5th ODI: Australia v England at Perth (Optus Stadium) on Jan 28, 2018 - England won series 4-1

[King hit]

Is the ground easily accessible from the CBD like the WACA is?

 

[jargan83]

Is the ground easily accessible from the CBD like the WACA is?

The new stadium is on my train line so was easy for me to get in this morning, 3 stops from my station.

Transperth are running a shuttle train service from Perth station similar to the Olympic Park service for big events, a service every 5 minutes according to what I read.

They’re still building a pedestrian bridge across the river for anyone who wants to walk from the city side of the river but that’s not opening until March/April but I’d say a lot of punters who work in the city would prefer to catch the train here.

They can run trains from Fremantle, Joondalup with plans to extend the Thornlie line to meet the Mandurah (construction starting next year) so eventually the Stadium will be serviced by all of the rail line in Perth except the Midland line. East Perth station on the Midland line had a major upgrade and is probably a 10 minute walk away.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I tried uploading one 10 mins ago and it said the file was too large!

Yeah, I had same problems in Melbourne during test.

Anyway. Have fun!!!

 

[hineyrulz]

Woakes out, the Poms have no chance.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Woakes in the World XI?!?!

FMD...he can't even make the England XI.

 

[jargan83]

Dunno what the f**k I heard lol.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

My sabermetric analysis tells me that England are now 2.84376599747% less chance of winning with Don Woakes out.

 

[jargan83]

My sabermetric analysis tells me that England are now 2.84376599747% less chance of winning with Don Woakes out.

Yeah but what about your personal opinion when your sabermetric analysis doesn’t work out?

 

[hineyrulz]

Wicket looks like a dogs breakfast.

Gotta love dem drop ins.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Helluva cricket ground this. Almost as good as the waca but without the Fremantle doctor.

Not as good as Gloucester park though where Ashley Mallet took 400 wickets in a match once during world series cricket.

 

[JJ]

My sabermetric analysis tells me that England are now 2.84376599747% less chance of winning with Don Woakes out.

Hmmmm I reckon you need to run that analysis again.... then again that's my personal opinion

 

[hineyrulz]

Helluva cricket ground this. Almost as good as the waca but without the Fremantle doctor.

Not as good as Gloucester park though where Ashley Mallet took 400 wickets in a match once during world series cricket.

Nowhere to leave your horse either, back in 1962 when I was lighting up the shield Competition me and Les Favell rode and parked them at every ground.

 

[Bazal]

Gee the collective sigh of relief from the Aussie sheds when the mighty Chris Woakes wasn't named must have been heard at Rottnest Island.

Helluva World XI cricketer

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Nowhere to leave your horse either, back in 1962 when I was lighting up the shield Competition me and Les Favell rode and parked them at every ground.

Actually mate, at Gloucester park John Snow and I used to use the harness racing track for rickshaw races during innings breaks.

 

[JJ]

Gee the collective sigh of relief from the Aussie sheds when the mighty Chris Woakes wasn't named must have been heard at Rottnest Island.

Helluva World XI cricketer

Yep so much so that I read they've left out the champion White, and are batting Stoinis at 3 and The Show at 6?

Fresh thinking there, but a top 6 more likely to inspire mirth than respect/fear

 

[ANTiLAG]

Good to see England taking this dead rubber seriously by bringing in their superstars Willey and Ball.

 

[hineyrulz]

Zoe Goss , Brian’s Lara trembles at the thought of her name.

 

[Bazal]

Yep so much so that I read they've left out the champion White, and are batting Stoinis at 3 and The Show at 6?

Fresh thinking there, but a top 6 more likely to inspire mirth than respect/fear

Well they can safely try things without Chris Woakes, Destroyer of Worlds to worry about

 

[JJ]

Well they can safely try things without Chris Woakes, Destroyer of Worlds to worry about

Never a truer word typed

 

[King hit]

Great that useless White is out and Maxi is in