Let us appreciate Cricket Australia for bringing crowds back to stadiums

[Bhaijaan]

I stand up to applaud the efforts made by Australian government and Cricket Australia for making this iconic series possible and to put cherry on top they have also been successful in bringing crowd back in the game.

This has been most positive development for me in last few months as far as international sports are concerned.

Crowd make the game alive.and nothing can replace that.

This was not easy to crack but you did it. Well done guys!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Much respect to the two teams for putting up a great fight in all the 5 matches played so far. Crowd has got its money's worth.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Given the situation in South Africa, CA has mailed this.

 

[King_Kohli]

Sydney Cricket Ground will have 100% capacity for the third T20 between India vs Australia happening tomorrow.

 

[Mean&Green]

Hell no Infact they are making a mockery out of covid by allowing crowds no distancing no masks this is actually absurd especially when the rest of the world is struggling to fight the pandemic

 

[Bhaijaan]

Hell no Infact they are making a mockery out of covid by allowing crowds no distancing no masks this is actually absurd especially when the rest of the world is struggling to fight the pandemic

They have just managed it better

 

[Hasan123]

The game is much more enjoyable with a crowd in attendance.

 

[Rajdeep]

Yeah well done Australia. Good to see 'Bharat Army' back on the stadium with Dhool and Baaja

 

[sharmaji]

True. Good job Australia. Crowds make the experience so much better. Will the tests also have crowd?

 

[Bhaijaan]

Cricket South Africa and the rest of the cricketing boards need to take lessons from. a in how they pulled this off. It's remarkable.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

CA has nothing to do with it. Credit should go to Australian state governments and then the most importantly citizens. I live in Melbourne and it was a very tough lockdown. For 111 days I went out of my home only for 1 hour daily to exercise and 1 hour on weekends for quick shopping. Everyone followed SOPs and there were few idiots but they were caught and punished.
It was tough but we made it, but this thing can reappear again so I am still cautious personally.
Will miss the Boxing Day test live for first time in 5 years.

 

[Titan24]

It was great to see crowd back in the stadiums after so long. I hope other countries can afford that at some stage in the coming year.

Though Govt deserves the main credit and after that CA.

 

[Ellipsism]

True. Good job Australia. Crowds make the experience so much better. Will the tests also have crowd?

The SCG is operating at 100% capacity, The MCG has a cap of 25,000 general entry tickets a day (so not including the 5000 or so members), Adelaide is operating at 50% capacity and I'd imagine that the Gabba would have no restrictions, but I'm not completely sure.

 

[Junaids]

It’s nothing to do with Cricket Australia.

This was enabled by the people of Australia accepting strict distancing and the closure of the international borders.

We are not even allowed to travel overseas, let alone return.

That’s how we got our economies back to normal during a pandemic - by doing what the doctors advised and by completely ignoring the lobbying of large and small businesses.

 

[ahmedzee]

It was great to see the crowd but I think Cricket Australia made a mistake by bringing the crowds back. They should have no crowd at all. This will lead to some type of surge in the locations and I can guarantee you that. I saw so many people together and if even one of them is asymptomatic then that whole group is at risk. Hell, wait just a few more months and we got the vaccine. Then you can bring anyone you want.

So in conclusion, it was a mistake by CA. I am expecting COVID surge.

 

[OffDrive]

Going to be a full house in Sydney tonight, tickets are already sold out.

Australia and NZ have done a fantastic job of killing this virus.

 

[Ellipsism]

It was great to see the crowd but I think Cricket Australia made a mistake by bringing the crowds back. They should have no crowd at all. This will lead to some type of surge in the locations and I can guarantee you that. I saw so many people together and if even one of them is asymptomatic then that whole group is at risk. Hell, wait just a few more months and we got the vaccine. Then you can bring anyone you want.

So in conclusion, it was a mistake by CA. I am expecting COVID surge.

