Melbourne, May 6 (IANS): Cricket Tasmania on Wednesday announced it has decided to axe some of its staff to meet the financial challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement, it announced an organisational redesign in response to the impacts of COVID-19.

"It is an unfortunate consequence of the redesign that a number of roles in the business will no longer exist. While some of the roles being made redundant are currently vacant and will not be filled, there will regretfully be some job losses."

"We acknowledge the very personal impact this will have on the individuals involved, and the business will do what it can to support them through the process," the statement added.

Cricket Tasmania Chief Executive Dominic Baker meanwhile said coming into this period, their financial position was relatively good as they were able to significantly reduce their levels of debt over recent years, however the immediate and future impacts of coronavirus have led them to this unenviable situation.

"With reductions in revenue from Cricket Australia; no events at the Blundstone Arena Function Centre; and cancellation of major events like the One Day International in March and this year's AFL matches, it would be negligent of us to not mitigate the risks that this new landscape poses," Baker said.

"Sport will survive and will remain ingrained in the Australian way of life. The future will see us doing more with less, but we will ensure that our association survives with it," he added.

The entire sporting calendar has come to a standstill because of the coronavirus outbreak which has so far claimed more than 2.5 lakh lives worldwide.