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Aussie women to host New Zealand for six games
SYDNEY, Aug 29, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Australia’s women cricketers will take to
the field for the first time since winning the Twenty20 World Cup in a six-
game series against New Zealand starting next month, officials said Saturday.
The three one-dayers and three T20s will all be played at the Allan Border
Field in Brisbane — the country’s first internationals since the coronavirus
pandemic shut down sport in March.
The entire New Zealand squad, and all Australian players from New South
Wales and Victoria states, will need to enter a 14-day quarantine before the
series begins.
“We can’t wait to get the season started and what better way to celebrate
the return of our world champions,” Cricket Australia’s interim chief Nick
Hockley said.
“We’re as confident as ever that we will be able to deliver a schedule of
matches that excites and entertains fans across the country and around the
world.”
The Meg Lanning-led Australia have not played since sweeping to a fifth
World Cup title against India in front of 86,000 at the Melbourne Cricket
Ground in March, just before Covid-19 halted sport.
They will pad-up for T20s against their trans-Tasman neighbours on
September 26, 27 and 30 ahead of three one-dayers starting on October 3.
BSS/AFP/SSS/0917 hrs