There were crowds for the NRL season in NSW about 3-4 months ago, and there were no Covid cases to arise from those. So essentially you're chatting nonsense without knowing that most states in Aus haven't had a locally transmitted case in months.

And our hotel quarantine system is strong enough to ensure that there's no threat from the few overseas travellers.

 

[wrongun]

Hell no Infact they are making a mockery out of covid by allowing crowds no distancing no masks this is actually absurd especially when the rest of the world is struggling to fight the pandemic

Within the context of an entire continent with only single figure cases per day- it makes sense.

Are you aware Australia has had sport with crowds throughout the last 6 months? This was done in stages, with smaller crowds all in corporate boxes at first, then a few thousand regular fans, then 25% capacity stadiums & so on, building up.

So in the context of the authorities trialling and confirming that the crowd control conditions worked, that our cases are low enough for effective quarantine & contact tracing (not perfect no, but effective)- then it makes sense.

We've had rugby league crowds all year. Culminating in 65 000 at the big rugby league state of origin series a month or two ago- again, no resulting outbreak.

So it may be shocking to you, but you need to consider the context on the ground and that this decision isn't sudden or reckless but PART of a SUCCESFUL management of the virus.

 

[shaz619]

Great to see the Aussie fans

 

[Junaids]

There were crowds for the NRL season in NSW about 3-4 months ago, and there were no Covid cases to arise from those. So essentially you're chatting nonsense without knowing that most states in Aus haven't had a locally transmitted case in months.

And our hotel quarantine system is strong enough to ensure that there's no threat from the few overseas travellers.

We have an Achilles heel - the NSW government insists upon playing Russian Roulette at every level.

They dole out too many exemptions - there shouldn’t be any - they tolerate low level community transmission, and they insist upon letting overseas flight crews take ordinary vans to their hotel and let them voluntarily self-isolate there. And these are not quarantine hotels - they are normal hotels serving the public.

It’s just a matter of time before a flight crew infects a van driver or hotel staff

The NSW government has been reckless throughout, and the federal government calls them the “gold standard”!

100% full stadia are fine in places like NZ and Queensland which have achieved eradication. But NSW probably has tiny levels of community transmission, combined with their ultra-risky flight crew non-policies, and filling stadia is just asking for trouble.
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[wrongun]

We have an Achilles heel - the NSW government insists upon playing Russian Roulette at every level.

They dole out too many exemptions - there shouldn’t be any - they tolerate low level community transmission, and they insist upon letting overseas flight crews take ordinary vans to their hotel and let them voluntarily self-isolate there. And these are not quarantine hotels - they are normal hotels serving the public.

It’s just a matter of time before a flight crew infects a van driver or hotel staff

The NSW government has been reckless throughout, and the federal government calls them the “gold standard”!

100% full stadia are fine in places like NZ and Queensland which have achieved eradication. But NSW probably has tiny levels of community transmission, combined with their ultra-risky flight crew non-policies, and filling stadia is just asking for trouble.
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Suppression, not elimination has always been the goal in Australia and the policies reflect that. Strange that such a "reckless" govt has achieved what almost no other country on earth has managed (bar NZ)- Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore all had large second waves. Not NSW.

The response hasn't been perfect. But it's a damn sight better than anywhere else has done.

Stopping all human life until elimination is a silly & overly repressive response IF the following conditions are met; hospital system is strong & coping; contact tracing system is effective; cases are low as to be almost nonexistant.

Allowing life & economic continue is ESSENTIAL to a proper response as people will & cannot tolerate oppressive lockdowns for too long. They will do so for durations of weeks & even months for the national good. But not for a year.

It's more damaging to the nation to shut down everything full stop forever because of a virus which is actually perfectly situated to cope with any small outbreak- island borders, strong public health care, first rate tracing system, moderately co-operative citizens.

Criticising the govt of a state in which single figure cases per day for weeks now is silly. They've done a better job than 99% of world govts. There is no perfection.

 

[moghul]

Australians are playing with fire, if they were able to contain the virus, they should have waited a bit longer, availability of the vaccine before bringing the crowd in.

