Travis Head, having tested positive for COVID-19 following his unwell feeling at the conclusion of the first Test in Adelaide, may participate in the Brisbane Test under team isolation protocols. Cricket Australia has informed us that Head’s arrival in Brisbane will be delayed until Tuesday morning to allow for additional recovery time. The team’s primary training session at the Gabba is scheduled for 5 pm on Tuesday.

After falling ill post the Adelaide Test, where he earned the match award for a crucial century, Head was diagnosed with COVID. Despite the team planning to regroup in Brisbane on Monday for preparations ahead of the day/night Test on Thursday, Head will spend an extra night at home in anticipation of testing negative before rejoining the team.

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Should Head still test positive, he will adhere to isolation protocols, similar to those Matt Renshaw followed when he tested positive just before the start of the SCG Test last year. Renshaw played in the match but had to watch from a separate room when off the field, maintaining social distance while fielding. He stayed isolated at the team’s hotel until testing negative.

These protocols were initially implemented during the Commonwealth Games women’s cricket final in Birmingham in August 2022 when Tahlia McGrath played despite testing positive beforehand. The situation was well-handled by Cricket Australia, ensuring the safety of everyone involved.

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As Head’s illness is disclosed, Usman Khawaja has been cleared to play the second Test against the West Indies at the Gabba. He passed all regular tests for delayed concussion after sustaining a heavy blow to the helmet grille and jaw during the final day of the Adelaide Test with scores level. Khawaja, with no symptoms of delayed concussion, is set to train at the Gabba tomorrow.

Wicketkeeper Rishab pant and throwdown specialist Dayanand Guarani tested positive for Covid-19 while three others were placed in precautionary isolations a dreaded virus hit the Indian cricket team ahead of next month’s Test series against hosts England, Rishabh Pant is in quarantine, according to a BCCI source, and is asymptomatic

BCCI said “ the four personnel will undergo 10 days isolation and will remain in their respective rooms in the team hotels in London”

Rishab Pant quarantined

Rishabh Pant, who is part of India’s touring party in England, has tested positive for Covid-19. He will not travel with the team to Durham as it reassembles ahead of next month’s Test series against England.

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A BCCI source confirmed that Pant had tested positive and had been in isolation for the past eight days. He is, according to the source, asymptomatic at this point. “He is in quarantine at an acquaintance’s place and won’t be traveling with the team to Durham on Thursday,” the source said without divulging when the 23-year-old would join the squad.

“Yes, one player has tested positive but he has been in isolation for the last eight days. He was not staying in any hotel with the team, so no other player has been affected,” BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla told PTI.

“As of now, no other player has tested positive. Also, you must be aware our secretary Jay Shah has written a letter to all players to maintain protocols”

 AdditionallyBoard confirmed that all traveling family members and caretakers with the team have also been administrated with the second dose of covid vaccine earlier this month in London.

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The development came close on the heels of Shah sending an email to the Indian contingent, warning it about the rising cases of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom. The players were given a break after the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, which the team lost last month.

It is understood that Pant has been afflicted by the Delta variant, which has led to the rising number of cases in England. He was seen attending a Euro 2020 football match last month and had even posted pictures on his social media accounts.

Shah, in his letter, told the players to “avoid” crowded places as Covishield, the vaccine that has been administered to the players and other members of the team only provides protection, not full immunity against the virus.

In fact, Shah’s letter had specifically stated that players should avoid going to Wimbledon and the Euros, both of which recently concluded in the UK.

The Indian team is due to take on England in a five-match Test series starting August 4. It will play a practice game starting July 20 as a build-up to the high-intensity series. But Pant Easwaran and Saha will miss the practice match scheduled to start on July 20 against a combined countryside with Bengal players Alson with Arun in 10 days

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Pant will also need recovery time and won’t play the game in that case KL Rahul will keep against combined counties from July 20-22

The India-England showdown marks the beginning of the second cycle of the World Test Championship.

Recently, the England team too was hit by the virus and was forced to field a second-string side for its limited-overs series against Pakistan.

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New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla on Thursday (July 15) said despite the fact that one member from the touring contingent is presently positive for Covid-19 in England, there isn’t anything to stress over as the board is playing it safe taking every precaution possible for the team. 

The spread of COVID-19 wasn’t confined to just the England team in the recent past, even two Indian cricketers were influenced by the virus in the UK. Yet, luckily, both are doing fine at this point. 

While one of them – a top-order batsman – has even returned negative tests since Rishabh Pant will be tested on July 18 as he finishes his tenth day in isolation. 

“One player has been discovered positive, he was asymptomatic, I will not reveal the name. He is not remaining in the squad’s hotel, he is staying with family members and is recuperating quite well. He is in isolation, he was discovered positive 8 days back. He will be tested again in the next two days,” Shukla (BCCI) told ANI. 

