Pakistan team isolation ends after 52 members test coronavirus negative in NZ

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CHRISTCHURCH: Today  Monday the New Zealand authorities gave permission to the Pakistani squad to leave the isolation facility after 52 members tested negative for the coronavirus.

Green shirts, after being given final approval, are to head to Queenstown for intra-squad warmup matches before the Twenty20 series starts on Dec 18. Pakistan had their exemption to train revoked last week after eight members of squad tested positive during their stay in isolation.

The team will leave on Tuesday after regrouping at a hotel in Christchurch. However, the squad will leave behind one member who will join them in Queenstown on Thursday after completing his managed isolation period.

Pakistan will play three T20Is and two Test matches in New Zealand next month. On the sidelines, Pakistan Shaheens will also play two four-day games against New Zealand A on the tour.

Coach Misbah-ul-Haq said on Sunday the team had been affected by being restricted from training while in isolation.

 

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