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Chappell-Hadlee series postponed indefinitely due to New Zealand quarantine issues

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The Chappell-Hadlee ODI series and a T20 match between Australia and New Zealand have been postponed indefinitely due to New Zealand’s border controls and quarantine requirements. 

The two sides were slated to lock horns in three ODIs on January 30, February 2 and 5 respectively while the T20I was scheduled to take place on February 8. But the fixtures had now been postponed.

"As we now know, the advent of Omicron prompted a change of heart from the NZ Government, resulting in a hard 10-day mandatory isolation period being imposed on all incoming travellers,” NZC chief executive David White said.

“NZC and CA had explored a proposal to expand the tour and to push out the date on which the squad might return to New Zealand in the hope that might be more achievable for the Government.”

"Unfortunately, we received advice this morning that they could not provide certainty over this,” he added. 

CA chief executive Nick Hockley expressed disappointment on the postponement of the matches but added that the two boards would look for the rescheduling. 

"We are extremely disappointed that we won’t be able to play the scheduled matches against New Zealand as planned, however we will continue to work with New Zealand Cricket to reschedule the series,” he said.

“We thank NZC, who made every effort to make the series happen, however because they were unable to get certainty over return quarantine arrangements, it is simply just not possible at this time,” he added. 

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