Adelaide Hills Cricket 2012/13 (HCA, TVCA, A&EH)

[kickittome]

Strath after being 2/113 v lobethal were bowled out for 144. Tail collapsed with lots of ducks! Matt Abbott top scoring with 70. Lobethal are 2/35 approx. After such a strong start strath have got a lot of work to do now.
Also heard ashbourne all out for 60odd v nairne. Nairnè putting them in to bat first. Nairne now 4/259 big outright on the cards you would think.

[Pinarello]

Round 6
Sat 24 Nov, 1 Dec Ashbourne v Nairne @ Ashbourne Oval - Nairne to win this game.
Sat 24 Nov, 1 Dec Wistow v Langhorne Creek @ Wistow Oval - Game of the round, hard to pick - go for the Echidna's on the hill.
Sat 24 Nov, 1 Dec Strathalbyn v Lobethal @ Strathalbyn Oval - Strath to bounce back on their home turf
Sat 24 Nov, 1 Dec Woodside v Hahndorf @ Woodside Oval (no. 1) - Woodside to have to many good players for Hahndorf - Woodies for me at home.

A few interesting games in A&EH - get the feeling many teams were under strength with the Test match on!

Nairne should win outright at Ashbourne - not like they need the points though!!

Wistow 225 on the hill, not a huge score but perhaps enough to win, however if Johnson is back in for the 2nd week and gets going may not be enough runs

Strath were on track to a good score but lost their way, Mark Abbott the key to knocking over the tigers for less.

Woodside 276 vs Hahndorf after being 5/77...... Will be too many for Hahndorf to make. Just noticed Baker bowled 13 wides in 7 overs.... wtf??!!

2 out of 4 in the bag - the other 2 games in the balance.

[saintal]

TVCA Round 5:

Mt Torrens 180 def Eden Valley 136. Much needed win for the hosts, while EV continue to struggle without Ugg bowling.
Birdwood 133 def by Lenswood 3/163. Good game that ebbed and flowed throughout. Late collapse of 6/24 batting first hurt Birdwood.
Paracombe 5/163 def Palmer 117. Looks as though the Pirates had plenty of good contributors. Palmer top order failed to fire.
Gumeracha 9/160 def by Cambrai 4/199. Hard hitting Eichler with unbeaten 121 as Cambrai move into the top 4.

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[Pinarello]

Well I reckon I got 3 out of 4 winners for the last round - assuming Nairne "held on" against Ashbourne!! Other winners Wistow defended their score on the hill, despite the Creeks best batting line up of the summer taking the field. Lobethal made the runs on the turf against an inconsistent Stallions team. Woodside flogged Hahndorf. So to the coming round.

Round 7
Sat 8 Dec, 15 Dec Nairne v Langhorne Creek - Nairne Oval - Nairne in a canter!

Sat 8 Dec, 15 Dec Lobethal v Wistow - Lobethal Oval - Game of the round, I will go for an improving Loby at home.

Sat 8 Dec, 15 Dec Hahndorf v Ashbourne - Hahndorf Oval - A chance for Ashbourne to have an opening win, Hahndorf batting very brittle with the exception of Hassold, and the magpies bowling is steady at best. Ashbourne bat ok, however their bowling lascks penetration..... I will go with Hahndorf...... just.

Sat 8 Dec, 15 Dec - Strathalbyn v Woodside - Strathalbyn Oval - Woodside for me, they batted well on the turf at the Creek recently and that will see them home against the Stallions.

Other thoughts.... Jackpot, Yoda..... where are you blokes??

[kickittome]

Results from 20/20 carnival held at Strathalbyn yesterday I didn't stay and watch all day so some scores heard 2nd hand. Nairne beat meadows on game one chasing 99 did it with two
Overs left. North gambier beat lower north in game two. Final was between nairne and north gambier, nairne hit 200 odd with kym Heinrich hitting 102 no after a first ball duck in game one. North gambier put up a good fight making 170 odd. A good day and well hosted by Strathalbyn was good to see how different clubs go about there preparations before each game. Nairne will now play in the grand final held next year at Adelaide oval.

[jackpot jim]

nairne hit 200 odd with kym Heinrich hitting 102 no after a first ball duck in game one.

It was Todd Heinrich , NOT Kym. Was dropped at Long On on 99 allowing him to run 2 to bring up his ton and then was caught very next ball by the same bloke that dropped him.
Strath oval looking as good as i've seen it and running as fast as i've seen it as well.

[kickittome]

nairne hit 200 odd with kym Heinrich hitting 102 no after a first ball duck in game one.

It was Todd Heinrich , NOT Kym. Was dropped at Long On on 99 allowing him to run 2 to bring up his ton and then was caught very next ball by the same bloke that dropped him.
Strath oval looking as good as i've seen it and running as fast as i've seen it as well.

