Cricket Australia chief says organisers 'exploring all options' to stage T20 World Cup this year
FirstpostCricket Australia is already feeling the financial heat due to the coronavirus pandemic and with cricketing action unlikely to resume anytime soon, it is staring at losses worth ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ Dubai: Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts on Thursday hinted at a possible change in dates for the T20 World Cup, saying “we are exploring all other options” to stage the event, which is originally scheduled for October-November. “Cricket Australia is working closely with the ICC, the Local Organising Committee and the Australian government so we have a comprehensive understanding of exactly what it will take to be able to play the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 in October in Australia as planned,” Roberts said. CA is already feeling the financial heat due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and with cricketing action unlikely to resume anytime soon, it is staring at losses worth “hundreds of millions of dollars”. “If you contemplate the prospect of the international season, in particular, is affected, we have an issue of hundreds of millions of dollars on our hands.” “So it’s very important that … we do everything possible to stage the season,” Roberts had said earlier this week when asked about the financial implications of India not able tour in the Australian summer as a result of the pandemic.