Kids to watch BD-Pak match at Lord’s | The Daily Star
12:00 AM, July 04, 2019 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:06 AM, July 04, 2019

Kids to watch BD-Pak match at Lord’s

Children will be able to watch an international match from the pavilion at Lord's for the first time on Friday as cricket bosses scramble to make sure seats are filled.

Officials fear a repeat of the scenes during the 2017 Women's World Cup final between England and India, when TV images of a sparsely populated pavilion contrasted with packed stands in the rest of the ground.

A Marylebone Cricket Club statement said 250 schoolchildren had been invited to watch Friday's World Cup match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in the pavilion.

But an email to the membership sent by MCC secretary and chief executive Guy Lavender explained the pavilion was "heavily undersubscribed" for the match, with less than 50 percent of tickets sold.


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