MELBOURNE: Rampaging wildfires around Australia have put Cricket Australia and the national Bureau of Meteorology on high alert ahead of the country's remaining two test matches against New Zealand.
"It's a growing issue that were seeing around the country, certainly Sydney and Canberra mainly," CA head of operations Peter Roach told reporters at the MCG when asked about the possibility of smoke affecting the matches. A number of spectators in Canberra required medical attention, although Roach said the players would be most affected.
"What we've seen in Sydney and Canberra, as we saw the other night was that it does get to a point where it becomes a challenge."
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