A fresh coronavirus outbreak in Adelaide on Monday forced Australian players, including captain Tim Paine, into self-isolation but the cou...
A fresh coronavirus outbreak in Adelaide on Monday forced Australian players, including captain Tim Paine, into self-isolation but the country’s cricket board said that the first Test against India in the city from December 17 will go ahead as scheduled.
A cluster of Covid-19 cases in Adelaide prompted other states like Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory to close their borders with South Australia and impose a 14-day hotel quarantine on all visitors from Adelaide from 11.59pm on Monday.
“There is ongoing monitoring but that’s the end of the story,” a CA spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald on the match which is will be a day-nighter.
The number of cases had crept up from four on Sunday to 17 on Monday.
The development has the potential to throw the Australian summer of cricket into chaos but CA insisted there is no reason to think next month’s Test series opener against India – a day-night game – at the Adelaide Oval is in doubt.
The newspaper said CA is monitoring the fallout of the outbreak and its officials were in contact with key decision-makers in Adelaide.
Tasmanian health authorities have returnees from South Australia since November 9 to quarantine.
This meant that Paine, Matthew Wade and their team-mates in the Tasmania squad, which...
