With the effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic which hit the whole world, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Africa Cricket Associations decided to postpone tournaments that were due to take place from March 2020 to July 2020 leaving out tournaments that were to take place in August 2020.
Among the tournaments that have been put on hold are
With no sign of the COVID-19 seems to be better and the situation is still worst, the two Bodies have decided to put on hold to all tournaments until further notice.
The ACA/ICC Senior Male T20 tournament which was to take place in March 2020, ICC/ACA U-19 50 Overs World Cup qualifying tournament and the Senior Female T20 tournament are among the tournaments that have been put on hold.
The Senior National team, the U-19 and the Senior Female team were on preparation for their tournaments in August 2020 when the news broke out that all competitions has been put on hold till further notice.
The Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) Daniel Koroma who is also the Team Manager for the National U-19 team told Night Watch News that they are worry over the decision especially when the international bodies did not mention any definite date for the tournaments. “This means they will come up with dates for the above tournaments at any time they find out it is favorable to play the games,” he said.
Daniel went on that in Sierra Leone there is still ban on all sports activities. Beside the ban, he said in raining season they don’t play cricket and there is no indoor court to play. “We are still appealing to government to ease restrictions so that we will start to train when there will be no rain with all the necessary precautions put in place,” said he.