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Post by coverpoint on Mar 20, 2020 8:17:25 GMT
No county cricket before June.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 20, 2020 8:46:07 GMT
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Post by coverpoint on Mar 20, 2020 10:29:56 GMT
An educated guess. I personally don't think there will be any cricket for the next twelve weeks.
As for pay cuts, I would expect Sussex to explore 100% business rates relief available to a raft of businesses including racecourses and cricket grounds. There are also payroll initiatives announced later today by the Chancellor to keep staff on.
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Post by longstop on Mar 20, 2020 18:52:48 GMT
County season suspended until at least 28 May. This may be optimistic but it means that the early season County Championship games are off but the T20 Blast hangs in the balance
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Post by flashblade on Mar 20, 2020 19:54:33 GMT
County season suspended at least 28 May. This may be optimistic but it means that the early season County Championship games are off but the T20 Blast hangs in the balance If the ECB can only save one competition, it'll have to be the T20 Blast, because of its high earnings potential. They will hate having to postpone/cancel the Hundred. If they do, at least something good will have come out of this terrible situation! |
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Post by coverpoint on Mar 20, 2020 19:56:32 GMT
County season suspended at least 28 May. This may be optimistic but it means that the early season County Championship games are off but the T20 Blast hangs in the balance If the ECB can only save one competition, it'll have to be the T20 Blast, because of its high earnings potential. They will hate having to postpone/cancel the Hundred. If they do, at least something good will have come out of this terrible situation! T20 followed by the hundred with the CC and 50 over being abandoned. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 20, 2020 22:50:31 GMT
Although, it is not all doom and gloom. Within the ECBs dictum they say, “With the information available to us at the moment a delay to the start of the professional cricket season until May 28 was unavoidable. This also allows us time to keep pace with a fast-moving situation and continue to plan for how a revised season might look. Critically, we can also remain as flexible and adaptable as possible, within the obvious restrictions we face."
I presume this means that if the coronavirus clears quicker than presently expected, we may see a cricket season starting earlier.
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Post by Bazpan on Mar 21, 2020 1:17:19 GMT
I think they've got delusions of COBRA over at Kent.
"The Club has a Kent Cricket COVID Task Force in place and we are ready to act"
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Post by gmdf on Mar 21, 2020 8:06:09 GMT
Although, it is not all doom and gloom. Within the ECBs dictum they say, “With the information available to us at the moment a delay to the start of the professional cricket season until May 28 was unavoidable. This also allows us time to keep pace with a fast-moving situation and continue to plan for how a revised season might look. Critically, we can also remain as flexible and adaptable as possible, within the obvious restrictions we face." I presume this means that if the coronavirus clears quicker than presently expected, we may see a cricket season starting earlier. If the 100 and the T20 Blast are on at the same time, then yes, they may will be the only competitions. If the 100 and T20 Blast are rescheduled one after the other, then the counties will need something to run whilst the 100 is happening: so the 50 over competition (or a version of it) may survive, or there could be some CC games (as, for example, Ashley Giles suggested earlier). If the ECB doesn't organise this, I'd expect counties to organise friendlies against local rivals. But, of course, all this presupposes there will be ANY cricket in 2020. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 21, 2020 10:40:56 GMT
gmdf,
I am a great believer in viewing the glass as "half full" and the excellent news is the virus is rapidly waning in China where there
have been no 'homegrown' cases in the last three days.
The most stringent curfew, in Beijing, has lifted and the public are now being allowed outside for walks etc.. Meanwhile, another region
to be hit early, Singapore, has reopened its schools. Given both countries experienced their peak a month ago, "If" this trend is to
continue, then the UK should reach peak cases within three weeks time, so a month from that is early to Mid May. That means the
ECBs assumption that cricket will return at the end of May is spot-on with flexibility for one less week.
Meanwhile, I am delighted with the way our Government/Medical authorities are handling the pandemic. When you compare us to
France where the virus began at the same time, not to sound glib, France deaths = 450, UK = 177.
