Australia were due to play three ODIs and three Twenty20s against England from July 3 and ECB chief executive Tom Harrison last week expressed hopes that they would still go ahead.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Hampshire are willing to host more than one Test this summer, with chief Rod Bransgrove confident club can help get cricket up and running again in a biosecure environment.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Durham chief executive Tim Bostock no longer expects him to come over as he is needed back Down Under in September ahead of the Sheffield Shield.

One of the deepest thinkers in the England squad has concerns over the safety of players and concerns about playing cricket while so many people are losing their lives.

Sportsmail understands that while the ECB have not been involved directly in talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India they are aware of the various contingencies being drawn up.

England were scheduled to play Tests in Galle and Colombo in March before the coronavirus outbreak shut down sport worldwide as countries introduced lockdown measures to prevent the spread.

Dukes, the manufacturers of balls used in English home Tests, have dismissed the need for artificial substances to aid shining if international cricket is played this summer.

ECB are asking players to take 20 per cent pay cuts if the Hundred's original draft list is kept for 2021. The retention of the eight 15-man squads on 80 per cent of their agreed terms would save £1.536million.

England's Test stars reportedly face strict bio-secure measures as part of ambitious plans to ensure their summer series' against West Indies and Pakistan are staged.

With ECB chief Tom Harrison warning of a £380m black hole in the game's finances if no cricket is possible, Connor remains hopeful England will still be able to face India and South Africa.

With no live cricket being played due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Sportsmail columnists Nasser Hussain and David Lloyd are answering your questions.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RICHARD GIBSON: Sam Billings refuses to be haunted by the prospect of missing a second World Cup in as many years due to circumstances beyond his control.

Mark Wood, the England fast bowler who has produced the best form of his career over the last year or so, says the players have 'asked good questions' and have been given 'good answers'.

EXCLUSIVE BY RICHARD GIBSON: Currently Pakistan are due to contest three Tests in August, plus three Twenty20 internationals, but are understood to be open to a longer stay.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: When Graham Williams walked out to bat at Lord's on May 21, 1945, it had not been a fortnight since Germany's surrender.

The 51-year-old actor gave a rather bizarre statement on the situation to People on Thursday. His ex-wife Mueller reportedly agreed to a psych evaluation after a bizarre 24 hours.

The 51-year-old actor said his twin boys were fine on Thursday following his ex-wife's recent breakdown in Utah.

 It is his big comeback since announcing he is HIV Positive. And the actor ooks full of beans as he poses with his on-screen stepmother Leah Remini in a still from his forthcoming film.

Bold and The Beautiful star Rena Sofer praised former co-star Charlie Sheen from Two and a Half Men, telling The Morning Show on Thursday the actor was a pleasure to work with.

The 28-year-old certainly turned heads with her  wild set of dreadlocks as she headed to the Ocean's Eight set in the Big Apple.

According to ET, the former reality star checked into a facility after she was hospitalized in November. Her mother Moria Fiore is taking care of the two children she had with Charlie

Mueller has left rehab. According to Entertainment Tonight, the former reality star checked out of rehab recently. The former socialite and reality star had checked into a hospital in November.

He's been living a relatively low profile existence for the six years since his spectacular exit from Two And A Half Men.

The 51-year-old appeared to comply with authorities as he disembarked his plane so it could be inspected by police, who were joined by sniffer dogs.

Speaking to Daily Mail Online on Friday, Sheen said he didn't have dementia symptoms until starting his first regime of anti-HIV drugs. But those symptoms disappeared after starting on PRO-140.

Another lawsuit has been filed by one of Charlie Sheen's (pictured) ex-girlfriend's alleging that he exposed her to HIV and discouraged her from taking antiretroviral drugs.

The Anger Management star - who revealed in 2015 he is HIV-positive - has been following the health plan for the past two weeks as part of a fitness drive with new girlfriend, Julia Stambler.

Charlie Sheen is being accused of sodomizing a then 13-year-old Corey Haim on the set of the movie 'Lucas.'

Judy Haim told Dr Oz that her late son was an open book with her, and claims she would have known about any instances of sexual assault.

A producer has come forward with explosive new claims about Corey Haim's alleged abusers, claiming that in 2008 that former child star told him that he had been assaulted by Jackson.

Lenny Dykstra tells The Hollywood Reporter that in late 2013 he asked Sheen about the death of his former right-hand man Rick Calamaro, and he was told that Sheen 'iced' him.

Kendall Jenner appears to be investing her fortune wisely after snapping up an $8.55 million Beverly Hills mansion, which the 22-year-old now intends to renovate.

The 52-year-old actor reportedly has an outstanding tax debt to the Internal Revenue Service of $4,967,376.41, according to court documents.

For a cool $43,000 a month, the new resident will be treated to seven bedrooms, a gym, a private cinema and even two pools at the pad, located in the exclusive Mulholland Estates.

Denise Richards has called on ex-husband Charlie Sheen to help her pay an outstanding bill that is keeping the 47-year-old from seeing her beloved horses Lily and Hansel, according to The Blast.

One of Charlie Sheen's former sex partners filed a lawsuit against him last month, claiming the actor exposed her to HIV.

On Monday, actor Charlie Sheen was asked on live radio if it was true that he was once rushed to hospital for a hernia operation after 36-hour bender.

The 52-year-old Hollywood actor gives $20,000-a-month to his ex-wife Denise Richards for their daughters Sam, 14, and Lola, 13, and $55,000-a-month to his other ex-wife Brooke Mueller.

He recently revealed he is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Charlie Sheen is not too pleased with the IRS, who won't let him use a payment plan for his $5.7 million tax bill. The actor claims IRS commissioner John Koskinen is 'abusing his power.'

He touched down at Melbourne airport on Tuesday ahead of his highly-anticipated speaking tour, hosted by Channel Nine's Richard Wilkins.

Over the weekend, veteran reporter Richard Wilkins was slammed for being 'underprepared' and 'disorganised' when interviewing controversial Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen.

Charlie Sheen confessed 'I feel good' weeks after celebrating one year of sobriety and that 'it had to be done' at a celebrity softball game in Malibu on Sunday.

Charlie Sheen has been hit with a further blow since the actor, 53, could lose his Beverly Hills mansion after reportedly defaulting on his mortgage, according to The Blast .

As the Planters NUTmobile comes barreling down a busy street, the 53-year-old actor says, 'And people think I'm nuts.'

Denise Richards revealed that her youngest daughter Eloise, seven, was diagnosed with a chromosomal disorder that has caused developmental delays in motor skills and speech.

He told Us Weekly magazine: 'I always had tremendous affection for her. I can totally relate to some of the stuff she had gone through, was going through.

Denise Richards was accepting of her ex-husband Charlie Sheen on Tuesday's episode of the RHOBH. She said he could have brought a prostitute to her wedding and she wouldn't care.

The 41-year-old, whose past drug problems have been well documented, was traveling from Los Angeles to Miami when she was stopped.

His struggle with alcohol and drug addiction has been well documented.  And Charlie Sheen reflected on his public battle as he appeared on Thursday's episode of Loose Women.