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Tasmania 'Keen' Contender To Host 5th Ashes Test If Perth Ruled Out

By IANS News December 03, 2021 • 11:14 AM View: 1674

Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein has expressed his keen interest in hosting the fifth and final Ashes Test, especially since Cricket Australia (CA) could take a call anytime now to rule Perth out of the schedule due to stringent Covid-19 protocols being implemented in Western Australia.

The fifth Test against Joe Root's England is scheduled from January 14 but with Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan saying that tough border restrictions would remain in place due to the emergence of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, and that the players will have to quarantine for 14 days to be able to play the match, things look difficult for Perth.

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