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Re: Junior Cup Final
Great news to see that the Junior Cup final will be played at CIYMS Belmont. I had suggested on this forum that it would be nice to see finals at new grounds.
With the senior cup being played at a club with such long history as Lisburn - its a nice balance to that the junior cup is played at a fairly new club with a short history.
Good luck to both Lisburn and CI for their big games!
Would I be right in saying that the junior task force have now changed their mind as I see on the ncu website that all teams in junior leagues 1,2 and 3 can now only play 2 games on a Sunday??? I thought and asked on here before and was told that this only applied if the club had more than 2 teams I THINK out of junior leagues 1,2 and 3 that only ourselves (Millpark) and donaghadee have 2 teams .
Q. What do you call an Aussie with a bottle of champagne?
A. A waiter
Q. What do you call an Aussie who can hold a catch?
A. A fisherman
Q. Why can no one drink wine in Australia at the moment?
A. They don't have any openers
Q. What's the difference between Cinderella and the Aussies?
A. Cinderella knew when to leave the ball
Q. What do you call a world class Australian cricketer?
A. Retired
Ring Ring.....
Hello - Australian team dressing room
Hello mate...Can I speak to Ricky Ponting please.
Sorry mate - he's just gone out to bat
It's OK - I'll hold.
Where do you find an Australian cricketer with runs?
Trap 2
A bloke walks into a brothel and says: "I'm a bit k.nky, how much for total humiliation?"
The madam replies $60.
"Wow, what do I get for that," he says.
She says: "A baggy green cap and an Australia cricket shirt”.
Last pommie to bring back ashes from Australia was Paula Yates
NCU Junior League Structure
The NCU Competitions Directorate met last night and approved the structure for the new Junior Leagues
I have placed a link on the NCU home page giving details of the various sections and updated each of the Junior League Section pages.
I have also added the draws for the Intermediate, Minor (Lindsay) and Minor Qualifying Cups
Just in case any one has forgotten the NCU's home page link it is www.northerncricketunion.org
No problem Wylie. Bet that rain delay helped a bit......
They did drag it on a bit I have to say though Siddle did show a bit more than the rest of the Aussie tail which started with Shane Watson.
Some exciting draws alright in the Challenge-Cup, the highlight for me would be the second round, a local derby (if both teams get through rnd.1)
Lurgan-v-Donaghcloney... should get plenty of punters through the gates of whichever club has home draw.
And well played England on their convincing Ashes series win, praise especially should go to Broad & Finn's replacements Tremlett & Bresslin who were outstanding and more than justified their inclusion in the 1st team.
Re. Jim.
Not sure about why there was a lack of champagne when the Aussie squad has Bollinger in it!
Cook did get the Compton/Miller medal about half an hour later, Tubby Taylor was just a fairly shambolic host for the presentation. I'm sure it will mean more than the perspex Vodafone bat!
Neal
Thanks for letting me know (you were not the only one!).
I hope you’ll let me off this time as I did it last night while watching the end of the Ashes and was probably a bit distracted!
It is now fixed on the NCU site
The other senior cup draws should be on the site as the day progesses
Are the Aussie Cricketing authorities poor losers? No champers for the winners and no medal for Cooke. Disgraceful.
Just seen the draws for the Challenge Cup and Junior Cup and there are a few interesting ties in there.
On the Junior Cup front I take it the Third Round should be L v M, N v O etc... instead of the way it is currently on the NCU homepage ( just means if clubs work it out now they won't be playing who they think if they reach that round ).
Potential in there for Academy v Waringstown 2s if both teams win their 1st two games. If that does happen it will be the 4th year in a row they will have faces each other.
home to North Down ...... thats a nice easy draw for us lol
am goin to have to ask around our club dont think the 2 clubs have ever played before???
Andy K, whilst I agree with some of what u say regarding the poor state of Aussie cricket at the minute, I think you are selling England short. As average as Australia are, they have been convincingly outplayed in all but one test, and I would suggest Perth was due to English complacency more than anything else. Personally I think only South Africa could be ranked above them, and recent series' have shown there is little difference.
In relation to the English south African enhancements, that's probably a bit harsh too. Only trott and your fave kp were brought up outside England, and the vast majority of the young players on the periphery of the side are all home-grown too. Anyway, the more south Africans they have, the less Irish boys they're going to poach off us!!
Jason
Millpark have been drawn at home to North Down in the second round of the Challenge Cup (You received a bye in the First Round)
Anyone kno when the challenge cup draw is released???
1st and 2nd round draw is tonight
so Jim agrees with the less than gracious comments that his mate "Colly" made about Irish cricket being a waste of time? Clearly Mark Taylor had a different opinion a few years ago when he brought a full side, including McGrath & Warne to Eglinton. As for "Colly's" retirement from Test cricket I wonder did he jump before he was pushed. 5 innings with a total of 70 runs, a highest score of 42 against a relatively poor bowling attack and 1 wicket for 63! Certainly there was room for improvement. And I won't comment on his run scoring the year they won the Ashes & he was awarded the MBE. Using that criteria then the likes of Lexie Millar up in the NWCU must be in line for a knighthood! England are to be congratulated on retaining the Ashes but I'm sure that even the most ardent fan will agree that it is all relative. I'm sure there are many who like me have really been surprised at how far Australian cricket has sunk to the level of "ordinariness" as the present squad. I was listening to a debate during a rain break in a previous Test where Craig Blewitt was giving a few reasons for the decline such as, less cricket being played in schools, a more sedentary population, etc., factors that are common throughout the world. The main difference between England and the rest of the Test nations is that they have looked to South Africa, etc. to enhance their team. Not that this is a modern thing - it happened a few years ago with the importation of a certain Zimbabwean to Worcestershire. Perhaps the talented Irish will get a chance now that "Colly" has jumped ship.The big question was "would he go before Laurence McKeown of Northern Ireland Water?"!!
