- Geelong and surrounding areas are in a warmth wave
- Cricket matches had been referred to as off beneath excessive warmth guidelines
- Followers of the game have lashed the choice to cancel the summer season sport
Main cricket commentator Mark ‘Howie’ Howard has lashed a call to cancel cricket matches in Victoria as a result of the climate is simply too scorching.
The media character was left shocked that the summer season sport, historically performed throughout the hottest months of the 12 months, was placed on ice as a result of the mercury had soared too excessive.
Howard lives on the Bellarine Peninsula, south of Melbourne and near the regional metropolis of Geelong, the place native cricket golf equipment have been advised to pack up their equipment luggage and go dwelling on Saturday.
‘Sadly, the BoM is predicting a high temperature for Geelong in the present day of 39 levels, and due to this fact all senior cricket is cancelled,’ the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Affiliation posted.
‘On account of in the present day’s forecast high temperature of 39 levels, the GCA is making use of the acute warmth coverage for all one-day competitors matches,’ The Garden Addicts Geelong Cricket Affiliation posted.
Howard stated different measures might have been put in place to mitigate the warmth.
Cricket commentator Mark Howard has referred to as out Victorian cricket associations for calling off matches due to the warmth
All 16 golf equipment within the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Affiliation had their matches referred to as off
‘Native cricket referred to as off down my method because the league thinks it’s too scorching to play a summer season sport. What world are we truly residing in? Perhaps just a few further drinks breaks? A bit of extra zinc maybe? Ideas?’ Howie requested on social media platform X.
Fellow broadcaster Stephen Quartermain additionally referred to as out the cancellations, labelling them ‘Delicate as. Very disappointing’.
The Cricket Victoria warmth coverage states that it’s as much as particular person associations to decide on when to cancel fixtures due to the temperature.
‘Associations are inspired to develop their very own warmth insurance policies, with the choice to cancel play in excessive circumstances to prioritise participant welfare,’ the coverage reads.
However cricket followers have lined as much as slam the choice, saying cricket has been performed in oppressive summer season circumstances because the sport’s inception.
Fellow broadcaster Stephen Quartermain additionally referred to as out the cancellations, labelling them ‘Delicate as. Very disappointing’.
‘The way in which the world goes with the whole lot else … creating people with excuses for the whole lot …. Unhappy,’ one posted.
‘I’ll say this as properly as I can, it’s absolute f***ing bullshit. Cricket on scorching days is a superb bodily & psychological problem. As a society we now have chosen to have a comfortable underbelly. Cancelling cricket resulting from ‘warmth’ is symptomatic of wider societal points,’ fumed one other.
‘Yep, not ok! Summer time sport, take further precautions, drink breaks and so forth. However referred to as off…ridiculous,’ posted one more.
Nonetheless some cricket followers stated the associations had an obligation of care to their gamers and excessive temperatures shouldn’t be ignored.
‘Inform your child to sit down exterior within the solar together with his cricket gear on for a similar period of time, see the way it goes,’ one fired again at Howie.
‘A sane world? We aren’t professionals. It’s additionally an excessive fireplace hazard day in some locations. We simply going to disregard the whole lot else as a result of we acquired an area 5ths recreation to play? C’mon mate,’ posted one other.
It stays unclear whether or not the cancelled fixtures will probably be performed on one other date.
