whufc wrote:spell_check wrote:RB wrote:2.23 p.m. in the middle of summer and they're off for bad light.
Time to give the NYD test to Adelaide methinks.
Haha, I like it, but imagine the shitshow that would cause? We earned the right really, and will turn up on day 1 in numbers that even the SCG can't hold if we get that slot (ironical weather permitting)
Would we really want the NYE Test. I imagine at some point it will go back to being the 5th test of the summer and in so many cases nothing but a dead rubber.
1. We’re never getting the NY test unless they changed the whole summer’s programming.
2. No one really cares if it’s a dead rubber or not, they rock up to see the Aussies win, because that’s what happens in Australia, no matter how well a team is travelling they don’t win in Australia (with the exception of the gutsy Indian A squad a few years back)
My solution is to play the BBL late November through to perhaps having the finals in early January’ (this allows the T20 mercenaries to play the whole comp), make the first test the Melbourne Boxing Day test, there’s a stronger chance that weather will better in January across the country.
Still keep the Sydney test as the fifth test though, some of my favourite test moments have been the final session on day 5 of the Sydney test, Graeme Smith batting with a broken hand, Clarke’s bowling heroics just name a couple