Ireland 'very flexible' on England ODI series dates

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Jofra Archer made his England debut in the four-wicket capture over Eire in Dublin closing summer

Eire shall be “very versatile” over a doubtless rescheduling of their one-day collection in England in September, essentially based entirely on Cricket Eire chief executive Warren Deutrom.

Amid disruption precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is hoping to offer an replace on the corpulent summer agenda by the tip of April.

“The ECB dangle floated a pair of alternate recommendations by approach of doubtless rescheduling of our video games,” Deutrom knowledgeable BBC Sport.

“Every time they need us to play these video games, we can carry out our very most attention-grabbing to be on hand.”

All skilled cricket in England and Wales is on preserve until at the least 28 May even, with the first Test in opposition to of the summer – in opposition to West Indies starting on 4 June – at possibility of be postponed.

The ECB board will meet on 23 April to focus on fairly a pair of scheduling plans, some of which restful encompass staging The Hundred this season, even supposing it looks now not really that the new 100-ball competition shall be in an enviornment to be launched this twelve months.

England are scheduled to play Eire on 10, 12 and 15 September at Trent Bridge, Edgbaston and The Oval respectively, and are also due to the host Pakistan and Australia this summer.

“The ECB has a giant jigsaw puzzle by approach of the global and domestic cricket they are attempting to slot in,” stated Deutrom, who conceded Eire must be “practical” in regards to the percentages of their home suits in opposition to Unusual Zealand and Pakistan in June and July taking dwelling.

“We are very versatile, on yarn of we save now not dangle as noteworthy global cricket to play.

“The ECB has been very supportive of us in the previous. We would are attempting to reciprocate that the set aside we are in a position to.”

With the ECB hopeful that every global suits would possibly perhaps maybe well presumably be conducted this summer, one chance would possibly perhaps maybe well perhaps be to stage Test and restricted-overs suits simultaneously by fielding two separate England teams.

Deutrom acknowledged there were cases in the previous when Eire dangle confronted England teams which dangle now not been corpulent strength – in an abandoned ODI in Dublin in 2015, England fielded five debutants.

Nonetheless, in 12 suits all over all three codecs, Eire dangle beaten England handiest once, a notorious triumph at the 2011 World Cup.

“There dangle always been a spread of comments in the previous concerning to the truth that ECB would now not essentially dangle sent over its first-selection workforce in an ODI to attain again and play in Eire, but we haven’t beaten them but,” he stated.

“I invent now not mediate we would be assuming upright on yarn of Test cricket shall be going on at the identical time that we would be up in opposition to a weaker workforce.

“I’m certain England dangle ample depth to be in an enviornment to carry out that.”

On Wednesday it modified into announced thatDeutrom will take a 25% pay slicefor the leisure of the twelve months, while Cricket Eire’s other non-playing workers will take a 20% reduction in April and May even. Workers in Northern Eire were furloughed.

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