No new COVID-19 case within Australia-West Indies bubble
ANI
24 Jul 2021, 12:03 GMT+10
Bridgetown [Barbados], July 24 (ANI): Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that all 152 persons tested for COVID-19 on Thursday evening returned negative results, following the suspension of Thursday s second ODI against Australia before a ball was bowled at Kensington Oval, Barbados.
All members of the West Indies and Australia teams and coaching staff, as well as match officials, event staff, and TV production crew were tested back at the hotel with everyone being in room isolation since. Following confirmation from the Ministry of Health officials in Barbados that all the results are negative, CWI will now hold meetings with Cricket Australia (CA), the Barbados Cricket Association, and Government of Barbados officials to agree when the resumption of the ODI series at Kensington Oval can begin, CWI stated in an official statement.
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt confirmed that the two One-day Internationals between West Indies and Australia will be staged on Saturday and Monday at Kensington Oval.
Skerritt said it followed meetings between CWI and Cricket Australia (CA) late on Friday, after earlier discussions with the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and medical officials of the government of Barbados.
“We are happy to be able to announce the restart of the ODI series at Kensington Oval tomorrow,” he said in a media release issued a short time ago.
Australia-Windies 2nd ODI to resume on Saturday
ANI
24 Jul 2021, 12:37 GMT+10
Bridgetown [Barbados], July 24 (ANI): Following meetings between Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday evening, after earlier discussions with the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and the Government of Barbados medical officials, CWI has announced that the three-match ODI series will resume later today and conclude on Monday.
The second ODI was suspended on Thursday and will now continue later today, with Australia having won the toss and elected to bat at Kensington Oval. We are happy to be able to announce the restart of the CG Insurance ODI series at Kensington Oval tomorrow. We want to thank our counterparts at CA for their co-operation in this matter as we look to get the games going again. Special thanks to our CEO Johnny Grave, Chairman of Cricket Australia, Earl Eddings, his CEO Nick Hockley along with our respective medical and operations teams. I appreciate the cru
Suspended West Indies-Australia ODI series set to resume
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Suspended West Indies-Australia ODI series set to resume.. Image Source: IANS News
Bridgetown : , July 24 (IANS) The One-day International series between the West Indies and Australia will resume on July 25 (IST) following the suspension of the second match minutes before the start on July 23 due to a Covid-19 case.
A non-playing member of the West Indie squad had tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, following which Cricket West Indies (CWI) had put the teams, umpires and TV crew in hotel isolation.
CWI said in a statement on Saturday that, all 152 persons tested for Covid-19 returned negative results, following the suspension of the second CG Insurance One-Day International (ODI) before a ball was bowled at Kensington Oval, Barbados.