T20 carnival to kick-off cricket in Australia after over 2-month-long hiatus post COVID

Competitive cricket is all set to resume in Australia with a T20 tournament in presence of fans after a two-month-long coronavirus-forced break.  CDU Top End T20, a round-robin T20 carnival featuring 15 games across Queen's Birthday long weekend on June 6-8, will also see up to 500 spectators allowed at grounds since rrn Territory has t registered any active COVID-19 case since May 21. tournament, featuring seven Darwin Premier Grade clubs and an Invitational XI comprising best players from rrn Territory's 'Asia Cup' competition, will be a testing ground for cricket in a COVID-19 environment.

matches, which are being conducted in collaboration between NT Cricket and Charles Darwin University, will be held at Marrara Cricket Ground, Gardens Oval and Cazaly's Oval. After T20 carnival, a 14-round Darwin & District one-day season will follow which will culminate with a final on September 19.

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Cricket returns in Australia

"We have a unique opportunity to showcase Darwin's wonderful dry season to a global audience, as well as celebrate return of cricket after a period of unprecedented disruption to game," rrn Territory Cricket chief executive Joel Morrison was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

"It's been a pretty tough couple of months for everyone around world and we are hoping to bring some joy to cricket community.

"We are open-minded and are quite happy to be a test case for world cricket."

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Cricket Australia Releases 2020-21 Schedule

Cricket Australia has anunced  full international summer schedule, confirming India's tour down-under later this year. anuncement comes amid Coronavirus outbreak which has gripped entire globe. In light of pandemic, CA CEO Kevin Roberts has also highlighted that schedule is subject to change. 

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schedule confirms India's tour of Australia for a three-match T20 series in October and four-match test series in December-January. second test of series between December 11 and December 15 is set to be a Day/Night Test at Adelaide Oval. Test series will be followed by a three-match ODI series as well. 

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Im credits: Cricket Australia website

(With ncy inputs)