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ECB CEO Tom Harrison blames Indian players for cancellation of Manchester Test

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Updated: September 10th, 2021, 18:19 IST
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Manchester: A ‘gutted’ England Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tom Harrison said Friday it was the Indian players’ anxiety over ‘what might happen’ and not the Covid-19 outbreak itself that caused the cancellation of the fifth and final Test here. Tom Harrison also asserted that all efforts were made to comfort the visitors.

Harrison said the developments of the past couple of days have been devastating. Everything necessary was done to convince the Indian players, who were spooked by assistant physio Yogesh Parmar’s positive Covid-19 test Thursday. They simply refused to take the field.

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“It’s a really sad day, my heart goes out to fans. We are absolutely gutted. Internationally this game gets astronomical audience. It became clear yesterday (Thursday) around lunch time that there was a problem in terms of the anxiety level in the Indian team,” Harrison said.

“It wasn’t an outbreak of Covid-19. It it was a perception of what might happen post the physio testing positive. Over the course of the day, we tried to give as many different assurances that we could to give comfort to the players. However, that he did not work,” revealed Harrison.

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The match was finally cancelled due to the Indian players’ reluctance to take the field following Covid-19 cases in the contingent. After that the BCCI issued a statement to say that both the boards will work towards finding space to reschedule the game at some other time.

Harrison said the proposed rescheduling would be a one-off game instead of being a decider for the series that India currently leads 2-1.

“No, I think it’s a stand-alone situation. We have been offered a few other options, probably need to take a look (at those),” Harrison told ‘Sky Sports’ when asked whether it would be a stand-alone game or the series-decider.

“The glass half full version of it is that the prospects of playing a one off Test match against India as a focal point on this ground. Let’s try to deliver on that. It can be the only good news that comes out of a day like today,” he added.

If the rescheduled match is a one-off engagement then India would be deemed winners of the series as it stands right now. However, this development has not been officially confirmed yet. The most likely window for the rescheduled game is July next year when India would be in England for a limited-overs assignment.

Harrison said ‘medical people who understand this virus’ were brought in to talk to the players Thursday. However, they were clear about not playing the match. Their concern was positive tests during the match, which would have led to longer quarantine in England and possible loss of game time at the IPL starting September 19’.

India’s head coach Ravi Shastri and three other support staff members were the first to test positive and are isolating in London.

“Once you have got that sense of anxiety in the dressing room, it would be very difficult to reverse that. Physical and mental health of players is important,” Harrison pointed out.

“People understand that when you have pulled a hamstring you cannot play. However, when you have a mental health issue similar to a hamstring pull then that’s less well understood. We are in a situation now that we are not in bio-bubble but in managed living standards, which is better for players. It is not a Covid-free environment but Covid-managed environment,” informed the ECB CEO.

Harrison said the ECB, however, would be able to handle the financial hit caused by the cancellation thanks to insurance cover. “Our insurance covers cancellation for Covid. Fans will get their money back. Our finance department will handle that,” Harrison signed off.

 

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