Fawad Ahmed tests positive for Covid-19
Australia’s spin-bowling consultant coach has begun a five-day isolation period after returning a positive Covid-19 result.
Ahmed was a member of the Lahore Qalanders’ squad in the PSL and travelled to Islamabad to begin his role with the Australian side on Monday after the Qalandars’ victory in the final.
He was tested on arrival and was isolating before he received the positive test result. It’s a huge blow for Ahmed, coming exactly one year after he contracted the virus during the 2021 edition of the PSL.
He is the second Qalandars player involved with the series to test positive after Haris Rauf was earlier ruled out of the first Test.
A simply marvellous prize
After playing for cricket’s tiniest trophy in the shape of the Ashes Urn, Australia now hope to claim what must be one of the sport’s largest pieces of silverware, the Benaud-Qadir Trophy.
The newly minted prize was unveiled at training on Wednesday as a perpetual trophy for future men’s bilateral Test series between Australia and Pakistan.
Although Richie Benaud and Abdul Qadir played Test cricket in different eras - Benaud in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Qadir following in the ‘70s and ‘80s - the two men were chosen in part because of their importance to the evolution of leg-spin.
Benaud’s wife, Daphne, said her late husband would have heartily approved: “Richie had a very high regard for Abdul and the fact that both were leg-spinners has a nice ring to it.” The trophy is...
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