Headingley Cricket Grounds Reviews
Newest Review: ... Greenidge and Haynes in 1984. The highlight of the day was the bizarre umpire decision that denied Steve Finn a wicket, judged no-ball because his leg brushed the stump on his run up and this time dislodged the bails, the umpire deciding the ball was dead and so Smith couldn't be out when he edged to Prior. Day two and South Africa knew if they batted two more sessions they couldn't lose the test or series and so be world number one. Alviro Petersen batted on for 182 and Duminy (48) took them over the psychological important 400 to post 418 all-out, perhaps the dropping of Swann affecting the balance of the bowling. England batted wi... more
Customer Headingley Cricket Grounds Reviews (3)
by - written on 09/08/12 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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Headingley has been the scene of some great cricket, especially Ashes Test Matches. Who will ever forget Botham and Willis and 1981 and all that. The Aussie were so confident they would win they hedged their bets for celebrating if they lost by having a whip round to bet on England at 500-1. The rest is history. If Pakistan team did the same whip round then it would be a very different story. Oh yes, they have. Australia may well have thrown that game. Let's not talk about that as we don't do those sorts of things. Do we? The whole series was suspicious in hindsight. But not at the time. Don't forget that the top Aussie players were so poorly paid back then that some ... Read the complete review
by - written on 07/08/08 (Useful, 45 readings)
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I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed myself when I recently went to Headingley for the Second Test vs South Africa!England may have not been playing the best cricket but to see the return of Andrew Flintoff and the exciting batting of Kevin Pietersen it was worth it in my eyes.The food and the drink were great and the atmosphere was great and there was always something going on around you and even the rain could not dampen me and my friends spirits!What I found most amusing was a security team called "The Green Team" who had nothing better to do than spoil peoples day and there fun and turn a good situation into a bad one.Barring that there was lots of food ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/08/00, updated on 04/08/00 (Very useful, 76 readings)
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There is no doubt that the atmosphere provided by many sporting arenas outweighs the comfort of watching via a comfortable armchair. With the fourth Test between England and West Indies looming at Headingley, Leeds, I felt a quick review of this old ground worthwhile before it is redeveloped at the end of this season. Having watched my cricket over twenty years from almost every area of the ground, I hate to say that it has become quite a tired run down venue. Fairly easy to get to via train, bus and car, the ground is situated in the heart of student land, so parking must be found in the many residential streets adjacent to the ground. Once inside, the views of ... Read the complete review
