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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Dec 20: With forecast of extreme heat, New Zealand have cancelled the opening day of their two-day practice game against Victoria XI starting Friday. The game was scheduled to be a two-day ",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, Dec 20: <\/strong>With forecast of extreme heat, New Zealand have cancelled the opening day of their two-day practice game against Victoria XI starting Friday. The game was scheduled to be a two-day red-ball match played on Friday and Sunday with a day&#39;s break in between.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, Australia&#39;s Bureau of Meteorology had forecast temperatures of 43 degree centigrade in the city for Friday combined with hot north-westerly winds, thus forcing the visitors to cancel the first day&#39;s play against Victoria.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;(We&#39;ve) decided to cancel tomorrow&#39;s game just purely for player welfare and looking after the players,&quot; New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said. &quot;If it&#39;s going to be that hot then I&#39;m not sure we&#39;re going to get too much out of it and there&#39;s just the danger element as well.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The report further said that the Black Caps will train on Saturday morning at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) when temperatures are expected to be a far milder 23 degree centigrade before playing at Scotch College in a single day game on Sunday when the temperature is forecast to be 21 degree centigrade, where it has already been agreed that New Zealand will bat first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The first Test, which New Zealand lost by 296 runs, was played in 40-degree temperatures each day in Perth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s hard to underestimate the effect that Perth had on us as well. We were in 40-degree temperatures every day. The travel back from Perth to Melbourne is pretty gruelling as well and guys are still struggling a little bit to get their sleep patterns right. Having the extra day shouldn&#39;t do any harm for us at all,&quot; said Stead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The second Test will begin on the Boxing Day at the MCG.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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