English Cricket Summer Tests 2016 - NZ & Aus
Discussion
whatleytom said:
Gargamel said:
Quite often they sell tickets for a tenner, but certainly not for free.
I know for the Ashes game at Lords all five days are sold out.
Obviously not expecting any of the Ashes games, what about some of the county fixtures? I know for the Ashes game at Lords all five days are sold out.
London424 said:
All out for 389. I always thought Lords was a bit of a batters paradise. Will be interesting to see once both teams have had a go.
You thought wrong. The Oval has been a far better place to bat for as long as I can remember. If the ball is swinging at Lord's, which it was yesterday morning and evening it's an awkward place to bat at, doubly so because of the slope.Decent enough total for England, especially given that they were put in and made a pigs ear of the first hour.
spikeyhead said:
London424 said:
All out for 389. I always thought Lords was a bit of a batters paradise. Will be interesting to see once both teams have had a go.
You thought wrong. The Oval has been a far better place to bat for as long as I can remember. If the ball is swinging at Lord's, which it was yesterday morning and evening it's an awkward place to bat at, doubly so because of the slope.Decent enough total for England, especially given that they were put in and made a pigs ear of the first hour.
Test centuries @ Lords - 228 (120 since 1980)
Test centuries @ Oval - 164 (65 since 1980)
There's only one person wrong here...and it isn't me
London424 said:
Your somewhat condescending reply led me to do a bit of research.
Test centuries @ Lords - 228 (120 since 1980)
Test centuries @ Oval - 164 (65 since 1980)
There's only one person wrong here...and it isn't me
I'm not saying which is better but I don't think that you can simply compare the number of centuries at each ground without comparing the number of games played. Lord's hosts 2 test matches a year compared to 1 at the Oval.Test centuries @ Lords - 228 (120 since 1980)
Test centuries @ Oval - 164 (65 since 1980)
There's only one person wrong here...and it isn't me
Edit to add:
After wrestling with the statsguru on cricinfo I managed to get the batting averages for each ground since 1980.
Lord's 34.30
The Oval 35.39
Edited by ralphrj on Friday 22 May 12:50
ralphrj said:
I'm not saying which is better but I don't think that you can simply compare the number of centuries at each ground without comparing the number of games played. Lord's hosts 2 test matches a year compared to 1 at the Oval.
The Oval has the very slightly higher overall batting average (statsguru)Overall figures
Lord's, London
1884-2015
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
130 4554 594 116961 333 29.53 228 531 457
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1877-2014
107 4088 478 102382 307 28.36 175 488 456
Sydney Cricket Ground
1882-2015
103 3874 466 98542 329* 28.91 169 437 401
Kennington Oval, London
1880-2014
97 3360 437 88653 364 30.32 164 405 362
Adelaide Oval
1884-2014
73 2793 342 84258 299* 34.37 176 410 269
Figure out the formatting yourself
hornetrider said:
Guptil gone to Wood but it's a no ball according to Jeremy Coney.
Have to say I like listening to Jeremy Coney, he's so mellow. It was nice listening to all the foreign commentators during the World Cup and nice to hear one over here now, adds an extra dimension.I actually think cricket is the only sport better on radio than tv. Just because of the commentating and things said when nothing is happening. TMS is brilliant. Well done those lefties at the BBC !
Gandahar said:
hornetrider said:
Guptil gone to Wood but it's a no ball according to Jeremy Coney.
Have to say I like listening to Jeremy Coney, he's so mellow. It was nice listening to all the foreign commentators during the World Cup and nice to hear one over here now, adds an extra dimension.I actually think cricket is the only sport better on radio than tv. Just because of the commentating and things said when nothing is happening. TMS is brilliant. Well done those lefties at the BBC !
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