keeper) at any time (at the end of over, fall of wicket etc.) providing this interchange does not delay the game. This interchange will not incur any penalties under the “Laws of Cricket” except for time wasting.

So doubt he was abusing that.

At the end of the day the reason that you guys are so happy that you won, is because at the end of the day, you know that they have better players in ATCA, and that makes you want to win, and enjoy it so much more when you do. I will never forget the game we beat ATCA for PDCA, one of the best outdoor cricket games i have been involved with... At the end of the day that side on paper will beat you 99 times out of 100. Game isnt played on paper tho.

You say that we have untrained curators, do you know any of the people who put the time and effort into preparing a pitch? I know of at least 10 clubs that have very good curators at the club, and trust me its much harder that banging a few pegs into the ground on a saturday morning. You also say that we Atca players are no better cricketrs than you. That my friend is a lie. Im not saying im better than anyone else in your association but my word there are MUCH MUCH better crickters in ATCA than PDCA. All in all, good win by PDCA today and congrats to them, just dont dress it up to be more than it is!

[norm11]

I would like to say thanks to atco today for the tea provided. Fantastic effort. So we played on concrete which bounces the same all the time?? So it should have been an easy game of cricket for atca? They are use to the ball staying low and bouncing a bit, not being consistent. Hmm. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Bagster, great win today by the PDCA boys it seems!

Couple of points id like to point out...

1st..
As for the ball, whether its your home game or not the rules on the SAMCA website (if you wanted to check) states..
12. Balls Permitted:
The ball to be used in this competition will be a Kookaburra Regulation 4 piece (156 gram) ball.

2nd..
As for going off after his over today.. rules state...
7. Team Limitations:
Teams will be made up of 12 named players of which only eleven (11) can bat or bowl. The spare player (12th man) may be interchanged with a player on the field (not including the wicket-keeper) at any time (at the end of over, fall of wicket etc.) providing this interchange does not delay the game. This interchange will not incur any penalties under the “Laws of Cricket” except for time wasting.

So doubt he was abusing that.

At the end of the day the reason that you guys are so happy that you won, is because at the end of the day, you know that they have better players in ATCA, and that makes you want to win, and enjoy it so much more when you do. I will never forget the game we beat ATCA for PDCA, one of the best outdoor cricket games i have been involved with... At the end of the day that side on paper will beat you 99 times out of 100. Game isnt played on paper tho.

You say that we have untrained curators, do you know any of the people who put the time and effort into preparing a pitch? I know of at least 10 clubs that have very good curators at the club, and trust me its much harder that banging a few pegs into the ground on a saturday morning. You also say that we Atca players are no better cricketrs than you. That my friend is a lie. Im not saying im better than anyone else in your association but my word there are MUCH MUCH better crickters in ATCA than PDCA. All in all, good win by PDCA today and congrats to them, just dont dress it up to be more than it is!

I've always been under the belief that if a bowler comes off, they must be back on the field for the same amount of time they were off before they can bowl again? Believe this was what Bagster was hinting at, Watherston came straight off after his spell and did not return until he was required to bowl again.
Also on this was quite funny, Watherston was 12th - picked to bowl and not bat, but apparently the rules are different this year and the 12th is just a 12th, so as a trade off we asked for young Josh Osbourne to bat (10) and allow Watherston to bowl, ATCA happily agreed something along the lines of "it's not going to matter anyway.." amazing how the cricket gods shine and young Osbourne proved the difference!

Yes definately happy with the win, especially in the circumstances, great fight back and team effort, but one of the reasons it is so rewarding is not because we think/know they are better, it's because we are made to feel so inadequate, looked down on and treated with no respect like we are beneath them.

ATCA definately have more high calibre players, it's a large association and attracts quality blokes from all over the place, and a lot of former grade cricketers, however PDCA still have blokes who are more than capable cricketers, just less in numbers and the best 15 in PDCA is still very good.

[Phantom Gossiper]

I would like to say thanks to atco today for the tea provided.

Highlight of the day.. AMAAAAAZING!

[catchit]

blah blah blah stop ya ******* sooking...its good to beat the turf boys because half the time they rock up with there heads up there arse which makes you want to beat them even more, not because we sit back thinking how much better the players like okc are then the para boys...

