clubcricketeradi wrote:Alviro Patterson wrote:Not a good net session this week. Early midweek interest from folk never converted to attending nets, so only 3 turned up. In addition my bat has developed a small crack at the ridge, bowling wise the yips made a comeback as I could not bowl spin the ball due to tension and managed to get three balls stuck on the roof of the nets. A change of bowling style was prompted, just went running in trying to bowl as fast as possible which yielded in better results (an edge behind and hit middle stump) in amongst some wayward filth.
How much is the total count of clubcricketers in your club ? Surprised to read only 3 had interest this week.
Official club nets don't begin until March. A few of us in the 2nd xi wanted to hit the ground running early and knock in some new bats, so I took the iniative to book an indoor lane at a local cricket club.
From memory there are 43 players registered across two teams. Though 17 of those players are available to play most match days, 7 players half a season and the rest a few matches here and there. There were times both 1sts and 2nds fielded less than 11 players, very difficult to win a game. A shame really because the 1st team narrowly missed out on promotion to Group B in 2013 and only avoided relegation to Group D in 2014 with one new team entering the league this year in that group.
Word spreads about the unofficial off-season nets and had two prospective players wanting to attend, only not to turn up. Two current players expressed their interest in attending and have yet to show up. One player who turned up from last week (and was very keen for off-season nets) got into a strop for an unknown reason and didn't turn up yesterday.
Ideally I want numbers limited for a 1 hour lane (minimum of 4, maximum of 6) so all players can get a decent bat in. Any more and a 2nd lane is needed to ensure all players get time to bat.