Sadly, Italy are a basket-case with Chinese medical authorities, experienced in containing the virus, highly critical of the way the
Country has dealt with the epidemic.
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Post by gmdf on Mar 21, 2020 11:10:50 GMT
gmdf, I am a great believer in viewing the glass as "half full" and the excellent news is the virus is rapidly waning in China where there have been no 'homegrown' cases in the last three days. The most stringent curfew, in Beijing, has lifted and the public are now being allowed outside for walks etc.. Meanwhile, another region to be hit early, Singapore, has reopened its schools. Given both countries experienced their peak a month ago, "If" this trend is to continue, then the UK should reach peak cases within three weeks time, so a month from that is early to Mid May. That means the ECBs assumption that cricket will return at the end of May is spot-on with flexibility for one less week. Meanwhile, I am delighted with the way our Government/Medical authorities are handling the pandemic. When you compare us to France where the virus began at the same time, not to sound glib, France deaths = 450, UK = 177. Sadly, Italy are a basket-case with Chinese medical authorities, experienced in containing the virus, highly critical of the way the Country has dealt with the epidemic. I'll be delighted if you are right. But personally I wouldn't bet my (very modest) pension on it. NB I don't think it helps criticising other countries. Clearly some are doing much better than others (look at Germany, for example), but hubris is not something we want to show at this time. |
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Post by deepfineleg on Mar 21, 2020 15:08:13 GMT
I am delighted with the way our Government/Medical authorities are handling the pandemic. I'm sorry I have to take the opposite view of the govt response. They've entirely relied on others to take action. It was football authorities that suspended matches. Their pronouncements about not congregating were so woolly that people assumed that as Pubs, Leisure Centres remained open it was ok to go with precautions. Clearly not what was meant. I wonder how many cases have occurred due to their inaction. And they have yet to do anything about empty supermarkets. When will we hear of a confused elderly or vulnerable person starving to death? It's hard enough for those who're fit and healthy. |
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Post by deepfineleg on Mar 21, 2020 15:12:07 GMT
County season suspended until at least 28 May. This may be optimistic but it means that the early season County Championship games are off but the T20 Blast hangs in the balance And with impeccable timing my membership pack lands on the mat!  |
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Post by longstop on Mar 24, 2020 12:34:11 GMT
More thoughts about the 2020 season on the main website. Last Friday’s announcement by the ECB that the start of County Cricket season would be delayed until 28 May may or may not be optimistic. What it does mean is that Sussex’s opening six games of the County Championship will not take place. The shape of the rest of the season will be dependent on two things: a) the duration of the closedown b) which competitions the ECB prioritises.....continued.... from-the-sea-end.co.uk/weekly-review/sussex-county-cricket-season-coronavirus/ |
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Post by flashblade on Mar 26, 2020 10:52:43 GMT
I was cheered immensely by this article in The Cricketer, which suggests The 100 may be in jeopardy: www.thecricketer.com/Topics/banner/vitality_blast_summer_key_domestic_competition_uncertainty_the_hundred_.htmlI especially enjoyed this paragraph: "They will give The Hundred what help they can, and try to be optimistic – but bear in mind whenever they promote it on their social media accounts they come under ferocious attack, like a cat gate-crashing a dinner party of hungry dogs. They stand poised to euthanase the new competition if and when they feel it’s flopped... and are intrigued to know what incoming ECB chairman Ian Watmore makes of it." I confess to being one of the 'gate-crashing cats' on social media, and I have seen an overwhelming flood of negative and derisory comments from cricket fans. As regards the truncated 2020 season, most commentators agree that the T20 Blast is paramount. It then depends how much time remains after that. I see little point in playing just a few red ball games - they won't bring in a massive income. How about a 50 over mini league - this would involve all 18 counties, and would stand the best chance of filling the grounds? |
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