Cricket Australia announces 2018-19 International Schedule, Day-Night Test with India unlikely [#2]

[giri26]

HIGHLIGHTS

Overall

• Four nations visiting Australia this summer for men’s and women’s 2018-19 international cricket season; New Zealand, South Africa, India and Sri Lanka
• 24 matches of international cricket across 2018-19 season
• Prime Minister’s XI match will be played against South Africa at Manuka Oval on 31 October, while the Governor-General’s XI will play New Zealand on 28 February. Both will be one-day day-night matches and broadcast on Fox Sports
• More International Cricket available through new broadcast partners Fox Sports and Seven Network than in any previous season

Women’s International

• Australia to compete in Commonwealth Bank Women’s T20 Internationals against New Zealand in October before embarking on their ICC Women’s World T20 campaign in West Indies, and then play further Commonwealth Bank ODI matches in February
• Karen Rolton Oval set to host first international match ahead of Women’s World T20 in 2020
• WACA Ground and Junction Oval round out venues to mirror WT20 2020 venues

Men’s International

• Australia to start their home summer campaign with three Gillette ODIs and one Gillette T20I against South Africa in November playing at Perth Stadium, Adelaide Oval and Blundstone Arena, ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019
• Australia to take on India in Test, ODI and T20I
• Australia to host Sri Lanka for first home Test Series in six years
• Gold Coast confirmed to host International Cricket for the first time at Metricon Stadium
• Perth Stadium and Manuka Oval to host maiden Test matches
• Day-Night Test Cricket returns to The Gabba over Australia Day long weekend
• CA working with BCCI to host Adelaide Test as Day-Night match, expected to be confirmed later
• Tickets
• Tickets for the Men’s International matches on sale from 8 June (with the Adelaide Test expected to go on sale in July), with Women’s International matches on sale from 3 August.

Speaking on the release of the 2018-19 International schedule, Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said:

“We’re very pleased to announce yet another exciting summer of international cricket, with four highly-regarded nations in New Zealand, South Africa, India and Sri Lanka touring Australia.

“It’s a summer which will contain plenty of high-quality cricket, and some exciting new additions to the Australian cricket calendar. Overall, there are more International matches being played across more locations around the country than in previous years, and we believe this program has something for all cricket fans.

“Australian cricket fans will have access to more cricket coverage than ever following the landmark broadcast partnership with FOX SPORTS and Seven West Media.

“Men’s International Cricket will take a new shape, with Seven and FOX SPORTS broadcasting all Test Matches throughout the summer. FOX SPORTS will also broadcast Men’s Gillette One-Day and T20 Internationals, with further digital options currently being explored.

“All Commonwealth Bank Women’s International matches will also be broadcast on Seven and FOX SPORTS. And the Prime Minister’s XI and Governor-General’s XI will also be broadcast on Fox Sports, the latter for the first time.

“Canberra will host its maiden Test match, between Australia and Sri Lanka, and we look forward to giving cricket fans in the nation’s capital the opportunity to see elite Test cricket for the first time.

“We’re also thrilled to be taking international cricket to the Gold Coast for the first time, with Australia taking on South Africa in a Gillette T20 International.

“Cricket continues to look beyond its traditional boundaries by taking our game to new and exciting venues and locations.

“We welcome the chance to showcase international cricket on the Gold Coast and Canberra this summer and to provide even more fans with the opportunity to experience these matches in person.”

“Cricket has worked very closely with key partners in these regions to get to this point and looks forward to further developing our ties in the future.

“The Gabba will host Sri Lanka in a day-night Test over the Australia Day weekend, and Perth Stadium will host Test cricket for the first time.

“The Border-Gavaskar Trophy promises to be a bumper series, and it will be headlined by the world-famous Boxing Day Test at the MCG. There, we will also deliver a large-scale community festival in partnership with the Victorian Government, which will be a terrific celebration of Indian culture.

“It is our preference that we play India in a Day-Night Test match in Adelaide, but we are still working through this detail and hope to have an answer on this in the coming weeks.

“This season also promises to be a big summer for our Australia Women’s team, which will open the international summer ahead of its ICC Women’s World Twenty20 campaign in the West Indies in November. They are currently ranked number one in the world and will be looking to defend this title over the summer against New Zealand.

