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Ashes tickets will sell out ‘in hours’

By Will 2 years ago, mid-May Leave a comment on this post

I cannot wait for the Ashes. That’s not to do a disservice to Sri Lanka or Pakistan in the summer and, on the basis of England’s performance at Lord’s, they really need a rocket up their derrieres. But after last summer’s extraordinary happenings, the next Ashes is going to be massive.

And there’s a distinct possibility the MCG could host 100,000 people in the Boxing Day Test! 100,000 - can you imagine? English grounds hold about 30,000 (I think) - 100,000 is taking the mick.

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5 Responses to “Ashes tickets will sell out ‘in hours’”

  • John wrote:
    May 17th, 2006 at 4.47 pm

    both teams are recovering from a bad series and have to prove themselves, should be a good tussle

  • SpryCorpse wrote:
    May 17th, 2006 at 11.26 pm

    Last time I bothered showing up to a Boxing Day Ashes Test England batted slowly all day - about 240 runs for the day if I remember correctly (I think a certain Tavare may have been to blame). How times have changed.
    This Boxing Day shapes as a ripper. Two aggressive and talented teams in front of a packed ‘G’. Drools.

  • RaeA wrote:
    May 17th, 2006 at 11.53 pm

    Probably be all over by then … on the other hand, first day, first test at the Gabba … now that’s bliss. The whole summer opens out before you, its anyones game, Kerry O’Keefe on the radio, and cold XXXX…. can’t you almost smell it!

    And with the Gabba grandstands now encircling the ground it will be as much colosseum as cricket.

  • Elliott wrote:
    May 18th, 2006 at 1.44 am

    Didn’t we have a simalar sorta topic about tickets here…

    http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2006/05/07/tickets-for-the-ashes-in-november/

  • Hammy wrote:
    May 19th, 2006 at 3.05 pm

    Up until recently the English weren’t good enough to get 100000 people to attend over the entire test match - weren’t interesting enough or couldn’t last long enough. How times have changed.

    If Cricket Australia has their way I guess there won’t be too many Poms at the MCG in that lot either. Should be a great series however.


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