1st Test Australia v Pakistan Dec 14-18 1250hrs @ Perth Stadium

[Cuzz09]

oh OK. maybe I was looking at reserved seats gen admin

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[big_e]

Of course Perth won’t lose their test but it’s ridiculous that CA favours them. In the future they should just get what they are given and reward Adelaide for doing the right thing.

CA favours Perth so much we've only had six tests in the past ten years.

Remind me the last season Adelaide didn't have a test match?

 

[Great8]

CA favours Perth so much we've only had six tests in the past ten years.

Remind me the last season Adelaide didn't have a test match?

Perth was favoured this year, CA changed the whole schedule to suit them and they still couldn’t be bothered turning up

 

[Cringle]

Year 1:
Minnow 1-2 Tests
England 5 Tests

Year 2:
Minnow 1-2 Tests
India 5 Tests

Year 3:
NZ 2-3 Tests
SA 2-3 Tests

Minnows would include any of Pakistan, Shit Lanka and/or Windies.

Just start the summer of cricket earlier against a minnow - gives the opportunity to play potential fringe players I.e. Green, Morris, etc.

Idk. I just hate the selection of two minnows this year. Gabba test match almost in February. God damn.

 

[Underarm]

Also value for money/sugar hit (3 hrs compared to 8)

Looked up gen admin for aus v WI test in adel and it said $126

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Those are the most expensive seats.

 

[the_interloper]

Perth was favoured this year, CA changed the whole schedule to suit them and they still couldn’t be bothered turning up

I wonder how many they'd get at Hobart? Plus that stadium is probably a lot cheaper too, would be interesting to look at the numbers.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Revealed: The Test venues that are set to bring in the most – and least – money

Projected figures, shared exclusively with this masthead, are a blow to Perth and a boon for Melbourne and Sydney.

www.theage.com.au

Some alarming figures.

Combined projected revenue of $60 million for the Boxing Day and New Year’s Tests, shared exclusively with this masthead, mean the MCG and SCG fixtures are locked in for the foreseeable future, as Cricket Australia continues discussions about its schedule over the next seven years.

But Perth’s projected revenue is $10 million less than Adelaide in third, as South Australia and Western Australia continue a fierce battle to secure the Test match slot that was awarded to Perth this year, only to be played in front of smaller crowds than organisers hoped for.

Another excerpt from this harsh article which suggests Perth is a cricket hellhole.

Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test and Sydney’s New Year’s Test are the two most lucrative matches on the annual calendar, expected to rake in around $32 million and $27 million respectively over the next five years.

The Adelaide Test, which has become a highly successful “destination match” for eastern states tourists since the oval was redeveloped a decade ago, and is often played as a day/night fixture, is projected to collect gate and corporate box receipts worth more than $20 million over that time.

But Perth, or the “West Test”, is projected to bring in just $11 million over the same period.

 

[JackOutback]

Perth was favoured this year, CA changed the whole schedule to suit them and they still couldn’t be bothered turning up

One year, to try and reverse a trend, but still against smaller opposition. Adelaide gets the D/N Test, Melbourne get Boxing Day, Sydney get New Year. If Perth got any of those, people would turn out.

The east coast fascination with crowd numbers in Perth is strange and they seem determined to ignore mitigating factors, like starting on a Thursday, last day of school, the heat. The numbers are not ideal but they still got 60,000 across four days. Next year is India, then England, there won't be any more talk about crowd numbers for a few years.

 

[big_e]

Revealed: The Test venues that are set to bring in the most – and least – money

Projected figures, shared exclusively with this masthead, are a blow to Perth and a boon for Melbourne and Sydney.

www.theage.com.au

Some alarming figures.


Another excerpt from this harsh article which suggests Perth is a cricket hellhole.

Breaking news: venues with most favourable fixturing make more money.

 

[Voice of the G]

Breaking news: venues with most favourable fixturing make more money.

Sydney and Melbourne have the biggest population of all the capital cities so surely they should get the biggest attendances.Biggest problem with Sydney in the new year is the weather.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

CA favours Perth so much we've only had six tests in the past ten years.

Remind me the last season Adelaide didn't have a test match?

To be fair a couple of them was because your premier wouldn't let anyone in the state. I didn't have a problem with this attendance this year though it's about par for what I expected against a side that is mediocre at best.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Sydney and Melbourne have the biggest population of all the capital cities so surely they should get the biggest attendances.Biggest problem with Sydney in the new year is the weather.

Looking a lot better this year, mind you we badly need some rain to be honest been stinking hot here

 

[Voice of the G]

Looking a lot better this year, mind you we badly need some rain to be honest been stinking hot here

Afraid we can not change the weather,complete opposite in Melbourne and see the game at Junction oval today has been delayed by rain.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Afraid we can not change the weather,complete opposite in Melbourne and see the game at Junction oval today has been delayed by rain.

