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Something rotten at the core
By Alex Try 2 years ago, mid-November, 12 Comments »
India’s cricket team is heir apparent to Australia’s world champion crown and its board is the richest and most powerful in the world. Over the past week Yuvraj Singh has scored two memorable hundreds, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India has attempted to shift the dates of the first Test match to accommodate a newly created money-spinning Twenty20 competition – the Champions League. The two sides of Indian cricket are captured in these events: sublime stroke-play, and a behemoth greedy for more cash.
The ECB rejected calls for changes to the Test dates, but even before this tour got under way England’s itinerary has been suspect. Most of the ODI’s are being played in provincial industrial cities like Rajkot or Indore – and not in the premier cricket grounds of Calcutta or Chennai.
Beside the fact that I would rather see England play in some of the world’s great stadiums – the rotation policy has left the tour itinerary in a constant state of limbo. The game originally planned for Jamshedpur was moved to Bangalore because the stands were unsafe and Guwahati in Assam is a potential war-zone. Just a couple of weeks ago 18 bombs planted by separatists in the city killed 64 people and injured over 300. Around ten thousand people have died in the regions political struggles over the past three decades.
The BCCI’s ticketing policy also leaves much to be desired. Despite its gleaming new website it does not sell tickets online, only locally around the respective stadiums. I am relying on friends in Cuttack and Delhi to get me into the ground, while the Barmy Army will not officially comment on the problems it has had in gaining a quota of tickets for the Test series lest it anger the BCCI in public – putting their quota in jeopardy.
For every great performance by India there is an example of the greed and bloody-mindedness of the BCCI. I would much rather be writing about Yuvraj.
Alex Try is in India blogging England’s tour for The Corridor
12 Comments »Looking back to 2005: Ashes tickets
By Will 2 years ago, mid-November, 3 Comments »
Nick wrote in to remind me of this post I penned four years ago, almost to the day, in November 2004:
Surrey CCC are offering tickets for The Ashes 2005 for £10. Well, not the whole Ashes, obviously…just the 5th day, September 12th. Sounds a good deal – and it’s great to read of England’s positive vibes!
Cricket fans can come and see what could be the greatest day’s cricket of a generation for only £10
What with credit crunching so noisily these days, I don’t imagine Surrey will be making that same generous offer for next year’s battle. Or will they?
3 Comments »2009 Ashes tickets for sale
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of November, No Comments; be the first!
It doesn’t begin for another eight months, but already there are some Ashes tickets being sold on eBay for serious lolly. Yes, I realised I just used the word lolly, but there you go. If you’ve got the cash, go buy some.
No Comments »Tickets for 2009 World Twenty20 on sale
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of June, 2 Comments »
Tickets for next’s year World Twenty20, to be held in England, have now gone on sale. Go get ‘em. From ECB’s press release:
2 Comments »General public tickets can be accessed in two ways:
- Through the tournament’s official website, accessed via the ICC website here: www.icc-cricket.com
- In the UK only by telephone by calling 0844 847 2020
If you are a Ticket or Premium member of TwelfthMan, you will have access to an exclusive allocation of tickets reserved purely for members.
This allocation will be accessed via a ballot due to the expected high demand of these tickets. More information on the ballot will be sent in due course, however we do not expect the ballot itself to take place until September 2008 at the earliest.
If you are not a Ticket or Premium member, you have until August 4th 2008 to join in time for access to TwelfthMan’s ICC World Twenty20 Allocation.
Ticket availability for England’s summer
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of March, 1 Comment »
Grab yourselves a ticket or two while you can.
1 Comment »A ton for a ticket
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 13 Comments »
We ran a story today about ticket prices for this summer exceeding £100 at The Oval. The piece was originally in this month’s issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine – our ex-sister publication – and it’s quite a shock. But it should be noted that most tickets on sale this summer are sold “at around £50 to £62 for the ODIs and a bit cheaper for the Tests”.
Nevertheless, a hundred quid for one day’s cricket – which could be rained off or excruciatingly dull viewing – is an extraordinary amount of dosh. Considering the opposition England face this year – New Zealand, specifically, at The Oval – it begs the ominous question of just how inflated prices might become for the Big One: the 2009 Ashes.
How much are you willing to pay?
13 Comments »Ticket to nowhere
By Scott 3 years ago, at the end of January, 5 Comments »
The Barmy Army can’t even give tickets away to Australia vs England at Sydney. Fortunately, England’s tour of duty is nearly over. And they are really treating it as a tour of duty.
Gary Hayes is one of South Australia’s most respected and sociable cricket coaches. He coaches Adelaide University’s first-grade side, a club where Liam Plunkett once passed a contented and productive season. His desire to wish Plunkett well at an England net session this week required a security officer to hover a yard from his shoulder, antennae twitching. Hayes is half-Malaysian – he recently coached the Malaysian team – and wonders if that explains it. “Goons,” he concluded, suitably unimpressed.
