02 May 2008 01:26:20

Thunnus Albacarus

Question re IPL and crowds

Last night i got to watch a little of an IPL match with the Royals (Well Warne's team .. i think it was the Roiyals) and Knight Riders (I hope not a reference to the old TV Show) I Didn't make it till the end, but got to the last 6 overs of the match Anyhow, I noticed a huge amount of vacant seats at the ground, and considering its a small ground (well compared to the MCG) and with the passion the Indians have for the game, would there be any reason why the ground wouldn't be packed to the rafters ? The only thing i came up with was becasue of the heat (they were talking 44c at the game) Also there were some nice interesting calls on a catch and run out. One thing i did notice real quick was the quality of the broadcast pictures, compared to what we see televised from the australian grounds. Brilliant. Hopefully they'll have a few more games on early.

02 May 2008 11:01:13

Cicero

Re: Question re IPL and crowds

"Thunnus Albacarus" <ThunnusAlbacarus@nothotmail.com > wrote in message news:Xns9A9274596E9BBThunnusAlbacarus@210.8.230.25... > Last night i got to watch a little of an IPL match with the Royals (Well > Warne's team .. i think it was the Roiyals) and Knight Riders (I hope not > a > reference to the old TV Show) > > I Didn't make it till the end, but got to the last 6 overs of the match > > > Anyhow, I noticed a huge amount of vacant seats at the ground, and > considering its a small ground (well compared to the MCG) and with the > passion the Indians have for the game, would there be any reason why the > ground wouldn't be packed to the rafters ? > > The only thing i came up with was becasue of the heat (they were talking > 44c at the game) > > Also there were some nice interesting calls on a catch and run out. > > One thing i did notice real quick was the quality of the broadcast > pictures, compared to what we see televised from the australian grounds. > Brilliant. > > Hopefully they'll have a few more games on early. No idea. But what umpires do they have? Local? I haven't seen any of it.

02 May 2008 12:19:48

Thunnus Albacarus

Re: Question re IPL and crowds

"Cicero" <moofie53@bigpond.net.au > wrote in news:ZvCSj.6961$ko5.347@news-server.bigpond.net.au: > > "Thunnus Albacarus" <ThunnusAlbacarus@nothotmail.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9A9274596E9BBThunnusAlbacarus@210.8.230.25... >> Last night i got to watch a little of an IPL match with the Royals >> (Well Warne's team .. i think it was the Roiyals) and Knight Riders >> (I hope not a >> reference to the old TV Show) >> >> I Didn't make it till the end, but got to the last 6 overs of the >> match >> >> >> Anyhow, I noticed a huge amount of vacant seats at the ground, and >> considering its a small ground (well compared to the MCG) and with >> the passion the Indians have for the game, would there be any reason >> why the ground wouldn't be packed to the rafters ? >> >> The only thing i came up with was becasue of the heat (they were >> talking 44c at the game) >> >> Also there were some nice interesting calls on a catch and run out. >> >> One thing i did notice real quick was the quality of the broadcast >> pictures, compared to what we see televised from the australian >> grounds. Brilliant. >> >> Hopefully they'll have a few more games on early. > > > No idea. But what umpires do they have? Local? I haven't seen any of > it. > > I'm sure i saw Rudi Kertson(sp?) at one end the other night. But most i've seen are from the sub-continent

03 May 2008 15:14:14

Muzza

Re: Question re IPL and crowds

"Thunnus Albacarus" <ThunnusAlbacarus@nothotmail.com > wrote in message news:Xns9A9274596E9BBThunnusAlbacarus@210.8.230.25... > Last night i got to watch a little of an IPL match with the Royals (Well > Warne's team .. i think it was the Roiyals) and Knight Riders (I hope not > a > reference to the old TV Show) > > I Didn't make it till the end, but got to the last 6 overs of the match > > > Anyhow, I noticed a huge amount of vacant seats at the ground, and > considering its a small ground (well compared to the MCG) and with the > passion the Indians have for the game, would there be any reason why the > ground wouldn't be packed to the rafters ? > > The only thing i came up with was becasue of the heat (they were talking > 44c at the game) > > Also there were some nice interesting calls on a catch and run out. > > One thing i did notice real quick was the quality of the broadcast > pictures, compared to what we see televised from the australian grounds. > Brilliant. > > Hopefully they'll have a few more games on early. ------------------------------------------- They do get excited....Michael Jackson was there and they started to dance all over the place......stuff the cricket they said?