Cricket Australia is being urged to give the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) a second Test match during the 2016/17 Australian summer, laying the foundation for a potential day-night test match to be held at the historic venue in late 2016.
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Only 11.2 overs were possible on Monday and at the close the West Indies were 248 for seven with Denesh Ramdin on 30 and Kemar Roach yet to score.
Australia’s bowlers had emerged from lunch re-energised, however, and Pattinson reaped the rewards in the third over when Bravo’s miscued attempt to pull a short delivery sent the ball flying to Usman Khawaja running in from the deep.
Brathwaite struck 10 fours in his 174-ball stay before he became one of two wickets for off-spinner Nathan Lyon when he edged to Steve Smith at slip.
It is the first time consecutive Test days have been washed out in Australia since the SCG suffered the same fate in the 1989-90 season.
An inexperienced and demoralised West Indies touring party succumbed by an innings and 212 runs in Hobart and 177 runs in Melbourne to hand their hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite drives sweetly during his unbeaten 35 on the opening day of the third Test in Sydney on Sunday.
Brathwaite put on 91 runs for the second wicket with Darren Bravo before Bravo was out in the third over after lunch for 33.
Sutherland said he had only spoken to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in “passing” about the concept, but expected no opposition from that quarter.
“It is not very nice when you are expecting a big crowd for a great day and you get rained out”. One of the main mantras in cricket is that when things are going good, you maximise.
“There is a lot of light at the end of the tunnel with the players and I think you can mention Kraigg and Carlos Brathwaite because they have got runs”, said Simmons. “It’s hard for the guys to continually switch off and then get back up”. “I think the wicket looks a bit dry so I think it’ll take some spin so that was our original thinking”, captain Steve Smith told reporters at the ground yesterday.
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Off-spinner Lyon is one of the first names on the Australian team sheet these days and he looks like being joined by left-arm finger spinner O’Keefe in the Australian line-up.
