Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association 2011/12

[Jabber]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

[WY RANGER]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

What has the silly goose done NOW?? Dissapointing as I think he is one of the better umpires when he doesn't try to over officiate things which by the sounds of things has been the case quite alot this year....

[CoverKing]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

What has the silly goose done NOW?? Dissapointing as I think he is one of the better umpires when he doesn't try to over officiate things which by the sounds of things has been the case quite alot this year....

Thing is, our comps not in the position to turn away experienced umpires like Andrew. I think he just needs some good quality coaching about not over afficiating games.

[someguy1]

You'd think he would have pulled his head in after the Morphies V Cove gave where he was overrulled and we ended up getting 15 runs back. Obviously not.

[Jabber]

If the 5 run penalty rule is going to continue to be used so flippantly then it needs to be removed from our rules all together. It almost cost us the game.

[The White Rose]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

What has the silly goose done NOW?? Dissapointing as I think he is one of the better umpires when he doesn't try to over officiate things which by the sounds of things has been the case quite alot this year....

Thing is, our comps not in the position to turn away experienced umpires like Andrew. I think he just needs some good quality coaching about not over afficiating games.

Sorry have to disagree CK. The comp needs to lose really poor umpires or lose credibility instead. The best umpires, referees, officials etc in any sport are those that at the end of the game you didnt realise they were there....when you have one at the other end of the spectrum & feels the game is about them & they are more important than every player out there, it's a recipe for disaster. I'd rather have an umpire that makes the odd poor decision for both sides than one that spoils the enjoyment & spirit of the game...IMO anyway

[woodublieve12]

If the 5 run penalty rule is going to continue to be used so flippantly then it needs to be removed from our rules all together. It almost cost us the game.

What was his excuse for the 5 run penalty??

[skittled]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

What has the silly goose done NOW?? Dissapointing as I think he is one of the better umpires when he doesn't try to over officiate things which by the sounds of things has been the case quite alot this year....

Thing is, our comps not in the position to turn away experienced umpires like Andrew. I think he just needs some good quality coaching about not over afficiating games.

Sorry have to disagree CK. The comp needs to lose really poor umpires or lose credibility instead. The best umpires, referees, officials etc in any sport are those that at the end of the game you didnt realise they were there....when you have one at the other end of the spectrum & feels the game is about them & they are more important than every player out there, it's a recipe for disaster. I'd rather have an umpire that makes the odd poor decision for both sides than one that spoils the enjoyment & spirit of the game...IMO anyway

I agree 100% White Rose. Andrew needs to go, the association would be better off without him.

[CoverKing]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

What has the silly goose done NOW?? Dissapointing as I think he is one of the better umpires when he doesn't try to over officiate things which by the sounds of things has been the case quite alot this year....

Thing is, our comps not in the position to turn away experienced umpires like Andrew. I think he just needs some good quality coaching about not over afficiating games.

Sorry have to disagree CK. The comp needs to lose really poor umpires or lose credibility instead. The best umpires, referees, officials etc in any sport are those that at the end of the game you didnt realise they were there....when you have one at the other end of the spectrum & feels the game is about them & they are more important than every player out there, it's a recipe for disaster. I'd rather have an umpire that makes the odd poor decision for both sides than one that spoils the enjoyment & spirit of the game...IMO anyway

Can definitely see your point. I just think the umpire boss should come down on him a bit and his game will lift again

[FIGJAM11]

Umpire Wright won today, was the star as always. He's gone too far this week. Time to give ut away when you are over-ruled by the president of the association.

Have just read a page of posts against this guy but what did he do Jabber ? Howabout putting some background behind your personal attacks so we know the story ...... well your story anyway !

[storyoftheyear]

im interested to hear what happened yesterday... can add it to the twilight saga of five run
penalties

[Jabber]

5 runs awarded to ana when scores were level and skies were as black as a dogs guts because a member of the crowd yelled out when a Plympton batsman skied a ball. The fielder caught the ball. Then Wright waddled over to Pritch to advise someone had yelled out.

[boozers]

Andrew to his credit last week praised us as a team for our over rate, but did sweet .... all this week when ANA were slowing the game down to a crawl waiting for the rain....
I actually dont mind the bloke but he loses the plot in strange ways!

[FIGJAM11]

because a member of the crowd yelled out when a Plympton batsman skied a ball.

Taking a guess this rule was bought in to try and control bad sportsmanship and behaviour on and off the field and is equivilant to the send off rule in footy but how you can distinguish whether it is a player yelling out or a spectator must be a grey area.

