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Hundred, Blast set to be prioritised as ECB draws up COVID-19 contingency plans
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Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:24
The ECB could prioritise the Hundred and the T20 Blast as it attempts to salvage something from the 2020 season.With the season certain to be curtailed by the COVID-19 crisis and the sport suffering severe economic hardship as a consequence, it appears there will be an attempt to squeeze in the most immediately lucrative formats in a bid to sustain…
Matthew Wade pulls out of Somerset stint due to knee injury
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Wednesday, 18 March 2020 07:05
Somerset have announced that Matthew Wade will not be joining the club as planned this summer due to a knee injury, though his involvement in the county season was in jeopardy regardless due to the ongoing COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic which has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the English summer.Wade, who played all three games of Australia's recent T20I…
Recreational cricket suspended "with sadness and regret" by ECB
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Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:10
The COVID-19 virus is set to bring English cricket to a more emphatic standstill that even two World Wars, following the ECB's recommendation that all recreational cricket be suspended with immediate effect.In the wake of the government's latest measures to control the spread of the virus, including Boris Johnson's recommendation that pubs, theatres and cinemas should be avoided, the ECB…
Indian umpires Janani Narayanan, Vrinda Rathi named in ICC panel
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Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:11
Indian umpires Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi were inducted into the International Panel of ICC Development Umpires on Tuesday, taking the count of women match officials across different ICC panels up to 12.Narayanan, 34, and Rathi, 31, who hail from Chennai and Mumbai respectively, have officiated in domestic matches in India since 2018. While Narayanan, who counts the late English…
CWI offer to host England Test series in Caribbean
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Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:06
England's home series against West Indies could be rescheduled until September or even played in the Caribbean due to the COVID-19 crisis.At present the sides are scheduled to play three Tests in England with the first due to start at The Kia Oval on June 4. But with it now all but inevitable that the start of the English domestic…
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