Adelaide Suburban Cricket Assosciation.

[wycbloods]

Before the meeting, it was Russell and Ray. When Craig read out the umpires, it was Ray and Chris Whibley. After the meeting, I talked to Peter Berkshire and it was back to Russell and Ray.

I agree with the other sentiments, big deal who it is. I'm always right and they're always wrong...

You blokes may say you don't care, but I say the best umpires should get Sect 1. Should be based on Captains reports throughout the season. I think it would affect the choice of one of those blokes.
If Cove are as strong as stated you would think they would be Sect 1 side no problem. Anyone recall what has happened in the past when clubs come into the comp.? Which section did WYC start in? We need a couple more decent sides as the bottom 4 or so teams have dropped off remarkably.

I missed that and i agree, from what i have seen this year.

And he proved us both right on the weekend there were 2 terrible decisions that he made on the weekend and ones that a decent umpire wouldn't have made IMHO.

[wycbloods]

RB of AF, is Calderbank going to win the toss and choose to bowl again this week?

Maybe he should have, how different it all could have been. All if's and buts i know, maybe the "you always bat first in finals" got to him as i was predicting .

[wycbloods]

Calderbank and the non-striker both felt it wasn't pitching or in line with the stumps, just that he padded up to it. Why batsmen pad up is beyond me anyway.

Reckon the story of that game is catches win matches, but that is true for most. Mind you, there was the odd great throw at the stumps

Nice to get this weeks game back home and away from your 1980s matting. About time that got replaced chaps. Does no favours to the ball at all.

Now i didn't comment on your matting prior to the game but if you seriously believe that your matting is better, than ours, for our level of cricket then you are a deluded man. Your matting is terrible, as all permanent stuck down types are IMHO, they are inconsistent and somewhat dangerous not to mention the ends weren't stuck down properly .

[jb]

its a blight on the competition ramblers finished the minor season 2nd

Expected more from you, JB. Disappointing comment.

sorry mate but i dont think im too far off the mark, i mean i dont think you blokes would have got near our score if it wasnt for the heat! the games we just lost to plympton and keswick you blokes just won i think alot of things went your way to get to that position!

[CoverKing]

If i was a Coromandel Rambler player ... i would be ashamed with the result today. Never Conceed in any game. Dark day at the Ramblers.

The Mighty Seaguls might have well played in the SF this week end apsolute discrace from 2nd Place Ramblers. apsolute joke. Just goed to show what a few shanges to the WYC team does and they dominate a joke Ramblers side. hahaha joke.

Congratulations to Bazza and Bulldogs007 for the two dumbest posts of the year. Look at the match Bulldogs and you will notice that the two blokes who came into WYC played no major part in the win. Enjoy sect 2 Bazza. No time for sore losers on here.

AF i dont know how u look at the game, but our best two bowlers on the weekend without a doubt were Robbie and McKay. There opening spell was absolutely amazing. We had ur mob 5/16 at drinks at 20 overs. Robbie only got one, Macca one, and our first change bowlers 1 and 2 respectively. but Robbie and Macca set the game up.
Saying Hopkins had no major part in it, IMO shows how much u took notice of the game. Robbie's spell set the game up, and set it up for the win! A wicket third ball of the day (your captain) set the tone. He conceded bugger all runs in his opening spell.
And well we were chasing 95 so i never had any chance to have a major impact but being dismissed when we were 0/58 im happy with. But did take a blinder of a catch at short leg ay bloods?

For the record, we were happy when u called it off before stumps, but in all honesty we were dumbfounded with it. Your mob had a bad day, but Sunday could have been completely different, maybe that was our bad day to be? We were extremely suprised the last 5 or 6 overs were not even finished.

Even though ramblers put in a real shocker, i think our bowlers put in a massive effort and bowled the best we had all year. I think people are taking away how good the bowlers bowled. 5/16 off 20 overs was superb. They had one partnership of 69 and only made 95, our bowlers were superb all day.

and the pitch, well definitely not the safest in the comp and the 1980's style pitch at WYC shit's all over the rambers pitch. However, ramblers have one of the best grounds atmosphere wise, it is a real good oval IMO and even with a small crowd, felt like it was buzzing.

Good luck to everyone this week, lets hope we dont get the same result as last year!

[Amateur Footy]

RB of AF, is Calderbank going to win the toss and choose to bowl again this week?

Maybe he should have, how different it all could have been. All if's and buts i know, maybe the "you always bat first in finals" got to him as i was predicting .

I was hoping we would lose the toss, but I'm a bowler who happens to like bowling in windy, humid conditions and he's seen many teams win finals with only 90 runs on the board batting first. You can argue both ways, but I know your post wouldn't have made any difference.

As for the rest of the garbage on here, RB has summed it all up. I'd have rather failed in finals than not made it at all. We're not going to come on here and make excuses for why we didn't win and tell you all how good we should have been. Fordy has that covered. Interesting the NH lads would attack us after we won outright yet we made nothing of it. Showing some great character there.

Two best teams in the GF, no-one else has the depth. ICC the favourite. Get over your bitterness boys, we'll be back next season and we might even have a batsman or two.

