BSS, Dhaka :
The first one-day match between Bangladesh Emerging Team and visiting Ireland Wolves was called off after 30 overs as one of the players’ coronavirus test returned positive.
Ireland Wolves all-rounder Ruhan Pretorious was on the field, as he was in the playing squad when the two teams met at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday.
Ireland Wolves elected to bowl first after winning the toss and Pretorious bowled four overs before the game was abandoned as Bangladesh Emerging teams reached 122-4.
Pretorious was taken to isolation immediately once the test result reached to the relevant people.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said that there was no option but to abandon the match in the wake of the situation.
He also informed that the other members of the two sides would be tested again before the next one-day game, slated for Sunday. “As soon as the player has been found positive, we followed the protocol of taking him into isolation,” Chowdhury said here on Friday. “The report [for Pretorius] arrived slightly later in the morning, which left us with no choice. Our next step is to test everyone before the upcoming match.” Both teams received the negative results for Covid-19 prior to the game but Pretorious was found positive in the review result.
A Cricket Ireland statement on the events said: “Prior to today’s game, both squads received negative results for Covid, and the game proceeded as per protocols.”
