Kane Richardson quarantined after reporting illness   

Sydney: Australia pacer Kane Richardson has been quarantined after reporting a mild sore throat and was subsequently ruled out of the first ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand which started Friday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). After reporting illness on the eve of the first ODI, the Australian medical staff decided to test Richardson for coronavirus, the results for which are still awaited.

“Our medical staff is treating this a typical throat infection but we are following Australian government protocols that require us to keep Kane away from other members of the squad and perform the appropriate tests given he has returned from international travel in the last 14 days,” cricket.com.au quoted a Cricket Australia spokesperson as saying.

“Once we receive the results of the tests and Kane recovers in the next few days we expect he will re-join the team. We will not be making further comment until something changes,” he added.

The Cricket Australia has already announced that the ongoing Chappell Hadlee series will be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. They have also suspended the women’s tour of South Africa, where the two teams were scheduled to play three ODIs and as many T20Is. IANS

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