How about Ross Taylor subsidises the ticket costs and everyone pays $10 a day. Done.
Fuck this stupid game
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Anyone see the tv3 interview with Ross Taylor tonight? He couldn't even look at the camera.
End of an era. Vinnie - It's over.
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Anyone see the tv3 interview with Ross Taylor tonight? He couldn't even look at the camera.
What do you mean by that? Some people aren't comfortable with a camera in their face and he's relatively new to it.Fuck this stupid game
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Anyone see the tv3 interview with Ross Taylor tonight? He couldn't even look at the camera.
What do you mean by that? Some people aren't comfortable with a camera in their face and he's relatively new to it.
End of an era. Vinnie - It's over.
If anyone cares for my inane babbling follow @iluvnix17 on the Twitter.
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Is it that big a deal?
They have cameras on them a lot when they are training etc and they probably try their hardest not to look at the camera then so maybe it comes naturally.
They have cameras on them a lot when they are training etc and they probably try their hardest not to look at the camera then so maybe it comes naturally.
Fuck this stupid game
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Im heading along to the one dayer tomorrow, Otago v Canterbury at the Queenstown Events Centre. Free of charge which is good. Hopefully Otago can get a win.
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Yeah I didn't get a reply. Poor form.
Allegedly
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Yeah I didn't get a reply. Poor form.
Hopefully that means they're getting so many emails they can't reply to them all. Fuck this stupid game
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just got a reply from the emai I sent to NZC re the ticket prices, not too sure if they got my point really.....
theprof2011-01-12 09:36:31
Hi David
Thanks for your e-mail.
Ticketing service fees are a fact of life with any major event in the country but I get what you mean in terms of adding that to the cost of the day.
That said, you are looking at $30.25 for six hours of international cricket which I personally think compares well to the (around) $40 plus fees for a Super 15 match of 90 minutes; or $20 for a movie, also of 90 minutes. As for two hours concerts at $160�.! While it�s difficult to compare sport and entertainment events dollar for dollar, I hope you can see my point.
Professional sport is expensive to run these days and cricket is no exception. A five day event does not come cheaply and as it is, we lose money on Tests. Our ticket costs by and large have not altered much over many years and we have no plans for any increases in the future.
Kind Regards
Owen Harrison
Owen Harrison | International Product Manager | New Zealand Cricket | PO Box 958 Christchurch | DDI 03 364 7611 | Cell 021 932 870
From: David Millington-Marsh [mailto:David.Millington-Marsh@kiwibank.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 4:31 p.m.
To: NZC Reception
Subject: Test match ticket prices
Good Afternoon,
I had been considering attending the test match in Wellington this weekend. However due the cost of a day pass being so high I have changed my mind, I�ll stay at home and watch it on the telly, with my own beer and comfy chair. $25 + a $5.25 fee from ticketek which apparently I have to pay if I purchase at the gate is ridiculous.....especially when our own team are peforming poorly and it is effectivel Pakistan B we are playing against.
If test matches are ever going to be well attended NZC must reduce the cost of tickets dramitcally.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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when did the super 15 matches become 90 minutes? 
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When did movies hit $20.00?
I paid $50.00 to see Shihad and 2 other bands recently, that was value for money,
The Slack Craps are nowhere near value at this price.
Once again, NZC are out of touch with the people that prop up the game here.
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I guess he's trying to point out that 6 hours of cricket for $30.25 is value when compared to other events, $5 an hour for crap cricket, when I can watch it at hom in the comfort of my lounge with my own beer, hmmmmmmm I know where I'll be,.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Our ticket costs by and large have not altered much over many years and we have no plans for any increases in the future.
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[QUOTE=Peter Dwan in article last page]
Fans could expect to pay more when the top-rated South African team tour next summer, he said.
Hmmm???
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Yes, cricket is longer entertainment, but it isn't a fair comparison as it is much more drawn out. It is a completely different atmosphere to more fast paced things he compared it to.
My point is that they are going to lose money on tests no matter what they charge, and T.V revenue (especially subcontinent rights) are where they get their money, so why not take a slightly bigger hit on the tests and attract a larger crowd.
My point is that they are going to lose money on tests no matter what they charge, and T.V revenue (especially subcontinent rights) are where they get their money, so why not take a slightly bigger hit on the tests and attract a larger crowd.
