The members of the Australia and West Indies contingent have tested negative for the Covid-19, a day after the second match between the two sides was called off in Barbados. The clash was cancelled after a non-playing member of the West Indies squad tested positive.
“Cricket West Indies is pleased to announce that all 152 persons tested for COVID-19 on Thursday evening returned negative results,” it said in a statement on Friday.
The remaining two ODIs of the series will be played on Saturday and Monday (West Indies time). "We want to thank our counterparts at CA for their cooperation in this matter as we look to get the games going again," CWI president Ricky Skerrit said.
"Special thanks to our CEO Johnny Grave, Chairman of Cricket Australia, Earl Eddings, his CEO Nick Hockley along with our respective medical and operations teams,” he added.
"It has been a challenging two days and we have worked very swiftly and safely, following all the established medical protocols, to make sure that all necessary precautions are in place to ensure that we can go ahead to resume play safely, tomorrow. We will continue to monitor the situation and respond accordingly."
The visitor lead the three-match series 1-0 at present after the Aussie pacers, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood rattled the West Indies batting line up to bundle them out for 123 while chasing 257 in a rain-curtailed match.