MELBOURNE – England and Australia breathed a huge sigh of relief after all players from both teams returned negative Covid-19 results with the third Ashes Test to continue as planned on Tuesday.
Four members of the England party — two support staff and two family members — had tested positive for coronavirus just hours before the start of day two in Melbourne on Monday.
The England team and management underwent rapid antigen tests as they were about to leave for the ground, which came back negative.
But they were also required to have PCR tests as a precaution at the end of play.
It left them facing a nervous wait and Cricket Australia sweating on not just the remainder of the Boxing Day Test, but the…
