India vs Australia Test: CA committed to host a day-night Test in Adelaide


India vs Australia Test: CA committed to host a day-night Test in Adelaide
Tim Paine and Virat Kohli

The first India vs Australia Test of the 4-match series is scheduled to start on December 17 in Adelaide. But the sudden surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in South Australia has raised questions over the conduct of the series-opener.

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The Big Bash League franchise, Adelaide Strikers, have already left the city. While many of the Australia’s white-ball squad have been ordered to Sydney. Amid this situation, Cricket Australia (CA) is determined to hold the day-night Adelaide Test match as planned. On Tuesday, the governing body issued a statement and assured that they were monitoring the situation in South Australia.

CA continues to monitor the situation in South Australia but remains committed to hosting the first Vodafone Test against India at the Adelaide Oval,” CA said in an official statement.

Cricket Australia also clarified that the players and staff from Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland, who are a part of the Australian T20 and ODI squads, are travelling to Sydney today to begin their preparations for the upcoming series. The first ODI will be played on November 27.

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As ever, we will remain agile in addressing the challenges presented by the pandemic,” says CA interim CEO Nick Hockley

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Cricket Australia’s interim CEO, Nick Hockley said today’s actions were taken in order so that the summer schedule won’t be hampered by recently announced border restrictions.

CA has taken a pro-active approach and mobilised a number of people across the country over the past 24 hours to shore up our men’s domestic and international schedules. I would like to thank the players and staff for their understanding regarding the changes to their travel schedules and for their commitment to ensuring the summer of cricket is a huge success,” he said.

He added that the CA will “ remain more confident than ever of hosting a safe and successful summer across all formats,”

CA will continue to monitor the situation in South Australia and the resulting border restrictions around the country. As ever, we will remain agile in addressing the challenges presented by the pandemic and remain more confident than ever of hosting a safe and successful summer across all formats,” he added.

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