Concert drama prompts new out-ground rule

By Seth Francis
DERBYSHIRE will not face punishment after their County Championship match with Kent at Chesterfield in September was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
The county have, however, been cautioned by the ECB’s Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) who have advised all first-class counties in future not to use outgrounds before mid-May or in September.
The game was moved to Chesterfield as the County Ground in Derby had hosted a Boyzone concert the previous Saturday, but the move backfired when bad weather left the Queen’s Park outfield waterlogged.
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