COVID-19 continues to hit the Large Bash League (BBL). The match between the Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers, scheduled to be held on Wednesday, has been postponed after 12 Warmth gamers examined constructive for the lethal virus.
An official assertion from the BBL confirmed:
“Twelve Warmth gamers at the moment returned constructive PCR exams for COVID-19 and are at the moment isolating. Regardless of its finest endeavours, the membership was unable to recruit sufficient alternative gamers within the 24 hours because the first case was recognized to make up the required squad of 13 for tonight’s match. The league will advise a brand new date for the match as quickly as potential.”
Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s basic supervisor of the BBL, defined the choice to postpone the sport:
“On this occasion, the choice to postpone tonight’s match was the one choice obtainable given the variety of instances throughout the Warmth squad and the lack to safe the required variety of gamers match to take the sector.”
Event organizers have been additionally knowledgeable that the opposite BBL conflict between the Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes on the Adelaide Oval will go forward. Nevertheless, the timing of the match has been pushed again to 7:15pm AEDT.
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In the meantime, the Warmth’s fixture towards the Melbourne Renegades, scheduled for January 6, is about to go forward as the previous are “working via the recruitment and testing necessities for gamers to participate in that match.”
BBL 2021-22: Melbourne Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell exams constructive for COVID-19
Australian all-rounder and Melbourne Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell has additionally examined constructive for COVID-19. The Stars confirmed that Maxwell underwent a fast antigen take a look at after his aspect’s loss to the Melbourne Renegades on Monday evening and returned a constructive outcome. Maxwell is at the moment in isolation and is awaiting the results of a PCR take a look at.
Earlier than Maxwell, 12 different gamers and eight workers members contracted the virus. The Stars have been compelled to discipline a weakened group for his or her final two fixtures because of the absence of regulars within the wake of the COVID-19 state of affairs.
In the meantime, round 10 gamers, together with Adam Zampa, Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile, are prone to be obtainable for the Stars’ subsequent fixture towards the Adelaide Strikers on Friday. Their seven-day isolation is because of finish within the subsequent couple of days.
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