Cricket Australia (CA) can be expected to move the traditional Boxing Day Test against India from the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to Adelaide due to increasing COVID-19 cases in the state of Victoria. According to the recent reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, Adelaide can be expected to be the frontrunner for hostin the third Test between December 26 and December 30.
Regarding the same, CA chairman Earl Eddings has called for an urgent meeting of the national cricket cabinet next week to discuss the ways of conducting teh series as smoothly as possible and avoid losing a staggering 300 million Australian dollars. The situation in Victoria is not good and a senior cricket official told the country’s leading daily that there is no way the current schedule can get implemented due to the state border restrictions in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Victoria has so far reported over 13000 positive cases for the coronavirus besides 170 deaths. As far as the other Australian states are concerned, New South Wales comes a distant second with close to 4000 positive cases.
South Australia, whose capital is Adelaide, has so far reported 457 confirmed cases however, 445 people have also managed to recover. Cricket Australia had earlier said that the existing schedule is subject to change. In May, CA had confirmed that India will make the trip Down Under later this year for a financially critical assignment comprising four Tests and ODIs.
Virat Kohli’s men will feature in a high-profile Test series, beginning on December 3 at Brisbane. India is then scheduled to play a day/night Test, as committed by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, from December 11 to 15 in Adelaide.
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The third and fourth Test matches will be held in Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3 to 7) respectively. The series will be playing a crucial role in uplifting is crucial for the financial health of CA, which has had to stand down staff to handle the cost of operations in the wake of the pandemic.
