ECB has written to ICC on outcome of cancelled Test vs India: Spokesperson

The England Cricket Board (ECB) has officially asked the ICC to make a decision on the final Test between India and England which was earlier called-off as there was a Covid-19 outbreak in the Indian contingent.

“Yes we have written to the ICC,” an ECB spokesperson told PTI. 

The English board wants the Dispute Resolution Committee of the ICC to take a look at the issue. The board is further expecting that if a forfeiture is granted then it can claim the insurance. In case the match is declared abandoned due to COVID, then the board is going to lose 40 million pound. 

India’s assistant physio Yogesh Parmar was the latest support staff to get tested positive for the disease. 

If the ICC declares the Test abandoned then the visitors will take away the series as they presently lead 2-1 but if the hosts get a forfeiture then the series will end 2-2 and the ECB can also claim the insurance as per the DRC ruling. 

The playing conditions of the World Test Championship allow the teams to not take the field in certain conditions. 

The conditions state: "Any matches that do not take place due to the Acceptable Non-Compliance of one or both Parties (as defined in the World Test Championship Competition Terms) shall not be taken into account in the calculation of the Points Percentage."