WI squad tests negative for COVID-19 for third time in NZ

• Published date: 13 November 2020
• Date: 13 November 2020
• Publication title: Jamaica Star, The (Kingston, Jamaica)

New Zealand Cricket, the governing body for the sport in the country, said in a media release yesterday that the third and final round of COVID-19 tests, which the players took this week, have all returned negative for the virus.

This will come as a great relief to the players and support staff because it will allow them greater freedom of movement to train and prepare for their series of three Twenty20 Internationals and two Tests against the Black Caps, and the ability to freely leave the isolation facility and mix with the general population.

NO TRAINING

The outcome of the tests have come into sharp focus, after New Zealand health officials prevented the Windies from training on Wednesday because members of the squad had "contravened" strict COVID-19-managed isolation protocols.

There was no indication that any of the members of the squad left or had contact with anyone outside of the managed isolation facility in which they had been confined since arriving in the country almost two weeks ago.

But New Zealand health officials said the team had been given certain exemptions from the strict rules of managed isolation in place in the country and they had violated...