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Diogenes Feb 2021 11:52am, 26 Feb 2021 57,988 posts	0 Diogenes puts on tin hat I always felt Trent Bridge was the runt of the test grounds... In a 5 test series it should always go Lords Headingley Edgbaston Old Trafford The Oval
GregP Feb 2021 12:01pm, 26 Feb 2021 125,519 posts	0 GregP Agree with Nico at bottom of previous page.
Nicholls595 Feb 2021 12:08pm, 26 Feb 2021 23,876 posts	0 Nicholls595 Obviously, I am biased towards Trent Bridge (no, really, I am) but you always hear so many overseas players and commentators, saying so often, how much they enjoy Trent Bridge, that why would you possibly want to go to The Oval or Headingley, or even Old Trafford before coming here? I can understand the tradition of Lord's and the tie in with MCC, I can also understand the atmosphere generated by the modern Edgbaston (well, the Hollis Stand really) and the advantage that gives us, but all the other grounds, nah.
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 12:08pm, 26 Feb 2021 13,414 posts	0 rf_fozzy There's the slight issue that Lords is the biggest ground. Thus 2 tests at Lords = money Which is the reason for 2 tests. The "woolly" touchy-feely answer is that it's the "home of cricket" and it's right that all nations get to play there. Trent Bridge usually swings round corners Dio.... James Anderson wouldn't like it if England didn't play there. Re: Cardiff, Riverside. There's a strong case to be made about allowing the "provinces" some test cricket at some point. And against decent teams not just Bangladesh. They like Southampton because Mark Nicholas. And it's southern. And like all things in this country there is a massive southern bias.
Diogenes Feb 2021 12:21pm, 26 Feb 2021 57,990 posts	0 Diogenes Two for the South, two for the North, one for the Midlands, that's fair. If there are six, then Trent Bridge
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 12:26pm, 26 Feb 2021 13,415 posts	0 rf_fozzy Some people classify Nottingham as "North" I classify it as "Southern"
Goofee Feb 2021 12:36pm, 26 Feb 2021 3,630 posts	0 Goofee Birmingham is in the north as far as I'm concerned!
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 12:40pm, 26 Feb 2021 13,416 posts	0 rf_fozzy Anything South of Chesterfield is "South" Anything North of Newcastle is "Scotland" Anything West of Chester is "Wales" And of course anything Yorkshire is "Yorkshire" Simple rules to live by.
anthonyj89 Feb 2021 12:43pm, 26 Feb 2021 280 posts	0 anthonyj89 Shouldn't we be picking the grounds with the most "English" conditions. Alternatively, this: howstat.com Leave out Trent Bridge and Lords?
Ocelot Spleens Feb 2021 12:48pm, 26 Feb 2021 30,406 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I saw England play Australia at Cardiff and The Riverside, both were sold out, Cardiff seemed more of a cricket ground, the beer queue was impossible and was never sorted and THAT IS IMPORTANT, the riverside indeed looked like a festival ground, loads of the seating were just brought in for the game, good game, but v.poor in just about everything else. Bristol, bristol had some good england ODI games, ditto seating, looks more the part now.