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Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), owner of Lord’s cricket ground, is set to review ticket prices after the crowd for the fourth day of the England vs Sri Lanka Test was underwhelming.
Last week, the Telegraph reported that only 7,000 tickets were sold for day four which is far below half the capacity at Lord’s.
Following the conclusion of the Test – which saw England win by 190 runs – the MCC released a statement on the disappointing crowd numbers, and said that it would look into the price of tickets. According to reports, the cheapest available day four ticket was priced at £95 (€113/$125).
“We will be paying particular attention to the structure of fourth day tickets in our pricing reviews given the way that Test cricket is now being played,” said MCC chief executive Guy Lavender.
“Sales were slower for the fourth day of this match than v West Indies likely in part to England’s dominant performance at Lord’s earlier this summer, and this Test being later than normal at the end of the school holidays.
“Earlier this year, we sold out the opening four days of the England v Sri Lanka match and were close to doing so for the first three days of this match. From the outset, we priced Under-16 tickets at just £15 for weekend days of our Test matches and introduced a group discount for day four.
“It is difficult to dynamically discount tickets in hindsight when thousands of supporters have applied through our 2023 ballot process and paid the full price.”
The third Test between England and Sri Lanka will take place from September 6-10 at The Oval.
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