COVID defers WI-Ireland ODI

KINGSTON (JAMAICA), Jan 11: The West Indies and Ireland have postponed their second One-Day cricket international scheduled on Tuesday.
Ireland was too depleted to play after two more positive coronavirus cases in camp plus two players becoming injured, Cricket West Indies and Cricket Ireland said in a joint statement on Monday.
No names were mentioned, but the Irish have five players in total isolating.
Paul Stirling, Simi Singh and Ben White tested positive last week and missed the first ODI on Saturday, when the host won by 24 runs.
The boards were reviewing the schedule and hoping to complete the ODI series.
The third and last match is scheduled for Friday.
A one-off Twenty20 was down for Sunday. All are at Sabina Park in Kingston.
Ireland’s tour of the United States and West Indies has been badly disrupted. A three-ODI series against the US from December 26-30 was cancelled after virus cases, initially, among the match officials.
Cases spread and both teams came to be considered close contacts, forcing the bilateral series to be called off. (AP)