Adelaide is mounting a case to try to steal the New Year’s cricket Test from Sydney, the place it has been cursed by moist climate in recent times.
This 12 months’s SCG Test between Australia and South Africa was as soon as once more ruined by rain, with day three washed out altogether.
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Six of the final seven SCG Tests have had rain delays and 6 of the final 9 have resulted in a draw, prompting requires the New Year’s Test to be taken off the well-known floor.
There have additionally been requires the Test to change into a pink ball day-night match to make sure nonsensical dangerous gentle delays don’t happen.
Now South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has confirmed Adelaide has approached Cricket Australia about poaching the New Year’s Test from Sydney and holding it on the Adelaide Oval.
“All I would say is in South Australia we’ve got an amazing record of people turning out to sporting events,” Malinauskas stated.
“I think we had double the crowd at the Adelaide Test than we saw at the Perth Test. We often have bigger crowds than Sydney and that’s despite having a far smaller population.
“South Australians are passionate about their sport. They love their cricket, myself included, so we stand ready to work with Cricket Australia to improve their product to more people around the country.”
Moving the New Year’s Test from Sydney to Adelaide could be a serious shake up, given the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and New Year’s Test in Sydney are arguably the one two matches held on the similar time yearly.
South Australia has proven it may appeal to main sporting occasions — successful a bid for the AFL’s “Gather Round”, the place all 9 video games can be performed in Adelaide — and snagging the rights to host Australia first LIV Golf occasion.
Both the Gather Round and LIV Golf occasion can be held in April.
A confrontation broke out between Malinauskas and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet at Friday’s National Cabinet assembly.
“A five-day washed out Test in Sydney is much better than a five-day Test in Adelaide because at the end of it you’ve spent five days in Adelaide,” Perrottet sledged.
But the SA Premier easily hit again: “We’ve got a pretty good track record of hosting major events in South Australia and it’s something that we’re pretty keen on.
“Obviously we were rapt the AFL chose to have the Gather Round in South Australia over NSW.
“They looked at the evidence and the facts and they decided accordingly. And we hope Cricket Australia might one day do the same.”
In a lighthearted change with Mark Beretta on Channel 7’s Sunrise, reporter Rosie Barnett roasted Sydney’s document of moist climate ruining the New Year’s Test like clockwork.
“We are coming for you for, Beretts,” Barnett stated.
“It has been reported that Adelaide is looking at snatching away that New Year’s Test from Sydney.
“It really comes as no surprise for us here (in Adelaide).
“Fans love their cricket here and we have the numbers to show it.”
Nearly 87,000 individuals attended the day-night Test on the Adelaide Oval in December, greater than double the turnout on the Perth Test every week earlier.
“One thing unfortunately we would be lacking though, Beretts, is that really impressive statistic you guys have over there of six out of the last seven Tests being interrupted by rain at the SCG,” Barnett joked.
“Sadly, Adelaide doesn’t have that same curse so if we were to secure (the New Year’s Test) we would unfortunately have to buck tradition and play in perfect conditions.
“So we will have to see if we can win the bid despite that.”
In January, SCG Trust Chairman Tony Shepherd stated the New Year’s Test was off limits for different states.
“There is absolutely no way the New Year’s match is being moved from the SCG,” Shepherd stated
“It’s a long tradition, it’s a fantastic tradition. We had 22,000 people waiting for the game to start. That’s how dedicated we are.
“There is absolutely no chance. We’ve had La Nina for the last three years and that hasn’t happened for a long time. That’s made it wetter.
“It’s something we have to live with. We do live with it.”
Originally revealed as Dominic Perrottet roasts Adelaide over bid to steal New Year’s cricket Test from SCG
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
