Cricket-From bubble 'prisons' to BLM, cricket confronted reality


  • Cricket
  • Thursday, 17 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Third T20 International - England v Pakistan - Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - September 1, 2020 Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed runs out England's Eoin Morgan Mike Hewitt/Pool via REUTERS

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Cricket lost a chunk of the year's fixtures, including a World Cup which had to be postponed, and players were banished to a life in "luxury prisons" when the game staggered back onto its feet still bearing the scars of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sweet sound of bat meeting ball fell silent in March when New Zealand were renewing their trans-Tasman rivalry in Australia and the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition was nearing its business end.

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