Yorkshire: Staff and players are OK with the salary deduction

Yorkshire cricket club exclusive:

   Players and working bodies are helping the economy by cut off their wages

Players and workers at Yorkshire have taken a salary to reduce up to 20 percent.

The decision is made by the club to help the county recover from the economic implications of coronavirus.

Chief government Mark Arthur instructed BBC Radio Leeds that losses for 2020 may be a "giant seven-figure sum".

The proportionate salary reduction throughout the board at Headingley, with the very best earners taking a bigger cut, will take impact from 1 June.

A huge range of Yorkshire's workforce had been on furlough since 6 April.

"We do now not take decisions together with those gently, however now's the time to take drastic steps," said Arthur.

"The personnel and players were consulted in advance this week and their response to the news has been remarkable."

Despite posting file annual earnings in 2019, the club started the year £18.34m in debt.

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No global cricket at Headingley in 2020

Yorkshire, who has gained a document 32 County Championship titles, continues to be one of the exceptionally supported facets inside the USA.

But most in their income is made by way of being one of England's maximum famous houses of international cricket.

In 2019, Headingley hosted four World Cup fixtures, a one-day international towards Pakistan, and a sensational Ashes Test suit for the duration of a busy global summer season.

Although the memberships are open to it getting used as an England and Wales Cricket Board education venue, Headingley will now not be used to stage global cricket this summertime.

The beginning of the English season has been not on time until at least 1 July.

But Arthur still has the "desire" of playing all three sorts of home cricket, especially the worthwhile T20 Blast.