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ENG vs IND: Any Spare Tickets? Cricket's Informal Economy Returns

By AFP News September 05, 2021 • 20:37 PM View: 2297

The gates had only just opened at London's Oval cricket ground before the fourth day of the fourth Test between England and India on Sunday but a frenzied marketplace was already active.

While fans thronged pubs and cafes in the morning sunshine, an informal economy of ticket touts and unofficial merchandise sellers scrambled to ply their trade on the streets. Touts buy as many tickets as they can get their hands on and resell them above face value to supporters desperate to watch their sporting heroes.

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