A washed out day three has raised the stakes in the final Test of the series. Usman Khawaja needs five more runs to reach a double century as captain Pat Cummins ponders a declaration.
Welcome back to cricketing civilisation Matt Renshaw, who hopefully will have the pads on shortly after three days of sitting around the SCG on his own, amusing the crowd and fighting a losing battle with his umbrella.Umpires Paul Reiffel and Chris Gaffaney are out on the ground and having a gander, they’ll do it again officially at 10:45am with the hope of getting under way shortly after 11am AEDT.
Curator Adam Lewis hopeful the wet weather will properly lift in the next hour as well. Go you good thing.Meanwhile, elsewhere in the game... Early moves are underway for Cricket Australia to downsize the Big Bash League from 61 games to 43 as soon as next season, a year before the new broadcast deal with Foxtel and Seven kicks in.
Given the history of friction between Seven and CA over the scheduling of the BBL in previous, COVID-19 seasons, an agreement to depart from the letter of the existing broadcast contract would represent a step forward in good faith dealings.
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