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Alan Medic

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> Anybody else notice Flock & Herd had a mention in

> dispatches in the Guardian's OBO?


No, but I did notice that Lillie and Thomson had a mention in a number of dispatches about their antics in the Gabba, many moons ago ☺

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Brilliant - didn't think he'd get there when it started raining this morning but a fantastic achievement by JA. The stats (the thousands of balls bowled at that pace, the number of tests etc) are so impressive when you think of how many fast bowlers break down.
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Didn't realise that the BEEB was showing live cricket. Went looking for the highlights and found the whole match on i-player. Meant to flick through it but ended up watching the whole of the Pakistan innings. It was an amazing pleasure and hadn't realised how much I'd missed it on terrestrial. Will watch the England innings tomorrow - I do know the result sadly. Cricket is so much more watchable in empty grounds than footy
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malumbu

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Any ideas if there will be tickets for day 5 on the day? This no longer will be a quick England victory and is likely to be a hard struggle for a draw. I doubt if we have the fire power to score 300 plus.


It used to be nice going down for the fifth day, paying a few quid and enjoying the much less corporate environment. The Oval started selling tickets for the fifth day in the 00s but I am sure other test grounds may still do this.


The ticket office showed all five days sold out, with tickets on those shiiity resale sites for about ?300 but I see quite a few small clumps of empty seats in the ground when watching the highlights.


In the 90s I'd go over on spec and get a freebie from someone leaving for the final session but doubt if this happens any more. I've also paid properly through the ticket office over the years, so not a total scrounger!

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malumbu Wrote:

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> In the 90s I'd go over on spec and get a freebie

> from someone leaving for the final session but

> doubt if this happens any more. I've also paid

> properly through the ticket office over the years,

> so not a total scrounger!


I didn't think England made it to the fifth day for most of the 90's.....

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TheCat Wrote:

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> malumbu Wrote:

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> > In the 90s I'd go over on spec and get a

> freebie

> > from someone leaving for the final session but

> > doubt if this happens any more. I've also paid

> > properly through the ticket office over the

> years,

> > so not a total scrounger!

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> I didn't think England made it to the fifth day

> for most of the 90's.....


Maybe that's why it was easier to get in?


I was only ever at the Oval once. The Saturday of the 1985 Ashes series. I got in because my nephew was one of the rugby playing kids from his school, employed to tackle anyone from the crowd who went on to the pitch. It rained most of the day and I got pi**ed.

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Did get in today, a few tickets went of resale, had an excellent seat, dead excited but now totally deflated at the nature of the defeat. I'm normally more philosophical about cricket but had anticipated a great escape...


Good that they played that wonderful socialist anthem Jerusalem though.

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Nice to see this on the Guardian OBO:


The players link arms for the anthems. They?re all in black armbands in memory of the two late greats, Rod Marsh and Shane Warne. It?s good to see, but an even better tribute to Warne would have been to pick a leg-spinner on this bare surface. He advised England to pick Matt Parkinson in Brisbane, and was rather proved right by what happened to Jack Leach there.


Not so nice to see England are 17 for 2 after five seconds.


I can't seem to find TMS commentary - can anyone advise? (I don't have BT Sport)

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