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Australia’s tour of South Africa has been sensationally postponed, leaving Tim Paine’s team to face the agony of all but certainly missing the inaugural World Test Championship final.

That nightmare only worsens because Australia may be left to rue the extraordinary reality that being docked points for a slow over rate on Boxing Day has ended up being the difference between securing a shot at history.

As revealed exclusively by News Corp, Cricket Australia received key medical advice that the team should not tour, and on Tuesday night it was officially confirmed that the three-Test series due to start on March 3 will not go ahead.

Cricket Australia desperately wanted to tour South Africa and help out the embattled cricket nation, but it could not be saved in a stunning blow to world cricket and a potential financial catastrophe for the once proud Proteas.

South Africa is being gripped by a mutant strain of the virus and the country currently has a positivity rate with its testing of a staggering 10 per cent, and Cricket Australia’s medical experts advised the tour was unsafe, with interim CEO Nick Hockley informing his counterparts CA had no other choice but to pull out.

“Due to the public health situation in South Africa, which includes a second wave and new variant of the virus, and following extensive due diligence with medical experts, it has become clear that traveling from Australia to South Africa at this current time poses an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to our players, support staff and the community,” said Hockley.

“We acknowledge the significant amount of work by CSA in planning for the tour, during which we made it clear that CA was prepared to take on additional cost and effort to make the series happen.

“This decision has not been made lightly and we are extremely disappointed, especially given the importance of continuing international cricket at this time, our valued relationship with CSA, and our aspirations to compete in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

“However, we have been consistent since the start of the pandemic that the health and safety of our people is always our number one priority and unfortunately despite best efforts to agree a biosecurity plan, the risks are simply too great at this time.

“As difficult and disappointing a decision as this is, especially for Justin, Tim and the team, we have a duty of care to our people and their health and safety can’t be compromised.

“We look forward to playing the series against CSA at a date to be confirmed in due course and we send CSA and the people of South Africa our very best wishes for a successful rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and a return to normality soon.”

Abandoning the series due to medical safety concerns, instantly removes any doubt over Tim Paine captaining Australia in next summer’s Ashes.

Cricket Australia may also have a decision to make over whether it now shoehorns Justin Langer into coach this month’s Twenty20 tour in New Zealand instead, or simply lets him rest.

Selectors last week named a squad for the series, which was crucial to Australia’s hopes of qualifying for the Test Championship but Cricket Australia would not compromise on the safety of its players and staff, and could not guarantee their wellbeing on the road could be guaranteed.

There are no contingencies in place, meaning it appears unlikely the series could be moved to another location like Perth or the UAE in the same timeslot, hence why there are catastrophic implications on Australia making the Test Championship Final in June.

Australia needed to beat South Africa to achieve their two-year goal of qualifying for the inaugural showpiece.

But they now have to rely on the mathematics of England’s tour of India to be any chance of sneaking into a June decider against New Zealand at Lord’s.

Essentially, India only needs to win two Tests and draw one of the other two Tests against England to eliminate Australia — meaning the Aussies need England to be competitive, without winning by more than 2-0 themselves.

Despite their chastening loss at home to India — Australia would have already qualified for the Final had match referee David Boon not smashed them with a points penalty for having a slow over-rate at the MCG during the Boxing Day Test.

Australia obliterated New Zealand last summer, yet the Black Caps have leapfrogged them into the Final in a painful reminder of how costly the Indian series has been.

The South African tour being shifted out of the calendar has killed off the potential for an epic rematch against India at Lord’s, but as disappointed as Australia will be, in an a funny way it might give the side a more settled feel leading into next summer’s Ashes.

Cricket Australia has already given Paine their strongest backing and without another Test series between now and the Ashes, the 36-year-old keeper will be locked in as leader with no risk of any speedbumps on the horizon.

With South Africa off, Langer may not get in front of his group again until the lead-in to October’s World Twenty20 in India, although there is now a possibility he could join the touring party headed for New Zealand next week instead — because a schedule clash between two Australian teams has been averted.
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https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...e/news-story/ac6542e826dfc0da6a57c9eb36da6249
 
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CSA should have worked on alternate plan. They should've a backup plan to host Australia in UAE. Poor management by CSA here & they will have to suffer heavily.
 
And now Pakistan will be facing the full strength SA T20 team... Not looking good for Babar's captaincy.:rabada
 
Wonder if the tour was to England or India would CA have taken the same approach. But I guess Australian government always have strict protocols so outcome would have been same.
 
