AUS vs IND | Cricket Australia cuts down on travelling broadcast crew for remaining two Tests

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Cutting down on the dimensions of the travelling broadcast workforce by a sizeable quantity whereas securing exemption for gamers, assist employees and match officers has been one of many steps taking by Cricket Australia (CA) to make sure the sleek passage of the final two Tests of the sequence in opposition to India.
CA had on Tuesday introduced that the third Test will go forward in Sydney on schedule from January 7 and the groups will journey from Sydney (in New South Wales) to Brisbane (in Queensland) for the final Test although the Queensland authorities has strict border controls, particularly for these travelling from New South Wales. According to Queensland authorities’s legal guidelines, anybody can enter Queensland with out a border cross, ‘except they’ve been in a Covid-19 hotspot, New South Wales or abroad within the final 14 days’.

“Prerequisite to get from Sydney into Brisbane at the moment is a government exemption. That’s the work we have been doing with Queensland health (department) and that will be under the requirements that we have worked through with the Queensland chief health officer as we move into Brisbane even if the borders remain closed,” Nick Hockley, the interim chief govt officer of Cricket Australia, instructed media.

He defined that CA has tried to minimise the journey from NSW to Queensland particularly for the broadcasters.
“Putting on and producing a Test is a massive endeavour. Over the course of the week, it is to understand how the Sydney Test will be resourced from people and broadcast crew out of NSW and also have the Brisbane Test being resourced from people and crew that are already being based in Queensland. That enabled us the minimise the travel from NSW to Queensland which obviously makes logistically feasible and those numbers are relatively small as compared to our first estimation,” added Hockley. “And the players, support staff and match officials they are the people who we are working with Queensland health to get the requisite exemptions.”
Explaining the numbers, Hockley stated, “We can service a large part of covering the Test out of local markets. We are talking more in the vicinity of 20 people maximum (who will be travelling). While last week or earlier this week we were looking at 80-100 people.”