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Will England play this summer? And what next for women's cricket?
May 30, 2020
In February, 90,000 people crammed into the Melbourne Cricket Ground to watch the Women's T20 World Cup final. This summer was about building on that success.
The hopes in England were that The Hundred would take the game to a new audience, alongside a £20m investment to fund 40 new professional contracts.
That money - described as "unprecedented" at the time - was part of a huge £50m funding plan aiming to close the gap between England and Australia, at international and domestic level.
England had a full international summer planned before they set about defending the 50-over World Cup in February 2021.
But the coronavirus pandemic has prevented any cricket until at least July.
So what happens now? What cricket will we see this summer? And what next for the women's game?
Will England play this summer?
England were due to host India from 25 June to 9 July, with South Africa arriving in September.
The series against India - consisting of four one-day internationals and two Twenty20s - has been postponed, but the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to hold it later in the summer.
As it stands, the South Africa series from 1-16 September is still going ahead, although it could be held without fans. England women's managing director Clare Connor has floated the idea of a tri-series also featuring India.
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