The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has affected the world severely. It has brought the world to a standstill with many countries being completely lockdown for safety and to contain the spread of the virus. Many major sporting events have either been postponed or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the globe. Cricket has also suffered a similar fate with many international and domestic matches being canceled. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is examining over putting off the first inaugural season of THE HUNDRED.
The hundred, as the name suggests is a 100 ball tournament that was ideated by the English Cricket Board. The ECB is now planning to shift the tournament to 2021 due to the pandemic outbreak of the Corona Virus.
The outbreak of the Corona Virus has halted all the sporting events as a safety measure for the people and avoid mass gathering of crowds in a certain place, THe cricketing calendar to has suffered because of the same. Covid-19 Virus has affected more than 786,270 people so far. It is also responsible for killing over 37,830 lives globally.
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The tournament was scheduled to commence from July 17 but with all sporting events upheld until further notice in the United Kingdom. The Hundred’s fate seems to be under the clouds of uncertainty.
The Times of India quoted a source as saying, “The ECB heads had internally discussed postponing The Hundred by a month very recently, in the wake of the outbreak. At that time, it seemed like a realistic approach. What seems more realistic right now is postponing The Hundred to 2021. The current situation leaves ECB with no better choice.”
“Ideally, the postponement of the 2020 Olympics should’ve held the ECB in good stead. But that is not the case anymore. Travel bans are likely to stay in place for all of the English summers. A thorough postponement is the only choice,” the daily quoted.
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However, ECB director of communications Kate Miller has denied all the reports and suggested that the tournament will go ahead as planned.
“At the moment, we are looking at number of scenarios across June-July and August on what we might do with the cricket season in the wake of Covid-19. The Hundred goes ahead at this stage, it’s still on schedule,” Miller said.
