THE SOUTH Australian Cricket Association is agonising over bending its own rules to make members tickets transferable ahead of next week’s rescheduled Adelaide Oval Test.

The association has outlined plans for Test-goers who have pre-purchased reserved or general admission tickets for the match, starting on December 9, but was locked in discussions on Tuesday night on how to resolve concerns among its membership.

The extraordinary circumstances surrounding moving dates of three of the four Tests between Australia and India following the death of Phillip Hughes has left Adelaide as the opening match of the series, starting three days earlier than the original December 12 schedule.

The changes have thrown some ticketholders’ travel and leave plans into disarray.

Tickets bought through Ticketmaster are able to be exchanged or refunded, while airlines Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar declared customers affected by any Test rescheduling could change their bookings without charge. Jetstar was also offering refunds.

But it remains unclear whether SACA has the scope to allow members who can’t attend to transfer their tickets.

media_camera The Adelaide Oval scoreboard tribute to Phillip Hughes. Picture: Sarah Reed

This year, the organisation has a record-high 35,000 cardholders and a capacity for 20,000 members.

“At the moment we’re fielding a great number of calls from our members who are seeking clarification and we will be going out shortly with some communication to our members,” SACA chief executive Keith Bradshaw said.

The change in dates — built on the welfare of shattered Australian players — yesterday sparked a wave of concern about fans’ travel plans, holiday schedules and how spectators could use or exchange pre-purchased tickets and members passes.

Bradshaw said a day-one ticket, originally for Friday, would admit Test-goers on the new day one, Tuesday. The same would apply for days two, three, four and five.

Any spectators with, for example, a ticket for Friday’s original day one who could not attend on the new day one (Tuesday) would need to contact supplier Ticketmaster to arrange an exchange for a day-four pass.

The announcement came as SACA confirmed plans to beam Hughes’ funeral in Macksville tomorrow into an Adelaide Oval memorial from 1.30pm.

Gates open for tomorrow’s Adelaide Oval memorial at midday. The northern carpark, with free parking for 1000 vehicles, opens at 11.30am. The funeral begins at 1.30pm Adelaide time.

Adelaide Oval ground staff will erect a picket fence around the centre square and attendees are invited to walk on to the playing surface to leave their tributes.

Mr Bradshaw said it was fitting that a Test reschedule left Adelaide as the season-opener.

“As it’s worked out, the fact that this is Phillip’s adopted home ground ... it does feel that it is an appropriate place, definitely, to honour Phillip,” Mr Bradshaw said.

“It’s going to be a very emotional time for all of us.”