RA Cricket team for 2007/08 Season

Hey hey

This summer we are entering our own outdoor cricket side.

Officially we will be considered part of Belair cricket club but the team will be run by Reewind and myself. So far we have around 8-9 confirmed players for the season with a few people chucking their name in as possible fill ins but cant commit for an entire season.

The team so far consists of mainly RAer's, we will be playing in a low div in the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket association.

Our home ground is Belair national park, about a 15 minute drive from the CBD.

Game times are 1:30 - 5:30 Saturday afternoons, subs for the entire season will be around $120.

If anyones interested PM me

Can we sign up for official cheer squad?

You sure can

You and Dani will have a blast, too bad Ali would I assume be watching Brodie

Dani can be predisent and I will be vise.. Sounds like an awesome plan to me

Sounds good to me too

saturday arvo drinking in the sun watching the boys play cricket? I'm in!

This post has been edited by ~Em~: Aug 9 2007, 03:21 PM

you will bail at the first sigh of 38 degree day, you are not hard

bring on 43 degrees cut off point being 44 like in turf? or is it different?

Cut off for hot weather is 42 i believe

ahh is it now, what a bunch of soft cocks

hardwicket, for hard men

Cant wait "WE ARE THE MEN IN WHITE! " Sung in the same tune as the men in Black

This post has been edited by devious: Aug 13 2007, 09:32 AM

Sniper is keen on playing also.

Fucking rocking, that gives us atleast 10 definates now possibly 11.

pity you guys are so southern. Ill be playing div 2 hard wicket for Nth Pines A's, have done for some time Para Districts Cricket Association is a great association to play in.

Looking forward to cricket season.

Nothing better than sitting out side in the sun with a few drinks, relaxing!

Nah I know Duane through Indoor cricket, he just happened to play for Para the year they played against us

Season starts October 6th guys, fire up.

Subs will be $150 not $120 as stated before sorry.

YAY.

First game was played Saturday just gone, with great weather.

Guys did good, probably need to have a training tho, just to get people used to things.

See you all next week!

was a bit weird playing outdoor but it was fun

was a good effort considering all the rustyness & half the team ad not played outdoor before, the other team got so many lucky brakes, really could have come away with the first innings points

all in all a good effort though, will be bringing my gear to indoor this week to have a hit in the nets with a real ball and give some of the guys a bit more practice

drew, got a couple of balls?

someone else bring some gear and we can have 'batting in pairs' to practice our calls & running between wickets (if you dont think the run is there, call no etc)

you should have a fair idea of a conventional field and when you can and can not run, this is how we trained at district when we used the Adelaide Oval indoor nets

i would also suggest since we will not be doing to much training getting to the ground possibly 1.5hrs early, 15 mins to set up & 1hr or so to have proper fielding drills, seeing as the ball takes a few wicked bounces across the uneven surface we need to get used to that

i'm an ideas man darryl

Drew do you keep the scorebook?
im keen to add a section to the Team Systo website

Very much looking forward to coming down and watching more games this summer.
Was nice to meet anyone I met for the first time

Nah mate I dont, Ryan has them.

But the stats will be available on the SACA website eventually once the system is up and running.

WooHoo!

I'm getting boozy tomorrow!

Good Times!

hey lads

got onto mike last night - keen to get out in the whites


my bloody hip has been playing up and ive been seeing a chiro with no success but im off to the physio this weekend to hopefully get some idea what im up against.

also have a wedding, so unable to help out with chad being injured this weekend.


but other than a trip i have planned to qld in November, i should be available most of the season if you guys need me.

go to an osteopath man

chiro and physio are junk

hope to see you out in the pearly whites soon!

sweet, great work del

we got enough for a full team this week?

getting old my good man!

my back problem was muscular/tendon/etc but it was caused by misalignment of my bones.. my hips were out and i had a curve in my spine

prob best to go to a good GP and get them to refer you, my GP is also a homeopath he picked up the problem i was having instantly put me onto the osteopath

imo good sports massure and osteopath is the way to go if you have a active lifestyle, the rest is just money down the toilet

Ive put Stats and Scores up on the team systo website for Round 1 already guys

Click on RESULTS and you'll see an OUTDOOR CRICKET column
also STATS you will see OUTDOOR an CRICKET column

will update these after every game

(dont worry mike... will do indoor scores next)

Haha, nice one mate. Fingers crossed we all make some more runs this week because our bowling was pretty good.

Drew, Del obviously can't play and Morgs doesn't reply to messages these days, so looks like we're one short then.

Ash would be the only other person I can think of if you wanted to ask him (he is shit at replying too).