Yeah sorry 'jackpot' your right I wasn't there for the last game. Strath oval definitely more value for shots this year lots of hard work paying off. Just got to get a consistent team together to win some games, instead of having 2 or 3 subs every week. Has this been the norm for most teams this year? Seems to be getting harder to get commitment from players consistently.

[jackpot jim]

Other winners Wistow defended their score on the hill, despite the Creeks best batting line up of the summer taking the field.

Wistow were very disciplined with their bowling. Bowling wide of off stump to a 7 - 2 field gradually wore the Creek batsmen down. Very disappointing for the Creeks especially after being 0/50. 4 - 5 batsmen got starts but no one went on with it. Creeks also wern't helped by batting 1 short. Big hitting Brooksy who was absent theu illness may have been the X factor the Creeks needed.

Woodside emphasised the gap between the top 2 sides and the rest by destroying Hahndorf. Galvin had a day out with the ball, collecting 9/34 off 24 overs over 2 innings. Maybe enjoying the extra bounce of the matting than the road he bowled on at the Creek in their previous match.

Heard that Strath were pretty poor in the field and with the ball against Lobey Saturday who by reports wern't much better with the bat but good enought to get over the line. Strath would have been left shaking their heads, wondering were it all went wrong after being 0/88 at one stage on day 1.

Nairne completed an expected outright over Ashbourne.

After 6 of 14 rounds, it's already hard to see it NOT being a Nairne v Woodside GF.
Nairne after coming off 4 flags in a row have actually been strengthened with the addition of some handy players.

Woodside are doing all the right things atm and seem to be the only legitimite challenger to Nairne.

Fro last year, Creeks, Lobethal and to a lesser extent Strath have been impacted greatly by the loss of key players which could possibly see then all miss the finals.

Hahndorf have become too reliant on Hassold and until their youngsters start performing with some consistency, will continue to struggle.

Ashbourne have improved their squad markedly from last year but have surprisingly failed to win a game yet.

Wistow have been the big improver this year, results wise at least. With much the same team as last year, they seem to bat and bowl to a disciplined plan which has seem them get over the lower ranked sides at least.

Round 7

Nairne would be expected to comfortably defeat the Creeks in what shapes as being a GF mismatch rather than a Rematch.
Creeks arn't that bad but an inability to consistently get close to their best team on the park each week is hurting them.

Lobey v Wistow is shaping as a 50/50 game. Maybe a slight edge to Wistow esp if Lynn/Judd/Willis play.

Hahndorf and Ash is another coin toss job. If Hassold goes cheep, it Ash for me.

Strath v Woodside. With Cuzzy now doing the pitches, Strath have now probably lost a signifigant advantage they once enjoyed at home. I'd expect Woodside to be far to good for a very disappointing Strath side atm.

Suggested Flag odds
Nairne $1.60
Woodside $2.70
Wist $17.00
Strath $17.00
Hahndorf $21.00
Lobey $31.00
Creeks $61.00
Ashbourne $126.00

[Pinarello]

Nice wrap there Jackpot Jim and some interesting opinions.

I agree Wistow are the big improvers, I have not seen them this season and the playing list looks similar to previous years. Bowling to a plan, and executing it can be 2 different things but good luck to them if it's working.

Can't agree more - the A grade title is a 2 horse race, with Nairne the very short favorites.

I still get the feeling Loby will come good and push into the top four by seasons end. So the make up for me - Nairne, Woodside, Wistow & Lobethal.

Post Christmas the draw gets tougher for the likes of Hahndorf.

Strath could still surprise, but their inconsistent results, refelect a lack of depth I guess?? The Creek are a bit the same at this point. Ashbourne have improved certainly in batting, but lack a real good quick to make early in roads into oppositition batting line ups.

On another topic I heard last night that Nairne have had to pull out of the D grade comp due to lack of numbers. I am guessing the A&EH exec would be thinking going to 5th level of senior competition was premature. The C Grade comp has become a farce with Hahndorf only puting a team out once in 7 rounds, and I can only assume forfeited again on the weekend. This means only 5 teams in the C's. The D Grade will now become a 7 team comp which I guess is OK. Too late to combine them for this season, but needs a re-think for 2013/14.

Looking a little broader - the A2 comp with 7 teams appears to be going ok - Nairne sitting on top (how strong are they!) from the relegated Bremer/Callington, Woodside & Lobethal. The also relegated Mt Barker seem better suited to A2's with a 2/2 season record to date.

The B Grade comp appears pretty even - Milang sitting on top from Echunga, Wistow & Ashbourne. Apart from the Creek in this grade it seems as though on any given day any team can beat anyone.... so a good comp.

