Play delayed on day two at MCG as English cricket team awaits COVID test results
England's troubled Ashes tour has been thrown into more turmoil after a positive COVID test in the tourists' camp.England was initially told to stay in the team hotel after a family member of someone in the touring party tested positiveThe start of play was delayed by half an hour to 11am AEDT
This morning it emerged that a family member of someone in the English touring party had tested positive to COVID-19, forcing the entire team to remain isolated awaiting test results."The England team and management are currently at the team hotel awaiting results of [rapid antigen tests] following a positive test in the team's family group," the governing body tweeted.Play is now set to get underway at 11am AEDT.
Free-to-air broadcaster Channel Seven also had a COVID scare ahead of day two, with a staff member testing positive on Sunday night. It caused a reshuffle of their commentary line-up, including the absences of Ricky Ponting, Tim Lane, Alison Mitchell, Trent Copeland and James Brayshaw.
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