The cricket season hadn’t even begun on English soil when Boris Johnson announced the nationwide lockdown in March. The England team soon flew home from Sri Lanka and the ECB announced there would be no cricket in the country until May 28th at the earliest, meaning Gloucestershire’s return to the top flight of county cricket […]
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Five sporting events to watch during the COVID-19 lockdown
Euro ’96 Theres no better sight than a packed Old Wembley in the blazing sun with Stuart Pearce belting out ‘God save the Queen’. Well to see this beauty then go on to ITV Hub and you can see the full tournament. I recommend heading straight to England vs Scotland, you’ll see one of the […]
Cricket stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic – what is next for the professional game?
The ECB have announced that professional and recreational cricket in England and Wales has been suspended until at least the May 28 due to the coronavirus outbreak. This has resulted in the start of the English domestic season being delayed, it had been scheduled to get underway on Easter Sunday. Gloucestershire earned promotion to division […]
What have Gloucestershire’s sports teams been up to in self-isolation?
The coronavirus pandemic may have left a fairly sizeable hole in the sporting calendar. Gloucester Rugby had their most recent match against Worcester Warriors postponed and their upcoming home match against Bristol Bears has also been struck by the virus. Gloucestershire were set to return to the top division of county cricket for the first […]
Podcast: How will the next 10 years pan out in sport
Uncertain times are on the horizon, but here at Parklike Sport we’ve decided to go out on a limb and predict what will happen in the next ten years in sport. Saeed Moulai and Adam Newton discussed their predictions. We’ve covered both mens and womens sports, and we’ve highlighted football, cricket, tennis and formula one. […]
The Hundred: Former England captain David Gower on the new types of fans in cricket
The Hundred is a franchise 100-ball competition launched by the ECB which is due to commence this summer. There will be eight city-based teams in the competition, both having a men’s and women’s team. The idea behind the concept, is to attract a new type of audience, being young children and women, with the competition […]
Former England captain David Gower on how coronavirus has affected England’s Tour to Sri Lanka
England’s Test Series in Sri Lanka was called off on Friday amid fears over the of the coronavirus. The two-Test series was due to begin in Galle on 19 March and a warm-up fixture was abandoned on Friday after the decision was made to return to the UK. The decision to call off the tour […]
England’s Test series in Sri Lanka cancelled
England’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka has been postponed due to the coronavirus. The first Test was due to start in Galle on Thursday, 19 March. Joe Root’s side were in the process of facing a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in the build up to the series, but that was cancelled once play on […]
BREAKING: Gloucestershire Cricket cancel pre-season tour to La Manga amid Coronavirus outbreak
Gloucestershire Cricket have announced that their planned pre-season tour to La Manga in Spain has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The squad were expected to fly out to Spain on the 18 March for a training camp and a series of practice matches against Glamorgan before returning to Bristol on the 27 March. We […]
Welsh Fire sign Beth Mooney as overseas star for The Hundred
Welsh Fire have signed Australian international Beth Mooney as an overseas player for this year’s first edition of The Hundred. Mooney was part of the Australian T20 World Cup winning team last week and will join up with the South Western based franchise for the tournament this summer. The new approach to fast paced cricket […]