Four Ireland Players Test Covid-19 Positive Ahead Of The USA And The Caribbean Tours

Four Ireland players and a member of the support staff tested positive for Covid-19, Prior to their limited-overs tours of the United States and the Caribbean. Josh Little, a pace bowler who now plays in the Lanka Premier League, has been called in to help the team.

On Friday, a portion of the squad and coaching staff arrived in Miami, including Josh Little, who is presently playing in the Sri Lanka Premier League.

Four Ireland players including Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell tested positive during pre-series testing, according to a Cricket Ireland announcement, and were not part of the squad that arrived in Miami on Friday. After completing their isolation period and providing a negative PCR result, the two should be able to connect with their teammates in the United States soon.

Prior to joining the squad, Harry Tector, and Gareth Delany, who was already in Florida. After playing in the previous US T20 Open event, tested positive for Covid-19 and have commenced their 10-day in-room isolation.

Craig Young, meantime, was recognized as a close contact of a positive case on the eve of departure. According to the press statement, he was not allowed to travel for ten days. And required a negative PCR test before being allowed to join the squad.

Gary Wilson, an assistant coach, had to postpone his trip as well “On his pre-series Covid test, he obtained a false-positive result. He’s being re-tested, and if all goes well, he’ll go on Sunday.”All players and coaches who came to Miami passed their first pre-series Covid-19 testing. According to the announcement.

When Australia gained possession of the ball, the game reached a new level. The seven runs scored in Starc’s opening over were not indicative of what was to come. Richardson, who has been out of the Test team for more than two years owing to shoulder ailments. Will throw much worse overs and take many more wickets than the one he bowled to Haseeb Hameed. Which included four times beating him.

Richard Holdsworth, Cricket Ireland’s high-performance director said:

“We are delighted to have our squad arrive in Miami. And we are all looking forward to the series ahead, “We’ve had a few last-minute COVID issues. But with the expanded traveling squad we’ve assembled and the recall of Josh Little from Sri Lanka. We don’t see any problems with the series going forward as planned.

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Between December 22 and 31, Ireland will play two T20Is and three ODIs against the United States. They will then go to the Caribbean to play the West Indies. In three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) between January 8 and 14, as well as a one-off T20I on January 17.

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