I will mostly likely be there, massive pot of tea, scoresheets and nice sharp encil at the ready. I have a really old little tranny than can pick up the TMS signal.

sigh. I often forget how young you are.
Translation: transistor radio, battery powered with an antenna arial. Museum piece really but it picks up TMS which my modern digital radio does not.

I’m looking forward to good old test cricket at proper times (been a long, wait), half past 9 start so I’ll probably be up 8:30 or so, fix a paratha for break fast, and read the newspapers, then find my self the perfect spot. And enjoy.

Lucky people in New York… Out here in California I was doing video captures at 5:00 a.m. for the 5th test (and I’m not even English). And thank goodness they replay some key moments, because there was no way I could wake up at 2:30 a.m. to watch the morning session. And I had to pay $40 for just that one test (more than I paid for the DVD’s of all 5 tests).

Of course it was easier to watch with my broadband in California than it was when I was in Paris during early August. I think there’s only one English pub in Paris that opens before late afternoon. It took me 45 min. to get there by metro, and one time they went and switched to a pointless soccer match when the cricket fans stepped out during the lunch break, and they refused to switch back. That was when Flintoff was batting at Edgbaston. After that I was inclined to just listen to the TMS radio broadcast on the net.

Thanks for the reminder about Saturday’s test. I’ll have to catch a bit of TMS online if I’m awake and around the computer while it’s going on. It’s 13 hours of time difference for me, so I guess I’ll be having breakfast just before stumps. I hope they don’t end early with bad light.

TMS will not be available online outside of the UK. I have a whole League of boys working on this problem for us.

I wonder why cricinfo or Willow TV have no offers online?

Yeah wraye, i’m here! an di will probably be watching bits and pieces of the test. But defintly won’t be losing sleep over it!!!
By the way i am going to al five days of the next Aus V West Indies test. Because its in Hobart down in Tassie!!! I will try and get some photos for you if you want Will? But i will remeber to recharge the camera before i go!!!

go for it Elliot!

but did you say - all FIVE days? ho ho ho. I think not.

HaHa good point Wraye!
But i have to miss the first day now as well becasue i have somthing relly important on at school on thursday! and i can’t miss it. But i am defintly going for the friday saturday and sunday!

Thanks Wraye!