Covid-19: Cricket Australia admits Twenty20 World Cup plans 'unrealistic'
- Tournament was set to begin October 18 but chairman admits plans need to change amid coronavirus restrictions
- T20 World Cup head says that ICC will make decision on how to proceed in the next month
Staging the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia this year in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic is “unrealistic”, Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings admitted on Tuesday.
The tournament is expected to take place from October 18 to November 15, and officials have previously said they are planning for it to proceed on those dates.
But with many global borders still shut due to virus-related travel restrictions, Eddings conceded that was looking increasingly unlikely.
“While it hasn’t been formally called off this year, or postponed, trying to get 16 countries into Australia in the current world, where most countries are still going through Covid spiking, I think it’s unrealistic, or it’s going to be very, very difficult,” he told reporters.
Eddings said Cricket Australia had put forward a number of options to the International Cricket Council.
