Orange Posted 29 January, 2012 Share Posted 29 January, 2012 Have anyone traveled with England cricket on a tour? Recommend it? I'm very tempted by the thought of having an all day drink up in the sun, bit of a sing song, and mabye a bit of cricket thrown in too. I think India (not counting UAE/Pakistan/ Bangladesh) would come bottom of the list. But all the others sound like a great crack to me. Sri Lanka can be done on the cheap by most accounts, compared to Aus that is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Saint Posted 29 January, 2012 Share Posted 29 January, 2012 I've not done it yet but am going to Sri Lanka in a couple of months! My dad's done Barbados and Cape Town in recent years and enjoyed it (all he spoke about for months afterwards!). We were meant to go to Australia for the last series but the snow at Heathrow put paid to that in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 29 January, 2012 Share Posted 29 January, 2012 I've not done it yet but am going to Sri Lanka in a couple of months! My dad's done Barbados and Cape Town in recent years and enjoyed it (all he spoke about for months afterwards!). We were meant to go to Australia for the last series but the snow at Heathrow put paid to that in the end! No doubt you'll bump into Dave from Penkridge out there, one of the fellas I go to games with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted 29 January, 2012 Author Share Posted 29 January, 2012 I've not done it yet but am going to Sri Lanka in a couple of months! My dad's done Barbados and Cape Town in recent years and enjoyed it (all he spoke about for months afterwards!). We were meant to go to Australia for the last series but the snow at Heathrow put paid to that in the end! I don't blame him, i went to Cape Town (not for cricket) and it was an amazing place! That must have been devastating. I'm sure there's something about it, because its something you can get very hooked on i think. Are you doing both tests or what? Sure you won't need so much beer money over there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 29 January, 2012 Share Posted 29 January, 2012 (edited) Gullivers Travels is the name that pops up a lot in terms of organising full on packages. Also check the Barmy Army official site (was told that last week at the Dubai Test - you should DEFFO sign up before you travel how/whereever you go) Depends if you intend to do a full tour or just a Test. I did an independent to Brisbane way back and it was 1) a lot cheaper and 2) I stayed in a damned site better hotel, Down side I missed a lot of the events and tbh it was pretty darned lonely in the evenings not knowing having tickets to go to the dinners or stuff. A lot of the lads who do more than one test down there stay in "Youth or Back-Packer Hostels - they all seemed wrecked all the time but were having an lot of fun and they said it was cheap as chips. I was lucky being ex pat I could register with ticket tek (or something) to get the match tickets but it is not so easy with a UK address. Personally I loved Perth, I only did one day but there is Sooo much else to see in WA - North to Ningaloo Reef & Exmouth or South to Margaret River & wines to die for. People I've spoken to said WI is the most fun but the Island hopping makes it expensive. Aus is the one everyone wants to be at, but also they said that CapeTown is almost a Barmy Army home match, and everyone will tell you that you HAVE to combine it with the whole Vinyards tour thingy road to Jo'Burg SL Galle would be good, Colombo is a crazy city with some really good beach hotels south of the City on a railway line Personally - I'd pick a venue where they don't have Spinning Tracks, because down here we REALLY looked forward to this tour and it has been sh1t and it is one hell of a long way to go to feel miserable after 3 days! Edited 29 January, 2012 by dubai_phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted 30 January, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 January, 2012 The tour operators are usually very expensive, i'd just book it myself, like you said cheaper. I've never really liked the look of Brisbane's ground, Aderlaide would probably be the one i'd most like to do. Didn't know so many went to SA. We're touring the West Indies in a couple of years, would be amazing. Yeah i would agree with you, you don't want England to be skittled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 30 January, 2012 Share Posted 30 January, 2012 Done two - Mumbai in '06 and Melbourne and Sydney in -06/07. Mumbai was a proper "experience", but hard work after a while, pleased I've done cricket over there, not sure I'd go back though. Australia was exactly as you'd expect it to be, good crack, but almost a bit too "easy" and I hate going abroad and finding every bar full of English. Much better crack with the English lads that were in Mumbai than those that were in Oz. Don't use any official packages, easy enough to book yourself. Worth using the Barmy Army forum for bits of info and we used them for tickets, but otherwise avoid like the plague, more than happy to make money out of travelling fans, look after their own "clique" and generally a bunch of real travel club types. Pretty much all of the tours these days you can get tickets easy enough. When we booked for Mumbai in '06, we'd had a quick look at doing the Pakistan tour of November '05, wish I'd done that now, as it sounded like a proper adventure from those that went and may never really get a chance to follow England somewhere like that again. The one I still realistically want to do is Cape Town, will definitely get around to doing that soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 