Squad will be allowed to train in quarantine and avoid bio-secure bubble afterwards if Covid-free
A chance to “live as normal human beings” again is a huge attraction of England Women’s upcoming tour of New Zealand, captain Heather Knight says.
After spending a New Zealand Government-mandated 14 days in quarantine upon arriving in the country later this month – and provided no one tests positive for Covid-19 – England players will be able to go about their business as normal without having to stay in a bio-secure bubble as their hosts have managed to keep to a minimum cases of the virus that currently has the UK under another national lockdown.
Rules could change in response to Covid-19 alert level restrictions, but for now Knight and her players are holding on to hope as they prepare to fly out on January 24 for three ODIs and three T20Is in February and March.
“Once we get through that two weeks’ quarantine, if nothing changes, it’s going to be like normal life which, even…