[Pinarello]

nairne hit 200 odd with kym Heinrich hitting 102 no after a first ball duck in game one.

Seems to be getting harder to get commitment from players consistently.

On the surface you would appear to be correct kickittome, but then I reflect on a club like Woodside in A&EH.

6 senior teams playing every saturday, and 2 teams in U/16's. I have nothing to do with Woodside, and to be honest, back in the TVCA days despised Woodside! But I take my hat off to them. I have also heard they regularly put out 100 meals in their clubrooms on any given Saturday night!

So what can the other clubs learn from Woodside, and even Nairne for that matter. Develop your juniors, encourage them to keep playing by creating an INCLUSIVE environment, and importantly have people running the club with the best interest of the club (and that of cricket) in mind. Pretty simple stuff, but sadly lost on so many cricket clubs.

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[saintal]

TVCA Round 6 continues tomorrow:

Palmer 8/44 v Mt Torrens 105. Rewell’s 6/25 left Mt Torrens reeling, but that was before Colaiacovo took 5/6 and the Bears lost 7/2
Birdwood 4/34 v Gumeracha 8/294 (dec). J. Page with 141 as Gum set up a likely outright this weekend.
Eden Valley v Cambrai 4/307. Skipper Falkenberg with 156* in what appeared be a very long day in the field for EV.
Lenswood 6/48 v Paracombe 158. The visitors recovered from 6/75 before tearing through us late in day.

[BALLHOG]

Andy Duncan dropped for Meadows game on the weekend. Maybe its time to hang up the whites.

[Dutchy]

Lofty bowled Aldgate out for 31

[jackpot jim]

Round 7

Nairne would be expected to comfortably defeat the Creeks in what shapes as being a GF mismatch rather than a Rematch.
Creeks arn't that bad but an inability to consistently get close to their best team on the park each week is hurting them.

Lobey v Wistow is shaping as a 50/50 game. Maybe a slight edge to Wistow esp if Lynn/Judd/Willis play.

Hahndorf and Ash is another coin toss job. If Hassold goes cheep, it Ash for me.

Strath v Woodside. With Cuzzy now doing the pitches, Strath have now probably lost a signifigant advantage they once enjoyed at home. I'd expect Woodside to be far to good for a very disappointing Strath side atm.

Wow, what a great round this is shaping up to be? All 4 matches seem very evenly poised after the 1st days play of this potentially season defining round for some clubs, especially Strath, Creeks and Lobethal.
Undoubtably the surprise result of the round so far is the Nairne v Creek game. Despite Nairne missing a few players, they'd have been expected to comfortably defeat a struggling Creek unit who were struggling to find 11 players.
As it turned out, Day 1 became the Nairne v Shaun Golding show. The passionate and at times fiery Golding has almost single handedly positioned the Creeks to cause the upset of the season.
Golding dominated for the Creeks with the bat after they were sent in, finishing with 82 out of their dissappointing total of 178 off 58 overs. The total boosted by by the experienced club legend and personality Darren 'nobby' Aworth who made a guest 'A' grade appearance for the 1st time in at least a decade and celebrated it by smashing 3 sixes in his 19, along with younster Jed Rothe 17* n.o. they added a valuable 30 odd for the last wicket. 178 was dissappointing in that it was one of the tamest bowling attacks the Creeks had faced against Nairne over the last few years.
As it was, it turned out to be a blessing as Golding then ripped through the Nairne top order in the 12 overs b4 stumps, being involved in all 5 dismissels, 3 wkts off his bowling, 1 catch and completing the run out of Tarnaby.
With Nairne being 5/35, the game is still in the balance bcos of Nairne's batting depth, still having Tait, Berkett, Crooke and Harrowfield to came amongst others. Will be an interesting day 2 whichever way it goes.

Wistow 7/213 v Lobey gives them a great chance to consolidate 3rd spot, no doubt lobethal will have to overcome Wistows defensive bowling tactics to reel the total in.

Hahndorf 232 v Ashbourne 0/12. Another 50/50 game from here i feel. Ashbourne to win for me, only need to bat the overs out to win.

Strath 162 v Woodside 2/30. Another thrilling finish here i feel. Strath desperately need a win here to regain some momentum whilst Woodside need to win to stay in touch with Nairne if they slip up against the Creek. A bit of moisture in the track at Strath could tip it in Straths favour. As with all the matches, lets hope the forecast dodgy weather doen't affect the games Saturday as all the games are set up for thrilling finishes.

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Pinarello, where are you??? Look forward to your posts every week!!

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[Dutchy]

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Lofty played finals in the late 90's so not over 20 years since their last finals appearance.