Hope they won't lose what they have gained , not a smart move at all.

 

[angrypathan]

Australians are playing with fire, if they were able to contain the virus, they should have waited a bit longer, availability of the vaccine before bringing the crowd in.

Hope they won't lose what they have gained , not a smart move at all.

There haven't been any cases outside hotel quarantine in most areas for well over a month. It's a gamble, but a pretty well calculated one.

 

[angrypathan]

It’s nothing to do with Cricket Australia.

This was enabled by the people of Australia accepting strict distancing and the closure of the international borders.

We are not even allowed to travel overseas, let alone return.

That’s how we got our economies back to normal during a pandemic - by doing what the doctors advised and by completely ignoring the lobbying of large and small businesses.

Exactly. Cricket Australia has nothing to do with this. I'm sure you remember a couple of months ago that it looked unlikely that Melbourne would even get to host the boxing day test let alone have crowds

 

[angrypathan]

It was great to see the crowd but I think Cricket Australia made a mistake by bringing the crowds back. They should have no crowd at all. This will lead to some type of surge in the locations and I can guarantee you that. I saw so many people together and if even one of them is asymptomatic then that whole group is at risk. Hell, wait just a few more months and we got the vaccine. Then you can bring anyone you want.

So in conclusion, it was a mistake by CA. I am expecting COVID surge.

Can't hear you over the sound of a full crowd.

 

[Junaids]

Suppression, not elimination has always been the goal in Australia and the policies reflect that. Strange that such a "reckless" govt has achieved what almost no other country on earth has managed (bar NZ)- Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore all had large second waves. Not NSW.

The response hasn't been perfect. But it's a damn sight better than anywhere else has done.

Stopping all human life until elimination is a silly & overly repressive response IF the following conditions are met; hospital system is strong & coping; contact tracing system is effective; cases are low as to be almost nonexistant.

Allowing life & economic continue is ESSENTIAL to a proper response as people will & cannot tolerate oppressive lockdowns for too long. They will do so for durations of weeks & even months for the national good. But not for a year.

It's more damaging to the nation to shut down everything full stop forever because of a virus which is actually perfectly situated to cope with any small outbreak- island borders, strong public health care, first rate tracing system, moderately co-operative citizens.

Criticising the govt of a state in which single figure cases per day for weeks now is silly. They've done a better job than 99% of world govts. There is no perfection.

I live in NSW and work in Queensland.

I can assure you that economic life and actual life is far more normal in Queensland and NZ than in NSW, which staggers from breakout to breakout.

The point is that NSW takes unnecessary risks which could lead to a Melbourne-style outbreak. They don’t need to be the only state letting foreign flight crews take normal transport to the hotel. They don’t need to be the only state letting them stay in publically open hotels.

NSW has per capita infection and death rates 375% and 883% worse than Queensland, yet their economy is more damaged.

Which is why it’s reckless that NSW is fully opening their stadia at this point, when sewage testing proves that low level community transmission continues.

The SCG should probably be capped at 50% occupancy. Which is pretty normal for cricket anyway!

 

[sharmaji]

Got it. I wish all the countries adopted this strict approach early on. While the chaos and mismanagement that happened in India is as expected, USA got it really messed up.

It’s nothing to do with Cricket Australia.

This was enabled by the people of Australia accepting strict distancing and the closure of the international borders.

We are not even allowed to travel overseas, let alone return.

That’s how we got our economies back to normal during a pandemic - by doing what the doctors advised and by completely ignoring the lobbying of large and small businesses.

 

[Junaids]

It’s nothing to do with Cricket Australia.

This was enabled by the people of Australia accepting strict distancing and the closure of the international borders.

We are not even allowed to travel overseas, let alone return.

That’s how we got our economies back to normal during a pandemic - by doing what the doctors advised and by completely ignoring the lobbying of large and small businesses.

Got it. I wish all the countries adopted this strict approach early on. While the chaos and mismanagement that happened in India is as expected, USA got it really messed up.

