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Women’s World Cup: Teams can be allowed to play with just nine players if COVID-19 plays spoilsport

By Aman Shukla

Teams will be permitted to play as few as nine players in a match during the women’s ODI World Cup in New Zealand if Covid-19 disrupts plans, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.

“If it becomes necessary we would allow a team to field nine players as an exception for this environment. And if they had female substitutes from within their management team, we would allow two substitutes to play – non-batting, non-bowling – to enable a game to take place,” ESPNCricinfo quoted Tetley as saying.

“We’ll be asking teams to show maximum flexibility and we’ll be as flexible as possible if the need arises to fulfil our objective, which is to get the games on,” he added.

The Women’s World Cup will be played from March 4-April 3 in New Zealand. The White Ferns will clash against West Indies in the tournament opener in Mount Maunganui.

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]