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Сообщение представляет собой набор букв, цифр и символов и выглядит так: G\V3A^A§ #16. Также инсайдер прикрепил ссылку на несуществующую игру, которая тоже является частью загадки: https://store.epicgames.com/p/OlderThanMG9-XXX0X6.

Один из пользователей предположил, что за шифром скрывается Assassin’s Creed Mirage, которая уже засветилась в одном из постов. Геймер считает, что G\V3A — это сокращение от Giveaway (раздача), A§ скрывает за собой AC или Assassin’s Creed, а цифра в конце означает последнюю 16-ю раздачу.

В сети также написали, что надпись в ссылке — OlderThanMG9 — можно перевести как «старее тайной игры #9». Сегодня Epic Games как раз раздаёт девятую игру — это киберпанк-экшен Ghostrunner 2. Проект вышел спустя пару недель после Assassin’s Creed Mirage, так что пока всё сходится!

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New era began with a loss, and focus on bowlers than batting depth – Buttler will have to learn quickly ahead of T20 World Cup

Matt Roller08-Jul-2022It was an incongruous handover. “Today, I start my new life as an England fan,” Eoin Morgan wrote in his programme notes for his old side’s T20I series against India. “I think for now it makes sense to detach myself from the England set-up a little bit, to give Jos [Buttler] and Motty [Matthew Mott, the white-ball coach] some room.”But it was hard to escape Morgan’s presence at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday night. Rather than relaxing at home with a glass of red wine in England’s first game since his international retirement, Morgan was on site in a crisp white shirt, watching on from the Sky Sports “pod” on the boundary edge.At the start of the 12th over, when Chris Jordan returned to bowl his second over, former England batter Nick Knight was thrown on commentary. “Morgan has gone to his most experienced bowler because he knows the importance of this partnership,” he said, before correcting himself: “Buttler, even…” The change of captaincy has loomed for some time, but it will take some getting used to.Related

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Buttler has led England before in white-ball cricket – five times in T20Is and nine times in ODIs – but this was his first game in full-time charge, and represented a reality check as to the scale of the role. He has a significant burden on his workload in this format in particular – opening the batting and keeping wicket as well as now captaining – and this was the first of a dozen games in a 25-day window which will be a significant test.The first obvious difference of the Buttler era was in selection. Morgan prioritised batting depth at all costs throughout his tenure, but under Buttler in the first T20I against India in Southampton, England fielded an extra bowling option compared to the sides they played throughout last year’s World Cup, with Tymal Mills unusually high at No. 9.”That will develop over time,” Morgan said of their balance. “There’s flexibility depending on how we see fit.”But the biggest change was simply his position behind the stumps, rather than in the field. Morgan would typically field at extra cover, giving him easy access to his bowlers throughout an over to discuss plans. “I always felt I wanted to give the bowler clear direction at the top of his mark,” he explained on air.Buttler attacked by using Moeen Ali in the powerplay, and got mixed results•PA Images via Getty ImagesButtler, by contrast, generally opted to leave his bowlers to the task at hand, delegating responsibility to two senior players in Moeen Ali and Jordan when he felt a message needed to be relayed. At times, bowlers appeared isolated: during Matt Parkinson’s second over when deep extra cover, long-off and long-on were in place, there were no red shirts within 20 yards of the bowler.”If you need to talk, it’s easy to just to do the legwork as a wicketkeeper and touch base at the start of overs,” Buttler said. “A lot of the time either Chris Jordan or Moeen Ali is at mid-off or mid-on relaying messages as well. But I like the bowlers to take some ownership; I like them to try and lead that as much as they can.”And of course, doing that legwork, we can have good conversations as to what we’re trying to achieve.”Buttler made several attacking moves, not least opting to dangle the carrot to India in the powerplay by giving the third and fifth overs to Moeen. It was a qualified success: Moeen removed Rohit Sharma with an arm ball which took his outside edge, and had Ishan Kishan caught top-edging a sweep to short fine leg. However, he returned 2 for 26 in the powerplay, being swept for consecutive fours by Rohit and launched over long-on by Deepak Hooda for back-to-back sixes.Buttler had spoken in the build-up about looking to solve England’s death-bowling problems by taking early wickets, and was successful up to a point: the final six overs cost 48 runs as Jordan, in particular, thrived by bowling hard lengths, but India still managed 198 after putting England’s new-ball bowlers under pressure with their early intent.Buttler was bowled first ball as full-time England captain•Getty ImagesWith the bat, England fell a long way short, and Buttler conceded that India’s “fantastic new-ball spell” had changed the game. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh both found prodigious swing with the new ball in stark contrast to England’s seamers; in typical Morgan style, Buttler suggested that might have been different if they had “hit one to the stands to reduce the swing”.Buttler himself is among the world’s most in-form white-ball batter after following up his MVP-winning IPL season with two stunning innings against Netherlands last month. But he could use a score in one of this weekend’s T20Is against India to remove any suggestion that his batting will suffer under the burden of his new role.There was not much he could have done about his first-ball duck on Thursday night at the hands of Bhuvneshwar, whose hooping inswinger tailed in sharply to crash into leg stump. It was his fourth duck in his last seven innings as captain, but there has been no kind of pattern to those dismissals, spread out across a four-year period.Morgan’s one-word description of Buttler’s captaincy at the innings break was “exceptional”, but it will take time for both of them to become used to their respective new roles. They are close friends, and live nearby too, but Buttler’s challenge is to find his own voice and continue England’s evolution; with just over three months until the World Cup, he will have to learn quickly.

