SPORT IN A COCOON

Jofra Archer's case shows how strictly bio-security protocols need enforcement to allow sport during Covid-19. The Premier League even wants players to observe social distancing in goal celebrations. Some other instances:

PHIL SIMMONS

Windies head coach took board's permission to attend father -in -law’s funeral in UK, returning to self-isolation. But Barbados cricket association president and Windies board member, Conde Riley, demanded his sacking for putting self over squad safety.

MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ

The Pakistan all-rounder, one of 10 Englandbound players to test positive, left cricket board in an awkward position over its testing protocols after saying his test in another lab had come out negative.

PCB admonished him for undermining its protocols though he finally left on the tour.

BRUNO CABOCLO

Houston Rockets

He too “inadvertently” stepped out of quarantine after arriving in the NBA bubble in Orlando.

He too has had to self-isolate for 10 days.

RICHAUN HOLMES

Sacramento Kings

According to Holmes, he “briefly and accidentally crossed the NBA campus line to pick up a food delivery” and has had to place himself in a 10-day quarantine.

HEIKO HERRLICH

Augsburg

The head coach of the Bundesliga side stepped out of his hotel room to buy toothpaste, breaking quarantine rules days ahead of the season resumption. He went into self-isolation and missed the club’s first game on restart.

ALEXANDER ZVEREV

The German played in the controversial Adria Tour that left organiser Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki all positive.

He promised to self-isolate, but was spotted partying in a crowded club six days on, setting off a twitter spat with Aussie Nick Kyrgios.

Getty Images Jofra Archer, who picked three wickets in the first Test in Southampton, will need to test negative twice for COVID-19 before his isolation period is lifted.