[Amateur Footy]

Calderbank and the non-striker both felt it wasn't pitching or in line with the stumps, just that he padded up to it. Why batsmen pad up is beyond me anyway.

Reckon the story of that game is catches win matches, but that is true for most. Mind you, there was the odd great throw at the stumps

Nice to get this weeks game back home and away from your 1980s matting. About time that got replaced chaps. Does no favours to the ball at all.

Now i didn't comment on your matting prior to the game but if you seriously believe that your matting is better, than ours, for our level of cricket then you are a deluded man. Your matting is terrible, as all permanent stuck down types are IMHO, they are inconsistent and somewhat dangerous not to mention the ends weren't stuck down properly .

The point was it destroys the cricket ball because it doesn't absorb any of the impact with the concrete. Fairly dead track IMO. Ours you would say is the opposite, does a bit too much but atleast the ball is in great nick all day. I think you simply need to get 'in' on permanent matting. I too was caught out by the bounce on sat (Kingy was very stiff) but it generally hasn't resulted in that many extra dismissals this year. It certainly did a lot more on the weekend than we have seen for most of the year, particularly noticeable when our keeper was hit a few times keeping up to the stumps. That was the first time all year.

[CoverKing]

If ramblers want to go further IMO they need 2 real good bats atleast, or a couple of there younger players (haussen and brad davenport) to really stand up and score 300+ next year.
To come 2nd and have there leadin run scorer at 214 runs is amazing really. I dont understand how it happened really. But they did it, and the plympton boys baggin em, sour grapes maybe? Even though fordy said 'it was a blight on the comp that ramblers came 2nd' i think it woulda been more of a blight if plympton made it. Ramblers have got where they are on the bowling alone, there is no questions on that. Plympton got to where they did because of one player pretty much.

And this week against ICC, we are going head to head with ICC in their best part of their game. Their Bowling.
We see that as their strength and we believe that we can definitely out bowl em. We now have 5 bowlers in our side that are in between 13 and 22 wickets, and another two on 9 and 8 for the year. If we can get the latter two players 1 and 2 wickets respectively, that would b 7 bowlers above ten wickets, something that no other side woulda done for a long time i would think.

[bazza1]

I am not attacking anyone personally on here, I think you AF are very sensitive to critisim of your club and you take it personally, which isnt a bad trait. But my point which you cant seem to see is that you should never give up on a situation, no matter how bad they might be. Congratualtions to the Ramblers this year, they have done a magnificent job, but IMHO I think it was a poor way to finish off what was a great year by them.

[Affix8]

Geewhiz. What weird shite to read.
No one from North Haven CC shld hav anything to say about another cricket club, not after their 2nd X1 for round 11 (is Baulderstone really 72, and did it take 6 or 7 15 year olds to bring the average age done to a respectable level?).
I would almost love to be a young (22ish) cricketer at Ramblers... There is a nice core of 'youngsters' that will be around for the next 6-8 years. Their inexperience obviously shows in the result; showed pretty much throughout the year I reckon. Finishing second is a sure 'surprise' but not a blight...
Bad luck to the Bulls... Their result shows how "catches win matches". I wonder what their average age is? (I would almost love to be a young....nvm)

A side note: I think I would prefer to play on WYC's matting than the "dish sponges" of Coro, Ramblers, and West Minster. Some better balls would be of more benefit.

A 2nd side note: I believe ICC started in section 5 because that was the only spot available (and they did request Sect.2), and that they may have lost to Kenilworth III during the minor rounds (8 or 9?).

[CoverKing]

Welcome A8.

Those three pitches you state are all very a like and in my view should not be allowed. i understand more and more clubs are going to stuck down mattings (is it pure lazyness?) but its carp. The ebst thing about hard wicket is that we get play away nearly everyweek of the year even if it does rain for 3 days non stop before a game. Turf dont have that luxury. if u have a stuck down amtting, IMO u might aswell join a turf comp.

[bazza1]

Matey, all I am saying is that you should not conceed a cricket final on the first day of the match. sheessh
And by the way I 100% agree with you about Old Ronnie playing in the B grade, I was disgusted, and the B grade captain will not be reappointed.

[Tight_Lines]

If ramblers want to go further IMO they need 2 real good bats atleast, or a couple of there younger players (haussen and brad davenport) to really stand up and score 300+ next year.
To come 2nd and have there leadin run scorer at 214 runs is amazing really. I dont understand how it happened really. But they did it, and the plympton boys baggin em, sour grapes maybe? Even though fordy said 'it was a blight on the comp that ramblers came 2nd' i think it woulda been more of a blight if plympton made it. Ramblers have got where they are on the bowling alone, there is no questions on that. Plympton got to where they did because of one player pretty much.

And this week against ICC, we are going head to head with ICC in their best part of their game. Their Bowling.
We see that as their strength and we believe that we can definitely out bowl em. We now have 5 bowlers in our side that are in between 13 and 22 wickets, and another two on 9 and 8 for the year. If we can get the latter two players 1 and 2 wickets respectively, that would b 7 bowlers above ten wickets, something that no other side woulda done for a long time i would think.

