LAHORE : 10 Pakistani Cricketers in England Tour Squad tested positive forCOVID – 19.
Seven more Pakistan players due to tour England in August have testedpositive for the coronavirus, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said onTuesday, taking the total to 10 since the first results were announced thisweek.
Despite the new infections, the PCB said the England tour is “on track” andthe team will depart for the series as per schedule.
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Mohammad Hafeez,Mohammad Hasnain and Kashif Bhatti were all diagnosed with the virus.
It comes after three teammates — Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf and Haider Ali —tested positive on Monday. A player support personnel, masseur Malang Ali,was also confirmed to have the virus.
Pakistan are due to play three Tests and three Twenty20 internationalsagainst England starting in August.
The PCB had conducted the 35 tests in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar onMonday.
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The players who tested negative are: Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali,Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Ahmad, Imam-ul-Haq,Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen ShahAfridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan, and Yasir Shah.
Head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, batting coach Younis Khan, spin bowling coachMushtaq Ahmed, fielding coach Abdul Majeed and other staff members alsotested negative. Shoaib Malik, Cliffe Deacon and Waqar Younis have not beentested to date, the PCB statement said.
On Monday, Imad Wasim and Usman Shinwari had tested negative in Rawalpindi.
Like Haider, Haris and Shadab, none of the seven players and masseur whotested positive had reported any symptoms of Covid-19 until they underwentthe first round of testing on Monday ahead of the side’s departure forManchester, according to the PCB.
