MacRob - Report #25 (29 November)

Great Britain

Fulford
Maugham
Clarke
Aiton
Kirby
Avery

Fulford/Clarke
Avery/Maugham
Aiton/Kirby

Australia

Fleming
Clarke
Dumergue
Watts
Bassett
Forster

Bassett/Forster
Fleming/Clarke
Dumergue/Watts

USA

Stark
Soo
Huneycutt
Bidencope
Lamm
Cherry

Stark/Bidencope
Soo/Lamm
Huneycutt/Cherry

NZ

Westerby
Chapman
Bryant
Davis
Wislang
Lowe

Chapman/Westerby
Bryant/Davis
Lowe/Wislang

Over the 3 tests for each team the order of play has deviated from the world rankings as follows:

Australia - First Test 8 (original team 12), Second test 2 and third test by 4
Great Britain - 2 for all tests
New Zealand - First test 4, second and third tests 8
USA - First test 4, second and third tests 6

Today the MacRobertson Shield countries will have a meeting to discuss issues about the series and future series. One item on the agenda is to look at the definition of a national to reduce the period that a person must reside in a country to become eligible to play for another country. At the moment it is possible to play for different countries in successive MacRobertson Shield events; but this is not the case for World Championships. The existing requirements also require a player to step aside from international competition when they change permanent residence and wish to represent the new country. These rules if agreed for the Mac will also require WCF rule changes for world championships.

Gary Fox