Adelaide Hills Cricket 2012/13 (HCA, TVCA, A&EH)

[The Phoenix]

Hey does anyone know the score in the Hahndorf v Lobey game? Nothing on My cricket yet.
Interesting results in the other games.....Nairne probably had the loss they were due to have and Woodside continue to look impressive as the main rival for Nairne. Ashbourne finally got their act together as well although a bit surprising given the strength of the Creek team.
Sets things up for a very interesting second half of the season!

[saintal]

TVCA Round 7:

Mt Torrens 146 and 6/76 def by Paracombe 4/261- Pirates maintain top spot with a comfortable win. Mt Torrens should be better after xmas.
Cambrai 170 def by Lenswood 180- An important win for us in a good game that ended up being pretty tight in the end.
Gumeracha 87 and 62 def by Eden Valley 71 and 8/80- For the second round in a row a team loses on 1st innings but wins outright. Ugg with 11/45 on his return. Gum’s batting goes missing.
Palmer 165 and 0/8 def Birdwood 40 and 131- Rathjen 9/28 in 2nd dig for ridiculous match figures of 14/39. Outright lifts the Bears to 3rd, while Birdwood have fallen away in recent weeks.

Ladder at xmas:

Paracombe 104
Gumeracha 100
Palmer 79
Lenswood 77
Cambrai 67
Eden Valley 56
Mt Torrens 56
Birdwood 20

7/8 teams still in the finals race.

In the B Grade Mt Torrens, Paracombe and Gum the clear stand outs.

[jackpot jim]

Ashbourne finally got their act together as well although a bit surprising given the strength of the Creek team.

Despite the Creeks missing Golding, they still fielded a reasonable side on paper with the return of Tonkin along with Ben & Nick Warren.
The bowling of the Warren brothers were the only highlight for the Creeks for the day. Ben bowling pace for the 1st time for years showed he'd lost little from the past with a superb spell whilst Nick bowled with the accuracy needed that the other bowlers couldn't.
Creeks fielding was ordinary to say the least, with at least 6 dropped catches, a couple of missed run outs along with mis fields and overthrows gifted Ashbourne the opportunity to pile on the runs with new player Price making the Creeks pay for their mistakes with a swashbuckling 70* n.o. to enable the 'Bulls' to pile on close to a 100 in the last 10 overs.
The pressure of the run chase then took care of the Creeks top order as they tried to go hard from the start resulting in a regular loss of wickets. This was followed by Ashbournes spin duo of Roberts and Fowlston who both suffocated the Creeks middle order, combining to take 6/32 of 16 overs.
Well done to Ashbourne who should see more success b4 the season is over whilst the Creeks will always have the ability to surprise as they did when they should've beaten Nairne the previous week but are hamstrung by a constantly changing team and inconsistent performances.

[hereselmo1]

Looks like Meadows V Uraidla was a pretty close call.

Anyone got any info?

[Deep Long Off]

Any news on an AEHCA Meyer Shield squad/team???

Ive got it on good authority that the selection committee hasn't even been formed yet!
Talk about leaving it until the last opportunity...

[The Phoenix]

Hey has anyone noticed the A&EHCA round up that is now appearing on the My Cricket website. Looks like Bruce Phillips is going to try and put some summary information up about all A grade games each week. Should be an interesting read in the second half of the season.

http://aehca.sa.cricket.com.au/

I see some interesting tips for this weeks matches - Woodside, Nairne, Strath and Lobey for me!

....and that's my tip for the A&EHCA top four....Wistow, Hahndorf to fade and the Creek and Ashbourne to struggle to win enough games in the back end of the season!

[louisville slugger]

Hey has anyone noticed the A&EHCA round up that is now appearing on the My Cricket website. Looks like Bruce Phillips is going to try and put some summary information up about all A grade games each week. Should be an interesting read in the second half of the season.

http://aehca.sa.cricket.com.au/

I see some interesting tips for this weeks matches - Woodside, Nairne, Strath and Lobey for me!

....and that's my tip for the A&EHCA top four....Wistow, Hahndorf to fade and the Creek and Ashbourne to struggle to win enough games in the back end of the season!

Great initiative by Bruce, well done!! I'm sure the leading AEHCA run scorer (Greg Hassold) will make the meyer shield team though.....

[jackpot jim]

some interesting results in Rd 9 of A&EHCA.

Nairne only having a narrow 12 run win over Wistow in a relatively low scoring affair on the HILL.

Ashbourne are finally converting their potential into wins, easily accounting for Lobethal with Fowlston in the wkts again with a 5 wkt haul.

Strath continued their Jekyell and Hyde season by again losing a game they would've expected to win against Hahndorf, going down narrowly by 2 wkts in a low scoring affair.

Woodside smashed a very very dissappointing Creek side who didnt help themselves, having only 10 players. Creek bowled out for 80. Westcombe with 56 n.o. steered Woodies to victory 3 wkts down although should've been a lot more down. Another 4 catches going down as well as Westcombe who was recalled by Clive early in his innings after mistiming a pull shot to mid wicket where the catch was taken. Clive took everybody by surprise by declaring that it was a dead ball bcos it hit the middle of the pitch even tho no one else including the batsmen had a problem with it. Strange that when the last ball hit the middle of the pitch but was hit for 6, Clive didn't have a problem with it.

