After a week-long hiatus in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s passing, English cricket will resume coming Saturday.
After a week-long hiatus in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s passing, English cricket will resume coming Saturday. After Queen Elizabeth’s death on Friday, they put all cricket-related activities in England on hold. However, the England Cricket Board has now given the go-ahead for those activities to start again. In a press release, the ECB said that the third Test match between England and South Africa would continue as usual. This could mean that it would last for up to six days. Even so, it’s still unclear if the match will start from day 1 or 2. This is because the first day at the Oval was rained out.
Tribute to the Queen
Before each game, there will be a minute of silence, and then the national anthem will be played. All players and coaches will wear armbands of black. Messages paying tribute to The Queen will replace the messages on branded items.
“Cricket will resume on Saturday to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and honour her remarkable life and service,” the release said.
“Following the cancellation of Friday’s cricket fixtures as a mark of respect on announcement of her death, the England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that play will resume from Saturday including international, domestic, and recreational fixtures. The decision has been taken after consultation with DCMS and in line with Official National Mourning guidance,” it added.
About the upcoming matches
This means that the Men’s Test match between England and South Africa will start at The Oval. The Women’s T20 International match between England and India will also occur at Riverside in Durham. The match between England and Sri Lanka’s Men’s U19 team will go on as planned, and so will other games.
Cricket officials had already said that England and South Africa would not play in the third Test at the Oval on Friday because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said they would give updates as soon as possible. The series is now tied at 1-1.
“Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Friday’s play between England and South Africa Men at The Oval, along with all scheduled matches in the (women’s domestic) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, will not take place,” said an ECB statement.
“For fixtures beyond Friday, updates will be provided in due course.”