Australia’s legendary cricketer Steve Waugh has expressed his disappointment with the hectic cricket schedule in the country this year, saying that it has become very difficult for an audience to keep up with the matches.
Cricket Australia (CA) has been heavily criticized for scheduling the men’s team’s matches in the country over the summer months, particularly after poor turnout in the 3–0 ODI series against England, which came just three days after the men’s T20I series. Started later. World The cup is over.
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Even in the T20 World Cup, despite being the hosts and defending champions, Australia drew an average attendance of 37,565 across their five Super 12 matches, including the abandoned fixture against England at the MCG.
Although CA CEO Nick Hockley pointed to the rescheduling of fixtures following the Covid-19 pandemic as a reason behind the packed schedule, Waugh has aired his concerns about how matches are becoming harder for people to follow. Used to be.
He said, ‘There is a lot of cricket out there which is difficult to follow, it is very difficult to keep up with it as a spectator. (d) The three ODIs against England looked really unimportant, I mean what were they playing for? There weren’t many crowds, I think the public has almost killed cricket,” Waugh said on SEN’s Saturday Morning Mowers Club show.
With players starting to choose between white or red-ball cricket, Waugh was concerned that cricketers choosing to play certain formats could create more problems for fans following the Australian team .
“Whether you want that particular series like the Ashes or the iconic one against England, the Australian team is hard to follow because every time they play they have a different team on the field.”
“For fans and spectators, it’s difficult to make connections because you’re not sure who’s playing, I don’t know if it’s anybody’s fault or not, but you need that consistency in the Australian team.”
“You want to know who is in the team in every match, you want to follow it closely and it’s really difficult to do that right now,” he said.
Australia will begin their Test summer when they host the West Indies in the first of a two-match Test series in Perth from Wednesday. The series will be contested for the Frank Worrell Trophy and is also part of the ongoing World Test Championship cycle.
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