Engineers were on site to fix a "complete failure of the signalling system".
The Canal and River Trust says its reservoirs are empty so Foxton Locks will need to close again.
Reservoir levels in Leicestershire are still "well below" expected levels.
Richard Kaufman always wanted to play professional cricket, but only made it to the minor counties.
Foxton Granta have won the national Village Cricket Cup at Lord's for the second time in two years.
The planned repair works have been brought forward as the locks are currently closed due to drought.
Foxton Locks was temporarily closed on 29 July and some boats are now stuck in the bottom lock.
The Canal and River Trust says while boats cannot enter, the site remains open to visitors.
The boats will head to the site of a festival credited as "tipping point of the waterways revival".
