Grade Cricket

[bulldogproud2]

Hard to believe the decision by SACA re tomorrow. Play in C's and D's will be for the full 100 overs!! Yes, 20 overs more than normal as it is a one-day game due to last week having been cancelled. The forecast temperature is the same as last Saturday and they cancelled that day's play entirely!! If anything, the conditions tomorrow are worse as the build-up has been a week of unrelenting heat. If one player drops tomorrow, then SACA is in hot water... in more ways than one.

Yes, I realise that it is important to get some game-time, but why not at least reduce it, as Heater says and they did last year, to no more than 30 overs a side.

Cheers

Or let us play both weeks....what difference does 1 degree make?
Still think my start earlier policy has merit....

They are starting earlier, as it is a one-day game. On their hottest day of play for the year, C's and D's are playing two hours longer than normal. SACA said that 41 degrees was unsafe for players and volunteers to spend 5 hours in the sun. Now, one degree cooler, it is perfectly safe for players to play seven hours in the sun!! Not a great decision, SACA!!

Cheers

[Aerie]

Still probably 8 teams chasing a top 4 spot with 2 rounds to go. TTG scraped home 9 wickets down vs Uni and West Torrens chased 204 within 25 overs after Prospect declared to win outright. Comes down to depth with state players unavailable for last 2 rounds. 1st plays 5th, 2nd plays 3rd and 4th plays 6th next round.

East Torrens vs Sturt in one day final today.

[heater31]

Still probably 8 teams chasing a top 4 spot with 2 rounds to go. TTG scraped home 9 wickets down vs Uni and West Torrens chased 204 within 25 overs after Prospect declared to win outright. Comes down to depth with state players unavailable for last 2 rounds. 1st plays 5th, 2nd plays 3rd and 4th plays 6th next round.

East Torrens vs Sturt in one day final today.

From an Adelaide perspective with Lawford injured and unlikely to feature in First Class for the rest of the season I wonder if they will let him play club?

[Tony Clifton]

East Torrens winners today. Chased down 240 with a couple of overs to spare.

Alex Gregory made 91. Looks a classy player.

[The Hound]

So clubs have to vote between playing 2 one days games or 1 two day game for the juniors over the next 2 weeks.
Be interesting to see how the vote goes? play cricket or chase junior finals

[Tony Clifton]

Two one dayers it is.

Refreshing to hear.

[mickey]

Northern Districts have forfeited their D grade this weekend...

[Tony Clifton]

Northern Districts have forfeited their D grade this weekend...

Geez that's no good. Surely they've got some U16's that can come up? Their juniors are usually pretty strong.

I remember speaking to a bloke from Southern District ages ago who said that they often had quite good juniors but instead of fighting their way through the C's and D's after juniors they would head back to their local club and play A Grade. This was 10 years ago or longer. No idea whether it's still the case.

I wonder with Northerns whether they lose players back to the Barossa? Or the clubs around Salisbury? Strong Barossa comp now, lots of quality turf grounds.

[heater31]

Northern Districts have forfeited their D grade this weekend...

Geez that's no good. Surely they've got some U16's that can come up? Their juniors are usually pretty strong.

I remember speaking to a bloke from Southern District ages ago who said that they often had quite good juniors but instead of fighting their way through the C's and D's after juniors they would head back to their local club and play A Grade. This was 10 years ago or longer. No idea whether it's still the case.

I wonder with Northerns whether they lose players back to the Barossa? Or the clubs around Salisbury? Strong Barossa comp now, lots of quality turf grounds.

Are their u/16's anywhere near finals? that could be a reason. Surely now there will be off season debate as to the penalties for forfeiting as its only $100 I believe?

Unknown at the time but when we played Northerns they only had 8 players. Game was a washout. Should have enforced the swapping of team sheets and took the forfeit

[Lame Choice]

Northern Districts have forfeited their D grade this weekend...

If they forfeit next game against Woodville, it'll give Woodville one game over five weeks as a lead into the finals. Refer my earlier post on the fix, but I suspect the saca/clubs will take the purported easier choice to scrap the grade. Shame really, but I doubt those with a fixation on the chosen prodigies will care much.
When an under 16 goes to senior grades and misses so much cricket in C and D grade, can you blame them for going back to the community cricket. Of course once they are gone, they rarely come back.

[The Hound]

2 x under 16 white forfeits and 1 X D grade forfeit this weekend in the SACA Grade comp is not good. Surely the SACA has to come in over the top of the GCC and run the grade comp!

[Aerie]

2 x under 16 white forfeits and 1 X D grade forfeit this weekend in the SACA Grade comp is not good. Surely the SACA has to come in over the top of the GCC and run the grade comp!

Firstly, what is stopping them? Don't they just have to put it to a vote to the SACA members?

Secondly, what improvements would SACA running the Grade comp make?

Any improvement would be a good thing. Just would need to be considered in whatever changes happen.

[heater31]

Firstly, what is stopping them? Don't they just have to put it to a vote to the SACA members?

Yes it requires a change to the constitution. I bet a fair portion of the membership would struggle to locate all grade clubs on a map.

[Tony Clifton]

Which other club forfeited 16 whites? Shame to hear it, kids haven't had much cricket lately with the weather.

[The Hound]

Which other club forfeited 16 whites? Shame to hear it, kids haven't had much cricket lately with the weather.

Woodville and Pt A both forfeited 16 W's this week.

[Footy Smart]

Which other club forfeited 16 whites? Shame to hear it, kids haven't had much cricket lately with the weather.

Woodville and Pt A both forfeited 16 W's this week.

Woodville and Northerns have both forfieted their Ds one round this year as well

[The Hound]

Which other club forfeited 16 whites? Shame to hear it, kids haven't had much cricket lately with the weather.

Woodville and Pt A both forfeited 16 W's this week.

Woodville and Northerns have both forfieted their Ds one round this year as well

So that's 2 forfeits for ND D's this year, not good at all!

[heater31]

Which other club forfeited 16 whites? Shame to hear it, kids haven't had much cricket lately with the weather.

Woodville and Pt A both forfeited 16 W's this week.

Woodville and Northerns have both forfieted their Ds one round this year as well

So that's 2 forfeits for ND D's this year, not good at all!

Not that I'm aware. They forfeited this round and should have been 2 but the game was deemed a washout before team sheets were exchanged.....

[Footy Smart]

So that's 2 forfeits for ND D's this year, not good at all!

Not that I'm aware. They forfeited this round and should have been 2 but the game was deemed a washout before team sheets were exchanged.....[/quote][/quote]

yeah i mean NDs this round and Woodville when we played them in round 2ish?

[Tony Clifton]

Six teams still fighting it out. If results go as expected next week top four will be:
Tea Tree Gully
Woodville
Adelaide
East Torrens
with Kensington and West Torrens to miss

Pretty wide open but I'd be backing a TTG flag from here. Very even team + Travis Head for finals.