How many grounds have you watched cricket at?

[Richard]

Zero

Same here.

This is Manan and Akhil having something in common?! (Aside from being Indo-Americans, obv.)

 

[ScreaM]

Have only been at the WACA and have been there about 6 times.

 

[stumpski]

Fair enough, but train fare in addition to entrance fee is a bit too pricey for me, even with my YP railcard.

Yes, it can push up the cost quite a bit. I try to make sure I travel after 10 am (even if it means missing the first hour's play) or at weekends if I'm getting the train. But it costs £10 to park a car at Canterbury, while the train fare is £11, so with 80-odd miles of petrol it's a no-brainer really.

Having said that, it took me three hours to get home tonight.

 

[honestbharani]

WoW, quite some achievement that.

lol, it would be but the ground's just a five (or max. 10) min walk from my house, so not that big a deal, given that I was only a student till a couple of years ago... From now, I guess it will be a bigger problem... First, there is the matter of work and second, they are planning to get another stadium.

 

[Richard]

Even with the ground being just a short distance from your place, it's still an amazing effort to be able to organize (or have organized for you - I presume you were only 5 or so in 1987) to attend every game - never have something on, never be ill, never be too late to get a ticket, etc.

 

[tony p]

I was bored so I thought I would bump this. after 16 years. LOL

As an Australian, I have watched first class cricket cricket at the following grounds,
MCG,
Sydney,
WACA,
Launceston,
T.C.A. Ground (Hobart)

On my visits to England since 1989, watch FCC at the following grounds,
Derby,
Chesterfield,
Chester-le-street
Chelmsford,
Colwyn Bay
Bristol,
Gloucester (both grounds, Tuffley Park & Archdeacon Meadow)
Cheltenham (MY FAVOURITE)
Southampton (Northlands Road) pre, Ageas Bowl.
Portsmouth,
Canterbury,
Tunbridge Wells,
Maidstone,
Old Trafford,
Liverpool,
Leicester
Lords (Overrated)
Merchant Taylor's School (Middlesex)
Northampton,
Trent Bridge ( My Favourite UK Test ground)
Taunton
Oval,
Hove,
Eastbourne,
Horsham,
Hastings
Edgbaston
Worcester
Headingley
Oxford

Hope to add a few more "Outgrounds" in the next few years, like Scarborough, Blackpool, Arundel, Beckenham etc as it's always great watching .

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Hmmm. Probably won't get 'em all, but at the very least.

Chelmsford
Lord's
Old Trafford
Oval
Southampton
MCG
SCG
Eden Park
Pukekura Park
McLean Park
Hagley Oval
Lancaster Park
Cake Tin
Barton Oval
University Oval
*Basin Reserve*

Non-high-level cricket at Bankstown Oval, Manuka Oval, Dene Park (Bournemouth)

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I think just 4. Mostly Edgbaston and Headingley, with a couple of trips each to Trent Bridge and The Oval.

 

[_Ed_]

NZ ones (north to south, because I cbf with any other way of ordering them):
Cobham Oval
Eden Park (plus Outer Oval)
Colin Maiden Park
Seddon Park
Pukekura Park
McLean Park
Basin Reserve
Hagley Oval

And then Lord's and The Oval in the UK.

 

[ashley bach]

About the same as Ed minus the Oval, only got to Lords for one day(saw Jacob Oram ton up)
Also SCG, MCG, Adelaide oval and the Gabba.
Went to Mainpower Oval in Rangiora today for what I thought was the final day between Canterbury and CD but either it was finished or I buggered
up the dates.it would have been the first time in about 30 years I've been to a domestic game having lived at them as a kid.
High up on the bucket list is to get to the Caribbean for a test series/holiday.

 

[Brook's side]

Am guessing I'm down the bottom of the list (albeit not quite as bad as Red Ink Squid haha), but the ones I can remember mostly from way back:

Worcester (many)
Edgbaston (many)
Lords (5?)
The Oval (2)
Grace Road (1)
Tring (1)
The GABA (1)

 

[Chewie]

Eden Park
Fitzherbert Park
MCG
Marvel Stadium

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

South Africa :
Newlands Cricket Ground (Many times)
Centurion (Many times)
The Wanderers (Thrice)
Kingsmead
Oval Cricket Ground (Pietermaritzburg)
Saint George's Park (Port Elizabeth)

Zimbabwe
Harare Sports Club

England
Lords
Old Trafford

 

[JBMAC]

The Gabba (more times than most of you have had hot dinners) and I suppose playing on the SCG a few times would count.

 

[Flametree]

Tests/ODIs :
Old Trafford, Edgbaston, Lords, The Oval (all NZ tour 1999)
Adelaide Oval
Eden Park, Hamilton, Basin Reserve, Lancaster Park (Astle's 200), Hagley, University Oval


First class only :
Hampshire (old ground), Canterbury, Leicester, Northants, Derby
Palmerston North, Cooks Gardens (Wanganui), Pukekura Park (New Plymouth)

 

[Daemon]

The Oval
Had a training session at the Chinnaswamy on a cricket tour if that counts

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Internationals:
Basin Reserve
Sky/Westpac Stadium
Carisbrook
Eden Park
Gabba
MCG
Marvel Stadium (Big Bash)

NZ Domestic:
Pukekura Park
Fitzherbert Park
Levin Domain (domestic and also also NZ vs Aus women's ODI)

 

[Victor Ian]

MCG

Why would you go anywhere else?

 

[honestbharani]

Both played and watched games at Chepauk.


OK, I just played the one game at Chepauk in a school comp finals.

 

[Adders]

MCG

Why would you go anywhere else?

Do you realy need an answer to that?