IND vs AUS: With Sydney Test in limbo, MCG on stand-by
Updated On: 28 December, 2020 02:17 PM IST | Melbourne | PTI
"There is just so much to play out here. Cricket Australia should be congratulated on buying time for Sydney because we all want to see it get away in Sydney. And let`s hope it does." Fox said a decision will be made in the next two days
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The possibility of Sydney hosting the third Test against India has now come down to 50 percent in the wake of fresh outbreak of COVID-19 cases there and a final decision will be arrived at in two days. Melbourne Cricket Club`s chief executive officer Stuart Fox on Sunday said though he wants Sydney to retain the hosting rights of the third Test, the situation is "extremely complicated". "He (Hockley) is working feverishly with the Department of Health in NSW and I believe it is extremely complicated. Everything he is telling me is it`s really a 50-50 situation," Fox was quoted as saying by `Sydney Morning Herald`.
"There is just so much to play out here. Cricket Australia should be congratulated on buying time for Sydney because we all want to see it get away in Sydney. And let`s hope it does." Fox said a decision will be made in the next two days. "The more time they can get to plan this out the greater the chance is. My understanding is the complication is between moving everyone from NSW into the Queensland market. "I do think we will know in the next 48 hours if we are going to host it. As I have said all along, let`s hope it goes ahead in Sydney but we are ready to go, if needed." The fate of the third Test has been shrouded in uncertainty since a fresh COVID-19 outbreak in the northern beaches in Sydney, which is scheduled to host the third Test from January 7.
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