David Williams has been at every one-day World Cup since 2007. With ticket pick-ups 10 kilometres from the stadium, banners falling in the stands and even “a small riot”, the chaos of this event has been like nothing he’s experienced before.
Game day in Lucknow. A queue snakes around the footpath outside a ticket collection point, as is customary for sporting events.
That event concluded with the then International Cricket Council chief executive, Malcolm Speed, attempting to conduct a press conference as the sponsor’s backdrop collapsed behind him. This time, the misadventures started months before the first ball. Fast-forward to this year. Williams was highly enthusiastic about going to India for the cup, but as months ticked by without a schedule or tickets, he decided to make a couple of wish lists. Flights were booked and calculated gambles made about ticket availability once the fixture was finally announced in July.Purchasing tickets online took several attempts, complicated by the fact that only Mastercard, a tournament partner, would be accepted for payments.
“There were barely any other Aussies there, we counted less than 50,” he said. “The crowd in the seats around us all wanted selfies with us and then once the game finished others came over, thanked us for coming and more selfies, which has continued while we have been in India.” For the next game, against Sri Lanka, another trip to the Adidas store on match eve was met with the update that tickets could be collected at the ground, just not on game day. Eventually they were secured.
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