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First Test of 2007-08 series starts in Melbourne Australia alter summer schedule to satisfy India April 19, 2007 The MCG will be used to open the four-match series against India ? Getty Images Cricket Australia has been forced to change the recent tradition of staging the concluding Tests of its major series in Melbourne and Sydney following negotiations with the India board. The 2007-08 season will take on a different feel after India, who are due to travel to Pakistan in November, insisted the first match of the four-Test contest would take place in Melbourne on Boxing Day. It will be followed by the New Year fixture in Sydney and games in Adelaide and Perth to decide the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The large-scale reordering means the annual one-day tri-series, which usually starts in January, will begin in February and finish in March. Sri Lanka will open the Australian summer with two Tests in Brisbane and Hobart in November and return for the one-day tournament with the hosts and India. New Zealand will visit for three Chappell-Hadlee Series fixtures and a Twenty20 in December. "Our competitors' global commitments create challenges for scheduling," Michael Brown, Cricket Australia's operations manager, said. Australia face a hectic program over the next 18 months, starting with the Twenty20 world championship in South Africa in September, a possible one-day tour of Zimbabwe and a limited-overs series in India. They are also expected to play 20 Tests in 2008. Australia will stage two Twenty20 matches next season, with games against New Zealand in Perth and India at the MCG. Canberra will host its first ODI since 1992 when India and Sri Lanka play there during the CB Series as part of Cricket Australia's expansion program. Hobart will get two international games - a Test and an ODI - while the Northern Territory is covered by the five Australia-New Zealand women's matches for the Rose Bowl in July. Tickets for all of Australia's international matches are expected to go on sale in July. 2007-08 Australian itinerary Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Test, Brisbane, November 8-12 2nd Test, Hobart, November 16-20 Chappell-Hadlee Series 1st ODI, Adelaide, December 14 2nd ODI, Sydney, December 16 3rd ODI, Hobart, December 20 Australia v India 1st Test, Melbourne, December 26-30 2nd Test, Sydney, January 2-6 3rd Test, Perth, January 16-20 4th Test, Adelaide, January 24-28 Twenty20 Australia v New Zealand, Perth, December 11 Australia v India, Melbourne, February 1 CB Series Australia, Sri Lanka, India February 3-March 7

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Re: Australia alter summer schedule to satisfy India excellent series in aus this will be. providing we have a settled team by that time. first game with 90000 spectators on boxing day, wow. the triangular with sri lanka and 2020 game will be good entertainment. im planning to buy tickets for the sydney games.

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Re: Australia alter summer schedule to satisfy India I am crap#ing it at the thought of our bunch of losers aginst the mighty aussies. However, I had same thoughts last time we went there and we had them begging for the draw. Tough year ahead in touring england and oz! Dont fancy throwing in a load of kids for these tough tours!

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