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WACA chief executive Christina Matthews discusses the old and the new, plus her desire to continue in the role

The Australia-England T20 marks a welcome return for the game after more than two years

The venue will have a capacity of 10,000 and include a range of public facilities plus a new indoor cricket centre

The ground will serve as a training base for WA's state, WBBL and BBL teams, plus a venue for state league football

The Federal Government has committed AUD$30 million to the project which will see capacity cut at the venue

Tickets for the Perth Ashes Test will belatedly go on sale at the end of July after unsuccessful efforts to have the match staged at the city's new multi-purpose stadium rather than the unpopular WACA Ground

The Western Australia government confirmed the stadium would not be completed in time for the third Ashes Test between Australia and England in mid-December

A colder spring and an earlier start to the Perth Test season has provided challenges to Matt Page and his crew

Perth is in the frame to hold the opening Test of summer for the first time in more than 20 years as Cricket Australia moves towards dual day/night Tests for 2016-17

As Australia's cricketers lament the imminent demise of the WACA Ground as a major international venue, a paltry crowd for the second Test against New Zealand is expected to underline why this is so

The WACA Ground will no longer host international matches featuring England, India or South Africa from 2018-19, with all major internationals set to move to the new Perth Stadium

The future of the WACA in Perth will be reviewed by a special committee under the leadership of businessman Michael Smith

The WACA faces an uncertain future as an international venue after a major redevelopment plan was abandoned on Monday

Perth is the major casualty of Australia's truncated 2014-15 Test summer, stripped of its annual match for the first time since 1976-77

The WACA curator feels the pitch is getting back to its fast and bouncy ways and expects this track to behave similarly to the one in the Ashes last season

Few venues in world cricket are as evocative as the WACA. From the days of Dennis Lillee thudding the ball into Rod Marsh's upturned gloves, to the sight of Curtly Ambrose claiming seven wickets for one run in a legendary spell in 1992-93, it is a ground

So quick are the prospects in Perth that Australia are likely to go in without a specialist spinner for the first time in 16 years

Perth's WACA Ground is set to increase its capacity to 30,000 in a major development project that should be completed within four years

Cricinfo lists some of the significant stats from Perth

Perth's WACA ground established its reputation as a fast bowler's delight but in recent seasons spinners have been having more success. Here, Cricinfo looks at the venue for the third Test