Will the Gabba's age see Queensland MISS OUT on Tests? | Wide World of Sports

[@adamroberts9159]

The Gabba looks the best on the TV. And we win there lots. Should be the first game of every series

[@phoarey]

Exactly

[@phoarey]

Exactly

[@jc7671]

Too right.

[@jc7671]

Why does the Gabba need updating? It isn’t falling down like the old Football Stadium & Parramatta Stadium. The Hobart venue only holds 20,000 so it won’t return as much from gate receipts. Tubby is just pushing revamping the Gabba because he is worried about getting tickets to the Olympics.

[@1362pc]

MAYBE the SCG is looking tired...??

[@oshea900]

So stadiums have to be revamped or rebuilt every ten years to keep up? Most of the Gabba isnt even 25 years old. Prior to that, it hadnt seen a revamp since 1970.

[@viti8347]

I Guess Lords must be next!

[@Magpie_Mark92]

The SCG is older and smaller

[@squalidseal6126]

Always gets bigger crowds than it though…

[@squalidseal6126]

The Gabba is old in a bad way, not a historic way.

[@1362pc]

SCG looks very tired...

[@Magpie_Mark92]

@1362pc yeh it should've being redeveloped and expanded decades ago

[@chalkandcheese1868]

​@@Magpie_Mark92AFL has already f**ked up every cricket ground in the country, leave the SCG alone.

[@JustinW2980]

The people that work there or visit it say it looks tired but the Gabba has always looked fabulous to me on TV.

[@nunkito]

This talk is overated bs. Nothing wrong with the gabba.

[@Deathmagnets69]

The Gabba is generic and dull

[@nunkito]

@@Deathmagnets69 mate your their to watch sport. I used to go when the greyhound track was around. I couldn’t give a fk if I sat on grass or a seat. T was still a great day.

[@phillipgraham4226]

Its a shame cause the gabba has the best test cricket pitch in Australia, the players enjoy playing the first test of the summer at the gabba, as the winning record suggests. All that matters is the corporate dollars

[@jacktattis]

Why worry about Tasmania it is a very small state in terms of population

[@rustyrulze]

More test cricket please, it’s the only international cricket free to air viewers can watch.

[@agr7879]

Looks fine to me

[@jmull91]

It’s time for Victoria park or a Gabba revamp

[@stevefraser7501]

Why can't we have a six test summer? The Ashes in the UK used to be a 6 test series.

[@StuTheDon17]

There should be 2 x 3 Test series when England and India aren't touring. Last season should have been 3 Tests against Pakistand and 3 more against the Windies.

[@stevefraser7501]

@@StuTheDon17 Not disagreeing, but the point is that there is no reason when a significant series arises (ie Ashes or India) we couldn't have 6 test series. It is obviously ideal to have an odd number but my point was that it is not unprecedented to have a 6 test series.

[@mathewsharp4301]

You seriously can not stop playing test cricket at the Gabba. Our winning record at the Gabba should be too good to even consider changing venues.

[@beautifulsydney]

Stadiums overseas are over 60- 100 years old no problem collage football south America soccer stadium..we Australians want to bulldoze 20 year old stadiums like in Sydney ??

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Test cricket will nearly be extinct by the time Brisbane builds their new stadium.

[@barefoot.cryptographer3974]

They’ve been saying this for 15 years now 😂

[@chalkandcheese1868]

​@@barefoot.cryptographer3974 More like 45 years

[@troytungai1828]

It’s tradition - keep it there!

[@JakeMartin94]

IMO Adelaide Oval, MCG and SCG will always have test matches every year as they are the big money venues and every year draw large crowds, the last 2 games will be decided between Perth, Brisbane and Hobart. Perth has an issue with poor attendance record but I also think it should always be at the WACA not Optus Stadium and the Gabba is very out dated compared to all the others majors stadiums in Australia.

[@madkent99]

lol Adelaide. No way

[@StuTheDon17]

Give Perth the Boxing Day or New Years test and watch it sell out. A lot of people seem to forget that the first 3 tests are played when people are at work and kids are in school. The majority of people don't take annual leave from work a few weeks before they go on the Xmas break. Watch the crowds in the Adelaide day/night tests. The crowds always pick up once school is finished for the day and adults have finished work.....

