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Some of the pissed up behaviour in the Hundred/Blast games is getting a bit too much, so they've been shutting the bars earlier and earlier. (Yes, I know there's some pissed up behaviour at a normal test match, but it seems much less than the games that go on into the evening/night. Haven't ever done a day/night test match though.)
Of course, this means people either stockpile lagers just before closing (I've seen people coming back with 4 pints each) or keeping their stash of cans until the end.
Depending on who I go with I often get to use their allowance too. My wife will drink lager but not my 80yo mother-in-law, yet she gets to have two cans of 5% lager assigned to her as I go through the bag check. Haven't tried to sneak in an extra two assigned to the 12yo yet.
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Yep, just be aware you can't bring in any booze to the blast/hundred. I've smuggled rum and coke and a flask of ice to that oval before though. The queues at the bar a few weeks back were pretty much a T20 innings long.
On the plus side, daughter collected nearly £50 quids worth of discarded cups / carafes so she was happy with her night's earnings.
Just re-read the Lords rules, and looks like you can take booze to any international though, regardless of format. All very confusing.
Scrabble
Last time at Lords was for the Hundred (forgive me, Father...) - didn't bring any booze, but they guillotined the bar shut at (I think) 7pm, right in front of my nose after half an hour queueing. Going to the India game in a few weeks, will risk taking a 4-pack.