2nd Test Australia v Pakistan Dec 26--30 1000hrs @ the MCG

[Voice of the G]

This weather station is about 1KM from the G

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Just a bit less than 20MM in the last hour - certainly less than 20m as you stated

We are about 20k from Melbourne,with the storms around some suburbs will get more then others.

 

[JimmyBC]

Can't even poke fun at Melbourne's weather anymore Adelaide's is just as all over the shop.. Coldest Xmas ever man.

 

[Foreign Legion]

We are about 20k from Melbourne,with the storms around some suburbs will get more then others.

I get that but the actual ground is close to the Melbourne CBD. The ground may still get rain but looking at the radar it is not raining in town right now

 

[Voice of the G]

I get that but the actual ground is close to the Melbourne CBD. The ground may still get rain but looking at the radar it is not raining in town right now

That is correct and only light rain here at the moment.With refunds I think if less then 15 overs are bowled a 100% refund.

 

[MJG14]

Whats the minimum number of overs a dayrequired before refunds are given back to the public?

CA Refund Policy says less than 15 overs bowled in the day with no result.

 

[NYRB]

Serious question if Marvel Stadium hosted a test match around the same date as the 1st test in Perth, would they have got better crowds?

If it does become a numbers game, would CA ever contemplate moving it to a ground where the crowds would be higher? eg Marvel Stadium, Accor Stadium (otherwise known as the Sydney Olympic Stadium)?

 

[The 747]

Serious question if Marvel Stadium hosted a test match around the same date as the 1st test in Perth, would they have got better crowds?

If it does become a numbers game, would CA ever contemplate moving it to a ground where the crowds would be higher? eg Marvel Stadium, Accor Stadium (otherwise known as the Sydney Olympic Stadium)?

Yes.

No.

 

[Underarm]

Serious question if Marvel Stadium hosted a test match around the same date as the 1st test in Perth, would they have got better crowds?

If it does become a numbers game, would CA ever contemplate moving it to a ground where the crowds would be higher? eg Marvel Stadium, Accor Stadium (otherwise known as the Sydney Olympic Stadium)?

They would offer it to Hobart and Canberra before they repeated a city.

 

[Underarm]

They might not get much play until Thursday? There still might be time for a result, but it doesn't look like a ball will be bowled on Boxing Day.

Huh? More overs will be lost to poor overrates than rain tommorow.

 

[Neese]

Can't even poke fun at Melbourne's weather anymore Adelaide's is just as all over the shop.. Coldest Xmas ever man.

I have trackie dacks and hoodie on wtf?

 

[grumbleguts]

20m of rain in the last hour in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

That would drown any city on earth.

 

[Maddo11]

20m of rain in the last hour in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

20m?!?

Noah, get the Ark!

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[Foreign Legion]

That would drown any city on earth.

In Rangoon that is called 'the dry season'

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

How's this global warming going?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

How's this global warming going?

Better than Pakistan’s batting

 

[lvandinter]

Forecast suggesting showers developing in the afternoon. Might be able to get a session and a half in if we're lucky?

 

[candyapple]

Tests should not be held in the Eastern states

 

[eddiesmith]

Serious question if Marvel Stadium hosted a test match around the same date as the 1st test in Perth, would they have got better crowds?

If it does become a numbers game, would CA ever contemplate moving it to a ground where the crowds would be higher? eg Marvel Stadium, Accor Stadium (otherwise known as the Sydney Olympic Stadium)?

There is not a city in Australia that would get smaller crowds than Perth for a test match.

 

[NYRB]

There is not a city in Australia that would get smaller crowds than Perth for a test match.

Im thinking if and when that Hobart stadium gets their stadium ready for AFL, Perth potentially may struggle to hold that 5th test during the summer.

At the moment it would take alot for Perth to lose that.

 

[grumbleguts]

In Rangoon that is called 'the dry season'

No it isn't. The record wettest year ever on earth is 26.47 m. And that was an entire year not an hour. I have lived in some of the world's wettest places and 20mm an hour is nothing, but 20 m an hour is impossible.

 

[Voice of the G]

20m?!?

Noah, get the Ark!

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I apologise and amended ,I meant 20mm of rain of cause.fine at the moment.

 

[rank and file]

There is not a city in Australia that would get smaller crowds than Perth for a test match.

Doesn't matter,rates it's arse off because WA hates daylight saving.
All the haters have eyeballs glued.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Im thinking if and when that Hobart stadium gets their stadium ready for AFL, Perth potentially may struggle to hold that 5th test during the summer.

At the moment it would take alot for Perth to lose that.

Probably.

The way I see it if both the new Hobart stadium is complete and the Gabba is out of commission due to renovations I see the schedule like this

1st test SCG
2nd test AO
3rd test Perth Stadium
4th test MCG
5th test Hobart.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Serious question if Marvel Stadium hosted a test match around the same date as the 1st test in Perth, would they have got better crowds?

If it does become a numbers game, would CA ever contemplate moving it to a ground where the crowds would be higher? eg Marvel Stadium, Accor Stadium (otherwise known as the Sydney Olympic Stadium)?

Leaving aside that Docklands doesn't currently meet CA's requirements for FC cricket (mostly due to lack of practice facilities) and the ICC doesn't allow for Tests to be played under a roof:

So close to the Boxing Day game against the same opposition? Unlikely.
However, if Perth got a New Years Tests, they might draw more people (but probably still less ticket revenue) than Sydney.
CA would be more likely to just cut back to 3-4 Tests a summer, and drop Perth without replacing it, rather than add Docklands.

2026/27 will see two MCG Tests, one in March for Test cricket's 150th anniversary. That will probably hold up over both games, given one is marquee timeslot (v NZ) and one a special event against high-drawing England, but isn't a guide for regular summers or games so close together.

 

[JackOutback]

There is not a city in Australia that would get smaller crowds than Perth for a test match.

Show us on the doll where Perth hurt you.