Bushfires place Australian cricket summer under cloud


FILE PHOTO: Flames engulf a row of trees at the side of a road on Gospers Mountain in New South Wales, Australia, December 21, 2019, in this still image taken from social media video. NSW Rural Fire Service/via REUTERS

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Hazardous smoke from bushfires raging over a large swath of eastern Australia have become a headache for the nation's cricket board, which faces the threat of disruptions to its lucrative summer schedule.

Match officials halted the Big Bash League (BBL) match between Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers midway through due to "dangerous and unreasonable playing conditions" at Canberra's Manuka Oval late on Saturday.

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