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Rondebosch Cricket Corner Do you know that this weekly Cricket report already goes out by e-mail to 284 Players, Coaches, RBHS Faculty as well as Supporters and Old Boys each week. If you would like to include someone who is not yet receiving this please e-mail the following to me at Sparkman@Mweb.co.za :- Name and Surname, E-Mail address, Details e.g. Old Boy E2002, Supporter, Parent, Player U14B etc. If there is no Match Report for your team, please speak to your Captain so that he can delegate someone to send in a Match report to me by not later than 10:00 on the Monday morning following the match. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Editorial Bosch Cricket Corner would like to thank Tony Abrahams (Airton Timbers) and Terry Wallace (Burger and Wallace Construction) for finishing off the roof on the E1942 Pavilion Balcony. The players, I am sure, welcome the shade and it adds character to an already extremely functional Cricket Pavilion. Please come to the Day Night 20 / 20 match at Bergvliet High School (just off Ladies Mile) on Tuesday 17th February 2009 starting at 16:00 and support our 1st Team against Bergvliet U19 1st XI. It will be a fun evening under lights. This week's results at a glance. This week was a bye and only 4 matches were played. - Results below. Editor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2 simple ways to act on coaching advice

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In another article we talked a bit about how PitchVision Academy courses can make you a better cricketer. But real improvement is not just about having the coaching advice; it's about acting on it: Action always trumps information.

Here are 2 simple ways you can start acting and start improving.

1. Start recording your results

It's often said that you can't improve what you don't measure. For people trying to lose weight this is simple: they check the scales and adjust how much they eat or

exercises accordingly. Cricketers don't have an equivalent of scales.

2. Keep yourself motivated

The first method is all about feedback and response: Scientific and rational. This second method covers the more emotional side of trying to improve.

It's been proven time and time again that you are more likely to achieve your goals if you surround yourself with supportive people. If every one of your friends and family were a cricketer, how much easier would it be to find someone to have a net with?

On the days where you don't feel motivated to train, or do the drills and exercises on an Academy course you need like-minded people to turn to for social support. We all get days like that sometimes.

Case study update: Technical analysis

This article is part of the miCricketCoach 2009 Case Study. To stay up to date with their progress get the free newsletter.

This update will focus on a technical analysis of Naz batting in the nets. Naz has sent in a video of him batting at Lords' indoor school. Here is what I have discovered.

Setup

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As you can see from the first shot, his setup looks solid, but there are a couple of problems with it that I have highlighted. First, his eyes are not quite level. More importantly, his front elbow and shoulder is pointing towards mid off meaning he is picking his bat up over leg stump. I suspect it is because he trusts his off side shots more than the leg side and is looking to hit through the off side even in his setup.

This can lead to poor footwork as it is hard to get forward or properly back and across from this initial position.

The good news is that most of the time he readjusts both his head position and backlift as he steps forward to the ball on the off stump as you can see in the next picture:

Backswing

When playing shots Naz has a smaller hitting zone than he could have because of the way he lines up his bat. With pitched up balls on or just outside the off stump he lines up well as we have seen. When the ball is back of a length his backswing moves out to gulley and comes down and an angle meaning his timing has to be spot on to middle it:

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I'm guessing he slices a lot of those shots and gets caught at gulley or cover point, especially as he has not moved his back foot across (a result of his closed setup).

For leg side balls he does the same thing. Here he can get away with it more as you need to be more open to hit through the leg side, especially the flick off the legs to a half volley. However it's still a little too wide for me here, he could tighten that up a bit to give the option of an on drive

Shape

The final thing to mention is Naz's shape as he drives. Take a look at these pictures of him driving:

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Here the face and toe of the bat end up pointing in a different direction to where the ball was supposed to be hit. This is because he is closing the face of the bat and risking missing the drive or getting a leading edge.

