Sydney: The Australian Cricket is still planning to test five ashes to be played in front of a crowd in places scheduled around the end of the year even though the challenges are presented by the third wave of Covid-19 infection in the country.
The Chief Executive Nick Hockley told local media on Wednesday that the increase in vaccination in Australia gave him a “level of optimism” that a profitable series of England would advance according to plan, starting in Brisbane at 8.
Melbourne and Sydney, venue for the third and fourth test at the end December and early January, currently in locking as a health official fight to suppress the Delta variant of the virus while the vaccine launch continues.
Hockley said that he had learned from the last 18 months that agility was the word watch when planning a cricket tour during the global health crisis but that the match shift elsewhere would be the last choice.
“At present, based on vaccination rates, we really hope we will be able to have a crowd in Melbourne and Sydney,” Hockley said.
“His ashes so big, every test has its own unique character, the first.
For example, we will do everything we can to play the schedule according to plan and very hopeful and optimistic that we will have a crowd.” We have a series of protocols that suit certain circumstances.
And we will react accordingly.
I think it’s too early to tell.
“British media reports suggest that some British players come out of the tour if they cannot bring their families with them because of the Australian border control.
Hockley said he had a lot of empathy for international cricketers, many of which had spent Many of the last 18 months in Biosekure bubbles, and are talking to the government about finding solutions.
“We work sensitively and constructively with the government to try and provide the best plans for players and support staff for British troops and our own troops,” he added.
” Both the US and cricket boards (Britain and Wales) want to really involve our best teams with optimal conditions for them to compete with their best in what is in the end is the biggest stage in world cricket.
“Australia’s one-off test against Afghanistan in Hobart at the end of November was also doubtful Ah Taliban returned to power in the Central Asian country.
Tasmania State Premier Peter Gutwein expressed concern this week about the match continued to remember doubts about the future of women’s cricket in Afghanistan.
“We don’t have all the answers now and there will be a number of discussions over the next few weeks with ICC but also with the Australian Government to understand what is most appropriate in relation to the test match,” Hockley said.