Australian test captain Pat Cummins has been allowed to travel from South Australia to New South Wales in restricted arrangements without completing his 7-day quarantine in Adelaide. Cummins was withdrawn from the second Ashes test match after it was found that he was in close contact with a COVID positive person in a restaurant on the eve of the game.
It was expected that Cummins would have to go through hard quarantine for 7 days as per the guidelines of the South Australia health system, but the Kangaroo skipper has now been given permission to travel interstates in just a couple of days. However, Cummins will have to remain in a restricted environment right through his journey from Adelaide to New South Wales.
The 28-year-old will drive alone before he gets onto a charter plan where he will be the lone passenger and while driving to the airport, he will have to be in a PPE kit so that he isn’t in direct contact with anyone else in South Australia, before making his way out to New South Wales which is his native state.
Pat Cummins will have to stay in isolation in New South Wales before flying to Victoria for the Boxing Day test
Pat Cummins will have to complete the remaining days of his quarantine in New South Wales before he will be able to join the Australian Test team in Victoria, where they will play the third Ashes test match on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Cummins has had a couple of COVID tests since his interaction with the COVID positive person he met in the restaurant and while the results have been negative, he will still have to complete 7 days in isolation as the incubation period of the virus can be longer.
While the Australian team hasn’t missed Pat Cummins much in the ongoing second Ashes test so far, they would be hoping their skipper is back for the third game and take charge for Boxing Day, which is probably the most important date in the Australian cricket calendar.
