The Hindu : India to play extra tour match in Australia

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003

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India to play extra tour match in Australia

Sydney July 14. The Indian cricket team will play an additional tour match as part of its Australian itinerary later this year.

India will take on Queensland XI in a three-day match at Allan Border Field in Brisbane (November 29-December 1), a press release from Cricket Australia said here on Monday.

The scheduling of an extra fixture results in two changes to the tour programme in matches featuring India against Victoria and a Prime Minister's XI.

The three-day match between India and Victoria, originally scheduled to start on November 27 in Melbourne, will now start two days earlier on November 25.

The limited-over game against a Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra, originally scheduled for December 1, will now be played on January 28, 2004.

India's other tour match, a three-day clash gainst Australia `A' in Hobart (December 19-21), remains unchanged.

Itinerary: December 4-8: First Test at Brisbane; December 12-16: Second Test at Adelaide; December 26-30: Third Test at Melbourne; January 2-6: Fourth Test at Sydney.

VB Tri-series (India's matches): January 9: 1st ODI Australia v India (D/N) in Melbourne; January 14: 3rd ODI India v Zimbabwe in Hobart; January 18: 5th ODI Australia v India (D/N) in Brisbane; January 20: 6th ODI India v Zimbabwe (D/N) in Brisbane; January 22: 7th ODI Australia v India (D/N) in Sydney; January 24: 8th ODI India v Zimbabwe (D/N) in Adelaide; February 1: 11th ODI Australia v India in Perth; February 3: 12th ODI India v Zimbabwe (D/N) in Perth.

India's other matches: November 29-Dec 1: India v Queensland XI in Brisbane; November 25-27: India v Victoria in Melbourne; December 19-21: India v Australia A in Hobart; January 28: India v Prime Minister's XI in Canberra.

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