The possibility of introducing "spare" days to stage finals will likely be deliberated this year, cricket boss Ben Middlebrook has said.
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The news follows the Twenty20 final and the two-day final in all four grades being washed out and abandoned because of the coronavirus, respectively, last season.
The previous season, the first-, second- and third-grades two-day finals were washed out, while four of the past six first-grade finals across the three formats has been washed out or abandoned because of the epidemic.
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Middlebrook, president of the Tamworth District Cricket Association, said the discussion on spare days would likely be revisited after the association's annual general meeting in June or July.
He said it would be "very hard" to reschedule the two-day finals given they were played at the end of March.
"But I think there is room to move for the one-day finals and the Twenty20 finals," he added.
"But the way we've structured our one-day finals, it probably won't be [until] two months after we finish playing the one-day games.
"It's sort of out of whack. But if it gives clubs the opportunity to play for that title, well, I can't see that being a bad thing."
Referring to all four grades, Middlebrook said "rulings always seem to happen when, you know, people jump up and down when it affects them".
"And when I say 'affects them', it's usually one club out of six."
He added: "It only raises its ugly head after a washout ... and it's usually raised by the people who have been affected by the result, that have come second."
