The cricket activities in Zimbabwe have been put to a halt after a spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. The Zimbabwean government has subsequently imposed lockdown restrictions. Zimbabwe have recorded 1342 positive cases and 29 deaths in a span of one week.
"This is a very challenging situation, but ZC's aim is to reschedule all the affected events and fixtures - including the elite men's domestic T20 competition which was scheduled to begin this Monday - for them to be played as soon as it is deemed safe to do so," ESPNcricinfo quoted ZC as saying in a statement.
The Zimbabwe team hasn’t featured in any international fixture since returning from Pakistan in November 2020. They were earlier scheduled to host Afghanistan and India last year but the series were called-off.
The domestic T20 in Zimbabwe was also slated to begin from January 4 with the players already in quarantine but the event has been postponed for now. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also health minister has said that some tighter restrictions have to be imposed. “People must stay at home save for buying food and medicines or transporting sick relatives,” Chiwenga told a news conference.
“Only essential services are to remain open such as hospitals, pharmacies and supermarkets, with only essential staff allowed to come to work,” Chiwenga added.
Zimbabwe first introduced a tough lockdown in March. The country has recorded 14,084 cases and 369 deaths.
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