I guess the new strain was a concern. Would have been a very good series. Maybe Pakistan should host to offer it :P

Jokes aside, I wonder if this will affect the T20I Series between Pak and South Africa. Hopefully South Africa's big guns can play. And I wonder if any sa/aus stars could play PSL
 
CSA will be saving a lot of money on plain tickets for the unknowns in the T20 series :)))

DeQock, Rabada, Nortje, Van der Dussen and Faf will probably play all 3 T20i
 
Australia cares for nobody.

The same Australia begged India to make the tour happen, but they don’t return the favour for anyone
 
Australia tour to South Africa postponed
Ideally this means NZ are through to the WTC finals as they are ahead of Australia at the moment.
India can qualify for the finals even by winning the Test series against England 2-1 as India would end up with 500 out of 720 played points which would be 69.44% ahead of Australia's 69.2%

Scenario for teams to join New Zealand in WTC Final:
India:
Beat England by 2-1, 2-0, 3-1, 3-0 or 4-0.
Australia:
India win series by 1-0.
England win series by 1-0.
England draw series by 2-2.
All 4 Tests between is draw.
England:
Beat India by 3-1, 3-0 or 4-0.
 
Would have Been a great series.
Cummins vs rabada and two weak batting lineups.
Southafrica would have won at home.
 
Another hammer blow for South African cricket. The last two years of administrative chaos, loss of commercial partners and deteriorating relations with players was bad enough.

Now there's the perfect storm of Covid-19 which already led to the abandonment of a home series with England. Now this.

CA have clarified though the series is just being postponed, not cancelled. I guess it may have been too short notice to shift the series to a neutral venue with the recent spread of the virus variant in SAF.
 
Rana said:
Australia cares for nobody.

The same Australia begged India to make the tour happen, but they don’t return the favour for anyone
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Yes it would have been a big favor from Australia to tour during the pandemic making it worse for the people living in SA. Australia have not beaten of eliminated the virus but our actions have saved thousands of lives.
 
Rana said:
Australia cares for nobody.

The same Australia begged India to make the tour happen, but they don’t return the favour for anyone
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Well, they care for their players & the Australian community who would be potentially exposed on tour or when quarantine upon return (medical, hotel, airline & security staff). And all the people whose livelihoods would be ruined if that caused another lockdown.

Oz has almost no cases right now. Perth just did a full lockdown over a single case of the mutant strain. The case occured precisely among hotel security/quarantine staff... exactly what Oz players would be doing upon return... This is the 4th or so case of spreading the virus to the community somehow upon arrival- it has happened in various states.

Remember each lockdown costs jobs, breaks businesses to ruin, costs billions to the economy etc etc as well as health risks.

I am said the tour is not happening. But CA has a greater obligation to their players & the community they represent than they do to SA cricket.

The difference between India coming here & others touring SOuth Africa is that only one of those destinations in the middle of an out of control pandemic right now.
 
No one's fault - Australians have done what's best for them - and that cannot be held against them
 
Gilly said:
Yes it would have been a big favor from Australia to tour during the pandemic making it worse for the people living in SA. Australia have not beaten of eliminated the virus but our actions have saved thousands of lives.
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Oh I am sure there are ways around it if its your money that is on the line. Big 3 money finds a way of finding the pockets of big 3 sharks.
 
wrongun said:
Well, they care for their players & the Australian community who would be potentially exposed on tour or when quarantine upon return (medical, hotel, airline & security staff). And all the people whose livelihoods would be ruined if that caused another lockdown.

Oz has almost no cases right now. Perth just did a full lockdown over a single case of the mutant strain. The case occured precisely among hotel security/quarantine staff... exactly what Oz players would be doing upon return... This is the 4th or so case of spreading the virus to the community somehow upon arrival- it has happened in various states.

Remember each lockdown costs jobs, breaks businesses to ruin, costs billions to the economy etc etc as well as health risks.

I am said the tour is not happening. But CA has a greater obligation to their players & the community they represent than they do to SA cricket.

The difference between India coming here & others touring SOuth Africa is that only one of those destinations in the middle of an out of control pandemic right now.
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SA has less cases per day then UK. Most of the europe is in worst situation,so is USA. India Korea Japan are in a similar situation.

Will CA refuse a Ashes or India tour? No they wont.

CA refused this tour because they knew there wont be any repurrcussions.

Else sportsmen are touring and playing world over inside bubbles. Looks like CA didn't want its players to be in a bubble for the entire tour.
 
Why can’t let Australia host the series? That way even Public can be allowed. The revenue could be shared in some ratio.
 