Drew has spoken to Mike (from the other team) and am pretty sure you guys have a full team.

Tis all good i think

Will see you guys tomoroow!

cant fucking wait
enjoying playing outdoor so much more than i did last year

just had a very very interesting chat with DJ

and?

secret squirrel cant tells

No we dont have a full team

Still need a player

This post has been edited by Drew©°·.¸.·´¯`¤: Oct 19 2007, 03:14 PM

ask DJ

He cant play.

Everyone we have tried can play from this week on, which is absolutely 0 help.

Anyone on RA keen for a hit?

ME!

so who else is out from last week?
dimi comes in for don
who coming in for Gus?

i dont know his name but there was a guy that was there for most of saturday last week that said he was gonna play for us most of the season
is he playing?

1. Congratulations to Drew for scoring a ton on the weekend. Fucking batted brilliantly
2. Congratulations team for winning our first game of the season
3. Contratulations Bill for his first ever wicket last week
4. Team Systo website updated with Round 2 results and stats

what a shit day weatherwise. That was possibly the worst conditions i have ever batted in. Great result in the end. Its a pity we couldnt have a crack at them though as i reckon we could have pushed for the outright

loving cricket at the moment

Well done babe

nice ton drew and well done on the win knighters.

weather was crap. nearly blew me and mike over while we were umpiring - but with the relative size of us two blokes, spose thats not saying much. haha


cheers for fitting me into the side lads.

Just spoke to mike the other captain and we have 13 available players this week.

Does anyone need either this week or next week off?

The weather sucked on Saturday
Congrats Drew for making 112.
Go team.

if you want, i can sit the following weekend out?

are we really at the stage where people need to sit out?
i know originally this team was set up so all the systo boys could play outdoor together
would be a shame for us to sit out because we have other "belair" players coming in the side

I have something else i would like to do this weekend, as well seeing as my sister is down from Canberra also i would like to spend some time with her & the family, so i don't mind missing out yo

and when i originally said i would play i told drew i would not be able to commit to every game due to other commitments.

so it's no fuss to me if belair guys play or del, ash, whatever

i dont see how i am being harsh?
im just asking a question

if theres 13 players available and 7 of them are systo boys that means theres 6 others available... how is drew going to work out who misses out?

i also understand drew only asked if anyone wanted a week off.....so thats cool if someone does but then what if no one wants to sit out what happens then?

just curious is all

im planning on going away for that weekend with elleni, so it works out perfectly

i guess Drew will have to rotate ppl

im not having a go at u just thought it was a bit harsh just to think its only a systo team and belair guys should sit out

I am playing this week for definate.
JUST TRY AND STOP ME!

err i think your hand is the thing that will try not one of us

I am playing my hand is in agreement.

hey guys, i've just realised i made a mistake - its not next sat the 10th, but the 17th that i've planned to be away.

if that is going to be a problem drew, i'll sit out both weeks...

Well we have already picked the team with Jim playing the second week so I cant really tell him he isnt playing now sorry

That said, if we bat this week you can still come out and field on the 10th anyway because we will have the extra person and we can just sub people on and off.

This post has been edited by Drew©°·.¸.·´¯`¤: Nov 1 2007, 02:44 PM

no dramas mate - i only realised my mistake this morning

i was last on board guys, so if it comes to it, im happy to sit out. only fair.

itching to get out there this week though. light rain forcast, but lets hope its just some drizzle.

cheers for the offer del, but i fucked up so its only fair for me to sit this one out.

Saturday: Southerly winds and showers increasing in south. Storms in the northeast clearing.
Rain periods, easing to a few showers in the evening. Cool with moderate south
to southeast winds.

Max 19

bit worse than a "light rain forecast" del unfortunately

bring your dryasabones ladies

checked this morning and it was light rain - but its gone from 1 to 5mm.

just like life, mother nature's a bitch. 2 weeks in a row


we'd push on if its light rain though yea?

Cause its hardwicket you can play in the rain providing its not raining when you start or when your about to return from a break and its not heavy as fuck.

But playing in any rain is fucked especially if your bowling cause it fucks the ball up and makes it slippery as shit.

I am keen to play through the rain i am rain proof!

mike invited me to cover a few weeks back but ive been getting physio for the past month after i tore 2 muscles in my right thigh/groin....but the recovery is going well and i may be able to bowl my left armer pace soon. need to get in the nets for some batting practice thought......

Bill your spot is free if your still available for this weekend?

Also we have one of the other teams batsmen coming down for this week, as Tom is playing in their team this game, so we have a fucking tidy batting order this game for the one dayer.

