Australia vs New Zealand T20 & ODI series postponed: The New Zealand tour of Australia, initially scheduled for January 24-February 9, has been postponed until further notice, due to the lack of certainty over when the squad would be able to return to New Zealand – Follow Cricket News LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
Australia and New Zealand were due to play three ODIs on January 30 and February 2 and 5, and a one-off T20 match on February 8.
Australia vs New Zealand T20 & ODI series postponed indefinitely due to Covid-19
Despite a proposal from New Zealand Cricket and Cricket Australia to extend the length of the tour so that the BLACKCAPS could return home at a time more manageable for the MIQ process, the Government confirmed today it had no capacity to meet the request.
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Australia vs New Zealand T20 & ODI series postponed: Discussions are now continuing with Cricket Australia over when the postponed fixtures will be played.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the tour was initially scheduled last year, after the Government signalled its intention to relax MIQ restrictions relating to the trans-Tasman border.
Australia vs New Zealand T20 & ODI series postponed indefinitely due to Covid-19
“As we now know, the advent of Omicron prompted a change of strategy from the Government, resulting in a hard 10-day mandatory isolation period being imposed on all incoming travellers,” said New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White.
“New Zealand Cricket and Cricket Australia had explored a proposal to expand the tour and to push out the date on which the squad might return to New Zealand, in the hope that might be more achievable for the Government.
Australia vs New Zealand T20 & ODI series postponed: “But we received advice this morning that they could not provide certainty over this, either.”
Why the Chappell-Hadlee ODI series postponed? New Zealand’s quarantine requirements and border controls have seen the Chappell-Hadlee ODI series and a T20 match postponed indefinitely.
Australia and New Zealand were due to play three ODIs on January 30 and February 2 and 5, and a one-off T20 match on February 8.
It is the third successive summer that Australia and New Zealand have had white-ball fixtures postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and means there are currently no one-day internationals schedule for the Australian men’s team this summer.
A change of stance from the New Zealand government to impose a hard 10-day mandatory quarantine in response to the Omicrom wave of COVID-19 infections meant Cricket New Zealand could not secure guarantees the Black Caps players would be allowed back into the country.
The series was to make the final visit from retiring New Zealand great Ross Taylor, who signed off from Test cricket earlier this month in spectacular fashion with a wicket on his final ball.
Australia currently remain scheduled to play a three-match T20 series in New Zealand between March 17 and 20. It remains to be seen if that series will proceed which, if current restrictions were to remain in place, would mean the unpalatable prospect of 10 days in quarantine for a four-day tour.
Chappell-Hadlee ODI series postponed: CA and New Zealand officials had discussed the possibility of rescheduling those matches on Australian soil to push back the date the Black Caps would be looking to return home in the hope of either an easing of restrictions or increased availability in spots in the country’s overburdened managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system.
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