Spiffy New Optus Stadium Holds Promise of WACA-esque Pitch

Built on the banks of the twisting and turning Swan River, it is ground that was always destined to be after a decade-long debate in West Australia about the need for a new multi-format stadium. It leaves for dead, as far as international cricket is concerned, the once-mighty WACA Ground where the Soviet-style light towers, as iconic as the once lethal pitch, remain as visible as ever from the shiny new replacement. But in the modern era, where fan engagement rules, leaving many patrons roasting on grass banks in the desert-capital contributed to the perception that it was time to move Test cricket elsewhere in a town forever on the make.

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