Yes I Am An Idiot

[Jordyboy9]

Yes I must be an idiot,
I just don’t get it over 22,000 deaths in England due to the virus,
And the topic for discussion by the cricketing bodies,
Is the possibility of games against India and Pakistan,
In less than 6 weeks time,
Surely we have more sense than to allow this?
If it does go ahead and more deaths as a result of this we would be back to square one.

[royfromaus]

You will get no argument from me, Jordy.

[Jordyboy9]

Royfromaus,no argument from you,
On me being an idiot,or the topic of my post?
Shall I have a quess or not?

[rockyracoon]

I totally agree with you Jordy, and I'll be fuming if football gets the go ahead to kick off in a few weeks time.

[LadyCG]

It depends what a quess is...

[Cloverjo]

I think cricket is talking about playing in ‘bio hubs’ or something, where players and staff are quarantined together behind closed doors.

A few sports are talking about similar things.

[Jordyboy9]

I guess I got it wrong again thought the spelling policeman Baldric might have pulled me up,
Not someone more concerned with the lack of gin rather than her test results,
By the way hope you prove negative

[Cloverjo]

Wrong thread there, Jordy?

[Baldric]

After your witty little diatribe yesterday I couldn't give a flying fig what you do.

[douglas9401]

There may be some confusion between cricket and snakes and ladders here.

[Jordyboy9]

Is that the little diatribe that was removed Baldric?
I must have contravened the Site Rules with my opinion of you.

[Buenchico]

Have you got a link, JB9?

I've checked the BBC Cricket pages, as well as running a Google News search, and I can't find the information that you're referring to.

[jno]

https://www.insidesport.co/for-ipl-2020-england-tour-to-india-likely-to-be-compromised-report/

[jno]

just to add that the England cricket board have set up a whole new format of the game this year - nobody wants it but the administrators, but the idea is that it will be on the BBC rather than on a pay channel so the public will again be able to watch cricket.

They've paid out a fortune to get this going and desperately need a tour by India, which is always a big money-spinner. But even if it goes ahead, it's hard to say how much money it will spin if it's played behind locked doors.

[Buenchico]

Jno's link seems to have nothing to do with " . . . the possibility of games against India and Pakistan, in less than 6 weeks time", as referred to by JB9.

England's next fixtures were to have been again the West Indies next month
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england/scores-fixtures/2020-06
but they've already been postponed until July at the earliest (if they're played at all), with the West Indies team having to undergo a period of isolation and with the matches being played behind closed doors
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52522799

England have no matches scheduled against Pakistan until 30 July (after they're scheduled to play Australia) and nothing at all in their diary against India until a T20 World Cup match (in India) on 4 November.

So I still don't understand what JB9 is on about!

[LadyCG]

Chris, do you know if there are any direct flights to Leipzig? I'm struggling to find non-stop flights and I don't want to travel with Ryanair.

[Buenchico]

LadyCG:
Sorry, there are no direct flights from the Uk to Leipzig/Halle Airport. You'd probably need to travel via one of Berlin's airports, or (if you could accept Ryanair, via Dresden from Stansted).

If you need more help planning, I suggest posting a separate thread in Travel. (It helps me to know where you're starting from too!)

[LadyCG]

Thank's Chris, we're going to do Leipzig to Dresden by train. I guess we'll have to fly to Berlin then...

[jno]

true, Buenchico, I can't see any India tour planned though I thought I'd seen a reference recently. They may be here for short-format matches in September. I doubt Pakistan's test series in July-August will go ahead as planned, but who knows, the virus may vanish as Trump has predicted.

https://icc-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/06/20/6dc2c8d4-e1a5-4dec-94b4-7121fab3cd7f/ICC_Tours.pdf

[jno]

it looks as if they are indeed hopeful of getting test matches under way by early July, at two grounds with onsite hotels.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/may/06/england-cricketers-face-bio-secure-tests-nine-week-break-from-families-for-summer-tests-cricket

[10ClarionSt]

People, you can't keep hiding away. The only place that you see SD is in the supermarket/shop queue. You don't see it anywhere else. Once inside, the SD Mafia direct you round the store but never say anyhting to shoppers brushing past each other. Lots of shops and supermarkets are busy all the time with people coming and going. Tesco have said that their sickness absence rate has fallen during the lockdown - and these shopworkers are working alongside many shoppers all the time. The lockdown must end now. It isn't necessary.