SA Churches and Community Cricket Association 2010/11

[Goat Herder]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

Sutts or Copes??

[Goat Herder]

Grumpy,
Macca steal your black cans again GH?
On the under 21's. Do you have a list of the players in the comp who are under 21 and are performing. Maybe contact blokes directly rather than trusting clubs to do it.

Nah mate, I used to donate them to his cricket bag, he didn't steal them... No coincidence there were several armys of ants in it by the end of the day. I don't know how many deck chairs I funded over the years, but these days at 10c a can, he could've upgraded from the Cunno's version..

The problem is people having the time to personally ring blokes individually. I haven't even been able to do that with the Senior group, let alone the U21's. The thing is we shouldn't have to hold people's hands and give them the big, inspirational speech to fire 'em up to get excited about Inter-Association matches, in additional to all the rest of the work that goes on behind the scenes and people donating their rare free time to make it happen. Quite simply, if they don't come out, there will be no U21's. And the knockers can either put up or shut up. End of story.

End of rant..

[Phantom Gossiper]

bats better than his old man and hes a lefty also phantom my old man , it was I who gave you the beer on sunday

Ok mate, back on the xmas card list

[Phantom Gossiper]

The superbad lookalike is only 16 mate and yes he has been out to every training so far. He will be a fairly handy cricketer by the time he hits 20 me thinks! Slower than me between the wickets but we want hold that against him.

Is that Matt Sandford?

[Keefy]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

Sutts or Copes??

TTG had a fair side back then, always enjoyed playing against them.

[auto]

The superbad lookalike is only 16 mate and yes he has been out to every training so far. He will be a fairly handy cricketer by the time he hits 20 me thinks! Slower than me between the wickets but we want hold that against him.

Is that Matt Sandford?

Indeed

[Phantom Gossiper]

Indeed

Oodles of potential

['Harry']

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

I think we'll still manage to gather a side Harry, and yes, that will mean some younger guys get a crack at it. Don't be afraid to sneak out on a Wednesday night At Prospect after 5:30pm the next 6wks either mate, it'll do you the world of good, and who knows, you might even crack the final 13 for Sydney if you're free & keen.

Well thats good to hear then.
Ill be out Wednesday night for a net sesh. Can only train till around 6:45 due to work committments, but ill be there for sure. The training is on turf isnt it?

['Harry']

Harry good to see you are as arragont as Pidge bad luck like the rest of your team you dont have the talent to back it up. From what i have seen this year PV seem to have a batting order that works(I dont think they have lost a game) mean while not sure if you have won a game. Just an observation but if you Swapped your batting order it could not hurt. Maybe just keep your opinions to your self until you can back your mouth up.
I wish i was still playing would love to come up against you boys.

Haha im hardly arrogant George. If we didnt have the talent then why did we make the GF last year Just cos we are blooding some youth doesnt mean we lack talent. And for the record we beat Rose Park, the only reason why we have won only one game is because we have to play the 2 best sides (PV and NEK) in the competition twice in the first 5 rounds. So we are due for a better run soon

['Harry']

Harry - As i said to ya, positions 5/6 in a batting order are saved for the best looking players in a team. At Pos 3 you get a harder ball and the ball comes onto you better and the field is up. You also can pretty much play your own game at 3. At 5/6 the ball is softer/slower and the field is spread, and you might have to temper your natural game for the good of the team depending on whether weve had another one of our fitzroy collapses. Play your natural game mate and you will score runs.
George - Dont take too much to heart mate, Pidge and Harry are not arrogant and Pidge would probably be at the opposite end of the spectrum to arrogant.

Oh i understand now Auto. Then how come Pidge is batting 5 or 6?
You raise some good points there Auto, But when you're batting at #3 in the Roys team, you are almost classed as an opening batsman
But im pretty keen to go out and make some runs against NEK this week. The ground has good value for shots thats for sure.

['Harry']

Harry - As i said to ya, positions 5/6 in a batting order are saved for the best looking players in a team. At Pos 3 you get a harder ball and the ball comes onto you better and the field is up. You also can pretty much play your own game at 3. At 5/6 the ball is softer/slower and the field is spread, and you might have to temper your natural game for the good of the team depending on whether weve had another one of our fitzroy collapses. Play your natural game mate and you will score runs.
George - Dont take too much to heart mate, Pidge and Harry are not arrogant and Pidge would probably be at the opposite end of the spectrum to arrogant.

