Simply unbelievable.

India ,v, Pakistan, Manchester capacity 25000 ..........Joepublic was invited to apply for tickets ........... when I first heard the story the applicant number was a staggering 500000, during a w/e game Atherton mentioned that 600000 applied ..... tonite on telly I distinctly hear that the the wannabees totalled 800000.

I also saw those numbers.

After all that it wasn't much of a game. Pakistan are no longer in India's league.

I suspect the number of ticket applicants speaks more about the size of the Indian and Pakistani population in the UK these days than it does about the great cricket rivalry these two countries used to have.