Australia go 4-0 ahead on the Women’s Ashes points tally after two ODIs in the multi-format series

Alex Malcolm13-Jan-2025

In front of a packed Shane Warne stand at the Junction Oval, Alana King produced an Ashes spell for the ages in the mould of her hero to inspire Australia to an extraordinary victory over England, defending 180 in a crazy finish that had to be seen to be believed and handed the hosts a four-point lead after two matches in the multi-format series.Defending a meagre 181, the lowest ever defended in an Ashes ODI, King took 4 for 25 with some magical legspin bowling. She was well supported by Kim Garth who took 3 for 37 while Ash Gardner bowled a frugal spell of 10 overs taking 1 for 23.King was awestruck by the ovation she got from the Shane Warne stand following her extraordinary spell.”I played a lot of cricket here growing up and even started off my professional career at Victoria, so this place will always be pretty special to me,” King said. “Having the Shane Warne stand now, yeah, it was pretty surreal to be quite honest, but more happy to get the win.”As good as Australia’s bowlers were, England’s batters were enormous contributors to their own downfall with a mix of woeful decision-making and execution ensuring Australia could afford to drop four catches, have Annabel Sutherland withdrawn from the attack for two no-balls above waist high in the 48th over, and still win by 21 runs.England’s meltdown was complete after Amy Jones forgot to run off the second free hit in the over, that had to be bowled by Tahlia McGrath, which left No. 11 Lauren Bell exposed at the start of the 49th. She was bowled first ball to leave Jones stranded on 47.England’s stunning collapse outshone Australia’s earlier in the day after the home side lost 8 for 49 to be bowled out for 180 with Alice Capsey taking a career-best 3 for 22 and Sophie Ecclestone claiming 4 for 35.Ellyse Perry made a match-winning 60 but she was one of Capsey’s three victims as Australia slumped from 131 for 2 to be bowled out in 44.3 overs. It was the first time Australia had been bowled out at the Junction Oval in nine completed ODIs there. The 12 wickets taken by spinners across the match is the joint-most in Australia in ODIs. The rarity of Australia’s stunning collapse was highlighted by the fact that their No. 11 Darcie Brown scored her first ODI run, having previously batted just once in 22 matches.While Australia’s collapse was epic and statistically far more impressive, it ended up being second-best to England who are now in a perilous situation in the series. The collapse came in two parts having reached 68 for 2 after Garth removed both openers.Heather Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt looked in control with a calming 41-run stand. But just like Sydney, both butchered promising starts to leave England stuttering. Knight closed the face trying to work Gardner square and popped up a simple return catches off the leading edge.King then weaved her magic, bowling Danni Wyatt-Hodge with a ball that drifted into middle and leg and ripped into the top of off, leaving the batter with a Mike Gatting-esque look on her face.Sciver-Brunt then following Maia Bouchier and Knight’s lead, closing the bat face against the turn to pop an easy leading edge to cover.England steadied briefly, with Jones and Capsey sharing a 36-run stand. But it came off an asphyxiating 75 balls. Capsey was given out lbw but reprieved via an inside edge. Jones was then dropped at backward point, before finally the pressure told as Garth beat Capsey’s inside edge to finally get her out lbw.King’s last over was mayhem. Charlie Dean tried a lap scoop and succeeded only in popping an easy catch to Mooney who moved behind Alyssa Healy from slip. Ecclestone nicked a big spinning legbreak next ball to leave King on a hat-trick and England eight-down.It should have been nine three balls later. Lauren Filer was dropped at a catching mid-on by Garth to deny King five.Jones then farmed