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Listed below are comments made by Deewar between Monday, 10th November 2008 and Monday, 10th November 2008.

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Nagpur Test struggles to attract the punters 8:23pm on 10 Nov 2008 Some of the comments made on this blog are good food for thought, but most are pretty much garbage. Firstly the thought of an England fan lambasting India for being a money orientated cricket society is just laughable at best considering the Stanford farce. If there's any cricket board that should be barred from the face of the earth it should be the ECB for thinking that taking part in the Stanford series was a noble resistance to the IPL, which at least gathered some sense of team pride - just look at the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for proof of that. Since England lost the excuses and attitude of 'oh it was just a bit of fun, we didn't really take it that seriously' has been typically English in its farcical nature. Hopefully the forthcoming series will repeat some Carry On Cricket from England just for pure comedy value if nothing else.

A lot of the comments about the grounds in India are correct, they are very poor in terms of facilities, but then again a country as big as India with a very recent economy boom will take time to correct its shortcomings and these changes have been coming with the new stadiums being built, especially the great new stadium in Mumbai. But make no mistakes, I would much rather go to a ground that doesn’t have proper facilities but in which we can support our team along with other proper supporters. Not go to a ground that charges diabolical prices, provides decent enough facilities but has a strict ‘No flags, no horns, no noise, no standing up, no sign of human existence’ policy. I have lost count of the amount of times that I have been to an England match and seen England fans sit there reading newspapers for the entire match and just give a passing glimpse to the game in front of them. I’m sorry but for all those fans who are hoping to go to India to read newspapers, don’t bother going and let real cricket fans buy your tickets. I have also lost count of the amount of England fans who go to get drunk and pick a fight. At every cricket match I have been to I have witnessed England fans fighting…with other England fans. It’s a shame that most of these so-called ‘fans’ started watching cricket in 2005 because of a victory parade and because it was a nostalgic fashion accessory.

The worst ground of all has to be Lords. I’m told that by paying 50 quid plus for a ticket I am not allowed to support my team and must observe a comatose state of silence, just because I am in ‘the Home of cricket’. Nonsense. I go to cricket matches to support my team, make noise for them and wave my flag with the rest of my fellow supporters, not feel a ‘historical spirit’ which everyone pretends is there but really isn’t.

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