The reason for this is that he is not getting forward enough and losing the shape of his arms in his downswing. Instead of letting his top hand and and high elbow control the shot he is trying to generate power by snapping his wrists through the ball. The toe of the bat ends up pointing down the white line instead of the yellow line in the picture below:

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He would hit it a lot better by leaning into the shot more and swinging the bat in a smooth motion like a golf swing rather than an ice hockey slap.

Drills to improve technical errors

The key for me is to build up from a straight drive, front and back foot. This will teach Naz to line himself and his bat from his initial stance to moving to the ball. I'm going to ask Naz to do some drills with a tennis ball initially, moving on to throwdowns or a bowling machine when he is feeling more comfortable.

The idea is to 'shape' Naz to make some minor changes. There is nothing major about his technique that is flawed; he just could do better by lining up right and keeping his shape through the shot.

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RBHS matches w/e Sat 21 February 2009

RBHS v SACS w/ending 21 February 2009

TEAM Opponents Venue Field Day TimeU19A SACS RBHS Cricket A Sat 21st 9:30U19A Bergvliet D/N Berg. Bergvliet A [Day / Night] Tues 17th 16:00U19B to be confirmed KO 2nd round U19B SACS SACS De Villiers Sat 21st 9:30U19C SACS RBHS Meadow A Sat 21st 8:45U19D SACS SACS Spencer-Smith Sat. 21st 08:45U19E SACS RBHS Meadow B (Synthetic-no spikes) Fri. 20th 14:30U19F SACS SACS De Villiers Fri. 20th 14:30 U15A SACS RBHS Lower Desert Sat 21st 9:30U15B SACS RBHS Meadow B Sat 21st 8:45U15C SACS RBHS Meadow A Fri 20th 14:30U15D SACS SACS Memorial Fri. 20th 14:30 U14A SACS SACS Memorial Sat 21st 9:30U14A to be confirmed KO 2nd round U14B SACS RBHS North Sat 21st 8:45U14C SACS RBHS North Wed 18th 15:45U14D SACS RBHS Range Sat 21st 08:45 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Message Wall / Graffiti Spot

Write it here - whatever is on your mind. Send a letter to the Editor with your opinions, tips or just news about an Old Rondebosch cricketer's achievement and it will be published here the following week.

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[The editor reserves the right to withold or censor any article that may offend anyone, or if space and size are limiting factors.] ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As a cricket supporter I read the Cricket Corner with interest each week. Last year you had articles about the law and with the heavy winds we have in Cape Town recently could you please include an explanation how a batsman can be run out if the wind has blown the bails off. Thank you Moira Sneddon (by email) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Did you know? A discussion on Cricket Laws and Scoring Because of the recent extremely windy days, a question was asked by a reader about how to break a wicket if the bails are off so here is a re-print of an article in Cricket Corner from last year. Photos and Article- Courtesy of Tom Smith's - New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring - including 2003 changes to the 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket

Law 28 - The Wicket is down 1. WICKET PUT DOWN (a) The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or a stump is struck out

of the ground by

(i) the ball. (ii) the striker's bat, whether he is holding it or has let go of it.

(iii) the striker's person or by any part of his clothing or equipment becoming detached from his person. (iv) a fielder, with his hand or arm, providing that the ball is held in the hand or hands so used, or in the hand of the arm so used. The wicket is also put down if a fielder pulls a stump out of the ground in the

same manner. (b) The disturbance of a bail, whether temporary or not, shall not constitute its complete removal from the top

of the stumps, but if a bail in falling lodges between two of the stumps this shall be regarded as complete removal. The key element of a wicket being down or broken is the permanent removal of one of the bails from the top of the stumps while the ball is in play. It is not necessary for both bails to be removed-the removal of one bail is sufficient for the wicket to be down.