“Building on the success and huge public interest around the Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes last season, it is great to have our national team playing Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in six matches, all at different venues meaning the team will be accessible to fans right across the country.

“Our men’s international season structure changes slightly this summer, with Gillette One-Day and T20 International matches against South Africa and India in November. This will be a win for fans, with reduced overlap with the Big Bash,” concluded Mr Sutherland.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

India resist Australia overtures for Adelaide day-night Test

SYDNEY: Australian cricket chiefs are still trying to convince reluctant India to play a day-night Test in Adelaide this year after releasing their international playing schedule on Monday.

Cricket Australia have scheduled the opening Test of the four-Test India series in Adelaide from December 6-10, with hopes it will be a pink ball match following concept successes against New Zealand, South Africa and England in recent years.

Australia believes day-night Test cricket is the future of the sport and perhaps the only way to save the format despite boom television ratings and record crowds.

But the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have so far resisted CA's overtures.

CA will play a pink-ball Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane from January 24-28 next year, but chief executive James Sutherland said he was still negotiating with India.

"It is our preference that we play India in a day-night Test match in Adelaide, but we are still working through this detail and hope to have an answer on this in the coming weeks," he said.

Sutherland has been pushing hard at International Cricket Council level for the new Test Championship schedule to include day-night Tests, but the powerful BCCI has a big say in outcomes.

CA confirmed Australia will face South Africa in a Twenty20 international on Queensland's Gold Coast, while the new Perth Stadium and Canberra's Manuka Oval will both host Test cricket for the first time. But Hobart misses out.

The international season starts on November 4 with the first of three ODIs against South Africa before the one-off T20 against the Proteas on the Gold Coast, which will be followed by three T20s against India preceding the start of the Test summer.

"Our men's international season structure changes slightly this summer, with one-day and T20 international matches against South Africa and India in November," Sutherland said.

Adelaide opens the Test series against India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and Perth Stadium will host the second Test, before the series moves back to Melbourne and Sydney for the traditional Boxing Day and New Year's showpiece games.

Following the Tests, there will be three ODIs against India in a seven-day window before a two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Brisbane under lights at the Gabba and a second match in Canberra.
International dates:

South Africa

Tour match: PM's XI v South Africa, Manuka Oval, Canberra, October 31
First ODI: Perth Stadium, November 4
Second ODI: Adelaide Oval, November 9
Third ODI: Blundstone Arena, Hobart, November 11
T20: Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast, November 17

India

First T20: Gabba, November 21
Second T20: Melbourne Cricket Ground, November 23
Third T20: Sydney Cricket Ground, November 25
First Test: Adelaide Oval, December 6-10
Second Test: Perth Stadium, December 14-18
Third Test: MCG, December 26-30
Fourth Test: SCG, January 3-7
First ODI: SCG, January 12
Second ODI: Adelaide Oval, January 15

 

[Mr.Q]

BCCI took a similar stand when DRS was introduced. I don’t know why they sometimes act like people from 19th century, resisting changes. We need to make test cricket more interesting for its survival and the day-night match idea seems to be a good one.

 

[jaywcric]

ICC itself isn't interested in longer formats. Why blame bcci?

 

[Rahul1]

ICC itself isn't interested in longer formats. Why blame bcci?

That's why two teams will be playing their first test this year.

 

[SamNJ]

There is hardly a thing which BCCI doesn't have issues with.

 

[rhony]

I read somewhere that Kohli had a big say in this. Aussie pitches are flat decks these days and with Smith and Warner gone, there is a realistic chance of India winning their first series in Australia. D/N test will bring Aussie pacers into the game big time. Adelaide and Sydney are India's best chance to win. They won't mess up those prospects.

 

[hadi123]

India and even SL will feel like they have a great chance if Australia don't have Warner and Smith

 

[Gubol123]

BCCI took a similar stand when DRS was introduced. I don’t know why they sometimes act like people from 19th century, resisting changes. We need to make test cricket more interesting for its survival and the day-night match idea seems to be a good one.

