How much will you watch?

[Richard]

Tarique?

 

[GIMH]

Yeah, you'd have to read the made/ruined thread to get it I think

 

[PhoenixFire]

I'll be able to watch every single ball of the first 2 Tests, none of the 3rd one as I am on holiday, the 1st day of the 4th one (which I am going to), none of the rest of that and the 5th one as I am on holiday again. Sucks to be me.

 

[Richard]

Are you incapable of refusing holidays then? I know I'd rather prefer to watch a Test at home than be sitting in some caravan doing, well... whatever there is to do.

 

[zaremba]

Are you incapable of refusing holidays then? I know I'd rather prefer to watch a Test at home than be sitting in some caravan doing, well... whatever there is to do.

Trying to tune into BBC World Service for infrequent score updates, and travelling 15 miles to find a 3-day-old copy of the Daily ****ing Mail to get the scores. I've been there, and it's no holiday.

 

[Burgey]

I'll likely watch it all. Sounds difficult, but I'll catch up on sleep on days 4 and 5, as we'll have won by then.

Out of interest, what's with the Wednesday start? Don't you usually kick off Thursdays like we ( mostly) do?

 

[BoyBrumby]

A lot depends on circumstances beyond my control (i.e. my gall bladder).

Have the whole of the second test booked off as leave, but if said organ goes **** up again I could end up seeing most of the series. It's an ill wind that blows no good, as they say.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Sorry am I missing something...Is 'watching the Ashes' an adequate excuse to take weeks of work, like most in this thread?

 

[Richard]

Some people are just fortunate to be able to work according to their own schedule. Of course, pay is reflected likewise, but some are well enough off long-term to be able to sacrifice a bit of short-term cash in order to watch one of the most watchable things in their life.

Some, of course, are not so fortunate. Likely they've not posted in this thread due to breakdown of their keyboards caused by weeping into them at the injustice of it all.

 

[Richard]

Out of interest, what's with the Wednesday start?

Some form of inflexible commitment to something or other, no doubt. Presumably the fact that we've had to have the utterly absurd amount of international cricket we've got this summer, so thus have to play umpteen back-to-back Tests, and thus need to maximise the rest between them early-doors.

Don't you usually kick off Thursdays like we ( mostly) do?

Yup, as has to some extent been discussed in a certain Cricket Chat thread. Most in this country are overwhelmingly in favour of a Thursday start in all home Test matches.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Seeing as Sky will probably show three hour highlights, they won't miss much.

Still, doesn't compensate for the live stuff mind.

 

[Noble One]

Will generally watch the 1st session each day. Depending on the contest will consider sticking around for longer.

Used to be a lot easier when univerisity studies was the only commitment in life.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Will watch as much as I can here in South Korea. I'd like to think the Australian Network will pick it up from SBS, but that probably won't happen. Might be reduced to highlights on the news.

 

[ripper868]

I'm like the other aussies, will watch till about midnight then off to bed if it's a work night, otherwise will be up all night and sleep all the next day. May make exceptions to this midnight rule like last time if theres a Lee and Kaspa last wicket partnership that fell so "Jones, Bowden!" short situation, not likely though as all matches will be over by lunch on day 2.

 

[GIMH]

Sorry am I missing something...Is 'watching the Ashes' an adequate excuse to take weeks of work, like most in this thread?

Some people are just fortunate to be able to work according to their own schedule. Of course, pay is reflected likewise, but some are well enough off long-term to be able to sacrifice a bit of short-term cash in order to watch one of the most watchable things in their life.

Some, of course, are not so fortunate. Likely they've not posted in this thread due to breakdown of their keyboards caused by weeping into them at the injustice of it all.

They are called holidays, you don't have to give a reason as to why you want them and certainly won't be costing me any money

 

[andyc]

Definitely as much as posisble during the holidays, will see how the rest of it goes with uni. Probably a fair bit though.

 

[Richard]

They are called holidays, you don't have to give a reason as to why you want them and certainly won't be costing me any money

Well yeah obviously some of it is holiday but I've tended to presume one could get 3 Tests' worth at best of holiday.

 

[superkingdave]

Well yeah obviously some of it is holiday but I've tended to presume one could get 3 Tests' worth at best of holiday.

Well three tests is 9 days holiday maximum...Don't think i know anyone who only gets 9 days holiday a year, in fact i think its probably illegal.

only need 15 days for all 5 tests and i get 25 plus bank holidays a year.

 

[Richard]

Haha, forgot that some people don't work weekends under any circumstances.

 

[Prince EWS]

Will watch every minute during my holidays (first two tests I believe).

Will be tougher after uni starts, especially if I get my Research Internship, but lord knows I'll try to watch it all.

This.