The Indian and Australian teams will stay in Melbourne for a few more days and proceed to Sydney only a few days before the third Test match that will begin at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, Cricket Australia's Interim CEO Nick Hockley said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Tuesday, Cricket Australia had announced that the third Test will be played in Sydney as scheduled after days of speculation that it could be moved to Melbourne following a rise in Covid-19 cases in the state of New South Wales (NSW), where the city is located.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) curator had, meanwhile, begun preparing a pitch next to the one where the second Test was played as standby.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Last night's announcement was that we are proceeding to Sydney and we are putting our plans in place to do that safely. The players will be in Melbourne for a few more days training there, before moving to Sydney a couple of days ahead of the Test match," Hockley said while speaking to reporters on Wednesday during a virtual interaction.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday said that the state government could allow about 50 per cent crowd for the third Test which means that there could be 24,000 spectators.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think the NSW Premier's comment are a baseline. We will continue to work over the coming days with the NSW government and the SCG. Ultimately, we will take the government advice, how many we can have safely.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We want as many people as possible to experience the New Year's Test. To do that safely is the target. Fifty per cent public is a baseline. We will work in the coming days if we can get more but safety is the priority," Hockley added.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aus-vs-ind-players-to-stay-train-in-melbourne-for-another-week.jpg", "alt_img": "image for cricket australia vs india 3rd test", "alt_title": "Indian Cricket Team", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Aus vs Ind: Players To Stay, Train In Melbourne For Another Week On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "The Indian and Australian teams will stay in Melbourne for a few more days and proceed to Sydney only a few days before the third Test match that will begin at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7. ", "seo_keywords": "Sydney Cricket Ground , Melbourne Cricket Ground, India cricket news, India tour of Australia 2020-21", "tag": "", "tagging": "Sydney Cricket Ground ,Melbourne Cricket Ground,India cricket news,India tour of Australia 2020-21,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "aus-vs-ind-players-to-stay-train-in-melbourne-for-another-week", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2496", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2020-12-30 10:28:37", "updated": "2020-12-30 10:28:53", "img_from": "Indian Cricket Team (Image Source - Twitter)", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "India, Australia, Aus vs Ind, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sydney, 3rd Test", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "21", "jio_date": "2020-12-30 10:28:37", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2020-12-30 10:28:37", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/aus-vs-ind-players-to-stay-train-in-melbourne-for-another-week-69378" }