While the entire world is on one platform for the first time battling a common enemy called the coronovirus, some experts have also taken the syndrome as a means to bury their lapses in what they see as a new beginning ahead.
One of the experts is Sri Lanka's South African cricket coach Mickey Arthur who has told his employer that he was using the period to put his future plans and ideas into some kind of a quarantine as he will need a healthy standard of his team which came tantalizingly close to taking the game to a next level only to see England abort their tour and make a beeline back home.
"This isolation period is giving us as coaching staff a time to reflect as well on the player plans, roles and goals that we have set for ourselves as a group," said Arthur whose players are going through closed-door training sessions.
"We are also looking at trends from around the world and analyzing all the opposition that we are going to play against over the next year. We as a group want to stay ahead of the pack and be the leaders not the followers in terms of coaching trends around the world."
Sri Lanka after a series win in Zimbabwe were hoping to prove something against England in two Test matches that were listed as part of the ICC Test championship rankings.
But now it means Arthur and his band of hopefuls will have to wait until June when South Africa visits Sri Lanka followed by the arrival of the Indians in the same month. Presently some of the players have also used part of their break time to distribute food parcels or donate money for medical equipment to combat the coronavirus although not on the scale that England's players have done by making an opening donation of 500,000 pounds to their country's campaign with a pledge for more. Some high profile professional coaches in England have also made pledges for a pay cut to support the battle against coronavirus and it is not known whether the trend will apply to counterparts in Sri Lanka.
Arthur has already made known his feelings as he remains optimistic of a positive outcome to world sport.
"During this very unfortunate time my thoughts go to all the people and families affected by this pandemic. Cricket as most sports is in a pause phase and will come out of this stronger," said Arthur.
Although current circumstances don't permit the Sri Lankan team to practice and train collectively, Arthur is monitoring their home workouts while making note of the progress of each and everyone of them from a distance.
"The players all have individual fitness plans tailored to the facilities that each player has at his disposal at home to maintain the expected fitness levels.
"I have been sending out exercises to each player as well, based on the player reflecting and then sharing with me strengths and weaknesses of their games.
“These reflections are mental, physical and technical," said Arthur.