It’s pretty obvious that it will ‘price people out’ but he equates that with ‘won’t sell out’ which is not the same thing. The fact is that our cricket grounds simply aren’t very big, there are League One and even League Two football teams with comparable capacities and even if geography and planning allowed, expensive extensions are not going to happen for the once in four years that demand significantly outstrips supply.
What some commentators forget is that the authorities don’t care about any given individual, as long as their ground is full they are happy. Say I’m prepared to pay £100 and someone else £120, guess who they’ll sell the seat to?