Ticket prices very expensive and first four days all working ones. Not ideal.
I'd love to see the New Year's test moved forward to Jan 2-6 (like it used to be), but didn't the ICC implement a mandatory minimum 3 day gap between any two test matches?
Most ppl would be on holidays now, but yeah, I was surprised at how expensive the tickets are, even in the lower concourse area it's nearly $100 for adult tickets. Take a family to the game, add overpriced drinks and food (now that they're cracking down on ppl bringing their own food and drinks into the game. This is not just a problem associated with cricket; this issue has also been raised by league fans from certain clubs. Generally speaking, the price of food and drinks at sporting events is absolutely exorbitant), and it turns into a very expensive day at the cricket.
Another comment: I don't know if media blackouts has anything to do with it as well. I remember before 2005/06 season, tests and ODIs that weren't sold-out were only partially broadcasted into the city where the game was held. For days at test matches that weren't sold-out, only the last 10 mins of session 2 and the last session were broadcasted into the host city (for Sydney, this was 3:30-6pm) and for ODIs, only the first two hours (2:30-4:30pm) of the game were shown, with 1hr highlights of the remainder of the game broadcasted late at night.
