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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:35 pmPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:36 pmArthur Crabtree wrote:Chance to Shine is a charity, and the Government pays a lot of money into that.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:38 pmsussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:30 pmsussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:46 pmD/L wrote:sussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Leeds and Bradford must be well up there too.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:37 pmddb wrote:60 quid to watch this game. It's outrageous considering its relative location to everyone else. Old Trafford have the next test and they at least have tickets in the "party stand" for £45.
I suppose Hampshire calculated they could make more money selling tickets at £60 than lower and hoping for more sales, though.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:50 pmPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:19 pmPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:43 pmsussexpob wrote:D/L wrote:sussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Leeds and Bradford must be well up there too.
I think, and I can be corrected, that the Asian populations that make up the Leeds-Bradford area is vastly more Pakistani in origin. Something like 25% in Bradford, with only say 1-2% Indian.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:03 pmbraveneutral wrote:Indian community is huge in London too. I am surprised that anywhere would be bigger
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:10 pmAidan11 wrote:sussexpob wrote:D/L wrote:sussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Leeds and Bradford must be well up there too.
I think, and I can be corrected, that the Asian populations that make up the Leeds-Bradford area is vastly more Pakistani in origin. Something like 25% in Bradford, with only say 1-2% Indian.
That was what Headingley were banking on for their neutral test series with Australia a couple of years back but it failed spectacularly.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:15 pmArthur Crabtree wrote:I thought the bidding process had gone and games were offered partly as a reward for being good hosts, and partly based on rotation. I'm quite confident I read that.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:21 pmsussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:47 pmbhaveshgor wrote:sussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Actually the biggest indian communities is in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_In ... mographics
But yes Stupid Edgbaston didn't get a test, they probably wanted ODI and T20 since that would probably make more money.
Cheap to host it compared to a Test match.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:51 pmddb wrote:bhaveshgor wrote:sussexpob wrote:Biggest Indian communities in the UK......
Birmigham
Sandwell (part of Birmingham essentially)
Wolverhampton
Leicester (what, about 30 miles from Birmingham).....
No test at Edgbaston? Who made that decision
Actually the biggest indian communities is in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_In ... mographics
But yes Stupid Edgbaston didn't get a test, they probably wanted ODI and T20 since that would probably make more money.
Cheap to host it compared to a Test match.
Nope Edgbaston definitely wanted a test. They've had two years without a major test, it's disgraceful.