[OKC!]

blah blah blah stop ya ******* sooking...its good to beat the turf boys because half the time they rock up with there heads up there arse which makes you want to beat them even more, not because we sit back thinking how much better the players like okc are then the para boys...

Nice to see you took them time to stop chasing people around you camping site to post!

Im just stating a fact, im agreeing with you that they think they are better and rock up expecting to win.

Doesnt change the fact they have better cricketers!

[Phantom Gossiper]

Doesnt change the fact they have better cricketers!

We can only play against who turns up.. underestimate us at your peril

Besides i'm only excited because turns out no matter how bad i bowled today i still wasn't the worst spinner playing

[catchit]

yeah sunday is recovery day up here for the fellas..

def better cricketers... just ask them

[whufc]

I would like to say thanks to atco today for the tea provided.

Highlight of the day.. AMAAAAAZING!

Was is it Mrs Sutton who organised it, her hamburgers in the Atco canteen are the best you will find ANYWHERE in the country!

[Wizard of Oz]

ATCA far superior comp, with far superior players....No doubt.

However, and I've always stated this, particularly whilst playing ATCA.... There is some real quality amongst the hard wicket circuit....always has been and there always will be.

Good win PDCA today.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Good win PDCA today.

The good win came from the online live betting, at 3/87 our odds had shortened into around $2.30 so we devised a masterful plan and flopped to 7/103 to see our odds increase to a juicy $8.00. Fantasia got greedy though and threw it away to put us at 8/117 and our odds quadrupled at $32, that was when we loaded up all our money, pulled the trigger and finished the game off Lovely collect

[bagster]

Well seen as I have been viewing a hard wicket game for some of today, containing players from this thread, I guess I'm allowed to post here??
Please don't ban me again for posting on an open forum
I don't quite get why adults are playing on a surface that was made for school and kids cricket, it's great for these two groups because it offers even bounce for batsmen, good carry for keepers, and it can be played on in harsher weather than turf. For the owners of such grounds its offers a lot less upkeep, once laid can be forgotten about, no need to pay a groundsman, perfect for schools.

But we have adults playing on it, producing shots with footwork similar to sewag, the footwork is the only thing similar to sewag. As I type, another lusty blow over deep mid on- deep mid wicket. That's right, cow corner. This surface also seems to make these seamers who are no quicker than a M. Samuels quicker ball bowl bouncers.

Lastly, for a league select eleven, there are some portly fellows in the 22 that don the leagues colours.
Oh and another one over in that same area, only this time the batsman stands there with his chest out, I presume he thinks he has played a good shot, or pushing his chest out better hides his ample waistline.

#uninspiring
#couldhavemowedtheoutfield
#batsmenhaveshoesmadeoflead
#canbusfaresberefunded

i dont quite guess why as sensible adults, you turf people waste so much time and effort of the same overworked club volunteer untrained curator to spend hours preparing a shite cricket wicket , only to have too much rain on thursday, friday or saturday and you cannot play your game, as adults who have a busy lifestyle you cannot see that all that time and effort would be better spent with the wives and kids to spare you up for saturday afternoons with your mates at the cricket club, THEN 15 minutes later having rolled out the matting, pegged it in , and BANG... we play 99.9% of every saturday, and although we may not have the facilities and the silver spoons that some of your snobbish clubs have and we have to rely on our local council to mow and water our ovals, you turf people are no better cricketers or cricket lovers than us, in fact , even having the rules that favor you, we still beat you , both in the seniors and the pasting the under 21s gave you, you adelaide turd clowns need to get off your podium and except, you aint that bloody good.... although you dont like the cow corner, warner does, gayle does, sehwag does, pollard does, etc etc etc etc.... and i was actually surprised how pedestrian your so called quicks were... especially the old bloke with the mop on his head that had to go off after his spell and abuse the 12th man rule that PDCA were not allowed to use. also, when WE are supposed to have our turn at have the home ground advantage, when we play hardwicket you should use a 2 piece ball because thats what we use, when you have home ground advantage, we will use a 4 piece ball as you use, but NO we have to use your ball on our pitch !! JOKE !!! maybe just to even it up ?? and on the players waistlines, they are weekend social cricketers, even ATCA dont have a weigh in each saturday.. or do they? ill text rocco to find out... maybe PG will know that too.
# inspiring win today
# not sponsored by jims mowing
# turf bowl pies
# your bus is government funded
# now get lost

Bagster, great win today by the PDCA boys it seems!

