Victorian premier Dan Andrews has picked apart the big decisions ahead for the Melbourne Cup, Boxing Day Test and Australian Open! 9WWOS
While the VRC and tennis officials have committed to staging their events in Victoria amid the pandemic, Cricket Australia reportedly has Adelaide Oval on standby in case of a scheduling change.Andrews said it was "too early" to determine if crowds will be allowed to attend any of the events and that "productive discussions" have taken place with all partners.
"It is too early to determine whether they will have crowds. It is too early for us to determine how big any crowd might be," he said."We have taken that offline and we are having detailed discussions with, whether it is cricket authorities, the MCC, the whole AO team, talking to them about what their event looks like."
"I don't think it will be a Boxing Day Test like it normally is, nor will the Australian Open be exactly the same as it normally is. Teams and players coming from overseas and coaches and officials will all have to quarantine. It won't be an ordinary summer from that point of view," Andrews said.
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