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Cricket Australia’s Test tour of South Africa cancelled due to coronavirus concerns
The Australian men’s cricket team’s Test tour of South Africa has been cancelled after long negotiations over biosecurity protocols due to coronavirus.
Cricket Australia (CA) last month named a 19-man squad for what was supposed to be a three-Test tour of South Africa, with the team set to depart some time this month, although the exact dates were never confirmed.
A statement from CA said it believed it had no choice but to cancel the series “due to the public health situation in South Africa”, including a second wave and a new strain of coronavirus.
“Following extensive due diligence with medical experts, it has become clear that traveling from Australia to South Africa at this current time poses an unacceptable level of health and safety…
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