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Good news for Adelaide Test as restrictions set to be relaxed | AUS vs IND Adelaide Test set to go ahead as planned due to lockdowns lifted

The Australia-India Day/Night Test will happen as scheduled in Adelaide as the state has received a timely boost with the short lockdown that will be lifted after the weekend. Cricket Australia released a statement in which South Australia police commissioner Grant Stevens indicated that of the latest COVID-19 cluster in Adelaide could be contained as hoped, and the broader restrictions with Victoria might be eased from December 1.

“Victoria’s Shield schedule also changed over time, after they were forced to spend two weeks in lockdown when entering South Australia last month. ODI and Twenty20 players and staff from Western Australia, Tasmania, and Queensland who were in Adelaide for the Shield bubble have also had to fly to Sydney early this week to avoid a quarantine period”, said the CA statement.

South Australia has recorded three new Covid-19 cases today and all of them has been isolated in medi-hotel quarantine. Travis Head is the only Test player that has moved out of Adelaide to prepare for the summer matches in Coffs Harbour. “You have to be adaptable, that’s the main focus of the summer,” Head said. We were on a golf course three days ago and now we’re in Coffs. We have already come out of one bubble so we have experienced that already”, he added.

All associated with Cricket Australia were on high alert after 17 cases of COVID-19 sending panic throughout the suburbs of Adelaide. This prompted a sharp, six-day lockdown by the South Australian government, which will soon be lifted as they are confident of containing the spread of COVID-19.

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.