CRICKET: The Sydney Cricket [...].* CRICKET: The Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney. It is used for Test cricket, one-day international cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches, and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football risks losing the 2011 Ashes Test after Cricket NSW NSW New South Wales Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare boss Dave Gilbert revealed ANZ ANZ Australia and New Zealand ANZ Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ANZ Air New Zealand (NZ national airline) Stadium would be considered as an alternative venue. In a move likely to anger the sport's traditionalists, Cricket NSW would be prepared to negotiate a deal that could see the fifth Test of the 2010/11 series between Australia and England played at the 80,000-seat ANZ Stadium, host to the 2000 Olympics. Test cricket has been played at the SCG since 1882 but Gilbert, who played nine Tests for Australia in the 1980s and captured a hat-trick in domestic cricket at the ground, has signalled 127 years of tradition may be about to end. Cricket NSW's current deal with the SCG Trust expires in September 2010 and the Blues hierarchy has made no secret over its enthusiasm to spread the game west. NSW have enjoyed great support at ANZ Stadium over the past two years, having taken Twenty20 games to Homebush. "ANZ is focused on getting a major cricket match to its venue," said Gilbert. |
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