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West Indies vs Australia: Second ODI postponed at last minute due to Covid-19 case in hosts’ staff
A positive Covid-19 test on Thursday resulted in the last-minute postponement of the scheduled second One-Day International between the West Indies and Australia at Kensington Oval, officials announced.
“The second ODI between West Indies and Australia has been postponed due a positive Covid-19 test result from a non-playing member of the West Indies team,” said a Cricket West Indies statement.
“This decision was taken after the toss at Kensington Oval once the result was known due to the Covid-19 protocols.
“All members of both teams and match officials will be retested today. A decision on when the match will replayed will be made at a later date once the test results are known.”
The International Cricket Council said that all personnel inside the bio-secure bubble for the series will be placed into isolation.
Cricket West Indies chief executive Johnny Grave subsequently expressed the hope that the results of a fresh round of PCR tests will be known on Friday morning. After that a determination will be made on the remaining two ODIs of the tour.
News of the postponement came through following a delay to the start of the match after Alex Carey had won the toss and chose to bat first.
Australia won the first match by 133 runs on the DLS…