T20 World Cup With 'Crowd' Possible As Australian PM Eases Restrictions

The impending decision on 2020 T20 World Cup has been deferred to July by the global governing council. But in a major boost, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday, announced easing in restrictions which included the sports stadiums. According to the eased rules, the stadiums with capacity of accommodating 40,000 spectators will be allowed to hold a crowd of 10,000 from next month.

Scott Morrison addressed a National Cabinet meeting on Friday, where he said, the new regulations will apply to events like sporting matches, concerts and festivals, with venues being allowed to host 25 per cent of their total seating capacity.

How the new regulations in Australia can be a positive for T20 World Cup?

Cricket boards have suffered loss due to hiatus forced by the novel coronavirus pandemic in terms of hosting matches. The T20 World Cup 2020 is the biggest cricket tournament in the year, which is expected to pull large crowds. The global governing council has seemingly taken time to take its decision on the marquee tournament and with limited number of crowd being allowed, it only works in favour of the showpiece event.

The Australian PM said, “It would have to be a large, open area. There would need to be seats at the appropriate distance. It would need to be ticketed, so people would be able to understand who was in attendance at that event,” Morrison said.

Morrison also added that the rules for every venue is still being worked upon with the understanding of chief health officers in the country. He also hinted that Australia might open up international borders, with foreign students in focus, in near future.