ICC on taking steps post-pandemic
This is a reality at least for a cricket fan like me, because if associates and permanent members decide to start cricketing action, as soon as the resolution of the pandemic, it is yet to be started from now upon a sustainability in on-going health conditions, where it is still a contagion.
Cricketing world and the pandemic
World cricket will start trying to make sense of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the international calendar when the ICC and its member boards get together in a conference call on Thursday i.e. 23rd April 2020. CEOs of the 12 Full Members and representatives from three Associate boards will be on the call trying to figure out, among other things, what happens to the T20 World Cup later this year, and their various bilateral commitments.
Fortunates and Unfortunates
The last ODI amid the pandemic
The last international match to take place (behind closed doors) was the first ODI, of what was supposed to be a three-match series, between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney, and all cricket action around the world, international and domestic, has been on hold since.
The ECB expecting losses
Some boards are expecting a bigger hit than others; the ECB for instance, could see much of its summer schedule wiped out, and could lose nearly £300 million as a result.
The BCCI
The BCCI has had to suspend the IPL indefinitely as the situation in India amid the global pandemic situation in India where the contagion is still on the high instead of stabilized worm of active cases erupting on daily and regular basis within the country.
Cricket Australia and the PCB
Others, like CA and the PCB, have been fortunate for the pandemic striking just as their seasons were nearly complete.
Minutes of the virtual meeting
A number of bilateral series, some of which were part of the World Test Championship (WTC), have also been hit and the fate of this WTC cycle (2019-21) is likely to be high on any agenda. All WTC commitments have to be completed by the end of March 2021 for the final to take place next summer. The fate of the ODI Super League will also be discussed; the league, which is a pathway to qualification for the 2023 World Cup, was due to begin in May. This will make creating new windows into which to squeeze in existing bilateral commitments, while avoiding clashes with any domestic rescheduling, far trickier.
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