West Indies vs Pakistan in UAE 2016

[91Jmay]

Well that was sadly predictable, Pakistan can win game in next two sessions

 

[Black_Warrior]

Man I'm so gutted for Sami. He was on his way to a hundred in England when got run out and now he got out on 90

 

[Howsie]

68 spectators for the first day aye. How about that D/N test cricket....

 

[Black_Warrior]

68 spectators for the first day aye. How about that D/N test cricket....

D/N Test matches are still a good idea in places like Australia or England especially when you're playing on weekdays. In UAE it doesn't really make much of a difference. From my experiences, the Pakistani workers I met there work day and night. A lot of them are taxi drivers, waiters, construction workers and these jobs have 24/7 requirement.
That being said, I do expect to see larger crowds on Thursday and Friday nights. But at the end of the day, it's test cricket and will never attract the same numbers as T20s or ODIs among subcontinent fans. This was done more to give Pakistan some experience before their D/N match in Australia this summer.

 

[Prince EWS]

Crowd numbers are ultimately not very important anyway.; i's all about the TV ratings. If significantly more people are watching on TV during day/night Tests then it's worth trying to get them right, regardless of crowds.

 

[Howe_zat]

What are the ticket prices like? Have they tried just letting people in for the sake of the TV product?

 

[Black_Warrior]

I have seen them do that during the 2014 Australia and New Zealand series where they just let in people for free which is a great idea. Not sure if they are still doing it. But the other problem is that the Dubai stadium is quite far from the City and Dubai does not have the greatest public transport infrastructure and peak time traffic from 5 pm onwards can get quite crazy. If I was a day labourer in Dubai and traveling to the ground was a hassle, I would probably not bother with it.

 

[Furball]

What's the world record opening partnership? Are these two going to break it?

EDIT : Ah well, amazing jinx by me there

Smith and McKenzie put on about 450 against Bangladesh about 8 years ago.

 

[Howsie]

Crowd numbers are ultimately not very important anyway.; i's all about the TV ratings. If significantly more people are watching on TV during day/night Tests then it's worth trying to get them right, regardless of crowds.

True, but I've heard enough from plenty of different people that they would like to bring in bigger crowds by playing games later on during the day.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Shafiq

 

[Ferraz]

Did Viv just call Ramiz Raja "Rambo"?

 

[Black_Warrior]

They all call him Rambo. That's been his name since his playing days

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Absymal stuff this from WI. Not putting out any fight the whole series

 

[marc71178]

D/N Test matches are still a good idea in places like Australia or England especially when you're playing on weekdays.

I disagree in regards to England. The climate and dusk situation make it a very bad idea.

 

[smash84]

this is so predictably exciting

 

[Black_Warrior]

There was something delightful about watching the impatient and fidgety Babar Azam before tea.. you could tell how he wanted to score off every ball irrespective of the field placing..he just looked so excited to be playing cricket and so hungry to make his mark there.

 

[Black_Warrior]

"If I wanted a guy to bat for my life, it would be Javed Miandad" - Viv Richards. Wow that is some high praise

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Excellent stuff from Azhar. Opportunity to get loads of runs for everyone as it won't be so easy against NZ and Aus.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Good stuff from Gabriel.

 

[smash84]

I am actually looking forward to the NZ and Aus tours now. It will be a good contest if Pak can get some good batting practice there before heading into the tests (from what I recall not a lot of time to prep in those conditions for Pak before the tests start)