Kevin Roberts, the CA CEO, has given India’s tour of Australia at the end of the year a nine out of ten chance of proceeding, while also sounding optimistic about sending a team to England for a limited-overs series.
India are set to visit Australia for four Tests at the end of the year, in an assignment that has historically been the biggest revenue-generator for the home cricket board. But with the T20 World Cup already in doubt, as the ICC are set to meet later in the month to discuss its fate, questions continue to linger over the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but Roberts all but assured the chances of it happening, even if only behind closed doors.
“I guess there’s no such thing as certainty in today’s world, so I can’t say 10 [out of 10], but I’m going to say nine out of 10,” Roberts told News Corp. “With the variable being, who would know whether we can have crowds? I’d be really surprised if we can’t get the Indian tour away. But I wouldn’t, hand on heart, suggest we’ll have full crowds from the start. We’ll just have to see how that goes.”
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As for the England tour, which was scheduled to take place in July, it could still happen in September, but the CA CEO said it would depend on the safety quotient.
“I think there’s some chance we could send a team over,” Roberts said. “Obviously, we won’t jeopardise the safety of the players, but the best test of that is that the West Indian and Pakistan tours of England before we’re due to tour. We hope they go off without a hitch.”