the strike and England still had a chance. Filer was dropped a second time with Healy unable to hold a spectacular one-handed effort off Garth.But as with any great collapse, it was not complete without a calamitous run out. Filer obliged after Jones tried to lap-scoop Megan Schutt. Brown made an exceptional diving save at short third. Filer ran all the way down while Jones never moved. Healy relayed a throw from Brown to Schutt before Filer could get close to safety.England were left nine down needing 34 from 42 balls. Bell then managed to survive 15 balls for one run but equation became 28 from 18 before Sutherland’s 48th seemed to give England hope. But in the chaos of Sutherland’s over, Jones forgot how many balls were left and King forgot she had dropped a free-hit in the deep. Jones’ amnesia was more costly.Earlier, Australia’s collapse could have easily cost them the match. They were cruising after being sent in at 131 for 2 with Perry looking imperious having passed 50 for the 38th time in her ODI career, barely offering a false shot in the process.Ecclestone, the No.1 bowler in the world, had made an indifferent start with the ball after oddly being held out of the attack until the 18th over, having not been brought on until the 15th over in the first ODI in Sydney.She struck second ball, trapping Phoebe Litchfield lbw for 29 as the left-hander yorked herself trying to reverse-sweep.Ecclestone then overattacked to Perry and Mooney for three overs before trapping the left-hander lbw. England needed a review to get the initial not out decision overturned.Capsey then scythed through the middle-order with her part-time offspin after replacing Charlie Dean at the pavilion end. She dropped a relatively straightforward caught and bowled chance offered by Sutherland. But it did not cost much as Sutherland failed to keep another drive down, picking out Knight at cover.Ellyse Perry brought up her half-century with back-to-back boundaries•Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Perry then got bogged down. She had raced to 51 from 52 balls, striking five fours and two sixes. She never went longer than 14 balls without finding the rope and struck a six and two fours in the space of five balls to bring up the milestone.But having motored to 51, she scored just nine runs from her next 22 balls with Ecclestone and Capsey putting the squeeze on having taken two wickets at the other end.In the 29th over, Capsey delivered four consecutive dots to Perry, never leaving the stumps and nearly trapping her lbw with the fourth ball. She sneaked through with the fifth as Perry jammed her bat against her pad but missed the ball. She was initially given not out but England were successful with another review. Capsey added to her haul when Gardner left a huge gap between bat and pad trying an ambitious drive on the up and lost her off stump.Knight seized the moment and brought Filer back on to the remove the out-of-form Tahlia McGrath with sheer pace. Filer had previously looked like Bambi on ice in her opening two spells, slipping and tumbling to the deck in her delivery stride nearly half a dozen times as she conceded 34 in five overs.Ecclestone returned to clean up the tail alongside Bell who also finished with 2 for 25 including the early wicket of Healy.

كسر المذيع الإسباني، إيباي يانوس، صمته وتحدث عن اللقاء المثير للجدل الذي أجراه مع لامين يامال، نجم نادي برشلونة، قبل أيام من لقاء الكلاسيكو بين البارسا وريال مدريد، لحساب قمة الدوري الإسباني للدرجة الأولى.

وسخر يامال في المقابلة التي أجراها مع يانوس من ريال مدريد، متهمًا الفريق الملكي بالسرقة وكثرة الشكوى، ما أثار غضبًا كبيرًا داخل النادي الملكي.

ورد ريال مدريد اعتباره بالفعل من تصريحات يامال ونجح في الفوز على برشلونة بهدفين مقابل هدف واحد على ملعب سانتياجو برنابيو، ليعزز الميرنجي صدارته لبطولة الدوري.

ولم تمر المباراة مرور الكرام، حيث دخل لاعبو ريال مدريد وبرشلونة في شجار حاد، حيث قام فينيسيوس جونيور، وداني كارفاخال، وتيبو كورتوا، بالدخول في مشادة كلامية مع يامال مطالبين إياه بعدم التحدث.

