Cricket Albury/wodonga (caw)

[Big Fish]

Kiewa opening bowler with lift. probably Kelvin Bailey.
leg spinner in B's. if this year, Ben Dove.
moving it a fair bit at moment.

[Ducks fly together]

The only unfortunate thing about the way we play our cricket is we really dont encourage alot of spinners. Its hard for someone to get a bit of purchase on pitches that, for the most part, are flat and true. They never have the chance to bowl on a cracked surface, but as is the nature of weekend/bush cricket I guess.

Got some time on my hands so my tips for the weekend (50 over games):

Wodonga over St Pats in a tight one.
North to easily beat Belvoir
Tallangatta to thump Albury
Lavi to continue their good run with a win over East
Raiders to break their duck over Yack

Will be good to see cricket back on the border this weekend!!

[old hand]

yeah i have to agree with you on all those tips except i reckon yack may well get one over raiders, itl be close. District wickets are far better for spinners, mainly because they are mostly shithouse decks. kiewa is ok and mt beauty ill grant you is a road with not much in it for any bowlers, but other than that they are definatly not batsman friendly. provinicial is obviously a bit different but its hard at places like dederang where they're on different water restrictions than in town (or were, not sure atm)

[patty]

Newspaper said the best of the best will play against australian marsters in late feb so who gets in that side thommo restall tonkin jones wood costello daniels lade kennedy naughton hill 12th man simmonds from nth good fielder thats in order not many teams in nsw vic act would beat them ...........:d

[Powerbroker]

Originally Posted by patty

Newspaper said the best of the best will play against australian marsters in late feb so who gets in that side thommo restall tonkin jones wood costello daniels lade kennedy naughton hill 12th man simmonds from nth good fielder thats in order not many teams in nsw vic act would beat them ...........:d

What about Booth from North,didnt he top score in the SCG Cup semi final?

[Powerbroker]

Originally Posted by Big Fish

Kiewa opening bowler with lift. probably Kelvin Bailey.
leg spinner in B's. if this year, Ben Dove.
moving it a fair bit at moment.

Y cant Dove get a game in A Grade,20 odd wickets before xmas I believe?

[old hand]

yeah i asked the same question when we played them but apparently it a bit of a case of shit gets wickets, and besides, andy norling is sending down his spinners for them in A grade

[KokodaMidget]

Originally Posted by old hand

yeah i asked the same question when we played them but apparently it a bit of a case of shit gets wickets, and besides, andy norling is sending down his spinners for them in A grade

A double case of shit getting wickets then.......

[KokodaMidget]

Originally Posted by Ducks fly together

The only unfortunate thing about the way we play our cricket is we really dont encourage alot of spinners. Its hard for someone to get a bit of purchase on pitches that, for the most part, are flat and true. They never have the chance to bowl on a cracked surface, but as is the nature of weekend/bush cricket I guess.

Got some time on my hands so my tips for the weekend (50 over games):

Wodonga over St Pats in a tight one.
North to easily beat Belvoir
Tallangatta to thump Albury
Lavi to continue their good run with a win over East
Raiders to break their duck over Yack

Will be good to see cricket back on the border this weekend!!

I think most pitches around town take a bit of spin, but unfortunately, there's not a lot of good spinners out there. The top 2 sides have the best, Armstrong is under-rated, & obviously Daniel.

As for your tips, i think we might see a couple of results this weekend which might surprise you, don't be startled if East beat Lavi, & Belvoir will be hard to beat at home against North.....

[Ducks fly together]

Originally Posted by KokodaMidget

As for your tips, i think we might see a couple of results this weekend which might surprise you, don't be startled if East beat Lavi, & Belvoir will be hard to beat at home against North.....

I cant see Belvoir getting near North. last round Belvoir escaped with a 1-run win over the Raiders, North is a totally different proposition, even at home they dont match up to the hoppers.

Mind you, I would love to see the eagles win, would even up the competition nicely heading toward the finals!