Despite being in disagreement with Seven West Media, owner of Channel 7 which has TV rights to the Test series, Cricket Australia has gone ahead and announced a tentative schedule for India's tour Down Under later this year, according to a report in ESPNCricinfo.com.
On Tuesday, Cricket Australia was taken into arbitration by Seven seeking a cut in fees after the original schedule was changed. According to the original schedule, the tour was to begin with T20Is in October followed by Tests from December 3 with the ODIs kept for mid-January.
However, pressed by BCCI, the Australian cricket board altered the schedule bringing both formats of white-ball cricket to the start from November-end and forcing the Test series to begin from December 17.
