Players in Australia and England have called for a future multi-format Women’s Ashes series to include three Test matches, although it is unlikely to become a reality, certainly in the next four years.
In the upcoming series, the sole Test – a four-day match under floodlights at the MCG – will be played as the final installment of the Ashes for the first time since it began in 2013. This match is worth four points. One win and two draws means that a side may be in a position to know that avoiding defeat will be enough to win the series.
“From [the] workload [point of view]”It will be very difficult given how busy we are in the summer, but personally I would love to see three, three, three,” said Gardner, who took 8 for 66 in the last Ashes Test. for a very long time, [and] Not sure where you’re going to fit it in, knowing we still have to play overseas competitions. It will be interesting to see where it reaches in the next four-five years.
“But I know personally I would love to play more Test cricket against England. Playing a Test sometimes feels a bit new. We’ve obviously had some very good Whites against England and other countries around the world. There are ball games, but think the way our teams match up, it will be a really good Test series to see who comes out on top, but don’t think that’s going to change anytime soon.”
“Finding space in the calendar is a real challenge. I would like to see more countries play multi-format series regularly.”
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“Absolutely, I completely agree with Ash,” he said. “I would love to see three, three, three. The best thing about the Ashes is the narrative, the rivalry, how it builds over time. You saw in the India-Australia men’s Test series, the narrative builds in five- match series, and even in a three-match series, whether it’s things like that [Jasprit] Bumrah always gets the same guys out or does things like this. As an opening batsman, it’s part of why you love the game, the battle of trying to get ahead of an opening bowler, imagine it increases even more in Test cricket. So I like wearing white and would love to see more.”
“Finding space in the calendar is a real challenge,” said Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s outgoing CEO. “I would like to see more countries play multi-format series more regularly.”
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) will also be moved to January in the next FTP, meaning this Ashes series is the last time for at least four years that Australia will play in a major summer break window with its main international block moved to February. Will be able to play in. And March.
“This is a very important series for us,” Gardner said. “Normally the Ashes in such a big series is, in my opinion, a long way behind the World Cup for us. We’ve been very successful over the last five or six years, it’s probably a part of our game. We wanted to see as many people as we could A little disappointed at not being able to meet as many people.
“Obviously having the T20 World Cup five years from now and selling out the MCG to a great extent, then having Covid kind of put a halt to the path that Australian cricket was going on… but a fairly successful men’s Test series “After that people can start pointing fingers and also support our series because we are going against our arch rivals and they went against them.”
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