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20-Apr-2016 05:30:00 GMT
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Manuka Oval to Host a Test in 2018-19

Melbourne: Manuka Oval in Canberra will become Australia's 10th Test cricket venue - but not for another three summers.

Cricket Australia confirmed today that the nation's capital would host its first Test when Sri Lanka tour for the 2018-19 season, with the exact details to be announced at a later date.

The International Cricket Council's ever-changing Future Tours Program lists Australia as hosting six Tests in 2018-19; four against India and two against Sri Lanka.

With Canberra getting the nod, it's expected Blundstone Arena in Hobart would not host a Test that season. Hobart did host the West Indies last summer and this summer will see the second Test between Australia and South Africa held at Blundstone in November, the first time the Proteas have played a Test in Tasmania.

Manuka Oval is the first addition to the list of Australian Test venues since Darwin's Marrara Oval and Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns were used for the winter Tests of 2003 and 2004.

The Canberra ground will host its ninth one-day international later this year when New Zealand visit in December for the second match of the Chappell-Hadlee series.

Manuka has hosted eight ODIs to date, the first of which was between South Africa and Zimbabwe during the 1992 World Cup.

The 16,000-capacity venue also hosted three matches during the 2015 World Cup and Australia are undefeated in three ODIs there having beaten the West Indies (2013), South Africa (2014) and India (2016).

Manuka will also continue to host the annual Prime Minister's XI match.


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