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The Sydney Cricket Ground is scheduled to host the third Test from January 7-11.© Instagram
Cricket Australia Sunday mentioned they had been urgent forward with plans to the maintain the third Test towards India in Sydney regardless of a rising coronavirus outbreak within the metropolis. A COVID-19 cluster has risen to 68 circumstances because it emerged on Thursday, with elements of Sydney’s north in a snap lockdown and restrictions positioned on journey to a number of different states.
The Test is due be held from January 7 and CA interim chief Nick Hockley mentioned they had been watching the scenario intently, with contingency plans in place.
“We have made no changes to our schedule and our preference remains to play the match at the Sydney Cricket Ground,” he mentioned in an announcement as hypothesis mounted that it could be moved.
“CA has prepared for the possibility of Covid-19 hotspots and state border closures over the course of the summer.
“The protocols that we’ve put in place have been efficient in making certain the protection and success of the boys’s and ladies’s home and worldwide applications thus far.
“We will continue to work closely with all relevant parties to make the right decisions in the appropriate timeframes,” he added.
If the Sydney conflict goes forward, an issue might be getting the gamers to Brisbane for the ultimate Test every week later after Queensland state introduced Sunday it was successfully closing its border to Sydney.
The second Test begins in Melbourne on Boxing Day and back-to-back Tests there might be an choice.
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Otherwise, they might return to Adelaide, the place Australia gained the opening Test by eight wickets on Saturday, or host two in a row in Brisbane.
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