WAGGA City Wanderers president Brendan Flanagan says cricket should be expected to take a similar hit in its scheduling that winter sports are facing as they prepare to play deeper into the year.
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Soccer is pressing for community leagues to begin in mid-July once coronavirus restrictions ease further at the end of June, but will play a shortened season expected to finish in October or November.
"Cricket's going to have to work in with all the other sports because theoretically cricket shouldn't have been affected, certainly at the local level, at all by it," Flanagan said.
"There needs to be some give and take there, they just can't have a free run at it.
"Soccer and Aussie Rules and everyone else that shares grounds will have to have a shortened season regardless, so they'll need to take a bit of a hit and have a shortened season too, and we'll all start from scratch again next year."
Capital Football will hold a hook-up with clubs on May 20 where the make-up of the season, dependent on when the government give the go-ahead, will be discussed.
A promotion and relegation system, where the winners of the National Premier League ACT division two are promoted and wooden spooners relegated, is now also up in the air.
"I have no inside knowledge or anything like that but I'd be thinking we'd be able to train somewhere from early to mid-June, and the comp will be able to commence somewhere from mid-July," Flanagan said.
"I've got a meeting on the 20th that will hopefully clear up some of the questions and what the contingency plans are for the season, based on when the green light is given."
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