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The Australian government is set to allow up to 10,000 spectators in stadiums for sporting events in July. This may boost the chances of having the ICC T20 World Cup down under later this year, after original doubts.

Along with this, the South Australia and Queensland governments have said that they will reopen their borders in July, as there are positive signs of competitive sport, including cricket, making a comeback down under with domestic travel restrictions easing.

At the moment, the permission to allow 10,000 spectators for a sporting event is applicable only to venues having a capacity of less than 40,000 spectators. As a result, this excludes the big stadiums like Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Adelaide Oval, Gabba, and Perth.

But, the likes Hobart, Gold Coast, and the WACA are available, and could get a chance to host international cricket.

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MCG won’t be eligible to host 10,000 fans just yet.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave the details in an interview with ESPNCricinfo.

“This is going to be looked at over the next few weeks. For the larger ones [venues] I would venture that it would be the subject of a discrete approval for each venue that would be worked out with the Chief Health Officer in each state or territory,” the Australian Prime Minister said.

Morrison said that the decision of staging the ICC T20 World Cup will take time as it means including 15 nations touring Australia. However, with crowd getting into the picture, it will be interesting to see whether the fans are allowed to be at Ground Zero for the Big Bash and the Test series vs India at the back end of this year.

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“So by the time you get into July there may be that type of opportunity for the rules that apply to those under 40,000 carry over to those above 40,000. These will be practical, commonsense issues, work through by the medical expert panel over the next few weeks and I think they will give a great instruction.”

This news comes as New Zealand opened their stadiums to fans, after they announced they are COVID-free.

Australia set to have cricket in front of fans | Australia on track to welcome fans back to stadiums after COVID-19 restrictions | Will World T20 go ahead?

Earlier this month, Cricket Australia announced a full fixture list for the 2020-21 season and the first match of the men’s team was against ZImbabwe. But as things stand, the women’s team will kick-off the home season for Australia with a series against New Zealand in late September.

Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.

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Sarthak Karkhanis
Sarthak Karkhanis
Sarthak is a well-established cricket writer and video producer. In addition to writing for CricBlog, Sarthak has worked with Star Sports, ESPNcricinfo, The Quint, and Hotstar.

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