鈥淔ollowing the Government鈥檚 latest advice around social distancing, it is with sadness and reluctance that we recommend that all forms of recreational cricket are for now suspended.
鈥淭his extends to training, pre-season friendlies and any associated cricket activity.
鈥淪port plays an absolutely vital role in the nation鈥檚 mental and physical wellbeing, and it helps people find meaning where there is fear and uncertainty, so one of our goals in the coming weeks will be to explore ways that we can support some levels of physical activity in communities - particularly at junior levels.
鈥淯sing our cricket community to support others could be one of the most important services we can offer during the difficult next few months.
鈥淚t will be critical that any decisions we do make are medically-led. And we will continue to work with Government and their advisors to ensure we are informed by science in our decision making.聽
鈥淥ver the coming weeks we will work with the game to understand what support is required across the cricket community, particularly local clubs and leagues - who will have such a huge role to play in our nation鈥檚 response to coming out of this situation.鈥