7 January – 2019-20 Thursday Pennants – Round 9 Early Start

The forecast for Thursday 9 January 2020 at 4.30 pm on Tuesday 7 January 2020 on the BOM website is 40 degrees Celsius.

As per Rule 7.5 of the Metropolitan Pennant Conditions of Play 2019-20, all Round 9 Thursday Pennant matches will be played with practice ends commencing at 9.15am, under the conditions as described in Rule 7.2.

As per Rule 7.1, matches will still proceed at the early start time even if the forecast temperature on Wednesday or Thursday morning is 36 degrees Celsius or above.