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There are strong rumours suggesting that the test series between West Indies and England will resume shortly. The 2nd test came to a halt due to political issues gathering in the caribbean which resulted in disturbances on the terraces of the port-of-spain venue.
The ICC have announced that both tests will now become void and the series will have to begin from scratch. ECB chairman David Morgan said in the press release, "Whilst the ICC understood our concerns, they were very forthright in their opinion of security measures taken by us on allowing certain groups of supporters to travel to the West Indies. We do not condone fans behaving in this manner and have taken action to ensure those events do not occur again. Both the ECB and the WICB have agreed to restart the series which will start in Barbados before moving on to Trinidad and then two tests to be held at Lords and The Oval. There is no scheduled date as of yet but we are hopeful that the West Indies will have their problems resolved by the end of the month".
The series will be reduced from 80 overs per day to 50 overs per day in order to bring down the unrealistically high scores which were achieved by both sides previously due to super fast scoring rates, so action has been taken in order to make things more "real".
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sonic
There are strong rumours suggesting that the test series between West Indies and England will resume shortly. The 2nd test came to a halt due to political issues gathering in the caribbean which resulted in disturbances on the terraces of the port-of-spain venue.
The ICC have announced that both tests will now become void and the series will have to begin from scratch. ECB chairman David Morgan said in the press release, "Whilst the ICC understood our concerns, they were very forthright in their opinion of security measures taken by us on allowing certain groups of supporters to travel to the West Indies. We do not condone fans behaving in this manner and have taken action to ensure those events do not occur again. Both the ECB and the WICB have agreed to restart the series which will start in Barbados before moving on to Trinidad and then two tests to be held at Lords and The Oval. There is no scheduled date as of yet but we are hopeful that the West Indies will have their problems resolved by the end of the month".
The series will be reduced from 80 overs per day to 50 overs per day in order to bring down the unrealistically high scores which were achieved by both sides previously due to super fast scoring rates, so action has been taken in order to make things more "real".
thanks
sonic