Ahead to the West Indies Test, Covid hits the Australian squad
Players are permitted to compete under Covid procedures even if they do not receive a negative test during the next 24 hours, but they are required to remain isolated from the other players.
Before the second Test matchup against the West Indies, Australia’s team was afflicted by Covid-19. On Wednesday, coach Andrew McDonald and all-rounder Cameron Green became the most recent casualties of the illness.
After the first Test in Adelaide last week, which the home team won by 10 wickets, they were ill after Travis Head, a batter, contracted Covid. Since then, he has tested negative, and on Thursday, the second day-night Test series involving him will begin in Brisbane.
Green and McDonald are anticipated to participate in the match as well, unless they feel unwell.
Cricket Australia released a statement saying, “Until they return a negative test, Cameron Green and Andrew McDonald will be separated from the group.”
“It will not hinder Green taking part in or McDonald attending the match in line with CA protocols.”
Players who do not receive a negative result within the next 24 hours are still permitted to compete according to Covid protocols, but they must remain isolated from the other players.
Australia will start the encounter unaltered after Usman Khawaja, who was hit in the head late in the Adelaide game, passed concussion tests.
The team’s experience with pink-ball Tests, according to captain Pat Cummins, should work in their favor.
Cricket Australia released a statement saying that Cameron Green and Andrew McDonald would be apart from the team until they receive negative test results.
“It will not hinder Green taking part in or McDonald attending the match in line with CA protocols.”
Players are permitted to compete under Covid procedures even if they do not receive a negative test during the next 24 hours, but they are required to remain isolated from the other players.
Australia will start the encounter unchanged after Usman Khawaja, their opener, passed concussion tests following a blow to the head late in the Adelaide game.
The fact that his squad has experience with pink-ball Tests, according to captain Pat Cummins, could be advantageous.
“No doubt playing a pink-ball Test almost every year, and some Shield cricket over the years with the pink ball, helps us familiarise ourselves … perhaps better than oppositions can, just by experience,” he told the media.
