5TH O/D Australia V New Zealand

[rod_rooster]

It is just stupid playing cricket in Brisbane. There is only ever a 50/50 chance of the game not being washed out. Far too often we see this crap from the GABBA. The ground is good but the weather is just too unpredictable. Sure other places can have rain at times spoil a game but not as regularly as happens in Brisbane. The summer months of December, January and February record the highest average rainfalls with the month of March recording the 4th highest rainfall and November 6th. Wet season in a tropical environment and a lot of cricket scheduled. Makes perfect sense

What is the answer though? Can we just say tough to Brisbane? Obviously no. What else can be done? Maybe they could fork out for a stadium with a roof? Asking too much realistically. Could we schedule cricket during the winter when it is dry in Brisbane? Possibly but footy is being played at the GABBA at that time. Perhaps we just have to keep putting up with continually seeing rain ruin cricket in Brisbane? Yep, that's what will happen. Maybe though, just maybe, the schedule could be arranged that crucial games or games that possibly might decide the outcome of a series are not scheduled at the GABBA

Yesterday was just bad luck.
Yes, Brisbane has a sub-tropical climate, but there have been few heavy rainfall days like yesterday over summer.
I reckon Sydney has had it's fair share of washouts as well over the years.

I doubt cricket authorities are going to change the programming much due to this.
Do English or NZ administrators do anything different in their respective countries due to their climates?

If you look at the figures the months of Dec, Jan and Feb avearge about 10.5 days of rain each. Hardly bad luck. 1 in 3 days are going to have rain and rain in Qld is generally significant.

[Psyber]

If you look at the figures the months of Dec, Jan and Feb avearge about 10.5 days of rain each. Hardly bad luck. 1 in 3 days are going to have rain and rain in Qld is generally significant.

Yes, in fact from Sydney north a hailstorm could kill you - hail like golf balls and bigger.

[Interceptor]

If you look at the figures the months of Dec, Jan and Feb avearge about 10.5 days of rain each. Hardly bad luck. 1 in 3 days are going to have rain and rain in Qld is generally significant.

That may be so, but it doesn't tell you what time of day it rains or how much.
Saying rain is Qld is generally significant is a sweeping generalisation -there are plenty of days when there is less than 1 mm or just a few mm, which may cause delays, but not to the extent of the other day.

On Friday and then Saturday there were 23.8 mm and then 36.8 mm of rain recorded respectively, which are pretty heavy falls, but actually fairly irregular in occurance -even during the 'wet season'.

For this summer so far, days of rain 5 to 10 mm and > 10 mm are:

December: 5, 1
January: 2, 2
Febuary: 3, 2

So to me getting heavy falls on match days (and during play) here IS a bit unlucky.

[MagicKiwi]

Who gives a rats? I'm struggling to remember too many matches in the last five years that haven't been rain affected in fecking Brisbane. Have had many discussions about this - rain affected games, there's hardly anyone there, must cost them a fortune for little return. The cricket was very poorly supported last year when the Indians toured and continues to be. I feel sorry for the cricket followers up there but it's bullshit what gets dished up every year.