In England at least Test crowds are higher than they have been for half a century
Mark Evans catches the No 47 bus from the Bullring once a week every week. He gets on at the same stop, at the same time, on the same day. Mark walks with a stick and needs a seat, so he was disappointed to find it was standing room only last Saturday morning, when the passengers were packed so tight they were pressed right up against the driver’s glass divide.
“Bloody hell,” he said as he fought his way on, “where’s everyone off to then?” There were clues if you knew what to look for, all those light blue and bright white shirts, the sun hats, bags stuffed with snacks, and snatches of conversation. “Root just isn’t ruthless enough” and “the new boy Curran batted well though, didn’t he?”
Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/07/edgbaston-crowd-test-match-attendances-england-australia under the title “Test cricket is not dying. In England there are grounds for optimism”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
