Cricket Australia announces more job cuts, cost reductions amid COVID-19 crisis
Cricket | June 17, 2020 13:27 ISTThe Australian cricket board has also slashed 40 million dollars from its annual budget.
The Australian cricket board has also slashed 40 million dollars from its annual budget.
The reduction in the number of umpires means the 10-member panel will have to officiate in more games than last season.
The CDU Top End T20, a round-robin T20 carnival featuring 15 games across the Queen's Birthday long weekend on June 6-8, will also see up to 500 spectators allowed at the grounds since Northern Territory has not registered any active COVID-19 case since May 21.
Competitive cricket is set to resume in Australia for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck the globe when the Darwin and District Cricket Competition season begins with a T20 tournament from June 6.
Warne said he loved playing for his country and it didn't matter whether he did that wearing the Baggy Green or a floppy hat.
Australia are scheduled to take on Scotland in a T20 on June 29 before playing three T20s and three ODIs against world champions England from July 3.
Under financial stress, CA has already put 80 per cent of its staff on 20 per cent salary till end of June, while a handful of others, including the executives, remained on 80 per cent pay.
Australia coach Justin Langer said that they have enough hand sanitizers available with them and they will shake the hands of their opposition despite coronavirus fears.
Glenn Maxwell played for Lancashire across formats in the 2019 season, that saw them earn promotion back to the first division of County Championships.
Ellyse Perry injured her right hamstring while fielding in the win over New Zealand on Monday which secured four-time champion Australia's spot in the semifinals.
Vini Raman, 26, was born and brought up in Melbourne and traces her roots back to India and is a Melbourne-based pharmacist by profession.
Mitchell Marsh will arrive at Lord's ahead of the start of the T20 campaign in late May, and join Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman at Middlesex.
Tayla Vlaeminck reported pain in her foot, with scans revealing a stress response of the third metatarsal and signs of an early stress fracture of the navicular.
Meg Lanning's team has now won both editions after ensuring a winning lead in the 2017-2020 ICC Women's championship.
The match, named 'Bushfire Cricket Bash', was earlier scheduled at the SCG on Saturday but will now be held at Melbourne's Junction Oval on Sunday.
The tournament will be held at the state-of-the-art indoor cricket venues in Melbourne -- Casey Stadium and CitiPower Centre, the World Indoor Cricket Federation announced.
West Indies defeated England by 71 runs via DL method while Australia got the better of Nigeria by 10 wickets in their respective U19 World Cup.
Mitchell Marsh said the league was a good stepping stone for young Australian players and they were getting picked in the national side because of their BBL performances.
Along the way, Tim Paine and Nathan Lyon also visited Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, who thanked them for their solidarity with the affected families.
Glenn Maxwell raised the issue with the Cricket Australia support staff and has been offered full support of the Australian team.
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