COVID-19 & CRICKET
Schutt prepared for shortened season due to pandemic
"As long as we're not taking too big a hit, women specifically, I'm OK with it." © AFP
Australia pace bowler, Megan Schutt, says she understands the financial uncertainty brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic when it comes to the women's game, as long as they aren't disproportionately targeted.
Although Cricket Australia hasn't made a final decision yet on the 2020-21 domestic structure, Schutt's comments come on the back of suggestions of a possibly shortened Women's Big Bash League and a cut-down Sheffield Shield being floated around as a cost cutting measure.
"There's obviously going to be reductions somewhere, there kind of has to be," the 27-year-old was quoted as saying to cricket.com.au.
"As long as we're not taking too big a hit, women specifically, I'm OK with it. It's about finding a balance in terms of how we can get cricket going again on the national scene and the international scene.
"Cricket around the globe is going to be affected by this and I have no doubt that women's cricket is also going to suffer. Whatever kind of season they can muster together, I'm going to be happy enough with."
The last one year marked quite a Women's cricket in more ways than one, with the T20 World Cup final at the MCG attracting over 86000 spectators to the WBBL getting a separate hosting window that didn't clash with the Men's event. "I think we've got some real momentum coming from that World Cup win for us," she said, sounding confident of being able to retain this wave of popularity despite the possible clampdown.
"I think that left us in the spotlight before this whole crisis went down, so that's a real plus for us. We finished the season on a high and the success that came off the standalone WBBL last season really put us in good stead for this season."
The bigger unknown though, and what could hurt more is the possible unavailability of overseas players, who given the travel restrictions imposed around the world at the moment, might find it difficult to get clearances to show up. But Schutt believed there was enough talent in Australia to ensure the competition's standard remained high.
"It'll be different, there's no lie about it. In terms of quality it might diminish a little. But the beauty for us is that we've been putting so much into our state programs and now us as Australian players, we're going to have a lot of time to stay here and develop our own players in our own states.
"It kind of brings a new splash into the mix of seeing these new kids that maybe haven't got the shot (in the past) because those international players were there. So it's a double-edged sword in that sense. But... we've got the depth in Australian cricket, we've got the best domestic system in the world, so I don't think there's any reason why that won't be a quality product still."
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