This article examines the history of rain affecting Test cricket matches in Sydney, Australia. It highlights that Sydney has experienced a disproportionate number of rain-affected days compared to other cricket venues in Australia.
It's a washout: how Sydney 's Test cricket rain curse stops play and leaves Australia n cities in its wake. At least 26 full days have been washed out at the SCG as the traditional New Year's Test is played during one of the city’s rainiest months. Even if it doesn’t rain at the New Year’s Test this year, and the forecast a day before the first ball is promising, history suggests it would be safer to hold the match earlier in the cricket season.
At least 26 full days of play have been rained out at the Sydney Test since the 1880s, according to ABC statistician Ric Finlay. That’s three times more lost days than in Melbourne, which has hosted more matches. And even a higher rate than subtropical Brisbane which was hit by storms during the third Test against India last month. Even when play in Sydney hasn’t been affected, there has been at least some rain on a third of the playing days in SCG Tests. Sydney is one of the rainiest Australian capitals, and January is one of its rainier months. There are some caveats to this; just over half of Test matches at the SCG have been played in January. The Sydney Test only started consistently being held in the new year in the early 90s, and it has been held in both October and November since then. There have been 23 Tests played in February (nine days rained out), and a couple as late as March (one day lost); these months are even wetter than January. Eight of the washouts were in December, but all of these were before 1955. Many of Sydney’s washouts were also before cricket rules It also rains a lot in Sydney even when it isn’t hard enough to write off a day of cricket. We looked at long term climate data from the closest weather station to each ground. There was some rain around on about a third of playing days in Sydney over the past 140 years – second only to Hobar
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