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Only 13.2 overs were possible due to heavy downpour on Saturday when tickets tickets were sold out. As per CA rules, if a minimum of 15 overs is bowled during the day fans are not eligible for a full refund. CA is set to lose a million dollars after being 10 balls short of the requisite number.
“It turns out, a minimum of 15 overs is required to prevent fans being eligible for a full refund on tickets, meaning Cricket Australia was 10 balls away from potentially saving itself more than $1 million in refunds,” news.com.au reported. “The first day of the Test match was declared a sellout, with 30,145 fans given as the official attendance.
“But they were subjected to a largely miserable day, with a reported 40mm falling at the ground at one stage in just one hour,” the website added.