Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 confirms England ODI itinerary – Cricket news
Cricket Australia has confirmed the schedule for the ODI leg of their home series against Ashes rivals England scheduled for early 2014, with Hobart hosting not even a single one-dayer.
According to the schedule, revealed by CA on Thursday, May 16, 2103, the Kangaroos will play five One Day Internationals against the Three http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808, which would be the fewest one-day games played in an Australian summer.
The series opener will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, on January 12, 2014 – just five days after the final Ashes Test, scheduled to conclude at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
“We are pleased to confirm the full 2013-14 international schedule, which includes 33 days of international cricket and five tour matches,” said CA chief executive James Sutherland at a press conference yesterday.
“Dates and venues for the five-match ODI series and the three T20 Internationals have now been added to the previously-confirmed five-match Ashes Test series,” he added further.
The other four venues for the one-day series between the Ashes nemesis include Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. Hobart will not host a Test or ODI for the first time in 25 years; however, it is a venue for the first T20 International of the three-match
series between the two sides.
Brisbane Gabba will host the second One Day International (January 17), while Sydney Cricket Ground is the venue for the third one-dayer (January 19). The fourth ODI will be held at WACA, Perth on January 24, and the series will conclude at the Adelaide
Oval a day later.
After the five match ODI series, both teams will move to Hobart to play the first T20 International at the Bellerive Oval on January 29. The next two T20 Internationals will be hosted by MCG and Stadium Australia on January 31 and February 2 respectively.
The schedule for the five-match Ashes series between the two sides was announced in November last year. The first Test will be held at Brisbane from November 21 to 25, while the final Test will be played at Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3 to 7.
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