Not enough chatter on here bout HCA as a follower of the comp, I might follow you A&EH guys and do some weekly predictions for matches,
With the weather looking good finally round 4 matches are as follows; (all one dayers)
SCIB V Stirling- SCIBS favourite in this match, but stirling with young gonzalez can be a tricky opposition and I have heard they have a new bowler who can bowl wheels and is one fiery customers and he could tear through a sometimes brittle SCIBS batting order in order to create an upset. However, with tarque in charge and a quality bowling side it hard to see stirling making enough runs to win against this SCIBS side. SCIBS in a closer game then expected.
Kangarilla V Mt Lofty- Lofty's batting has been really good to start the year, with Sinclair in sensational form and young healey following his captains lead. This in form batting line up comes up against one of the weaker bowling line ups, who rely heavily on Featherstone but they do have martinsen back but it is hard to see lofty not piling on a big score. Kangy's can bat as shown against flagstaff when they were robbed because of the weather, with the Thorpe brothers, Featherstone and martinsen but they will be chasing to big a score to chase down. Lofty to win comfortably.
Happy Valley V Aldgate- Happy's at happy valley is the second least enjoyable trip of the year as you have to play on the horror show that is their wicket (Worst trip is to meadows cos you always know your going out there for a long two weeks). Happy's very rarely lose at home and they have a high quality bowling line up, led by turnbull who is taking wickets for fun. Problem for them is they cant make runs unless middleton does but Aldgate don't have the bowling quality to hurt that unless young clements turns it on. Aldgate will try hard and perform above their talent level and maybe if one of their English lads goes bunter they are a chance but hard to see. Happy Valley easily.
Meadows V Uraidla- Should be a cracker the rematch of last years GF, Uraidla always start of the year slow and work their way in to the year. Uraidla have some quality young bowlers with kepa and gaetan to support brown but against meadows you always feel like they have quality batsman after quality batsman and it is hard to see them making anything less than 150 in their 40 overs. Dyl brown is the key to Uraidla's batting, generally when he fails Uraidla struggle unless rumblelow is playing, meadows are a steady bowling line up that give you nothing but if dyl could work his magic you never know. In saying that cant see meadows losing, there just to good. Meadows reasonably easily.