Cricket News sort by England
Not outbreak of COVID, perception of what might happen: ECB CEO on India’s unwillingness to play fifth Test
Published on :Sep 11, 2021 01:37
England Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tom Harrison on Friday said it was Indian players' anxiety over the COVID-19 situation in their camp and not a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the cancellation of the fifth and final Test at Old Trafford in Manchester. The fifth Test was always in doubt after assistant physio Yogesh Parmar's positive COVID-19 test on Thursday. Before that, head coach Ravi Shastri and he support staff were also sent into isolation after the former tested COVID-19 positive in the midst of the fourth Test
