It is being speculated that the Boxing Day Test during India’s tour later this year could be shifted to Adelaide in the wake of rising number of coronavirus cases in the state of Victoria. “If we can get crowds at MCG, we will play there,” Hockley was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au recently.

“There are restrictions right now. We are just hopeful that we can get back to the top of the situation and get crowds back to live events.” Hockley said CA is full steam ahead with the planning “in the anticipation that we will be back to some level of normalcy by that point in time”.

He added: “It is one of the most iconic events on the Australian sporting calendar. Certainly, at this stage, we are planning full steam ahead. We are in really constructive discussions with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the local government to make sure that we get all the travel exemptions for India to come.” MCG had hosted 86,174 fans for the women’s T20 World Cup final in March. “We have to remain agile. We are looking at contingency planning across the entire summer. It is not necessarily specific to certain matches, but our entire events,” said Hockley. “As things change, we are doing everything we can and we have all the back-up arrangements to make sure we get cricket played.”