Surrey possess confirmed plans to play Middlesex in a in the inspire of-closed-doorways pleasant subsequent month.
The Oval will host a two-day crimson-ball fixture on 26 and 27 July, which will seemingly be streamed continue to exist-line.
County cricket is postponed until a minimal of 1 August thanks to coronavirus, but England will start a Test sequence in opposition to West Indies on 8 July.
Surrey hope the pleasant will come earlier than “aggressive cricket returning the following weekend”.
They and Lancashire had been primarily the most attention-grabbing two among 18 top quality counties who chose now to no longer furlough gamers amid the pandemic.
The announcement signifies Middlesex will start to speak their gamers off the federal government job retention device quickly, whereas a preference of other counties possess also resumed training in shrimp teams.
Surrey will seemingly be streaming the match the expend of a pair of cameras on each their Fb website and The Oval web space.
Taking part in a regionalised four-day opponents plus the T20 Blast is believed to be one of the major conceivable recommendations being concept to be for when the domestic season will also be allowed to start.
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However the federal government confirmed on Tuesday that recreational club cricket can’t resume but until ways to effect the game extra assemble are approved, with Top Minister Boris Johnson announcing that “the ball is a natural vector of disease”.
In acknowledge, the England and Wales Cricket Board acknowledged on Wednesday: “We contain that cricket is a non-contact sport, with very low risks of exposure, and that it can probably maybe maybe be performed as safely as many other actions being currently authorized.
“It is our solid desire to work with Authorities to glimpse the return of recreational cricket on or around 4 July, as they proceed to grab other restrictions extra broadly across society.”
The statement added: “We can verify that any guidance we share with the game will consist of directions on mitigate any threat from coping with the ball as we proceed to prioritise the health and safety of the cricket family in all our decision-making.”