A 7th member of the Pakistan cricket team has tested positive for the coronavirus in their isolation facility in Christchurch as situation worsens.
Just a day after New Zealand Cricket and the Director General of Health in the country had issued a final warning to the Pakistan cricket team for breaching COVID19 protocols, a seventh member of the side has tested positive for the coronavirus. Six of the 53 members of the group had tested positive for the novel coronavirus upon their arrival in New Zealand, while there was also evidence there had been breaches of bio-security rules. "One additional member of the Pakistan squad has today tested positive during routine testing. The remainder of the results from the squad’s Day 3 swab testing - apart from the six who have already returned a positive result, are negative," the New Zealand health ministry said.
In the last 14 days, there has been a total of 52 active cases in New Zealand for the coronavirus pandemic according to data from the World Health Organisation. 15 percent of the actual cases in New Zealand is currently made up of the Pakistan cricket team.
In a report on ESPNCricinfo, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan has apparently given the message to the Pakistan cricket team that they face potential deportation. “Boys, I spoke to the New Zealand government and they told us there were three or four breaches of protocols. They have a zero-tolerance policy and they've given us a final warning. We understand that this is a difficult time for you, and you went through similar conditions in England. It's not easy. But this is a matter of the nation's respect and credibility. Observe these 14 days and then you'll have the freedom to go to restaurants and roam about freely. They have told me in clear terms that if we commit one more breach, they'll send us home,” Wasim Khan said on a Whatsapp voice message that was accessed by ESPNCricinfo.
Following the reports of the breach, New Zealand Cricket has given Pakistan a final warning but now there has been a strong rebuke from New Zealand's director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. The Director General of Health said, “(It is) a privilege to come to New Zealand to play sport, but in return teams must stick to the rules that are designed to keep Covid-19 out of our communities.”
Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that the six who tested positive for the coronavirus were Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammed Abbas, Abid Ali, Naseem Shah, Rohail Nazir, Danish Aziz. All six members of the squad will be moved to the quarantine arm of a managed isolation facility.
Behave with Pakistan
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar launched a tirade on New Zealand Cricket for issuing a ‘final warning’ to the side, saying that his was a team from the ‘greatest nation on earth’ and not a club team.
In an unbelievable rant in a video, Shoaib Akhtar said, “New Zealand’s comment that if Pakistan’s team’s SOP (standard operating procedures) is not in place then we will cancel the tour is below the belt. I want to give a message to New Zealand board (NZC) that this is not a club team, it’s Pakistan national cricket team. We don’t need you. Our cricket has not finished and we aren’t desperate for money. You will get the broadcasting rights money. So, you should be indebted to us that we decided to tour your country in such difficult times. You are talking about Pakistan - the greatest country on the planet - so behave yourself and stop giving such statement. Be careful next time. Pakistan team now needs to smash them in T20 series.
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