"We can't put a specific timescale on a return beyond it will be a number of weeks from now as it heals naturally, so it's not one we will risk and patience is a virtue with this specific recovery." In order to build upon the success of the centralised format, selected rounds will be completed in their entirety at a selection of neutral venues, alongside the traditional Season Opener and Grand Final weekends. Rafiq said the problem at Yorkshire was replicated "up and down the country". "There's a different type of disappointment, a different type of frustration. But the hunger, the energy, that's all still there."