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JOE ROOT and his England gamers will face their hardest anti-Covid restrictions but throughout the tour of Sri Lanka.
The crew skilled the measures in place to ensure the two-Check sequence is accomplished as quickly as they walked off the airplane on Sunday.
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England’s masked squad of 22 gamers plus backroom employees had their arms, footwear and baggage sprayed with disinfectant by a dozen-strong crew sporting white hazmat fits earlier than being allowed into the airport terminal.
As soon as inside, the occasion underwent their newest nostril and throat swab assessments for coronavirus. All assessments returned damaging outcomes.
England’s arrival comes as Sri Lanka faces a surge in coronavirus deaths and infections.
The most recent figures from Johns Hopkins College present that Sri Lanka, beforehand one of many least-affected international locations on the planet, has 44,371 circumstances and 211 deaths – up from 3,300 and 13 in October.
The World Well being Organisation consider the reason being most likely a brand new pressure of the virus, which could have come from Scandinavia.
England flew from Heathrow airport on a British Airways constitution and landed within the city of Hambantota – stated to be the quietest worldwide airport on the planet.
They’ll keep at a luxurious lodge and golf resort however should isolate of their rooms till Tuesday on the earliest.
It started pouring with rain nearly as quickly as England arrived on the lodge.
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Below protocols agreed between the ECB and Sri Lanka Cricket, gamers and administration will likely be allowed to play golf.
However, typically, the restrictions will likely be tighter than on their latest tour of South Africa.
The gamers have been so spooked by some constructive assessments at their lodge in Cape City they insisted on flying dwelling.
Now the crew is travelling with a psychologist, Dr James Bickley, to assist any gamers who may wrestle with the laws and isolation.
With England having aborted their final two abroad excursions, captain Root insisted some constructive assessments won’t essentially imply the tip of the tour.
England are below enormous strain to finish the journey this time as a result of West Indies, Pakistan, Eire and Australia all flew to the UK final summer time and fulfilled each fixture.
After their preliminary quarantine interval, the crew will start coaching and are attributable to have a apply match amongst themselves.
They’ll then make the 75-mile journey by street to Galle round January 10 for the 2 Checks starting on January 14 and 22.
England supremo Ashley Giles stated: “The previous ten months have been unsure for us all however having worldwide cricket return to Sri Lanka will likely be an enormous increase for cricket followers all around the world.
“To play in Galle will likely be very particular – it is likely one of the iconic venues in world cricket.”
The crew lodge will likely be off-limits to the general public and there are not any plans to work together with locals.
However England will signal bats to be auctioned to boost cash for 2 charities supporting victims of sexual violence in Sri Lanka.
SLC chief govt Ashley de Silva insisted the Covid-19 scenario within the nation was being monitored every day and added: “The tour will go forward as deliberate.”
No written media will attend the matches and Sky TV and BBC Radio’s Check Match Particular will each add commentary ‘off tube’ from studios within the UK.
In the meantime, India’s tour of Australia is in jeopardy after 5 gamers from the visiting occasion have been filmed consuming inside a restaurant in Melbourne in what seems to be a breach of bio-secure protocols.