The outbreak of the Corona Virus has brought the world to a standstill. It has also halted all the sporting events as a safety measure for the people and avoid the mass gathering of crowds. The cricketing calendar has suffered because of the same. Sporting bodies and cricketing associations are losing a lot of revenue due to the cancelation of matches. Cricket Australia is amongst the main affected board that’s going through a financial turmoil amid the coronavirus. Wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy has urged Australia’s cricket board not to cancel women’s matches to cut down costs once cricket resumes.

Alyssa  Healy is a board director of the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA). Speaking with The Unplayable Podcast, she said,“(Playing fewer games) obviously it doesn’t sit great. We don’t want to lose any cricket. It’d be a real shame,”

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Healy also revealed that the Women’s Big Bash League is one tournament where the female cricketers get a lot of playing time. She said,  “Especially the WBBL, it’s such a great tournament for us. It’s the bulk of the cricket we get to play. We don’t get to play much 50-over cricket in our domestic competition. That’s something that we as a playing group have been really pushing for in the last few years, that the WNCL competition is looked after.”

Healy also commented that losing games could affect players’ performance, especially with the women 50-over World Cup scheduled in February.

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She concluded with, “We don’t want to lose any cricket. I don’t feel our domestic players get to play enough as it is. We’ll have to wait and see what sort of decisions are made. I know that it’s not set in stone and there’s some scheduling meetings coming up that the players are going to be involved in and will hopefully get to have their say on what the summer might look like.”