Yorkshire CCC tour to India and club AGM still on despite coronavirus

YORKSHIRE CCC insist they have no plans to call off their annual general meeting on Saturday week in light of the coronavirus outbreak and that it is business as usual ahead of the new season.
By Chris Waters
Published 11th Mar 2020, 16:45 BST
Yorkshire CCC chief executive Mark Arthur.Yorkshire CCC chief executive Mark Arthur.
Yorkshire CCC chief executive Mark Arthur.

The AGM is attended each year by several hundred members and due to go ahead as planned at Headingley on March 21.

Mark Arthur, the Yorkshire chief executive, said: “We’re heeding all the government advice and keeping up-to-date with the latest information.”

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The players are currently in India on a pre-season training camp and return to the UK on March 24. Cricketing events affected by COVID-19 include Lancashire’s pre-season tour to South Africa/Dubai and Worcestershire’s trip to Abu Dhabi, both of which were cancelled. Airport screenings are now widespread in India, where confirmed cases yesterday stood at 62, with the Yorkshire squad based in the Mumbai region.

“Everybody who enters India has to go through screening,” added Arthur. “We’ve taken all the necessary precautions concerning our own players. It’s more of a training camp, so we haven’t arranged for a supporters’ tour, so there is no concerning player/supporter interaction).”

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