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Pakistan in UAE, Where Would Your Back-Up Be?

Goughy

Goughy

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If your country was forced to play Tests in a non-Test playing country, where would be the most logical choice?

I suppose for England it would have to be Ireland. Close proximity, easy to travel to, same time zone etc.
 
Cabinet96

Cabinet96

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Eastern US would be quite a good time zone for English fans actually. Start late afternoon and go through the evening. Means people could watch after getting back from the seaside and Tescos.
 
Howe_zat

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With things as they are I'd expect the ECB to play neutral matches in the UAE anyway.

Ireland is a nice thought but I'd think they'd be reluctant to give Irish cricket more weight in the international arena - they do know which side their bread is buttered, you fear
 
hendrix

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Are there any decent cricket pitches in Fiji? It's pretty much the same timezone as NZ.
 
Agent Nationaux

Agent Nationaux

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Most countries would use the UAE because you already have everything there and the facilities are top notch plus the pitches are good (fast bowlers and spinners). Good for the fans as well with Dubai being a tourist destination and free entrance to test matches.
 
Goughy

Goughy

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Agent Nationaux said:
Most countries would use the UAE because you already have everything there and the facilities are top notch plus the pitches are good (fast bowlers and spinners). Good for the fans as well with Dubai being a tourist destination and free entrance to test matches.
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Really? UAE as a whole gets 8 mill int tourists a year - about the same as Indonesia. Malaysia, where I live gets 25 million and all pale in comparison to France with 80+ mil. Dubai is definitely an international city but it isnt top of the list of places where English cricket fans would want to watch cricket (though probably neither are Malaysia or France)
 
morgieb

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NFI. We're pretty isolated, so it would probably be a South-East Asian country if they have adequate facilities.
 
NUFAN

NUFAN

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Beefy boy is losing the plot.

Goughy mentioned Hong Kong for England, I was thinking the same for Australia if the facility was good enough. They are about 3 hours behind Australia so Test matches would start at around the same time as day night matches start. There are a number of ex-pats obviously too and if we were playing a subcontinent team they would get good support too.

PNG to get a token Test too.
 
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