10 Pakistani Cricketers in England Tour Squad tested positive for COVID - 19
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LAHORE : 10 Pakistani Cricketers in England Tour Squad tested positive for COVID - 19.
Seven more Pakistan players due to tour England in August have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Tuesday, taking the total to 10 since the first results were announced this week.
Despite the new infections, the PCB said the England tour is “on track” and the 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 internationals against England starting in August.
The PCB had conducted the 35 tests in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar on Monday.
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 Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan, and Yasir Shah.
Head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, batting coach Younis Khan, spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed, fielding coach Abdul Majeed and other staff members also tested negative. Shoaib Malik, Cliffe Deacon and Waqar Younis have not been tested 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 who tested positive had reported any symptoms of Covid-19 until they underwent the first round of testing on Monday ahead of the side’s departure for Manchester, according to the PCB.
