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    Where to watch the Ashes…in London

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

    A plea for help from Srivaths who writes:

    I saw your “Where to watch the Ashes in Hong Kong” post. I have a better
    question for you. Where do I watch the Ashes in London? I’m a student from
    India and moved in just recently and the sky box(or whatever it is called) is
    broken in our student dig. I don’t think the pubs will be open in the mdiddle
    of the night. Any ideas?

    Damn good question, and I have no idea. Londonshire closes at 11 and woe betide anyone who walks within three feet of the bar. There must be somewhere, though, that can cater for the fans. Naturally you should all buy a crate of beer or decent malt, go home, get to bed, open the laptop and read the marvel that is Cricinfo dot com. But I appreciate you’re not all as sad and tragic as us.

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    12 Responses to “Where to watch the Ashes…in London”

  • Reverse Swing wrote:
    November 13th, 2006 at 10.19 pm

    ‘Londonshire closes at eleven’? You’re kidding, right?! The recent legislation changes mean you can get a drink almost 24 hours a day in the centre of town - and don’t have to worry about having to find an old Fleet Street boozer for the awkward 4am shift!

    Try the Sportscafe on Haymarket - that’s open ’til at least 1am most evenings.

    Then check out your local ‘Walkabout’ bar - during the Rugby World Cup they had all sorts of flexible opening times to match the game times - mainly early morning, so I’ll be surprised if they haven’t got plans to cover the Ashes series. Though, of course, once England have won the first three tests they’ll all deny the Ashes series is actually going on…

    Happy hunting!

  • Harsha wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 2.58 am

    I am based in Australia and here you could go to any Casino in the big cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast and watch the game on big screens as they never close. Most casinos offer free soft drinks and the atmosphere is pretty good. Am sure London has the same comforts at these kinds of places.
    Happy viewing.

  • ernold same wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 7.47 am

    The ball by ball radio oz commentary is normally excellent in the ashes..radio 4 long wave i think, or maybe talksport.

  • Chris W wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 11.05 am

    The England selectors will hold urgent discussions over the next 24 hours about a replacement for Trescothick and an announcement will be made in due course.

    England Head Coach Duncan Fletcher said: “Following discussions between Marcus and the England medical staff, it was decided that Marcus should fly home at the earliest opportunity.

    “We are naturally disappointed to lose a player of his quality from our Ashes squad and everyone in the dressing room hopes that he is able to make a full recovery and resume his cricketing career

  • troutio wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 11.45 am

    Damn. Tresco is going to be missed. Still, if he’s not right, he’d only be a target for the Aussies.

    Get well soon, Marcus. Who’s going to replace him?

  • Jess wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 12.46 pm

    Did a search on citypublife.co.uk, and apparently there are four (!) pubs in London showing the first Test:

    Barracuda Bar (Aldgate)
    Finch’s (Chelsea)
    George IV (Chiswick)
    Pakenham Arms (Farringdon)

    There’s probably more, though. No idea what any of these places are like.

  • Shirty wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 1.16 pm

    not sure about london, but in nottingham there’s a snooker and pool club called Rileys (it’s a nationwide chain, so there should be one near you).
    It stays open all night, as it’s a members snooker club. you can join for about £4 for a year if you’re a student.

    then you can always play a few games of pool when it’s the lunch and tea interval!

  • Mike wrote:
    November 14th, 2006 at 2.11 pm

    I’d imagine that any Walkabout will be open for business. It’s just whether or not you want to watch the match with a load of drunken Australians!

  • raj wrote:
    November 15th, 2006 at 3.18 pm

    FYI - Highlights on the BBC site - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6103470.stm

    Along with the standard listings for radio etc.

    hope that helps
    Raj

  • WOLSIE wrote:
    November 24th, 2006 at 2.55 am

    Can someone help me ? I have a flat leaking from above, so will have to stay up all night. SO, I thought that I ould tune in to the Ashes. I have been trying to listen to it on the BBC website, I have a newish laptop, and cannot get through. Does anyone have any clever ideas as to how I can get it to work ? PLEASE

  • ski wrote:
    November 29th, 2006 at 7.07 pm

    u can watch the ashes on http://www.cricketstreamz.com

  • charlie wrote:
    November 30th, 2006 at 1.57 pm

    u can watch the ashes on http://www.cricketstreamz.com

    is this live coverage or highlights? has anyone used it before? how reliable is it?

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