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Eng vs WI Test series: Know about bio bubble, new playing conditions here

Cricket's oldest format kicks off a very new era for the sport. Here's how viewing experience will get changed during England vs Wes Indies Test series in times of coronavirus

Ageas Bowl stadium, Southampton. Photo: @ICC
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The West Indies squad has been in UK since June 9 in order that the players could first quarantine at Manchester's Old Trafford ground and then practise there in lockdown conditions.

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International sport will finally return in Britain on Wednesday, when England take on West Indies in the world's first cricket test match since mid-March owing to coronavirus pandemic.
 
It's clear the match being staged at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton is about much more than just cricket.
 
A smoothly run test series, played in a strictly isolated environment featuring repeated Covid-19 testing and social distancing, can not only lay the blueprint for future matches and tours in cricket, but also events in other sports targeting a resumption.

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