scouser Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 I did,not know cricket was that popular in the UK, till I heard 400k wanted to watch India v Pakistan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontastic Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) India v Pakistan is always a big game. It's one I myself enjoy watching, and it is always very popular amongst other cricket fans regardless of nationality and loyalties. So it's no surprise demand for tickets was high especially with the chance to see the best batsman in the modern game (Virat Kohli) Edited June 17, 2019 by toontastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Cricket is massively popular in India and Pakistan, and the sporting rivalry between them in the UK is magnified by the ongoing political differences between their countries.........a very high percentage of those applying for tickets for the cricket match between the two countries will originate from India and Pakistan......cricket in the UK is popular, but India v Pakistan matches take popular to another level! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 A tv audience of up to a billion people world wide for this match. Tickets for the match going for £6000 for the best tickets. It is the sport in India and Pakistan. I love to watch the game, and England have a great chance of being World Champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbriar Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 India v Pakistan is probably the biggest single game in world cricket, and the most fiercely competed. Always worth a watch ! I love cricket, but the good Lady just rolls her eyes and mutters under her breath, as I attempt to explain the subtleties of world class spin bowler which, to me, is a wonderous thing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 I count myself as very lucky, as my better half loves a day at a test match. Having said that, I do believe in making your own luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Its our legacy, we appear to have left a stronger love of cricket in the old Empire, India, Pakistan, Aus , NZ and West Indies than survived here. Having lived in former parts of the British Empire I came to understand the value of a game that lasted three whole days in a land where there wasn't a lot else to fill your time and life could be extremely tedious. Cricket was the ideal game Even in the late 70s in West Africa we had no TV, no internet, newspapers were a week out of date. So the arrival of a touring cricket team was like the circus had come to town. Three days of dawn to dusk cricket to watch, three evenings of discussing it in the bar, it was heaven. Back in more civilised times the visitors would have brought their rifles and the fourth day would have been a shooting match as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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