“Team India is fine, there is no issue. Secretary Jay Shah has composed a letter to team executives saying everyone ought to follow the COVID protocols, strict measures, anything that might be adapted according to the suggestions should be followed and all wellbeing safeguards ought to be taken and the team must be exceptionally cautious during the England tour,” he added. 

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In an early misfortune for Team India, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the five-match Test series against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed Thursday. 

Pant is “asymptomatic” and has been in isolation throughout the last eight days, revealed BCCI. 

Following the loss in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand last month, the Indian cricket team has been on a break and outside the bio-bubble. The players and the support staff were approached to assemble in Durham on Thursday for the preparation ahead of the first Test, which starts on Aug. 4 in Nottingham. Nonetheless, Pant, who is believed to have gotten the Delta variation, will not head out to Durham of its own. 

BCCI secretary Jay Shah recently sent an email to the Indian contingent in the U.K., warning them about the spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. He asked the players and support staff to not attend recently conducted sporting events such as Euros 2020 and Wimbledon. 

In any case, the members from the Indian squad didn’t adhere to that and were spotted at those events. While lead coach Ravi Shastri and Ravichandran Ashwin went to watch Wimbledon, the quickie Jasprit Bumrah and Pant went to Euro 2020 matches. 

The five Tests between India and England are scheduled to be played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Lord’s in London, Headingley in Leeds, Kennington Oval in London, and Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester.

Further discussing the developments, Shukla said: “We are avoiding potential risk during the series, everybody is placed in the bio-bubble so since it was a long gap of one month so players were permitted to go around. I don’t imagine that they can be continually kept in a bubble. 

“We are not that stressed in light of the fact that the rest of the players are fine they will head to Durham. Who is in isolation won’t go with the rest of the squad. When they test negative, then, at that point they can continue ahead.” 

The Indian team will play a warm-up game from July 20 to 22 against a County Championship XI team that is being orchestrated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after a request from the BCCI.

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The limited-overs series between Ind and SL has been postponed due to Covid-19 cases in the home team’s camp. SL’s batting coach Grant Flower and data analyst G T Niroshan had tested positive for Covid-19 upon their return from their tour to England. The cases have forced SLC to extend the quarantine period of the Sri Lanka players from the stipulated three days.

This has in turn pushed back the start of the series to another date. The first ODI will now start on July 17 instead of July 13.

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After talking to sources in SLC, it has been learned that new dates are still being chalked out in consultation with the BCCI. The tentative dates could be July 17, 19, and 21 for the 50-over games, while the three-match T20I rubber is likely to start from July 24.

“Yes, the series will now start from 17th of July instead of 13th. The decision was taken in consultation with SLC keeping the safety and security of players in mind,” a senior BCCI official told PTI, confirming the development.

As per the original schedule, the series was going to start on 13 July with 3 consecutive limited over ODI matches then followed by series of T20 starting from 21 July which has to be postponed now, three ODI matches were on 13th, 16, and 18th July.

The second-string Indian team, being led by Shikhar Dhawan with Rahul Dravid as chief coach, has completed its hard quarantine and has been training in Colombo.

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“Yesterday we tested the others once again and today G T Niroshan’s report came positive and he was also isolated. Since we didn’t receive any other positive reports as of now, it means that the players who returned from the UK have tested negative in their second RT PCR test.”

The series is now being pushed back by four days despite the SLC keeping two groups of players in separate bio-bubbles.

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It is worth noting that the entire squad after their arrival from England on 6th July was tested for Covid-19. All of the players have tested negative but Sri Lanka’s batting coach tested positive. At this stage, the entire squad is quarantined in a hotel in Colombo and will have to complete 7 days quarantine.

– As per the local norms 14 days quarantine is necessary before being cleared to move freely

– As the Sri Lanka team was in a BIO-BUBBLE authorities decided to reduce the quarantine period to 7

– First 3 days of Quarantine, they are completely locked in their rooms

– Next 4, they will be allowed to use hotel Gym & Pool

– The players can participate in any kind of outdoor activity only after completion of 7 days quarantine

– The Quarantine period for the SLC team will end on 12th July

As we know before some days there was  Covid-19 blast in England’s cricket Camp now in Sri Lanka’s Squad which is really leading to the single question in the cricket lovers are players unaware about the spreading of covid-19 or they are carefree but whatever the reason may be now SL vs Ind series is postponed.

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“I’m very confident the players haven’t breached any of those protocols. We can’t say where it originated,” Giles claimed with confidence to BT Sport.

England Cricket Squad

At least three players and four staff members of the England cricket Squad tested positive for Covid-19, the England & Wales Cricket Board announced on Tuesday. With the current squad required to undergo quarantine as part of the Covid-19 protocols, the ECB (England Cricket Board) had to announce a change in the squad for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan.

