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Poll: When does Pat Cummins declare?
Players pursue pink ball solution to bad light
Australia’s players are willing to invest in the development of a new and improved ball that will allow Test cricket to continue during bad light after farcical scenes during the third and final Test in Sydney against South Africa.
As rain continued to ruin the match on Friday, Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Todd Greenberg made the commitment on behalf of the players.
Greenberg will talk to Cricket Australia about the possibility of a joint venture but claimed the ACA was willing to undertake the project itself if Cricket Australia was not interested.
“I want to talk to them about it and say what else can we do?” Greenberg told the Herald and The Age at the SCG on Friday.
“Who can we partner with? How do we work this out? Because what I’m learning quickly is the ICC aren’t doing these things. There’s no-one in cricket doing this stuff, so there is a void.
“And in the absence of someone else doing it, I’m going to call it and say, well, we should do it. Let’s do it.”
Poll: When does Pat Cummins declare?
Renshaw is allowed back in the sheds
The forecast – we’re looking alright
Welcome sports fans
Morning Richie, morning all,
Day four dawns wet and windy – and we don’t mind that second element because it’ll keep the squally clouds moving and dry that soggy outfield. No precipitation at the moment, covers are still on but a 10am AEDT start is a fair chance. I promise you people, we’ll get some cricket or go mad trying.
And when we do, it’s delicately poised for Pat Cummins and Australia, two days left with the last looking like a fair bit of play, Usman Khawaja five runs short of his double ton and 20 South African wickets to take.
