England players set for pay cuts due to coronavirus crisis - report


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  • Sunday, 29 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa v England - Fourth Test - Imperial Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa - January 26, 2020 England's Joe Root and Ben Stokes in action REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

(Reuters) - England's cricket players must "realise the bigger picture" and will be expected to take a pay cut as the country's cricket governing body (ECB) tries to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/joe-root-and-ben-stokes-face-200-000-pay-cuts-fxt8q6z0m reported on Sunday.

More than 662,700 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 30,751 have died, according to a Reuters tally, and the outbreak has brought global sport to a virtual standstill.

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