The County Championship team Lancashire and its club have canceled the contract of three foreign players. The Lancashire team has canceled the contract of Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, and New Zealand player BJ Watling. These three players were linked by Lancashire for the County Championship 2020.
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling signed a contract with Lancashire for the opening 9 matches of the county championship this season, while Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and Faulkner joined hands with the board for this season of the T20 Blast. However, due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the England and Wales Cricket Board has canceled all matches till 28 May.
Lancashire Cricket Director Paul Ellott spoke to the three legendary players two weeks ago and explained the situation. After this, the contract for the 2020 season was canceled after a mutual interaction between the board players. Ellott has stated, "These are clearly very uncertain and challenging times for all county teams, both financially and operationally and it is clear that the issues we are facing at the moment have the effect of preparing for the domestic season Will fall on the way to do it. "
He has stated, "In this situation with the foreign player there is a policy that has been discussed nationwide and we think it makes sense to mutually compromise the players with whom we originally signed the contract. We will keep in touch with the players and their representatives and under the agreement, we have come, we have an option to sign them for the 2021 campaign. "
