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Sillypoint

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Just wondered if there's some opinions on this

No i know some teams are run differently to others, some are to include everyone and some are to win at all costs, but this has come up at the club recently

Theres a kid who is a decent enough player at U15's, however not as good as the top performing 3 or 4 Under 13's that sometimes play in the team too, the kid has now been dropped from next weeks U15's squad, so now 3 maybe 4 lads will play twice in a week 13's and 15's and one lad now not playing at all,

Personally id be making sure someone at least played once in a week, i cant see it being massive detriment to the team either, but if you leave kids out completely they will just lose interest and stop playing
 

Yeah the u15 player should get a game and rotate the u13s players when there's an u15 game. That's what we do as we have some u13s that are better than the u15s
 
Sillypoint said:
Just wondered if there's some opinions on this

No i know some teams are run differently to others, some are to include everyone and some are to win at all costs, but this has come up at the club recently

Theres a kid who is a decent enough player at U15's, however not as good as the top performing 3 or 4 Under 13's that sometimes play in the team too, the kid has now been dropped from next weeks U15's squad, so now 3 maybe 4 lads will play twice in a week 13's and 15's and one lad now not playing at all,

Personally id be making sure someone at least played once in a week, i cant see it being massive detriment to the team either, but if you leave kids out completely they will just lose interest and stop playing
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Totally and utterly agree, especially since it under 15 cricket and the other lads get to play under 13’s
 
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Carteron said:
I'd be making sure the U15 gets a game. The top U13s can potentially be integrated into Senior Teams more quickly. Is there a 3rd team they could be playing in to increase their number of games?
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Whilst I certainly agree the under 15 lad should take priority I'd have big reservations about any kid eligible for under 13s playing any form of senior cricket

The club my lads plays for have two teams for under 11s, 13s and 15s so the problem mentioned in the op never comes up as far as I know. My lad (year 5) who plays under 11s has helped out for the development under 13s team in the past but I careful of not throwing him in to deep to young as it's a big step up from pairs crickets to 'proper' cricket where if your out your out and spending longer in the field
 
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redandwhiterob said:
Whilst I certainly agree the under 15 lad should take priority I'd have big reservations about any kid eligible for under 13s playing any form of senior cricket

The club my lads plays for have two teams for under 11s, 13s and 15s so the problem mentioned in the op never comes up as far as I know. My lad (year 5) who plays under 11s has helped out for the development under 13s team in the past but I careful of not throwing him in to deep to young as it's a big step up from pairs crickets to 'proper' cricket where if your out your out and spending longer in the field
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I’ve played in loads of senior games where 13 year olds have either scored a 50 or taken a few wickets.

For those at the top of the ability range I’d say it’s pretty important they’re starting to get exposure at that point.
 
Yeah I'd say 3rd team cricket is generally about the standard of decent U15 teams. I don't see a problem with better U13 players playing senior cricket. A good skipper can protect them if some numpty is just playing 3rd team in order to bully young kids
 
It depends really on what the individual club sees as the purpose of their junior section, if it's to bring through players for their 1sts, then they should be taking a view on each individual player as to whether they think they'll be a potential future 1st teamer and giving them the right amount of game time at the right level.

On the other hand, if the club runs their junior section to provide for anyone who wants to play an opportunity in the game, then all U15s should play and the U13s rotate around.
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Whilst I certainly agree the under 15 lad should take priority I'd have big reservations about any kid eligible for under 13s playing any form of senior cricket

The club my lads plays for have two teams for under 11s, 13s and 15s so the problem mentioned in the op never comes up as far as I know. My lad (year 5) who plays under 11s has helped out for the development under 13s team in the past but I careful of not throwing him in to deep to young as it's a big step up from pairs crickets to 'proper' cricket where if your out your out and spending longer in the field
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Disagree with this. A good U13 should be playing 3/4XI. Depending on the invidual, no reason why they cant play 2XI.
 
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Aye the club had a few playing in the hetton lyons league on a sunday, one lad is only 12 since they changed the rules this year, played way more than the required 4 junior minimum too
 
redandwhiterob said:
Whilst I certainly agree the under 15 lad should take priority I'd have big reservations about any kid eligible for under 13s playing any form of senior cricket

The club my lads plays for have two teams for under 11s, 13s and 15s so the problem mentioned in the op never comes up as far as I know. My lad (year 5) who plays under 11s has helped out for the development under 13s team in the past but I careful of not throwing him in to deep to young as it's a big step up from pairs crickets to 'proper' cricket where if your out your out and spending longer in the field
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Scott Borthwick was playing under 13s and Eppleton 2s in the same season.

Didn’t do him any harm
 
Jasper said:
A good U13 should be playing 3/4XI. Depending on the invidual, no reason why they cant play 2XI.
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Agreed.

My lad made his 2nd XI debut at 12-years old. Batted at number 11 against the league leaders, scored 11 not out in a last wicket partnership of 23, batting against the opposition's opening bowlers.

They won the game by 12 runs, so that partnership proved decisive.

If you're good enough, you're good enough.
 
My kid is one of the better U13s playing 13/15 and hoping maybe academy at some point this year. We aren’t a club with loads of junior teams.
It’s a hard balance for the coaches because you don’t want to turn people away but you want to try and be competitive. My lad usually gets a bowl but is put down the order to bat. It frustrates him because he’s an opener really and by the time he comes in he can’t really make an impact the way he’d like. He’s going to have to lump it though because otherwise you’ll just have people leave and then you don’t have a team. I like to think it’s good for him to look at the bigger picture.
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
I’ve played in loads of senior games where 13 year olds have either scored a 50 or taken a few wickets.

For those at the top of the ability range I’d say it’s pretty important they’re starting to get exposure at that point.
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My lad played coast team 3rds at 11 , 2nds at 13 and the odd firsts at 14, regular firsts at 15 and NEPL 2's at 15 too , even got a little bowl in the 1's at 16 . By that time theyre netting with pros .
They need to get used to mens cricket ASAP if theyre going to be any good. They should be able to catch an adult drive at 14 with technique and have the arm to reach the keeper from a decent boundary. If theyre still windy of the ball at 14 its unlikely they'll be a cricketer . If they bat they should be able to stand in front of a third team bowler at 12 .
 
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Geras said:
My lad played coast team 3rds at 11 , 2nds at 13 and the odd firsts at 14, regular firsts at 15 and NEPL 2's at 15 too , even got a little bowl in the 1's at 16 . By that time theyre netting with pros .
They need to get used to mens cricket ASAP if theyre going to be any good. They should be able to catch an adult drive at 14 with technique and have the arm to reach the keeper from a decent boundary. If theyre still windy of the ball at 14 its unlikely they'll be a cricketer . If they bat they should be able to stand in front of a third team bowler at 12 .
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Thats a broad brush you are using there mind. I've seen some very nippy third team bowlers knocking about
 
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