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Part of the reason for that was the capacity was set just below 12k 720

I believe that the problem was how high the % was Do clubs actually take a split normally of the gate - I understood that an "appearance" fee (that included cover of travel) was pre agreed?

I was told by someone very senior at WSM, the reason they called off their friendly with City a few years back was because City wanted a big % cut from the gate and the bar takings

@Red Army 75 Because there is a seperate thread for Henbury Gas which has been locked as we've all had enough talking about his lies

This is what mine looks like

I've moved all the Henbury Gas nonsense into it's own thread @Red Army 75 I've a feeling it will end up in the classics section very soon

Because of this game sadly all we've done is leave Warks stranded at the bottom We would have been in serious problems if we hadn't had won this game

Agree have seen him destroy Somerset twice this season both times with relative ease He will still come good

Liam Plunkett injured too now - surely we can put a total together now?

Nobody would pay to watch this game - that's part of the problem, must be a nightmare for sponsors etc

Out of interest anyone else going to the Oval on Sunday to watch the T20 match (Surrey Vs Somerset) ?

Will Sidebottom bat? Could effectively be 6 down?

Ahh BBC will show the new T20 tournament - good luck with that one !

@Bristol Rob - No it is done on the number of points you have EG You get for going somewhere midweek, 5 on a weekend - sales then start with the highest bracket and decrease points until sold

@Bar BS3 friends that support Prem / Championship clubs I know often speak about having an away season ticket I assume ours is part of the "plus" side of ours?

Ours probably has more at the ground today than theirs did that day

Whole street as far as the eye can see empty Vs about 20 yards #gaslogic

Don't they normally start at the ground and then move to some civic reception @Seventeen ?

Disagree he is a great slips fielder and would be ok in the shorter format

Still can't believe Somerset blocked him playing in the T20 - his style would be perfect for that

I did read this morning that the sole purpose of it all was to give the England players experience of the conditions - if there was any other benefit it would be a bonus Most counties were letting people in for free for the last session and none have reported an increase in the crowd that was already inside the ground

Essex 36 overs, Somerset 6 overs, Gloucestershire 7 overs, Glamorgan 2 overs - all ended up none down at the close. Worcestershire didn't lose a wicket in their last 15 overs, Notts 22 overs. Seems like the ball plays ok and can be seen under lights. It was interesting because the sides batting first were obviously desperate to get a few overs in at the opposition under lights. There were a couple of sides declaring at nine down which I'm pretty sure they would not have done if it was 5.30pm on the first day rather than 8.30 pm and, according to The Times report, Middx were cavalierly chucking wkts away because they wanted a bowl before the evening ended. Only one of nine teams batted out 96 overs, whereas on a normal red ball first day in late June, I reckon you'd expect more than half the sides batting first still to be there at stumps. The pink ball certainly did plenty of damage when it was new between 2 and 3pm. Yet as the stats above suggest, even when it was new the pink ball did far less under the lights, when clearly most captains were expecting it to do more. The sides declaring and throwing wkts away in order to have a bowl last night would probably have been better advised to try and keep batting and would have got more out of bowling with a new pink ball at 2pm this afternoon. That's how it looks on one day's evidence, at least. We shall see if the pattern persists over the next three days (assuming the weather permits).

Have a feeling last season was his first

If the affect is the same as the 2 RLODC matches he missed