Lucky cricket is not a contact sport, admits Pat Cummins

The coronavirus has, so far, claimed over 5000 lives since its outbreak in December last year. Although many series have been called off, with the IPL being postponed from March 29 till April 15, cricketers have not been affected as much as say, footballers.

“We’re lucky in cricket that it’s not a contact sport, you can try and avoid getting too close to each other so no one really changed too much. We were pretty clear on making sure nothing really affected the integrity of how we actually played and not changing anything about how we normally go about the game,” Cummins was quoted as saying in cricket.au.com.

Australia beat New Zealand by 71 runs in the opening ODI on Friday, however, the remainder of the series was called off as the New Zealand government tightened border restrictions. The three T20Is between the two teams in New Zealand were also postponed as the Black Caps returned home.