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There are still many questions and confusion among the people, even if Giles claimed with confidence that no one among the England Cricket Squad nor Staff member broke or violated Protocols directions then what was the main reason behind the outbreak of the virus at the camp just before the upcoming one of the important series.

He also added that “The squad has been living under very tight restrictions. We haven’t gambled. I don’t believe we’ve gambled at all. We are fully aware of the risks and we are aware of the knife-edge that we are working on all the time,”

England’s next opponents, Pakistan, have been in managed isolation in Derby since arriving on June 25. The first ODI is due to take place in Cardiff on Thursday, with the ECB indicating there would be no changes to the schedule or ticketing arrangements. At Lord’s on Saturday, the second ODI is in line to be at full capacity as part of a government pilot.

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Hussain also commented about the difficulty of acquiring a new squad as regular county games are also going on at the same time.

Additional Giles claimed with confidence for the England Cricket squad that the new Delta variant could be the reason for the outbreak at the England camp despite the high level of safety measures implemented.

Seven members of the England cricket team, four being backroom staff and three being England players tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of England’s limited over series with Pakistan. Former England captain Nasser Hussain spoke after the announcement was made by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), and said that it may create chaos at the ECB towers.

Hussain also commented about the difficulty of acquiring a new squad as regular county games are also going on at this time.

The PCB released a statement saying it had been in close contact with the ECB over “concerns about the health and safety of its players” after being informed of developments on Monday evening.

“The PCB is satisfied by the assurances and guarantees provided by the ECB on behalf of its medical panel, and feels comfortable with the existing protocols that have been put in place to ensure all the Pakistan players and player support staff remain safe and secure throughout the duration of the series,” the board said.

“The PCB has also been in touch with its team management and has advised them to exercise extra caution while in the hotel or at the match venue.”

The England vs Pakistan series will kick off on July 8th.

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Covid-19 spread rapidly more than expected. As a result, some of the players and Staff members of the England cricket squad were infected and in the end whole England Cricket Squad is strictly put under isolation to ensure there safety…!

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T20 World Cup Shifted to UAE and Oman due to Covid-19

After the WTC’s series cricket lovers are really excited about the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 series which was initially going to be held in India but due to the second wave of Covid-19 in India, it must be shifted to another country.

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Thus, ICC decided or confirmed on Tuesday that they have shifted the Upcoming ICC Men’s T20 world Cup to UAE and Oman which was not quite surprize but we were not expecting it so soon.

Additionally, they also announced dated for the tournament which is going to start from October 17 to November 14 which will be the Final and last day of this enthusiastic Tournament of eight teams.

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This year the world fallen in the chaos of covid-19 and because of second wave emergence in India it is not possible to held in India and sources confirms that it was the main reason for this but,

Apart from those things the main fact remain that is BCCI was the Hosting the Tournament before shifting and now it will remain as host of this ICC Men T20 World Cup 2020 so BCCI decided four venues as follow-

1.Dubai international Stadium.

2.The Sheik Zayed Stadium

3.The Sharjah stadium

4.The Omen Cricket Academy

Including Eight Qualifying teams will be now split between Omen and UAE and four of these teams will then progress to the super 12s round where they’ll join eight automatic qualifiers and to say truly it is going to be more intresting than usual.

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Afterall the upcoming tournament edition will be the First ICC Men T20 World Cup played since 2016- the west Indies crushed England in the Finals in India.

Eight Teams which are going to play qualify preliminary stage are as follow

1.Bangladesh                               2.Sri Lanka

3.Ireland                                      4.Netherlands

5.Scoutland                                  6.Namibia

7.Oman                                        8.Papua New Guinea

Before they play-off stage and we will see the winner on the Day of Final on 14^th November.

On this matter “Our priority is to deliver the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 safely, in full and in its current window,” said acting ICC CEO Geoff Allardice. “Whilst we are incredibly disappointed not to be hosting the event in India, the decision gives us the certainty we need to stage the event in a country that is a proven international host of multi-team events in a bio-secure environment.”

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said “The BCCI is looking forward to hosting the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 tournament in UAE and Oman,” after that he Added “We would have been happier hosting it in India but considering the uncertainty due to the COVID-19 situation and the importance of a world championship, the BCCI will now continue to host this tournament in UAE and Oman.”

Which was the expected reaction from BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, also today India is going toward the path of recovery from Covid-19 effects but what waits ahead is still mystery to the whole world although despite the fact that Doctors are suggesting that third wave will be coming toward us with misfortune but let say we are on the path of recovery.

After the astonishing victory of New Zealand on the WTC trophy crushing the overconfident Team India by 8 wickets cricket lovers hoping great from New Zealand and India as well but the question remains, can Team India Overcome their overconfidence with the good leadership of Virat Kohli? Which we have to see in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 which is shifted to UAE and Omen Due to Covid-19 Second upcoming Wave.

thus we cricket lovers are really looking foreward to it.

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