AUS vs IND: India, Australia Players To Train In Melbourne Before Moving To Sydney, Says Cricket Australia Chief | Cricket News

Cricket Australia interim Chief Executive Officer Nick Hockley on Wednesday confirmed that Team India and Australia won’t journey to Sydney on New Year’s eve and can keep in Melbourne for a few days. The groups will begin their training for the third Test in Melbourne and can arrive in Sydney roughly 72 hours earlier than the match. “Last night’s announcement was that we’re continuing to Sydney and we’re placing our plans in place to try this safely,” stated Hockley in a digital press convention.

“The players will be in Melbourne for a few more days training there, before moving to Sydney a couple of days ahead of the Test match,” he added.

Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed that the third Test between Australia and India will stay on the Sydney Cricket Ground as scheduled, including that the choice was made after a number of days of conferences that thought of the impacts of the current COVID-19 outbreak on the northern seashores of Sydney.

“As a part of the process we have been working very closely with the Queensland government and also with the health officers so we had very detailed discussions over the last week,” stated Hockley.

“We had done all through this summer and had a contingency plan in place in Melbourne which gave us the time and opportunity to decide,” he added.

Hockley stated the cricket physique wished to provide Sydney the very best likelihood of internet hosting the third Test and that’s the reason the ultimate determination was made on the eleventh hour.

“We wanted to give Sydney, the very best chance to able to go ahead and so on. We are taking the best advice from all the stakeholders,” he stated.

“So it’s been a detailed process and we had always said that will make the decision final after the Boxing Day Test and that’s the time we needed to act on our all plans.”

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India levelled the four-match sequence on Tuesday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the win additionally ensured the guests moved a step nearer to the ultimate of the World Test Championship.

The third Test between the groups will start on January 7.