Suppression, not elimination has always been the goal in Australia and the policies reflect that. Strange that such a "reckless" govt has achieved what almost no other country on earth has managed (bar NZ)- Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore all had large second waves. Not NSW.

The response hasn't been perfect. But it's a damn sight better than anywhere else has done.

Stopping all human life until elimination is a silly & overly repressive response IF the following conditions are met; hospital system is strong & coping; contact tracing system is effective; cases are low as to be almost nonexistant.

Allowing life & economic continue is ESSENTIAL to a proper response as people will & cannot tolerate oppressive lockdowns for too long. They will do so for durations of weeks & even months for the national good. But not for a year.

It's more damaging to the nation to shut down everything full stop forever because of a virus which is actually perfectly situated to cope with any small outbreak- island borders, strong public health care, first rate tracing system, moderately co-operative citizens.

Criticising the govt of a state in which single figure cases per day for weeks now is silly. They've done a better job than 99% of world govts. There is no perfection.

With respect [MENTION=129939]wrongun[/MENTION] you are missing the point.

The Liberal Party governments of SA, NSW and the nation are the only ones advocating suppression rather than eradication. The other states have done exactly what NZ did - lockdown hard to wipe out the virus in the community.

That short sacrifice - combined with banning international travel - enables life to return to normal, so Pandemic Fatigue does not happen.

In contrast NSW has adopted a half-hearted suppression model, because they are in thrall to big business. As John Arlott described Bob Cunis, they are neither one thing nor the other.

So they are opening up because they want the pandemic to have gone away, even though they know perfectly well that an infected cleaner took multiple trains and trams last week after catching it from an overseas air crew.

Eradication is a much easier model to survive than Suppression.

None of this is new. We learned these lessons in the Spanish Flu pandemic, and it’s comical that from the UK to the EU to the US the places which do worst economically and in terms of health are the ones which let big business influence policy.

 

[wrongun]

With respect [MENTION=129939]wrongun[/MENTION] you are missing the point.

The Liberal Party governments of SA, NSW and the nation are the only ones advocating suppression rather than eradication. The other states have done exactly what NZ did - lockdown hard to wipe out the virus in the community.

That short sacrifice - combined with banning international travel - enables life to return to normal, so Pandemic Fatigue does not happen.

In contrast NSW has adopted a half-hearted suppression model, because they are in thrall to big business. As John Arlott described Bob Cunis, they are neither one thing nor the other.

So they are opening up because they want the pandemic to have gone away, even though they know perfectly well that an infected cleaner took multiple trains and trams last week after catching it from an overseas air crew.

Eradication is a much easier model to survive than Suppression.

None of this is new. We learned these lessons in the Spanish Flu pandemic, and it’s comical that from the UK to the EU to the US the places which do worst economically and in terms of health are the ones which let big business influence policy.

With all due respect, 8 months ago you were predicting the financial ruin of Cricket Australia & Australian sport in general- saying no games would be played & no one would give them a loan. I argued otherwise. You were wrong.

A few weeks ago you were saying Adelaide Test was no chance of being played, borders to close etc. Hasn't happened. I argued it would be handled pretty easily. It was.

You have been taking a "sky is falling" approach from day 1 & none of it has panned out. NSW has done very well. Qld economy has contracted further than NSW at the latest data.
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/e...tional-accounts-state-accounts/latest-release

My parents live in NSW, my siblings in ACT. I'll be returning to Oz in January 2, after a 3 year absence! Quarantine in ACT. ACT has had basically zero local cases for week, after week after week- like most of NSW.

 

[angrypathan]

With all due respect, 8 months ago you were predicting the financial ruin of Cricket Australia & Australian sport in general- saying no games would be played & no one would give them a loan. I argued otherwise. You were wrong.

A few weeks ago you were saying Adelaide Test was no chance of being played, borders to close etc. Hasn't happened. I argued it would be handled pretty easily. It was.

