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Hosted in Australia, venues announced today.
Surprise surprise, the MCG gets the final. Pisses me off a bit - other countries share the love a little for ICC event finals, when England has hosted Champions Trophy's they've played finals at Edgbaston and The Oval, India has played finals of ICC events at a number of venues, South Africa have played ICC event finals at The Wanderers and Centurion. But here we are, two weeks after the MCG gets an official warning from the ICC about poor quality pitches and the final is headed back there.
Capacity should really only get you so far when there are 50,000+ venues in Perth and Adelaide, a 48,000 ground in Sydney and a 40,000 ground in Brisbane (bigger than every cricket ground in the world barring India, Pakistan and Eden Park).
Also, the mens event is being played exclusively at the 6 test grounds plus Geelong. Womens matches will be held at the same grounds, plus Canberra and Western Sydney. This could have been a chance to play it in a few more venues outside of the traditional areas given the tournament now has 16 teams with the preliminary group matches in advance.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/c...s/news-story/435011720aa9342207b4b398dcd8bccd
Surprise surprise, the MCG gets the final. Pisses me off a bit - other countries share the love a little for ICC event finals, when England has hosted Champions Trophy's they've played finals at Edgbaston and The Oval, India has played finals of ICC events at a number of venues, South Africa have played ICC event finals at The Wanderers and Centurion. But here we are, two weeks after the MCG gets an official warning from the ICC about poor quality pitches and the final is headed back there.
Capacity should really only get you so far when there are 50,000+ venues in Perth and Adelaide, a 48,000 ground in Sydney and a 40,000 ground in Brisbane (bigger than every cricket ground in the world barring India, Pakistan and Eden Park).
Also, the mens event is being played exclusively at the 6 test grounds plus Geelong. Womens matches will be held at the same grounds, plus Canberra and Western Sydney. This could have been a chance to play it in a few more venues outside of the traditional areas given the tournament now has 16 teams with the preliminary group matches in advance.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/c...s/news-story/435011720aa9342207b4b398dcd8bccd