Couple of points id like to point out...

1st..
As for the ball, whether its your home game or not the rules on the SAMCA website (if you wanted to check) states..
12. Balls Permitted:
The ball to be used in this competition will be a Kookaburra Regulation 4 piece (156 gram) ball.

2nd..
As for going off after his over today.. rules state...
7. Team Limitations:
Teams will be made up of 12 named players of which only eleven (11) can bat or bowl. The spare player (12th man) may be interchanged with a player on the field (not including the wicket-keeper) at any time (at the end of over, fall of wicket etc.) providing this interchange does not delay the game. This interchange will not incur any penalties under the “Laws of Cricket” except for time wasting.

So doubt he was abusing that.

At the end of the day the reason that you guys are so happy that you won, is because at the end of the day, you know that they have better players in ATCA, and that makes you want to win, and enjoy it so much more when you do. I will never forget the game we beat ATCA for PDCA, one of the best outdoor cricket games i have been involved with... At the end of the day that side on paper will beat you 99 times out of 100. Game isnt played on paper tho.

You say that we have untrained curators, do you know any of the people who put the time and effort into preparing a pitch? I know of at least 10 clubs that have very good curators at the club, and trust me its much harder that banging a few pegs into the ground on a saturday morning. You also say that we Atca players are no better cricketrs than you. That my friend is a lie. Im not saying im better than anyone else in your association but my word there are MUCH MUCH better crickters in ATCA than PDCA. All in all, good win by PDCA today and congrats to them, just dont dress it up to be more than it is!

OKC, i know the rules state that the ball must be a 4 piece, but also, common sense and fair play must sometimes come into the game, ATCA are never going to vote to change that rule are they ? why would they, it favors them and only them, but home ground advantage should mean on our turn YOU do it our way, as we would in return, common sense and fair play .
As for the rule you stated, I know that the powers that be had agreed to change that law, but it was never put in writing, we had to pick a team with the rules we had, they DID NOT allow a 12th man to be any more than a 12th man, so, we found it hard to find a senior cricketer to give up his sunday (all day 9-4) to do nothing and sit and watch , hence , we only had 11 players selected, as did the u21s recently, your rules may have been updated very very recently, but with conversations with the people in the know today, ours were not, hence , the 6/7 minute delay at the start of the atca bowling session where PDCA pointed this out...the rule you have posted above still tells me only 11 players can actually bat or bowl, you had 12, the 11 who batted and the long haired guy who only bowled, that tells me you had 12 who actually did something other than field... the rule states only 11 can do that !!
Im sure you have some really good curators and i only know a couple , but , the high grades, yes, all the way down to oval #70 ish ?? im not to sure..
and my friend, im not a liar, if im mis- informed , i will except correction , but my opinion, right or wrong, isnt a lie.
Yes we are very glad to win, we hold wins against ATCA very highly and they are to be enjoyed
who ever you put on the park, if you cant convince your players to be available to play, dont downgrade our performance, we too had players unavailable who may have made our team on another day. Im sure you have many more quality players than PDCA, thats why the win will be dressed up more this year how we want , in our colors... seniors and 21s. . enjoy the rest of your season in your home club and we can continue the friendly rivalry next year.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Whoa whoa lads LADS!.. think we are getting a little away from the big story here... - Phantom Gossiper - cometh the hour, cometh the man, match winner and all round good guy

p.s. Lord Rocco - you were wrong, R&C didn't choke this time bud.. and catches win matches

[norm11]

Whoa whoa lads LADS!.. think we are getting a little away from the big story here... - Phantom Gossiper - cometh the hour, cometh the man, match winner and all round good guy

p.s. Lord Rocco - you were wrong, R&C didn't choke this time bud.. and catches win matches

Yes I think Rocco may have dropped the game.