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واعترف إينوس في تصريحات نقلها موقع ”One football”: “الفوضى التي اندلعت في الكلاسيكو وحول العالم بسبب ما قاله لامين يامال هي خطأي ولو بشكل جزئي”.

وأضاف إينوس في حديثه: “كانت نيتي قضاء وقت ممتع، لم أعتقد أن ما قاله لامين سيخرج عن سياقه أو يساء تفسيره”.

واختتم: “أتحمل المسؤولية. أنا من تسبب في الشجار في البرنابيو. أنا من أجريت بودكاست مع لامين يامال الذي قال فيه إن ريال مدريد يسرق ويبكي، هذه هي المرة الأخيرة التي أفعل فيها ذلك”.

يامال تعرض إلى انتقادات كثيرة من الجميع وقدم مباراة سيئة يوم أمس الأحد أمام ريال مدريد على كافة المستويات بالفعل.

تحدث وليد خليل، رئيس غزل المحلة، عن آخر التطورات الخاصة بعروض انتقال لاعبي فريقه، وموقف النادي من مستحقاته لدى الأهلي في صفقة إمام عاشور، مؤكدًا أن كل شيء ما زال قيد الدراسة ولم يُحسم بعد.

وقال خليل في تصريحات عبر قناة ON E: “ماذا عن مفاوضات الأهلي لضم يحيى زكريا؟ حتى الآن لا يوجد أي اتفاق رسمي بخصوص انتقال أي لاعب، هناك بالفعل أحاديث ومفاوضات من وكلاء وبعض الأندية عبر لجان التعاقدات لدينا، لكن الأمور ما زالت في مرحلة الدراسة ولم يتم اتخاذ أي قرار نهائي”.

وأضاف: “هناك أكثر من نادٍ مهتم باللاعب، لكننا ننتظر لنرى موقف الفريق في بطولة الدوري، وسنتخذ القرار الذي يخدم مصلحة النادي واللاعب معًا”.

وعن ما تردد حول تحديد سعر بيع يحيى زكريا لاعب الفريق بـ60 مليون جنيه، أوضح خليل: “لم نُعلن عن أي أرقام، وهذه الأمور تُبحث في نهاية المفاوضات فقط، اللاعب صغير في السن ويمتلك مستقبلًا واعدًا، وهناك أكثر من موهبة شبيهة به في غزل المحلة ستظهر خلال الموسم الحالي، قرار بيع أي لاعب يعتمد في النهاية على حاجة الفريق والبديل المتاح، فكل شيء مرتبط بمصلحة النادي الفنية”.

وفيما يتعلق بمفاوضات الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز بشأن اللاعب محمود صلاح، كشف خليل قائلًا: “كانت هناك مفاوضات سابقة مع الكابتن محمود الخطيب رئيس الأهلي، والكابتن محمد رمضان، بخصوص اللاعب محمود صلاح، وهو من ناشئي المحلة تحت السن”.

وتابع: “اللاعب من العناصر المميزة ونتمنى له التوفيق مع منتخب مصر، ولدينا خطة واضحة لإشراك ستة لاعبين من قطاع الناشئين في الفريق الأول كل موسم، وهو ما بدأنا تنفيذه بدعم من الكابتن علاء عبد العال”.

وعن سبب عدم إتمام الصفقة مع الأهلي، قال: “الصفقة كانت قريبة من الحسم، خاصة أثناء وجود اللاعب مع المنتخب، لكن بعد ذلك حدثت بعض الظروف، الكابتن محمود الخطيب كان حريصًا على إتمام الأمور، إلا أن الكابتن محمد رمضان غادر موقعه، فتوقفت المفاوضات مؤقتًا، ومن الممكن أن تعود مرة أخرى قبل فترة الانتقالات الشتوية المقبلة”.

واستكمل: “قبل انطلاق الموسم كان هناك أكثر من لاعب قريب من الانتقال للأهلي، لكن في النهاية تبقى المسألة عرض وطلب، وما يخدم مصلحة النادي هو ما نقوم بتنفيذه”.

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وانتقل خليل للحديث عن مستحقات نادي غزل المحلة الخاصة بصفقة انتقال إمام عاشور، مؤكدًا أن العلاقة مع الأهلي طيبة، وأن الملف في الأساس يخضع لإجراءات الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا”.

