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The Bedge wrote:4 weeks until Rd 1..

Maybe it's just me, but I can't recall a more lacklustre, uninterested buildup to a season before.

Yeah, not since last season.

Lightning McQueen wrote:Yeah, not since last season.

Feels different this year.. maybe it's just my club, but no one seems remotely interested in cricket.

PDCA don't provide many updates or generate any "buzz".

Fixtures and Gradings obviously don't come out until end of the month.

I'd be interested to see what registration numbers are across the board.

The Bedge wrote:

Observer55 wrote:possible 35 overs in lower grades if word of mouth is to be believed,

I proposed 32 overs in the lowest grade only - same rules effectively as the women. Keep that grade only for jnrs transitioning to seniors and older players.

16 overs per hour, game would be done in 4.5hrs so by 5:30pm starting 1pm.. and whilst it's a bit of a drop off, remembering that a lot of the kids play 14s or 16s in the morning, it's a bloody long day.

Also, from my limited exposure to LO6 last season, 40 overs was pointless - each team had 3 or so players that dominated, majority just made up numbers, and rarely did a team bat the full 40 overs unless the key players fired... and if it did go the journey, with tiring youth + older blokes, some games really dragged out.

Only a few sides invested in participation over performance.

I'd love to see the bowling restrictions get absolutely butchered in the lower grades trying to work out 5 bowlers into 32, you would literally have bananas insisting that a bowler can only bowl 6.4 overs each.........................and then they'd argue over whether it is 0.4 of an over or 4 deliveries.

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Yeah, not since last season.

Feels different this year.. maybe it's just my club, but no one seems remotely interested in cricket.

PDCA don't provide many updates or generate any "buzz".

Fixtures and Gradings obviously don't come out until end of the month.

I'd be interested to see what registration numbers are across the board.

Yes, well you guys are generally up and about early.

Pretty hard for them to put anything out there, they do and then they get shit-canned for being forced into making late changes becaus clubs can't work their shit out.

Perhaps they could have the top 2-3 Grades start a week or two before the others, then at least they can sort out them grades then go clean up the rest once all the mayhem starts to settle.

Personally, I'd go 10 team divisions, once home, once away, top 5 for finals over 4 weeks. Wrapped up in 22 weeks, still one week less than previous years with no Sunday fixtures.

Lightning McQueen wrote:I'd love to see the bowling restrictions get absolutely butchered in the lower grades trying to work out 5 bowlers into 32, you would literally have bananas insisting that a bowler can only bowl 6.4 overs each.........................and then they'd argue over whether it is 0.4 of an over or 4 deliveries.

4 x 8 overs

or 6 overs maximum.

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:I'd love to see the bowling restrictions get absolutely butchered in the lower grades trying to work out 5 bowlers into 32, you would literally have bananas insisting that a bowler can only bowl 6.4 overs each.........................and then they'd argue over whether it is 0.4 of an over or 4 deliveries.

4 x 8 overs

or 6 overs maximum.

You're already gonna see enough Grade 7 Superstars without allowing them to be able to bowl a quarter ot the overs.

Lightning McQueen wrote:You're already gonna see enough Grade 7 Superstars without allowing them to be able to bowl a quarter ot the overs.

Then max 6 overs per bowler. Simples.

Lightning McQueen wrote:
You're already gonna see enough Grade 7 Superstars without allowing them to be able to bowl a quarter ot the overs.

Like Bedges 100 last year!

OKC! wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:
You're already gonna see enough Grade 7 Superstars without allowing them to be able to bowl a quarter ot the overs.

Like Bedges 100 last year!

Bullied up on kids in LO6.

OKC! wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:
You're already gonna see enough Grade 7 Superstars without allowing them to be able to bowl a quarter ot the overs.

Like Bedges 100 last year!

On the scales?

carey wrote:

OKC! wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:
You're already gonna see enough Grade 7 Superstars without allowing them to be able to bowl a quarter ot the overs.

Like Bedges 100 last year!

On the scales?

I wish I only weighed 100kgs

Well the move to One Day cricket hasn’t resolved a thing. 5 of the 10 LO2’s Clubs playing LO1’s cricket. What happens when Eyre, Craigmore or Salisbury West win the LO2’s premiership and ‘can’t’ go up to LO1’s…

My golly gosh, what a world we live in…

It's a bit of a cluster ****.. Adelaide Hazara apparently left the comp.. North Pines said they had no players, then suddenly have 4 teams again. Central United reckon they've got no players and want to drop down - same with Smithfield and Salis North.

Must be a tough gig being on the PDCA exec trying to sort gradings and fixtures out.

The Bedge wrote:It's a bit of a cluster ****.. Adelaide Hazara apparently left the comp.. North Pines said they had no players, then suddenly have 4 teams again. Central United reckon they've got no players and want to drop down - same with Smithfield and Salis North.

Must be a tough gig being on the PDCA exec trying to sort gradings and fixtures out.

Instead of having 40 average clubs, be leaders and put teams where they should be and if they don’t like it, head back and play 4’s cricket at an established club.

whufc wrote:I wouldn’t worry about the Craigmore and Atco’s it will be more how the LO1 sides that all pretty much A Grades are going to talk the league into putting them in the lowest divisions possible.

From July.....

Was always going to be the case with the LO1 sides who were pretty much trying to glory hunt under the disguise of not wanting to play 2 day cricket.

whufc wrote:

whufc wrote:I wouldn’t worry about the Craigmore and Atco’s it will be more how the LO1 sides that all pretty much A Grades are going to talk the league into putting them in the lowest divisions possible.

From July.....

Was always going to be the case with the LO1 sides who were pretty much trying to glory hunt under the disguise of not wanting to play 2 day cricket.

This makes zero sense.. for a few reasons..

a) It's the Grade 1 / Grade 2 "A grade" teams that want to play lower.
b) There is no 2 day cricket
c) Initial planned setup for LO1 was top 5 Grade 1 + top 5 LO1 from last year.
d Initial planned setup for LO2 was remainder of Grade 1 + Top Grade 2 + next tier of LO1 from last year.

Have the gradings been released?

LO1 and LO2 fixtures are out

The Bedge wrote:LO1 and LO2 fixtures are out

Oh dear, gonna be some thumpings in G2.

ROUND 1
GRADE 1
Westies vs Vale
Virginia vs NEK
Royals vs Gardens
Craigmore vs Dublin
Huts vs Earwigs
GRADE 2
Vale B vs Westies B
Risers vs Pioneers
Royals B vs Craigmore B
Pines vs Virginia B
Warriors vs Vista
GRADE 3
Smithfield vs Thunderwolves
Union vs Units
Goats vs Warriors B
Earwigs B vs Huts B
Gardens B vs Royals C
GRADE 4
Westies C vs Titans
Gardens C vs Vale C
Pirates vs Fitzroy
Andrews Farm vs Royals D
Sal North vs Risers B
GRADE 5
Craigmore C vs Westies D
Royals E vs Pines B
Gardens D vs Warriors C
NEK B vs Wells Wells
Fitzroy B vs Earwigs C
GRADE 6
Athelstone E vs Pines C
Virginia C vs Eastern Park
Dublin B vs Huts C
Vale D vs Royals F-Troop
Andrews Farm B vs Pirates B
GRADE 100
Huts D vs Craigmore D
Vista B vs Goats B
Wells Wells B vs Andrews Farm C
Athelstone F vs Westies E
Earwig Juniors vs Virginia D
Eastern Park B vs Gardens E
BYE: Royals Z