For the 1st time in years and for the 1st time in his life, my son and I head off to a test match. Not all of it, mind you, just the morning session of the 4th day of the 1st test between South Africa and India in Johannesburg. Remember, please, that South Africa are fighting a lost cause. Five wickets down, needing 300-odd. And this is after making just 84 in thier 1st innings a couple of days ago.
After parking my car very very far away from the ground; although I must say that it wasn't as far as it could have been as there weren't many people going to watch the cricket on that day; we walked down to the stadium. No que for tickets and I asked the lady if I could just walk in. Surely there would be no charge for us. After all, South Africa needed all of the support they could get. Also, the Wanderers is massively sponsored by LIberty Life and Highveld et al.
"Nope." Said the lovely lady behind the ticket desk, "Full price today."
I couldn't believe my ears. If we were lucky, we would have seen more than one session and as it tunred out, we saw exactly one. I asked about my five year old son, surely he wouldn't pay full price? But he would. Full price for a third of a cricket day.
How is this allowed? Who makes these things up? Why are they still in charge? No wonder the Wanderers is in trouble and no wonder there is hardly anyone at the gound during a test match. Shame on you.
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