How the âbossâ and a favour saved the Sydney icon
Sydney pulled off a miracle to keep the New Yearâs Test at the SCG and all it took was one of the most powerful figures in NSW and an unforgotten favour.
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by Ben Horne
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Earl Eddings' phone rang late on Tuesday morning. It was the NSW Premier on the line.
As the fate of the Sydney Test hung in the balance, Gladys Berejiklian personally reinforced to the Chairman of Cricket Australia just how important the saving of the SCG showpiece was to NSW.
It's too simplistic to say the phone call tipped the scales in NSW's favour, but on a day of high drama where cricket's decision could have swung either way, the conversation enabled Eddings to walk into a board meeting and tell his directors that the assurances given by NSW officials had the full backing of the boss.