
Match referee in England-Sri Lanka T20I series tests positive for COVID-19
The Hindu
No members of the two teams were impacted.
Phil Whitticase, the match referee who officiated in the three-match T20I series between England and Sri Lanka, has tested positive for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday. The 56-year-old is asymptomatic and will now isolate himself for 10 days. No members of the two teams were impacted. "Following a PCR test administered on Friday 25 June at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton, ICC Match Referee Phil Whitticase has tested positive for COVID-19," the ECB said in a statement.
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