Pak cricket squad in England test negative for COVID: 19.

LAHORE -- As many as 20 players and 12 officials of the Pakistan mens cricket team which is in England have tested negative for COVID: 19.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman here on Tuesday said that the tests of these 31: squad members were taken at Worcestershire upon their arrival in England under the supervision of the ECB medical panel of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Spinner Zafar Gohar and physiotherapist Cliffe Deacon joined the team late and also were also tested for COVID: 19 test and later in the evening they were tested negative. Both are allowed to join the training with the national team he added.

The PCB spokesman further said that six players including Fakhar Zaman Mohammad Hasnain Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Rizwan Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz who have tested negative for Covid: 19 for the second time in three days and as such are now eligible to join the Pakistan cricket team in Worcestershire. The players were retested on Monday June 29 following a first negative test on June 26. The PCB will now start making their travel arrangements and the departure details will be shared in due course he added.

But the other four of the 10 players including Imran Khan Kashif Bhatti Haider Ali and Haris Rauf who originally tested positive for the virus last week tested positive for a second time. They will have to stay in Pakistan for now after failing further tests. They will not be allowed to travel to England until they have recorded two consecutive...