No more tri-circus
The annual cricket circus in Australia is coming to an end. This year’s tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka besides Australia will be last of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
The annual cricket circus in Australia is coming to an end. This year’s tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka besides Australia will be last of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Cricket Australia has decided to dispense with the tri-series from next year onwards.
It will, instead, host a bilateral five-match ODI series. Media reports say the tri-series, started about 29 seasons ago, has outlived its usefulness.
The reason for the change is reportedly over-dominance of Australia, poor attendance in tri-series contests involving two visiting teams and the emergence of T20 format. “I will not be sad for it,” Matthew Hayden was quoted as saying by a Melbourne daily.
The next year, England and New Zealand will visit here for five-match series each while the following year it will be Pakistan and the West Indies. But hang on, the tri-series is not yet given the burial. It is just kept in the cold storage.
If the head-to-clashes don’t excite them CA might revert to the tested tri-series, according to James Sutherland, the CEO of CA.