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) was on Tuesday informed by Cricket Australia (CA) that their tour to the country scheduled to begin later this month will not be going ahead due to Covid-19 fears.

CSA wishes to record its immense disappointment at the news. The safety of players is always paramount and over the past few months, CSA held many detailed discussions with CA regarding Covid-19 protocols. These discussions included assessing and managing the Covid-19 risks and consulting with a range of leading medical experts including the SA Ministerial COVID Advisory Committee. CSA worked hard to meet the changing demands of our Australian counterparts.

CSA is particularly disappointed given that South Africa recently hosted Sri Lanka in a bio-secure environment (BSE) at Centurion, with no breaches of protocol. Currently the Pakistan Women’s team are touring the country in a secure BSE in Durban.

Apart from those two successful BSEs, CSA has continued its domestic Momentum One-Day Cup in a BSE in Potchefstroom and no positive cases have been reported. In addition, it must be noted that President Ramaphosa announced an easing of lockdown restrictions last night in response to the 75% reduction in new Covid-19 infections since the peak of the second wave in December 2020.

“We are extremely disappointed by the decision of CA,” Director of Cricket, Graeme Smith, stated. “CSA has been working tirelessly in recent weeks to ensure that we meet every single expectation of CA.

“This was set to be the longest tour in a BSE comprising a three-match Test series that was scheduled to begin with Australia’s arrival later in the month. So to be informed about the CA decision at the eleventh hour is frustrating.”

CSA’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shuaib Manjra, added that there was not much more CSA could have done to appease CA and prepare more appropriately.

“The protocols we had proposed to CA were unprecedented,” he stated. “Firstly, we had agreed that our own Proteas team would enter the BSE 14 days prior to the arrival of the Australian team, thus altering their planning during the current tour of Pakistan.

“Amongst some of the other key arrangements made were that all four areas (two hotels and two venues) had a protocol to implement a strict BSE with no contact with anybody outside this area.

“We subsequently agreed to two separate BSEs and had granted Australia full and exclusive use of the Irene Country Lodge, which we shared with Sri Lanka, with a minimum staff present on site.

“In terms of the arrangements, the Proteas were to move to a separate hotel altogether. Furthermore, all hotel staff, match officials and even bus drivers were to enter the BSE 14 days prior to Australia’s arrival.

“In addition, CSA had also committed to importing an Australian tracking system at great cost to ensure proper tracking of close contacts in the event of a positive test. The touring team was also going to be granted VIP access through the airports, after government intervention to ensure this privilege.

“These are just some of the protocols that CSA was to put in place. We had really gone the extra mile to make sure that the tour would proceed.”

Pholetsi Moseki, CSA Acting Chief Executive Officer said, “It is indeed sad that after all the engagements and effort made to ensure a secure visit by our Australian counterparts, the tour has been derailed. CSA has incurred significant costs related to the planning stages and the cancellation of the tour represents a serious financial loss.

“In this challenging period for cricket and its member countries, we believe the stance taken by CA is regrettable and will have a serious impact on the sustainability of the less wealthy cricket playing nations.”
 
This is poor from CA. Why did they agree to the protocols that had been set and then back out last minute? The SA Covid variant has been known about since December, it’s unprofessional to make this call now when they knew about the situation well in advance.

What will SA do about their T20 squad for the upcoming series. Hope they’re able to keep the likes of De Kock back for it. Also opens up SA players to play in the PSL too.
 
CA basically didn't want its players in the bubble. CA really needs to understand that if other countries are playing in Australia and in a bubble, they too need to do so.
 
Australia is behind New Zealand just bcoz of losing points due to over rate.
Otherwise they would have been ahead of NZ.
 
MenInG said:
JOHANNESBURG:

“The protocols we had proposed to CA were unprecedented,” he stated. “Firstly, we had agreed that our own Proteas team would enter the BSE 14 days prior to the arrival of the Australian team, thus altering their planning during the current tour of Pakistan.

“Amongst some of the other key arrangements made were that all four areas (two hotels and two venues) had a protocol to implement a strict BSE with no contact with anybody outside this area.

“We subsequently agreed to two separate BSEs and had granted Australia full and exclusive use of the Irene Country Lodge, which we shared with Sri Lanka, with a minimum staff present on site.

“In terms of the arrangements, the Proteas were to move to a separate hotel altogether. Furthermore, all hotel staff, match officials and even bus drivers were to enter the BSE 14 days prior to Australia’s arrival.