Being 3 for 180 odd chasing 199 do you really think you could have blamed the umpire if you had lost the game ?? Ayway good win

[Jabber]

Yes I could blame the umpire actually. We lost 3/1 trying to get the last run due to trying to rush everything contending with no light and rain that we would not have had to contend with if the penalty was not enforced, plus the 2 minutes that Wright took to get his point across, it all matters when light is fading fig, and would have been a non issue had there not been an extra 5 runs to get.

If umpire Wright had have perhaps attempted to hurry ANA up, as they were chewing up valuable time (which isn't ANAs fault, we'd probably try to do the same), instead of using his powers to enforce made up 5 run penalties then there would not have been an issue and nobody would be talking about it.

[wycbloods]

Well done to Belair on the weekend. They bowled well and deserved to get the points in our game.

Once we started we were always going to have a go at winning the game rather than batting for a draw, it is just the way we play i guess.

I thought Mangin was the pick of their bowlers and he made good use of the conditions that he had to bowl in.

Certainly looking forward to playing Belair again and the way they are going we might meet each other in the finals.

[storyoftheyear]

at the halfway point of the season, whats everyones ladder predictions looking like come round 11?

for mine:

WYC - even after a hiccup against belair i still think theyre travelling pretty good. always hard to successfully chase 250 odd with the weather the way it was last sat. have some tough tests in the new year against cove and then away to ICC and south rd and their performances in those 3 games will say alot about their beatability come finals.

Coro - we have good depth in the As and Bs with genuine A graders forced out of the side due to strong performances from below. can only be a good thing coming to the pointy end with intense competition for spots. still a big room for improvement.

Cove - batting still seems to be their strength and if this continues i think it will take them a fair way come finals. runs on the board wins finals.

Belair - are quite consistent all round. the second half of the draw appears easier for them and im tipping the rd 11 match vs morphies to be the decider for 4th spot.

Morphies - have shown that they can bat and bowl and if they can be consistent then i think they could play finals. on their day they are capable of posting big scores.

ICC - always seem to be around the mark, and with contributions from their bowlers they should be thereabouts come seasons end.

South Rd - i feel they are a bit underrated and this could work in their favour. have the batting talent to post good scores and some disciplined bowlers. tough draw coming up against the current top 3.

Keswick - should be making shedloads more runs and with the quality of batsmen they have i cant see these blokes not putting on at least 300 runs each for the season, which i guess translates into some good scores in the new year. still have question marks around their bowling.

Plympton - have shown massive signs of improvement this year and could easily be 4-2. an easier second half draw and i probably should give them more credit than  9th.

Ramblers - too reliant on smithy with the bat and caleb with the ball. really cant understand the dropping of gormlie who has been one of their most solid bats and a good keeper... but then again i may not know the whole story. bizarre.

Sheidow - their better players on paper havent been performing which has hurt them a bit. if they start performing like they can then sheidow will be a threat.

Glenelg Ana - cant understand why the dip in results as they arent really missing any players from their premiership side of 09/10, apart from omalley who is back now... should chalk up a couple of wins by the end of the year

[boozers]

Good write up mate.
I wont go into detail but the top two are certainties.
The rest will be a raffle

These six in any order!

Belair
Plympton
Morphies
ICC
Cove
Keswick


South rd
Coro Ramblers
Sheidow
ANA

[Tiger Couple]

We are at the half way point of our first season playing Section 5. It has been a breath of fresh air in this Association compaired to what it was in SCA. Games have there moments but the standard of behaviour has been a lot better and the standard of cricket overall has been higher in terms of a lot less cowboys and if you bowl decent line and length it gets respected.

Getting to play 2 Day Cricket has been really good and a lot more players have been getting a go so everyone is enjoying it.

Looking forward to the 2nd half of the season and hope we can hang on to 4th spot and play some finals cricket.

[storyoftheyear]

We are at the half way point of our first season playing Section 5. It has been a breath of fresh air in this Association compaired to what it was in SCA. Games have there moments but the standard of behaviour has been a lot better and the standard of cricket overall has been higher in terms of a lot less cowboys and if you bowl decent line and length it gets respected.

Getting to play 2 Day Cricket has been really good and a lot more players have been getting a go so everyone is enjoying it.

Looking forward to the 2nd half of the season and hope we can hang on to 4th spot and play some finals cricket.

thats great to hear mate. good to see ASCA is alive and well in all grades