With the ECB’s proposal on hold, the Ashes will begin as scheduled at The Gabba.
The Joe Root-led England team is scheduled to travel to Australia next month for a five-Test Ashes series starting at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 8.
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England and Wales Cricket A request by the Board of Cricket Australia (CA) (ECB) to move the opening Ashes Test from Brisbane to Sydney has been rejected on the grounds that it “could create additional complications” that could jeopardize the series. Is. The Joe Root-led England team is scheduled to travel to Australia next month for a five-Test Ashes series starting December 8 at the Gabba in Brisbane. The ECB had requested CA to transfer the opener to Sydney, allowing the England cricketers to escape Queensland’s 14-day mandatory quarantine.
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Sydney, which is in New South Wales, “will become the first Australian state to allow fully vaccinated travelers from next month with no quarantine for those who test negative for Covid-19, leading the ECB to Sydney Will explore the possibility of a start – a proposal which had enthusiastic support from the players,” Dailymail.co.uk said in a report on Wednesday.
“During talks with Cricket Australia, however, it was concluded that the change could lead to additional complications with the potential for tourists to be trapped in New South Wales without the strict border controls of other states without quarantine – A possibility that could be completely derailed. travel,” added the report.
With a moratorium on the ECB’s proposal, the Ashes will begin on 8 December at the Gabba in Brisbane as scheduled. The Cricket Circus will then move to Adelaide and then to Melbourne and Sydney.
Although the fifth and final Test is scheduled in Perth, the strict 14-day quarantine protocol in Western Australia could force CA to move the match to Sydney, which could mean back-to-back Tests at the SCG.
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