وأوضح: “النادي الأهلي نكنّ له كل تقدير واحترام، وعلاقتنا بمجلس إدارته ممتازة، الموضوع ليس بيننا وبين الأهلي مباشرة، بل يتعلق بحقوق الرعاية التي يقرها الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم”.

وأشار: “كان من المفترض أن نحصل على مبلغ قدره نحو 96 ألف دولار منذ سبعة أشهر، لكن حتى الآن لم تصل الأموال إلى حساب النادي، ومن المنتظر أن تُضاف عليها غرامات وفوائد نتيجة التأخير”.

وتابع: “نحن لم نتقدم بأي شكوى ضد الأهلي، وإنما قدمنا مستنداتنا إلى فيفا الخاصة بحقوق الرعاية عن اللاعب إمام عاشور، وفقًا لعدد المباريات التي خاضها مع الزمالك وميتلاند والأهلي، بالمناسبة، بعد هذا الإجراء تم احتساب حقوق لنادي الزمالك أيضًا، وكذلك نادي حرس الحدود”.

وأكمل: “الاتحاد الدولي يحتسب مستحقات الرعاية بطريقة محددة بناءً على عدد المباريات الدولية والمحلية التي خاضها اللاعب، ويرسل المطالبة للنادي الذي يجب عليه السداد، ثم يتم تحويل المبلغ من الاتحاد الدولي إلى حساب النادي المستفيد، وهو في حالتنا غزل المحلة”.

واختتم وليد خليل تصريحاته قائلًا: “صدر قرار من (فيفا) منذ سبعة أشهر يؤكد أحقيتنا في المبلغ، لكن حتى اللحظة لم تصل الأموال إلى حسابنا، لا نعلم بالضبط ما الذي تم بين الأهلي والاتحاد الدولي في هذا الملف، فالأمر لا يزال قيد المتابعة القانونية”.

Anderson, Atkinson and Stokes share six wickets after England build big lead

Matt Roller11-Jul-2024England need four more wickets to secure an innings win over West Indies inside three days, after James Anderson, Gus Atkinson and Ben Stokes shared six wickets on the second evening. The hosts were dominant with the bat, scoring at more than four runs per over across their first innings and then turned the screw with the ball to close in on a 1-0 lead.Needing to score 250 – more than double their first-innings total – just to make England bat again, West Indies slumped to 37 for 4 inside 19 overs. Anderson’s inswinger knocked back Kraigg Brathwaite’s middle stump, Stokes removed Mikyle Louis and Kirk McKenzie during a ten-over spell, and Kavem Hodge chopped Atkinson onto his own stumps.West Indies’ batters were far too passive, looking to survive rather than score but ultimately managing neither. Alick Athanaze was a rare exception from No. 4, but he fell for 22 to a textbook Anderson set-up: he was worked over from around the wicket, with some balls shaping in and others leaving him before edging behind as he attempted to push through the covers.Joshua da Silva and Jason Holder added 24 for the sixth wicket – damningly, West Indies’ third-highest stand of the match – but England struck with the final ball of the day. Stokes laid a short-ball trap with two men out on the hook, and Holder could only fend Atkinson’s bumper to Ollie Pope at short leg.Atkinson celebrates his eighth wicket on debut after Kavem Hodge’s chop-on•Getty ImagesEngland were bowled out at the tea interval on the second afternoon, compiling a substantial first-innings lead with Harry Brook, Joe Root and debutant Jamie Smith joining Zak Crawley and Pope in scoring half-centuries. Other than Jayden Seales, the pick of the attack, West Indies’ bowlers were short on red-ball match practice – and it showed.Root and Brook scored heavily square of the wicket in the first hour, with Brook batting fluently in his first Test innings in almost a year. In his 13th Test, he reached fifty for the 12th time but failed to add to it: he top-edged an attempted hook off Alzarri Joseph straight to da Silva, reinforcing the belief that he can be susceptible against the short ball.During his innings of 68, Root went past Allan Border’s career aggregate to enter the top ten of all-time Test run-scorers but he fell shortly before lunch. He was the second England batter, after Stokes, to fall victim to an exceptional Gudakesh Motie delivery, raising the question as to why it took Brathwaite so long to bring his left-arm spinner into the attack.Stokes’ first international innings of the season lasted only 11 balls. Motie, who vindicated his selection ahead of Kevin Sinclair, tossed the ball up in his first over of the morning and found sharp turn after landing it on a footmark. It ripped back past the inside edge of Stokes’ swish and left him open-mouthed as it knocked his middle stump out of the ground.Stokes was bowled by a beauty from Motie•Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesIn the penultimate over before the interval, Root was left smiling in disbelief after losing his off stump. This time, Motie went wide on the crease and bowled his arm ball with an upright seam. Root shaped to punch into the off side as the delivery drifted in sharply, but it deviated late off the pitch to beat him on the outside edge.Smith was the protagonist of the second session, hitting Seales over the Tavern Stand and onto St John’s Wood Road during his maiden Test innings. He shared a sedate partnership of 52 with Chris Woakes but after Woakes and Atkinson fell in quick succession to the second new ball, Smith found a new gear while batting with the tail, even with the field spread.After starting his innings uncharacteristically slowly, he started to skip down the pitch and crunched Shamar Joseph into the Grandstand for six, three overs after reaching a 98-ball half-century. Three overs later, he gave himself room and cracked Seales’ short ball over midwicket and out of Lord’s altogether.Related

