Cricket-Windies’ Shepherd misses Bangladesh tour following screening beneficial for COVID-19

Jan 8 (Reuters) – Fast-bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd has examined beneficial for COVID-19 and has been replaced with Keon Harding in the West Indies a person-day squad for their Bangladesh tour later on this thirty day period, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has claimed.

“Shepherd will stay in Guyana the place he is going through a interval of isolation that unfortunately will prolong over and above the team’s vacation period of time,” the CWI said in a assertion.

West Indies are sending a depleted contingent after 10 players, which include examination captain Jason Holder and limited-overs skipper Kieron Pollard, pulled out of the tour in excess of COVID-19 worries.

Fast bowler Harding, who is however to make his West Indies debut, was amid the reserve gamers all through West Indies’ tour of England very last calendar year.

The CWI explained all other associates of the touring social gathering have returned adverse success in their final pre-travel COVID-19 assessments and would access Bangladesh in two batches by Sunday.

Beginning on Jan. 20, West Indies are scheduled to play 3 a single-day internationals and two tests. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi Modifying by Kenneth Maxwell)