*Official* Season 9 Discussions Thread

For the first time in Dev League history, the Trophy finals will have a set home. This season, the Manual Ramprakash Challenge Trophy and the Chef de Groot Trophy finals will be played at the Cricket Web Oval.

As perhaps the most relevant of grounds in CWLand, the move should establish a measure of tradition in the system.

The Season 9 schedule has been attached for viewing pleasure and scrutiny. Please point out any errors in the schedule so that they may be corrected well in advance of gameplay.

Lineups
Captains (or a designated official) will be required to post the XII for their respective teams heading into each game. If a team may not be named, the same XI from the last game will be assumed. I ask for a 12th and 13th man to be named so that, if a team is not able to be posted and a player is injured, the 12th or 13th man comes in by default. The 12th man should be a batting/allround player and the 13th a bowling/allround player.

Substitutions
In the case of excessive callups/injury, the following players are available to join clubs:

*Batsmen*
A Maddocks
IH Jan

*Bowlers*
JE Sanders
C Taylor

*Wicketkeepers*
WK Hegg
CM Gazzard

PreSeason Squads Named

CW Colts
AS Das
T Mamesh
NR Hancock
DP Towns (vc)
JB Malthus-Howell
SA Jasotharan
SJ Burke (wk)
G Nayak
JP McNamara
KS Wright (c)
GM Thomas

12th Man: ?
13th Man: ?

CW Blue
RGEWS Cribb
LA Camps (C)
SE Fuller
MW DeSilva
A Crampton
D Jellett (wk)
SC Popat
MJC Currie
AAA Collins
NL Patrick
TJ Demeza

12th Man: BL Wilshere
13th Man: TC Halsey

Three more teams still to be named.

EDIT: Blue lineup adjusted.

Eddie Uncle!

Some trippy fixtures there. Good to see the season rolling into action though..

GO REDS

Not to self: Stay away from injury thead.

Nnanden said:

Not to self: Stay away from injury thead.

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lmao!

Great to see the season starting to get rolling...can't wait to get stuck in

Mr Mxyzptlk said:

D Jellett (wk)

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Yes, now I may crush Dylan, mwa-ha.

Colts home ground is Hobart? Bellrieve Oval is it?

What are the various pitches likely to be like this season? Might be nice to familiarise the new people with them.

Let's go Colties let's go! *clap clap*

Didnt relise the season was about to start. go blacks lets have another successful season.

Us colts will bring home silverware this season!

Dizzy #4 said:

Us colts will bring home silverware this season!

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Bold statement, newbie.

Hope you can back that up.

I hope! the team's gaining exp, and will gain more come 1st quarter!

Dev League Season 9 Grounds

The PDV Dome will be as quick as ever and shouldn't offer much for the spinners. The pitch should hold together nicely through the first 4 days or so. Typically a quick-scoring ground.

The CW Oval will offer something for the seamers, regardless of pace and the spinners will come into player later into the match. It's perhaps the most balanced cricket wicket in the league.

The CWBCC Stadium is tailor-made for spinners. It should also allow for lots of runs, being possibly the flattest track in the league with regards to seam movement and easy in pace.

The SCG should give the spinners some joy but also has a little for the seamers. Batsmen should score runs.

The Bellerive Oval will start off slow and flatten out as the game goes on.

Bangladesh XI

Nafis Iqbal
Javed Omar
Shahriar Nafees
Habibul Bashar (C)
Aftab Ahmed
Mohammad Ashraful
Khaled Mashud (wk)
Mohammad Rafique
Manjural Islam Rana
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya

I think there should be a flattrack.

Jamee999 said:

I think there should be a flattrack.

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Bellrieve is flat. The CWBCC Stadium is pretty flat too. Interesting that there's no real seamer, although I guess the PDV Dome is helpful for the quicks.

FaaipDeOiad said:

Bellrieve is flat. The CWBCC Stadium is pretty flat too. Interesting that there's no real seamer, although I guess the PDV Dome is helpful for the quicks.

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"The CW Oval will offer something for the seamers, regardless of pace and the spinners will come into player later into the match. It's perhaps the most balanced cricket wicket in the league."

Dizzy #4 said:

Us colts will bring home silverware this season!

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The spoon is wooden

So do I get this right - we no longer email teams?

And you want a first choice 11 for each format sent?