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Xenophon PCDGS said:
How is Old Trafford after recent years ground improvements now seen as a future Test Match venue?
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T20 v India 2026
T20 v Sri Lanka in 2026
ODI v New Zealand in 2027
ODI v Pakistan in 2027
T20 v New Zealand in 2027

The next test match is 2028 I think.
The next ashes test: 2031

it doesn't seem that popular with the authorities let alone customers!
 
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stuart81 said:
English cricket, one step forward, quite a few steps back

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England bowler Brydon Carse under investigation by ECB for reported nightclub incident

The ECB is investigating after videos circulating online appear to show England bowler Brydon Carse being led away from a nightclub in handcuffs.
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Is it really "quite a few steps back" for "English cricket"?

It seems to me that all these "incidents" around the England team have been relatively minor, if really anything at all. But the media and social media is pouncing on anything.

On the other hand during this century we have had a former England cricketer jailed for cocaine smuggling, another professional player convicted of rape and another who died on railway tracks fleeing the police and was found to have been a habitual cocaine user. The latter which almost certainly reflected a wider culture of hedonism among certain team-mates.

Also something which has had relatively little attention is a serious allegation involving a former England player allegedly spiking women's drinks.
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
How is Old Trafford after recent years ground improvements now seen as a future Test Match venue?
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Flippin awful in my experience. Comfortably (more accurately - uncomfortably) the worst of the test Grounds I have been to in England & Wales, which is all of them except the Rose Bowl.
 
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I’ve been given a ticket for Yorkshire v Leicestershire at Scarborough on Thursday. Obviously the weather forecast after weeks of drought is thundery showers :rolleyes:
 
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Bald Rick said:
Flippin awful in my experience. Comfortably (more accurately - uncomfortably) the worst of the test Grounds I have been to in England & Wales, which is all of them except the Rose Bowl.
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Awful experience when I went to Old Trafford - won't be going back. Horrible, just horrible. Never had an issue at the other Test Grounds I've been to (Trent Bridge, Lords, The Oval and the Rose Bowl), whether it's been for an international or domestic game.
 
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I don't mind OT. Trent Bridge is a fine ground, but a bit small for the biggest series.

Giving The Rose Bowl an Ashes Test is the problem, a soulless, hard to access (by public transport) ground, distorting the geographical balance. London correctly has 2 Ashes Tests, both because of the massive population of London, but also because it's so accessible for most of SE England. Essex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey and indeed Hampshire.

I guess the ECB argument is that it's to give thanks for the cricket they hosted in lockdown in 2020.
 
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Mikey C said:
I don't mind OT. Trent Bridge is a fine ground, but a bit small for the biggest series.

Giving The Rose Bowl an Ashes Test is the problem, a soulless, hard to access (by public transport) ground, distorting the geographical balance. London correctly has 2 Ashes Tests, both because of the massive population of London, but also because it's so accessible for most of SE England. Essex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey and indeed Hampshire.

I guess the ECB argument is that it's to give thanks for the cricket they hosted in lockdown in 2020.
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I’m a traditionalist and in my head there are six Ashes tests and they’re played at Old Trafford, Headingley, Edgbaston, Trent Bridge, Lord’s and the Oval. A good geographic spread

But times change and I suppose the Utilita Bowl makes some sense because of where it is and that it holds 25,000 (fourth equal biggest), albeit it’s a bugger to get to.

So once that’s chosen, and grudgingly accepting only five tests and two in London, choosing both midlands grounds rather than one of them and one in the north is a baffling mess. Trent Bridge only holds 17,500 so it isn’t being played there for the gate receipts. (Old Trafford holds about 26,000 by comparison)

I just don’t understand the ECB
 
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In the Test Match series between India and Sri Lanka, there was a good example of steady late-order batting by the Indian wicketkeeper, Dhruv Jurel who proceeded whilst batting at number 7 to score 115 not out with 2 x 6 and 9 x 4 which enabled India to declare at a healthy score of 503-9 declared.

In the 2nd innings of Sri Lanka in response, Sonal Dinusha batting at number 6 showed a thoughtful style of batting to ensure his side saw the match through to its end and a drawn result by scoring 133 not out to enable Sri Lanka to a total of 429-9 in the 2nd innings.
 
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England were all out for 290 after a last wicked stand of 47 between Atkinson and Tongue. Pakistan have been reduced to 30-3.
 
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3rd rail land said:
Why were runners banned? I think they are still allowed in the County Championship.
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No they are no longer allowed in county matches. I think one of the reasons they were eventually banned was abuse of the rules. Umpires had difficulty determining whether the batsman was genuinely injured, or just trying it on when feeling tired, after a hard day in the field. That aside, there have been some hilarious mixups between batsman and runner leading to run outs, which were amusing to watch.
 
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