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After members of the touring staff tested positive for COVID-19, the two boards announced on Tuesday that the one-day international (ODI) series between Ireland and the hosts, the United States, will be scrapped.
The two teams had previously split a Twenty20 series 1-1, with the ODI series in Florida being called off owing to coronavirus diagnoses among the USA squad and umpires.
The two boards declared in a statement that “all players in both current playing squads had returned negative COVID findings overnight.” “However, two members of the Irish support staff, as well as several of the players’ spouses, have tested positive, making two of the Irish players ‘close contacts.'”
“As a result of the risks and concerns about further spread,” the announcement continues, “the Boards have agreed to cancel the remaining two scheduled matches.”
Ireland was the first full member of the International Cricket Council to visit the United States (ICC).
Ireland will play the West Indies in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty-20 International (T20I) in the Caribbean in January. They plan to leave on Friday for Kingston, Jamaica, but the two members who tested positive will remain in Florida to complete their isolation.
“From a broader perspective,” said Cricket Ireland’s high-performance director Richard Holdsworth, “attention had to be given to the current series as well as the second leg of our tour.”
“We must be aware of the travel requirements for entering Jamaica, as well as Cricket West Indies’ COVID guidelines.”
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“We need to be aware of the travel restrictions for entering Jamaica as well as the COVID protocols of Cricket West Indies.”
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