From Edgbaston to Euro 2020, modern supporters can participate: so long as it is in corporately pre-approved fashion
For the second time in two years, Fortress Edgbaston was breached. This time, however, it was not Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon but a few hundred inebriated hedonists from Warwick University.
“The behaviour of a small number of students after the match finished was disgraceful,” the Warwickshire chief executive, Stuart Cain, said following Birmingham Bears’ T20 Blast game last week. Cain confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that lifetime bans are being meted out for the monstrous crime of walking on to a cricket field upon which no match was taking place and milling around for upwards of five minutes.
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