Junction Oval Delay Forces Relocation
The third women’s ODI between Australia and India, originally scheduled for March 1 at Melbourne’s Junction Oval, has been shifted to Hobart. The venue was set to host its first-ever floodlit international, but delays in installing new lights and concerns over spectator access forced Cricket Australia (CA) to move the game.
With the series having just one rest day between matches, switching it to a day fixture wasn’t practical. The MCG was also ruled out due to ongoing renovation works.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉, 𝑪𝑨’𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
Hobart Gets Back-to-Back ODIs
The relocation means Hobart will now host back-to-back ODIs in the series. Junction Oval will still stage WBBL matches for Melbourne Stars and Renegades, but only as daytime fixtures until floodlight works are complete.
The ODI series is part of a multi-format tour, starting with three T20Is and ending with a day-night Test at the WACA in Perth.
𝑨𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓: “𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕.”
Australia’s women will return to home action later than usual this season due to the WPL shift to January and the ODI World Cup in October, leaving a 12-month gap between their home internationals.
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