Bushfires place Australian cricket summer under cloud

Hazardous smoke from bushfires raging over a large swath of eastern Australia ha...

MELBOURNE - Hazardous smoke from bushfires raging over a large swath of eastern Australia have become a headache for the nation’s cricket board, which faces the threat of disruptions to its lucrative summer schedule.

A number of spectators required medical attention, while Adelaide’s test bowler Peter Siddle was unable to bowl more than two overs as the smoky haze at the ground thickened throughout the evening. Australia has been fighting wildfires for months as hot, dry conditions created an early start to the fire season, with blazes destroying more than 700 homes and nearly 3 million acres of bushland.

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