Guwahati, Nov 08: World champions Australia today arrived here to play their triangular series One-Day international cricket match against New Zealand tomorrow at the Nehru Stadium. The team led by its Captain Ricky Ponting flew in from Delhi and were immediately whisked away in a special bus amidst tight security to a city hotel. The Aussies were received in a traditional manner by the Assam Cricket Association officials at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport where fans lined up to get a glimpse of the kangaroos, who are already through to the final of the Tri-Series to be played in Eden Gardens. Meanwhile, heavy security arrangements have been put in place by the Assam Police as per cricket board's (BCCI) guidelines for the November nine One-Dayer with two hotels where the teams would stay, the stadium and the two-km stretch leading to the Nehru Stadium sanitised. The mediamen had also been barred from taking their mobile telephones inside the stadium as all the facilities for transmitting news would be provided from the Stadium Complex.


The New Zealand team is already here and is expected to take the nets during afternoon to be joined by the Australians later at the stadium.

Bureau Report