DAN WHITING looks at how the ongoing Covid crisis has affected the return of club cricket, on and off the field

With over 44,000 recorded deaths in the UK alone, club cricketers have returned to the game, relieved but with a sense of perspective. The new guidelines issued by the ECB have given those who play the recreational game one or two gripes but the mood in general is one of just being pleased to be ‘out in the dirt’ as we say.
Issues that have arisen seem to stem from the amount of time that it takes to play a reduced game. The Hertfordshire League has the ma...