While a draft schedule has not been published, the T20 Blast similarly moves to the later summer months should staging cricket be possible – no given, Harrison admitted – though there was an absence of any guarantees that a meaningful County Championship can take place, only allocated blocks for “red-ball cricket”.
Concurrent Test and white-ball series could allow all four sets of men’s tourists to be hosted but if there is a further delay, the number of fixtures will start to drop off. Harrison, however, was unable to give any guarantees for the women’s team given the expense of needing to create the required “bio-secure” conditions behind closed doors.
Meanwhile a final decision on the Hundred being played this year has been delayed until Wednesday as the ECB works through the financial and legal implications of its
seemingly inevitable postponement, including negotiations with broadcasters and compensation due to players (reported to be 12.5% the value of their contracts).
