An Ashes Test in India? Cricket Australia says it's 'open to consideration'

[p]The three nations represent cricket's 'Big Three' -- the sport's most powerful nations -- but India are the financial powerhouse of the global game, fuelled by the mass enthusiasm for the sport in the world's most populous country.[/p][p]Any [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a]-[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] fixture in India would need the backing of both the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[/p][p]"[b]It's not something that we are planning, but it's open for consideration,[/b]" Greenberg told the BBC in comments published overnight.[/p][p]"We'd have to be open to considering all options.[/p][p]"[b]Our relationship with the ECB and the BCCI is very strong and clearly there are opportunities in India to put more content in certain areas.[/b]"[/p][p]Australia and England played the first Test in cricket history in Melbourne in 1877 and next year they will meet at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for a one-off pink-ball fixture to mark the 150th anniversary of that inaugural clash.[/p][embed guid="77ba1ed9-4599-4b0b-9e33-88c35c0285e8" url="https://x.com/bbctms/status/2080291716163334517" social-type="twitter" /][p]Several former players are understood to have voiced concerns that the showpiece match will be a pink-ball affair but Greenberg said it was not his job "[b]to be popular[/b]".[/p][p]"[b]We wanted to get as many people for the game as possible,[/b]" he said. "[b]Playing that game in the day while people are at work and school would've made that difficult.[/b][/p][p]"Clearly there's a commercial imperative with broadcast rights back in the UK and the time zone. Pink-ball Tests for us are hugely advantageous in terms of audience.[/p][p]"[b]It will anger some of the traditionalists but we're in the business of getting more eyeballs on our game.[/b]"[/p][p]But Greenberg said Cricket Australia were trying to strike a balance between celebrating a significant landmark in Test history and ensuring the longer format attracts new spectators.[/p][p]"[b]We're trying to balance celebrating 150 years of Test cricket between our two countries but also have an eye on the future and how we can evolve the sport[/b]," he added.[/p]