Topic: England v India series (Read 83864 times)

SD · « **Reply #870 on:** September 14, 2021, 12:04:22 PM »

Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on September 11, 2021, 02:36:25 PM

For once, I find myself applauding Michael Vaughan for being outspoken.

Me too!

Will be interesting to see if this can be resolved without further fall out. It was woefully naive of England and Austrlia to push through the BCCI's governance reforms to the ICC back in 2014 as well as hugely damaging to the game as a whole but it seems rather naive of India now to think that they can walk away in the middle of a series to guarantee player availability for the IPL

Jeff Navarro · « **Reply #871 on:** October 22, 2021, 12:15:21 PM »

Fifth Test confirmed to be played in July 2022 at Birmingham

adb club cricketer · « **Reply #872 on:** October 22, 2021, 02:53:08 PM »

Quote from: Jeff Navarro on October 22, 2021, 12:15:21 PM

Fifth Test confirmed to be played in July 2022 at Birmingham

This will be good for England as Stokes should be back by then and hopefully some of the young talent can cement their place in the top order after Ashes experience. Also Eng bowling unit was mostly tired out by the 5th test, so a fresh unit in July can make a big difference.

Duck Duck Mongoose · « **Reply #873 on:** October 22, 2021, 11:06:13 PM »

Lets be honest though, India should have played the final match this summer but were the de facto winners of the series due to their lead and having played by far the better cricket.

This proposal of some kind of one-off decider is a massive wet blanket that bears no resemblance to a test match "series".

I would much rather see England play a one-off test against Ireland or Afghanistan and think this would be much better for world cricket.

alexhilly1492 · « **Reply #874 on:** October 23, 2021, 08:07:23 AM »

Quote from: Duck Duck Mongoose on October 22, 2021, 11:06:13 PM

Lets be honest though, India should have played the final match this summer but were the de facto winners of the series due to their lead and having played by far the better cricket.

This proposal of some kind of one-off decider is a massive wet blanket that bears no resemblance to a test match "series".

I would much rather see England play a one-off test against Ireland or Afghanistan and think this would be much better for world cricket.

This! Afghanistan or Ireland would have been much better for world cricket

Although India should have forfeited the 5th test

They couldn't raise a side.. it happens all over at club level... You can't raise a side, you forfeit and the oppo gets the points

SD · « **Reply #875 on:** October 23, 2021, 09:43:00 AM »

I am also a little underwhelmed by a one off test played a year after the rest of the series. Obviously the Indian players were worried about not being against for the IPL which was the priority. It would have been better for them to forfeit the test then if the BCCI felt they needed to offer something to rebuilt relations, have an extended one day series in 2022

Neon Cricket · « **Reply #876 on:** October 25, 2021, 07:04:40 AM »

Don't even get me started on this Edgbaston fiasco, it's genuinely really pi**ed me off.

Bought tickets for the Friday, as we do every single year - must've done so for the last 10 years now. It's annually a joint birthday/Xmas present to my father and we go religiously. I don't live locally to my family anymore so spending genuine quality time with them is quite a rarity, so it's a fairly significant thing for us.

We've now been told that with the SA test being switched with IND, and inexplicably the change of dates, our tickets are now for the Saturday not Friday. Bearing in mind a pretty large number of people who go on a Friday do so to avoid missing cricket on a Saturday.

It just smacks of how out of touch the ECB really are with the modern day fan - just one look on any of the social media posts tells you everything you need to know. Our only option now is to refund all 7 tickets I've bought, and hope that I somehow manage to pick up some Friday tickets in a mini-resale they're having (not holding out much hope!).

Oh and to top it off, there's disclaimer to say re-booked tickets might cost more as the pricing structure has changed - couldn't make it up!

Neon Cricket · « **Reply #877 on:** October 25, 2021, 07:09:47 AM »

It gets even better! I've just applied for the refund and it's saying to allow up to 28 days to receive the refund (~�500).

The re-sale for new tickets is next Monday... pure incompetence.

Grubby · « **Reply #878 on:** October 25, 2021, 10:55:39 AM »

Quote from: Neon Cricket on October 25, 2021, 07:04:40 AM

Don't even get me started on this Edgbaston fiasco, it's genuinely really pi**ed me off.

Bought tickets for the Friday, as we do every single year - must've done so for the last 10 years now. It's annually a joint birthday/Xmas present to my father and we go religiously. I don't live locally to my family anymore so spending genuine quality time with them is quite a rarity, so it's a fairly significant thing for us.

We've now been told that with the SA test being switched with IND, and inexplicably the change of dates, our tickets are now for the Saturday not Friday. Bearing in mind a pretty large number of people who go on a Friday do so to avoid missing cricket on a Saturday.

It just smacks of how out of touch the ECB really are with the modern day fan - just one look on any of the social media posts tells you everything you need to know. Our only option now is to refund all 7 tickets I've bought, and hope that I somehow manage to pick up some Friday tickets in a mini-resale they're having (not holding out much hope!).

Oh and to top it off, there's disclaimer to say re-booked tickets might cost more as the pricing structure has changed - couldn't make it up!

Glad you mentioned this Adam. I'm in the same boat and won't be going on Saturday. Didn't even register the day.

Neon Cricket · « **Reply #879 on:** October 25, 2021, 01:09:12 PM »

Yeah I didn't realise to start with, saw the change of teams and just assumed it'd be the same dates - really is such an inexplicable move to change the dates. But then they know they'll easily sell the refunded tickets to Indian fans.

Feel for anyone who's booked non-refundable hotels etc

ScottParko · « **Reply #880 on:** October 25, 2021, 09:07:03 PM »

I�m one of those with unrefundable hotel rooms booked. Can change the dates for an astronomical fee but one of the party can�t go to the new dates and to be honest I�m a bit disillusioned with it all a bit so I don�t particularly want to go either now. Just going to get a refund on the tickets and take the hit on the hotel I think.

Neon Cricket · « **Reply #881 on:** October 26, 2021, 07:32:24 AM »

Quote from: ScottParko on October 25, 2021, 09:07:03 PM

I�m one of those with unrefundable hotel rooms booked. Can change the dates for an astronomical fee but one of the party can�t go to the new dates and to be honest I�m a bit disillusioned with it all a bit so I don�t particularly want to go either now. Just going to get a refund on the tickets and take the hit on the hotel I think.

Sorry to hear that mate, might be worth posting on some of the cricket FB groups about the hotel - sure there'll be someone that wants the room for what you paid. The whole thing is just another smack in the face for us fans.

Buzz · « **Reply #882 on:** June 28, 2022, 03:40:11 PM »

Right the series finishes at Edgbaston this week.
The games come thick and fast for England at the moment.

India have a few questions over their line up with Shama out with Covid and KL Rahul injured. Will Kohli get the arm band or will Bumrah or Pujara get a go...

England are on a crazy roll, but will they be able to continue to smash everything against the Indian attack?

Jimbo · « **Reply #883 on:** June 28, 2022, 04:15:50 PM »

I do not fancy Crawley's chances against that India attack, although I can see that bringing in someone else for a one off game is a bit of a hiding to nothing.

If Stokes can learn to temper the aggression a touch as Bairstow has done so effectively then that England middle order is the match of just about anyone on its day.

adb club cricketer · « **Reply #884 on:** June 28, 2022, 05:20:06 PM »

With the way Eng are playing as well as the form (lack of) of most Indian batsmen, the series is drawn already. The way Eng are playing, must say Test cricket is getting even more interesting! With next generation players all brought up on T20, it had to happen.

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