2015/2016 Barclay Shield Thread

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shortnwide said:
VSDCA 1s and 2s and DDCA turf played. Vic Prem 3rds and 4ths aren't any better equipped to play in the heat than Barclay or Money, but I agree that the correct decision was made with regard to the other grades. I think the heat policy is good and transparent, but a few degrees too low for the 1st XI grades, would hate to lose 2 or 3 rounds one season because of a few 40degree days, but maybe I'm in the majority
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Sports Medicine Australia, Australia’s peak advisory body on all sports medical and health issues, recommends cancellation at 36, because at that temperature the risk of heat injury is "extreme".

When the DVCA originally decided on 38, Cricket Australia was recommending 37.

On the question of the relative dangers of heat and "cold", extreme heat events have been responsible for more deaths in Australia than the combined total of deaths from all other natural hazards (barring disease epidemics). While 173 people died in the Black Saturday fires, for example, 374 people died from heat stress around that time.

PS it's interesting that the Subbies thread is reporting at leat some cases of umpire/player heat stress in some 1sts/2nds matches on 19 December.
 
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Declaration Bowler said:
Sports Medicine Australia, Australia’s peak advisory body on all sports medical and health issues, recommends cancellation at 36, because at that temperature the risk of heat injury is "extreme".

When the DVCA originally decided on 38, Cricket Australia was recommending 37.

On the question of the relative dangers of heat and "cold", extreme heat events have been responsible for more deaths in Australia than the combined total of deaths from all other natural hazards (barring disease epidemics). While 173 people died in the Black Saturday fires, for example, 374 people died from heat stress around that time.

PS it's interesting that the Subbies thread is reporting at leat some cases of umpire/player heat stress in some 1sts/2nds matches on 19 December.
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Please don't introduce facts into the debate.
 
Declaration Bowler said:
Sports Medicine Australia, Australia’s peak advisory body on all sports medical and health issues, recommends cancellation at 36, because at that temperature the risk of heat injury is "extreme".

When the DVCA originally decided on 38, Cricket Australia was recommending 37.

On the question of the relative dangers of heat and "cold", extreme heat events have been responsible for more deaths in Australia than the combined total of deaths from all other natural hazards (barring disease epidemics). While 173 people died in the Black Saturday fires, for example, 374 people died from heat stress around that time.

PS it's interesting that the Subbies thread is reporting at leat some cases of umpire/player heat stress in some 1sts/2nds matches on 19 December.
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It would probably come as a surprise to many that cold weather kills more people in Australia than hot weather. Perhaps we need a cold weather policy for our local AFL and soccer leagues.

The SMA is an interesting resource. It makes an assumption of 36C and RH greater than 30% which is often not the case. The WBGT is a much better gauge of thermal comfort. Ultimately the clubs decide, and I'm probably in a minority. But I don't like seeing 1st XI cricket being called off because it is 40C.
 
shortnwide said:
It would probably come as a surprise to many that cold weather kills more people in Australia than hot weather. Perhaps we need a cold weather policy for our local AFL and soccer leagues.
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No surprise to me mate. Cold weather kills because it increases blood pressure, combine that with running and anyone with an underlying or even undiagnosed cardiovascular problem is running the risk of having a heart attack. However, because hot has been so demonised in the media, no one gives a second thought to cold weather actually being more dangerous and many will scoff at the idea. The Lancet medical journal had an article on the subject last year that showed in Australia 6.5% of deaths are attributed to cold weather, that's 1 in 15 compared to just 0.5% of deaths being caused by heat.
 
Frank walker said:
Can anyone tell me what happened in the Rosanna v River$ide game yday?im hearing of disunity between a few River$ide players.
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Riverside have no batsmen, and with a tough run home, are a good chance of missing finals. Macleod and DC should both make it, but a few contenders playing each other the next few weeks should make for an interesting run home.

DC the benchmark again. Strong bowling, and usually get the job done with the batting. Someone steps up each week.
 
Struggle to make finals? River$ide are one game off relegation!!!!!!
The race for relegation has really heated up. With 3 going down, it could be any of the following:

Riverside 21 points
Research 18 points
Rosanna 15 points
OLPSF 15 points
Bund Uni 15 points
Mernda 15 points
Plenty 15 points
Bundoora 12 points
 
Conor McGregor said:
Struggle to make finals? River$ide are one game off relegation!!!!!!
The race for relegation has really heated up. With 3 going down, it could be any of the following:

Riverside 21 points
Research 18 points
Rosanna 15 points
OLPSF 15 points
Bund Uni 15 points
Mernda 15 points
Plenty 15 points
Bundoora 12 points
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I can't work out if we're all about as good as one another, or all about as crap as one another lol.
 
serg fernandez said:
Bundoora appearing vulnerable with games against epping , research and diamo.
Anyone give em a chance on staying up ?
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Who knows. It's a dead set lottery at the moment. A run of bad forum or a single piece of good luck could mean the difference between staying up and being relegated now. In their favour is their percentage, it's higher than the 5 teams ahead of them and it looks like it'll come down to percentage to determine the bottom 3, or part there of.
 