“In addition, CSA had also committed to importing an Australian tracking system at great cost to ensure proper tracking of close contacts in the event of a positive test. The touring team was also going to be granted VIP access through the airports, after government intervention to ensure this privilege.

“These are just some of the protocols that CSA was to put in place. We had really gone the extra mile to make sure that the tour would proceed.”
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CSA went out on a limb with these arrangements and I dont think any host could have done more than this covering the safety as well as comfort level of Australian team.

Its poor from CA and they should have only given confirmation after evaluation and consulting with their government.
 
To add to my post, yes things do change during pandemic and its a fair call from CA point of view but, cases is SA have been rising since Dec so maybe communication could have better and earlier.
 
Apparently there's a horrible mutant strain from south africa which has ended up in the UK resulting in postcode testing in UK.

They have also banned all flights from and to South africa
 
cricketjoshila said:
CA basically didn't want its players in the bubble. CA really needs to understand that if other countries are playing in Australia and in a bubble, they too need to do so.
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just dont get this attitude. Didnt they make a big fuss about the indian players eating at a restaurant? yet expect to avoid bubbles elsewhere? Will they tour India if they are asked to remain in a bubble? or England> I bet they wont dare pull out of those tours..
 
The first allegiance CA will have is to their own players.. can you expect the Aussies (with their strong player association) to be quiet when there is an extremely potent Covid variation dominant in SA? I bet the players would have put their foot down over this.

On other hand- its fair to call out Australians over their hypocrisy- on one hand they were criticizing Indians & more specifically the tennis players participating in the Australian open for refusing strict lockdowns & here they are refusing to go to SA fearing stricter lockdowns there.

But it will be funny if they miss the Test championship due to slow over rates 😂
 
the Great Khan said:
just dont get this attitude. Didnt they make a big fuss about the indian players eating at a restaurant? yet expect to avoid bubbles elsewhere? Will they tour India if they are asked to remain in a bubble? or England> I bet they wont dare pull out of those tours..
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Then when it comes to the IPL their players will happily accept a bubble in exchange for their hefty salaries. Hypocrites.
 
dildilpak said:
The first allegiance CA will have is to their own players.. can you expect the Aussies (with their strong player association) to be quiet when there is an extremely potent Covid variation dominant in SA? I bet the players would have put their foot down over this.

On other hand- its fair to call out Australians over their hypocrisy- on one hand they were criticizing Indians & more specifically the tennis players participating in the Australian open for refusing strict lockdowns & here they are refusing to go to SA fearing stricter lockdowns there.

But it will be funny if they miss the Test championship due to slow over rates 😂
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There is no hypocrisy there, Australia virtually eliminated community spread of the virus so these teams could play.

Australia only allows events to take place if community spread of the virus is zero, as an example the Perth Scorchers has lost their home final because one security guard in a quarantine hotel tested positive, thats it one person in a city and all events cancelled, shops closed, schools closed, just like that.
 
Aussies have right attitude to covid. When in doubt abstain. That's why their country don't count dead in thousands.
 
Australia have no cricket to play till October now. They should tour Pakistan for 3 tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20s :inti
 
Pandemic aside, Big 3 can do all they want and cancel every series they want to and nothing happens. Money talks.

Can Aus refuse to tour India or England? Nope. Their lose their spine whilst dealing with CA and ECB.

Apart from that, CSA have been mismanaging stuff quite a lot for some time now. Don't want to see South Africa become another Zimbabwe cricket team all due to mismanagement of the board and the political situation.
 
To see a series would have been great, but if there is a genuine safety concern then the choice to postpone is the only sensible option at the moment.

There will be a lifetime ahead to host / play / watch cricket — whereas this pandemic will now hopefully be a time-limited event with the advent of widely available vaccines.
 
No test cricket for Australia till home Ashes.

Couple of short white ball assignments in NZ, WI and 3 T20Is in Sri Lanka before the T20 WC in India. Then the Ashes at the end of the year.

Since they probably won't make it the WTC final, they can schedule a couple of tests in WI who are free in May-June. Been a while since Aus played a test series in WI and this WI team under Holder can compete well at home.
 
Australia has played West Indies just ONCE in the last 4.5 years across formats - in World Cup 2019 in England.

In the same period, Australia met India 42 times and England 32.
 
By the time Australia next play a Test match against West Indies (end of 2022), Australia would have played England in 15 Tests and India in 16 since they last met WI at the SCG
in Jan 2016.
 
