Basketball and tennis courts will open up on July 4, too, but club cricket peculiarly remains on hold after Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the ball as a “natural vector of disease”. For someone like Wood, who cut his teeth at Ashington Cricket Club and still holds strong ties there, it represents a pressing issue as he does not want to see potential stars of the future turning to other sports in the interim. “But you just feel that with pubs and restaurants opening, I don’t see how cricket is so far away from that. ECB Statement on Recreational Cricket. pic.twitter.com/xPKM0jD9nW — England and Wales Cricket Board (@ECB_cricket) June 23, 2020“Cricket clubs across the country are desperate for some cricket, just to keep that cricket club alive.

Source: Express June 24, 2020 16:52 UTC