West Indies-Australia ODI series will resume with the final two matches rescheduled for Saturday and Monday (local time) after no positive COVID-19 cases were found in the latest round of testing.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed on Friday that all the 152 people tested for COVID-19 on Thursday evening returned with negative results.
Official statement from CWI
“We are happy to be able to announce the restart of the CG Insurance ODI series at Kensington Oval tomorrow. We want to thank our counterparts at CA for their co-operation in this matter as we look to get the games going again.” Ricky Skerritt, the CWI president said.
“Special thanks to our CEO Johnny Grave, Chairman of Cricket Australia, Earl Eddings, his CEO Nick Hockley along with our respective medical and operations teams. I appreciate the crucial role of the BCA and the Government of Barbados for working closely with CWI to ensure everything is in place for resuming the series.”
“It has been a challenging two days and we have worked very swiftly and safely, following all the established medical protocols, to make sure that all necessary precautions are in place to ensure that we can go-ahead to resume play safely, tomorrow. We will continue to monitor the situation and respond accordingly.” The CWI president said in a statement.
On Thursday, the second ODI was suspended due to a positive COVID-19 test result from a non-playing member of the West Indies squad. It will now resume later today, with Australia having won the toss and elected to bat at Kensington Oval.