Whats peoples thoughts of the 45 overs and more importantly the strange last minute decision to stop the games as soon as the team batting 2nd passes the score? Big disadvantage to bat 2nd if bowl teams out cheep. Miss out on crucial batting points. We saw last year how tight it was come the end of the minor round. Ridiculous decision considering the 1 dayers earlier in the season were NOT played under these rules.

[Trader]

Whats peoples thoughts of ... the strange last minute decision to stop the games as soon as the team batting 2nd passes the score? Big disadvantage to bat 2nd if bowl teams out cheep. Miss out on crucial batting points. We saw last year how tight it was come the end of the minor round. Ridiculous decision considering the 1 dayers earlier in the season were NOT played under these rules.

Seems crazy to change the rules half way through a season!
Agreed, when bonus points are on the line you have to allow the side batting 2nd to play out their innings.

The only reason you should stop the games like that is when there are no bonus points (like the ATCA LO comp which has no bonus points at all and works on averages).

[Roxy the Rat Girl]

I was at the Ashbourne V Lobey game on Saturday and a great day of fun and frivolity was had by all under the marquee for ladies day. well done Ashbourne for putting on a wonderful day. I certainly got my moneys worth and the Ashbourne boys broght home a win for the big occasion, Willston Fowlston with 5 wickets, Bakes with 75, and an all round good contribution by all players.

Whats peoples thoughts of the 45 overs and more importantly the strange last minute decision to stop the games as soon as the team batting 2nd passes the score? Big disadvantage to bat 2nd if bowl teams out cheep. Miss out on crucial batting points. We saw last year how tight it was come the end of the minor round. Ridiculous decision considering the 1 dayers earlier in the season were NOT played under these rules.

Not sure why the Association would want to change the rules halway through the season as it may prove a disadvantage for some teams and an advantage for others come finals time. time will tell but lets hope it doesn't.

[The Phoenix]

I agree with the other comments about the immediate finish of the game once the team batting second passes the score. Seems to me that if that system is going to continue there would need to be a revamp of the points system! Looking at Saturday's results the big losers from the new rule were Woodside and Ashbourne - you could argue that both teams would have earned themselves an extra point or two had the games continued the full 45 overs. Woodside still had nearly 30 overs to bat & Ashbourne nearly 20.

The other problem with the immediate finish of the games is that it actually means some blokes in the teams don't get a go. Looking again at the Woodside and Ashbourne line-ups there are 3 or 4 players in both teams who didn't get to bat or bowl due to the earlier finish to the games. I'm not sure that this is the aim of the new 45 over format!

I also heard from the Lobey boys that Ashbourne put on a good show Saturday for their Ladies Day. Might be a concept that could catch on around the comp!

[jackpot jim]

R 10 A&EHCA
Another round of these silly 45 over games should definitively narrow the finals race down to 5 teams.

Nairne v Ashbourne.
Nairne OBLITERATED Ashbourne outright when they 1st met and should win again against a resurgent 'Bulls' team. Nairne's batting has been VERY ordinary their last 3 hits and if they dont fire again, Ashbourne will be a chance as batting is their strength.

Hahndorf v Woodside.
Big game for Hahndorf to consolidate their spot in the 4 but cant see them upsetting Woodside in this one.

Lobethal v Strath
Strath clear favourite in this one even tho they only seem to win as underdogs.

Creeks v Wistow
Wistow clear pick here on the turf, Creeks have been terrible since blowing their game against Nairne and without Warren, Golding and now Johnson out injured their chances here look forlorn.

[kickittome]

Lobey got up v strath today in the a grade. Lobey were all out for 127. Strath after losing abbott first ball of there innings seemed to have the game under control but lost a few quick wickets to be 6 for 109 with 6 overs left. Huxters direct hit run out to get Luke cousins out probably was the crucial wicket that changed the game. Strath needing 3 runs to win off the last 9 balls with 2 wkts left lost 2 wkts in a row including a very close run out which resulted in lobey getting up. Any other results? Heard the creek wicket was looking a bit greener this week. Reports "jackpot"?

[jackpot jim]

Whats up with Strath??? Only team that can beat the 2 top sides but cant beat the others?

Creek pitch was a Greentop Thursday night but after a haircut and roll, it was the usual road today although the scores certaintly dont suggest that.

Just when the Creeks thought they couldn't go any lower, their top order fell like skittles to be 6 for about 15 odd after about a dozen overs and then consolidated to be 6/26 off 23 at the drinks break. after a bit more resistence, the stubborn Potts was just caught short going for a 2nd and now 7/35. Clements and Barnes then formed a partnership to get the run scoring going and the Creeks remarkably batted out their 45 overs to finish with 9/86.
Some good tight bowling, especially by Dellatore put Wistows top order under pressure as they crawled to 3/30. willis dropped b4 scoring threatened to take control hitting a 4 and a 6 of consecutive balls but soon after fell LBW. A steady fall of wickets continued to see Wistow fall to 9/82 with a few overs to go. A single to Nettle was followed by slog to cow corner for the winning boundary by Elsworthy who remarkably was still there after being CLEARLY Run Out when they were 8 down but was given Not Out by the Neutral umpire.
A huge result and relief for Wistow, especially with strath losing today.
For the Creeks, well they just cant take a trick atm, narrowly missing out on what would have been one of the great comeback wins in recent times but is recorded as their 2nd 1 wicket loss from their past 4 games.

