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[whufc]

Between Covid and the weather gods cricket at a community level has not had much luck in the last few years.

.. and people are losing interest at a rate of knots.

Yep i am the same up here............

Weather forecast is crap again this Saturday up here.....i really don't want to make myself available and 'waste' the day playing the whole sit around and wait and see.

Luckily we have a rule because of the distance between teams that if the pitch is unplayable at 11am both teams can agree to call it off, so you don't go wasting your time travelling. But it's still frustrating having to wait until then. We did that on the weekend. Melrose 1.5 hours from Spalding. They just facetimed our captain at 11am, showed him how much water they were brushing of the pitch, and they all agreed to call it then, so we didn't travel. However, we have a rule that if 2 of the 4 games are called of due to weather all games are off, so the risk of calling off and 'losing' points against the other clubs isnt as risky.

I'm not sure what the answer is but not many like wasting their day these days....thinking leagues might have to start thinking outside of the square as to how those situations can be avoided where possible.

[The Bedge]

Luckily we have a rule because of the distance between teams that if the pitch is unplayable at 11am both teams can agree to call it off, so you don't go wasting your time travelling..

Most clubs are pretty good with that - our B grade captain contacted Virginia before the game and they called it so they didn't have to come down, similarly with our C grade and A grade who went and inspected the pitches and sent photos around.

Only club I've really found that is dead set on playing is Eyre Royals.. i'm still filthy they made me sit around until 3pm the other season while it pissed down outside. Wankers.

[whufc]

Luckily we have a rule because of the distance between teams that if the pitch is unplayable at 11am both teams can agree to call it off, so you don't go wasting your time travelling..

Most clubs are pretty good with that - our B grade captain contacted Virginia before the game and they called it so they didn't have to come down, similarly with our C grade and A grade who went and inspected the pitches and sent photos around.

Only club I've really found that is dead set on playing is Eyre Royals.. i'm still filthy they made me sit around until 3pm the other season while it pissed down outside. Wankers.

Exactly with technology these days no excuses if the pitch is poor in the morning to not be able to work out. In our league if you truly believe the other team is pulling a dodgy one you can send one player up there and they can take their own photos, videos and put it into the league as a complaint. Never seen anyone do that do.

[Lightning McQueen]

Luckily we have a rule because of the distance between teams that if the pitch is unplayable at 11am both teams can agree to call it off, so you don't go wasting your time travelling..

Most clubs are pretty good with that - our B grade captain contacted Virginia before the game and they called it so they didn't have to come down, similarly with our C grade and A grade who went and inspected the pitches and sent photos around.

Only club I've really found that is dead set on playing is Eyre Royals.. i'm still filthy they made me sit around until 3pm the other season while it pissed down outside. Wankers.

Did you buy a beer?

[The Bedge]

Did you buy a beer?

Be rude not to

[Lightning McQueen]

Did you buy a beer?

Be rude not to

Well that's why they kept you around

$5 a beer is pretty good going though.

[auto]

I hate PlayHq

PlayHQ is dogshit. Not they crisp hard fresh dogshit on a nicely cut lawn. More like a steaming turd with lots of flies and runny as fukc.

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[The Old Fellow]

Did you buy a beer?

Be rude not to

Well that's why they kept you around

$5 a beer is pretty good going though.

And he didn't only buy one beer that day. If play got underway that day would have been interesting to see how most of the players handled it after a few.

[Lightning McQueen]

And he didn't only buy one beer that day. If play got underway that day would have been interesting to see how most of the players handled it after a few.

I won't comment or pass judgement on that.

[Lightning McQueen]

Entertaining round coming up should the weather hold out.

Grade 1 sees Dublin host Westies while Angle Vale travels to Craigmore. Both should be very close games as both Westies and Angle Vale are far more suited to the two day games, Dublin and Angle Vale for mine.

Virginia in a canter over Eastern Park despite chucking some kids up the order and giving their usual bowlers a rest.

Grade 2 will see 3 close games, a flip of the coin for the Enfield vs Royals clash. Can Adam Gully produce a similar spell as what he did against ATCO? Nav and Channa hold the keys as well to a Enfield victory. Royals are a more rounded side with 5 or 6 players that can produce a decent score their day, thier bowling can be a bit wayward too despite having many bowling options, Cam to collect a few wickets on the big Earwig ground.

