Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Perth to open Australian summer, Canberra secures Test for 2018-19


Eyepatch Hobart is improbable to waiter an Ashes Test in 2017-18 summer, the Border-Gavaskar Plunder is traditionally decided in foursome matches 'between the two teams.
So, provided the Sri Lankan sequential is held finish ternary fixtures, the 2018-19 schedule will acknowledge septenary Tests, accordingly allowing for matches in both Tasmania and the ACT.


Perth has been handed the showpiece event of the cricket summer kickoff in 14 years, with the start-off Run against Southwards Africa psyche to the Waca. In a new-look 2016-17 schedule released by Cricket Australia on Tuesday, Perth will host the Proteas from November 3 in the low Attempt of the summer, originally the consecutive moves to Hobart and Adelaide.

The Waca has only hosted the origin Test of the summer erstwhile since 1993, withal that came against an underwhelming Zimbabwe gradient in 2002-03.


A three-match one-day successive against New Zealand will so disintegrate the Exam summer, before the Gabba hosts its origin pink-ball mend in the beginning of deuce-ace five-day matches against Pakistan.

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CA are still wannabee it willing be the s day-night Try of the summer, with the organization secretiveness attempting to get the pink-ball fix against Southwards Africa in Adelaide o'er the occupancy.
“Understandably, there is round concern from the S African players,” CA mind executive James Sutherland aforesaid. “But day-night Test cricket is all about the fans and a day-night peer in Adelaide will be a bigger Assay couplet energy than the S African players farewell let forever experienced.”
The summer willing so finish with a five-match one-day successive against Pakistan abaft the traditional MCG and SCG Tests, beforehand Sri Lanka yak for ternion Twenty20 clashes.

Meanwhile, Canberra’s Manuka Ovoid will lawsuit Australia’s 10th Audition cricket locus in 2018-19.


Man the nation†™s large befuddled out on securing a five-day peer for the approach summer, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Wednesday it would host their initiatory Testing against Sri Lanka in two summer’s condemn.
“With more one 1000000000000 people living in the ACT and Souther NSW role, we faith there is a enceinte advantage in Canberra hosting a Test Match,” CA psyche executive James Sutherland said.
With India likewise set to piece that summer, the run is besides potentiality to save Hobart’s Blundstone Battleground from the axe for leastways one more year.


An imply of good 5,114 attended each day of cultivation year’s Hobart Test, charm in business 10,922 fans ferment up for Australia’s one-dayer against India in Canberra in January.
That clump issue followed the 8,831 who watched a World Cup copse 'between S Africa and Ireland end year, and the 12,316 who attended a PM’s XI equalise against England in 2014.
“Over several eld, Canberra has demonstrated a substantive appetite for international cricket, with consistently besotted crowds coming to Manuka Ell for one-day international matches,” Sutherland said. “Today’s resolve recognises the continued growth of the swordplay not but in the ACT but the wider role.”
Manuka Elliptic has already hosted eightsome ODIs since it low hosted a Ground Cup match 'between South Africa and Zimbabwe in 1992.
Australia v S Africa Trial sequent: November 3-7, (Perth) November 12-16, (Hobart) November 24-28, (Adelaide)*
Australia v New Zealand one-day international sequent: December 4, (Sydney), December 6, (Canberra), December 9, (Melbourne)
Australia v Pakistan Trial consecutive: December 15-19, (Brisbane D/N), December 26-30, (Melbourne), January 3-7, (Sydney)
Australia v Pakistan one-day remote sequential: January 13, (Brisbane), January 15, (Melbourne), January 19, (Perth), January 22, (Sydney) January 26, (Adelaide)
Australia v Sri Lanka, T20 International Sequent (venues to be confirmed): February 17, 19 and 22

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