Group 1 (Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland)

[social]

If you want a more general measure of how moronic the scheduling is, after having three games yesterday (mid-week) they're only having one tomorrow, a Saturday.

Massive horse racing day in Sydney & Melbourne

This is all about money

 

[Starfighter]

We had floods a couple of days ago

So did Melbourne not too long ago. Brisbane's actually been the driest east coast capital.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Been pissing down in Brisbane as well

It was perfect weather here today. Was a bit iffy earlier in the week though.

 

[social]

It was perfect weather here today. Was a bit iffy earlier in the week though.

Yeah but all cricket abandoned last week

Forecast fine for next few days followed by torrential rain from Thursday or so

This tournament is being played a month too early as it’s hardly unusual

 

[Daemon]

Isn’t the simplest explanation for the scheduling that they didn’t want a clash with the FIFA World Cup?

 

[Cubiscus]

Is Marvel Stadium booked up at the moment? They could have had that as contingency.

 

[Burgey]

Is Marvel Stadium booked up at the moment? They could have had that as contingency.

It doesn’t have a pitch

 

[Tiberius]

They should move the Melbourne games to Perth. We have good weather ahead, apart from next Friday. Bounce is conducive to entertaining cricket.

 

[social]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1585875699818434560

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Massive horse racing day in Sydney & Melbourne

This is all about money

Wow. Melbourne Cup must be on Tuesday. How is Flemington? Very heavy track?

 

[social]

Wow. Melbourne Cup must be on Tuesday. How is Flemington? Very heavy track?

Assume so

Flemington is close to the areas worst affected by flooding

 

[Prince EWS]

Wow. Melbourne Cup must be on Tuesday. How is Flemington? Very heavy track?

Yeah it's gonna be a swamp.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Just checked the field. Lots of Irish horses so they'll like the conditions.

 

[Prince EWS]

Just checked the field. Lots of Irish horses so they'll like the conditions.

Their mothers were mudders.

 

[TheJediBrah]

It doesn’t have a pitch

I think if they were to have it as a contingency as this guy is suggesting, adding a pitch would have been part of the process

 

[social]

Marvel is owned by the AFL and they have their own sponsors

Having it as a backup would entail compensation to the AFL/sponsors for providing clean advertising space on top of ground rental

It’s also being used for other events atm

 

[halba]

Organisation is an utter disgrace. La Nina has been known for nearly a year now. And they failed to provide adequate contingency. That's the last time I'm following a T20 World cup what a shambles. Will only follow test cricket.

 

[Daemon]

What's the weather looking like for today's game

 

[Prince EWS]

What's the weather looking like for today's game

Great day in Sydney actually.

 

[SteveNZ]

Marvel is owned by the AFL and they have their own sponsors

Having it as a backup would entail compensation to the AFL/sponsors for providing clean advertising space on top of ground rental

It’s also being used for other events atm

It also necessitates preparing two grounds, pitches, ground hirage, staffing facilities etc only to use one. That's an incredible cost that just can't be met on the chance a game is fully rained out. It's just not viable.

I've been to Marvel a few times, great for footy but not that great for cricket, especially during the day when the sun is shining but bugger all of it gets into the stadium itself.

I think we can count ourselves all lucky the India Pakistan game managed to happen.