On Sunday, legendary spinner, Shane Warne has tested positive for Covid-19 and he is currently been going through self-isolation. Shane Warne has missed London Spirit’s clash with Southern Brave in the new English cricket limited-overs competition The Hundred after he was one of two members of the team’s coaching staff, who have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Shane Warne is serving as the head coach of the men’s team for the Lord’s-based franchise but he was forced to sit out Sunday’s match after feeling unwell.

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In a statement regarding the same, the club wrote, “London Spirit men’s head coach Shane Warne will be absent from today’s match against Southern Brave at Lord’s. “After feeling unwell this morning, Shane returned a positive lateral flow test and will isolate from the squad and support staff whilst he awaits PCR results. A second member of the team management is self-isolating after also returning a positive test. No players have been impacted.”

The 51-year-old former Australia leg-spinner, who has scalped as many as 708 wickets from 145 Tests between 1992 and 2007, is the second head coach in the men’s competition who has tested positive for Covid-19 in the first 10 days of the Hundred.

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Apart from Shane Warne, Andy Flower, the Trent Rockets head coach, returned a positive test last weekend and he had to miss a many as tbree games of his team, and as a result, Paul Franks had to step into the role. Steven Mullaney, who was deemed a close contact of Flower’s, is the only player in the competition to have been forced to self-isolate as things stand.

However, there is no denying the fact that The Hundred is earning a lot of property among cricket fans as the newest format has been loved by most people.