As for the test the long term forecast loooks good this year least we should only need 3 to 4 days to win

 

[Great8]

Adelaide gets the D/N Test,

Adelaide has a day test against the Windies this year

ignore mitigating factors, like starting on a Thursday,

Adelaide is starting on a Wednesday this year.

And yet with those two factors in play I’d be shocked if Adelaide didn’t get a higher attendance than Perth.
Would almost be certain that if that test Perth just had was played in Adelaide as a day test and starting on a Thursday that 80k would’ve been achieved
Let’s not forget that Perth did get a D/N against the same opposition as what Adelaide got and still couldn’t draw the same numbers as Adelaide.
I’m sure there are more excuses that Perth folk will find but at the end of the day they just aren’t interested in tests

 

[big_e]

To be fair a couple of them was because your premier wouldn't let anyone in the state. I didn't have a problem with this attendance this year though it's about par for what I expected against a side that is mediocre at best.

That's not true.

The WA Government offered a couple of different ways to change/work around COVID restrictions but CA refused. One required a few extra days between tests, the other was to have the tour start in Perth, but CA wanted the Ashes to start at the Gabbatoir.

And anyway, two of them were because India wanted four tests.

 

[big_e]

Adelaide has a day test against the Windies this year

Adelaide is starting on a Wednesday this year.

And yet with those two factors in play I’d be shocked if Adelaide didn’t get a higher attendance than Perth.
Would almost be certain that if that test Perth just had was played in Adelaide as a day test and starting on a Thursday that 80k would’ve been achieved
Let’s not forget that Perth did get a D/N against the same opposition as what Adelaide got and still couldn’t draw the same numbers as Adelaide.
I’m sure there are more excuses that Perth folk will find but at the end of the day they just aren’t interested in tests

You've said yourself that a large percentage of attendees don't even watch the cricket, it's all about the piss-up.

If South Australians were that interested in the cricket, the SACA wouldn't have to spend $2 million a year to CA to get the best timeslot.

 

[Great8]

You've said yourself that a large percentage of attendees don't even watch the cricket, it's all about the piss-up.

If South Australians were that interested in the cricket, the SACA wouldn't have to spend $2 million a year to CA to get the best timeslot.

We had to pay otherwise CA would gift the slot to WA each year and they still wouldn’t get a decent crowd.
WA folk have to stop blaming everyone else for their fickle fans woeful turnout

 

[LukeParkerno1]

That's not true.

The WA Government offered a couple of different ways to change/work around COVID restrictions but CA refused. One required a few extra days between tests, the other was to have the tour start in Perth, but CA wanted the Ashes to start at the Gabbatoir.

And anyway, two of them were because India wanted four tests.

With good reason you want us to schedule the summer around Perth and the ridiculous rules they were. You got a decent schedule if you take everything into consideration and it’s not as if they are removing Perth as it acts as a second D/N

 

[LukeParkerno1]

We had to pay otherwise CA would gift the slot to WA each year and they still wouldn’t get a decent crowd.
WA folk have to stop blaming everyone else for their fickle fans woeful turnout

Hope for your sake the SA crowd isn’t as “average” this year. It more than likely will be. There’s an easy solution play more of the tests when fans want it- not during the day and not right before Christmas. Easy solution is D/N but a lot on here hate the idea. Keep going with day games before Christmas especially against relative minnows you will struggle to get more than Perth did

 

[Great8]

Keep going with day games before Christmas especially against relative minnows you will struggle to get more than Perth did

Rubbish.
Would guarantee that if Adelaide had the exact same time slot as Perth did it would have been a 80k crowd

 

[Jim Prideaux]

War

Afraid we can not change the weather,complete opposite in Melbourne and see the game at Junction oval today has been delayed by rain.

Weather should be fine for the rest of the week now, at least the humidity has dropped off.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Rubbish.
Would guarantee that if Adelaide had the exact same time slot as Perth did it would have been a 80k crowd

You are guessing,Pakistan are still minnows and it's a day test in December right before Christmas.

 

[Westend]

We had to pay otherwise CA would gift the slot to WA each year and they still wouldn’t get a decent crowd.
WA folk have to stop blaming everyone else for their fickle fans woeful turnout

Seems like the only one whingeing about the crowd is you not WA folk

Judging your posts it seems you have a beef with CA and are blaming it on Perth people and WA cricket

 

[Billy ray]

perth should get early oct test - not too hot in the sun - and i think their school holidays cover first week of oct usually??