South Australia Call off Perth’s bid to Swap Ashes Test
South Australia will hold the second Ashes Test in Adelaide next week, but to be sure, it will be another summer without international red-ball cricket in Perth.
An announcement on the fifth Test is imminent. In which Western Australia’s strict border policy determines the Optus Stadium for the series finale.
Perth’s plight prompted Western Australia Sports Minister Tony Bute to play last-ditch to take the state in for the second Test. Insisted on a swap with Adelaide.
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Buti’s plan centered around the two teams moving from Brisbane to Perth. With no quarantine requirements, the two states remain open to each other.
Buti said Adelaide may host the series finale next month to give the state time to ease their limits on crowds as part of its current Covid-19 outbreak.
Jody Newton, the acting chief executive of the South Australia Cricket Association, immediately turned down that suggestion on Monday
Jody Newton, the acting chief executive of the South Australian Cricket Association. Immediately brushed off that suggestion on Monday. Who said any such change would be a “luggage nightmare”.
“At no point is there any indication that there will be any change in stability,” Newton told reporters.
It expected that the fifth Test cannot be in Perth, before Cricket Australia takes several days to decide on a new host venue.
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Hobart remains a slight favorite ahead of Melbourne, should the Tim Paine saga with Cricket Tasmania chief executive Dominic Baker not influence any decision.
Both the NSW Government and the Cricket Act have also expressed their willingness to host matches at the SCG and Manuka Oval respectively, if required.
Queensland Sports Minister Sterling Hincliffe on Monday threw the Gabba
Queensland Sports Minister Sterling Hincliffe on Monday threw the Gabba forward as an option to hold a second Test this summer.
“We would love to be able to see more content here at the Gabba,” Hinchcliffe said. “We obviously want to continue talking to Cricket Australia to make sure we provide the best features for great content.
“Nick Hawkley and I speak regularly and it would be wonderful to have a part in making sure the Ashes is the best series possible. We got to see what the terms would be and what the arrangements and conditions would be. [we’re] I’m happy with that conversation.”
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WA is set to host another international this summer. In which there will be an ODI involving New Zealand on 30 January. That series-opener will also be subject to biosafety arrangements.
It comes after WACA is due to host the Women’s Test between India and Australia in October. Before it moved to Queensland. The one-off Test between Afghanistan and Australia postponed last year due to Kovid-19.