Final rematch to begin Australia's T20 World Cup defence on home soil

Players will break down.

Could very well be: - 5 Tests in 6/7 weeks in England - 3 Tests in 4 weeks in South Africa - 10 day break in between. That would be 8 away Tests in 10/12 weeks. :shocked: Finishing maybe 4/5 weeks before the ODI WC in India.

When the tournament was first meant to be held (2020), India and Pakistan were in separate groups, as were Australia and England. Not surprised that they fixed that, but I am surprised that that happened in the first place.

Almost impossible to see the games in Perth happening, just feels like all these events are going to avoid coming West after yesterday sadly. Ironic that Australia and England are always in the same group as are India and Pakistan :laughing:

Seems crazy!

I believe it has been moved to Feb- March 2023.

India taking on rivals Pakistan at the MCG for the first time? Is that in T20s? India-Pak at the 2019 World Cup was the most viewed cricket match ever. Would be good to see the whole fixture list. Sounds like a tough draw - top three teams from the last WC in the same group? I guess anything can happen in T20.

The ridiculousness of all this is that we moved an Ashes from 2014-15 forward to 2013-14 to avoid a 2015 World Cup (so one year forward), but then moved the England Ashes forward from 2017 (which would have been 4 years from 2013) not just one year to 2016, which would have made sense, but forward two years to 2015, meaning it now falls in a World Cup year. Honestly, it's hard to see how these administrators justify keeping their jobs, when you think of how obvious that issue is.

Do worry england will send a much better team to Australia than the ashes team

I think that’s exactly what’s happening with the Ashes TB. The below statement was made by Nick Hockley in October – note the certainty of the last sentence from Hockley. Then note Smith’s statement 2 weeks ago re it being August. —- “We’ve been working over recent months to look to reschedule, and we think we’ve found a window in the calendar in 2023 to reschedule that tour,” Hockley told a media conference in the wake of CA’s annual general meeting today. – “Our relationships with South Africa are very strong. As we said at the time, we were very disappointed and I know our players were extremely disappointed not to be able to go to South Africa. – “So we’re pleased we’ve been able to find a window in 2023 to reschedule that tour.”

I do know that the tour of India for this year has been pushed out to late Feb through March next year – the tour companies have already rescheduled and are taking bookings for the revised period. I've seen the same things Jeff, so that makes sense. This is ultimately a good thing or Australia, as it means after the Sri Lanka tour in June/July, we can just focus on our home T20I World Cup. HOWEVER, August 2023? That’s the middle of the Ashes tour? There's no way an entire Ashes series could be completed to allow for that series to happen, only for the ODI World Cup to start in October. Surely it's normal Ashes in July/August, then some ODIs against England to warm up for the world cup, then more ODIs in September and then the World Cup. Anything else would be madness.

Wouldn't mind seeing it somewhere like Barbados. Main issue is it needs to be before the start of the next cycle, which is basically the start of the England Test season proper.

Sorry, should have specified I was talking about the final when I said World Test Championship. Don't think they'd be able to play WTC in April in Auckland as Eden Park will have been handed back to Rugby by then. Australia also won't work due to AFL grounds. Maybe South Africa? The 2018 Australian series finished in early April there. I suspect it'll be played later though as you can't have the Border Gavaskar Trophy ending in March then play the WTC Final a couple of weeks later if the teams haven't been finalised yet - you probably need a couple of months I would have thought, in which case it might be back in England or even (*shudder*) Dubai.

Plus 2023 would include a potential WTC Final. That couldn't be played until after the AUS-IND series which will turn out to be the last this cycle. Which raises the question as to where and when? - One of the finalists? - NZ as the current title holder? - A pre-determined venue? An IND-AUS series finishing end of March, doesn't leave much time in the season left to play it in most of the southern hemisphere, though potentially they could pre-schedule say Auckland mid April?

Wow, 2023 will be a huge year if we play away series against India, England and South Africa followed by the ODI World Cup (plus the World Test Championship if we're good enough!). At the same time, it's a shame that by the end of 2023 it will have been 8 years since we've played a test match in NZ...

The India tour this year also contained some T20s in addition to the Tests. I suspect what will happen is the T20 component of the tour will be retained (which makes sense as a lead in to the WC) and possibly be expanded by a couple of matches. That series could then comfortably run last week of Sept/1st week of Oct.

I don't know what is going on with tours next year!! I do know that the tour of India for this year has been pushed out to late Feb through March next year - the tour companies have already rescheduled and are taking bookings for the revised period. That Feb-Mar 2023 period would have been the window for the tour of South Africa that was covid-cancelled in 2021. However the India rescheduling has taken precedence and locked down that spot. BUT, CSA Director of Cricket Graeme Smith said in the last week (on SuperSport during the Cape Town Test) that Australia is to be confirmed for a Test series in South Africa for August 2023. So it sounds like he must have progressed discussions with CA to come out and make that statement. August!? That month is not unheard of - NZ played a couple of Tests in August a few years back (Durban and Centurion) - but highly unusual. HOWEVER, August 2023? That's the middle of the Ashes tour? Could it be that the Ashes series is going to be an unusually early one, finishing in July? Last series was 5 Tests in 6 weeks, so quite possible if they start mid June. And has a 3 way get-together between CSA/CA/ECB already worked this out? (Has Graeme Smith let the cat out of the bag)? Would it then be such a coincidence in "fitting Australia in to the South Africa tour" that it finds the ECB then running The Ashes mid June to July, thus leaving itself a clear window through August for its premier competition....THE HUNDRED!

You're right TB. Even without covid and the possibility of quarantine, etc, this would be tight. Working backwards from Australia's first T20 match on the 24th of October, I'm guessing the Aussies would have to fly back from India two weeks earlier, to allow time to get over jetlag, get some white ball practice in, etc. That means the last day of cricket in India would have to be about the 9th of October. If the Asia Cup goes ahead over 2 weeks from the 1st of September, that would leave about 25 days to fit in 4 Tests and 3 T20's which IMO is not doable. Maybe the Asia Cup is moved to August and the tour to India starts a few weeks earlier too?

Although the way Finn Allen is going there probably isn't space for Munro.

Real shame for NZ that our white ball tour has been cancelled. Would've been invaluable experience on Aussie grounds. I wonder if Colin Munro can get back in the side as his time in BBL would be useful. Also India and Pakistan are in the same group like pretty much every World Cup. Funny that. $$$$$$