England were due to host India from 25 June to 9 July, with South Africa arriving in September.
The series against India – consisting of four one-day internationals and two Twenty20s – has been postponed, but the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to hold it later in the summer.
As it stands, the South Africa series from 1-16 September is still going ahead, although it could be held without fans. England women’s managing director Clare Connor has floated the idea of a tri-series also featuring India.
In the men’s game, the Test players returned to training this month, while the women will resume on 22 June.
There would need to be about 250 players, staff and employees – the same as the men – for a behind-closed-doors game to take place, but Connor says she would understand if, for one summer, the men’s game took precedence.
Finances aside, England women need to play. They have not stepped on the field since February and are set to begin the defence of their World Cup title in nine months. If there is no cricket at all this summer yet other countries manage to play, England could be heading into a global tournament undercooked and underprepared.