Western Australia Cricket Could Lose $5 Million After Ashes Test Scrapped Over Quarantine Rules

Alex Carey during an Australia Ashes squad practice session on Dec. 6, 2021, at The Gabba in Brisbane, Australia. Chris Hyde/Getty Images

The chief of Western Australia (WA) Cricket has conceded that her organisation could lose up to $5 million after the city of Perth was stripped of the popular fifth Ashes cricket test scheduled to start on Jan. 14.

The decision came on Dec. 6 after the sport’s governing body found WA’s quarantine requirements too onerous to navigate.