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Nov 2019
7:40am, 22 Nov 2019
35,933 posts
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Derby Tup
Good there are still things you can rely on
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Nov 2019
8:12am, 22 Nov 2019
20,053 posts
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TRO Saracen
Dibley.....I like it.
Peasant surprise, we were collapsing when I went to bed.
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Nov 2019
9:40am, 22 Nov 2019
406 posts
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njosmith
Day at the Gabba today watching Aus V Pakistan. Old school test cricket with only one wicket in the day (plus another from a no ball). Warner was 99 not our at tea and I was hopeful he would be out after the break but it wasn't to be. It looked on TV like there was noone there but the cameras look toward the sunny side and the crowd are all sat in the shade. Must have been at least 10,000 there today.
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Nov 2019
2:03pm, 22 Nov 2019
24,714 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Really, that's a small crowd, it is getting to the stage where only England (and Wales) attract a decent crowd for test matches...
Eng should win now....
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Nov 2019
4:56pm, 22 Nov 2019
11,485 posts
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Cerrertonia
Not really WS. Test match crowds in England in the last few years have been at their highest levels since the 1950s, but Australia and India are the other places that can really draw a crowd. Our grounds are just not that big. Lords is the largest ground and holds 28k, Trent Bridge & Durham only hold 17 000.
In comparison, Australia typically get over 70k on Boxing Day at the MCG (it was 88k on day 1 against England in 2017), the SCG had more than 30k in for each of the first 3 days against India earlier this year.
The official attendance at the Gabba yesterday was 13 561. England probably wouldn't get over 10 000 at Headingley for day 1 of a test v Pakistan.
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Nov 2019
5:20pm, 22 Nov 2019
16,872 posts
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Chrisity
Don't forget it isn't in the Test World Championships, so no points for winning.
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Nov 2019
5:35pm, 22 Nov 2019
11,486 posts
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Cerrertonia
For comparison, the attendances for NZ vs WI at Hamilton (the series decider), a couple of years ago: 1,196 on Saturday, 1,186 on Sunday, 686 on Monday and 394 on Tuesday. The attendances at Wellington topped 2 000 only on the Saturday and Sunday too.
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Nov 2019
8:48pm, 22 Nov 2019
1,245 posts
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Oscar the grouch
....which given that it costs about 10 dollars (about £3.50) is shocking... granted the prices have probably gone up since I went to the Basin Reserve is about 2007 for that price.
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Nov 2019
9:28pm, 22 Nov 2019
10,695 posts
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NDWDave
Anyone know the last time the first day of a test match in London wasn’t sold out?
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Nov 2019
10:45am, 23 Nov 2019
11,487 posts
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Cerrertonia
July this year vs Ireland?
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The Ashes 2009
Jun 2022