[@1362pc]

WHY is Adelaide test guaranteed? Gabba tests are huge

[@stewartdavies929]

Oh no!! That’s going to mean another great pitch being replaced with boring drop ins. Good for CA maybe but certainly not for cricket fans in Australia.

[@leaderofnoone9087]

Honestly some of the drop in pictures Australian cricketer has been using. Are some of the best pictures to watch test cricket in the world lately. Like the Adelaide Oval for example.

[@1362pc]

The Gabba is The Gabba......history....No Brisbane test match??? Tasmania???

[@futuregamer6987]

Cricket is 0.1 % revenue for SCG,MCG,GABBA,OPTUS, ADELAIDE THIER MAIN REVENUE IN AFL CRICKET IS ONLY FOR NAME

[@johnpsalinger173]

You are talking gate receipts at the grounds. TV rights are the main income for both cricket and AFL, followed by gate - which for AFL is very high.

[@chalkandcheese1868]

F**K off AFL

[@VelvetRiot-hz5mp]

If the Gabba is rotten, what about the SCG? It's fine. Tasmania doesn't get crowds, won't happen. More chance of more matches at Geelong.

[@RossEyre-h2p]

Why not have 6 test matches a year?

[@gmoriano]

How good is labour governments. Wake up

[@DeepseaSteve]

So the MCG and lords should be knocked down based on age then

[@rmoz2729]

The MCG stands have been knocked down and rebuilt a few times, much more recently than any Gabba renovation. The same goes for Lords, apart from the members. The SCG rebuilt or is rebuilding all its stands apart from the members and ladies but they are updated inside. At least the Gabba’s curtains haven’t faded as QLD don’t do DLS 😂

[@preachyourstory3452]

@@rmoz2729 The MCG's Great Southern Stand was completed in 1992. When is such an old, decrepit grand stand going to be replaced?

[@rmoz2729]

@@preachyourstory3452 Yes, it would need to be demolished and replaced considering its age.

[@eddiebroncos]

Gabba made 1895 mcg made 1853

[@NateMicallef]

It was revamped no more than 20 years ago. Youre comparing it to a brand new stadium and a recetly redeveloped one. Stupid.

[@StuTheDon17]

That was the point he was making....

[@1362pc]

The Gabba has not problem hosting great AFL matches

[@tigerden1908]

To hot to watch test cricket in Brisbane. Expensive, boring ( outside an Ashes test) and hot.

[@BrettONeill-i7i]

The gabba is a joke of a stadium, it's so old and run down. Knock it down and build it in that park they were talking about near the city. To build it's less than 1 percent of the state's annual budget. It's a joke any option is even being talked about.

[@futuregamer6987]

Cricket is dead in australia Aussies team is doing very very good Bur their support is not that good We will see in this summer Whole stadium is filled indians in bgt series In odi and t20i vs pak whole stadium will pak fans and only smattering of Australian ones 😂

[@peterkehoe481]

Our government is to blame for letting them all into the country in the first place.

[@futuregamer6987]

@@peterkehoe481 when they beat india in world cup 2023 final in india in front of 132000 india crowd that was very very huge thing and when Aussies players come home they were smattering of people and there was not ticket take prade stuff like that When Aussies olympics athelete come after winning gold media mf albanese come to receive them and not our cricket players doing such a big thing 🤬

[@peterkehoe481]

@@futuregamer6987 The limited overs format is a bit of a joke in all honesty. If it was the Ashes that'd be a different story. The real fans care about the Tests and the T20 stuff is for the casuals. ODI's need to probably cut down to 40 overs. 50 overs is too much. The other factor in play is when the players came home it was still in the middle of our winter season when the football codes were in their season.

[@futuregamer6987]

@@peterkehoe481 we have seen ashes English crowd in more than Aussies 😂

[@peterkehoe481]

@@futuregamer6987 Not really. English grounds are tiny in comparison to all but one of Australia's Test grounds (Hobart being the smallest). Australia's Test grounds are huge to cater for Australian rules football and cricket gets big crowds over the holiday period and on weekends.

[@aaronfarley14]

The Tasmanian stadium 🏟️ is boutique and only going to cater about 23,000 people to start with!