Published: Aug 10, 2024, 05:57 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 10, 2024, 05:57 PM (IST)
Cricket Australia (CA) CEO Nick Hockley has called India’s upcoming 5-match Test series in Australia ‘largely comparable in commercial terms with the Ashes’. India is scheduled to play the first of their five Tests from November 22 at the Perth Stadium.
There is much anticipation around the battle between the two toppers on the World Test Championship table with India searching for a historic hat-trick of series wins against the Aussies.
“The Border Gavaskar Trophy and the Ashes are both massive tours on the Australian cricket calendar and are largely comparable in commercial terms, with fantastic crowds and huge broadcast audiences for each,” Hockley said in an e-mail interview.
“Australia’s iconic cricket venues each have their own unique pitch characteristics and conditions, which is what makes the series so intriguing, including, in more recent years, the introduction of the day-night Test,” Hockley added.
The second Test of the series will be a day-night affair, one in which the hosts hold a clear edge having won 11 of the 12 pink-ball Tests at home. On Friday, CA also announced a two-day fixture (Nov 30-Dec 1) for the touring Indians against Prime Minister’s XI at the Manuka Oval, which should serve as a warm-up for the Adelaide pink-ball Test starting December 6.
