Australian batsman Travis Head has been dominated out of the fourth Ashes Check in Sydney after testing optimistic to Covid-19.
The 28-year-old was on account of fly from Melbourne to Sydney to tackle England on the SCG on January 5.
In a press release launched on Friday morning, Cricket Australia mentioned Head examined optimistic after a routine PCR check and has been asymptomatic.
The batsman will now stay in isolation in Melbourne for seven days – per the Victorian Authorities’s present well being necessities.
Australia’s Travis Head has examined optimistic to Covid (Jason O’Brien/PA)
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A Cricket Australia spokesperson mentioned that the rest of the Australian squad, their households and assist workers underwent PCR and RAT checks on Friday morning native time.
Each the Australian and England squads are anticipated to individually journey to Sydney as deliberate immediately.
The spokesperson added: “As a part of our testing procedures, we’re PCR testing gamers, their households and our assist workers every day.
“Sadly, Travis returned a optimistic Covid-19 end result earlier immediately. Fortunately, he’s asymptomatic at this stage.
“We anticipate that he will likely be accessible to play within the fifth Vodafone males’s Ashes Check in Hobart.”
Head is at the moment Australia’s main run-scorer within the Ashes up to now, scoring 248 runs at a mean of 62.
England captain Joe Root (Jason O’Brien/PA)
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The batsman might doubtlessly get replaced by Usman Khawaja, whom he beat out for a spot within the Australia XI.
Within the meantime, selectors have additionally added Mitchell Marsh, Nic Maddinson and Josh Inglis to the squad “as a precautionary measure”.
The information comes after England’s humiliation in Melbourne which noticed Australia take an unassailable 3-0 sequence lead.
England’s collapse to 68 all out within the second innings of the Boxing Day Check was labelled “embarrassing” by a few former gamers and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
