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Inside Forward said:
I think England need to start acting and taking things a little more seriously tbh.

They’re coming across like a boys club who would rather play golf and and have a little bit of a giggle at the cricket at the end of it.

If they get skittled for 150 in the opening Test and then come out with “that’s just the way we play” afterwards I might spontaneously combust.
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Bit harsh - their test cricket has been superb over the last couple of years.
 
There's a thread on TripAdvisor about Hyderabad tickets, which are expected to go on sale 7 to 10 days before the match.

Have copied and pasted this info for Vizag :-
The tickets for the 2ND TEST IN VIZAG are going live on 15th January on the paytm insider website. This is official.

The prices of the test match for one day are fixed at ₹100, ₹200, ₹300 and ₹500. Meanwhile, the prices for the entire five- day test match are fixed at ₹400, ₹800, ₹1,000 and ₹1,500. The tickets can be booked from Paytm app or insider.in website, the secretary said.

However, there is no update yet with regards to the Hyderabad test, we can definitely expect everything to be pretty much similar.
 
Inside Forward said:
I think England need to start acting and taking things a little more seriously tbh.

They’re coming across like a boys club who would rather play golf and and have a little bit of a giggle at the cricket at the end of it.

If they get skittled for 150 in the opening Test and then come out with “that’s just the way we play” afterwards I might spontaneously combust.
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They will undoubtedly play aggressively and the chances are you will be spontaneously combusting at times. The difficulty with this is knowing how well we would have done with a more conventional approach. Last time we tried that in turning pitches we were also skittled out for next to nowt.
 
El Oso said:
There's a thread on TripAdvisor about Hyderabad tickets, which are expected to go on sale 7 to 10 days before the match.

Have copied and pasted this info for Vizag :-
The tickets for the 2ND TEST IN VIZAG are going live on 15th January on the paytm insider website. This is official.

The prices of the test match for one day are fixed at ₹100, ₹200, ₹300 and ₹500. Meanwhile, the prices for the entire five- day test match are fixed at ₹400, ₹800, ₹1,000 and ₹1,500. The tickets can be booked from Paytm app or insider.in website, the secretary said.

However, there is no update yet with regards to the Hyderabad test, we can definitely expect everything to be pretty much similar.
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Is that a max of £14 for 5 days cricket?
 
Hoping Robinson is fully fit and raring to go and his pace is back up to at least low 80s.

He seems to have poor natural fitness and it only takes a small knock for his conditioning to plummet.

I still think he’s our best seamer.
 
rentaghost said:
They will undoubtedly play aggressively and the chances are you will be spontaneously combusting at times. The difficulty with this is knowing how well we would have done with a more conventional approach. Last time we tried that in turning pitches we were also skittled out for next to nowt.
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For years we took things too seriously if you can do that, in the sense they were like frightened rabbits last time they played in India, scared to play a shot devoid of all confidence and India just had men around the bat waiting for the inevitable wicket.

This time we will have a go and still lose imo.

But at least we will show some fight and confidence.

India selecting 4 spinners tells you all you need you know, massive turners every game.

Unfortunately whether we play Bazball or defend more think we knackered either way.

My prediction is they will go for their shots and lose the test series.

And of course many on here will slaughter them for it.

Totally forgetting they did the exact opposite last time and got absolutely hammered.

For what it’s worth would rather get beat trying to win games then just trying to survive!
 
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TheRey said:
Meanwhile it's nigh on 100 notes for a day at a Test, paying £7 a pint and a tenner for a burger.

I love Test cricket dearly, but we are so ripped off.
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80p a beer in Pallekele. Granted it was a 330ml bottle poured into a plastic glass but still good value. Wouldn't ever fall over myself to watch international cricket in England anymore, could easily cost £200 for a day's entertainment.
 
seaham ftm said:
$75 for a test match pass in NZ last year. In a similar/wealthier country than England that was unbelievable value.
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ECB and already rich county greed.

They'd not have a test at Lords/Oval every summer if it wasn't about that.

I know we talk about tradition but then we didn't have some of the test grounds we do now in the past.
 
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