Cricket Australia Delivers Encouraging News On Adelaide Test; White-Ball Matches' Tickets Almost Sold Out

The rivalry between India and Australia has developed into not only one of the most intense but also one of the most exciting ones. Hence, it would not be a surprise to know that the tickets have almost been sold out for the upcoming white-ball games before the Test series. Cricket Australia announced that and also have an encouraging piece of news concerning the opening Test.

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There were growing concerns regarding Adelaide being the fixed venue for hosting the day and night Test after fresh COVID-19 cases emerged in South Australia. It went to the extent of forcing the state to go into lockdown as even Test captain Tim Paine had to isolate himself after returning from there. There were also rumours that Brisbane could stage the opening Test.

Nevertheless, the state officials announced on Friday that they decided to go on lockdown based on misleading information. Furthermore, the measures would cease to exist at midnight on Saturday. Even though Cricket Australia remained ingrained on hosting the pink-ball Test in Adelaide, it airlifted some international cricketers from South Australia ahead of the lockdown.

The upcoming series is shaping up as an epic: Cricket Australia’s Anthony Everard

The requirement of social distancing in times of COVID-19 outbreak meant that the capacities at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Manuka Oval got reduced to fifty per cent. Nevertheless, the measures could be loosened as New South Wales approaches two weeks since a COVID case got reported.

The tickets almost going sold out is indeed a massive boost to Cricket Australia’s finances that got significantly hit by the global health crisis. “The rivalry between the Australian and Indian men’s cricket teams is one of the greatest in international sport and this series is shaping up as an epic” Cricket Australia’s Anthony Everard stated as quoted by Times of India.

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