Oh i understand now Auto. Then how come Pidge is batting 5 or 6?
You raise some good points there Auto, But when you're batting at #3 in the Roys team, you are almost classed as an opening batsman
But im pretty keen to go out and make some runs against NEK this week. The ground has good value for shots thats for sure.

*Then how come Pidge isn't batting 5 or 6?

[dark & stormy]

hey HARRY, mate I take it all back your not a bad bloke I see you like CARLTON so you must be an ok person
but we shall see if you make some runs on saturday look forward to seeing you all again , for the 3rd time?????
AND NO MORE DONUTS PLEASE.

[Goat Herder]

Ill be out Wednesday night for a net sesh. Can only train till around 6:45 due to work committments, but ill be there for sure. The training is on turf isnt it?

Sure is mate. I'll make sure you get a hit.

['Harry']

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

I think we'll still manage to gather a side Harry, and yes, that will mean some younger guys get a crack at it. Don't be afraid to sneak out on a Wednesday night At Prospect after 5:30pm the next 6wks either mate, it'll do you the world of good, and who knows, you might even crack the final 13 for Sydney if you're free & keen.

Well thats good to hear then.
Ill be out Wednesday night for a net sesh. Can only train till around 6:45 due to work committments, but ill be there for sure. The training is on turf isnt it?

Oh btw Herder, for the u/21's can you be 21 as of the 1st of September or do you have to be 20? Cos my brother is interested in coming out, but he was 21 on the 1st of Septemeber and is now 22. So im not sure if he is eligible

[Goat Herder]

If he turned 21 on the 1st, it would've definitely been a YES, he can play. But not 22yo on the 1st mate. Spewin'!

Having said that, a few years ago we were struggling for numbers and were given permission to play U22's as well. Let's see what we've got when we pick the team..

['Harry']

hey HARRY, mate I take it all back your not a bad bloke I see you like CARLTON so you must be an ok person
but we shall see if you make some runs on saturday look forward to seeing you all again , for the 3rd time?????
AND NO MORE DONUTS PLEASE.

Yea cant go passed Carlton. We'll be around the mark again next season.
Im hoping to make a score this week, but then again i hope to do that every week. But i must say it is a little bit scary facing you with the new ball, especially after that toe crusher in the Twenty20 haha. I think its because ur deceptively quick, just stroll in and then fire them down. Caught me out in the Twenty20 thats for sure.
But im pretty sure Pidge is the one to tell not to bring donuts, he gets them discounted at the local Coles for 31 cents haha.

['Harry']

If he turned 21 on the 1st, it would've definitely been a YES, he can play. But not 22yo on the 1st mate. Spewin'!

Having said that, a few years ago we were struggling for numbers and were given permission to play U22's as well. Let's see what we've got when we pick the team..

Yea thats what i thought. I guess we'll see what happens when the time comes around.

[In the En Field]

Definitely some good talent out at Under 21s soo far.

Jarrad from Enfield will be a very good bowler in years to come. I believe he took 6fa on the weekend.
Matt Sandford will be a quality A Grade Cricketer in a few years time too.

Good to see an Adelaide Lutheran player out last night. Hopefully he can spread the word to some of his teammates and get them keen to play.

That my friend, would be Jarrad McLeod. 17 years old, got plenty of growth to spirt yet and boy can he hit the spot. Im told bowled 20+ overs straight Saturday. I only got to see 7 of them though of which 5 were maidens Wish I was 17 again

[One Ball Bandit]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

Ask PHANTOM how Craig Balneaves is..i heard he admitted himself to Glenside straight after the match and i also heard that the breaking point was when Hutchy's lover blew the ball a kiss and waved it Goodbye as it went sailing back over Crackers head for a six such was the arrogance of the man

[puppet arms]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

Sutts or Copes??

Copes didn't stick it out till the bitter end of TTG. He jumped ship a couple of years earlier.

Good the hear Crackers is still going ok. I catch up with him regularly but it's hard to get an honest appraisal of his own performance from the big guy.

Thanks for the input guys. I've been trying to get him back out to Glenunga to play LOAs but so far no luck. Maybe next season....