2019/2020 First Class Season

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2019/2020 First Class Season

Postby The Dark Knight » Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:42 pm

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/2019-20 ... 2019-07-30

A rejigged and renamed domestic 50-over competition is the centrepiece of Cricket Australia's 2019-20 men's domestic schedule, which was unveiled on Tuesday.

The Marsh One-Day Cup, the interstate competition's new name following the recent acquisition of JLT by Marsh & McClennan Companies, will kick off the summer on September 21.

The Marsh Sheffield Shield will then begin on October 10 after half the 50-over games have been played, with the remaining 11 one-dayers to be played in two more separate blocks in late-October and mid-November before culminating with the final on November 26.

It's a notable change from the past six Australian seasons, which have seen the domestic 50-over competition played in a single block at the beginning of the summer with a sizeable portion of matches held on club grounds in Sydney.

This summer, however, will see five of the 21 games played at the MCG and the SCG, the iconic Test venues that have not hosted a domestic one-day game since 2013 and 2014 respectively, while a further four will be played at the WACA Ground.

Gold Coast's Metricon Stadium will host a 50-over game for the first time on October 31, with the remaining Marsh Cup matches to be played at Allan Border Field in Brisbane (four games), Junction Oval in Melbourne (two), Drummoyne Oval in Sydney (two), Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide (three) and Hobart's Blundstone Arena (two).


Like last summer, six Sheffield Shield games will be played before the KFC BBL season gets underway to give Test hopefuls ample opportunity to push their cases for inclusion against Pakistan and New Zealand.

Finding a window for state and/or international players to participate in Premier Cricket was also a consideration, said Roach.

"From a timing point of view, we need to ensure that we play matches at times of the season to best present and prepare our players for international cricket," Roach explained.

"At the same time, we need to ensure there is appropriate rest periods between matches and the right opportunities for players to participate in Premier Cricket.

"We've tried to schedule Sheffield Shield games most effectively around the Test matches, with a Shield round starting as late as we can pre-Christmas to get it as close to the Perth Test, Boxing Day Test and Sydney Test as we can before the KFC Big Bash League season starts."


One Day Cup Fixture-
https://www.cricket.com.au/fixtures#ser ... 80a3ifCjFw

Redbacks matches-
24th of September v Queensland at Allan Border Field
26th of September v NSW at Allan Border Field
29th of September v Tasmania at Karen Rolten Oval
1st of October v Tasmania at Karen Rolten Oval
23rd of October v Queensland at Allen Border Field
17th of November v Western Australia at Karen Rolten Oval
19th of November v Victoria at the MCG

Sheffield Shield Fixture- https://www.cricket.com.au/fixtures#ser ... cHTU8qOL5A

Redbacks matches-
10th of October v Victoria at the Junction Oval
18th of October v Queensland at the Gabba
1st of November v NSW at the Adelaide Oval
11th of November v Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval
29th of November v Western Australia at the WACA
7th of December v Tasmania at the Bellerive oval
14th of February v Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval
24th of February v NSW at Bankstown Oval
6th of March v Victoria at the Adelaide Oval
17th of March v Queensland at Karen Rolten Oval
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Re: 2019/2020 First Class Season

Postby Corona Man » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:02 am

So the entire summer is dedicated to the Marsh brothers...... hardly surprising I guess!
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