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The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been confirmed as a back-up venue for the third Test between India and Australia, which is slated to be held in Sydney. Amid a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s northern seashores, Cricket Australia introduced the MCG as a back-up venue for the third Test from January 7, whilst they work in the direction of making certain that the match is performed on the Sydney Cricket Ground as per the unique schedule. If CA has to shift venues, it will see the MCG host back-to-back Test matches, with the Boxing Day Test set to happen there beginning December 26.
“We have always maintained that scheduling a full summer of cricket during a global pandemic would require agility, problem-solving and teamwork like never before,” Cricket Australia’s interim CEO Nick Hockley was quoted as saying in an announcement by cricket.com.au.
“We continue to place the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved as our number one priority.”
“The record testing numbers and the drop in new community transmissions in NSW have provided cause for optimism, however if the situation in Sydney deteriorates, we have strong contingency plans in place,” Hockley added.
If the third Test does undergo in Sydney, one other challenge that arises is the fourth Test, which is ready to be performed on the Gabba in Brisbane.
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Queensland have shut their border to anybody travelling from the larger Sydney space, which means that CA might must shift the fourth match out of Brisbane, however Hockley stated they had been “working constructively” with the Queensland Government to safe the mandatory journey exemptions to permit key personnel to journey into the state when required.
The MCG, which has turn into Australia’s conventional Boxing Day venue, has not hosted a January Test since 1990 when Allan Border’s Australia beat Pakistan by 92 runs, with Mark Taylor scoring a century and Terry Alderman taking a five-wicket haul within the fourth innings.
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