You have been taking a "sky is falling" approach from day 1 & none of it has panned out. NSW has done very well. Qld economy has contracted further than NSW at the latest data.
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/e...tional-accounts-state-accounts/latest-release

My parents live in NSW, my siblings in ACT. I'll be returning to Oz in January 2, after a 3 year absence! Quarantine in ACT. ACT has had basically zero local cases for week, after week after week- like most of NSW.

Well said. Even the infected cleaner he mentioned reportedly wore masks the whole time she was out in public, and it's been 8 days since she's left her home. No new cases have been reported in that period, not even among her family members. I understand Covid has an incubation period of up to 14 days, but most people test positive on days 5-7 so this has all been pretty reassuring.

 

[Bhaijaan]

SCG has been restored to its full glory otonight. What amazing visuals.

 

[Bhaijaan]

With all due respect, 8 months ago you were predicting the financial ruin of Cricket Australia & Australian sport in general- saying no games would be played & no one would give them a loan. I argued otherwise. You were wrong.

A few weeks ago you were saying Adelaide Test was no chance of being played, borders to close etc. Hasn't happened. I argued it would be handled pretty easily. It was.

You have been taking a "sky is falling" approach from day 1 & none of it has panned out. NSW has done very well. Qld economy has contracted further than NSW at the latest data.
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/e...tional-accounts-state-accounts/latest-release

My parents live in NSW, my siblings in ACT. I'll be returning to Oz in January 2, after a 3 year absence! Quarantine in ACT. ACT has had basically zero local cases for week, after week after week- like most of NSW.

No one can take credit away from Australian government, CA and Australian people above all for their committment and sacrifices.

If not for the efforts, this would not be possible for many more months.

India and most of the cricketing world is still many months or probably an year away from achieving this.

So, job well done brothers.

Credit and respect to all Aussies.

 

[wrongun]

No one can take credit away from Australian government, CA and Australian people above all for their committment and sacrifices.

If not for the efforts, this would not be possible for many more months.

India and most of the cricketing world is still many months or probably an year away from achieving this.

So, job well done brothers.

Credit and respect to all Aussies.

Thanks for coming to play us!

Next goal is covid normal cricket around the world, along with normal cricket in Pakistan & an end to the India/pakistan blockade so we can all watch the rivarly.

 

[King_Kohli]

Tonight's attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground is 30,436. After a long time we're seeing such big crowd in the cricket stadium.

 

[shamaan]

Good stuff from the Australian cricket board

 

[ahmedzee]

Can't hear you over the sound of a full crowd.

That is because you are trying to hear from your butt! Try to read post # 25 with your eyes and an open mind.

 

[ahmedzee]

There were crowds for the NRL season in NSW about 3-4 months ago, and there were no Covid cases to arise from those. So essentially you're chatting nonsense without knowing that most states in Aus haven't had a locally transmitted case in months.

And our hotel quarantine system is strong enough to ensure that there's no threat from the few overseas travellers.

I get your point and as I said it was great to see the crowd. However it requires one asymptomatic person to infect almost everyone around him. All I am saying is that they could've waited 3 months. That's all! This is an intelligent virus and some people could fall through the cracks, even with amazing hotel quarantine system in place and public safety measures that are already imposed.

 

[ahmedzee]

There were crowds for the NRL season in NSW about 3-4 months ago, and there were no Covid cases to arise from those. So essentially you're chatting nonsense without knowing that most states in Aus haven't had a locally transmitted case in months.

And our hotel quarantine system is strong enough to ensure that there's no threat from the few overseas travellers.

You were saying what?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-30/nsw-cricket-new-year-test-covid-debate/13021758

 

[BouncerGuy]

The Australian crowd is on another level. Why would you carry so many empty classes??? Looks like he wants to make the tallest structure made of glass in the stadium... Made Siraj angry though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864989894788923892

 

[Bhaijaan]

Great crowd presence at Adelaide today. Aussies love to watch BGT.