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It has to be this way. Society is rightly opening up and cricket has to open up with it. And if that means England have to play an international series with a 'B' squad, so be it.
It would be easy to point fingers at the ECB and question how seven members of England's playing and coaching staff caught Covid-19 in what is still supposed to be a 'safe environment'. But unless pictures emerge proving me wrong — we have been caught out by players having nights out in Bristol before — I do not think they have done anything wrong.
Speaking as someone infected by Covid when the 'Kent' and 'South African' variants were rampant just before Christmas, I know to my cost how you can abide by just about every rule in the book and still fall foul of this virus.
Seven members of England's playing and coaching staff have tested positive for covid-19
The difference now is that vaccination has substantially reduced hospitalisation and serious illness, and that means society and sport just have to get on with life. Full houses are just around the corner and the
