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Reply #570 –
I thought stokes was clearly timed out, Smith was asking the umpire about it. Blocker might have made a mercy decision to prevent a rout turning into a humiliating rout.
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Reply #571 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
I thought stokes was clearly timed out, Smith was asking the umpire about it. Blocker might have made a mercy decision to prevent a rout turning into a humiliating rout.
I would have fined England for Stokes lateness and docking them points, been bowling crap over rates too.
Think you are right though they went easy due to the state of the game.
Stokes mind seems somewhere else the whole series and looks totally disinterested.

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Reply #572 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
I thought stokes was clearly timed out, Smith was asking the umpire about it. Blocker might have made a mercy decision to prevent a rout turning into a humiliating rout.

I'd like to see it again in real time.

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Reply #573 –
Quote from: Mav – on
Tonyo, so I can answer a question from my kid, would you mind me asking how much did entry cost and are they refunding it given play was over in an hour?
$100 - bit steep when you consider 1 hour's play.  Official CA policy is <15 overs AND no result on the day, so no go on the refund.

However, Scotty Boland was one of those 'I was there' moments and I don't think I will get another chance to be at the ground on the day an Ashes series is won.  So, all in all, money well spent....
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Reply #574 –
I suppose that's a cheaper hourly rate than you'd pay at certain establishments and a cricket fan would argue it's far more memorable  :)  Thanks for the response.

Cricket Australia would be bleeding that they lost a day and attendances were lower because of Covid, especially as crowds might be down for the last 2 Tests. I'd imagine the Boxing Day Test is one of its great cash cows.

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Reply #575 –
It used to be that the first day of the Boxing Day test paid for the entire summer,  don't know if that still holds.
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Reply #576 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
It used to be that the first day of the Boxing Day test paid for the entire summer,  don't know if that still holds.
I heard the CA CEO state if they got 100K over the test is was a winner, so I gather they did OK because they hit that number on Day 2!
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Reply #577 –
Tickets for C seats were $150, down to $30 for F.  We were in E and went as a family.   While it was over in an hour and a bit,  it was pretty good entertainment and the atmosphere was great.  My mate & I agreed that we thought it was still not bad value - our kids really enjoyed the demolition.
 

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Reply #578 –
Quote from: dodge – on
Tickets for C seats were $150, down to $30 for F.  We were in E and went as a family.   While it was over in an hour and a bit,  it was pretty good entertainment and the atmosphere was great.  My mate & I agreed that we thought it was still not bad value - our kids really enjoyed the demolition.

All things considered, the day could have been a lot longer had England applied itself; taking nothing away from our bowling though. 

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Reply #579 –
Quote from: dodge – on
Tickets for C seats were $150, down to $30 for F.  We were in E and went as a family.   While it was over in an hour and a bit,  it was pretty good entertainment and the atmosphere was great.  My mate & I agreed that we thought it was still not bad value - our kids really enjoyed the demolition.

Paying for 80 minutes of that type of entertainment, and the history that came with it, is still really well worth it. The atmosphere would have been something. I generally go to a day of the Test but COVID kept me away, especially with a mother with underlying conditions.

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Reply #580 –
Quote from: laj – on
Paying for 80 minutes of that type of entertainment, and the history that came with it, is still really well worth it. The atmosphere would have been something. I generally go to a day of the Test but COVID kept me away, especially with a mother with underlying conditions.

It was well worth it, when you consider seeing a debutant taking 6-7 and Australia winning the Ashes.  Etched in the memory (and much easier to remember seeing how short it was!).
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Reply #581 –
Quote from: tonyo – on
It was well worth it, when you consider seeing a debutant taking 6-7 and Australia winning the Ashes.  Etched in the memory (and much easier to remember seeing how short it was!).
Being there to watch that Boland moment is a once in a lifetime experience, like winning a lottery.

Years from now you and your family will have passed by a million people who remember sitting next to you at that very moment, or just a row away! ;)
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Reply #582 –
We need Punter to take the Pommy job, we need the old rivalries back if Test Cricket has any chance of overcoming the BCCI's money grab.

Test Cricket should be restored to it's full gladiatorial status, so that coliseums like the MCG thrive, and T20 / ODI is returned to being the clown support act for the big boys! The truth hurts, but T20 is full of failed Test Cricketers.

Unfortunately, kids always have been and always will be attracted to the clowns, .....

 ................... but evil hides there, ask any prosopophobic!
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Reply #583 –
Quote from: LP – on
We need Punter to take the Pommy job, we need the old rivalries back if Test Cricket has any chance of overcoming the BCCI's money grab.

We need Test Cricket restored to it's full gladiatorial status, for coliseums like the MCG to thrive, and T20 / ODI returned to being the clown support act for the big boys!

The truth hurts, but T20 is full of failed Test Cricketers.
Quentin DeKock just retired from Test Cricket but will play the shorter formats, been batting like he couldnt care less in the recent series vs India and says he wants to spend more time with the family but I think he wants more money and less effort.
Test Cricket is going to have to pay more to keep the better players interested which will be difficult in the less well to do countries.
The IPL has its tentacles everywhere, new test kid for the Saffies named Marco Janssen who is a giant left arm quick was plucked by Virat Kholi from domestic cricket for the IPL even before he even played test cricket as a 21 year old.
Test cricket has become a 2 tier comp with Aus, England, India and NZ as the A graders and the Saffies, Pakistan Windies and the minnows as the B graders.
You watch the test between SA and India from Supersport park and its like going to the Junction oval and watching a shield game.
Ok there is CoVid to complicate matters but the interest is waning and the Saffies were the best team in the world at one stage but nowhere near that now with even the English county scene and short formats offering more than being a test cricketer for South Africa.

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Reply #584 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quentin DeKock just retired from Test Cricket but will play the shorter formats, been batting like he couldnt care less in the recent series vs India and says he wants to spend more time with the family but I think he wants more money and less effort.
It's not purely about money although I concede that money affects the decision.

The problem is there is just too much cricket, there is no off-season.

Until there are some global rules about how much and who can play things are only going to get worse, the ICC is addicted to the BCCI dollar so I can't see it happening.

I heard a suggestion that I thought was on the money, pardon the pun, put a cap on how many professional games players can actually play as a "guardian rule" to prevent the quality of the cricket diminishing, and make it applicable across all forms of the sport. Because despite how much T20 pays, one T20 still doesn't pay as much as one test. If you cap international players at say 30 games per season, they are going to have to make very hard decisions. Because 30 T20 games won't get the bulk of them the money that they want. This gives national bodies a chance of matching the money. Anyway, something like that is needed to stop T20 marching over the grave of Test Cricket.
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