On Thursday, Cricket Australia has announced the complete schedule for India’s lucrative Test cricket tour and they also acknowledged that plans remained in flux because of the coronavirus. Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said the picture was “evolving every day” as he unveiled men’s and women’s fixtures against India.
Australia are also due to host the men’s Twenty20 World Cup in October and November. Australia’s women, crowned T20 world champions in Melbourne in March — as the pandemic closed in on world sport — will host India for an ODI series.
Releasing a statement regarding the same, Roberts said, “We know that circumstances or events beyond our control could mean that the final schedule potentially may look different to the one released today. But we’ll be doing everything we can to get as much international cricket in as possible this summer.”
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The men’s Tests against India are scheduled to start in Brisbane on December 3, followed by Adelaide from December 11, the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and Sydney from January 3. Australia this month dethroned India from the numero uno position in the Test ranking.
Revenue from the series is so important to Cricket Australia that it has proposed adding a fifth Test, which would mean ditching the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Perth from November 21. Indian players will be undergoing quarantine to make the series happen. Australia’s borders are currently closed to non-residents as a measure against coronavirus.
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Describing the same, Roberts said, “We are engaged in ongoing discussions with federal and state governments, our venues and the touring nations to continually understand and monitor the situation in front of us, which is evolving every day.”
Men’s T20I series
- Oct 11 – Australia v India 1st T20 in Brisbane
- Oct 14 – Australia v India 2nd T20 in Canberra
- Oct 17 – Australia v India 3rd T20 in Adelaide
Men’s Test series
- Dec 3-7 – Australia v India 1st Test in Brisbane
- Dec 11-15 – Australia v India 2nd Test in Adelaide
- Dec 26-30 – Australia v India 3rd Test in Melbourne
- Jan 3-7 – Australia v India 4th Test in Sydney
Women’s ODI series
- Jan 22 – Australia v India 1st ODI in Canberra
- Jan 25 – Australia v India 2nd ODI in Melbourne
- Jan 28 – Australia v India 3rd ODI in Hobart
Men’s ODI series
- Jan 12 – Australia v India 1st ODI in Perth
- Jan 15 – Australia v India 2Qnd ODI in Melbourne
- Jan 17 – Australia v India 3rd ODI in Sydney
