london its time that old power struggles are set aside and the cricketing world embraces the spirit of cooperation like the west indies says former england skipper david gowerthe west indies have agreed to tour england for a threetest series next month helping the stakeholders who are striving to resume onfield action halted by the covid19 pandemic if the series gets the nod of the uk government it will mark resumption of international cricketthe west indies have done us a favour it is a unique situation and one with huge pressures gower told the press association it will be a huge relief for these games to happen because getting going again is the key he addedgower said even before the coronavirus outbreak wrecked the cricket calendar many boards were facing financial crisis and the situation is worse nowthere were lots of problems in cricket before covid19 particularly in terms of the nations outside india australia and england and issues around finance and structure he saidthey wont go away on their own but if all this does help foster a spirit of cooperation so much the betterit would be great if there was a feeling of all being in this together and if the old power struggles could be set aside in favour of keeping everyone in business getting games on and keeping everyone safethe england and wales cricket board ecb is estimated to lose over 300 million pounds if the upcoming season doesnt go aheadcricket australia has forecast a slump of 48 per cent in 202021 revenues which is now expected to be aud 2397 million from their previous forecast of aud 461m in 202122 it would be aud 3858 million against the expected aud 484 million because of the pandemicwith the exception of football probably if you havent got live sport youve got nothing to pin tomorrows newspaper or the next fiveminute clip on television or radiothe losses this year will be sizeable and any loss of income impacts the whole game from the test team to counties to clubs and schools gower said