LukeParkerno1
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A neutral final is more than fine, it is the best of a bad situation in a WC year which hasn't happened since 1992 in Australia. Don't worry you can host the final next season!
BBL04 Game 27 - Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers @ SCG
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A neutral final is more than fine, it is the best of a bad situation in a WC year which hasn't happened since 1992 in Australia. Don't worry you can host the final next season!
LukeParkerno1
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I said Manuka was the best of a very ordinary bunch. I said Allan Border Field, North Sydney and Bankstown would be unsuitable. Plus at least Canberra is as neutral as humanly possible. One could have the Sixers come 4th and have a 'final' at NSO. Not fair. Play it at Canberra. Canberra don't get enough cricket.
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Yes exactly what I mean. A HELL of a lot of people can't go to those events because of that said reason.
Let's not forget the ground they are playing at holds 13k. Great atmosphere for a final.
So what's the difference between playing ODI's at the WACA on 30th Jan and 1st Feb and a T20 final on the 28th of Jan?
But why can Canberra host it?
When they're also hosting world cup games?
There is literally no reason why Canberra can host it and Adelaide and Perth can't
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I think he means Tri-Series.
LukeParkerno1
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Manuka can probably get up to 20k one would assume. If you are desperate to go you can go to the game. Pitches are different for ODI's than T20's. Curators need time to prepare these pitches. You can host a home prelim, you can travel if need be. Canberra deserve a team anyway, you get plenty of matches in Adelaide.
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This was my next point.
It's quite obvious the first step in making sure the final is always held in Melbourne or Sydney
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Not everyone can afford to travel mate, lots of families on tight budgets
LukeParkerno1
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Canberra have less important games, if you stuff up a QF pitch because you have had a T20 on it the backlash would be so big it wouldn't be funny. Good reason, prepare the pitch...and try for a non road for once, although we all expect it in a ODI.
LukeParkerno1
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Bad luck, plenty of people in Canberra will watch it.
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You really are a flog mate
Stuffed up a QF because of a T20 game a month earlier?
lol
Actually why did Adelaide lose the Australia Day game?
Eastern state run national competition logic that saw Adelaide and West Coast hosting finals in Melbourne
Smartys Power
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Don't forget the game is on Wednesday. WEDNESDAY. I'm not that smart but I reckon a few people work on Wednesday's.
LukeParkerno1
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People have leave, and it is such a minor thing, it is one game. Pack the house that is what the players would want. No team 'deserves' a home final. If you are good enough you deserve to make it but histing depends on the year. This is a 1 year in 20 type of thing. It happens, move on.
LukeParkerno1
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So what you can't have 1 venue being able to host it and another 4 that can't. Just play it in Canberra. Never know you might enjoy it.
Smartys Power
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If you finish top, you DO deserve a home final. This has always been the case for Australian Domestic competitions.
Smartys Power
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Can't wait to fly to Canberra, see a Big Bash final and then go hit the town on a glorious Wednesday night.
Because we shouldn't have a net benefit from the World Cup , that would be unfair.
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