Australian Cricket Family

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I signed up for the Australian Cricket Family back in early April when it was created, to ensure I can get tickets to day 1 & 2 of the Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval, and also get tickets for me & my mates for the Australia Day ODI.

I hear on the news this morning that more than 10,000 Poms have signed up for this, and will be purchasing all the tickets that they are eligble to (6 in Adelaide, Perth. 10 in Bris, Syd & Melb) and selling them back to the Barmy Army!! What a joke, you would think that in Australia, the Australian public should have direct first dibs on non-member tickets, and if there are any left (hopefully none) then the poms can buy them.

[Blue Boy]

I signed up for the Australian Cricket Family back in early April when it was created, to ensure I can get tickets to day 1 & 2 of the Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval, and also get tickets for me & my mates for the Australia Day ODI.

I hear on the news this morning that more than 10,000 Poms have signed up for this, and will be purchasing all the tickets that they are eligble to (6 in Adelaide, Perth. 10 in Bris, Syd & Melb) and selling them back to the Barmy Army!! What a joke, you would think that in Australia, the Australian public should have direct first dibs on non-member tickets, and if there are any left (hopefully none) then the poms can buy them.

I think this will get messy and the ACB stuffed up.

If I dont get a ticket for the first day Im gonna go wright off !!!

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I think this will get messy and the ACB stuffed up.

If I dont get a ticket for the first day Im gonna go wright off !!!

I am sure that you won't be the only one!

[Blue Boy]

I think this will get messy and the ACB stuffed up.

If I dont get a ticket for the first day Im gonna go wright off !!!

I am sure that you won't be the only one!

I have not missed a first day in 21 years @ Adelaide Oval !!!

[RustyCage]

Barmy Army eyes Ashes ticket swoop

Cricinfo staff

May 31, 2006



Barmy boast: "We are a bit more street-wise than the average Aussie fan" © Getty Images



Sneaky England supporters plan to raid Cricket Australia's family-orientated Ashes ticket system when seats go on sale on Thursday morning. Organisers of the Barmy Army expect to have 15,000 people supporting Andrew Flintoff and Co on the first day of the SCG Test, according to Sydney's Daily Telegraph.

"We are a bit more street-wise than the average Aussie fan," the Barmy Army's Craig Gills told the paper. "We have done this before on many campaigns, in Europe and World Cups etc. Whether by hook or by crook, we will get the tickets."

Cricket Australia expects a small amount of "leakage" to overseas buyers, but their Australia Cricket Family registration method was designed so parents and their children could get seats. More than 128,000 people signed on for the project and they must provide an Australian address as proof of their residency.

The Daily Telegraph reported tens of thousands of England supporters had joined the family and others were expected to on-sell the tickets to the Barmy Army. Seats go on general release from June 19, with Cricket Australia-registered buyers given a two-week headstart from 9am eastern standard time on Thursday.

In the Sydney Morning Herald the paper revealed that England fans complaining about the lack of access to Australia grounds for next summer were getting a better deal than their counterparts in 2005. The paper said Lord's made 3.5% of its seats available to Australians while Old Trafford was 2%, Edgbaston 3% and The Oval 0%. The SCG and MCG are expected to have at least 10% of tickets going to England supporters.

"People need to know they've got to get in early," Peter Young, a Cricket Australia spokesman, said in the Sydney Morning Herald. "If Sydney people wait until Thursday afternoon there is a significant risk of disappointment. There's a strong sense that days one, two and three are going to sell very quickly."

[RustyCage]

The poms win one series and think they are the be all and end all of world cricket.

[Blue Boy]

Barmy Army eyes Ashes ticket swoop

Cricinfo staff

May 31, 2006



Barmy boast: "We are a bit more street-wise than the average Aussie fan" © Getty Images


In the Sydney Morning Herald the paper revealed that England fans complaining about the lack of access to Australia grounds for next summer were getting a better deal than their counterparts in 2005. The paper said Lord's made 3.5% of its seats available to Australians while Old Trafford was 2%, Edgbaston 3% and The Oval 0%. The SCG and MCG are expected to have at least 10% of tickets going to England supporters.

"People need to know they've got to get in early," Peter Young, a Cricket Australia spokesman, said in the Sydney Morning Herald. "If Sydney people wait until Thursday afternoon there is a significant risk of disappointment. There's a strong sense that days one, two and three are going to sell very quickly."

hmmmmm - Im gettin ready to fire up tomorrow !!!

[Booney]

If CA have f***ed up and I miss out on a ticket because some unbathed,beer swilling,lilly white blood thirsty thug of a pommy fan gets a ticket and I dont......look out.

[am Bays]

Simple, CA should do a phone poll of all the names on the list, anyone who answers with an accent from 10 000 km away goes to the back of the cue.....

Phuk those keunts off

[MightyEagles]

They should make people to provide an Australian passport of birth certificate to get in.

[Maddogmike]

I am in the UK and will be up at midnight Wed UK time trying to get tickets for myself. I know loads of English people coming across, but none of them have access to the cricket family thing. Tickets go on sale to the poms over here in 3 weeks time.
I reckon they need to allocate a certain proportion of tickets to the poms (les be honest it makes the atmosphere electric) with the barmy army. Especially with the MCG. Stick them at the top of the Southern stand.
Being over in the UK last year for the ashes, it was difficult to get a ticket, but not impossible. I had Day 1 Edgbaston and Day 1 Trent Bridge.

[JK]

Well after an hour or so of trying I managed to get tickets to the first day of the Ashes test ... Wanted to head a long Sunday but it was all too hard ... How did everyone else fare??

[Brad]

Selected when I want to go but unable to purchase and pay its crashed what a f%$% system!

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Went to sign in with my cricket family membership code, then the site crashed and needed to be refreshed.

Put my code back in and tried again, only for it to tell me my code can only be used once and if it is entered twice I need to call them. Guess what - can't get through, been engaged all morning!!!

[Brad]

Still stuck on the same bloody page

[JK]

I had the same problem, volume issues etc .. But eventually snagged it, hope u lads are able to aswell ..

[Blue Boy]

Still tryin to get through

10.50am

[Booney]

No luck just yet,been on it since 10:30 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Booney]

Any one had the window pop up regarding processing,when reserved they will be offered?

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Nah Booney, haven't seen that? What is it saying that they are only reserved, then are they offered later?

All I got to was the screen which said "cannot proceed due to high transaction volumes, please try again later". After clicking a few times over 5 or so minutes a page cannot load error appeared. Now I can only book via phone. Anyone got through to venue-tix via phone? Both numbers I have tried are constantly engaged!