Merki the God wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:cricket4life wrote:what is happenin with some of the big teams in div 1??!! I see salisbury West battin line up fell apart in dramatic fashion only just managin to amass 200 in two innings, and one tree hill not even passin 100 in either innings. with some of the players clubs have picked up like Ozolins, Rogers and Cree to name a few on top of what were already two quality cricket sides you would think these 2 teams would stand up in a big way.
perhaps complacency? not taking things seriously? or is the gulf between the top 4 and the bottom 4 beginning to narrow?
Conditions have hardly suited the batsmen so far this season, the 3 players you named all played turf cricket last season, I'm sure they'll adjust before too long. It's early on in the season so I'd expect the cream to rise to the top over time.
I don't think there would be any complacency, I do think the gulf is beginning to narrow but there's plenty of talent around in the big 4 clubs, any team from the lower 4 ranked clubs that pinch wins from the big 4 are worth double.
Well done to Virginia, they would've been stoked, their on and off field demeanour against us was excellent.
Obviously the weather has not been great this season, but batsmen get the same deck every week on concrete!! I think the wet conditions hamper the bowlers more by having to run in on wet grass and bowling with a slippery ball!
It hasn't really been wet, just slow lush outfields and more of the dark overcast conditions I was referring to along with the ball swinging a mile.