Commonwealth Games 2022: New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr checks optimistic for Covid-19

All-rounder Amelia Kerr is in isolation after testing optimistic for Covid-19, New Zealand Cricket stated on Monday.

The 21-year-old had a optimistic Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and can endure a interval of resort isolation earlier than re-joining New Zealand for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, which is scheduled to start on July 28 in Birmingham.

“Kerr is the only player from New Zealand’s tour party to test positive for Covid-19. The rest of the group will continue to be monitored and tested as required,” New Zealand Cricket stated in an announcement.

New Zealand have every week’s coaching at Millfield School, together with two follow matches towards England A, earlier than transferring to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games on the finish of July.

New Zealand are in Group B together with England, South Africa and Sri Lanka. They will play South Africa on July 30, Sri Lanka on August 2 and England on August 4 at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Meanwhile, Group A consists of Australia, Barbados, India and Pakistan.

For the primary time, cricket has been included within the Commonwealth Games since a List A males’s match through the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with South Africa profitable the gold medal after beating Australia within the last by 4 wickets. The matches on the 2022 occasion shall be performed beneath the Twenty20 format and solely the ladies’s match shall be held.

New Zealand’s CWG squad: Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Sophie Devine (c), Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Jess McFadyen, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu, Claudia Green.

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