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From July, competitive 11-a-side matches have been allowed
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Isle of Wight cricketers find new ways to play CRICKETERS ON the Isle of Wight have come up with a solution to enable the game to restart safely under the latest Covid-19 guidance. July saw the start of the competitive cricket season on the Isle of Wight as 13 teams from eight clubs play in two mini leagues for the rest of the summer. The teams will be split into two leagues, the A and B, with each team playing each other once in a 40 overa-side format that follows the Covid-19 playing guidance. The league will see teams from the Southern League and Hampshire taking on Island league sides for the first time in many years. The Isle of Wight Cricket Board is also looking to host an Island All Stars Game on August 29 which will see the best players come together to play in a one-off game.
The action won’t be over at the end of August as the league programme will be followed by a new cup competition, The September Cup, which will give those clubs and players wishing to extend the season past the traditional closing date extra time playing. The junior cricketers aren’t being left behind as all the age groups (U11s, 13s & 15s) in the area have got underway with their fixtures for the season. The leagues have been scrapped for the summer but the clubs have a fixture list until early September, giving the juniors plenty of opportunity to test their skills. Cricket development manager, Stuart Chatfield, said: “The league and cup will give the players what they have told us they wanted, which is a competition at the weekends, with
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over 75% of those who completed our questionnaire wanting to see some sort of competition this season. It will see many sides take on teams from different leagues, which will make it really exciting. But most pleasing is that the clubs were keen to enter teams and make the league a success, with them working together sharing grounds and players to get the games on.” Throughout England, cricket has moved from step 3 to step 4 of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) roadmap to return for recreational cricket, as reported on in the last issue of Grounds Management. A full programme of grounds maintenance can now resume on cricket grounds. There is separate guidance for Wales; more information can be found at www.ecb.co.uk.
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