Australian cricket team's limited-overs specialist and Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell for the Big Bash League (BBL) is Covid-19 positive on Wednesday. With this, he has become the 13th member of this club, who has become corona virus-positive.
Glen MaxwellAfter being corona positive, his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has wished him a speedy recovery. Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the BBL T20 league. Melbourne Renegades became the fifth club in the BBL to report a Covid-19 case.
The Big Bash League revealed on Wednesday morning that the league's star player Glenn Maxwell had tested positive for a rapid antigen test after the Melbourne derby against Renegades on Monday. Now according to cricket.com.au, the results of the PCR test are awaited. Within hours, the BBL said that the Renegades had become the fifth club to report a corona positive case this season. After this, the Renegades canceled their training session on Wednesday.
Apart from Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades, three other BBL teams confirmed Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. The Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat match to be played on the Gold Coast on Tuesday was not played due to Covid-19 cases. So far 12 cases have been reported in Brisbane Heat.
Alastair Dobson, Cricket Australia's manager for the Big Bash, said, "The only option was to postpone the match in these circumstances, as there have been too many cases of corona in the Brisbane Heat team. Brisbane was not able to field its team in These conditions. The match between Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Renegades on January 6 will be held on schedule.
Key Stars players including Adam Zampa, Marcus Stoinis, and Nathan Coulter-Nile will return for the club's next match against the Adelaide Strikers on January 7 after completing their mandatory seven-day quarantine. Prominent star player Hilton Cartwright (who has managed to survive the virus) said that the growing havoc of the virus has affected his mental state. He said, “I have never felt more vulnerable to a virus in my entire life. I never realized how much it would affect my mental state.
He said, “I have had a drop in form and that is exactly how I feel about the day today. I and my wife are locked in our room, not sure that we won't catch the coronavirus."
