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Post by GRL on Jun 21, 2023 7:08:58 GMT
If it's all about entertainment perhaps it's best to conduct that sort of nonsense behind closed doors.
And what, exactly, is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England team??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2023 7:20:01 GMT
Roughly 40 years ago there were about 1500 people in the ground on the last day, it was a rain delayed start and England went on to win, and ultimately regain (I think?) the Ashes. That may as well have been behind closed doors.
This is a bit funky, but you should be grateful that it is so popular. If this went back to them sort of crowds (like it has in many countries) the people in charge would come to the conclusion that it was not worth persevering with and that would probably be red ball cricket done.
Then with New Road being on a flood plain they would probably build houses on it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2023 7:23:59 GMT
Actually the Hollies would probably sing "you're just a sh*t Victor Meldrew".
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Post by Peroni on Jun 21, 2023 8:32:06 GMT
Roughly 40 years ago there were about 1500 people in the ground on the last day, it was a rain delayed start and England went on to win, and ultimately regain (I think?) the Ashes. That may as well have been behind closed doors. This is a bit funky, but you should be grateful that it is so popular. If this went back to them sort of crowds (like it has in many countries) the people in charge would come to the conclusion that it was not worth persevering with and that would probably be red ball cricket done. Then with New Road being on a flood plain they would probably build houses on it. with a winding footpath through it, allowing someone to publish a walking route and wax lyrical about the history of the area and how D'Oliveira pi$$ed on his shoes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2023 10:22:23 GMT
I used to think that sport was all about winning but in recent years I've come to the conclusion that it is pretty much solely about enjoyment.
Perhaps that's because the general grind of every day life seems to be particularly miserable and an enjoyable spectacle manages to suspend reality for a short period of time.
So, ultra-positive tactics are alright by me. Even if they make little sense.
Nice to see England win 7-0 in the middle of an interesting few days of cricket. Not long ago we probably would've won the football 2-1 and snoozed the cricket to a draw. Overall we would've been better off but we would never have had anywhere near the amount of enjoyment.
Having said that, we need to win the second test at ALL COSTS!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2023 10:28:12 GMT
The most enjoyable thing about cricket for me is that it doesn't matter as much as football so you can actually absorb it a lot better.
Football matters way too much. A proper weekend wrecker.
Although the Ashes is as close to football as cricket can get.
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Post by Incognito on Jun 21, 2023 12:03:11 GMT
The test series will be all square going into the final match to ensure a sell-out crowd.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2023 18:16:29 GMT
The test series will be all square going into the final match to ensure a sell-out crowd. Far too cynical for me.
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Post by Incognito on Jun 21, 2023 19:59:14 GMT
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Post by Gresty on Jun 21, 2023 20:28:25 GMT
If it's all about entertainment perhaps it's best to conduct that sort of nonsense behind closed doors. And what, exactly, is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England team?? Much the same as somebody from England running Irish rugby or somebody from Australia running Welsh Rugby. Twice, now. š
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Post by onlooker on Jun 21, 2023 20:39:51 GMT
The Oval Ashes test appears to be almost sold out already while day 5 tickets only are available for the other Ashes test venues.
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Post by GRL on Jun 22, 2023 6:28:47 GMT
Well, it will be; the pubs are full too.
Whatever happened to this "cost of livin' crisis"? "You have never had it so good."
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Post by Peroni on Jun 22, 2023 7:50:39 GMT
"cost of livin' crisis"
Costs massively higher than a few years ago. Many fortunate that it doesn't impact on their normal spend, purely reduces their share investment contribution that year. Many receiving loads more in government financial help be it directly or via Ā£1 bus fares etc.
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Post by Peroni on Jun 22, 2023 7:55:54 GMT
The Oval Ashes test appears to be almost sold out already while day 5 tickets only are available for the other Ashes test venues. See that's the problem with this new 20/20 test cricket. It might all be finished in 3/4 so nobody wants to buy day 5 tickets. There will soon be a new law that Test cricket has maximum 3 days because clearly no demand as nobody buying day 5 tickets so not financially viable to plan for 5 days.
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Post by wyesidewiththebulls on Jun 22, 2023 8:46:37 GMT
Now that "warm up" game is out of the way the important Ashes Test match series begins at Trent Bridge today, apparently.
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Post by singe on Jun 22, 2023 8:48:36 GMT
If it's all about entertainment perhaps it's best to conduct that sort of nonsense behind closed doors. And what, exactly, is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England team?? Much the same as somebody from England running Irish rugby or somebody from Australia running Welsh Rugby. Twice, now. š ....and he's been making a damn good job of it too, by all accounts. Hopefully he'll then return home to his native NZ at some stage too.
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Post by Gresty on Jun 22, 2023 9:02:51 GMT
Much the same as somebody from England running Irish rugby or somebody from Australia running Welsh Rugby. Twice, now. š ....and he's been making a damn good job of it too, by all accounts. Hopefully he'll then return home to his native NZ at some stage too. Oops. š
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Post by Barney still in B-Block on Jun 25, 2023 12:15:44 GMT
If it's all about entertainment perhaps it's best to conduct that sort of nonsense behind closed doors. And what, exactly, is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England team?? Yes, quite. Apart from breathing life into a stale and tired format, winning more matches, in more places, in a more entertaining way, with more bums on seats, and breaking records almost every session, what is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England cricket team? Heāll doubtless move on to sanitation, the aqueduct, roads, healthcare and peace when done with the cricket. (If you know, you know). PS. Good to see āthe worlds leading multi-format batterā in the Ashes this morning.
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Post by Gresty on Jun 25, 2023 14:00:30 GMT
If it's all about entertainment perhaps it's best to conduct that sort of nonsense behind closed doors. And what, exactly, is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England team?? Yes, quite. Apart from breathing life into a stale and tired format, winning more matches, in more places, in a more entertaining way, with more bums on seats, and breaking records almost every session, what is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England cricket team? Heāll doubtless move on to sanitation, the aqueduct, roads, healthcare and peace when done with the cricket. (If you know, you know). PS. Good to see āthe worlds leading multi-format batterā in the Ashes this morning. When I used the 'if you know, you know' phrase on here a few days ago, did it become something of a 'brain worm' for you?
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Post by Barney still in B-Block on Jun 25, 2023 15:08:16 GMT
Yes, quite. Apart from breathing life into a stale and tired format, winning more matches, in more places, in a more entertaining way, with more bums on seats, and breaking records almost every session, what is somebody from New Zealand doing running the England cricket team? Heāll doubtless move on to sanitation, the aqueduct, roads, healthcare and peace when done with the cricket. (If you know, you know). PS. Good to see āthe worlds leading multi-format batterā in the Ashes this morning. When I used the 'if you know, you know' phrase on here a few days ago, did it become something of a 'brain worm' for you? Looks that way.
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