While the Premier League is beset by problems over when and how it might return, there is growing optimism in cricket that the international programme can be fulfilled behind closed doors from July.
Two crucial meetings will be held by the ECB via Zoom — one with West Indies chief executive Johnny Grave to thrash out details of their tour and the other to ‘select’ the first group of England players who will return to training on Wednesday.
Sportsmail’s cricket correspondent Paul Newman looks at how the sport’s very own ‘project restart’ will work...
Cricket bosses hope they can complete the international calendar behind closed doors
After last an unforgettable summer 2019 cricket has been ground to a halt by coronavirus
The schedule
It now seems certain England will press ahead with the plans revealed by Sportsmail on May 3 and stage six Tests this summer at two ‘bio-secure’ venues, the Ageas Bowl and Emirates Old Trafford.