The battle for who is the strongest team in the Parafield Gardens LGA will be a ripper, both teams have a lot of enthusiasm and can produce on their day. I wouldn't underestimate Westies either in their game against ATCO, they boast a strong batting line up and can post a total, ATCO scored at a decent rate last week though and are used of playing on a big ground.

LO1's, Vista, NEK and the Units comfortably, Hazara will get the jitters out Norf, Smithfield to get the biscuits, Nugget, Moss and Gravy to cash in.

[whufc]

Should we just write the season off and call it a day....

Potentially more rain forecast this Saturday.

[The Bedge]

Should we just write the season off and call it a day....

Yes, I'm over it.

Wont rain this weekend. Light forecast showers, wont impact matches.

[whufc]

Should we just write the season off and call it a day....

Yes, I'm over it.

Wont rain this weekend. Light forecast showers, wont impact matches.

Pretty much add 10ml on to anything they forecast at the moment.

Possible shower was forecast for clare today and we already have got 4ml

[BenchedEagle]

Should we just write the season off and call it a day....

Potentially more rain forecast this Saturday.

Bigger shame when a home side don’t want to travel 5 mins up Phillip Hwy to play on a perfect deck when theirs was too wet. No rule against it but pretty poor form.

Club ended up helping Angle Vale Ds and Enfield Cs get a full game in on Mofflin, which was appreciated by them all.. i hope.

[The Bedge]

Club ended up helping Angle Vale Ds and Enfield Cs get a full game in on Mofflin, which was appreciated by them all.. i hope.

We certainly appreciated your clubs hospitality, with an already disrupted season our C grade were chomping at the bit to get a game in - even if the match only went for a couple hours and was a day for the bowlers.

Pity I can't say the same for our D grade who rolled up, played 4 overs then quit.

[Lightning McQueen]

Problem this season is when it rains, it absolutely pelts down, 10 minute showers now drench everything.

[The Bedge]

Problem this season is when it rains, it absolutely pelts down, 10 minute showers now drench everything.

Yeah pretty much what happened Saturday at our ground - heavy down pour for 10min was enough to kill the game.

Although had we started at 1pm instead of Eyre being a pack of soft cocks, we probably would've been in a position to actually wait around and dry the pitch and get a result.. unfortunately 26 overs in when the rain came, never would've got the pitch right before the time cut off to continue. Plus was hard enough getting Royals to start the game, would've been near on impossible to get them to resume after some rain.

Another wasted Saturday.

[The Bedge]

Must add though, whilst the umpire was good, he certainly had no interest in moving the game along either to catch up time lost.

Actually I should take some responsibility - I could've bowled spinners earlier to get through overs quicker and reach the min 28 overs before the rain hit.

**** cricket anyway, shit sport full of shit people.

[Lightning McQueen]

Must add though, whilst the umpire was good, he certainly had no interest in moving the game along either to catch up time lost.

He had the shirt off as quick as a flash. Surely you could've persuaded Cam to start on time, I thought you were better than that.

Wasn't the problem the run ups? You were always going to bowl first and they were always going to bat first, did you offer that solution?

Either way, Cam would've been rubbing his hands together knowing he'd get his 8 overs and probably early.

[The Bedge]

Must add though, whilst the umpire was good, he certainly had no interest in moving the game along either to catch up time lost.

He had the shirt off as quick as a flash. Surely you could've persuaded Cam to start on time, I thought you were better than that.

Wasn't the problem the run ups? You were always going to bowl first and they were always going to bat first, did you offer that solution?

Either way, Cam would've been rubbing his hands together knowing he'd get his 8 overs and probably early.

I tried to persuade Cam to start on time - it was hard enough getting him to start at 1:45pm.. he buckled coz i was getting agro haha!

I told him we would bowl first - said that at 12:30.. then he said he wanted to toss the coin - won the toss and debated what to do - I politely told him if he elected to bowl after his carry on and concern over run ups, I would lose my shit.

End of the day he did what he thought was right by his team, I shouldn't be cranky, was just a crap day overall and I was tired and frustrated.. little did I realise that an abandoned A grade game would be the least of my concerns from Saturday, as I continue to deal with the fall out from our D grade debacle.