Domestic Cricket 2009-10

the crow · Post by **the crow** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:30 pm

Well hopefully NSW will be 2.6mill better off early tomorrow morning!

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:51 pm

the crow wrote:Well hopefully NSW will be 2.6mill better off early tomorrow morning!

They are, does all of that go to the players though?

Or some goes to the cricket body?

gyfox · Post by **gyfox** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:11 pm

Egan wrote:
the crow wrote:Well hopefully NSW will be 2.6mill better off early tomorrow morning!
They are, does all of that go to the players though?

Or some goes to the cricket body?

Allan Border was just saying on the Ford Ranger Cup commentary that the NSW players get about $100,000 each.

deejaybee · Post by **deejaybee** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:13 pm

nobleoz brought to my attention of the opinion in The Australian by Patrtick Smith.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 70,00.html

He states that Cricket's newfound riches and three formats will "soak up athletes".
Anyone agree?

Soaks · Post by **Soaks** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:21 pm

deejaybee wrote:nobleoz brought to my attention of the opinion in The Australian by Patrtick Smith.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 70,00.html

He states that Cricket's newfound riches and three formats will "soak up athletes".
Anyone agree?

I thought "cricket" and "athletes" were mutually exclusive words.

Come down to my cricket club.I'll show you some "athletes"

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:34 pm

There are more riches in World Football...

So naturally they will soke up most of the athletes. Load of crap...

You can't change the dominance of athletes in AFL and NRL around with simply more money coming out of the Sub-Continent for cricketers.

I was watching the Ford Ranger Broadcast until the TV was taken over from me.

beastjim · Post by **beastjim** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:23 pm

Hehehe. I haven't seen any crowd shots, sounds rather small and there has been little promotion for the game. So small that we have lost the ball.

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:17 pm

Well Done Bulls...

Didn't watch much, but what I saw you were well on top throughout the game.

beastjim · Post by **beastjim** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:31 pm

Yeah i was watching the A-League. Watching the scores the bulls did well, a heavy rain shower went through towards the start of their innings. So it would have certainly helped things for the bowlers. Hartley's promotion to the top of the order appears to be a smart move so far, could finally help push him towards Australian selection.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:33 am

Peter Roebuck is complaining about the SCG and Australian pitches generally in his column today. He makes a fair point linking the run feasts to the decline of Test cricket. The scorecard in India and Sri Lanka's Test is supporting that argument as well.

Last year 23 of the 30 regular season Sheffield Shield matches tielded results. So far his year there have been two outrights from six completed fixtures with NSW v Tas set for a draw. WA and Vic are currently having a lively match so that should take the ratio to 5 draws out of 8.

Of the completed draws, the NSW v WA game waas affected by rain but the scorecard shows it was heading for a draw. Qld v SA manufactured an exciting finish but the other two were boring run feasts.

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:41 am

The wicket in Perth was absolutely shizenhausen.

Glad they are in Melbourne rather than Perth as well. Rain and wind the last two days

SCG's wicket is not drop in is it?

the crow · Post by **the crow** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:18 pm

^ no SCG is rebuilt every season...there was alot of games there last year so the wicket square got a bit of a hiding.

wildcat · Post by **wildcat** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:36 am

How come sheffield shield games are 4 days?

Seeing as its a devopment league of sorts, with players not jsut playing for their state but also the potential of playing for Australia, wouldn't it make more sense to make them 5 days?

This would lead to fewer draws

beastjim · Post by **beastjim** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:16 pm

They compensate by playing 96 overs in a day instead of 90. Means there is about a difference of 50 overs, sometimes that would mean a result but on a majority of occasions probably not. Plus it keeps costs down, because there is no way the Shield runs at a profit for any team. I say, more green decks around the country, a good way to get a result is the rip through the top order in the first session and a team be 5 down.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:14 pm

Two 4s of the last two balls of the day see Tassie win by one wicket in the Shield. Unbelieveable win. The two teams play a F50 game tomorrow under lights at Bellerive - the first major d/n game there .

Brad Hodge retiring too. Shame - he should be in the Australian team but realises that won't happen so he is bowing out. He's bludgeoned attacks all over the country so as a Blues fan I won't miss him that much.