But I don’t have a subscription and was able to open it this morning (when I posted it).
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According to The Australian, Queensland health authorities were unwilling to make any exemptions for the Indian team to strict 14-day lockdown and were highly concerned about the prospect of families being part of the party of 60. And no relaxation of quarantine rules means Fox Sports and Seven’s production staff from Sydney and Melbourne will have to self-isolate in Brisbane for 14 days.
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Are we expecting Seven and Fox to send commentary staff/hosts to the ground for each match, or will they all be based in a studio in Sydney or Melbourne?
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Well, that will depend on whether they can interview players in person. If it’s only by video link, then they might as well keep them in Sydney/Melbourne. Fox could use the Fox Studios in Sydney, and for those in Melbourne (e.g. Gerard Whateley, Shane Warne, Mark Howard), they could use the Fox Footy studios at NEP. Seven would just use the NEP studios in Melbourne, like they did for the Women’s Internationals.
They should consider not playing international cricket in Brisbane this year if the QLD Government is going to be so difficult about this.
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Ditto for WA government. Cricket fans in both states will be big losers out of this.
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They already have. No international cricket in WA this season, along with potentially no domestic cricket if they don’t open the border.
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Aren’t they just saying that if you want to quarantine here in QLD it has to be hotel quarantine? I can kind of understand it considering they are coming from essentially the biggest hotspot in the world.
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A bubble in the UAE?
Yes, but for them to be unable to train for 14 days will severely disrupt their preparation… this could be a deal breaker, and knowing how difficult the BCCI can be, it probably will be a deal breaker.
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They will just move the quarantine to Sydney, along with the ODIs, and the T20Is to Canberra.
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I get that but you can’t be upset with the QLD government for not wanting to break that protocol either. It is a huge risk. I think their decision might have been different if it didn’t include 60 extra family members.
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India didn’t say they wanted to bring 60 extra family members. The touring party would be around 60 people including players, coaching and medical staff, the rest would be family members.
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AFL clubs don’t have 60 in the touring party (excluding family) And they have around lists of 40…
A squad of 13 and coaches would be make it about 20… don’t tell me there would be 40 others required…,
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They’re going to have more than 13 players. Let’s say 20 players, 5 coaches, 5 medical staff, 5 analysts, 5 physios, 5 media staff and 5 kit/equipment staff, plus managers, drivers, etc. the party gets quite big. Let’s say a third bring families (20 with a wife and 2 kids), then you’ve got the 120ish party.
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At the end of the day, if Queensland doesn’t want them, then they always have the option of moving the 4th test to the Adelaide Oval (we all know how much the Indian cricket team love Adelaide 
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More likely, if they can’t travel from another state to QLD for the fourth test, they would potentially play it at Manuka.
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They could do that, but I think Adelaide makes more sense economically because it can get a bigger crowd than Manuka.
I also doubt that India would want to play in Canberra given they’re one of the more high profile cricket nations. Australia playing sides such as Sri Lanka and the West Indies are when Canberra test are typically held.
Yes, but Canberra won’t get another opportunity to host a test for at least the next 5 years. 5 tests a summer (in the FTP), Gabba, AO, Optus/WACA, MCG, SCG.
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