Precambrian Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Even with 85k fans, Eng Aus was surprisingly underwhelming. The 45K something Ind-Pak crowd seemed more lively - from TV viewing. maybe its due to placement of mic etc etc.
TNAmarkFrmIndia Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 There is no scope of temporary seating in these stadiums. They have fixed' date=' properly planned seat plans.[/quote'] The stadium has been redeveloped recently. They probably kept the World Cup in mind and had a provision for expandable temporary seating.
govinda Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Hope it doesn't turn out like this :hysterical:palcement
zep1706 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 The stadium has been redeveloped recently. They probably kept the World Cup in mind and had a provision for expandable temporary seating. 53,500 is the maximum capacity of Adelaide Oval. As I said before they had 48,000 seats allocated for that match (check the following link from CA). http://www.cricket.com.au/news/heat-and-delhi-plan-delay-may-be-behind-india-pakistan-crowd-at-adelaide-oval/2015-02-15 You can't just add extra seats as you wish, these are not make shift seats. That is why there is a thing called "maximum capacity"
TNAmarkFrmIndia Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 You can't just add extra seats as you wish' date=' these are not make shift seats. That is why there is a thing called "maximum capacity"[/quote'] Actually, you can. There are many stadia around the world that have expandable seating. It involves the use of modular seating that can be removed and installed so that you can configure the stadium as per the requirements of the sport/event. You'll find a lot of such stadia in the US with capacity expandable. 3hn_6rcaPIE Also, you see the stadiums they're building in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a lot of them are 50,000+ seat stadia which, following the event will be downsized to almost half the size. Coming back to the Adelaide Oval, it's something that someone working for the state association claimed in a special filmed on the newly reconstructed Adelaide Oval before the India-Pakistan game, which also aired on Star Sports.
gaurav92 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 And all of them will curse themselves for coming coz it will be a one sided match where SAF will win it like NZ did today !
zep1706 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 Actually, you can. There are many stadia around the world that have expandable seating. It involves the use of modular seating that can be removed and installed so that you can configure the stadium as per the requirements of the sport/event. You'll find a lot of such stadia in the US with capacity expandable. 3hn_6rcaPIE Also, you see the stadiums they're building in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a lot of them are 50,000+ seat stadia which, following the event will be downsized to almost half the size. There are many stadiums in the US that are used for different sports, especially indoor stadiums. To add extra seats you will need extra space. For example there are indoor stadiums that act as both hockey rinks and basketball courts. For basketball they add extra seats as the court is much smaller. The video you showed above transforms a baseball park to a football stadium, so the space requirements are completely different. In stadiums like Adelaide Oval or MCG they are already using the maximum space available to them. Both cricket and AFL are played on the same oval shaped field. That is why I said that there was no scope of adding more seats. I am pretty sure the seats there are fixed. Even in the US, stadiums which are used for one sport have fixed seats. The only way they can add more seats is by reducing the playing field which is not an option for cricket. Coming back to the Adelaide Oval, it's something that someone working for the state association claimed in a special filmed on the newly reconstructed Adelaide Oval before the India-Pakistan game, which also aired on Star Sports. Obviously whoever said that on star sports was wrong as we have an official source now.
zep1706 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 And all of them will curse themselves for coming coz it will be a one sided match where SAF will win it like NZ did today ! I hope India bat second. I also fear a similar performance from India if they bat first.
gaurav92 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 I hope India bat second. I also fear a similar performance from India if they bat first. Yeah folding up for under 150 on a juicy MCG pitch is pretty much on against Steyn & Co. If MCG is a paata, we might see India batting well and scoring 270-280 at best if the Top order gives us a good start. I agree with you, we are better of chasing a total, coz the drop in MCG pitch wont change much in 50 overs and if its a belter, its gonna play well even in the next half.
TNAmarkFrmIndia Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 There are many stadiums in the US that are used for different sports, especially indoor stadiums. To add extra seats you will need extra space. For example there are indoor stadiums that act as both hockey rinks and basketball courts. For basketball they add extra seats as the court is much smaller. The video you showed above transforms a baseball park to a football stadium, so the space requirements are completely different. In stadiums like Adelaide Oval or MCG they are already using the maximum space available to them. Both cricket and AFL are played on the same oval shaped field. That is why I said that there was no scope of adding more seats. I am pretty sure the seats there are fixed. Even in the US, stadiums which are used for one sport have fixed seats. The only way they can add more seats is by reducing the playing field which is not an option for cricket. I never brought up indoor arenas. I was specifically talking about outdoor stadia. The number of outdoor stadia being used for multiple sports has reduced significantly. Most of the "cookie-cutter" multipurpose stadia have been demolished with the exception of a handful. American football and baseball now have their own stadia with their own unique personalities. Anyhow, a lot of the stadia that do have expandable seating in the US are football stadia that are used specifically for football.
