EXCLUSIVE: County Championship could be postponed again this year

The County Championship will be postponed for the second season in a row if contingency plans being drawn up for 릴게임 the 2021 domestic schedule come into force.

Discounting wartime, 릴게임 the Championship pennant was not contested for the first time in 130 years last summer and only the Bob Willis Trophy will be presented to the first-class champions once more in the event of the ECB revamping the fixture list they published in two stages either side of Christmas.

Plan B of the county calendar is ready to be implemented amid concerns that crowds will still not be permitted to attend matches in June when the Vitality Blast is set to begin.

The County Championship could be postponed in 2021 for the second year in a row

The County Championship could be postponed in 2021 for the second year in a row 

Essex beat Somerset to lift the Bob Willis Trophy last year in place of the County Championship

Essex beat Somerset to lift the Bob Willis Trophy last year in place of the County Championship

The Blast has long been viewed as essential to county finances and 릴게임 playing matches behind closed doors again would cost them £25million based on recent years when combined attendances have hovered around one million.

Therefore a decision on whether to flip the season, pushing the majority of the Twenty20 back from midsummer to September — increasing the prospects of venues operating at greater than base-level capacity — is expected soon after February 22 when the road map out of lockdown is presented by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Some MPs suggest Covid restrictions will begin to be lifted in May, but county chiefs view it as prudent to wait for the chance for fans being welcomed in significant numbers for 릴게임 as many T20 games as possible.

One said: ‘It is without doubt the most sensible option.’

Cricket chiefs are desperate to get some levels of crowds back for the T20 Vitality Blast

Cricket chiefs are desperate to get some levels of crowds back for the T20 Vitality Blast

If the switch happens, the Championship aspect of the first-class competition — when the teams are restructured into three divisions on points won during the 10-game group stage — would be removed from the final weeks of the season.

Whatever happens, the new Hundred tournament will remain in its slot between July 21-August 21 because of TV commitments.

Cash issues currently dog the county game.

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