The Adelaide Oval will have the first Test in the middle of Australia and India from December 9-13 after the initially booked Test match in Brisbane was rescheduled in the fallout of Australian batsman Phil Hughes' awkward death.
The Test match in Brisbane will now be played between the Adelaide and the Melbourne Tests. The customary Boxing Day Test at Melbourne remains the main match unaffected after the reschedule. The New Year Test in Sydney was pushed over to January 6 to give players a week for recovery between Test matches.
One of the applicable contemplations for Cricket Australia (CA) while chalking out the new calendar is to oversee player workload amid a thorough cricketing summer that comes full circle with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
The Adelaide Test will now tackle additional criticalness as the first match for the Australia group since the passing of Hughes, whose passing has been profoundly felt by his nearby companions inside and past the Australian group. It will likewise be the first run through Adelaide has facilitated the first Test of the late spring since Pakistan visited in 1976-77.
Adelaide Oval would be a fitting venue for Australia's first match in the wake of letting Hughes go, given that it was his embraced home ground for as long as two summers playing for South Australia.
India were because of fly to Brisbane today, yet have changed their touring arrangements to stay in Adelaide. They will now play a two-day visit match in Adelaide, beginning Thursday, December 4. They had been because of play a second two-day visit match last Thursday-Friday, yet that was scratched off in the midst of the overflowing of feeling encompassing the Hughes disaster. It is normal Virat Kohli, stand-in India captain, will be among those in Macksville for Hughes' burial service.
With the first Test planned to begin just on December 9, it would be fascinating to check whether normal chief MS Dhoni makes a full recuperation from his thumb harm to lead the side at Adelaide.
The Test match in Brisbane will now be played between the Adelaide and the Melbourne Tests. The customary Boxing Day Test at Melbourne remains the main match unaffected after the reschedule. The New Year Test in Sydney was pushed over to January 6 to give players a week for recovery between Test matches.
One of the applicable contemplations for Cricket Australia (CA) while chalking out the new calendar is to oversee player workload amid a thorough cricketing summer that comes full circle with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
India Australia 2014-15 Series Schedule
The revamped tour itinerary reads:
First Test: Adelaide - December 9-13
Second Test: Brisbane - December 17-21
Third Test: Melbourne - December 26-30
Fourth Test: Sydney - January 6-10
The Adelaide Test will now tackle additional criticalness as the first match for the Australia group since the passing of Hughes, whose passing has been profoundly felt by his nearby companions inside and past the Australian group. It will likewise be the first run through Adelaide has facilitated the first Test of the late spring since Pakistan visited in 1976-77.
Adelaide Oval would be a fitting venue for Australia's first match in the wake of letting Hughes go, given that it was his embraced home ground for as long as two summers playing for South Australia.
India were because of fly to Brisbane today, yet have changed their touring arrangements to stay in Adelaide. They will now play a two-day visit match in Adelaide, beginning Thursday, December 4. They had been because of play a second two-day visit match last Thursday-Friday, yet that was scratched off in the midst of the overflowing of feeling encompassing the Hughes disaster. It is normal Virat Kohli, stand-in India captain, will be among those in Macksville for Hughes' burial service.
With the first Test planned to begin just on December 9, it would be fascinating to check whether normal chief MS Dhoni makes a full recuperation from his thumb harm to lead the side at Adelaide.
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