The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) approved a seven-week delay to the start of the 2020 season following discussions with the counties and the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA)No professional cricket will be played in England and Wales before May 28 due to the coronavirus pandemic, cricket chiefs announced on Friday. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) approved a seven-week delay to the start of the 2020 season following discussions with the counties and the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA). English cricket season delayed until late May https://t.co/VJ7ixqwAG0 — TOI Sports News (@TOISportsNews) March 21, 2020The ECB said it had begun modelling a range of options to start the season in June, July or August. "With the information available to us at the moment a delay to the start of the professional cricket season until May 28 was unavoidable," said ECB chief executive officer Tom Harrison. The English cricket season was due to begin in earnest on April 12 but this date has been put back by at least seven weeks 👇https://t.co/VFYoH7lbTT — The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag) March 20, 2020"This also allows us time to keep pace with a fast-moving situation and continue to plan for how a revised season might look.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 21, 2020 05:03 UTC