ECB Officially announces that further delay to the professional cricket season due to Covid-19

ECB Officially announces that further delay to the professional cricket season due to Covid-19

No professional cricket will be played in England and Wales until at least 1 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today agreed that no professional cricket will be played in England and Wales until at least 1 July due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.

The season remains subject to ongoing advice from government and health experts, and continued consultation with all broadcast partners to determine the
the optimum way to fulfill fixtures both domestically and internationally.

The ECB Board approved the following measures:

Professional cricket will not be played in England and Wales until at least 1 July

Nine rounds of fixtures will be lost in the County Championship season, but blocks for red-ball cricket and white-ball cricket will be held in a revised
schedule

The Vitality Blast will be pushed as late in the season as possible to give it the best opportunity of being staged. All matches previously scheduled in June
will be moved later in the season

International cricket, featuring England men’s and women’s teams, will look to be scheduled from July until the end of September, with the West Indies Test
Series and the whole women’s series against India (Vitality IT20s and Royal London ODIs) both moving from their original slots

An additional Board meeting will be scheduled next Wednesday on The Hundred, following a request to dedicate a further session to the competition

Fixtures in the first year of the women’s elite domestic structure are currently scheduled for later in the summer and will be evaluated down the line.

The suspension of recreational cricket remains until further notice.

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