No doubting that ICC are deservant of the best side in the Comp but is their depth as strong as everyone thinks? I mean if we had held our catches at important times and exposed their middle order we would had been looking at a small total to chase i Believe.

They had their skip Miller come in at 6 and I saw one shot from him all day and it was terrible and he got away with it against a tired attack by that stage. Jib and Cookie would had skittled him early had they had the chance and Tonkes at 7 who did bat well but again the sting was out of the attack and a deflated field by then. They rely so heavily on Sampson, Bowen and Ledgard in their top 5 but outside those 3 I'll say it here their all Hacks.

No doubt the depth in their bowling they have opinions everywhere including "their great" (Warne/The Messiah/God etc etc) but their batting aint as strong as they think and most teams think but those 3 are all making runs so they cant complain. Well done to them and all the best to both sides should be a cracker.

[The sarge]

A great effort from our boys this year. First time our club has ever reached sec 1 finals. Catches do win matches and our drops cost us around 120 runs on the weekend. Our average age for most of the year was 20 (I am 22 and second oldest in the team). Very proud of our team and we should only get better from here.

Clearly the best 2 teams are playing in the GF. I am tipping a very close contest and a score of around 180 will win. Tipping WYC to win (Hopefully) with Hopkins to take a bag.

[wycbloods]

A great effort from our boys this year. First time our club has ever reached sec 1 finals. Catches do win matches and our drops cost us around 120 runs on the weekend. Our average age for most of the year was 20 (I am 22 and second oldest in the team). Very proud of our team and we should only get better from here.

Clearly the best 2 teams are playing in the GF. I am tipping a very close contest and a score of around 180 will win. Tipping WYC to win (Hopefully) with Hopkins to take a bag.

I hope you are right Sarge. I also agree that a score of around 180-200 will win the game.

[CoverKing]

A great effort from our boys this year. First time our club has ever reached sec 1 finals. Catches do win matches and our drops cost us around 120 runs on the weekend. Our average age for most of the year was 20 (I am 22 and second oldest in the team). Very proud of our team and we should only get better from here.

Clearly the best 2 teams are playing in the GF. I am tipping a very close contest and a score of around 180 will win. Tipping WYC to win (Hopefully) with Hopkins to take a bag.

Hopkins will take his second 9 fa for the club i hope and his third of his career!
thats a bag ur talking about Sarge? cheers for the tip and hopefully we do get up.
As u say catches win matches, and hopefully we can hold everything that comes our way and get up unlike last year!!

And a score of 220 like last year will be great for us Bloods and hopefully that helps us get up

[Trademark]

Down at hackham on Sunday almost looked like Sheidow was giving them a scare halfway through the day. Was a good day all round, besides some Dropkicks hassling the losing side after the game was over. Sympathies though to the ICC supporters at hackham. They must be cranky using the gutter as a pillow on the saturday night.
Hot tip WYC. Wear some shoes down there on the weekend, could be some potential diseases with all the syringes lying in the long grass.

[bay boy]

Matey, [b]all I am saying is that you should not conceed a cricket final on the first day of the match. sheessh And by the way I 100% agree with you about Old Ronnie playing in the B grade, I was disgusted, and the B grade captain will not be reappointed.

Im with you there Bazza, I think the Coro boys all missed your point or did they.....

[CoverKing]

My predictions for the weekend.

Div 1
ICC v Sheidow - would not be suprised if they get up
Ramblers v WYC - obviously gotta pick us

Div 2
Morphy Parks v Warradale - Morphys jsut way too good i would think
Plympton v Keswick - Proven record in finals

Div 3
Belair v Southern - real tight one
ICC v Morphy Parks - another tight one. any of these 4 can win it.

Div 4
Morphy Park v Sheidow - An easy win
Keswick v North Haven - battle between Doubleday and Martin (or however u spell there names)

Div 5
Clapham v MItchell Park - cant see them losing
North Haven v Belair - close game but to win away, batters will decide??

Div 6
Sheidow v Keswick - sheidow way too good
MItchell park v coromandel - coro to inconsistent, mitchell park to have a good day

Maybe get 1/12, just hope its the right one

im quite happy with that! 10/12 for the semi finals not bad at all...

[wycbloods]

RB of AF, is Calderbank going to win the toss and choose to bowl again this week?

Maybe he should have, how different it all could have been. All if's and buts i know, maybe the "you always bat first in finals" got to him as i was predicting .

I was hoping we would lose the toss, but I'm a bowler who happens to like bowling in windy, humid conditions and he's seen many teams win finals with only 90 runs on the board batting first. You can argue both ways, but I know your post wouldn't have made any difference.

As for the rest of the garbage on here, RB has summed it all up. I'd have rather failed in finals than not made it at all. We're not going to come on here and make excuses for why we didn't win and tell you all how good we should have been. Fordy has that covered. Interesting the NH lads would attack us after we won outright yet we made nothing of it. Showing some great character there.

Two best teams in the GF, no-one else has the depth. ICC the favourite. Get over your bitterness boys, we'll be back next season and we might even have a batsman or two.

Did someone say it would or did? I was saying that the general conception of batting first in a final is the best is what would've made him choose to bat first not my post.