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LONDON: The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will look at the possibility of using COVID-19 passports to allow fans to return to stadiums for the upcoming domestic season, the governing body's managing director of county cricket Neil Snowball said. The new County Championship season will begin on ApR 8 with games initially being played without spectators. May 17 has been pencilled in as the date when the largest outdoor seated venues can allow up to 10,000 people or a quarter of capacity,

England skipper Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of the final two one-day internationals against India in Pune after splitting the webbing between his thumb and index finger in Tuesday’s opener, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. Jos Buttler will be captain from Friday’s second match, while batsman Liam Livingstone is set to make his ODI debut. Wicketkeeper batsman Sam Billings, who has a bruised collar bone, will be sidelined on Friday, with a decision on his fitness for

There are various cricket boards that have shown interest in hosting IPL 2020. This is if BCCI decides to take the event abroad. One such board which has recently shown interest is the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) in UAE. CA is ready to host IPL 2020 if BCCI decides to take the event outside India Initially, the tournament was for the 29th of March. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the tournament date was for 15th April. Unfortunately, India’s positive cases did not decrease

The ECB has welcomed the UK Government's go-ahead for the return of professional sport behind closed doors as it presses ahead with plans to host international cricket this summer, and stage a domestic season. In a further easing of lockdown restrictions imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden announced government health and safety guidance on Saturday for elite athletes and professional sportspeople to return to competition in the absence of spectators from June

ICC is planning to propose the T20 Champions Cup in the cricket calendar between 2023-2031, a report in ESPN Cricinfo said. ICC Chief Manu Shawney proposed this move in a bid to provide consistent cash flow from events revenue to the game's smaller countries. The tournament would have the top ten teams in the world play 48 matches. This is the same number of games which was played during last year's 50-over World Cup. While 50-over Champions Cup will have six teams playing