Australian captain Pat Cummins has been identified as a COVID close contact, creating chaos for the team just hours before the second Ashes Test | tomdecent
A COVID-19 scare has caused chaos within the Australian cricket team just hours before the Adelaide Test, with Pat Cummins identified as a close contact of a positive case.that Australia’s captain was at an Adelaide restaurant on Wednesday evening, with another professional cricketer, when a patron at the next table was identified as a positive COVID-19 case.It is understood Cummins and others immediately left the venue and alerted authorities.
It is unclear whether the fast bowler will feature in the second Test, beginning on Thursday afternoon, but one source said it was “unlikely”.calls but sources said it was aware of the issue. The governing body is scrambling to determine whether Cummins can play or not.
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