by V0ice0fthev0iceless » Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:57 am
Another thing that is apparent after last nights AGM is that there will continue to be a review in to the viability of the 7+7 Saturday format. The format continues to be voted in year on year, but the last few years an alternate has been presented and voted upon at the AGM.
I've taken a bit of time to break down a way that I believe the association could look like in coming years, leveraging the ATCA format of all two day cricket for one side of their competition, and all limited overs for another.
I've taken the ladders from the previous season (I've probably left some clubs/sides in that may not actually be around for this season, I'm sure they could be replaced by other sides that will be around), and come up with 6 8 team Two Day sections:
S1
Coromandel Ramblers
Sheidow Park
ICC Sharks
Western Youth Centre
Keswick
Coromandel
Plympton Footballers
Port Noarlunga
S2
Cove
Morphettville Park
North Haven
Mitchell Park
Kenilworth
Happy Valley
Sutton-Derby
St John's OS
S3
Phantoms
Port Noarlunga II
Cove II
Keswick II
Coromandel II
Coromandel Ramblers II
Sheidow Park II
ICC Sharks II
S4
Southern
Adelaide Falcons
Plympton Footballers II
North Haven II
South Road
Morphettville Park II
Western Youth Centre II
South Park
S5
Happy Valley II
Kenilworth II
Southern Warriors II
ICC Sharks III
Mitchell Park II
Morphettville Park III
Adelaide Lutheran II
Phantoms II
S6
Kenilworth III
Coromandel IV
Sheidow Park IV
Grand Masters II
North Haven III
Mitchell Park IV
Warradale II
Flagstaff Hill II
Playing dates would be as follows (just using 2023/24 dates as an example of how it could work):
07/10 & 14/10
21/10 & 28/10
11/11 & 18/11
25/11 & 02/12
09/12 & 16/12
06/01 & 13/01
03/02 & 10/02
17/02 & 24/02
02/03 & 03/03
FINALS
09/03 & 10/03
16/03 & 17/03
23/03 & 24/03
Along with this, we would have two 12 team Limited Overs sections:
LO1
Ceylon Strikers
Flagstaff Hill
Warradale
Sheidow Park III
Coromandel III
Coromandel Ramblers III
Morphett Vale
Grand Masters
Mitchell Park III
Southern Warriors
Afghan
Keswick III
LO2
Morphettville Park IV
Southern II
ICC Sharks IV
Sheidow Park V
Plympton Footballers III
Port Noarlunga III
Coromandel V
Happy Valley III
South Road II
Western Youth Centre III
Coromandel Ramblers IV
Mitchell Park V
Playing dates would be as follows:
07/10
14/10
21/10
28/10
11/11
18/11
25/11
02/12
09/12
16/12
06/01
13/01
03/02
10/02
17/02
24/02
FINALS
09/03
16/03
17/03
Our T20 competition could run alongside these comps and run on the below dates:
04/11
07/11
14/11
21/11
28/11
05/12
12/12
19/12
FINALS
20/01
21/01
This format allows for a few weekends of Saturday cricket off, or that can be filled by T20 fixtures (which is something that had been flagged by a number of clubs as a painpoint). Fixture allows for every team to play eachother atleast once, and I believe after each team has faced once the fixture could be TBA and arranged so those teams that are close to eachother on the ladder could then be scheduled to face off and add stakes to later season matches.
I think this could be a viable option, rather than just having the lower sections become one day cricket. Some clubs may rather opt to have their top side play one day cricket and field their second team in the lower two day competitions.
Cross section slashing may need to become a requirement to make this work aswell, but would need to cross that bridge if it came to it.
Just putting another idea out there in the ether. Let's see if this one cops a bit more feedback from you lads!