- Jul 31, 2010
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My only reasoning for why they start the 1st Test on the Wednesday (they did during the Ashes too) is that they want the Adelaide Test starting on a Thursday and not a Friday? Maybe something to do with knowing they'll get big crowds for days 1 and 2 regardless and then ensuring the crowds for days 3 and 4 are big because its a weekend?That isn't possible with the minimum three days between matches. Friday-Tuesday means the Wednesday to Friday have to be days off. I always presumed this was why we had so many matches start on the Thursday, to allow the next match to start on a Friday. Wednesday makes little sense, unless Seven prefer (it three reasonably sure-fire prime time weekdays, which rate higher than Saturdays).
The three day minimum is also why Sydney starts on 3rd Jan, instead of 2nd Jan as it did prior to the mid-90s when the ICC adopted the rule at the demand of players. (And possibly part of why the push for four day tests exists)