Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday (August 30) announced the revised schedule for the upcoming multi-format series between Australia Women and Indian women’s cricket teams.
The state border restrictions and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the CA to change the dates and venues for the upcoming multi-format series comprising three ODIs, one-off D/N Test, and three T20Is with Queensland hosting the series from September 21 in Mackay.
The three ODIs will be played in Mackay from September 21 and the historic pink-ball Test followed by the three-match T20I series to be played at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast.
Australian players based in New South Wales and Victoria alongside the Indian team will commence a two-week quarantine period in Brisbane from Monday with the remainder of the players from the hosts’ side will assemble closer to the start of the ODI series.
CA CEO Nick Hockley stated: “We've been monitoring the situation across the country and it is clear that the current COVID challenges prevent the original schedule from proceeding as initially planned. We are incredibly grateful to the Queensland Government for agreeing to quarantine the Australian and Indian players and enabling this important series to be played in Queensland. We are also delighted to be bringing our World Champion women's team to Mackay and regional Queensland.”
He concluded, “Having had to postpone the series last summer due to the pandemic, we are looking forward to hosting an Indian team which boasts some of the best players in the world in this historic series featuring the first-ever day-night Test match between the two sides. We thank everyone involved for their support and cooperation to stage this series safely and look forward to our World Champion women's team launching this massive summer of cricket against a world-class Indian team.”
Here are complete fixtures for the Australia v India series:
1st ODI – September 21 at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay (Day)
2nd ODI – September 24 at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay (Day-Night)
3rd ODI – September 26 at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay (Day)
Day/Night Test – September 30 - October 3 at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
1st T20I – October 7 at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast (Night)
2nd T20I – October 9 at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast (Night)
3rd T20I – October 10 at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast (Night)
(With ANI Inputs)
