What rules England made for the practice of its players

The England cricketer will return to practice next week before the pre-scheduled Test series against the West Indies and Pakistan. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has suspended all its activities until July due to the coronavirus epidemic. So some rules England made for the practice of its players. ECB said that 30 cricketers will be kept ready for the return of international cricket in the summer. Practice will be as per government guidelines.

ECB Cricket Director Ashley Giles said that we have to control the situation so that it would be safer to return to practice than going to the supermarket.

Rules made for the practice of players

1-30 elite players will practice at different times on 11 county grounds to ensure physical distance rules. -Some players may practice differently at a venue but their coach will be the same as there will be one coach for four or five bowlers.

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Following the law of physical distance, they will not come close to bringing anything to each other.

• Players can only use their private box balls and must keep them in their kit bag when the ball is not in use.
• The bowlers will start practice from Wednesday while the net practice for the batsmen will start two weeks after that.
• Players have been asked to travel by car, carry marked bottles of water, wash their hands regularly, return home immediately after practice, and take a bath.
• Players must maintain a distance of two meters from the coach.
• The batsman will not have to lift the ball himself when he is practicing on the net. The ball has to reach the coach by hitting him with a shoe or with a bat.

Let us tell you that keeping in mind the COVID 19 epidemic, all these rules have been made to ensure the safety of the players so that the game also moves in the right direction and there is no harm to the players.