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Surrey draw up plans to welcome fans back to Kia Oval

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Surrey have drawn up a raft of proposals to welcome back members at the Kia Oval when the lockdown is eased at sporting events.

The county are to install thermal-imaging sensors for temperature checks on spectators on arrival, with entry only “granted if the reading falls within Government guidelines”, and reduce capacity to just 25 per cent (6,000 people) for matches.

In addition, members — of which there are 13,500 — will have to buy tickets online and will then have to adhere to a strict seating policy within four distinct zones at the ground.

Members will have to stay in their allotted zone, while every other row will be blanked out to enable social-distancing measures to be adhered to.

Drawn up in the document Getting Members Back to the Kia Oval and seen by Standard Sport, the proposals talk of “hard borders” for spectators at the grounds to avoid “cross-contamination”.

Hand sanitisers will be set up around the ground, with alcohol sales limited and “strictly policed to enable stewards to maintain controls on behaviour” and food and drink sold by vendors in protective equipment.