Thursday, June 25, 2020

BRIGG BLOG'S HANDS-ON SOLUTION TO GET CRICKET GOING AGAIN


Three weeks after Brigg Blog last posted about  Brigg, Broughton and Hibaldstow club cricketers, there's still no imminent sign of a ball being bowled or a run scored.
The 2020 season - due to open in April - is still a non-starter as the halfway point for fixtures draws near.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now bowled recreational cricket something of a googly by declaring the cricket ball to be a natural vector of disease; potentially, anyway.
That appears to be the view of government advisers on Coronavirus.
There's concern about fielders touching the ball - frequently - throughout the match and then passing it to team-mates. The ball, that is.
No-one disagrees that people's health is paramount.
So Brigg Blog proposes a simple solution: Suspend one of the laws of the game and make all the fielders, including the bowlers, wear thin surgical-type gloves. End of problem.
With that measure in hand, can recreational cricketers  across the UK start playing again next Saturday?
Cricket's national governing organisation is hoping the government will permit a restart early in early July.
Pictured: Cricket being enjoyed in glorious weather at Brigg Recreation Ground in a previous season... a normal one.