- Jun 20, 2018
- 2,158
- 2,272
- AFL Club
- Sydney
- Other Teams
- Dragons, Blues, Tassie Tigers
Operation Ashes - The highlights
- A late September start for the Sheffield Shield
- A Shield round and at least two Marsh Cup rounds for each state before Australia leave to attend the T20 World Cup.
- Five Shield rounds before the opening Test of the summer, an inaugural clash against Afghanistan in Hobart from November 27.
- Six Shield rounds ahead of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba
- A possible Australia A v England A four-day match at Brisbane’s Ian Healy Oval proposed to run concurrently with the first Ashes Test, which would ensure more first class cricket for Test hopefuls.
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