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Russian
19 May 2004, 20:23
Tour Matches
November 11-14 NSW v New Zealand @ Sydney
December 7 Chairman's XI v Pakistan @ Lilac Hill
December 9-12 WA v Pakistan @ WACA
January 5 (D/N) Victoria v West Indies @ MCG
January 8 Australia A v West Indies @ Bellerive
January 9 Australia A v West Indies @ Bellerive
January 12 Australia A v Pakistan @ Adelaide
January 25 PM's XI v Pakistan @ Manuka

Australia v New Zealand Test Series
November 18-22 1st Test @ Gabba
November 26-30 2nd Test @ Adelaide

Chappell-Hadlee Trophy
December 5 (D/N) Game 1 @ MCG
December 8 (D/N) Game 2 @ SCG
December 10 (D/N) Game 3 @ Gabba

Australia v Pakistan Test Series
December 16-20 1st Test @ WACA
December 26-30 2nd Test @ MCG
January 2-6 3rd Test @ SCG

VB Series
January 14 (D/N) Australia v West Indies @ MCG
January 16 Australia v Pakistan @ Bellerive
January 19 Pakistan v West Indies @ Gabba
January 21 (D/N) Australia v West Indies @ Gabba
January 23 (D/N) Australia v Pakistan @ SCG
January 26 (D/N) Australia v West Indies @ Adelaide
January 28 Pakistan v West Indies @ Adelaide
January 30 (D/N) Australia v Pakistan @ WACA
February 1 Pakistan v West Indies @ WACA

VB Finals Series
February 4 (D/N) 1st Final @ MCG
February 6 (D/N) 2nd Final @ SCG
February 8 (D/N) 3rd Final @ Adelaide
The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy will be contested annually, will be in New Zealand in 2005/6

VB Series reduced from 12 to 9 preliminary games, including 4 day games. The 3rd final is again scheduled for Adelaide as it was in 2002/3.

Australia A aren't playing in the longer version of the game.

Seems to be pretty evenly spread around the venues.

info from Cricinfo
DaveW
19 May 2004, 20:26
Only two Tests against New Zealand???

I find that disappointing. They were very competitive when they last toured. I don't think they deserve second status to Pakistan.

Hobart misses out on a Test for the third season in a row. Ouch.
DaveW
19 May 2004, 20:32
I just noticed the VB series is down from 12 to 9 round robin matches. That's sensible. The 12-match series was rather tiresome.

WACA doesn't get too bad a deal. A test and three one-dayers. Although its clear they're out of the third final loop.
year of the roo
19 May 2004, 20:40
Happy with that, although the 2nd ODI final in the VB series should be in Melbourne, not Sydney.

Agree with Dave, we should be playing 3 against NZ and 2 against Pakistand. Maybe 4 against NZ cos Hobart really should have a test match IMO.
Bomber Spirit
19 May 2004, 20:53
It's a bit tough on Hobart, considering Cairns and Darwin now host Test cricket but Hobart doesn't.
And I think it's a good thing the SCG's hosting a tour match against NSW rather than a second Sydney Test. That Test against Zimbabwe last year was a total no-brainer piece of scheduling and a total embarrassment.
Cooldude
19 May 2004, 22:23
Two tests only for NZ but three for Pakistan, and one of those at the WACA, what's the point? Should be 3 tests for each.

Now Pakistan going to the WACA in the first test... do we really need to see them helplessly getting hit by rising deliveries and get bowled out for nothing and a test finishing in 3 days?
Russian
19 May 2004, 22:55
New Zealand's fixture

May-July: England and Windies in England
September: ICC Champions Trophy in England
October: Bangladesh in Bangladesh
November: Australia in Australia
December-January: Sri Lanka in New Zealand
February: Australia in New Zealand

That would be why there's only 2 tests
GOALden Hawk
20 May 2004, 18:03
Looking forward to NZ coming out and then playing them in Feb, it's a rough chance but I'm hoping to get over there for that series.
Freo Big Fella
20 May 2004, 22:05
Originally posted by Cooldude
Now Pakistan going to the WACA in the first test... do we really need to see them helplessly getting hit by rising deliveries and get bowled out for nothing and a test finishing in 3 days?


As opposed to no cricket in a rained-out test at Bellreive?
scmods
20 May 2004, 22:24
The 2-Test NZ thing is apparently due to the tight schedule later in the year. THere is the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, then we don't get back from India until November.

And remember, the original plan was a five test series against the Windies, so the late change there wouldn't help.

I'm personally pretty happy with it - at least there's none of that October rubbish!
Milenko
20 May 2004, 22:50
Originally posted by Cooldude
Now Pakistan going to the WACA in the first test... do we really need to see them helplessly getting hit by rising deliveries and get bowled out for nothing and a test finishing in 3 days?

It's not as if they've got nothing to retaliate with. Heard of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Sami?

Looking forward to a nice quick bowler stoush on a lightning WACA deck, especially after last summer's docile dustbowls.
Cooldude
20 May 2004, 23:33
Originally posted by Milenko
It's not as if they've got nothing to retaliate with. Heard of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Sami?

Looking forward to a nice quick bowler stoush on a lightning WACA deck, especially after last summer's docile dustbowls.

Those blokes are too dumb to know how to bowl on that deck, someone with a pea size brain like Shoaib would be excited about the extra bounce and start to bang it in half way down, and they will get spank doing that. Sami's inexperienced and inconsistent.