I will also be shuffling the batting order around a little bit.

This post has been edited by Drew©°·.¸.·´¯`¤: Nov 6 2007, 01:59 PM

Havent finalised it yet and it will depend on the game situation, you will probably drop down to 5 or 6 though for this one, but since Tom is out you and Bill will have to do his share of the bowling:)

Bring it on have been hanging to play.

shit sorry Dani i deleted your double post... but someone else did too so they are both gone...

on the batting order... 5th or 6th... interesting..obviously im better at not going the bash and crash late in the innings so dropping me down could be a disadvantage.. or are you looking to put a couple of bash and crashers up the order? having me come in at 3 or 4 down could be good if your looking at settling down and not losing too many quick wickets in the middle overs

as for bowling yeah i will be looking forward to having a decent trundle

as for danis comment that i deleted about scoring and umpiring... yes totally
everyone needs to learn and do it
its not hard.... scoring and umpiring are a piece of piss

Belair

hooray thanks dani

*Spadge, please do not delete* LOL

I will be coming to watch after i get my hair done!

Like i said earlier, i feel EVERYONE needs to learn how to score and to umpire. It's only fair and their both not that hard to do!

See you boogies there!

definitely not hard to do

umpiring is a piece of piss

bowler comes in... watch his foot... if ALL of his foot is over the line "NO BALL" and stick either arm out at 90 degrees to your body
batsmen cant get out on a no ball either bowled, LBW or caught.. however you can get run out or stumped on a no ball

if the ball is legit and hits the pad, only give LBW if it is dead plumb. ie ball pitches dead in line (hits the pitch in line) and then hits the pad right in front of the stumps. If your not 100% sure, give it not out

any runs off the pad is a leg bye and you signal that by lifting your knee up and patting it a few times

any runs that go past the batsmen and doesnt hit him or the bat is a bye and you signal that bye lifting your arm straight up above your head.

A wide is probably the most contentious as its at the umpires discretion. If the ball is off the pitch then its a wide. If the ball is a long way outside off stump so the batsmen is struggling to reach it... its a wide..
Down leg side is similar. We arent playing for australia so we need to be a bit more lenient.
Signal a wide by extending both arms out at 90 degrees

If the ball is bowled and its on the full and above waste height then the square leg umpire needs to call a no ball
Bouncers are ok

at the end of each delivery you need to click the counter. When 4 balls have been bowled in the over you need to signal to the square leg umpire that theres 2 balls left and he will confirm it. At the end of the over you click the over on the counter and reset the "balls" on the counter.

In the case of a wide or a no ball then that ball will need to be re-bowled too.. so if he bowls 2 wides then he will need to bowl 8 balls in that over

when a new batsmen comes in its good to say things like "Hey mikey.. right arm over the wicket mate.. 3 balls to come", and then when the batsmen asks you "is that centre mate?" check his bat lines up with middle stump and say something cool like "Yeah mate thats dead on" or "yep thats 2 centres right there pal" or "of course it is.. theres a fucking dirty great chalk line already drawn there by the last cunt who asked"

When a new bowler comes on ask what he bowls. Most times he will say Right arm over the wicket unless he is a leftie. Then tell the batsmen that theres a new bowler on and he bowls right arm over.

at the end of 10 overs signal and get 2 more umpires out to swap over

this ends Spadges Umpiring lesson 101

fuck that sounds confusing.. lol

i am quite happy to do the book again this week.

I mean i can do it but i wont be there til later on

pair me up with some rosella and lather me on a hotdog, cause im the keen-est man alive to get out there this weekend.

happy to do some scoring and square leg umpiring again this week too but reckon need a few more weeks under my belt before i fire out the billy bowden crooked finger.

I think i am more keen to play mate.
Wanna fight over it!

This post has been edited by devious: Nov 7 2007, 09:55 AM

you're on!

i'll get the tub of jelly, brb.

the week off sucked
im keen as fuck

try 2 weeks off!

looking forward to saturday's game!!

I am looking forward to doing some scoring

yep one day

lol!!

seems like the golden rule of umpiring is 'going down leg side'

yep
or 'nah mate just missing off"

Pretty much, but I dont expect you to do the bowlers end straight away.

Square leg is easy cause all you have to do is call no balls and runouts/stumpings - which are also rarely out unless they are out by like a metre

I will do it next time reewind bats

Hey i am going to grab some snags for lunch tomorrow anyone keen to chip in a few bucks for bread and snags.

no probs - will chip in for sure

keen

soughted see you guys there.