Don’t cancel WT20: Hogg
Melbourne, April 15
Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg feels his country should go all out to ensure that the T20 World Cup is held as scheduled this year even if it means bringing in teams a month in advance in chartered flights and testing all participating players for Covid-19. The pandemic has cast a shadow over the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia from October 18 to November 15.
“A lot of players have been in lockdown. They haven’t been able to go out, train and prepare for a tournament such as the T20 World Cup. So we got to get them here a month, a month-in-a-half earlier than what we would do in a normal situation,” the 49-year-old said in a video posted on his Twitter handle.
“There are no commercial flights, so we have to have chartered flights… Before the players get on to the chartered flights they all get tested. When they get to Australia they go into lockdown for two weeks. After the two-week quarantine period they are tested again and if they pass the test they are free to go out and train,” he said. — PTI
