The pandemic has underlined what we have have long tacitly known: that the schedule is full well beyond breaking point
Tom Harrison is the sort of guy you want in a crisis. Mainly due to his masterful refusal to acknowledge the fact that there’s a crisis at all. As the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board delivered his latest update on how the game intends to weather the coronavirus pandemic, you wondered whether he had been watching the same sombre bulletins as the rest of us.
The forestalment of the season until 1 July, with the prospect of further setbacks to come, provided “an opportunity, as much as anything”. The challenge of rejigging a schedule already ransacked by cancellations and postponements was “an interesting experiment”. The spirit of cooperation within the game, Harrison insisted, was “very, very positive and optimistic”. By the end of it, you felt weirdly buoyant about the whole scenario. Hurrah for Covid-19! Three cheers for cricket! A clap for our brave, heroic stakeholders!
Written by Jonathan Liew
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/25/coronavirus-has-given-cricket-chance-to-rationalise-crazy-calendar under the title “Coronavirus has given cricket chance to rationalise crazy calendar”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
