Prime minister Boris Johnson invoked his very own Decision Review System on Friday before giving recreational cricketers the green light to return next weekend. Johnson made a dramatic u-turn just three hours after frustrating the ECB by again ruling out on LBC radio a start date for the club game. He had previously claimed a cricket ball could be a ‘vector for disease’ but on Friday initially put the blame on sandwiches for the extended absence of the recreational game. ‘I’ve taken scientific advice and gone to the third umpire and we will now be providing guidelines for the return of recreational cricket next weekend,’ he said. The change of heart came as a relief to ECB, who had been adamant it was safe for the club game to return.

Source: Daily Mail July 03, 2020 17:11 UTC