Glamorgan issue caution ahead of 2020 season: "If the Hundred gets missed, that's the opportunity to drive the game"

With a heavily-disrupted three-month season in the offing due to the coronavirus outbreak, the ECB face a tough decision over which competitions to prioritise

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Glamorgan have backed the ECB's plans to prioritise white-ball competitions during a 2020 domestic season which will be heavily reduced due to the coronavirus outbreak.

On Friday, the authorities confirmed no professional cricket will be played before May 28 while the recreational games has been stopped indefinitely amid a UK government directive over social distancing.

The ECB are compiling a series contingency plans based on the season starting in July, August of September, assuming the threat of the virus has dissipated.

England's international schedule, the T20 Blast and The Hundred, the most lucrative competitions in the calendar, will be prioritised.

Uncertainty is, therefore, growing over the role the County Championship and the downgraded One-Day Cup will have this summer. An extension of the campaign until October has been proposed but incorporating all four formats appears unlikely.

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With just one international fixture scheduled at Sophia Gardens - the second T20I against Pakistan on 31 August - it is crucial for Glamorgan to maximise the revenue which the limited-overs game offers.

"The T20 Blast is massively important from an audience point of view, from a financial point of view it's the format which is played on television and if the Hundred gets missed, that's the opportunity to drive the game," director of cricket Mark Wallace told BBC Radio Wales Sport.

"But we understand there's a huge amount of people who enjoy the Championship, there are also a lot of professional cricketers who concentrate on the Championship who could go through the season without playing a game.

"There's also the effect on the recreational game. Cricket is fighting for people's interest and there's concern over the junior game."