_Blackhawk_ said:
Who knows. It's a dead set lottery at the moment. A run of bad forum or a single piece of good luck could mean the difference between staying up and being relegated now. In their favour is their percentage, it's higher than the 5 teams ahead of them and it looks like it'll come down to percentage to determine the bottom 3, or part there of.
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Our % is only relevant with Research as we've both had 2 x 3 point results compared to everyone else's 1 except Rosanna who've had 3.

No excuses for the 3 sides who go down. Every team has had, and will continue to have the same opportunities to cemet a spot at both ends of the ladder.

No doubt there'll be a few twists and turns before the seasons out, think you might find a few 10 point games over the next 3 matches as clubs do what they can to either make the 4 or drag themselves above the relegation zone.
 
Must mention young 16yo Jack Fitzpatrick's 6/9 off 9.3 overs in Barclay. Great effort and I'd think pretty rare to get someone that young have figures like that.
 
Relegation heating up quite a bit with some results that will really shape the bottom 5.

Bundoora United should easily get the chocolates, and that may be enough to stay out of the red zone.

Have Bundoora done just enough? Epping's strength has not been in their batting, only making 177 once for the whole season. That could throw up some changes to peoples expected relegation three.

Plenty in a similar situation. 122 should not have been enough, but to have the opposition 5 for 87 has it as game on. Especially when one guy has 53 of those runs. Might be a battle of get Berthet out early and they win.

Results pending, Mernda could find themselves sitting bottom of the table after this week. Especially with their percentage about to take a big whack.
 
Tongs said:
Relegation heating up quite a bit with some results that will really shape the bottom 5.

Bundoora United should easily get the chocolates, and that may be enough to stay out of the red zone.

Have Bundoora done just enough? Epping's strength has not been in their batting, only making 177 once for the whole season. That could throw up some changes to peoples expected relegation three.

Plenty in a similar situation. 122 should not have been enough, but to have the opposition 5 for 87 has it as game on. Especially when one guy has 53 of those runs. Might be a battle of get Berthet out early and they win.

Results pending, Mernda could find themselves sitting bottom of the table after this week. Especially with their percentage about to take a big whack.
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Massive weekend of games, and will the rain yet play a huge part. Not a lot of time needed either way for Plenty / OP's. Grounds could be extra slow this week, so 177 could be a lot more than normal.....
 
interesting finish coming up... top 6 teams in contention for top 4 - bottom 6 teams in contention for bottom 3...

# TEAM ............... PTS ......... still to play ....f/cast
.............................................. R10 .... R11...... pts
1 Diamond Creek....53...........MC..... BU......... .65
2 Macleod ..............49..........DC.......MER........55
3 Epping................ 33......... OP........PY......... 45
4 Lower Eltham..........33..........ROS..... RIV........ 39
5 Riverside............. 27......... MER...... LE........ 39
6 O.P/St Francis........ 27...........EP....... ROS....... 33
7 Res. Elth Coll....... 24.......... BU ...... UB ......24-36
8 Rosanna ............. 21.......... LE........OP.........21
9 Bundoora United... 21....... PLY.......RES.......21-33
10 Bundoora............ 18........RES...... DC....... 18-24
11 Mernda................ 15....... RIV...... MC....... 15
12 Plenty................. .15.......UB.........EP........15

Great finish to the year in the top 4, with LE & Riv playing each other round 11 i reckon to decide 4th place. Both should win this week.
Riv with superior % are my tip... but if L.E can make 130 then game on.
The top 3 should win enough games with a favourable draw to stay there.
O.P, with a good %, still a mathematical chance if they can win last 2...

The bottom six is where it gets interesting.
Plenty & Mernda are done. Due to poor %, both need to win 2 games now to stay up.

Bundoora in the 3rd hotseat. United & Rosanna not out of the woods yet.
All 3 would say they have a chance in at least one of the remaining games in the last 2.
If 8,9 & 10 could each pinch one win, then Research still need to win one more to stay up...

Good luck to all....
 
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