2009 Ashes Tour Dates Announced

[howardj]

Not liking the 1st Test starting on a Wednesday- it should be at a traditional venue too.

 

[Richard]

Not liking the 1st Test starting on a Wednesday

Didn't notice that.

While it's only 1 day, I cannot begin to think of a reason why that's been done.

 

[Goughy]

Good to see Scotland get an ODI. However, 9 Limited Over games is far too many.

7 ODIs was too much before T20 was ever introduced and now its a mess.

3 and 3 or 1 and 5 IMO.

Tour appears to start and finish late. Very strange.

 

[Richard]

I also can't remember who is facing England previously in the summer, and whether the dates for that have been finalised too.

 

[GIMH]

Supposed to be Zimbabwe, so probably noone

 

[morgieb]

Supposed to be Zimbabwe, so probably noone

So that means no English international cricket until late June. hmmm............

 

[Craig]

Zimbabwe should be banished to Sophia Gardens. What have they done to deserve an Ashes Test?

 

[Isura]

Zimbabwe should be banished to Sophia Gardens. What have they done to deserve an Ashes Test?

Zimbabwe deserves to play the counties. That's about it.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Most of June is taken up with the Twenty/20 World Cup which really only leaves a couple of weeks in May empty.

 

[Richard]

True, that - forgot about the Twenty20 W Cup. Wonder why that was. First time I'll ever be taking more notice of domestic cricket than international for those couple of weeks.

 

[Craig]

True, that - forgot about the Twenty20 W Cup. Wonder why that was. First time I'll ever be taking more notice of domestic cricket than international for those couple of weeks.

My excuse for the last T20 WC was that I was in Poland and Slovakia at the time. Asking the locals about cricket would get a look like I was asking for a striptease (although if it was a females then... ).

I had no idea that the T20WC was on next year, and yet I don't exactly hate the format.

 

[howardj]

Moreover, it's just tremendous to see the return of the protracted Ashes tour. Sadly, it's not as long as the tours in the late 80's and early 90's, when the chaps used to arrive pre-Anzac day and wing home in late August. I have to say, as a boy, it was one of my fantasies to get on that big Ashes tour bus and just passenger my way around England playing cricket. The Ashes tour bus is so kitted out. It has everything. In fact, they used to borrow the Man U bus for the early part of the tour (as it coincided with the EPL off-season).

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Picking the biggest would be nice too, so more people can see the games. My impression was that Cardiff wasn't going to be that big a capacity.

They can fit 16,000 into it, apparently. About the same as Trent Bridge, but less than Riverside, Old Trafford or the Rose Bowl.

 

[GIMH]

Referncing my previous comment about us playing noone, I imagine we will still play ODIs against Zimbabwe

 

[Richard]

In fact, they used to borrow the Man U bus for the early part of the tour (as it coincided with the EPL off-season).

Man Utd, PLEASE.