zep1706 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 I never brought up indoor arenas. That was brought up as an example to demonstrate that you need extra space to significantly increase the capacity of a stadium. In this case your figure was 20% more than the maximum capacity of Adelaide Oval which is a huge increase. To achieve that they would need large vacant space which is clearly not available. Anyways, we already know that your information was not correct and the capacity for that match was 48,000. So let's leave it at that.
vijay50 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Tickets are still available.Check ICC website.
flamy Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/835429.html After India's opening match against Pakistan, MS Dhoni had said that bowling sides were resorting to short of a length in the World Cup and challenging batsmen to play big strokes. At their full training session in the afternoon at Junction Oval in St Kilda in suburban Melbourne, two days before their second World Cup group game against South Africa, his team worked that plan into the routine: the India quick bowlers tried mostly back of a length or full length in the nets, and their batsmen tried to attack them as often as they could. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has had ankle issues on this tour and did not play against Pakistan, did not bowl in the nets, and was confined to catching practice and sending down a few from a standing position to Mohit Sharma. Stuart Binny and Umesh Yadav began proceedings and had extended bowling stints on the centre pitch. They started against Shikhar Dhawan, who was given plenty of back-of-a-length deliveries, which he repeatedly punched through the off side. Umesh bowled some quite full ones, too. It was Ravindra Jadeja's turn to bat next and he, too, had a decent hit while Dhawan headed to the side nets to face shortish throwdowns from the sidearm device. Jadeja joined him there after some time. Ambati Rayudu kept wicket against Binny and Umesh, with coach Duncan Fletcher and Dhoni keeping a watch from close quarters. Virat Kohli then came to bat as the fast bowlers switched to the other end, and were joined by Mohit. Kohli solidly drove and lofted pitched-up deliveries on the off side. Ajinkya Rahane went after shortish deliveries outside off, as he punched and upper-cut them. Both batsmen and bowlers need to get more comfortable with the short of a length stuff, as Dhoni has flagged it as the favoured option in the tournament in these conditions against attacking batting. "If you have a partnership going, if you have wickets in hand, and if somebody starts to middle the deliveries, it becomes quite hard to contain the batsmen because of the pace of the wicket and also with that extra fielder inside. A lot of times you feel, okay, where to really bowl so we can contain the batsmen," Dhoni had said. "Most of the teams are just bowling back of the length and asking the batsmen to clear the boundaries, and irrespective of how good a batsman you are, that's one strategy that almost all the teams have deployed, and it is working. "In some games you'll see somebody really middling the shots, and if it goes outside the boundary, then they'll have to fall back to their other plan of bowling yorkers." Dhoni himself batted against the fuller lengths expected at the death and powered deliveries in the air, on one occasion almost lofting one straight into the giant scoreboard around wide long-off. He was similarly aggressive against the spinners as well and stepped out regularly to them. Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma had some fielding and catching practice first before having a hit. Raina had to run to touch one of three-four plastic markers placed around him, turn around, sprint to field a ball and aim at one of two sets of stumps. While Axar Patel and Jadeja had a bowl, R Ashwin was not seen sending down his offspin, although he did play a game of football along with the others at the start of training and belted a few with the bat late in the session. Team director Ravi Shastri and Kohli had a chat at the edge of the boundary after the conclusion of training with Raina and manager Arshad Ayub sitting nearby.
zep1706 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 Tickets are still available.Check ICC website. Yes it seems ICC has released a few more tickets, it says limited tickets are available on two stands.
Cricketics Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I have one ticket for this game. If someone needs it, I am going to give it away.
zep1706 Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 I have one ticket for this game. If someone needs it' date=' I am going to give it away.[/quote'] I don't know this guy. But MCG twitter replied to him and he is looking for a ticket. You might want to contact him. He will probably buy it from you. https://twitter.com/karanchawla1
NareshK Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Do we have any stadium in India which is remotely close in terms of boundary size to MCG or SCG ?
Cricketics Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I don't know this guy. But MCG twitter replied to him and he is looking for a ticket. You might want to contact him. He will probably buy it from you. https://twitter.com/karanchawla1 Thank You. I am talking to him. Appreciate.
Deleted_User_1 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Mark my words. India will lose to SA, WI and Ireland. Yes Ireland and finish 4th in the group. They will meet either Aus and NZ in QF and will have their anus ripped apart...... Feck De India!
gaurav92 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Danda is so good with his choice of words. Dude, you inspire a billion with you intellectual posts :nice:
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