30 January, 2012 Share Posted 30 January, 2012 Done two - Mumbai in '06 and Melbourne and Sydney in -06/07. Mumbai was a proper "experience", but hard work after a while, pleased I've done cricket over there, not sure I'd go back though. Australia was exactly as you'd expect it to be, good crack, but almost a bit too "easy" and I hate going abroad and finding every bar full of English. Much better crack with the English lads that were in Mumbai than those that were in Oz. Don't use any official packages, easy enough to book yourself. Worth using the Barmy Army forum for bits of info and we used them for tickets, but otherwise avoid like the plague, more than happy to make money out of travelling fans, look after their own "clique" and generally a bunch of real travel club types. Pretty much all of the tours these days you can get tickets easy enough. When we booked for Mumbai in '06, we'd had a quick look at doing the Pakistan tour of November '05, wish I'd done that now, as it sounded like a proper adventure from those that went and may never really get a chance to follow England somewhere like that again. The one I still realistically want to do is Cape Town, will definitely get around to doing that soon enough. Did the one dayers in Lahore (It was for work- honest!) having done the Lahore Test some 6 or so years earlier, all arranged by our Business Partner there who had played for Lahore CC and knew how to pull the strings, amd simply took a box for his clients and got me in to host the stuff and give Powerpoints in the evenings You would have loved it, utter madness but in a once in a lifetime way, (mind you on the last evening we couldn't get to the hotel by car - road ws blocked so we had to walk in - place was full of Tear Gas & had to pass by one guy who was clearly never going to get up off the floor and a bunch of others receiving treatment for what looked like shotgun wounds) -somewhat totally dampened the mood, and was all to do with some Political rally that had got out of hand It really is a damned shame the place has now become unsafe for us let alone Cricketers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 January, 2012 Share Posted 30 January, 2012 The tour operators are usually very expensive, i'd just book it myself, like you said cheaper. I've never really liked the look of Brisbane's ground, Aderlaide would probably be the one i'd most like to do. Didn't know so many went to SA. We're touring the West Indies in a couple of years, would be amazing. Yeah i would agree with you, you don't want England to be skittled out. Windies is April 2015 for test cricket, 3 tests IIRC as we are planning to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted 31 January, 2012 Author Share Posted 31 January, 2012 Done two - Mumbai in '06 and Melbourne and Sydney in -06/07. Mumbai was a proper "experience", but hard work after a while, pleased I've done cricket over there, not sure I'd go back though. Australia was exactly as you'd expect it to be, good crack, but almost a bit too "easy" and I hate going abroad and finding every bar full of English. Much better crack with the English lads that were in Mumbai than those that were in Oz. Don't use any official packages, easy enough to book yourself. Worth using the Barmy Army forum for bits of info and we used them for tickets, but otherwise avoid like the plague, more than happy to make money out of travelling fans, look after their own "clique" and generally a bunch of real travel club types. Pretty much all of the tours these days you can get tickets easy enough. When we booked for Mumbai in '06, we'd had a quick look at doing the Pakistan tour of November '05, wish I'd done that now, as it sounded like a proper adventure from those that went and may never really get a chance to follow England somewhere like that again. The one I still realistically want to do is Cape Town, will definitely get around to doing that soon enough. Yeah thats how i imagened India, heard it can be a bit full on a times. What type of people was the England following made up of? I'd imagine a few more socks and sandel types, and less young lads in comparison to England footballc that is, look fairly similar though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted 31 January, 2012 Author Share Posted 31 January, 2012 Windies is April 2015 for test cricket, 3 tests IIRC as we are planning to go. Yeah thats the one. Sounds great, I thought it was in 2014 though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 31 January, 2012 Share Posted 31 January, 2012 Yeah thats how i imagened India, heard it can be a bit full on a times. What type of people was the England following made up of? I'd imagine a few more socks and sandel types, and less young lads in comparison to England footballc that is, look fairly similar though. you'd be surprised, it was a broad spectrum from MCC blazer types, bearded geography teachers in sandals, but quite a few lads out for a laugh as well, group from Hull with a union jack with "the minority" across it getting on the beers, but India isn't a drinking trip in my opinion and if you just want that stick to the tourist resorts of west indies or cities of Oz. have a watch of this with your volume up full belt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPITrWL1e0A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 31 January, 2012 Share Posted 31 January, 2012 Yeah thats the one. Sounds great, I thought it was in 2014 though? That's ODIs and one T20 http://static.icc-cricket.yahoo.net/ugc/documents/DOC_3B92417630C3D21581B4F98AAF841840_1323849453410_279.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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