BSS, Dhaka :
New Zealand (NZ) received a blow after their batsman Finn Allen tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Bangladesh.
Allen along with Colin De Grandhome arrived in Bangladesh on August 20 after playing The Hundred in England while the rest of the 13 members landed on Tuesday.
Allen, who represented the Birmingham Phoenix in England’s new Hundred competition, is fully-vaccinated and passed all his pre-departure tests in England – before testing positive 48 hours after arrival in Dhaka, New Zealand Cricket said in a statement.
He has been quarantined at the team’s hotel and immediate advice is that he is experiencing moderate symptoms.
Allen is receiving treatment from the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s chief medical officer; has been in contact with NZC’s chief medical officer, and will be monitored during his stay in quarantine by New Zealand doctor Pat McHugh.
