Cricket ACT has scrapped this summer's two-day matches in response to COVID-19 case numbers which have ravaged its grade competitions since the festive period.
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Club presidents and the league have opted instead for a second one-day competition to flesh out the summer, which will begin on Saturday less than a week after Weston Creek/Molonglo secured its fourth John Gallop Cup in five seasons with a win over Queanbeyan.
The challenge of maintaining consistent teams across both weekends of a two-day match amidst the Omicron wave was at the root of the decision to drastically modify the competition.
Covid had already forced a change to this summer's two-day competition due to the delayed start to the season. Teams had been split into two pools of four, and were to play just three regular season matches before a finals series.
Clubs will now play each other once across a second one-day competition, before semi-finals on March 12, and a decider the following week.
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"We appreciate this was not an easy decision to make," senior competition manager Drew Crozier said.
"However, in consultation with the clubs, we devised a solution that will allow the cricket season to continue and that's the most important thing."
The semi-finals and final of this season's T20 competition remain scheduled to be played on February 20, between top-placed Tuggeranong, Eastlake, Queanbeyan and Ginninderra.