Aus tri-series unlikely next year
Pti, Melbourne
The annual one-day tri-series in Australia is in doubt next year and it is likely that South Africa and New Zealand could play separate rubbers against the world champions.While India and Sri Lanka have agreed to play the traditional limited-overs tournament this summer, negotiations are continuing with New Zealand and South Africa for 2008-09, local media reported on Friday. As of now, New Zealand and South Africa are pencilled in for five one-day matches each against the Aussies in two separate series and it would be the first time since the World Series Cricket settlement in 1979-80 that a triangular one-day series is not played in Australia. "There's a hurdle in 2008-09. We need to work with both New Zealand and South Africa to determine what the programme looks like," Cricket Australia's Operations Manager Michael Brown said. "At this stage we have them committed for five one-day games each," he told 'The Australian'.
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