TICKET sales for the Guyana leg of the tri-series featuring Australia, South Africa and the West Indies will be sold at rock-bottom prices and will be available to the Guyanese public from tomorrow at the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) office on Regent Road.Chronicle Sport confirmed yesterday that tickets are expected to cost $4,000 for the Red and Green Stands; $3,000 for the Orange Stand and $2,000 for Grass Mound.
It was also confirmed that in addition to the GCB office as a ticketing location, patrons can purchase online by visiting
www.kyazoonga.com for more information.
The 10-match event will be played under lights, and take place over a three-week period from June 3 to June 26, with Guyana scheduled to host the first three One Day Internationals (ODIs), at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
There South Africa will take on the West Indies on June 3. Australia will battle West Indies on June 5 and South Africa will go up against Australia on June 7.
The last international match in the country was played on July 16, 2013, when West Indies defeated Pakistan by 37 runs in an ODI.
Prior to that, there were 12 ODIs at the venue, which was built to host matches in the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
The national stadium has also hosted two Test matches (March 2008 and May 2011) and seven T20 Internationals, the last of which was in May 2010.
Guyana has not hosted more than two international teams at the same time since the ICC World Cup in 2007.
Meanwhile, the second leg of the tri-series will be held in St Kitts, while the final four ODIs, including the final, will be held in Barbados.
Australia most recently toured the West Indies in June last year, sweeping a two-match Test series to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy.
But their last limited overs matches in the Caribbean came in March 2012, when they played five ODIs and two T20Is, along with three Tests. The two sides split the ODI series – with two wins each and a tie in the third ODI at St Vincent and the T20 series as well.
South Africa demolished the hosts on their last tour of the West Indies in 2010, sweeping two T20Is and five ODIs before claiming the three-Test series with a 2-0 scoreline.
Their last encounter with South Africa came in Australia at the World Cup in February last year.
The Australians are currently ranked number one on the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI rankings; the South Africans are in third place, while the West Indies are in eighth place.
