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Date: 22/5/2013
Author: clair
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its time we start paying attention to strike rates in domestic cricket.
unless this extremely important aspect is looked at closely all we will play are a group of trundlers devoid of any strokemakers.
coaching staff wake up please.
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Date: 21/5/2013
Author: Dumbslog Millionaire
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The main reason, in my opinion, that clubs are struggling to retain juniors is the ideology of almost all clubs I've seen that the club stalwarts should play instead of giving youngsters a shot, even if they are better players.
Juniors are, rightly, frustrated because there is no obvious way to get a game every Saturday and when they do they are often not given a chance to show what they can do or are dropped whenever a senior comes back.
Junior cricket is all well and good but it is useless if the players quit the game as soon as they are too old.
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Date: 21/5/2013
Author: Keith Young
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I thought I'd reply to Joe's post, on matters of fact rather than opinion, and in this regard am posting as the Secretary of the WDJCU. Aside the fact that the poor weather has caused a number of cancellations in all forms of cricket, it's perhaps worth noting that 37 junior league matches have already taken place in the west, with inter-area, and ECB and other cup competition games also being completed in addition to these. It's also worth noting that the number of junior league matches scheduled (accepted not necessarily completed) in the west has increased in recent years. In 2010 the number was 336, in 2011 it was 356, and in 2012 it was 453. 2013 has 429 scheduled. A new Under 13 League Cup was also introduced this season , and new participating clubs welcomed into the leagues, for example Victoria CC. And, to reiterate, junior cup, friendly and representative matches will add to the 429 league games scheduled.
A brief comment to add to this: whilst it is important that none of us involved in trying to grow the game become complacent, nor indeed underestimate the challenges posed by consistently poor weather, we should equally not say that we're all doomed. In my opinion, there remains a strong, club-based, junior cricket system in the west, organised and run by dedicated volunteers and coaches in a great many clubs. The way in which clubs support each other in junior development should also not be overlooked, from working together in area development groups, through partnering in Summer Squad Coaches, to combining together to field joint teams at age-groups where an individual club might struggle to field a full team. No complacency, but certainly not all doom and gloom.
Much more about west junior cricket can be found on its website: www.westjuniorcricket.com
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Date: 21/5/2013
Author: Manu
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How many players were given full time contracts for this year by CS and who are them?Saw an article on plans to increase number of contracts but saw no final report on both CS website and CE.
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Date: 20/5/2013
Author: Richard Young
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Most of the post was good Joe, especially when you state "Weather is the paramount problem!!" and then you go and spoil it.
"Many senior guys also chucked it when the new structure was created." Any chance you could list these senior players i.e. their names and actually include physical and tangible proof to back your statement?
"Berrington playing at Weirs, Calum at langloan." - When did Berrington last play at Weirs? About 8 seasons ago. Admittedly he won't be playing there this year, in fact no 1st team cricket will probably be played on it this year because it's under water with collapsed drains etc. But it's been a reasonable track with consistent high scores over the last ten seasons as a SNCL/CSL club. And it's not the size of the ground because it's actually a bigger playing area than say Glenpark and Meikelriggs. This will be the same track that got an ICC Commendation Award from Richard Houldsworth as well? Mmmmmm. It's not perfect but should you not be concentrating on saving cricket instead of savaging cricket clubs?
And Calum at Langloan. Correct me if I am wrong but is this not the ground he grew up on and came to prominence on that led to him originally getting a professional contract? This will also be a ground that has traditionally been a decent deck for both the bat and ball for nearly 170 years and produced many a fine player for representative honours.
And Albert Park seemed good enough for Moneeb Iqbal last season when he was the top run-scorer in the CSL West last season.
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Date: 20/5/2013
Author: Dumbslog Millionaire
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With the weather the way it is I think we should have an indoor tournament not only in the winter but also in the summer. Means players will retain some interest during the rainy spell that we call 'summer'.
As for playing on poor wickets, it's better than not playing at all.
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