CWI/ECB exploring ‘bio-secure venues’

Johnny Grave

In an attempt to return to cricket, Cricket West Indies (CWI) and England Cricket Board (ECB) are exploring the possibility of using bio-secure venues for their three-Test series in July.

This was confirmed yesterday by Chief Executive Officer of CWI Johnny Grave who, in a WhatsApp message stated, “We had our first big meeting with ECB yesterday [we are] looking at trying to get the series on in July in a bio-secure venue(s).”

This mechanism is similar to what has been touted for the T20 Blast where organisers proposed a two-phase system with the first being matches behind closed doors while the second phase suggested hosting matches with mass gatherings of up to 500 people.