On Tuesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that seven more Pakistan have tested positive for the coronavirus. The PCB, in its press release, said that seven players Fakhar Zaman, Imran Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, and Wahab Riaz tested positive on Tuesday, taking the infected players’ count to 10 in total.
Earlier on Mondy, Haris Rauf, Haider Ali and Shadab Khan had tested positive. PCB’s press release read: “Following the announcement yesterday that three players had tested positive for Covid-19, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday confirmed that a further seven players and a player support personnel from a total of 35 have tested positive for Covid-19”.
The PCB stated that a total of 35 players and support staff members were tested for the virus ahead of their England tour of which 10 players and one support staff personnel have tested positive.
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Pakistan is scheduled to leave for England tour on June 28 to play three Tests and as many T20Is and the PCB CEO said the tour is “very much on track” despite several of its players testing positive for the virus. In the press conference, PCB CERO, Wasim Khan said, “It is not a great situation to be in and what it shows is these are 10 fit and young athletes.”
He further added, “The tour to England is very much on track and the side will depart as per schedule on 28 June. As mentioned in on Monday, senior cricketer Shoiab Malik, bowling coach Waqar Younis and physiotherapist Cliffe Deacon are yet to be tested.”
All those who have tested positive have been asked to remain in quarantine at their homes, while the remaining players and support staff members will undergo a second round of testing in Lahore on June 25. It said the players and support staff who will clear the second round of testing “will depart for Manchester on a chartered flight” where they will once again be tested by the ECB medical panel.
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Regarding the same, the Pakistan board clarified, “The players and player support personnel, who will test negative on 25 June, will depart for Manchester on a chartered flight. Within 24 after hours after arriving in the UK, they will be tested by the ECB medical panel”.
