Hampshire's Ageas Bowl has reportedly been lined up by the ECB as a contingency plan to host England 's third Test against New Zealand this summer if Yorkshire members do not approve a series of reforms by the end of the month.
The ECB suspended Yorkshire from hosting "international or major matches" back in November in the wake of the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal but provisionally lifted it just three months later. At the time, they said the decision was conditional on reforms being passed by the club's members at an extraordinary general meeting.
However, there has been opposition to the reforms led by former chairman Robin Smith, who has successfully managed to get the EGM postponed twice. The meeting has been rescheduled for March 31 and, should reforms not be passed, the Daily Mail report that the ECB will not lift the ban.
