Two years of Covid postponements and a Twenty20 World Cup have handed Australia's cricketers the busiest summer in the country's history
Two years of Covid postponements and a Twenty20 World Cup have handed Australia’s cricketers the busiest summer in the country’s history.Australia confirmed a cluttered schedule on Monday, with 27 men’s fixtures beginning with the first Top End tour since 2008 in August and September.
Notably, the Test summer begins in Perth on 30 November against West Indies, before a pink-ball Test in Adelaide from 8 December. Brisbane hosts the first Test against South Africa on 17 December, before Melbourne and Sydney hold the traditional Boxing Day and New Years’ Tests. “And we look forward to hosting South Africa over Boxing Day and New Year for the first time since 2008.”
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