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Wicket not broken Wicket not broken Wicket broken Because the bail is not Because the bail is not Because the left bail is completely . completely removed. removed from the top of removed completely the stumps. During play, a bail may be temporarily knocked out of its groove and fall back into place. This is not a permanent removal and the wicket cannot be considered broken. For the wicket to be broken legally the bail must be removed by one of the following:

• the ball

• the striker's bat, whether he is holding it or not

• the striker; his person or equipment (whether he is wearing it or not)

• a fielder by his hand, providing the ball is in the hand used

• a fielder by his arm, provided the ball is in the hand of the arm used.

The contact causing the removal of the bail may be on the bail itself or by the disturbance of the

stumps.

The ball may remove. The fielder with the ball The arm (within the green line as shown) a bail. in the hand may remove of a fielder may be used to remove a a bail. bail providing the ball is in the hand of that arm The ball does not always become dead because a bail has been removed; play may continue with a broken wicket. If both bails are removed, there are four ways in which the wicket can be properly broken:

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• a fielder may pull a stump out of the ground provided that the ball is in the hand orhands used

• a fielder may knock a stump out of the ground with his arm provided that the ball is in

the hand of the arm used

• the ball may be thrown with sufficient force to strike a stump completely out of the

ground.

When struck out of the ground the stump must be completely removed from the ground

as shown

• a fielder may replace one or both bails and then remove one of them in the

aforementioned manner.

HOW NOT TO BREAK THE WICKET The fielder has pulled a stump out of the ground but not with the ball in the hand used, it is in his other hand.

The fielder has the ball in hand but has used his knee to break the wicket. He has not used the arm of the hand holding the ball. Neither of these is correct

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2. ONE BAIL OFF If one bail is off, it shall be sufficient for the purpose of putting the wicket down to remove the remaining bail, or to strike or pull any of the three stumps out of the ground, in any of the ways stated in I above.

Should one bail be removed and the ball remains in play, one bail in place on top of the stumps in its grooves is deemed to be a complete wicket. Should that remaining bail be removed in a fashion described above, the wicket is considered broken.

Photos and Article- Courtesy of Tom Smith's - New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring - including 2003

changes to the 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Match Results U19A1st Team vs SACS - 20/20 - Tuesday 10/02/2009 - Away RBHS Won by 50 Runs Revenge was sweet for Rondebosch after narrowly losing in the semi-finals last year when we travelled to SACS on Tuesday.

Batting first we brought an unbelievable amount of positive energy to the crease, and despite losing two relatively cheap wickets, we took the attack to the bowlers. The batters managed to find the delicate balance between some destructive hitting and some expertly judged running between the wickets. The resultant pressure soon began to tell on both the bowlers and the fielders as the run rate accelerated during an excellent stand of 95 of just 69 balls between Andrew Morris (59) and Stephen Wallace (54). We ended our innings on 169 for 6 after our 20 overs.

SACS began in extremely aggressive fashion, and despite losing a wicket in the first over managed to reach 49/1 after only four overs. Stephen brought Hilio de Abreu into the attack and his darted off-spinners proved to be the recipe for the SACS collapse – an over later SACS were 49/4 and the game seemed out of their reach. Dewald Keulder (1-11 in 3.1) bowled well in tandem with Hilio (3-14 in 4) to ensure that SACS never looked capable of getting the runs.

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Eventually bowled out for 119, SACS were left pondering what had gone wrong, and Bosch had taken another huge stride into developing into a very good cricket unit.

Rob Dalrymple (Coach)

U19A 1st Team vs Tonbridge School (United Kingdom) Touring Team - Sunday 15/02/2009 - Home RBHS Drew the match A good toss to win saw RBHS bat first against the tourists and once again Bosch showed that they are a batting force to be reckoned with, the top three all got starts without pushing on to significant scores. Andrew Morris (88 9x4) batted fluently, mixing aggression with good running between wickets, to ensure that the scoreboard ticked over at a good rate. The middle order continued in this vein which set the platform for Richard Steinhaus to play one of his characteristically destructive innings, scoring 36 off 25 balls to enable us to reach the 250 mark for the second time in a row in the declaration format.

