Cricket Australia (CA) have reaped the awards of music fans around Australia, after overexcited Adele fans mistakenly purchased all available tickets for the upcoming Adelaide Test match.

After losing the first two matches of the series, CA predicted a poor turnout to the dead-rubber Test match, however confusion reigned supreme when punters tried to purchase tickets to the hotly anticipated Adele concert.

It is easy to see how punters made the mistake, with both Adele and Adelaide sharing similar alliteration characteristics; but the similarities don’t stop there.

Adele is also yet to win a Test match on Australia soil in 2016, while her hit single ‘Hello’ reached number one on the charts, the same amount of runs Joe Burns notched up in Hobart.

CA has urged people who have mistakenly purchased tickets to the cricket to hold on to them.

“We understand that you where expecting an emotion-filled performance,” a CA spokesman declared. 

“But you can expect just as many tears from watching our top-order collapse than you will watching the best rendition of ‘Hello’.

“And it’ll last a bit longer than the two hours Adele’s voice can hold out for.”

To help with the transition between music and Test cricket, Adelaide Oval staff will reportedly show glimpses of past Test batting greats, such as Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer, with Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ providing the backing track.

It is understood that, if predicted, the Test match doesn’t last the full five days, Cricket Australia officials will provide entertainment for the sold-out crowd.

“We’ve worded up Adelaide music stalwarts The Superjesus and The Hilltop Hoods just in case,” a CA insider informed the GFP.

“We understand, like most things in Adelaide, that it sounds a bit shit.

“But it can’t be any shitter than our performances in Perth or Hobart, or even an actual Adele concert.”

(TGP)