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Good points Davy. This is the place and the time for topics to be discussed. I think the leagues define Junior and Minor cricket and as for getting home to watch football I hope you are not suggesting irish League!!!!
However, I know some players like to get back to their club to watch the end of 1st XI games. It may not work everywhere but when all the teams return to the clubhouse there's a great atmosphere.
Clarence,
Ref amount of overs in a game, all senior games 50 overs, no problem with that and i am fully supportive, but when you say 40 overs for Junior and 30 for minor games, what about when a clubs second eleven are playing another clubs fourths? is that a junior game or a minor game?
As things stand the noon enforced start for 30 & 35 overs games as per regulation H2 needs addressed as there is no need for the shortened games to be starting before 1:30 or 2pm, they would still be over for about 6. (or do we want the cricket over in time to get home to watch the 3pm football?)
Great work Ivan and plenty of good ideas for clubs to consider.
I particularly like the encouragement across the cultural divide and the introduction of ladies cricket. But a word of caution-watch the curry cooking in the clubhouse as the Ormeau kitchen couldn't get rid of the smell for five years after Partha Sharma's wife cooked the lunch for the 1986 Indian tourists!
Just joking-it was three years!
I'm not sure if the Limacol CPL matches are televised in Ireland but if so I hope some people saw Kevin O'Brien's tremendous innings of 70 for T & T Red Steel against Guyana Warriors in front of a huge Trini crowd last night. Tremendous fillip for Irish cricket and shows how good the big man is when he attacks. Red Steel won by 3 runs in a thriller.
During July I spoke to a number of players at all grades about the length of matches and the general feeling was 50 overs for senior cricket, 40 overs for junior cricket and 30 overs for minor cricket. If this is the opinion of teams then now is the time to make their views known as come the end of the season and AGMs they will be long gone. Can team captains ask their players what they prefer and send their findings back to the Forum? This would give us accurate and authentic feedback from the players involved not club committee decisions that may not present the true picture.
Many thanks.
Who said cricket is dead ? I put an article into last weeks Antrim Guardian headlined " any one for cricket " appealing to people who had never played, or played at school or had just moved in to the town to turn up at the club on Thursday night.
Seven guys turned up , four who had played at school up to 20 years ago and three guys who just fancied trying cricket. To grow cricket we need to look at those who want to play what I call recreational cricket as well of those who want to play at the highest possible level.
I intend to make further appeals and look at having a " grass roots " coach to help the newcomers. We also have a host of new players from the Indian community who are holding a seven team tournament at Moylena on Thursday 15th ..I have never seen so much activity in over forty years at Muckamore.,We will be entering a 5ths next season and with the numbers at our boys night a 6ths team could be a possibility next season. We also will enter a second team in the Midweek League and plan to have a Ladies team.
None of this happens without a lot of hard work and marketing cricket as a great sport not only to play but from a social and community perspective .,My next plan is to get posters up in the local schools, leisure centres, rugby clubs, GAA clubs asking " anyone for cricket ? ". If every club did the same then the spin offs would be tremendous .
Hi Ivan - for those who don't do twitter or tweet (was that not a canary in a cartoon?!) do tell!!
Ivan,
I heard about it too, absolutely scandalous indeed, what was he thinking off ? A man in his position, constantly under the public eye ?
Has Monty Panesar lost the plot ?
Peeing on the bouncers in a night-club after a night out on the raz !
What ever next, dare I even go there ?
Correction to your averages
Both Lee Nelson and Greg Thompson have a batting average of 30 for this season.
In the week that was I am sure Michael Taylor will be having a chuckle that he should be the subject of debate on this Forum , when there are at least a couple other incidents doing the rounds on Twitter and the Sunday papers .
interesting to look at the batting averages of our local players for the Northern Knights
C dogherty - 22
l nelson - 31
j shannon - 24
j vdm - 35
a white -54
p eakin -14
g thompson -24
if this is the best we have NCU cricket is in a sad state of affairs, 4 top 6 bats averaging below 30....
The batting stats this year are a lot lower than previous seasons for some reason...
Re. Gilford vanHire.
Michael arrived home from England in late June, intending to stay for 2 to 3 weeks. He played two Ist XI games, due to the unavailability of regular players, and one game for the 3rd XI against Armagh. Shortly after this game Michael decided to extend his stay and was subsequently starred for the 2nd XI.
Frank - Hardly immoral and certainly not a stunt.
Re Gilford Van Hire
Legal, just immoral and not the only club to pull such a stunt.
Interesting to see Michael Taylor back in the Ballymena 1st XI having turned out for their 3rds recently. Some bizarre starrings around the Union!
cheers davy , but I cant even walk today after games fri/sat but hopefully if selected might get turn the arm over in the firsts before I retire . congrats and good luck to Woodvale and Derriaghy in their CUP FINALS
