MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) – England head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Ashes test in Sydney subsequent week after a member of the family examined constructive for COVID-19 and he should isolate for 10 days, the England and Wales Cricket Board stated in an announcement on Wednesday.
The fourth test is due to begin subsequent Tuesday with Australia having already retained the Ashes, main the collection 3-0 with two matches to play.
“Following the most recent spherical of PCR checks administered to the England males’s touring get together on Wednesday 29 December, one member of the family has examined constructive,” the ECB assertion learn.
“As a results of the constructive test, England males’s head coach Chris Silverwood can have to isolate for 10 days, alongside along with his household, in Melbourne and can miss the fourth Ashes test.”
England have struggled with a COVID-19 outbreak that was found earlier than the beginning of the second day of third test in Melbourne. Seven constructive instances – three assist employees and 4 members of the family – have been discovered within the camp this week.
England and Australia gamers had been cleared to play day three in Melbourne after all testing detrimental for COVID-19, with the hosts seeing out the victory by an innings and 14 runs to retain the urn.
A fourth successive spherical of PCR checks will likely be administered on Thursday. Both England and Australia are due to fly to Sydney by way of a chartered flight on Friday morning.
(Reporting by Peter Hall, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
