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Australia ODI match abandoned due to positive COVID test



Australia’s second One Day International match against the West Indies has been suspended minutes before the scheduled start in Barbados due to a positive COVID-19 case, both teams said.

The toss had already been completed and Australia were ready to bat at the Kensington Oval in Barbados when proceedings were called to an abrupt halt.

The West Indies confirmed that the positive test had been returned by a “non-playing member” of their staff.

All personnel inside the bubble will immediately be placed into isolation until their PCR tests are returned and will be re-tested later on Thursday local time.

“A decision on when the match will be replayed will be made at a later date once all the tests are confirmed,” West Indies Cricket said in a statement.

Cricket Australia said the positive case was not a member of the Australian touring party in a statement, adding that the scheduled third ODI on Saturday is now in “considerable doubt”.

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Australia’s T20 tour of Bangladesh is also in doubt, the statement added.

Details of the tour were confirmed earlier on Thursday, with five T20 internationals scheduled in Dhaka from August 3 to August 9.

Australia beat West Indies by 133 runs in the rain-hit first One Day International in Barbados on Tuesday having previously lost the T20 series 4-1.

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