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The England vs West Indies three-match test series will be the first international cricket series since the month of March. The first test match of the West Indies tour of England will be played on July 8 at the Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl. The second and third tests will be staged at Old Trafford from July 16 and July 24 respectively. This cricket series was initially scheduled to take place in June but was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The host England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has made the two stadiums completely bio-secured, both the teams are being put up at the on-site hotels itself, regular medical testing is being done to make the England vs West Indies series completely secured from the Covid19 scare.

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IPL abroad not among seven options discussed with franchisees

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has discussed as many as seven options with the Indian Premier League franchisees. A curtailed IPL is one of the options but an IPL outside India is fully ruled out.

The BCCI on Saturday discussed the option of conducting a curtailed Indian Premier League with the eight IPL franchise owners in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to the event being suspended by a fortnight.

The BCCI has met representatives of all the eight franchisees in Mumbai this morning ahead of the IPL Governing Council meeting, which was scheduled for the afternoon.

“There were six to seven options discussed during the meeting between team owners and BCCI including a curtailed IPL

In India, there have been two deaths and more than 80 positive COVID-19 cases, resulting in a Government directive to shut the fans out of sporting events to avoid large gatherings.

The source also confirmed that shifting the tournament abroad was not discussed at all in the meeting.

COVID-19 has resulted in more than 5,000 deaths globally.

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) co-owner Ness Wadia said: “BCCI, IPL and (official broadcaster) Star (Sports) are clear that we are not looking at financial loss.”