Ballarat Cricket Association
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With the country week draw out how does everyone think ballarat will go...??
Monday @Windy Hill VS Bendigo
Tuesday @ Altona VS Mornington
Wednesday @ Carlton VS Ferntree Gully
Thursday @ Northcote VS Geelong
To me it looks as though they will beat Ferntree Gully but apart from that face a tough run in the other games.
Anyones thoughts????
With the country week draw out how does everyone think ballarat will go...??
Monday @Windy Hill VS Bendigo
Tuesday @ Altona VS Mornington
Wednesday @ Carlton VS Ferntree Gully
Thursday @ Northcote VS Geelong
To me it looks as though they will beat Ferntree Gully but apart from that face a tough run in the other games.
Anyones thoughts????
Re: Ballarat Cricket Association
With the country week draw out how does everyone think ballarat will go...??
Monday @Windy Hill VS Bendigo
Tuesday @ Altona VS Mornington
Wednesday @ Carlton VS Ferntree Gully
Thursday @ Northcote VS Geelong
To me it looks as though they will beat Ferntree Gully but apart from that face a tough run in the other games.
Anyones thoughts????
With the country week draw out how does everyone think ballarat will go...??
Monday @Windy Hill VS Bendigo
Tuesday @ Altona VS Mornington
Wednesday @ Carlton VS Ferntree Gully
Thursday @ Northcote VS Geelong
To me it looks as though they will beat Ferntree Gully but apart from that face a tough run in the other games.
Anyones thoughts????
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3 tough games by the look of it. bendigo looked ok with the ball but not great,post a decent total u never know. mornington always strong, tough game. should beat ferntree gully. geelong boys like to get on the piss so by thursday they will be feeling it so might win that game. if we can somehow steal a couple of games we mite see friday... maybe wishful thinking...
thickedge;205522 said:
3 tough games by the look of it. bendigo looked ok with the ball but not great,post a decent total u never know. mornington always strong, tough game. should beat ferntree gully. geelong boys like to get on the piss so by thursday they will be feeling it so might win that game. if we can somehow steal a couple of games we mite see friday... maybe wishful thinking...
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3 tough games by the look of it. bendigo looked ok with the ball but not great,post a decent total u never know. mornington always strong, tough game. should beat ferntree gully. geelong boys like to get on the piss so by thursday they will be feeling it so might win that game. if we can somehow steal a couple of games we mite see friday... maybe wishful thinking...
thickedge;205522 said:
3 tough games by the look of it. bendigo looked ok with the ball but not great,post a decent total u never know. mornington always strong, tough game. should beat ferntree gully. geelong boys like to get on the piss so by thursday they will be feeling it so might win that game. if we can somehow steal a couple of games we mite see friday... maybe wishful thinking...
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G'day guys. Been interesting looking at some of the issues floating around the forum over the past few weeks. Couldn't resist any longer in putting forward my thoughts.
I reckon the BCA still needs to have 2 day games, but we also need to develop the other versions, ie. one day and 2020. Like test cricket, the 2 dayers give the chance for players to really develop and 'test' their skills. Listen to players like Gilchrist last week, the top players see the longer form of the game as 'real' cricket.
We should be looking at our competition to ultimately produce as good cricketers as possible, striving to get to premier cricket, vic country, state cricket and maybe one day Ballarat might produce a test player. Would Shane Harwood have gone as far with all one day games (max 9 overs)???
2 dayers spread the result over 160 overs, meaning the better side has the best chance of winning - encourages clubs to improve. Having all one-dayers could also see guys batting below 7 hardly getting a hit all year.
We could probably do with a better one-day format - 3 doesn't seem like the right number when country week is all one-dayers. Also lower grades could play more one-dayers.
G'day guys. Been interesting looking at some of the issues floating around the forum over the past few weeks. Couldn't resist any longer in putting forward my thoughts.
I reckon the BCA still needs to have 2 day games, but we also need to develop the other versions, ie. one day and 2020. Like test cricket, the 2 dayers give the chance for players to really develop and 'test' their skills. Listen to players like Gilchrist last week, the top players see the longer form of the game as 'real' cricket.
We should be looking at our competition to ultimately produce as good cricketers as possible, striving to get to premier cricket, vic country, state cricket and maybe one day Ballarat might produce a test player. Would Shane Harwood have gone as far with all one day games (max 9 overs)???
2 dayers spread the result over 160 overs, meaning the better side has the best chance of winning - encourages clubs to improve. Having all one-dayers could also see guys batting below 7 hardly getting a hit all year.
We could probably do with a better one-day format - 3 doesn't seem like the right number when country week is all one-dayers. Also lower grades could play more one-dayers.
Carpet Legs
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Re: Ballarat Cricket Association
G'day guys. Been interesting looking at some of the issues floating around the forum over the past few weeks. Couldn't resist any longer in putting forward my thoughts.