King_Kohli said:
Australia has played West Indies just ONCE in the last 4.5 years across formats - in World Cup 2019 in England.

In the same period, Australia met India 42 times and England 32.
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And when the WI were a good team in the 70s-90s we played them almost every year at times. Cricket tours are a financial decision.

West Indies haven't won a single Test in Australia since 1997. Twenty-five years. Hard to justify having them on high rotation these days. When they played good cricket, they were out here for TEst or World series every 2nd year. What's the point?
 
wrongun said:
And when the WI were a good team in the 70s-90s we played them almost every year at times. Cricket tours are a financial decision.

West Indies haven't won a single Test in Australia since 1997. Twenty-five years. Hard to justify having them on high rotation these days. When they played good cricket, they were out here for TEst or World series every 2nd year. What's the point?
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Aus can tour WI for a test series, don't you think? This WI is more than decent at home, beat England handily a couple of years back.
 
wrongun said:
And when the WI were a good team in the 70s-90s we played them almost every year at times. Cricket tours are a financial decision.

West Indies haven't won a single Test in Australia since 1997. Twenty-five years. Hard to justify having them on high rotation these days. When they played good cricket, they were out here for TEst or World series every 2nd year. What's the point?
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Pakistan haven't won in Australia since 95, and Australia have had far more games against them in the past 5 years. But yeah financial decision for sure, don't think the TV rights would sell for much, especially because of the crazy time difference.
 
Shame.

Australia should have offered to host.

Or play it in a neutral safe venue like NZ.
 
Both the T20 squads for the Pakistan vs SA series have already been announced.

If the SA team can make changes, then Pakistan could bring in Hafeez, which would strengthen our batting quite a bit.

If the series can get pushed back by a day or two, Hafeez couls be included.
 
CA drama queens at it again. The biggest drama queen board by far. One small uncertainty and they bail, unless it's visiting India or England.
 
I dont think they wouldve cancelled it if was india or england
 
‘Bent over backwards’: South Africa rips Cricket Australia over ‘sad’ reality

South Africa’s director of cricket Graeme Smith vented his frustration on Tuesday at Australia’s decision to withdraw from next month’s Test tour of the country due to the rampant spread of the coronavirus.
Former Test captain Smith said Cricket South Africa had “bent over backwards” to meet Australia’s demands, only for their opponents to scrap the tour citing an “unacceptable risk”.

He said he had received a call from Australia earlier on Tuesday expressing fears over Covid-19.

“We are extremely disappointed by the decision of CA (Cricket Australia) ... To be informed about the CA decision at the eleventh hour is frustrating,” said Smith.

“The amount of work that’s gone in over the past few weeks in getting this tour under way has been immense.

“We’ve done everything possible to get the tour under way but there is that aspect of not being able to solve some of the fears Australia had.”

Australia’s withdrawal comes 12 days after then-interim board chairman, Zak Yacoob, said he was confident the tour would go ahead, although he cautioned that the unpredictability of the virus could cause plans to change.

At the time, South Africa was at the peak of a second wave of infections with new cases being reported at a rate of more than 10,000 a day.

“It is indeed sad that after all the engagements and effort made to ensure a secure visit by our Australian counterparts, the tour has been derailed,” acting CSA CEO Pholetsi Moseki added.

“CSA has incurred significant costs related to the planning stages and the cancellation of the tour represents a serious financial loss.

“In this challenging period for cricket and its member countries, we believe the stance taken by CA is regrettable and will have a serious impact on the sustainability of the less wealthy cricket playing nations.”

Despite the emergence of a new variant, reported to be more infectious than the original virus, the rate of infections has slowed to around 5000 a day.

Some of the country’s tougher lockdown restrictions were eased by the government on Monday.

In addition to Smith’s comments, CSA issued a statement in which it said every effort had been made to meet Australia’s “changing demands”, pointing out that a Test series against Sri Lanka and a current tour by the Pakistan women’s team had been conducted without any problems.

It had originally been planned that both the South African and Australian teams would stay in a bio-secure environment at a country club situated between the Test venues in Johannesburg and Centurion, as was the case when Sri Lanka toured in December and January.

But CSA medical officer Shuaib Manjra said it had been arranged that Australia would have exclusive use of the country club, with the South Africans staying in a separate facility.

CSA had also agreed that the country’s Test squad would enter a bio-secure facility 14 days before the Australians arrived.

To make this possible, the Test players currently in Pakistan are returning to South Africa immediately after the end of the second Test next Monday. What is largely a second-string team will play a Twenty20 series in Pakistan.

