"It is an impossible job to create a safe schedule with the current structure," says PCA chair

NICK FRIEND: James Harris has called on counties and the wider game "to come together" to create "a safe schedule" for 2026 after "baby-step progress" for 2025 showed the challenge of creating meaningful change amid the season's current shape

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