Cricket Australia makes huge call on Perth Test

The WA government's strict quarantine rules made it impossible to take a match there.

The western state made an audacious suggestion to move the second Test to Perth, away from Adelaide which is currently dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19. The other obvious option on the table would be the nation's capital, Canberra, where Manuka Oval has been snubbed for any international cricket this summer.

"We did everything we could in partnership with the WA government and WA cricket to make it work under the current border and health arrangements, but unfortunately this was not possible.

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