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Creating a customised itinerary to watch the World Cup is kind of fun, involves a lot of flying though.

Games to take in (subject to securing tickets of course)

Mon Feb 16: 5th Match, Pool B - Ireland v West Indies, Saxton Oval, Nelson
Thu Feb 19: 8th Match, Pool B - Zimbabwe v TBC, Saxton Oval, Nelson
Fri Feb 20 (D/N): 9th Match, Pool A - New Zealand v England, Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sat Feb 21: 10th Match, Pool B - Pakistan v West Indies, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Mon Feb 23: 14th Match, Pool A - England v TBC, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Thu Feb 26: 17th Match, Pool A - TBC v TBC, University Oval, Dunedin
Sat Feb 28: 21st Match, Pool A - New Zealand v Australia, Eden Park, Auckland
Sun Mar 1: 22nd Match, Pool A - England v Sri Lanka, Westpac Stadium, Wellington


Domestic transfers, whether these are available at this time and price in 12 months remains to be seen.
Wellington-Nelson flight $226NZD return.
8am-8.50am Wellington to Chrsistchurch sub £50 one way (cutting it fine for start of Pak v WI)
7.45am-1.45pm coach from Christchurch to Dunedin for $52NZD with New Zealand's equivalent of National Express
11am flight from Dunedin to Auckland sub £50 one way.
6am Sunday morning flight from Auckland to Wellington sub £50 one way.

shankycricket wrote:Hope to meet you up at the MCG, FTS!

If you have a shirt with a collar, 25 pounds for a guest pass and promise to be on your best behaviour, I can get you into the members.. although I'm not sure what the situation will be for guest passes for the final.

I'd love to go back to the MCG - the only Test/international ground I've ever been to.....why I haven't been to Lord's or the Oval is depressing and something I must put right....It's on the bucket list!

KipperJohn wrote:I'd love to go back to the MCG - the only Test/international ground I've ever been to.....why I haven't been to Lord's or the Oval is depressing and something I must put right....It's on the bucket list!

the lord usually has free or cheap games, I been to lords twice, once for a charity game between Rajastan royals vs Middlesex, the other being MCC vs MCC Youngster which was free.

from_the_stands wrote:

shankycricket wrote:Hope to meet you up at the MCG, FTS!

If you have a shirt with a collar, 25 pounds for a guest pass and promise to be on your best behaviour, I can get you into the members.. although I'm not sure what the situation will be for guest passes for the final.

If Afghanistan can turn over Namibia in the next couple of days, they will almost certainly be the 14th team t the next WC, behind Scotland, the Netherlands and Ireland.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/wcl-championship-2011-13/content/series/518430.html

Only two qualify though. The other two qualify from a competition in NZ just before the WC. Of eight teams.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Only two qualify though. The other two qualify from a competition in NZ just before the WC. Of eight teams.

Ah yes they do. I forgot about that. I just hope that one of them is Afghanistan.

Not a bad game for Mohammad Nabi - 81* off 45 and 5/12.

Very tight at the top:

2. Netherlands 15 (12)
3. Scotland 15 (12)
4. UAE 14 (12)
5. Afghanistan 13 (11)

ICC have announced ticket prices for the World Cup

As little as $20 for adults and kids tickets are $5 across the board, superb value for money.

http://asp-au.secure-zone.net/v2/index. ... 033&lng=en

Scotland and UAE have qualified for the 2015 World Cup.

On a seperate note I've secured tickets for seven Group stage matches in New Zealand, taking advantage of the pre-sale priority window.

Monday 16th February
Ireland v West Indies - Saxton Oval, Nelson

Thursday 19th February
Zimbabwe v UAE - Saxton Oval, Nelson

Friday 20th February
New Zealand v England - Westpac Stadium, Wellington (D/N)

Saturday 21st February
Pakistan v West Indies - Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Monday 23rd February
England v Scotland - Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Saturday 28th February
New Zealand v Australia - Eden Park, Auckland (D/N)

Sunday 1st March
England v Sri Lanka - Westpac Stadium, Wellington