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***Official*** 5th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester - 10th-14th of September

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Jack1

International Debutant
The result can only be 2-2 or paused. You can’t say the IPL takes priority over a test series and therefore it ends 2-1.

I think pausing for a domestic t20 league is unacceptable though. Really if they want to do that it should be a forfeit. They have to miss the start of the ipl or reschedule the ipl really. Pausing a test series for ages is overly dumb
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Teja. said:
Physio tested positive yesterday. Physio interacted with players, most specifically Rohit and Pujara in the last 2-3 days. Covid has an incubation period.
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Are the players flying home separately though? Because I don’t understand what difference it makes now
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
GIMH said:
Are the players flying home separately though? Because I don’t understand what difference it makes now
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They have some quarantine period in the UAE. And I think the bigger risk was what would happen if someone tested positive as the game was going on, which is very fair, if you ask me.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
honestbharani said:
They have some quarantine period in the UAE. And I think the bigger risk was what would happen if someone tested positive as the game was going on, which is very fair, if you ask me.
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Yeah but what I’m saying is, if my missus gets covid, chances are the ship has sailed so no point me avoiding her now (though I would just as an excuse). The players are going to be in close contact anyway. So if anything it’s the England lads who would have been more likely impacted, no?
 
mr_mister

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
GIMH said:
Yeah but what I’m saying is, if my missus gets covid, chances are the ship has sailed so no point me avoiding her now (though I would just as an excuse). The players are going to be in close contact anyway. So if anything it’s the England lads who would have been more likely impacted, no?
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yeah if Rohit and Pujara catch it from the physio, you wouldn't mind being the english players not sharing a field with them for 5 days. especially like say Butler when a spinner is bowling
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
GIMH said:
Yeah but what I’m saying is, if my missus gets covid, chances are the ship has sailed so no point me avoiding her now (though I would just as an excuse). The players are going to be in close contact anyway. So if anything it’s the England lads who would have been more likely impacted, no?
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It is which is why I think the game concern was bigger. The way I see it is -

The physio interacted with all the players, so no one knows who could have got it. At this point, the concern is about the family. So ideally, the players isolate for the incubation period, get tested daily and rejoin as a bubble post the 5 day period. But, as we know, this was not an option. Therefore, of the given options, they have taken the option of not playing the test as it would be even worse if a group tested positive in the middle of the test.

To be fair, double vaxxed athletes catching it in the open field with a rather distanced sport like cricket does need a lot of stuff to happen with convenient timing. So I think the bigger concern were the two things I just quoted.
 
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