Just watching on TV third test and am quite surprised how sparse the crowd is, compared to the India v New Zealand test. Are there reasons or is this a trend on the sub continent or just in Pakistan. Perhaps a sign of things to come in the UK. Or the reason the Authorities are flogging off the 100 at an indecent speed!

I’d imagine it will be a tad cold this time in September!

Love to know what the figures are for the hundred!!!! My thoughts are that the membership cost should be reformatted to be based on the number of matches to be watched Something I understand Lancs do and the streaming for all should also be thrown free in with that. Free streaming as a come on in some format should also be in place to also attract new members

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I think Kent charge already and made £5k or so in 2023. If that was for a full year I'd think leaving it free would be better than charging. And getting people to register might well help. Also if the figures for the value of the Hundred are correct the Warwickshire board will be hard at work devising a distribution to long suffering members rather than thinking of new charges.

Get the feeling that with the indecent haste and the odd parties that have suddenly been linked to the sale of the Hundred (Strauss, the Americans at Wrexham FC) that the authorities are trying to cash in before the bubble bursts. Be interesting to see how it goes. They will need a lot of separate investors to take the risk of becoming involved, not just a handful of teams. Not heard anything to suggest that the Indians want anything to do with it.

Hate to admit it but tried to watch 100

If anybody else has do u understand graphics on screen

Totally baffling to me

Two day test match does not bode well for cricket.

A morning at most tomorrow and that’s it for the match I think

Jetting in players to play unprepared is not realistic

Hope Edgbaston has an adequate insurance policy in place for an early end

This is how exactly how I feel

Well said!

The way England went about things this morning they couldnt wait to get home. Together with many of the Indian stars not wanting to play at so called “out grounds”, doesn’t bode well for test cricket!

I just want to add that the SKY Hundred goings on remind me of the early 90s? when SKY tried to get the Rugby League authorities to merge clubs such as Widnes and Warrington as part of their efforts to get a Super League established on a bigger regional club basis. And the SKY plaudits such as Stevo praised the idea to the rafters.

Gladly it was all turned down, unlike cricket

I know weather not good but grounds don’t seem that full and not much of a push to me to sell tickets

What’s going on?

Notts have county reciprocal arrangements with the bears lancs pears and Leicestershire for 2023

Great to hear there are some reciprocal arrangements in place

But as someone living out of Brum and not planning to go to night T20 games and taking into account the likely effects of the weather on four day time county games, the level of full county membership is a little OTT.

Should for people like me and for cricket lovers in general, who want county cricket in August, it be more sensible to stage county games at secondary locations like Derby Leicester Worcester Hove in August and then include these in individual county only memberships and let the big counties chase the cash in the hundred?

Re reciprocal arrangements it doesn’t appear that the Bears have any such arrangements? Nor do Notts who last year had arrangements with the bears lancs and Worcestershire. Am I missing anything here?

Amazing to me they can change the venue when it suits, but for the championship in August they can’t move matches away from Edgbaston to the unused grounds such as Derby and Hove.

Money talks!

Odd end of season game.

Surprised when I arrived game on. Even so when I felt grass at lunch and it was still damp. But for Edgbaston having test status would match have started on time.

Memories of match

Too small target score and Warwickshire not going for it

Keith Barker being applauded by city end as he took a stroll around in afternoon. Had visions of him hitting winning runs, thankfully not. And announcer yesterday leaving mike on and swearing about first ball to said player and umpires briefly holding up game.

But most of all gradual fall of wickets never thinking it would end in victory.

But above all a big well done to Mr Norwell

I believe in miracles

Thanks

Will play start on time?

Will play start on time?