Ali tests positive for virus as England arrives in Sri Lanka

[ASFN Admin]

England allrounder Moeen Ali was isolating in Sri Lanka on Monday after testing positive for the coronavirus upon his arrival in the South Asian country for the team's two-test cricket tour. Pace bowler Chris Woakes has been deemed as a possible close contact of Ali and was also observing a period of self-isolation in developments which have cast an early shadow on the tour that takes place weeks after a white-ball trip to South Africa was derailed by a spate of positive COVID-19 results. The whole squad was given a clean bill of health prior to departure and again after quick turnaround testing on arrival in Hambantota on Sunday, only for the more-sophisticated PCR process to show Ali was carrying the virus, according to the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Continue reading...