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THE PRICE IS WRONG

ANNIE CHAVE
Annie Chave on how Test cricket is increasingly for the monied few

It’s a familiar sight. Bustling hospitality bars with champagne corks popping loudly at a sold-out Lord’s. These blazer-clad party-goers, with Bollinger-soaked lips that barely mention the cricket, are the people that keep the cost of Test tickets rising; the cogs that ensure the ECB wheel of fortune keeps turning. Test cricket has almost always funded the game in England and Wales, but by allowing these ticket prices to escalate, has the governing body made the pinnacle of the game too expe...

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