Strath are CLEAR favourites next week against the Creeks, so we all know what that means.

[old fullback]

Whats up with Strath??? Only team that can beat the 2 top sides but cant beat the others?

Creek pitch was a Greentop Thursday night but after a haircut and roll, it was the usual road today although the scores certaintly dont suggest that.

Just when the Creeks thought they couldn't go any lower, their top order fell like skittles to be 6 for about 15 odd after about a dozen overs and then consolidated to be 6/26 off 23 at the drinks break. after a bit more resistence, the stubborn Potts was just caught short going for a 2nd and now 7/35. Clements and Barnes then formed a partnership to get the run scoring going and the Creeks remarkably batted out their 45 overs to finish with 9/86.
Some good tight bowling, especially by Dellatore put Wistows top order under pressure as they crawled to 3/30. willis dropped b4 scoring threatened to take control hitting a 4 and a 6 of consecutive balls but soon after fell LBW. A steady fall of wickets continued to see Wistow fall to 9/82 with a few overs to go. A single to Nettle was followed by slog to cow corner for the winning boundary by Elsworthy who remarkably was still there after being CLEARLY Run Out when they were 8 down but was given Not Out by the Neutral umpire.
A huge result and relief for Wistow, especially with strath losing today.
For the Creeks, well they just cant take a trick atm, narrowly missing out on what would have been one of the great comeback wins in recent times but is recorded as their 2nd 1 wicket loss from their past 4 games.

Strath are CLEAR favourites next week against the Creeks, so we all know what that means.

Clear favourites? turn it up Jackpot Jim,we all know the Creeks will give Strath a bit of a touch up in this mickey mouse comp.

[jackpot jim]

Creeks to give Strath a touch up is what i'm suggesting depending on what sort of team the Creeks turn up with this week. Like to elaborate on the "Mickey Mouse Comp" comment?

[saintal]

TVCA Round 9:

Birdwood 134 v Mt Torrens 4/66. The home side’s tail wagged to give them a sniff of a first victory this weekend.
Lenswood 1/10 v Gumeracha 305. 6/158 very, very quickly became 6/271 as young S. Hanna (113*) belted us around the park.
Palmer 147 and 0/0 v Eden Valley 95. Another game decided on Day 1. Rathjen’s 64 and 5/16 again the difference.
Paracombe 2/41 v Cambrai 141. Skipper Falky with 97 for the visitors to give them some chance this weekend.

[Tony Clifton]

I agree with the other comments about the immediate finish of the game once the team batting second passes the score. Seems to me that if that system is going to continue there would need to be a revamp of the points system! Looking at Saturday's results the big losers from the new rule were Woodside and Ashbourne - you could argue that both teams would have earned themselves an extra point or two had the games continued the full 45 overs. Woodside still had nearly 30 overs to bat & Ashbourne nearly 20.

Strange rule.

If your competition ladder is done using bonus points (points for runs and wickets) then you have to play out the overs.

If you stop once a result has been achieved then the ladder needs to either be net run rate or a ratio (runs scored * wickets taken / runs conceded * wickets lost)

[jackpot jim]

I agree with the other comments about the immediate finish of the game once the team batting second passes the score. Seems to me that if that system is going to continue there would need to be a revamp of the points system! Looking at Saturday's results the big losers from the new rule were Woodside and Ashbourne - you could argue that both teams would have earned themselves an extra point or two had the games continued the full 45 overs. Woodside still had nearly 30 overs to bat & Ashbourne nearly 20.

Strange rule.

If your competition ladder is done using bonus points (points for runs and wickets) then you have to play out the overs.

If you stop once a result has been achieved then the ladder needs to either be net run rate or a ratio (runs scored * wickets taken / runs conceded * wickets lost)

Agree totally. Trouble is that too many times changes are made without the consequences being properly thought through.


Tips for Round 11 in A&EHCA

Hahndorf v Nairne - Nairne to win this even tho they havent been overly impressive of late.

Ashbourne v Wistow. - Toss of the coin here. Wistows batting is very poor but have a good disciplined bowling attack where as Ashbourne is in reverse. If Willis and Lynn make less than 40 between them, Ashbourne to win.

Woodside v Lobethal - Woodside should snuff out any finals aspirations that Lobethal have.

Strath v Creeks - Straths season is almost on the line here whist the Creeks will be looking to avoid the spoon.
Shaping up to be a low scoring affair as both teams batting have struggled of late.
Creeks team on paper this week looks its strongest for the season and had selection issues for the right reasons for the 1st time for the season. Tip - NFI but would be surprised if either side made more than 120

[Roxy the Rat Girl]

Langhorne Creek to knock off Strath Jackpot. EASY.