West Indies’ bowler Hayden Walsh watches after delivering a ball during their fi rst One-day International
cricket match with Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Associated Press/Eranga
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By Azad Ali
COVID-19 has hit the West Indies
tour of Bangladesh as leg-spinner
Hayden Walsh, Jnr. has tested positive
for the virus.
A Cricket West Indies (CWI) media
release last week said, “Following
PCR test administered on Jan. 13,
CWI can confirm that Hayden Walsh,
Jnr. has tested positive for COVID-19
and will now undergo a period of selfisolation.”
The release added that the Leeward
Islands and West Indies legspinner,
who is asymptomatic, first
returned a negative test result on
arrival in Bangladesh and then had a
positive return on his test in Dhaka.
This result was verified by a second
positive test two days after.
Walsh is the second player to be
tested positive since the squads were
announced on Dec.29.
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Former West Indies fast bowler,
Curtly Ambrose. Associated Press / Tom
Hevezi, File
Ambrose seeks
coaching job
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies fast bowler, Curtly
Ambrose has applied for England’s fastbowling
coaching job.
Ambrose, who has the lowest bowling
average of any bowler to take 400 Test
wickets (20.99) has applied for the role
of elite fast-bowling coach as advertised
recently by the ECB, according to ESPNcricinfo.
If he is successful, he will be expected
to work with England’s ‘next in line’ pace
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Holder to lead
B’dos Pride
By Azad Ali
West Indies Captain, Jason Holder
will lead Barbados Pride in next month’s
Super50 Cup in Antigua, following his
decision to opt out of the ongoing tour
of Bangladesh.
The highly-rated all-rounder leads
a strong 15-member squad, which
includes the trio of West Indies stars
Shai Hope, Shamarah Brooke and Roston
Chase who also declined selection
for the Bangladesh tour due to “COVID-
19 related concerns.”
Fast bowlers Chemar Holder and
Keon King, currently in Bangladesh
with the West Indies team, have been
included for the Feb. 7-27 tournament.
Holder, 29, will be a big boost for
Pride, which failed at the semi-final
stage of the last Super50 Cup, in a stun-
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