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• Crowd capacity for SCG Test between Australia and India reduced to 25%

  03-01-2021 23:17
  
  Third Test to be re-ticketed for new socially distanced seating planAustralia’s top medical body criticises decision to allow crowd at allCricket Australia has halved the number of spectators allowed through the SCG gates for the Sydney Test due to concerns over the city’s Covid-19 outbreak. Acting New South Wales premier John Barilaro has also urged country cricket fans to stay away in a bid to stop coronavirus spreading to regional parts of the state. Related: Brisbane at risk of l
  
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• Anrich Nortje and Dean Elgar put South Africa in command against Sri Lanka

  03-01-2021 19:25
  
  Second Test day one: Sri Lanka 157; South Africa 148-1Nortje claims career-best six-wicket haulThe South African seamer Anrich Nortje claimed a career-best six-wicket haul and the opener Dean Elgar backed it up with an unbeaten 92 runs as the home team forged an early advantage against Sri Lanka on the opening day of the second Test.Nortje made full use of seamer-friendly conditions at The Wanderers Stadium for a return of six for 56 off 14.3 overs as Sri Lanka collapsed from 71 for one to be di
  
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• England to begin mandatory quarantine after passing first Covid test in Sri Lanka

  03-01-2021 16:44
  
  All cricketers and coaches return negative results on arrivalPlayers begin hotel quarantine with regular testing plannedEngland touched down in Sri Lanka on Sunday for the two-Test series between the teams later this month with a number of stringent coronavirus protocols in place for the tourists’ arrival. Related: Joe Root insists Covid cases would not end England tour of Sri LankaContinue reading...
  
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• England arrive in Sri Lanka for two-Test series and pass first round of Covid tests

  03-01-2021 16:44
  
  All players and coaches return negative results on arrivalPlayers begin quarantine with regular testing plannedEngland touched down in Sri Lanka on Sunday for the two-Test series between the teams later this month with a number of stringent coronavirus protocols in place for the tourists’ arrival. Related: Joe Root insists Covid cases would not end England tour of Sri LankaContinue reading...
  
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• England in Sri Lanka: Joe Root's side arrive amid strict coronavirus restrictions

  03-01-2021 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England land in Sri Lanka for their two-Test tour with strict coronavirus checks in place for their arrival.
  
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• England cricket team disinfected on tour arrival in Sri Lanka – video

  03-01-2021 12:10
  
  England's cricketers were tested for coronavirus and sprayed with disinfectant after arriving in Hambantota, Sri Lanka ahead of two-match Test series. The team is expected to spend 10 days in isolation in Hambantota, but they will be allowed outside to train in preparation for the first Test in Galle from 14 January.  Continue reading...
  
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• Wasim Khan: 'It’s a great feeling for the nation. Pakistan has waited a long time for this'

  03-01-2021 09:00
  
  England will return to Pakistan in 2021 for the first time since 2005 and the Birmingham-born chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board has been at the forefront of negotiationsWasim Khan predicts a huge two years for Pakistan, with the return of a touring England side for the first time in 16 years among the highlights of a leap towards a full schedule of international cricket in the country.As the chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, he has been at the forefront of negotiations b
  
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• Brisbane at risk of losing fourth Test amid reports that India unhappy with Covid rules

  03-01-2021 04:58
  
  Concerns purportedly centre around mental fatigue of players should they be confined to hotel roomsCricket Australia says it has not been approached by India’s governing body to express misgivings about players travelling to Brisbane for the fourth Test if it means they will be restricted to hotel rooms while not playing or training.The Gabba appears at risk of losing the fourth Test after reports in News Corp and the Indian publication Cricbuzz said the tourists would not travel to Queens
  
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