Second Test. England v Sri Lanka at Riverside. 27/5/16.

[Aidan11]

Think the club may have shot themselves in the foot ( again) £25 tickets tomorrow and no student deals. Not a bad price really but it could be done and dusted quickly. Should be about 15 quid imo.

I'm waiting to see if they reduce the price for walk-in sales. Technically it's unfair n those who bought in advance but those with Day 4 tickets could have done a straight swap for a Day 3 ticket so they may bend on it.

[Aidan11]

Bugger. They've just tweeted that it is still £25.

[captaincolly]

I can't imagine many people will have bought tickets in advance and if they're thinking of reducing the price at lunch tomorrow it'd be a bold prediction to say they'll be any meaningful play left. I suppose it could go deep into the afternoon but very unlikely imo - then again I thought it'd be over last night!

[Aidan11]

I can't imagine many people will have bought tickets in advance and if they're thinking of reducing the price at lunch tomorrow it'd be a bold prediction to say they'll be any meaningful play left. I suppose it could go deep into the afternoon but very unlikely imo - then again I thought it'd be over last night!

It's a very long tail. If England take a wicket in the first over tomorrow it may last twenty minutes.


The club have dropped a ball here.

[captaincolly]

I can't imagine many people will have bought tickets in advance and if they're thinking of reducing the price at lunch tomorrow it'd be a bold prediction to say they'll be any meaningful play left. I suppose it could go deep into the afternoon but very unlikely imo - then again I thought it'd be over last night!

It's a very long tail. If England take a wicket in the first over tomorrow it may last twenty minutes.


The club have dropped a ball here.

Yes. They should have a rethink but looks unlikely.

[Aidan11]

I can't imagine many people will have bought tickets in advance and if they're thinking of reducing the price at lunch tomorrow it'd be a bold prediction to say they'll be any meaningful play left. I suppose it could go deep into the afternoon but very unlikely imo - then again I thought it'd be over last night!

It's a very long tail. If England take a wicket in the first over tomorrow it may last twenty minutes.


The club have dropped a ball here.

Yes. They should have a rethink but looks unlikely.

They are giving a free T20 ticket with every Day 4 ticket. I think the refunds system system still applies so it may not be too bad.

[captaincolly]

I can't imagine many people will have bought tickets in advance and if they're thinking of reducing the price at lunch tomorrow it'd be a bold prediction to say they'll be any meaningful play left. I suppose it could go deep into the afternoon but very unlikely imo - then again I thought it'd be over last night!

It's a very long tail. If England take a wicket in the first over tomorrow it may last twenty minutes.


The club have dropped a ball here.

Yes. They should have a rethink but looks unlikely.

They are giving a free T20 ticket with every Day 4 ticket. I think the refunds system system still applies so it may not be too bad.

That's a bit better. Still think they're missing a trick by not reducing the price but maybe they'll do ok.

[Durhamfootman]

Harker will probably have gone round and kissed every single SL player

5 wickets still intact with the very faint possibility that England might have to bat again

and the weather looks good

happy days!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Maybe a few from the north east who want to be there when Cook makes his 10000th run?

[Durhamfootman]

unlikely......... "Cook who?"

£25 is more than half price for most seats, but half a day's play seems far too optimistic, so why not compensate the £25 punters with a free T20 ticket and a free pint, and open the gates for a fiver

[Durhamfootman]

how have the beer glass snakes managed?

[captaincolly]

I think the T20 deal applied to those who bought tickets in advance and was extended to walkups tomorrow.
I'll be keen to see how many turn up on Wednesday night for that T20.

[KipperJohn]

If SL get another 150 Cook might get his 10,000th run tomorrow.

'If' and 'might' in one sentence doesn't bode well....

[Arthur Crabtree]

Some turn out there, and low bounce. A 180 lead would be potentially entertaining.

Not sure why Cook got so funky with his fields at times when the ball was a danger all day. Just leave your catchers in. Woakes, like Stokes often does, suffered for the lack of a third slip.

Finn's wicket looked a no ball.

Another miss for Bairstow, a stumping off Moeen.

[KipperJohn]

With all those runs in the bank not to have three slips virtually all day was almost criminal.