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By: Shree1news, 18 NOV 2020
Australia would favor to play India within the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane if the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Adelaide forces a change in venue, quick bowler Josh Hazlewood mentioned on Wednesday.
The series opener is scheduled to start out on the Adelaide Oval on Dec. 17 however a new cluster of coronavirus cases within the state has forged doubts on whether or not the match will ahead as neighbouring states closed their borders with South Australia.
Hazlewood mentioned in the event that they have been to play on the Gabba, the fast bowlers would rather get the game out of the best way earlier than it turned hotter and favoured the batsmen.
“It probably would be (the Gabba) to be fair,” Hazlewood told reporters.
“I think the longer we wait the hotter it gets up there so the quicks would all be happy to get that game done in early December. We obviously have a really good record (in Brisbane) and it’s a great place to start.”
Australia haven’t lost a Test match at the Gabba since 1988.
The outbreak in Adelaide forced players such as captain Tim Paine into self-isolation whereas others getting ready for the domestic Big Bash League were moved to a training camp on the New South Wales coast.
Cricket Australia, who had hoped to fill the Adelaide Oval with 27,000 fans – half its capacity – said on Tuesday that they “remained committed” to playing the day-night Test match at the venue and were monitoring the scenario.
Australia will first face India in three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches starting Nov. 27 in Sydney.
Source: A-N
