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While, having spoken to several North Down players on Saturday, it would appear thet CIYMS were premature in calling Saturday's match off, under Competition Rule 20b where umpires have been appointed a decision to call off a game in advance of the scheduled starting time can only have been made with the agreement of BOTH clubs. If such an agreement cannot be reached, then both teams turn up at the appointed time, and the umpires make the decision on whether the ground is playable or not.
We had a similar situation with the Bangor v Instonians match earlier in the season. If they have any doubt the visiting team should insist on travelling, and they have no comeback if they do not exercise this right.
Robin, if you saw the state of the square and outfield on Thursday and Friday following the heavy rain there was no chance of playing a proper game of cricket on Saturday, which was the same on Sunday even playing on the mat! I would have thought the extra days rest before the Senior Cup semi final on Sunday and not having to play a game which would have been played in worse conditions than your first game of the season against Lisburn would have been more beneficial to yourselves! With regards last year, you have forgotten very quickly that we reversed our home fixture to play yourselves at the Green, as if we hadn't it would have been a no result and CSNI would have won the league! Hopefully that fox gets lost in the long grass!!
marty
Dunno if you have seen Mark Yeates or not? plays for Saintfield. he can bowl very sharpish and on his day can trouble most batsmen. when he gets it spot on he can be impossible to play. Ross Boultwood has also returned to Saintfield and is another very good quick bowler for the future. i think both lads are still under the age of 20
re s hughes
looks were not deceiving uncovered wicket was super only reason the covered wicket was damp because no one was there to take covers off and let the sun do its work
hope yous had a good stag do on friday
i suppose thats the thanks u get for ndcc lending u the ground last year for a game against derriaghy at the end of last season
long runs the fox
Is that the same Bart who left his gear at Eglinton one time and didn't get it for days?
talk on the other channel just got me wondering on fast bowlers in the ncu, cant really think of too many and could probably count them on the one hand! ie connell,McKenna,simpson, coulter and gill
Any up and coming quickies floating about around the clubs?
Dundrumm cc would like too wish Academy cc all the best in the junior cup final on sat their 3rd final in 5 years ,the veterans greenlees , kelso. boyd ,thompson & irons will no doubt looking forward to another cup win .ps eway ballyholland in galway plate
Make sure your gear's not in Bumpers car!
Bit hard on Mark there James. Actually even harder to understand what you are saying. What's age got to do with the continuation of a cup match as opposed to a bowl-out? If you want to play cricket then you want to play cricket. Ask people like Billy Dale if he could make it for 6 o'clock on a Monday night to continue a senior cup semi-final and you'll get a proper cricket answer.
If I was young, single and under 40 James I'd be worried about what I was going to do on a Monday night! Surely most senior players practice on Monday nights anyway. Doesn't anyone want to play cricket these days?
Re Robin Haire :
Looks can be deceiving Robin...
'Mark' I can only assume you are over 40/45 years of age, or older.
I can't see a lot of young PLAYERS coming on here and suggesting what you are - yours is an old school mentality.
Ask the North Down guys )for example) if they want to play Saturday and Sunday every week and then throw in a Monday and Tuesday night at the Lawn...
Maybe if you're young, free and single - then you'll play every night of the week!!!
Ed?
I'm not in favour of weeknight continuation James, but I'm certainly not a bowl out man either. Re-arrangements for me.
James are you serious? Come on this is the senior cup and you are saying you can't get to a venue for a 6pm start on a Monday evening resumption which will possibly happen once in a 'blue moon'. Maybe never happen with that attitude! Let's be positive and think in terms of the other 21 players can make it.
sorry me again guys forgot to mention that C.I.Y.M.S. also looked really well last saturday at 11am
Its one thing getting to your own ground for practice on a Monday night for 6.30/6.45 for a net, quite another getting to a ground a hour away for a 6pm resumption.
