Mr Cricket still trapped in India after third virus test returns positive
MICHAEL Hussey has had a setback in his battle with COVID, with a third test coming back positive.
The former Australian batsman had appeared to be on the road to recovery when he tested negative on Friday.
The Chennai Super Kings batting coach came down with the virus two days after it was revealed three other staff members of the franchise were positive. Hussey is understood to have sat next to one of the infected assistants on a bus.
The majority of the Australians who were at the IPL flew to the Maldives when the tournament was postponed and are unable to return home until after the government travel ban lifts on May 15.
The Australians, staying in a resort in the island nation in the Indian Ocean, were alarmed when they were woken by an enormous explosion before 6am on Sunday.
The sonic boom was from a Chinese rocket that entered the earth’s atmosphere crashed near the island.
“We heard the bang around 5.30am,” David Warner said. “Experts say the noise we heard is the crack in the atmosphere, which sets off a wave of sound, not the actual impact of the rocket.”
Videos claimed to show a comet-like object trailing across the sky and into the ocean near the archipelago.
The players are attempting to lie low after a public backlash and over perceptions they are receiving favourable treatment when at least 8000 Australian citizens have been unable to get out of India.
The stranded citizens had struggled to pay the steep prices demanded on the occasional flights before a total flight ban – with threats of jail terms – was introduced.
Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said last week the players were not seeking any exemptions and were given government permission to attend the IPL and return. The Australians at the IPL had been assigned quarantine places over and above the caps affecting the return of other citizens.
News Corp revealed on Friday that Hussey had tested negative a few days after the original diagnosis. He needs two negative tests before he can leave India and return home, like the 38 other Australians involved in the IPL.