Best Test Ground???

[Son Of Coco]

I always knew that you Aussies were an inherently soft lot.



Not if you're a smoker.



Do me a favour.



Bah!

Richard's not an Aussie.

 

[Richard]

Sir Nev's post about "you Aussies" wasn't directed at me TBH.

 

[Julian87]

I like Bellerieve.

 

[Hoole Seal]

Has to be Old Trafford. It's not the prettiest, but there's nowt like playing at home.

 

[Beleg]

here's good reasons for most of the above, TBH. The wave was banned as it'd become dangerous; smoking being banned is never a bad thing; musical-instruments and banners can be disruptive; and while having to buy sponsors' products and sit through ads is regrettable, it's pretty much inevitable. The restrictions on stuff you can bring in, too, are a sad inevitability of the times we now live in.

This is already the case at plenty of other grounds around The World and will only increasingly become so as the years roll on.

meaning going out to watch cricket is no longer supposed to be a fun day out...

 

[skipper]

Kool Man Even Am from Hyderabad... U been to the match between India Vs Aus?

I live outside Hyderabad now. I wish I was there. Cheers.

 

[Richard]

meaning going out to watch cricket is no longer supposed to be a fun day out...

Well it may be supposed to be, but it often isn't, unfortunately.

Unless, of course, you (like I'd imagine I would be) can be pretty unbothered by any of those and just enjoy some high-calibre cricket. I don't go to cricket (well, I don't go often anyway) to blow hooters, throw stuff up in the air and stand up and wave my hands, yell at the players, smoke, drink myself to stupor, eat oceans of food, or any of that stuff really.

Yeah, it's not ideal to be in cramped seating and to have extremely loud speakers making noise more often than not, but there are ways around both.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Sir Nev's post about "you Aussies" wasn't directed at me TBH.

Really? He quoted you. There's too much reading involved.

 

[Richard]

Do not believe that the relationship between the quote and who is being spoken to is without vary.

Here, for instance, I'm speaking to you, but there's not a quote to be seen.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Do not believe that the relationship between the quote and who is being spoken to is without vary.

Here, for instance, I'm speaking to you, but there's not a quote to be seen.

You'll have to admit though, to quote and reply to something without actually talking to the person you've quoted is rather unusual. If I'd quoted someone else and wasn't actually talking to them would that make sense?

That's a rather Shakespearean writing style you've adopted too Richard.

 

[Richard]

I disagree, I feel it's distinctly Marlowe-esque.

Anyway, yeah Sir Nev's comment was a bit off-the-cuff, but I assure you, he's well aware I'm no Australian!

 

[SJS]

I voted for Feroze Shah Kotla which really has been a lousy ground for almost its entire existence but there are simply too many emotions attached.

• Its the ground where I watched my first ever test match in February 1961. I was all of 11 years old. (my 11th birthday was during the match)
  
• Its the ground where I played my first senior division league game as 12th man who had to play in the 11 because someone did not turn up as a 15 year old
  
• It is the ground where I played Bishen Bedi for a few overs and survived (getting out to Suresh Luthra)
  
• Its where I took my sons (just four and five then) to watch me play and go back and brag in school that their dad played where Gavaskar and Kapil did
  
• Its where I have watched most of my international games and more importantly, where I have stood close to the nets and watched greats like Dexter, Cowdrey and Barrington, Reid and Sutcliffe, Sobers, Kanhai and Hunte, Ian Chappell and Doug Walters, Viv Richards and Roberts and derived more pleasure than from any game of cricket.

I love that ground as much as I hate its being a complete shambles.

Its being renovated now for sometime. Must go and have a look one of these days.

 

[SJS]

BTW, I am shocked that anyone else voted for it and would love to know why ?

 

[Pratters]

Lords has to be the best right now. The drainage system and all the modernity is awesome.

My personal favourite is Eden Gardens. What an atmosphere. I have been priveleged to watch most of the international cricket which has occured here in the past 16 years apart from a fair few domestic games as well.

 

[Richard]

I voted for Feroze Shah Kotla which really has been a lousy ground for almost its entire existence but there are simply too many emotions attached.

• Its the ground where I watched my first ever test match in February 1961. I was all of 11 years old. (my 11th birthday was during the match)
  
• Its the ground where I played my first senior division league game as 12th man who had to play in the 11 because someone did not turn up as a 15 year old
  
• It is the ground where I played Bishen Bedi for a few overs and survived (getting out to Suresh Luthra)
  
• Its where I took my sons (just four and five then) to watch me play and go back and brag in school that their dad played where Gavaskar and Kapil did
  
• Its where I have watched most of my international games and more importantly, where I have stood close to the nets and watched greats like Dexter, Cowdrey and Barrington, Reid and Sutcliffe, Sobers, Kanhai and Hunte, Ian Chappell and Doug Walters, Viv Richards and Roberts and derived more pleasure than from any game of cricket.

I love that ground as much as I hate its being a complete shambles.

Its being renovated now for sometime. Must go and have a look one of these days.

Never knew you were a Delhi man TBH, thought you were a Mumbaiker.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I disagree, I feel it's distinctly Marlowe-esque.

Anyway, yeah Sir Nev's comment was a bit off-the-cuff, but I assure you, he's well aware I'm no Australian!

Possibly, I may be out of touch with this sort of speak.

 

[pup11]

For me it has to be the MCG i just love the atmosphere and size of the ground, its a great ground with a pretty good pitch the boxing day test that is held at this venue every year also adds to its appeal.
I also like the Eden gardens but they hardly play any test cricket over there anymore.

 

[SJS]

Never knew you were a Delhi man TBH, thought you were a Mumbaiker.

I lived in Delhi for 35 years. From my birth till March 1985

 

[Richard]

What a coincidence, your change of location coincided fairly soon to my birth.

 

[SJS]

What a coincidence, your change of location coincided fairly soon to my birth.

Really when was that?

I left Delhi on 17th March 1985