Senor Moto Gadili wrote:The Bedge wrote:I thought he was referring to Hope Valley pulling a draw against Pooraka and Para Hills over the season, instead of two likely losses?
Hope Valley got 5 points, they wouldn't normally have got, by pulling a draw against Pooraka. Against Para Hills they were beaten on day 1, so they got nothing from having the game called off. Just denied Para Hills the opportunity to get an outright
And in reality, they've got even less than that when you consider they don't get any bonus points for runs and wickets.
Even if they played Pooraka and only took say 5 wickets and got rolled for 100, that's still 3 points they would have got.
Grange (5.34) and Port Districts (5.28) both played and lost that round, and still got more points than Hope Valley.
I can sort of understand them not wanting to play Pooraka, but to fail to take to the field against Para Hills having already lost, was just plain stupid. They cost themselves points and didn't get to play cricket.
If you don't want to play cricket, don't enter a team. All you are doing is preventing your opposition from playing who clearly want to.