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Another nail in the test cricket coffin.
Damn you 20-20.
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I paid less per day to watch Australia v England (averaged out at 30 per day) at the MCG than I would if I bought tickets for this game. Saying that though ill still go.
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I paid less per day to watch Australia v England (averaged out at 30 per day) at the MCG than I would if I bought tickets for this game. Saying that though ill still go.
Axemen on Saturday though surely? We don't charge $30 and you can watch me score little or no runs again. Just like New Zealand!
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My point is that they are going to lose money on tests no matter what they charge, and T.V revenue (especially subcontinent rights) are where they get their money, so why not take a slightly bigger hit on the tests and attract a larger crowd.
pretty much how I replied to his email - saying that I'd rather see 10,000 fans over the 5 says paying $10 than 1500 @ $30. NZC wuld still make more money my way and the event would look fantastic on telly.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Email them back and say all those things are an entire match/concert. While one day of test match cricket is only 1/5th of a match.
Also
Our ticket costs by and large have not altered much over many years
Complete rubbish.
Re-reading that email,it felt a little patronising,or is that just me?
Tegal2011-01-12 13:26:21Allegedly
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true,email them back and say they could save money by only renting (or whatever) the basin for 3 days the way the black caps are going,then they could pass those savings onto us,the suffering fansAllegedly
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Chris Gayle didn't get picked up by an IPL team. Any reason behind this? Because he is probably the best T20 batsmen out there.
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Chris Gayle didn't get picked up by an IPL team. Any reason behind this? Because he is probably the best T20 batsmen out there.
West Indies are touring England and it clashes with the IPL. Might be more to it than that but I know that is the main reason. Most English/West Indian players who got picked up are on smaller contracts than expected had they been committed to the entire IPL competition.Fuck this stupid game
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Plus they are 3 year contracts IIRC
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I think they were 3 years at the start (3 years ago) but are 2 years this time round.
Just checking Ross Taylors is definitely for 2.
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Its two with an option for the third.
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BILLYS DAD
Billy was at school this morning and the teacher asked all the
children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical
answers came out, fireman, policeman, salesman, chippy, captain of
industry etc, but Billy was being uncharacteristically quiet
and so the teacher asked him about his father.
"My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his
clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really
good, he'll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them
sleep with him."
The teacher quickly set the other children some work and took
little Billy aside to ask him if that was really true.
"No" said Billy, "He plays cricket for Australia but I was just too
embarrassed to say."
Billy was at school this morning and the teacher asked all the
children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical
answers came out, fireman, policeman, salesman, chippy, captain of
industry etc, but Billy was being uncharacteristically quiet
and so the teacher asked him about his father.
"My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his
clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really
good, he'll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them
sleep with him."
The teacher quickly set the other children some work and took
little Billy aside to ask him if that was really true.
"No" said Billy, "He plays cricket for Australia but I was just too
embarrassed to say."
Fuck this stupid game
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No. I'm not the head groundsman and I'm certainly not australian!
Fuck this stupid game
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No. I'm not the head groundsman and I'm certainly not australian!
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Farking hell! Me and my brother turn up to the cricket today at the Events Centre and we got told its gonna be $15 for Adults and $5 for kids. Last night on the phone we got told it was free!! So we snuck through the gym but got caught and asked to leaved. F**k you Otago Cricket..
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Oh yeah the main thing was 15 dollars to watch Otago play Canterbury!!! 5 for me but 15 for my bro. They can F**k off.
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Oh yeah the main thing was 15 dollars to watch Otago play Canterbury!!! 5 for me but 15 for my bro. They can F**k off.
Mini Buff.Fuck this stupid game
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Hope Watto gets out in the 90s.
Fuck this stupid game
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Farking hell! Me and my brother turn up to the cricket today at the Events Centre and we got told its gonna be $15 for Adults and $5 for kids. Last night on the phone we got told it was free!! So we snuck through the gym but got caught and asked to leaved. F**k you Otago Cricket..
But who was on the phone? That's the key question..
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Umm lakes leisure... f**k it I may complain about the info given.. it was false information!! f**king cheap c**ts
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Umm lakes leisure... f**k it I may complain about the info given.. it was false information!! f**king cheap c**ts
says the guy who wouldn't pay $5.. Bit rank though if they said it was going to be free. Could probably get your money back, maybe, if you had paid.
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