The New Cricket Thread

[Josef Svejk]

He's ginger. They play by different rules...

[lifetime fan]

Nothing winds me up more than Lords getting 2 tests every single summer while grounds with better atmospheres and access to grass roots fans get overlooked.

 

Tory pricks.

 

 

£110 cheapest ticket apparently.

[Spy Bee]

£110 cheapest ticket apparently.

I was that appalled by reading that, that I nearly negged you!

[lifetime fan]

Never heard of him. Any good?

What happened to that Lancashire player who got called up in NZ and never played a match?

 

 

No idea mate, I hardly watch county cricket anymore, hes averaging about 80 so far this season though.

[Spy Bee]

He's been talked up a lot by some of the commentary team. I can't remember who unfortunately.

[mgw100]

No not Hameed. Another fella, Livingston?

Ah sorry. Yeah, not really sure. He's still getting talked about for the one day squad but nothing on the Test side.

[lifetime fan]

I was that appalled by reading that, that I nearly negged you!

 

 

Hahaha

 

I negged myself it's so outrageous.

[Josef Svejk]

£110 cheapest ticket apparently.

For a single day?!

[Ian Sea]

No not Hameed. Another fella, Livingston?

Liam Livingstone. Lancashire captain this season, broke his thumb against Yorkshire last month and is currently out injured. He’d hit a bit of form just before the injury as well, had scored a T20 century not long before I think.

[lifetime fan]

For a single day?!

 

Yep.

 

But according to Vaughan it’s not a problem because it’s a sell out.

[sir roger]

Seems ludicrous , but what prices are Chelsea & Arsenal tickets for an hour & a half's sporting entertainment in the vicinity

[Josef Svejk]

Seems ludicrous , but what prices are Chelsea & Arsenal tickets for an hour & a half's sporting entertainment in the vicinity

But in those cases, you're watching the best paid players play in the most popular league in the most popular sport in the world.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Yep.

 

But according to Vaughan it’s not a problem because it’s a sell out.

Yeah but it'll be full of miserable cunts wearing MCC ties. 

[sir roger]

But in those cases, you're watching the best paid players play in the most popular league in the most popular sport in the world.

 

Chelsea v Cardiff for 90 minutes, or England v India for 7 hours.

[Josef Svejk]

Chelsea v Cardiff for 90 minutes, or England v India for 7 hours.

Scandalous rip-offs both.

[sir roger]

True enough. I am also baffled how people in normal jobs in London actually manage to live there even with London allowances etc.

[A_S]

£110 cheapest ticket apparently.

 

For a single fucking day?! Fucking hell! 

 

As for Stokes, what's more offensive than his conduct that night is the state of his hair. Watching his patchy, pasty, balding, ginger head bobble in each delivery is making my eyes bleed. 

[A_S]

To put this into perspective, you can watch a full 5 days of a Test match in Australia's most expensive city (Sydney) for £86 (at current exchange rate) in total. That's to watch the same level of cricket in the same time frame. Yes, you can increase the Lord's prices somewhat due to supply and demand (Lord's = 30,000 capacity for 8M+ compared to SCG = 50,000 capacity for 5M+) but still, the difference there is fucking outrageous. 

[lifetime fan]

To put this into perspective, you can watch a full 5 days of a Test match in Australia's most expensive city (Sydney) for £86 (at current exchange rate) in total. That's to watch the same level of cricket in the same time frame. Yes, you can increase the Lord's prices somewhat due to supply and demand (Lord's = 30,000 capacity for 8M+ compared to SCG = 50,000 capacity for 5M+) but still, the difference there is fucking outrageous.

 

It’s even worse for the normal fan when you take out all the tickets the members will automatically take.

[Josef Svejk]

To put this into perspective, you can watch a full 5 days of a Test match in Australia's most expensive city (Sydney) for £86 (at current exchange rate) in total. That's to watch the same level of cricket in the same time frame. Yes, you can increase the Lord's prices somewhat due to supply and demand (Lord's = 30,000 capacity for 8M+ compared to SCG = 50,000 capacity for 5M+) but still, the difference there is fucking outrageous.

Australian wages are much higher too, are they not?

[Remmie]

I've been to Sydney and wouldn't say it's the most expensive city in Australia, Perth is more expensive in my experience.

[Jairzinho]

Programme on Viv at the moment presented by Butcher. No doubt it will be replayed.

[lifetime fan]

Programme on Viv at the moment presented by Butcher. No doubt it will be replayed.

 

Channel?

[Jairzinho]

Sky Sports Cricket. "Viv through his eyes".

[Jairzinho]

Wandering around Antigua. Chats with his brother, people that knew him etc. Been good so far.