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Eoin Morgan says England players are 'open to helping in whatever way possible'
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 10:32
Eoin Morgan has insisted England players are "open to helping in whatever way possible" as the game struggles to come to terms with the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Morgan, the captain of England's limited-overs teams, said he was "open to absolutely everything" that might be required to help the game through a crisis that Tom Harrison, the ECB's chief…
Tony Lewis, of Duckworth-Lewis rain-rules fame, dies aged 78
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 16:18
Tony Lewis, the former university lecturer whose name will forever be synonymous with cricket's convoluted Duckworth-Lewis rain rules, has died at the age of 78.An unlikely star of world cricket, Lewis was propelled to fame in 1999 when his complex formula, devised in conjunction with his fellow mathematician Frank Duckworth, was officially adopted by the ICC to help calculate fair…
Eoin Morgan open to fielding two England teams at once
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 05:10
New father Eoin Morgan wants to do all he can to ensure cricket is played during the English summer, even if it means England's red and white-ball squads playing international series concurrently.Morgan, England's limited-overs captain, said that given the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing uncertainty surrounding its impact, he saw "every option being viable during this extraordinary time"."The…
Losing whole summer would cost over £300m - ECB chief executive
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 04:31
Tom Harrison, the ECB's chief executive, has estimated that an entire season without cricket will cost the game in England and Wales "well in excess of £300 million".In a letter to PCA chief executive Tony Irish, seen by ESPNcricinfo, Harrison admitted that the ECB is "having to reset our future plans across the whole game in order to ensure its…
Misbah-ul-Haq bats for full World Test Championship, equal opportunity for teams
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 05:58
Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has called for a "fair and equal" resolution to the World Test Championship when cricket finally resumes even if it means extending the tournament, warning that a shortened competition would fail to give a "true picture" of the standings.With cricket, like nearly all major sports and activities, forced to a grinding halt because of the coronavirus…
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