India is very conservative in all aspects in cricket. They have not even now taken T20I seriously. They probably have played the least amount of T20Is among top cricketing nations.. They took years to implement DRS in home games, and also in IPL. They tend to favor specialists while selecting players for their national team, and prfer their players to play in domestics for a considerable amount of time before they are selected for national team. It is not just now, it has always been like that. that is just the way BCCI works.. may be it will change later, but i really doubt it

 

[Ab Fan]

Should have played one pink test.

Either way I hope pitches are pretty sporting unlike last tour.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Poor from BCCI.

Also,we should tour more often..

 

[MenInG]

BCCI seem to have some contrarian trait in them - har cheez ultee

 

[hk031992]

Will India play a day-night test in Aus?

Seriously? I find this to be weird. You have supposedly the best team in the world not wanting to play a day night test vs a team that has lost its two best batsmen. What is the issue here?

 

[AFM]

Wouldn't the D/N Test have better timings for the home Indian TV audience?

Strange decision.

 

[Abdullah719]

BCCI TO TELL CRICKET AUSTRALIA TO END PRESSURE TACTICS ON D/N TEST

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to tell Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland that the public posturing should end and there should not be further pressure tactics from the Australian board to make India play the pinkball Test.

The members of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) have discussed Sutherland’s comments and decided that a prompt reply should be sent to him.

It is likely that Sutherland’s Indian counterpart will respond to him in due course, if not necessarily in a day or two.

The CoA, it is understood, has authorised BCCI CEO Rahul Johri to write to Sutherland that there is no change in the stand of the Indian board and it will not play the day-night Test as is being suggested by CA authorities. Adelaide is the designated venue for the pink-ball Test from December 6-10.

Sutherland told a radio station in Australia that it is CA’s prerogative to decide on the pink-ball Test.

“I think personally the home country should have the right to schedule matches as it sees fit and start them at whatever time of day they want,” the CA official told SEN Radio.

He further said, “India may or may not come around to that idea for this tour but I still believe it’s the way of the future. I think everyone in world cricket knows that.

“To be frank, I think they want to come out here and beat us. There’s a sense, or a reality, that Australia has won each of the pink-ball Test matches that have been played in Australia and there may be a sense that it gives us a bit of an advantage.”

New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and England have all lost day-night Tests in Australia.

But CoA sources have revealed that comments in media by CA is an indirect way of putting pressure on the Indian team.

“We’ve previously written to the CA that India will only play red-ball classic cricket. Despite that, the CA authorities have been making comments. We’ll respond to them soon,” a CoA source told Mirror.

Post the Delhi meeting, CoA chief Vinod Rai said the BCCI will not change its position. “I don’t think the BCCI’s stand will change. As it has already been decided, day-night pink-ball matches will continue at the first-class level. Duleep Trophy will be played under lights once again,” Rai told PTI. (WITH AGENCY INPUTS)

https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/s...-tactics-on-d/n-test/articleshow/64006065.cms

 

[hk031992]

This is poor from a so called number 1 team. Really poor, especially when this is a depleted Aus team.

Here is hoping that Aus win the series anyway.

 

[Dingolfy]

BCCI seem to have some contrarian trait in them - har cheez ultee

I think they dont wanna bring the Aussie pace bowlers to play with swinging pink ball in hand.Also I dont think how experienced are Indian seamers with pink ball as they have not played any D/N test yet.

 

[giri26]

India need to experiment playing D/N test in one of their home games with pink ball. Australia's strength is their bowling as their batting is extremely inexperienced in the absence of Smith and Warner. So India probably thinks that Starc & Co will have an upper hand in the D/N tests but again BCCI should bite the bullet and play. Our bowlers also will have lots of help under lights against the Aussie batters.

 

[SL_Fan]

D/N Tests are the future hopefully BCCI change their mind on this but I doubt it. DRS all over again. With both Smith and Warner out India have a real shot at making some history. Aus batting looks very sus for mine even at home especially on tracks with a bit of help for the bowlers. The bowling too depends a lot on whether Starc and Cummins can remain fit. Both out injured atm I think. Any how good to see SL playing the Gabba day-nighter hopefully can put up a bit of a fight at least haha.