Had the security team investigated Hayes further they would have discovered that he had also contacted Plunkett during the second Test in Adelaide, the Test where England’s last-day capitulation sealed their Ashes defeat. Plunkett went out for dinner with his one-time coach and some former colleagues but had to eat at a restricted list of restaurants vetted by England. As he left the hotel his Durham colleague, Paul Collingwood, joked that he would not be having room service for the first time on tour. How can it be beneficial for an England cricketer to tour in such a reclusive manner?
This is kind of hilarious. Where do they think they are, Australia or Iraq? What on earth are they so frightened of? It’s hard to imagine anyone telling the likes of Steve Waugh or Matthew Hayden where they could or could not eat on tour. But as an Australian fan, I’m delighted to read this, because no England team is going to come here and win with this sort of mentality.
5 Comments »Have you bought Ashes tickets on eBay?
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of September, No Comments; be the first!
Thought this would be interesting to hear who have bought Ashes tickets on eBay, following the news that Cricket Australia have cancelled 1300 such tickets.
So, have you bought any from eBay? Has Cricket Australia contacted you yet? Are you going to re-flog them back on eBay and try to get your money back?(!)
No Comments »Ashes tickets cancelled
By Emma 4 years ago, at the end of August, 3 Comments »
It seems that Cricket Australia has taken a step of voiding some 1300 Ashes tickets today, in an attempt to curtail the internet auction trend.
It’s a risk you take if you buy from sites like eBay. What is slightly odd is the Board’s decision to not announce which tickets have been cancelled. Without this, eBay cannot help push for compensation and even the most informed fans will make unnecessary journeys and clog up stadium traffic and entrances.
Many of those with eBay tickets will be English fans. A long way to go to be turned away at the ground. Hopefully, this is just a delay on the Board’s part. Otherwise the people losing out the most will be fans, not touts.
3 Comments »Barmy Army Ashes tours 2006-07
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of June, No Comments; be the first!
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It’s been mere hours since I last mentioned the A word, so it’s high time we mentioned it – and the Barmy Army.
From humble, albeit boistrous beginnings, England’s Barmy Army has morphed into a commercial venture offering serious fans the chance to tour with Brits (and others) following England. From what I can gather, they’re a great help and offer great support to the team; during England’s darker days in the mid-1990s, it always brought a smile to my face that hundreds of people could drunkedly chant “Barmy Army! Barmy Army!” in the face of 70 for 8 with Gus Fraser at the crease. Not Gus’ fault, of course – in fact, he’s an utter legend in Barmy parts and even not-so-barmy parts.
With the own-goal netted by Cricket Australia this week, it looks like the Barmy Army (who according to an insider have deals and connections in the cricket-ticket-world – the illuminati, if you will; ticketing masons, even) have a feast of tickets to go along with their other tour offerings. See here for details.
No Comments »2006-07 Ashes tickets farce
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of June, 9 Comments »
Tickets went on sale for Australian Cricket Family members yesterday, and sold an incredible 182,000 in the first eight hours. That’s a heck of a lot, but it’s left thousands of others ticketless and frustrated, as the website and telephone system crashed under the weight of Ashes fever.
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Cricinfo has a feast of goodness on the whole affair, including:
Supporters who missed out have described the system as a “fiasco” and a “farce”. “I became part of the Australian Cricket Family, but feel like a stepchild,” Chris Flaherty said. “At age 53, do you think I’m too old to be adopted by a nicer family?” wrote Jillian Mitchell.
“I am absolutely devastated and near tears,” Cindy Gibbins said. “I was on the phone from 9.01am to 3.11pm and am still trying to get through. I want two tickets to the first day of the first Test, which is a tradition for my father and I.”
They’re already appearing on eBay, topping £8,000! Madness.
9 Comments »Tickets for the Ashes in November
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of May, 10 Comments »
They go on sale June 1. Sold out in 12 hours? I reckon so. Cricket Australia must be giddy in anticipation – loadsa munnay!
Update June 1 2006: Did you get your tickets? Thousands didn’t…
10 Comments »On Saturday he will mostly be…
By Will 5 years ago, at the start of September, 2 Comments »
On Saturday I will mostly be…
Photo taken by nico. @ Flickr.com.
The green-eyed monster in me is rising…if anyone is feeling generous and wants to give me their ticket for any of the five days, do let me know. I won’t mind going in place of you.
2 Comments »England v Bangladesh T1
By Will 5 years ago, mid-May, No Comments; be the first!
Excellent – I’m off to see Bangladesh and England at Lord’s a week on Friday, free, thanks to my Uncle. Shall take some photos and may even blog my thoughts from the ground…:)
No Comments »Lord’s Ashes Tickets
By Will 5 years ago, mid-May, No Comments; be the first!
Amazing to see the prices of Ashes tickets at Lord’s on eBay. Over £500 so far here
If I had the money I’d snap them up in a shot…
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