What's your nearest test ground?

[Swag]

Trent Bridge (around 99kms)

[zen]

16 minutes ago, sandeep said:

cue some rando fan man-splaining about the first ever international cricket match between USA-Canada.  

 

Btw, crossed over to your side of the border this past week for a day - visiting Niagara dhaam, first time for my 5 year old, met up some of wifey's Toronto based friends.  Is Niagara some sort of poor man's Vegas type destination for the local canadians? 

Niagara is less than 2 hours from Toronto so ppl can take a day trip there. Though it has casinos, it is not necessarily a LV type of destination but an area to enjoy natural beauty, do some activities including trails and scenic drives, wines, there is an outlet mall as well, etc. Many times ppl just drive to see the falls. 
 

Canadian side is more developed than the US one so folks from US are likely to cross the border (though do not know the procedures during the COVID era - was it challenging?) … Other nearby spot (less than 2 hrs of driving) from Toronto is Blue Mountain to the North. 
 

[daryl1985]

Lords 11km (Southgate - 3 km but assuming we are talking about test venues)

Edited September 7, 2021 by daryl1985

[Mariyam]

Wankhede.

 

5-10mins, if I were to go now.

Can take 30-45 mins too.  

[rangeelaraja]

Just now, Mariyam said:

Wankhede.

 

5-10mins, if I were to go now.

Can take 30-45 mins too.  

 

 

100 crore ka flat South Mumbai mein....sahi hai.

[Mariyam]

3 hours ago, sandeep said:

Kingston, Jamaica.  2537 KM.

I could be wrong here, but didn't Florida host ( extended WI) India in a WC game?

[Gollum]

Chinnaswamy, 9-10 km. 

[Bigg Brother]

NaMo Stadium. 2km.

[sandeep]

3 hours ago, Mariyam said:

I could be wrong here, but didn't Florida host ( extended WI) India in a WC game?

Not a test venue, has held a T20, and maybe an ODI? not sure.  

[sandeep]

1 hour ago, Bigg Brother said:

NaMo Stadium. 2km.

That needs to be renamed.

[sandeep]

3 hours ago, zen said:

though do not know the procedures during the COVID era - was it challenging?

Vaccinated folks (and unvaccinated accompanying minors) are required to take a molecular (PCR) test within the 72 hours before attempting to enter Canada via land, and show proof of vaccination.  Apart from that, it was a breeze.  

[maniac]

4 hours ago, sandeep said:

Is Niagara some sort of poor man's Vegas type destination for the local canadians? 

legal age for drinking and gambling in Canada is 18, so there is that with all the visitors across the border and I think there are a couple of other “hobbies” which are illegal in the US for the most part I believe are legal there. 

[neel roy]

Lords 23 miles / 37 kms

[sandeep]

41 minutes ago, maniac said:

legal age for drinking and gambling in Canada is 18, so there is that with all the visitors across the border and I think there are a couple of other “hobbies” which are illegal in the US for the most part I believe are legal there. 

Yeah I get that, but with the difficulty crossing the border, most of the (sparse) crowd on the CND side was local I believe, 

 

silver lining of the covid chaos was that there was zero, and I mean zero wait for the usual Niagara activities.  It helped that it was a weekday afternoon, but even a jaded cynic like me, who's been to Niagara way too many times for his liking, ended up enjoying it, and not just because I was enjoying my daughter seeing it for the first time.  Don't mean to hijack goosy's excellent thread anyway, I can gush about my little vacay trip elsewhere if folks care to know - finger lakes area and Ithaca, NY etc are very underrated, especially if you like hiking and the outdoors.  

[Vivek92]

Lords 51 miles and oval is 56 miles, personally prefer the atmosphere in oval any day 

Edited September 7, 2021 by Vivek92

[EnterTheVoid]

Melbourne Cricket Ground.

 

Just a 1, 000 odd kilometres down the road.

[vayuu1]

Kotla 10 km

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 9/7/2021 at 10:26 AM, sandeep said:

Kingston, Jamaica.  2537 KM.

Same.  But around 1200 miles.  

[Vk1]

lot of folks on icf seem to be from UK

[Autonomous]

Gaddaffi Stadium Lahore

Pindi Cricket Stadium