England fast bowler James Anderson fears the global coronavirus pandemic could see the domestic and international cricket season abandoned ...
England fast bowler James Anderson fears the global coronavirus pandemic could see the domestic and international cricket season abandoned completely.
The England and Wales Cricket Board are due to meet with the 18 first-class counties on Thursday, possibly by teleconference, in a bid to see whether the existing structure for the 2020 summer can be maintained.
It follows Wednesday’s decision by the ECB to recommend the suspension of the recreational game.
The County Championship is meant to start on April 12 but a delay looks increasingly likely given other sports have called a halt following British government advice to avoid mass gatherings.
Cricket and sport is not the be all and end all but it is my livelihood, it’s all I know,” Anderson told the BBC’s Tailenders podcast. “The season is unlikely to start. It’s still a little bit hazy as to what’s going to happen. There’s a chance we might not even bowl a ball this summer.”
Anderson made the last of his 151 Test appearances against South Africa in Cape Town in January before a broken rib saw him miss the last two matches of the series. The 37-year-old was not selected for the Sri Lanka series in the hope he would be fully fit for the start...
