England opener has experience from
Pakistan Super League‘It was something we knew we had to deal with’Tom Harrison, the
England and Wales
Cricket Board chief executive, confirmed that playing international cricket behind closed doors this summer was “probably our only option” when chatting to Sky this week. What will that be like? Forget all the lame jokes that a behind closed doors match will not be an issue for English cricketers since this is what happens all the time in county cricket because that is not true; this is merely what a few “experts” who do not attend any county matches assume to be the case.
Jason Roy is a better witness given that the last game he played in the Pakistan Super League took place behind closed doors on 7 March when the Quetta Gladiators – Roy’s team – were pitched against the Lahore Qalanders. “There was no atmosphere, simple as that,” recalls Roy.