Rolling Stones to Shield final in three easy steps
On the day South Australia leapt to the top of the Sheffield Shield table with an outright victory over Victoria at the MCG, the SACA chief executive Keith Bradshaw revealed the ground can still accommodate the final despite hosting both the Rolling Stones and an AFL fixture only days before.
The performance of the ageing English rock band - among whom their frontman Mick Jagger is a noted cricket follower - has been billed as a celebration of the new AFL-friendly ground, but Bradshaw said he wanted to prove the game had not been entirely shunted from the front rank itself.
"We can still play the Shield final. I've had chats with Cricket Australia about that," he said. "The Stones will come in, play their concert, we bump out the stage, we bump out all the infrastructure for them, then we play the first Showdown [between Adelaide and Port Adelaide].
"We can then bump out one of the football trays, bring in a pitch, take down the goalposts, play a game of cricket, then get it in and play footy the next weekend. It's a logistical challenge I would love to have and I'm feeling quite positive about the way the Redbacks are performing at the moment … I'm really optimistic that will happen."
