Cricket fans will be looking forward to the Test of 5 against India in just a number of weeks with matches being played between the start of August and the middle of September in what is always a big clash in the sport, with many taking advantage of wagering bonus at bonuscodeindia.com for the game, there has been a bit of a red herring – did Rishabh Pant’s positive COVID test distract from the goal to ease current restrictions, and is it something that GB cricket is looking to press forward with too.
It certainly seems as if a definitive answer has been given with the ECB chief exec. Tom Harrison stating recently that he is in full support of the decision to relax the bio-secure environments that were key to delivering cricket in 2020 – Harrison had cited that it’s now important to start focussing on the mental health and well-being of the players in competition, and that future play requires the game to “learn to live” with COVID-19, particularly that over the past year many players have had to spent long periods of time away from their friends and families in order to comply with the bio-secure environment that was created, and asking them to do so once again could push some players away.
The previous positive test for Pant has put some concerns on whether or not the test series can go ahead, one positive test could lead to many, but Harrison also stated that teams and players individually would have to accept at least some risk in order to get the game back to a regular schedule. This is something that has been seen in other sports, mostly recently certainly with the Euro 2020 event – 60,000 fans in attendance and at least some easing on the restrictions for the players had largely turned out well, and although there were some reports of positive tests from different team camps, they were handled quickly and efficiently showing no huge need for a big disruption to each individual player, something cricket can certainly follow.
It does however do little to address changes within the UK and the lifting of restrictions itself, as from July 19th many of the current restrictions will be gone and whilst still up to organisers, things like fan attendance in a larger scale will be expected from fans too – it’s hard to keep a bio-secure environment just so if you’d also like to invite tens of thousands to the watch live, and will be a delicate balancing act – after all there are only so many times the ECB can place big demands on the players before frustration sets in, and with tours later in the year of Bangladesh and Pakistan followed by the T20 World Cup, getting back to normal seems the most reasonable approach.
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