The Guardian view on the sporting life: games in a time of coronavirus | Editorial

Can the UK’s favourite sports answer the questions posed by Covid-19? The restarting of the Premier League will offer some clues“There can be no summer in this land without cricket,” wrote Neville Cardus, the long-time Guardian cricket – and indeed classical music – correspondent. So far this summer we are having to test his hypothesis. In the most gorgeous weather imaginable, bats have remained stowed, wickets uncut, fields empty of fun and flowing strokes. At the beginning of July, all being well, we will finally get some cricket – Test matches between England and the West Indies in Manchest…