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Louis’ dead-eye, direct-hit run-out of Shoaib Bashir at the non-striker’s end meant the retiring Anderson was applauded out to the middle for what may well prove to be his final innings in Test cricket. But he didn’t face a ball, with Smith pulling the final delivery of Seales’ over to McKenzie at deep backward square leg to finish with 70.Shamar Joseph spent some of the afternoon session off the field due to some muscle tightness after a recent diet of T20, and was seen receiving treatment on his left hamstring in the dressing room. He was forced to leave the field midway through his 15th over, and looked in discomfort after getting through one further over with the second new ball.There are not enough batters left for Anderson to leapfrog the late Shane Warne and become the second-highest wicket-taker in the format’s history. But in his 188th and final Test, he has the opportunity to clinch one final victory for his country on Friday.

Club unmoved by concern over empty stands against Sri Lanka, citing higher demand

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Sep-2024

Ticket prices for next year’s Lord’s Test against India have risen once again, despite Marylebone Cricket Club coming in for severe criticism for the cost of entry to this summer’s Test against Sri Lanka.For the first three days of the India Test, which begins on July 10 next year, the cheapest adult tickets on offer are restricted-view seats for £90 each (£20 for under-16s). Those with a clear line of sight are priced between £120-£175 (£40-£50 for under-16s).These prices compare unfavourably with last month’s Test against Sri Lanka, for which the cost of unrestricted views ranged from £115-£140 for adults and £15-£40 for concessions.That Sri Lanka contest concluded on the fourth day, for which just 9,000 tickets (approx one-third capacity) were sold. This was, in part, a reflection of England’s current fast-paced approach to Test cricket, with several recent contests being wrapped up well in advance of the final day.MCC came under further criticism for failing to offer any reduced-entry options until after tea on that fourth day, when the price fell to £15 for adults and £5 for under-16s. By then, however, there were just three Sri Lanka wickets left to fall, and the lack of advance notice further prevented a significant take-up.Related

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Speaking in the aftermath of the Test, England’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope said that the subdued atmosphere had been noted by his team.”It was just like ‘jeez, it seems quiet today’,” he said. “I’m not sure if people expected the game to be done by day four or not. It’s a shame it wasn’t a full house because it was obviously a good day’s play.”Despite Guy Lavender, the chief executive and secretary of MCC, announcing that the club would be conducting a review into its fourth-day pricing policy, there is little concession for fans who hope to attend on that day for next year’s India Test. Under-16s will be admitted for £25, half the cost of the first three days, but tickets with a full view will still cost £90-£150.MCC’s rationale is that India are now the second-biggest draw in the English Test calendar, behind Australia, and the prices reflect the likely demand, which is in line with the policy adopted by other sports. The top-priced tickets for the 2023 Ashes Test were £170, which the club argues represents a below-inflation increase of £5.Lord’s is also due to host the World Test Championship final in June, which is currently on course to be contested between India and Australia, a rematch of the 2023 final at the Kia Oval. Tickets for that match are set between £70-130 for adults and £20-£50 for under-16s.England and India are also due to play a women’s ODI at Lord’s in 2025, for which adult tickets will be available for between £25 and £45. The men’s ODI against South Africa, on the other hand, will cost between £75 and £150.

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