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The South Africa workforce will assemble in Pretoria for preparations on Saturday.© Twitter
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday introduced that two members of the Proteas squad have examined constructive for coronavirus, forward of the workforce’s entry into the Bio-Secure Environment for the Test collection towards Sri Lanka. “Cricket South Africa (CSA) can confirm that two members of the Proteas team have returned positive COVID-19 results following their scheduled first round of testing ahead of the team’s entry into the Bio-Secure Environment for the Test series against Sri Lanka,” CSA mentioned in an announcement.
It additional acknowledged that these exams, which kind a part of the CSA COVID-19 protocol for the tour, came about on Wednesday and Thursday.
“The players will no longer form part of the Test team and will observe the COVID-19 protocols, including isolating with immediate effect. CSA’s medical team will monitor them to ensure their health and well-being. CSA can also confirm that no other players in the currently named squad were deemed close contacts after contact tracing procedures were conducted,” the assertion learn.
CSA mentioned that the workforce will assemble in Pretoria to start preparation for the tour on Saturday.
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Earlier within the day, CSA mentioned it has included three extra gamers to the Proteas squad forward of the Test collection towards Sri Lanka. This kinds a part of the organisation’s plan to combine extra gamers on the conclusion of the newest spherical of the CSA 4-Day Cup. Former South Africa under-19 captain Raynard van Tonder, Lutho Sipamla and Dwaine Pretorius have been those to be added to the workforce.
Moreover, the Sri Lanka cricket workforce departed for South Africa on Friday. The squad led by Dimuth Karunaratne will lock horns in a two-match Test collection towards the Proteas, slated to start from December 26. “The Sri Lanka National Test team left for South Africa this morning to take part in the two-match Test series,” Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) tweeted.
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