Two quick wickets followed by one either side of tea saw Tonbridge struggling early on, but a good partnership of 73 between Cowdrey and Snape followed and the game looked to be heading for a draw. Scott van Breda’s second spell again provided the breakthrough and when Rippon was reintroduced another couple of wickets set up an exciting finish, in which the visitors final pair managed to survive the final 4 overs to secure a draw, ending on 156-9 almost a hundred runs short of the target. Scott was the pick of the bowlers ending with figures of 4-42 off his 19 overs.

Rondebosch can look back with pride on another very solid performance – with the big games of the season still to come; the side is well – placed to deliver a set of results that any RBHS 1st X1 could be proud of.

Rob Dalrymple (Coach)

U19B 2nd Team vs St Joseph's College - W P 20/20 Knockout Competition - Wednesday 11/02/2009 - Home RBHS Won by 188 Runs On Wednesday afternoon the 2nd XI was looking to advance through the first round of the Western Province U19 20/20 knockout competition against St Joseph’s College U19 1st XI. We won the toss and elected to bat first, looking to put a big total on the board. We got off to the perfect start, reaching 73 from 7.2 overs before the first wicket fell, Carl Davis for 35 from 20 balls. Taariq Chiecktey went soon after for 35 from 29 balls. When Michael Sparkman joined AB at the crease, it was 105 for 2 from 10.2 overs and AB was on 18 from 10. Michael dominated the bowling attack and went to fifty from just 23 balls. He then accelerated again, and flew to a hundred from just 37 balls in a breathtaking display of clean hitting ending on 101 not out from 38 balls. AB played well for 45 and RBHS ended on 238 for 2 from their 20 overs. We dominated from the beginning with the ball. St Josephs were never in the game as our bowlers bowled perfect line and length and restricted the runs. Our spinners continued their good form with the ball taking 7 wickets between them (Luke Kirsten 4 and Jaco Zeeman 3) and some sharp fielding resulted in 2 run outs (Michael Sparkman/Taariq Chiecktey and Matt Sutcliffe). Other wickets were taken by Matt Sutcliffe (1). St Josephs were all out for 51 and we won by a whopping 188 runs. If the 2nd XI continues these good performances, they can go very far in this 20/20 knockout tournament. Michael Sparkman (Captain) U19C 3rd Team vs

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RBHS Bye U19D 4th Team vs RBHS Bye U19E 5th Team vs RBHS Bye U19F 6th Team vs RBHS Bye U15A Team vs Wynberg 20/20 - W P 20/20 Knockout Competition - Wednesday 11/02/2009 - Away RBHS Lost ? No Match Report received at time of Mailing. U15B vs RBHS Bye U15C vs RBHS Bye U15D vs RBHS

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U14A Team vs Woodridge College - Port Elizabeth- 08/02/2009 - Away Tour RBHS Drew the Match

U14A v RBHS 320 for 6 Devon van Rensburg 112

Woodridge Kai Scorgaard‐ Peterson

100 not out

  Matthew Steel 56   Woodridge 161 for 9 Matthew Steel 3 for 47 Match Drawn          

We played Woodbridge on Sunday 8 February. We won the toss and decided to bat first. Devon van Rensburg (112) and Kay Scovgaard-Petersen(100*) both scored centuries and were well supported by Mathew Steel (57) and Keaton Saunders (22). We declared on 320 for 6 after 55 overs. It was clear that Woodbridge was playing for the draw and resorted to all sorts of tactics to pass the time. Our bowlers stuck to the task of going for the win and fell short by one wicket. The pick of the bowlers were Mathhew Steel (15 overs, 3 wickets for 50 runs) and Raiz Sader (8 overs, 2 wickets for 23 runs). I am really proud of our team as we played positive cricket and supported each other well Devon van Rensburg U14A vs RBHS Bye U14B vs RBHS Bye U14C vs RBHS Bye U14D vs RBHS

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Bye U14E vs RBHS Bye ______________________________________________________________________________________________________