India, March 20 -- Believe it or not, a village in Essex, England hasn't seen any cricket for almost one year. Why?

In May 2025, a member of the public was struck on the leg by a cricket ball and after that, all cricket was suspended at Dawson Fields in Danbury, near Chelmsford. Prior to the incident, there were also reports of damage to two car windows and a roof tile on the Danbury Leisure Centre. The issue was also that every match there saw three to four balls hit into the car park, giving rise to safety concerns.

But now the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has taken the initiative to bring the game back to the village. It has decided to bankroll the construction of an artificial wicket as well as the perimeter fencing.

The p...