Cricket Australia introduced the venues for the upcoming five-match Test series against India with Perth’s Optus Stadium to host the primary Test more likely to happen in November regardless of having a low attendance in a lately concluded match against Pakistan.
Cricket Australia together with Western Australia will work collectively and take a look at their greatest to enhance the attendance in Perth’s stadium.
Sources near the board, who spoke on the situation of anonymity as a result of the schedule has but to be formally revealed, stated that bettering Test cricket in Perth was a prime objective for the governing physique. The new 60,000-seat Perth Stadium has been barely occupied for Tests in earlier seasons, though it’s a lot busier throughout Perth Scorchers BBL matches.
The highest attendance on the stadium was through the Perth Scorchers match within the Big Bash League which was 28,494 and the bottom was through the Test series against Pakistan (17,666).
With India and England set to journey to Australia over the subsequent two years, Perth’s Test attendance figures are anticipated to rise.
The sources additional revealed that taking part in the series opener in Perth, with a three-hour time distinction, and the day-night Test in Adelaide would supply cricket with a primetime lead-up to the Big Bash on Channel Seven and Fox. The Twenty20 competitors may doubtlessly proceed uninterrupted from mid-December till the top of January.
The second match of the series will probably be performed at Adelaide Oval and Brisbane’s The Gabba will host the third Test match. The Boxing Day Test will probably be held on the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground and the final match of the series will probably be performed on the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Cricket Australia has but to launch the schedule for subsequent season, with an announcement seemingly on the finish of the month. However, the board has introduced the entire particulars of the upcoming season of Men and Women’s Big Bash League.
“The schedule is yet to be finalised,” a Cricket Australia spokesman asserted as quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald.
