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Cricket Australia moved the 3rd WODI between Australia and India from Junction Oval to Hobart due to floodlight delays, with Hobart now hosting back-to-back ODIs in the series
Australia and India players shake hands (AP/PTI)
Delays in installing new floodlights at Melbourne’s Junction Oval have compelled Cricket Australia to relocate the third women’s ODI between Australia and India, scheduled for March 1, to Hobart, according to ESPNcricinfo.
The match was intended to be Junction Oval’s first-ever floodlit fixture, but planning delays and ongoing construction, which would have hindered spectator access, left officials with no option but to move the game to Tasmania. Consequently, Hobart will now host back-to-back ODIs in the series.
Why Australia Women Vs India Women ODI Was Moved?
Given the tight schedule, with only a day’s gap between the second and third ODIs, rescheduling the Junction Oval match to a day game was deemed impractical. The MCG, which hosted the day-night Ashes Test last season, is also unavailable due to renovation work.
“We are disappointed we have had to move this match from Junction Oval and that there will be no women’s international match in Melbourne this season,” said Peter Roach, CA’s head of cricket operations and scheduling, as per ESPNcricinfo. “We anticipated the Junction Oval lights would be installed several weeks before this fixture and were looking forward to celebrating the first international match under lights at the ground,” he added.
Despite the setback, Junction Oval will continue to host Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) matches involving the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades, along with other scheduled domestic fixtures, all of which will be day games.
This ODI series is part of a multi-format contest between India and Australia, beginning with three T20Is and concluding with a day-night Test at the WACA in Perth. Australia’s home international season for the women’s team has been postponed to February and March to accommodate the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in January and the ODI World Cup later in October. Consequently, the Australian women will return to play on home soil after a gap of over 12 months.
“Not having an international fixture in that school holiday period does hurt a little bit, but in saying that, it kind of extends the cricket season, which isn’t completely a bad thing for our sport,” captain Alyssa Healy said earlier this year, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo. “At the back end of the Ashes last year, I felt like that was really cool to have it at the end of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, so hopefully there’s a similar sort of momentum this year at the end of the men’s Ashes, that there’s still some more cricket to watch,” she added.
(With inputs from ANI)
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