Australian cricket tour of South Africa September/October 2026

Why is the attendance in Durban so poor. This has been going on for years. The Sharks get decent attendances. Is there no cricket culture in Durban?
 
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Sharks get terrible crowds. I suppose better than Lions but still bad.

I think the Sharks averaged around 15k for the URC last season. That would be an almost full Kingsmead. They had 50k people for one of the derbies.

They should stop getting test matches. It looks terrible.
 
Strangely enough Ticketpro shows "few tickets available" for today.

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Next test is in PE, another useless venue.

JHB and Centurion get tests against fcking Bangladesh, wtf? Which idiot schedules this schit...
 
this rears and thumps into the bottom glove! Smith rips his glove off. This rears from a length and thunders into the right index finger
edged and taken at gully! That blow on the hand rattled him. Good length, angled in, straightening a touch, pushes at it from the crease, gets a thick edge and it's taken easily at gully
Mooi man!
 
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They wanted to play aus on slower spin friendly pitches. Makes strategic sense but not crowd sense.
I've always been a fan of playing to your strength, not the opponent's weakness. The latter can easily backfire. And in this case the first aligns with the spectacle anyway...
 
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