Sydney Cricket Ground weather: What is SCG weather forecast for Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I?

Sydney Cricket Ground weather: The SportsRush presents before you the weather prediction for first AUS vs SL T20I.

The ongoing Australian men’s summer is all in readiness of witnessing its first-ever white-ball match as Australia will host Sri Lanka for a T20I at the Sydney Cricket Ground tomorrow.

In what is going to be the seventh T20I bilateral series between these two teams, it is also going to be the first-ever five-match T20I series between them. While Australia lead Sri Lanka in the overall head-to-head record between these two teams in the shortest format, the visitors have surprisingly done better in Australia.

Although weak on paper against the defending champions, Sri Lanka wouldn’t get a better chance to prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 than playing five T20Is in a country where the world event is to be played.

Sydney Cricket Ground weather

Hosting a T20I after more than 14 months, the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground might end up disappointing the players and fans due to weather-related reasons.

Steve Smith was rolling the arm over in the nets yesterday. Will we be seeing more of his leg-spin in the #AUSvSL T20 series? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/GKwuWMgGey

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 9, 2022

According to AccuWeather, there’s a strong possibility of rain forcing players to take shelter on Friday. While the temperature will remain between 20-22 degree during the evening time, the rain probability between 8-9 PM (local time) is predicted to be as high as 75%. It goes without saying that it is during this particular time that showers are predicted in Sydney.

It is around 10 PM that rain probability is anticipated to reduce to 49% before falling to 34% around 11 PM. Going by the weather prediction, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that a rain-curtailed first T20I could be upon us.

Sydney hourly weather

07:00 PM – 22 degree (Cloudy).

08:00 PM – 20 degree (Showers).

09:00 PM – 21 degree (Showers).

10:00 PM – 21 degree (Mostly Cloudy).

11:00 PM – 21 degree (Intermittent Clouds).

00:00 AM – 21 degree (Intermittent Clouds).

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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