by Arthur Crabtree » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:54 am
Obviously, all of these. The most amazing ground I've seen is the MCG. What could be better than raising a bat through the 360 degree disc of the stadium, with the biggest crowd in world cricket potentially watching. If i was picking a cricket ground to go on to compete in the best ground in any sport, it would be the MCG.
Yet, being in the big stand in Barbados, is the best place to be, for the magic of the crowd. For the atmosphere, and intensity of support.
Yet, I find Trent Bridge the most lovable of grounds. Because it hasn't really lost touch with how a county ground feels, which is intimate and convivial.
But if I had to name anywhere, it would be India. If you looked back on your career, and you had hundreds in Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, how could you not feel anything but utterly thrilled. Maybe this is because they are the most alien conditions for an English player. And maybe it is because these are huge cities in the home of cricket. And maybe it's just listening to old timers talking about their big scores back in the fifties in India. But I think I'd pick Mumbai.
I always say that everybody's right.