CA reveals final destination for third India Test

The SCG will retain the normal New 12 months’s Take a look at after marathon talks between Cricket Australia and state governments after Sydney’s Northern Seashores COVID-19 outbreak.

Cricket Australia gained approval from the Indian Cricket Board after securing exemptions which can enable the third Take a look at to stay in Sydney and the fourth Take a look at to stay in Brisbane.

Broadcast employees have been given exemptions to cross the border from NSW to Queensland in between Exams, however gamers will likely be pressured to adjust to stricter quarantine rules.

Interim Cricket Australia CEO, Nick Hockley, stated the choice was made after well being recommendation from the NSW authorities.

“Now we have met usually over the previous week to evaluate the unfolding public well being state of affairs in Sydney and gauge its affect on border restrictions across the nation,” he stated in a CA assertion.

“Up to now, now we have been in a position to ship a secure and profitable summer season due to our detailed biosecurity protocols and the superb work of so many nice folks behind the scenes.

“To that finish, now we have made the choice to maintain the New 12 months’s Take a look at on the SCG, which has an exquisite latest historical past of internet hosting the Pink Take a look at and Jane McGrath Day on the third day of play.

“We’re assured that each this match, and the fourth Take a look at in Brisbane, will play out in a secure and profitable method and thus spherical out what has been an impressive males’s worldwide program this summer season. 

“We’re very grateful to the New South Wales and Queensland governments for his or her willingness to work with us to ship the sequence as deliberate in a way that locations the security and wellbeing of the gamers, officers, employees and the broader group as its high precedence.

“In response to the general public well being state of affairs in NSW and the necessities of the Queensland authorities, CA will put in place applicable biosecurity measures and we thank all gamers, employees and broadcasters for his or her cooperation to play the matches safely.

“We particularly thank the BCCI for his or her continued assist of the unique schedule, as our respective groups compete in probably the most enthralling sequence.”

The choice to retain the Take a look at on the SCG signifies that Jane McGrath Day will happen as normal, and Australian cricket nice Glenn McGrath stated a brand new “digital initiative” was within the works.

“We’re thrilled the Vodafone Pink Take a look at will nonetheless happen on the SCG. It’s the residence of the Pink Take a look at and the spirit and assist of the group on the SCG have change into an enormous a part of the Pink Take a look at environment over the previous 12 years,” he stated within the CA Assertion.

“Within the coming days, we will likely be asserting our new thrilling digital initiative for this 12 months’s Pink Take a look at, which can imply folks can get entangled, irrespective of whether or not they’re within the stadium or watching from residence.

“The Vodafone Pink Take a look at is one in all our key fundraising occasions of the 12 months, so we hope folks throughout Australia will assist maintain the ‘pink’ within the Pink Take a look at and present their assist by visiting pinktest.com.au to learn the way they’ll get entangled.”

The third Take a look at is about to get underway on January 7, earlier than the sequence finale which can happen on the Gabba from January 15.

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