00:00They'll be beefing up security at Adelaide Oval over the coming days.
00:06This could be one of the biggest mass gatherings in Australia since the Sunday night terror attack
00:11which claimed the lives of 15 innocent people.
00:14Adelaide Oval has a capacity of more than 53 and a half thousand people
00:18and we're expecting crowds of cricket enthusiasts and the travelling barmy army to attend.
00:23Now at the moment there may be a feeling of anxiety around mass gatherings
00:27but SA Police says there is no intelligence to indicate an elevated threat level
00:33and that there's no connection between the shooters and South Australia.
00:37Nevertheless they'll be deploying their Police Security Response Section.
00:41That's a heavily armed unit who walk around, they visibly carry semi-automatic weapons
00:46and have advanced training to respond to terror attacks.
00:49They'll be present in and around Adelaide Oval over the coming days.
00:53Here's what SA Police Commissioner Grant Stephens said.
00:56We don't have any information whatsoever that indicates there's a linkage between what happened in Bondi on the weekend
01:02and South Australia, particularly the test match.
01:05But we have an obligation to make sure that when people are attending mass gathering events in South Australia
01:10that they not only are safe but they also feel safe.
01:13So that extra policing presence that people will see when they arrive at the Oval
01:17and during the course of the event is there to assure people that we take this seriously
01:23and that they should be able to feel safe and come to the event with confidence
01:26that it's going to be a well managed and properly handled event and that they will do so safely.
01:31Australia has won the first two tests in the five test Ashes series, meaning if they win here in Adelaide
01:37they'll win the series and get to retain that little urn which is the tiny Ashes trophy.
01:42England will be trying to stop that from happening.
01:45They've made one change to their 11 with Josh Tung replacing Gus Atkinson.
01:49Over on the Aussie side, Captain Pat Cummins is expected to make his return after recovering from a back injury
01:55and Nathan Lyons, the spin bowler, is expected to be a certainty to return as well.
02:01Now temperatures are forecast to sit between the mid to high 30s over the next few days
02:05so pretty challenging conditions.
02:07But overall the message to attendees is to allow extra time when getting through the gates
02:12for those extra security protocols that will be in place.
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