Lancashire Cricket Cancels Contracts Of Glenn Maxwell, BJ Watling And James Faulkner Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Updated - 17 Apr 2020, 10:21 PM
Lancashire Cricket has terminated the contracts of Glenn Maxwell, BJ Watling and James Faulkner as the overseas players for the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. While Watling was set to play in the County Championship this year, Maxwell and Faulkner had signed for the T20 Blast. But with the English domestic season delayed until May 28, a mutual agreement to cancel the deal has been agreed upon.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. It seems the entire globe has gone into isolation and things seem to be worsening with days passing by. The pandemic has also affected the sports spectrum to a great deal and major tournaments and series have either been postponed or suspended.
The outbreak has also caused harm to players and organizations monetarily as the entire sporting action has come to a stagnancy. Now Lancashire have cancelled the contracts of three overseas players which includes BJ Watling, Glenn Maxwell, and James Faulkner.
Lancashire Cancel Watling, Maxwell, and Faulkner Contracts
“I would like to thank BJ, Glenn, James and their representatives for their total understanding of the current situation and full agreement of this decision,” said Paul Allott, Lancashire’s director of cricket.
“These are clearly very uncertain and challenging times for all counties, both financially and operationally, and it’s clear the issues we face at the moment will have an impact on the way we prepare for the domestic season. The overseas player situation is a policy that has been discussed nationwide and we think it’s prudent to mutually come to an agreement with the players we had originally signed,” he added.
“We will keep in touch with the players and their representatives, and as part of the agreement we’ve come to, we do have an option to sign them for the 2021 campaign,” Paul said.
Major Cricketing Events Come To A Hold After Coronavirus
Recently, the IPL 2020 was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak. To the disappointment of the cricket fans, the India-South Africa ODI series has also been called off. Apart from it, the Road Safety World Series has also been suspended.
The ECB had decided to postpone the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus pandemic. The series was to be a part of the World Test Championship (WTC).
All the English players playing in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) were called back immediately, and the tournament has been postponed.
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