Australia to shelve annual cricket Tri Series

[DesiChap]

Australia to shelve annual cricket Tri Series SYDNEY, Australia (AP): Australia will shelve its annual international cricket Tri Series from next season, suspending a competition which has been a fixture of Australian summers for almost 30 years. Cricket Australia said Monday it will forego the annual limited overs tournament from the 2008-09 season in favor of head-to-head clashes with traditional rivals. The Tri Series has been a massive drawcard for Australian cricket fans since 1979-80. Australia will play both South Africa and New Zealand in three tests, five one day matches and possibly one Twenty20 international next year in a new format which rules out the triangular tournament. This year's Tri Series involving Australia, India and Sri Lanka will be the last of its kind, Cricket Australia said. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/007200712031411.htm

[Guest Hiten.]

Thank goodness... No more 4 months long tour for the teams visiting OZ

[apocalypse]

yeah VB series is very long

[Cricketics]

man but vb series was fun. starting from benson hedges to carltnon united series to Vb series till Comman weatlh series.. have been some great memories.. First natwest called it off... Ac calling it off now.. sucks really.. hmm we don't even have tri series these dayz.. there should be atleast couple of tri series played every year..

[Sachinism]

damn i actually enjoyed the VB series they should just shorten it a bit

[SachDan]

man but vb series was fun. starting from benson hedges to carltnon united series to Vb series till Comman weatlh series.. have been some great memories.. First natwest called it off... Ac calling it off now.. sucks really.. hmm we don't even have tri series these dayz.. there should be atleast couple of tri series played every year..

U really have great knowledge abt the game man. I thought i'm alone there :haha:

[guju24]

VB series is fun but only thing i dont like is when india loose the final like 2-0...otherwise its fun watching...:wink_smile:

[Donny]

It's quite understandable there would be changes made - given the length of tours by visiting teams. This summer, India arrives on Dec. 18 and plays it's last match on March 7 and Sri Lanka has to come back after playing 2 warm up matches and 2 Tests in November. The other factor was the sometimes poor attendances at the matches not involving Australia. Next summer's scheduled 10 ODI's - against the Proteas and the Black Caps - all involve the home team.