The final round of the 2019/20 NSW Premier Cricket season is a one-day fixture on Saturday 14 March 2020.
14 rounds have been played and for many, it’ll come down to 100 overs of cricket to determine whether they will be playing finals cricket this season.
In First Grade, Randwick Petersham is in the first position on 76 points and play St George in the final round. Irrespective of whether they win or lose Randwick Petersham will retain the Number 1 position on the ladder and be crowned Minor Premiers and host the qualifying final against the team that finishes 6th at their home ground. Congratulations to Randwick Petersham on winning the Minor Premiership.
Sydney University currently sits in 2nd place on 65 points and play Mosman in the final round. Also, irrespective of whether they win or lose, Sydney University will finish 2nd on the ladder and will host their qualifying final against the team finishing in 5th spot.
Now, this is where it gets really interesting as there are a number permutations in the offering.
After Round 14, Sydney is in 3rd position on 56 points, Bankstown in 4th position on 55, Eastern Suburbs in 5th on 52 points and UTS North Sydney round out the top 6 on 46 points.
Hot on their heels is Northern District with 44 points, Campbelltown 44 points and St George 40 points.
Western Suburbs are in 10th position on 38 points, Manly 11th on 36 points and last season Premiers Penrith with 35 points in 12th position.
Sydney plays Mosman (14th) and will play finals and a win will see them retain 3rd position and host a qualifying final against the team that comes 4th, however a loss could see them slip to 5th position and play 2nd place Sydney University.
Bankstown plays Sutherland (16th) and are also secure in playing finals cricket. A win could see them finish 3rd if Sydney loses and they’ll host a qualifying final against the team that comes 4th. If they lose then they could still finish 4th or as low as 5th.
Also if Bankstown win comfortably over Sutherland and secure a bonus point and Sydney win and picks up 6 points, Bankstown could still leap frog into 3rd position over Sydney with a better quotient and host the qualifying final.
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Eastern Suburbs are at home and play 2nd place Sydney University. If they win and Sydney and Bankstown lose they will jump into 3rd position and host the qualifying final against the team that finishes 4th. If they lose and UTS North Sydney win then depending on quotients Eastern Suburbs will fall to 6th position and play Randwick Petersham in the qualifying final.
UTS North Sydney plays Blacktown (17th) and if they win they will finish in 5th or 6th position. If they lose they could finish as low as 8th or 9th.
Northern District plays UNSW (18th) and if they win and UTS North Sydney loses they can finish in 6th position and play Randwick Petersham in the Qualifying Final.
Campbelltown has the same number of points as Northern District and play Hawkesbury (19th). If they win and UTS North Sydney and Northern Districts both lose then they will be finals bound. If UTS North Sydney lose and both Northern District and Campbelltown win they will both finish on 50 points and tied for 6th position. It would appear Northern District would make the finals as they have a superior quotient.
The cat amongst the pigeons for both teams if UTS North Sydney lose is the potential for either team to secure a bonus point with a strong victory.
St George plays Minor Premiers Randwick Petersham and would need to win very comfortably to finish in 6th position and for UTS North Sydney, Northern District and Campbelltown to all lose. If St George lost they could finish as low as 12th on the ladder.
That about wraps it up for team vying for finals but there’s still so much for all teams to play for and they need to find their motivation and a way to finish strongly.
For example, Western Suburbs are currently 10th on the ladder and if they win they can mathematically finish as high as 7th however if they lose they could slip to 13th.
Both Manly and Penrith could finish as high as 8th but could also fall as low as 14th.
It can only be assumed the players, teams, club, supporters and sponsors would want each team to have a desire to finish in the top 10.
At the other end of the ladder Fairfield, Hawkesbury, UNSW and Blacktown need to bring their A-games to avoid the wooden spoon.
Finals, it’s what you play for and it’s even better to be involved.
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