Pakistan cricket team's head coach Misbah tests positive for Covid-19

Pakistan team's head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has tested positive for Covid-19, and will not travel back to Lahore with the rest of the squad, said the cricket board.

"In pre-departure PCR testing, Misbah-ul-Haq has tested positive, he remains asymptomatic," the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Twitter.

The former captain will undergo a 10-day quarantine in Jamaica and will not travel with the rest of the squad that is scheduled to fly out from Jamaica later on Wednesday.

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The cricket board confirmed that Misbah was the only member of the Pakistan squad who failed two pre-departure PCR tests. He, therefore, self-isolated himself in the hotel room.

“The PCB is constantly in touch with Cricket West Indies who have confirmed that Misbah will be shifted to another hotel for the 10-day quarantine with a medical specialist assigned to look after his health and wellbeing,” the PCB statement said, adding that he will travel to Lahore after returning two negative tests as per the protocol.

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Pakistan recently concluded England and West Indies tours under his coaching. During the two-and-a-half-month-long tour, the national cricket team lost the three-match ODI series 3-0 and the three-match T20 series 2-1 against England.

The West Indies tour was relatively successful where the Green Shirts won the rain-ridden four-match T20 series 1-0 and levelled the Test series 1-1 after winning the final match by 109 runs at Sabina Park on Tuesday.