catchit wrote:Phantom Gossiper wrote:catchit wrote:Batting 2nd if ya get there score before 20 overs ya get 2 points and 30 overs for 1 point..
Do you get bonus points for bowling sides out quick do you know?
Pretty sure its to stop teams batting first and thrashing sides but i cant see any diff to getting the score within 20 overs, a thrashing is a thrashing i would of thought? ... I havnt heard of the bowling bonus point but should also be available imo.
The bonus point was actually my suggestion at a delegates meeting, I pushed it for a couple of years. My line of thinking was that when a strong team plays a weak team and the weak team has 8 players, in most cases the strong team would bat first, make 400 then bowl the other team out for jackshit By offering the bonus point it gives a team the chance to score 300 without making 300 runs, hence, not humiliating a side and having players quit because they can't be bothered anymore.
You'll find that North Pines Grade 4 got bundled out for 9 a few years back, imagine how they felt if they were chasing 350.
So basically it was to keep the competition alive.