“CSA had also committed to importing an Australian tracking system at great cost to ensure proper tracking of close contacts in the event of a positive test,” said Dr Manjra.

“The touring team was also going to be granted VIP access through the airports, after government intervention to ensure this privilege.

“These are just some of the protocols that CSA was to put in place. We had really gone the extra mile to make sure that the tour would proceed.”

The CA decision will also hit South African coffers hard. CSA operates on a four-year financial cycle with tours by Australia, India and England generating substantial revenue from broadcasting rights.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...h/news-story/9af82e1c2f9d68d74f3320a006fd7d18
 
Saw the conference and Smith was visibly ****** off.. and rightly so. [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] is absolutely right.. the Australian players have chickened out and don't want to be in a strict bubble. If this was involving India or England, CA would have came down hard at players and told them of repercussions.

Aussies will be lining up to tour India during IPL even in pandemic.. lol..:rp What a change from the 1980-1990 when Australians did not want to be in India even for international tour.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
Saw the conference and Smith was visibly ****** off.. and rightly so. [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] is absolutely right.. the Australian players have chickened out and don't want to be in a strict bubble. If this was involving India or England, CA would have came down hard at players and told them of repercussions.

Aussies will be lining up to tour India during IPL even in pandemic.. lol..:rp What a change from the 1980-1990 when Australians did not want to be in India even for international tour.
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Looks like you are lying about the Australian player again, not surprising though you do seem to have a hatred towards Australians.

"We've spoken to the players' association at length, I've spoken to the coach…the players are disappointed, they want to play cricket, they want to appear in the World Test Championship, they want to play Test cricket, they want to get back on the horse after this recent India series. They're very disappointed and we all went into this endeavour and all worked very hard to make this tour happen.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...l-australia-offer-to-host-test-series-1249895
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I dont get why people have to make up lies just so they can racially abuse the players.
 
CSA should be blamed too for this fiasco. After the discovery of new variant of Covid-19, CSA should’ve plan B(neutral venue) in case things don’t work out.

CSA could’ve hosted in UAE or even in India
 
Gilly said:
Looks like you are lying about the Australian player again, not surprising though you do seem to have a hatred towards Australians.



I dont get why people have to make up lies just so they can racially abuse the players.
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I live in Australia mate have no hatred for Australians. Have hatred for hypocrisy though as some of these Aussie players will be lining for IPL. And being Indian I am okay with that as well, but don’t cook up stories of life in bubble and all.

Also, please point out the racial abuse in term chickened out.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
I live in Australia mate have no hatred for Australians. Have hatred for hypocrisy though as some of these Aussie players will be lining for IPL. And being Indian I am okay with that as well, but don’t cook up stories of life in bubble and all.

Also, please point out the racial abuse in term chickened out.
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CA have called off the tour due to advice from medical experts, nothing to do with the players.

CA can not call off the IPL so you are making up stories to suit you hatred for Australian players.
 
CanadianG00se said:
CSA should be blamed too for this fiasco. After the discovery of new variant of Covid-19, CSA should’ve plan B(neutral venue) in case things don’t work out.

CSA could’ve hosted in UAE or even in India
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You can play cricket when you have community spread of the virus under control, that is why India were able to tour Australia, South Africa do not have community spread of the virus under control so playing there would be seriously negligent.

Some people are using the deaths of people killed by the virus as a political tool.
 
Gilly said:
CA have called off the tour due to advice from medical experts, nothing to do with the players.

CA can not call off the IPL so you are making up stories to suit you hatred for Australian players.
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Nah they have been in a bubble for long time due to the lucrative Indian series. They want to take a break and be with their families.

They will be braving the bubble life for the sake of cricket and fans around the world come IPL.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
Nah they have been in a bubble for long time due to the lucrative Indian series. They want to take a break and be with their families.

They will be braving the bubble life for the sake of cricket and fans around the world come IPL.
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So you know more than the Chief executive officer of CA, can you now see how much your hatred shines through.
 
Every nation has its own right to take care of its citizens and willnot compromise esp in these pandemic times. I guess Aus and NZ have been the best nations which have handled the virus situation most efficiently. Their cancelling of the tour is not a surprise, the safety of their population is paramount and that's why they shut down perth with a single case and also after the Melbourne test against us, they were mulling to play the 3rd in Melbourne. That said, what beats me is how come CSA did not pump for an alternative, like playing Aus in the UAE. Surely, that would generate income especially the tv ratings- u have two top sides playing. For all those who are bagging Aus on this, CSA needs to share of the blame as well. And as an indian I have no doubt if aus was to tour india and if the situation was worse in india, they'd pull out. Human life matters. that said sad to see that this series will not go ahead.
 
