The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is exploring the possibility of a resumption sometime around mid-September.
This is according to the BCB Public Relations Officer, Simon Naidu. Through the county board’s social media account, Naidu informed “Cricket clubs in Berbice are hereby informed that they should start making preparation for the possible restart of the 2020 cricket season from mid or late September.”
According to Naidu, “The BCB would hit the road running once permission is granted by the Government of Guyana.”
He indicated “Of course life would never be the same and a series of new rules would be put in place to make every one safe at venues.”
Naidu explained that it could be likely that spectators would not be allowed at the venues for the restart. Berbice has always had a large gathering of cricket lovers when the game is played, especially on weekends.
Naidu related “The BCB would work firstly [look] to complete the 2019 and 2020 tournaments that are incompleted and depending on sponsorship, we would seek to host others.”
The PRO went on to add, “venues should be cleaned, new members registered and players can start getting fit by training in groups less than 10 but doing so while respecting social distancing. Plans should also be made to obtain balls and gears if needed.”
