It's been a long few months since the MCG hosted a crowd at the Women's T20 World Cup final in March. "She's been pretty lonely," said Stuart Fox, the boss of the country's premier sports stadium.
Anthropomorphic oddness aside, Melbourne is moving quickly to restore big sporting events as the city emerges from its long coronavirus lockdown. The Boxing Day Test is on and could have 25,000 people in the stands, the Melbourne Cup will run as normal next Tuesday (although owners will have to watch it on TV like everyone else) and there's hope yet for an Australian Open tennis tournament in January.
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Rohan helps runs that national reporting team from Sydney. He was the Financial Review's inaugural newsletter editor and has been a home page editor and desk editor. He is a former foreign correspondent and Asia editor. Connect with Rohan on Twitter. Email Rohan at rohan.sullivan@afr.com