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Aus can tour WI for a test series, don't you think? This WI is more than decent at home, beat England handily a couple of years back.
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We're due in WI in June/July for ODI, T20. The fact that is for LOI & not Tests is the home boards decision (WICB).
 
Gilly said:
Looks like you are lying about the Australian player again, not surprising though you do seem to have a hatred towards Australians.



I dont get why people have to make up lies just so they can racially abuse the players.
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So they want to go but are not going. Lol.

These kind of generic statements dont hold any significance.

CA and its players simply wont stay in a bubble for a extended period. They knew that if they avoid this tour, they will most likely not have to spend any days in a bubble, except the IPL, as they are not scheduled for a test tour this year. Conniving clever people the CA are.
 
Gilly said:
CA have called off the tour due to advice from medical experts, nothing to do with the players.

CA can not call off the IPL so you are making up stories to suit you hatred for Australian players.
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CA cannot call off IPL, but they can refuse to send players. No?

Or do they fear that Bcci will then refuse to tour Australia and literally bankrupt CA?
 
Gilly said:
CA have called off the tour due to advice from medical experts, nothing to do with the players.

CA can not call off the IPL so you are making up stories to suit you hatred for Australian players.
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Cricket Australia to grant NOC to players for the IPL on case to case basis. If players are injury free they'll be allowed to participate in the IPL, if not Cricket Australia will see into their fitness before permitting them.

:kp
 
cricketjoshila said:
CA cannot call off IPL, but they can refuse to send players. No?

Or do they fear that Bcci will then refuse to tour Australia and literally bankrupt CA?
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This is where you lose all credibility, CA wont go bankrupt if BCCI refuse to tour. They will make more money if India do tour and they will make less money if they don't tour. Australian cricket has been going for 130 odd years and if you think that India not touring will bankrupt CA you are showing how little you know about cricket in Australia.

Why would CA refuse to allow players to participate in the IPL, what purpose would that serve.
 
Gilly said:
This is where you lose all credibility, CA wont go bankrupt if BCCI refuse to tour. They will make more money if India do tour and they will make less money if they don't tour. Australian cricket has been going for 130 odd years and if you think that India not touring will bankrupt CA you are showing how little you know about cricket in Australia.

Why would CA refuse to allow players to participate in the IPL, what purpose would that serve.
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CA would have gone bankrupt without India touring them this year and helping them earn $300mn. Companies older than CA have gone bankrupt. All CA tours are loss making except Ashes and India tour. India pulls out and CA will be left with only one profitable tour.

So medical concerns regarding Covid 19 are not valid for the IPL?
 
cricketjoshila said:
CA would have gone bankrupt without India touring them this year and helping them earn $300mn. Companies older than CA have gone bankrupt. All CA tours are loss making except Ashes and India tour. India pulls out and CA will be left with only one profitable tour.

So medical concerns regarding Covid 19 are not valid for the IPL?
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where do you get this garbage?.
 
King_Kohli said:
Australia has played West Indies just ONCE in the last 4.5 years across formats - in World Cup 2019 in England.

In the same period, Australia met India 42 times and England 32.
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King_Kohli said:
By the time Australia next play a Test match against West Indies (end of 2022), Australia would have played England in 15 Tests and India in 16 since they last met WI at the SCG
in Jan 2016.
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On the other side India have played West Indies 38 times in this period.. BCCI the richest board in world helps smaller boards.
 
Cricket Australia (CA) has informed Cricket South Africa (CSA) that it believes it has no choice but to postpone the forthcoming Qantas Tour of South Africa due to the coronavirus pandemic.

CA has worked closely with its counterparts at CSA for several months with the intention of safely completing the three-Test series.

“Due to the public health situation in South Africa, which includes a second wave and new variant of the virus, and following extensive due diligence with medical experts, it has become clear that traveling from Australia to South Africa at this current time poses an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to our players, support staff and the community,” said Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s interim CEO.

“We acknowledge the significant amount of work by CSA in planning for the tour, during which we made it clear that CA was prepared to take on additional cost and effort to make the series happen.

“This decision has not been made lightly and we are extremely disappointed, especially given the importance of continuing international cricket at this time, our valued relationship with CSA, and our aspirations to compete in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

“However, we have been consistent since the start of the pandemic that the health and safety of our people is always our number one priority and unfortunately despite best efforts to agree a biosecurity plan, the risks are simply too great at this time.

