England cricket coach Chris Silverwood will likely be absent for the fourth Ashes Test in opposition to Australia after the COVID-19 outbreak on the England group’s camp surged to seven confirmed instances.
Silverwood must be remoted after a member of the family at a touring celebration examined optimistic for the coronavirus. There was no indication that Silverwood had the virus.
He must isolate along with his household for 10 days in Melbourne, the place the third Test was performed. The fourth Test begins in Sydney on January 5.
England misplaced the third Test, and with it the collection, as Australia took an unassailable 3–0 lead within the five-match Ashes.
England stated the check optimistic for “a family member” occurred on Wednesday. Another spherical of PCR assessments will likely be administered on Thursday.
The celebration touring to England has registered seven optimistic instances _ three assist workers and 4 relations _ since a PCR testing regime got here into power on Monday.
The gamers are attributable to fly to Sydney on Friday earlier than the fourth Test.
Cricket Australia is assured that Sydney testing can go forward as deliberate, regardless of rising instances within the metropolis and the outbreak in England’s camp.
Both groups will fly to Sydney on a chartered flight on Friday morning, and a complete lodge complicated will likely be booked for them within the metropolis’s japanese suburbs to scale back the danger of contracting the virus.
The fifth Test is to be held in Adelaide in mid-January.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
