Exclusive: England ready to halt ODI over emergency alert test

Tuesday 02 September 2025 8:11 pm
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England’s cricket staff are able to pause their ODI match towards South Africa on Sunday to look at the federal government emergency alert check, Metropolis AM can reveal.

The UK authorities might be testing its alert programs, which is able to trigger a loud noise on all 4G and 5G telephones and tablets on Sunday at 3pm no matter whether or not they’re on silent or not.

And with a packed sporting agenda set for this weekend, sports activities are taking steps to adapt to the attainable disruption.

England, who misplaced the opening ODI on Tuesday, are hoping the check will come between innings on Sunday in Southampton.

However Metropolis AM can reveal that the 50-over match might be paused when the clock strikes 3pm if groups are on the pitch.

In response to the federal government, telephones might “make a loud siren-like sound, vibrate, or learn out the alert”, with the episode probably lasting as much as 10 seconds.

England hit by emergency check?

Elsewhere, Tremendous League chiefs have been pressured to delay the kick-off of a match on Sunday as a result of check, with the Rugby Soccer League deciding to get the Hull derby underway at 3:05 reasonably than its allotted begin time 5 minutes prior.

New Zealand’s Ladies’s Rugby World Cup fixture towards Eire might be halfway by way of its opening half whereas Italy’s match towards Brazil might be getting their second half underway.

Ladies’s Rugby World Cup organisers had been unable to supply an replace on their coverage on the time of publishing.

An ECB spokesperson informed Metropolis AM: “Plans are in place to make sure followers attending Utilita Bowl on Sunday are conscious of the nationwide check of the emergency alerts system, which is because of happen throughout the third England Males’s Metro Financial institution ODI vs South Africa.

“We are going to work with match officers forward of the sport, and take applicable motion relying on the state of the sport. Followers might be saved up to date with in-stadia bulletins as the sport progresses.”

“A variety of different fixtures kicking off at 2pm on Sunday in League One and the Betfred Ladies’s Tremendous League are more likely to be into the second half when the Emergency Alert sounds,” the Rugby Soccer League stated.

England face South Africa within the second of three ODI matches on Sunday, seeking to bounce again from their defeat in Leeds on Tuesday.

Jamie Smith was England’s high scorer on 54, whereas no different batter reached greater than 15 runs.