Super Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 England on for some score here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Decent crowd in today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Must of been a lot of rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Super said: Must of been a lot of rain! Not much luck for the locals with the weather it seems when it comes to International cricket . From the BBC: Four of the last five ODIs at Bristol before today have been rained off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Did the groundstaff have a shocker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Who'd have thought the weather might be a bit dodgy when it's nearly winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Super said: Did the groundstaff have a shocker? Not really from what I could see. It just turned torrential in a very short time and started blowing a hoolie so they couldn`t get the covers to stay on the ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Super said: Did the groundstaff have a shocker? No (sorry). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_b Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Fairly damming of the ground in this report Those covers – on wheels with separate tarpaulins, rather than the more swiftly deployed hover-covers at most major English grounds – will surely need upgrading https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/26/englands-summer-reaches-farcical-end-with-odi-against-ireland-washed-out-cricket Also points out the next men’s ODI is even later in September 2024. So expect another failure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 27, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 8 hours ago, t_b said: Fairly damming of the ground in this report Those covers – on wheels with separate tarpaulins, rather than the more swiftly deployed hover-covers at most major English grounds – will surely need upgrading https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/26/englands-summer-reaches-farcical-end-with-odi-against-ireland-washed-out-cricket Also points out the next men’s ODI is even later in September 2024. So expect another failure I didn't bother entering the ticket ballot for the game against Australia next year, crazy date to be playing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 Anyone here been to a test match in India? I’m tempted to go over for one of the tests next Jan or Feb , I don’t want to do one of the overpriced official tours but I can’t find anywhere that sells tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: Anyone here been to a test match in India? I’m tempted to go over for one of the tests next Jan or Feb , I don’t want to do one of the overpriced official tours but I can’t find anywhere that sells tickets. Yes, Mumbai and Chennai in 2016. I don't recall tickets being an issue at all. Very unlikely the matches will sell-out so just buy tickets when you're out there. I can't even remember what we did for tickets, but I definitely didn't have any before going out. @tin may recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Yes, Mumbai and Chennai in 2016. I don't recall tickets being an issue at all. Very unlikely the matches will sell-out so just buy tickets when you're out there. I can't even remember what we did for tickets, but I definitely didn't have any before going out. @tin may recall. Cheers. Yes I must admit you don’t often see capacity crowds for tests but next years are nearly all on smaller lesser known grounds but I’m still confident of getting some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Yes, Mumbai and Chennai in 2016. I don't recall tickets being an issue at all. Very unlikely the matches will sell-out so just buy tickets when you're out there. I can't even remember what we did for tickets, but I definitely didn't have any before going out. @tin may recall. @ralphindevon What Tests are you planning to go to? The grounds are so much bigger than over here that tickets are never a problem. We bought tickets for all five days of the Mumbai Test for around £15 in total a day before it started. The queue (below) took about 10 minutes. Assuming you can get to the venue, for example Dharamsala will be much trickier to get to than the other venues, you should have no issue getting tickets from the ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 8 hours ago, tin said: @ralphindevon What Tests are you planning to go to? The grounds are so much bigger than over here that tickets are never a problem. We bought tickets for all five days of the Mumbai Test for around £15 in total a day before it started. The queue (below) took about 10 minutes. Assuming you can get to the venue, for example Dharamsala will be much trickier to get to than the other venues, you should have no issue getting tickets from the ground. I’m still researching but they seem to be not bothering with any of the big grounds in this series. I’m thinking of a few days at the Visakhapatnam test at it looks an interesting coast and maybe a couple days at the one before in Hyderabad as they’re close together. It won’t be a long trip, I’m really using it to escape the English winter for a bit and taking in a bit of cricket will be a bonus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, ralphindevon said: I’m still researching but they seem to be not bothering with any of the big grounds in this series. I’m thinking of a few days at the Visakhapatnam test at it looks an interesting coast and maybe a couple days at the one before in Hyderabad as they’re close together. It won’t be a long trip, I’m really using it to escape the English winter for a bit and taking in a bit of cricket will be a bonus. Lovely idea. Vizag holds about 40,000 and Hyderabad is around 55,000, so I expect there to be no issue for you getting tickets. Both are bigger than Mumbai (33,000) where I was in 2016. I really fancied Dharamsala to mark my 40th, but the only ways to get there was via one flight a day on a tiny plane from Dehli or a long bus trip. The missus wouldn’t sanction me leaving her with the kids for a fortnight! Edited October 4, 2023 by tin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 26 minutes ago, tin said: Lovely idea. Vizag holds about 40,000 and Hyderabad is around 55,000, so I expect there to be no issue for you getting tickets. Both are bigger than Mumbai (33,000) where I was in 2016. I really fancied Dharamsala to mark my 40th, but the only ways to get there was via one flight a day on a tiny plane from Dehli or a long bus trip. The missus wouldn’t sanction me leaving her with the kids for a fortnight! I didn’t realise they were that big. My mate wants to do Dharamsala but it looks a quite difficult trip and I won’t have too much time, I’m also in the - not sure my wife would allow me away for too long club- plus I’m not sure about the weather there. I need warm sun. Thanks for the information 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 England to Bat England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Jos Buttler (capt/wk), 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 59 minutes ago, Super said: England to Bat England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Jos Buttler (capt/wk), 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark Wood Just popped downstairs to make a coffee, 42-1 I can see me drinking a lot of coffee today (too busy to 'work downstairs with the telly on for a bit of background noise...') 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 Not much of a crowd in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 So immature from Brook. Hope he learns fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 That was daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 Need something special from Jos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 What's a good score here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 Need to bat 50 overs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 I’d have England as favourites here. Spinners need to bowl well though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 This is poor from Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, And Its Smith said: I’d have England as favourites here. Spinners need to bowl well though Spinners will need to bowl miraculously more like... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 We were about a 100 runs short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 Good kick up the ass for this team. Stupid format means it probably won’t matter they have lost this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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