I reckon the BCA still needs to have 2 day games, but we also need to develop the other versions, ie. one day and 2020. Like test cricket, the 2 dayers give the chance for players to really develop and 'test' their skills. Listen to players like Gilchrist last week, the top players see the longer form of the game as 'real' cricket.
We should be looking at our competition to ultimately produce as good cricketers as possible, striving to get to premier cricket, vic country, state cricket and maybe one day Ballarat might produce a test player. Would Shane Harwood have gone as far with all one day games (max 9 overs)???
2 dayers spread the result over 160 overs, meaning the better side has the best chance of winning - encourages clubs to improve. Having all one-dayers could also see guys batting below 7 hardly getting a hit all year.
We could probably do with a better one-day format - 3 doesn't seem like the right number when country week is all one-dayers. Also lower grades could play more one-dayers.
G'day guys. Been interesting looking at some of the issues floating around the forum over the past few weeks. Couldn't resist any longer in putting forward my thoughts.
I reckon the BCA still needs to have 2 day games, but we also need to develop the other versions, ie. one day and 2020. Like test cricket, the 2 dayers give the chance for players to really develop and 'test' their skills. Listen to players like Gilchrist last week, the top players see the longer form of the game as 'real' cricket.
We should be looking at our competition to ultimately produce as good cricketers as possible, striving to get to premier cricket, vic country, state cricket and maybe one day Ballarat might produce a test player. Would Shane Harwood have gone as far with all one day games (max 9 overs)???
2 dayers spread the result over 160 overs, meaning the better side has the best chance of winning - encourages clubs to improve. Having all one-dayers could also see guys batting below 7 hardly getting a hit all year.
We could probably do with a better one-day format - 3 doesn't seem like the right number when country week is all one-dayers. Also lower grades could play more one-dayers.
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totally agree carpet legs...one day cricket isnt the answer. after playing in england this year (all onedayers) i loved coming back 2 play 2 dayers. at the end of the season the 4 best teams usually play off. im not saying that wouldnt be the case if we had onedayers but i couldnt imagine playing a oneday final.. i love the 4 day grand final. its much like a test match where the best team over the 4 days wins. it not only tests ur physical skills but also mentally..
totally agree carpet legs...one day cricket isnt the answer. after playing in england this year (all onedayers) i loved coming back 2 play 2 dayers. at the end of the season the 4 best teams usually play off. im not saying that wouldnt be the case if we had onedayers but i couldnt imagine playing a oneday final.. i love the 4 day grand final. its much like a test match where the best team over the 4 days wins. it not only tests ur physical skills but also mentally..
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totally agree carpet legs...one day cricket isnt the answer. after playing in england this year (all onedayers) i loved coming back 2 play 2 dayers. at the end of the season the 4 best teams usually play off. im not saying that wouldnt be the case if we had onedayers but i couldnt imagine playing a oneday final.. i love the 4 day grand final. its much like a test match where the best team over the 4 days wins. it not only tests ur physical skills but also mentally..
totally agree carpet legs...one day cricket isnt the answer. after playing in england this year (all onedayers) i loved coming back 2 play 2 dayers. at the end of the season the 4 best teams usually play off. im not saying that wouldnt be the case if we had onedayers but i couldnt imagine playing a oneday final.. i love the 4 day grand final. its much like a test match where the best team over the 4 days wins. it not only tests ur physical skills but also mentally..
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A man, on his way home from work was stuck in traffic on the Monash freeway which was much worse than usual. Noticing a policeman walking among the stalled cars, he asked, "Officer, what's the holdup?"
The policeman says: "Wayne Carey is so depressed about being caught beating up his girlfriend he's stopped his car and is threatening to douse himself in petrol and set himself on fire.
He says his family hates him, fans hate him, his former team mates hate him and he now won't have the $1million from his footy show contract.
I'm walking around taking up a collection for him."
"Oh, really?" the man says. "How much have you collected so far?"
"So far only 18 litres, but a lot of people are still siphoning."
Re: Ballarat Cricket Association
A man, on his way home from work was stuck in traffic on the Monash freeway which was much worse than usual. Noticing a policeman walking among the stalled cars, he asked, "Officer, what's the holdup?"
The policeman says: "Wayne Carey is so depressed about being caught beating up his girlfriend he's stopped his car and is threatening to douse himself in petrol and set himself on fire.
He says his family hates him, fans hate him, his former team mates hate him and he now won't have the $1million from his footy show contract.
I'm walking around taking up a collection for him."
"Oh, really?" the man says. "How much have you collected so far?"
"So far only 18 litres, but a lot of people are still siphoning."
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The policeman says: "Wayne Carey is so depressed about being caught beating up his girlfriend he's stopped his car and is threatening to douse himself in petrol and set himself on fire.
He says his family hates him, fans hate him, his former team mates hate him and he now won't have the $1million from his footy show contract.
I'm walking around taking up a collection for him."
"Oh, really?" the man says. "How much have you collected so far?"
"So far only 18 litres, but a lot of people are still siphoning."
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