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COVID & cricket have to co-exist: PCB

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Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board came under intense pressure on whether to send its team for the England series or not after 10 players tested positive for COVID-19 but eventually went ahead with the tour to ensure resumption of the game amid the pandemic, a top official said.
Last month, 10 players had been left out of the England tour squad after they failed to clear the coronavirus test.
Pakistan play a three-match Test series against England starting on August 5, followed by three T20 International matches. “The Board was under pressure when so many players’ tests came positive. Thus sending the cricket team to England during the coronavirus pandemic was quite a tough decision,” PCB CEO Wasim Khan was quoted as saying by a Pakistani channel.
“We kept to our plan to go ahead with the tour because we had in the first place decided to send the team to play our important part in the restoration of world cricket and to keep it on track, it is imperative to continue with matches.” Khan also emphasised that “cricket and COVID-19 will have to co-exist”. (PTI)

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