Dorset and Wiltshire cricketers will be able to concentrate their minds on club matches for the remainder of the summer following an announcement today by the The National Counties Cricket Association that there will be no competitive cricket played in 2020.
This season was scheduled to be the first under the auspices of the NCCA, who succeeded the Minor Counties Cricket Association during the winter, but complications caused by the Coronavirus have made it difficult for officials to produce a revised fixture list that would be meaningful and competitive.
Although the three-day National Counties Championship was cancelled last month, NCCA officials had hoped that it might be possible to find slots for either the 50 overs Trophy or T20 competition, which were both postponed earlier in the season, towards the end of the summer.
But the 20 National Counties voted 11-9 to cancel all competitive cricket this season at an online meeting on Monday, a decision that was endorsed by the NCCA Board and approved by the ECB’s Cricket Committee.
This season was scheduled to be the first under the auspices of the NCCA, who succeeded the Minor Counties Cricket Association during the winter, but complications caused by the Coronavirus have made it difficult for officials to produce a revised fixture list that would be meaningful and competitive.
Although the three-day National Counties Championship was cancelled last month, NCCA officials had hoped that it might be possible to find slots for either the 50 overs Trophy or T20 competition, which were both postponed earlier in the season, towards the end of the summer.
But the 20 National Counties voted 11-9 to cancel all competitive cricket this season at an online meeting on Monday, a decision that was endorsed by the NCCA Board and approved by the ECB’s Cricket Committee.
