1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Gabba, Nov 21-25 2019

[King hit]

Not being a Brisbane local myself, what do you think the problem is that the Gabba's struggling to even get people turning up on a weekend?

I think it has a lot to do with how high the prices are. A concession ticket for me yesterday was $75. Just easier to watch at home.

 

[King hit]

There was no way there was 13k there on friday, ground wasn't even a quarter full.

They were using the afl calculator

 

[mave]

Imagine listening to Tim Paine all day

I subject myself listening to Warnie, I can handle Paine.

 

[TheParraboy]

Paddy da man

Pakistan 4/93

 

[undertaker]

GORRRRRRRRNE!

 

[Bazal]

The characters of the game were killed off years ago. No way would Lillee/Marsh/Walters/Chappell brothers/Border/Hughes/Matthews etc. last in the game today. The PC brigade would make sure their career was killed off

Or maybe the game has changed and players are both more focused, as professional cricketers, and more aware of the importance of public perception? Especially in the wake of having our captain and vice captain banned for blatant cheating...

 

[TheParraboy]

I think it has a lot to do with how high the prices are. A concession ticket for me yesterday was $75. Just easier to watch at home.

pends where in the ground you sat in?

shaded in the stand, higher up behind bowlers arm or slips adjacent, then to me,thats pretty good for full day at a test

 

[King hit]

Innings victory here

 

[Bazal]

Good nut.

@AlwaysGreen looks safe from porters duties for the moment

 

[King hit]

pends where in the ground you sat in?

shaded in the stand, higher up behind bowlers arm or slips adjacent, then to me,thats pretty good for full day at a test

Yeah that’s where I was sitting

 

[WaznTheGreat]

The characters of the game were killed off years ago. No way would Lillee/Marsh/Walters/Chappell brothers/Border/Hughes/Matthews etc. last in the game today. The PC brigade would make sure their career was killed off

Matt Wade has more character than all of those combined bruh

 

[Eelectrica]

Great bowling here. Game is going to be over not long after lunch I think.

Pakistan should've put 500 on when they won the toss and batted first.

 

[TheParraboy]

Or maybe the game has changed and players are both more focused, as professional cricketers, and more aware of the importance of public perception? Especially in the wake of having our captain and vice captain banned for blatant cheating...

yeah this

You also had grog and cigarette sponsors back then, guys like Dougie was a pig in mud

 

[Bazal]

Matt Wade has more character than all of those combined bruh

Yeah but unfortunately it's poor character

 

[hineyrulz]

We have them 5 for 90 odd, time for Paine to bring spin on from both ends.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Yeah but unfortunately it's poor character

Matt Wade went 15 rounds with Sonny Liston in his prime,show some respect man

 

[TheParraboy]

Yeah that’s where I was sitting

fair enough

Its around $150 in the Victor Trumper stand at the SCG (not sure about concession price)

I'll go to the SCG test 3rd day as I usually try and do, I think its pink day

 

[Bazal]

yeah this

You also had grog and cigarette sponsors back then, guys like Dougie was a pig in mud

Yeah that's one of the big changes in public perception. Seems to me that quite often a lot of what people seem to mean when they say they miss the "characters" really boils down to "I miss the players I could relate to because they smoked darts and got on the piss like me."

Back then everyone just about smoked and drinking lots of beers was tough and manly and whatever. Now there's a lot more understanding of the dangers around both and the adverse affects they can have on preparation and fitness in athletes and we don't want our elite cricketers snapped pissed as a fart with a durrie in their mouth during a test series.

 

[Bazal]

Matt Wade went 15 rounds with Sonny Liston in his prime,show some respect man

Looking at Wadey's head and listening to his chat, I gather Sonny got in most of the shots...

 

[TheParraboy]

dropped catch by Paine, was tough, low to his far left