“As difficult and disappointing a decision as this is, especially for Justin, Tim and the team, we have a duty of care to our people and their health and safety can’t be compromised.

“We look forward to playing the series against CSA at a date to be confirmed in due course and we send CSA and the people of South Africa our very best wishes for a successful rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and a return to normality soon.”

Joe Connellan, Australian Cricketers’ Association Interim CEO said;

“While disappointing for both playing groups and cricket lovers all over the world, this is a prudent decision considering the prevalence and virulence of the Covid-19 strain in South Africa.

“The Australian players were ready for the contest with South Africa, especially to support South African cricket at this time with the added challenge of making the final of the ICC Test Championship.

“But this is the right call given the COVID data coming out of South Africa. It’s a decision based on the advice of the medical and health experts and that’s why the ACA supports it.

“The ACA offers its assistance to CA in exploring new options with Cricket South Africa for this series to be rescheduled.”
 
CA is one of those boards that smiles to your face while planning to stab you in the back. A cunning and conniving board. Only Pakistan and to a lesser extent BD have dealt with this. ICC needs to put them in its place ASAP.
 
cricketjoshila said:
CA would have gone bankrupt without India touring them this year and helping them earn $300mn. Companies older than CA have gone bankrupt. All CA tours are loss making except Ashes and India tour. India pulls out and CA will be left with only one profitable tour.

So medical concerns regarding Covid 19 are not valid for the IPL?
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Hosh na khud kai josh mein dekhne wala joshua james Joshila
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No way <a href="https://twitter.com/CricketAus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CricketAus</a> would have not played India in a Test tour. <br><br>It’s a really dark time in the world of cricket with CA cancelling their tour of <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialCSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OfficialCSA</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/englandcricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@englandcricket</a> also pulled out of SA due to Covid issues, but players test positive in SL and tour goes on?! <br><br>&#55358;&#56596;</p>— Kevin Pietersen&#55358;&#56719; (@KP24) <a href="https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1356905987274379267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
 
For the record, Cricket Australia had no choice but to withdraw from this tour after the Australian government, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, informed Cricket Australia that it would refuse to issue Exit Permits for the players to travel to South Africa.

This was on the basis that the mutant South African strain of the virus needs to be kept out of the country, given that nobody in Australia has immunity by vaccination or prior infection.

It’s not about the Big Three. Australian citizens cannot leave the country without a permit, and Cricket Australia were told that Exit Permits would not be granted.
 
Junaids said:
For the record, Cricket Australia had no choice but to withdraw from this tour after the Australian government, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, informed Cricket Australia that it would refuse to issue Exit Permits for the players to travel to South Africa.

This was on the basis that the mutant South African strain of the virus needs to be kept out of the country, given that nobody in Australia has immunity by vaccination or prior infection.

It’s not about the Big Three. Australian citizens cannot leave the country without a permit, and Cricket Australia were told that Exit Permits would not be granted.
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I am trying to find the source of this information you have provided.
Is is published somewhere?
 
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/leaving-australia#toc-4

Conditions for Leaving Australia by the Government :

Australians and permanent residents
If you are an Australian citizen or a permanent resident you cannot leave Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an exemption. You can apply online but you must meet at least one of the following:

your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
your travel is for your business/employer
you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
you are travelling outside Australia for a compelling reason for three months or longer
you are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds
your travel is in the national interest.

I am interested to know what condition the Australian players satisfied when the went to Dubai to play the IPL, and in the coming year if they go to India on which ground they will be given exemption.

Bookmarking this, will revisit if few Aussie players go to India to play IPL.
 
The UK currently has 50k cases per day. Will any team ever refuse to tour the UK? Dont think so.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/leaving-australia#toc-4

Conditions for Leaving Australia by the Government :

Australians and permanent residents
If you are an Australian citizen or a permanent resident you cannot leave Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an exemption. You can apply online but you must meet at least one of the following:

your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
your travel is for your business/employer
you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
you are travelling outside Australia for a compelling reason for three months or longer
you are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds
your travel is in the national interest.

I am interested to know what condition the Australian players satisfied when the went to Dubai to play the IPL, and in the coming year if they go to India on which ground they will be given exemption.

Bookmarking this, will revisit if few Aussie players go to India to play IPL.
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India doesn’t have a mutant ultra-transmissible form of Coronavirus.

I have an APEC Business Travel Card, but my chances of getting an Exit Permit are Zero.
 
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