Christ’s College Cricket Selection Procedure
Community Trust – Year 9 and 10 The Community Trust side will be selected in October from the Year 9 player pool as assessed by the Year 9 coaches and the MiC. The majority of the side will be made up of the Year 9A team but Year 9B players are eligible and can be selected. This knockout competition runs during Term 4 as a Year 9 and Term 1 as a Year 10. Year 10 teams In general, Year 10 teams flow-on from Year 9 selections. However, there will be instances where movement may take place in some teams. This could be due to any of the following circumstances: • A player has clearly been placed in the wrong team/level – that is, having consistently poor or good performances • A player is new to College and cricket • A player drops out or wants to join a team in Year 10 • A player chooses to play in a lower grade
The following selection procedure is designed to create a level of transparency and fairness for all boys who wish to play cricket for Christ’s College. Note, trial matches are not used in the selection process as these can often be misleading in cricket. Statistics can also create problems when comparing players and will therefore only be used as a guide or indicator. Junior Cricket Boys must play a summer and a winter sport at College. Any boy who elects to play cricket will be placed in a team. It must be stipulated that once a boy has chosen to play cricket and is placed in a team, he is committed to that team until the end of the year. Year 9 teams (new entrants) All Year 9 cricket teams will be selected based on skill analysis determined during the two net/open wicket trials held during Week 1 of Term 1. It should be stressed to players and families during registration and trials that: • Net and open wicket trials provide the only real opportunity for selectors to make judgement on abilities • Previous teams and playing history will be taken into consideration but will not guarantee selection Attendance at our pre-Term 1 camp is encouraged as this does help us to ascertain players’ strengths and weaknesses. Although this is not a selection process for new entrants, it does help us to begin evaluating players. While we do our very best to ensure players are placed in the correct team, the odd aberration may occur for a variety of reasons. Consequently, there is some flexibility for movement in these teams, particularly during Term 1.
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