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Payments to counties count as Hundred losses, says Surrey chief executive
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Thursday, 07 May 2020 12:48
Richard Gould, Surrey's chief executive, has cast further doubt on the ECB's claim that the inaugural season of the Hundred would have proved profitable, had it not been postponed until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Gould - whose county voted against the creation of the new competition when it was first mooted in 2016 - also suggested that the Hundred…
Durham, Edgbaston emerge as potential bio-secure England venues
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Thursday, 07 May 2020 12:39
Durham and Edgbaston have emerged as further options as international venues for England this summer.At present Emirates Old Trafford (Manchester) and The Ageas Bowl (Southampton) are the favoured options as the ECB look into achieving something close to a bio-secure environment which would allow them to fulfil their international programme of fixtures despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Crucially, both grounds feature…
Joe Root: 'If the game is compromised then it shouldn't be going ahead'
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Thursday, 07 May 2020 07:28
England captain Joe Root has said that no cricket should be played this summer if "the game itself, how it's played and the intensity it's played at" is compromised in any way.The ECB have drawn up extensive contingency plans to play cricket behind closed doors in a 'bio-secure' environment, with the intention of fulfilling scheduled Test series against West Indies…
ECB announce loan scheme to aid cash-strapped cricket leagues
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Thursday, 07 May 2020 05:34
The ECB have taken further measures to shore up grassroots cricket in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic by introducing an emergency loan scheme to help finance cash-strapped leagues during the lockdown.In addition to their initial round of emergency support funding, which Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, last week said had been successfully taken up by 92 percent of…
South African allrounder Solo Nqweni announces news of positive coronavirus test
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Thursday, 07 May 2020 05:41
Solo Nqweni, the South African allrounder who has been battling Guillan-Barré syndrome since last July, has now tested positive for Covid-19. Nqweni revealed the news on Twitter.ESPNcricinfo understands that Nqweni is able to communicate and his agent Rob Humphries is positive he will make a full recovery. Nqweni is the third cricketer known to have contracted the disease after Pakistan's…
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