Proteas test positive
JOBURG – Members of the Proteas women high performance squad and staff have tested positive for Covid-19.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that three members of the Momentum Proteas women’s national high-performance squad and staff have tested positive for Covid-19.
Thirty-four Covid-19 tests were conducted on squad and staff ahead of their first training camp, which runs from 26 to 31 July at the Powerade High Performance Centre in Pretoria.”We can confirm that three people have tested positive,” Cricket South Africa said in a statement, without specifying who it was who tested positive.”The players and support staff that have tested positive will now self-isolate for a period of 10 days and will take no part in the training camp. They have nil to mild symptoms as our medical team continue to closely monitor them in accordance with CSA’s Covid-19 Steering Committee protocols to ensure their well-being. The players’ return to train and play programme will be guided by the CSA Medical Committee’s protocols.”Those who tested negative would meet in Pretoria for a week-long skills-based training camp before returning to their respective provinces for individual training from 3 to 14 August.
The squad and support staff will undergo a second round of testing in preparation for the second training camp, which gets underway from 16 to 27 August, ahead of the proposed tour of England in September.
Training schedule:First training camp Date: 26 – 31 July Venue: Powerade High Performance Centre, PretoriaIndividual training
Date: 3 – 14 August Venue: Nationwide at respective provinces Second training camp
Date: 16 – 27 August Venue: Powerade High Performance Centre, PretoriaMomentum
Proteas Women high-performance squad:
Dané van Niekerk (Eastern Province), Lizelle Lee (North-West), Marizanne Kapp (Eastern Province), Mignon du Preez (Northerns), Suné Luus (Northerns), Chloe Tryon (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Shabnim Ismail (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Ayabonga Khaka (Gauteng), Maria Klaas (North West), Trisha Chetty (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Sinalo Jafta (Western Province), Laura Wolvaardt (Western Province), Tumi Sekhukhune (North West), Nadine de Klerk (Western Province), Nonkululeko Mlaba (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Nondumiso Shangase (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Faye Tunnicliffe (Western Province), Zintle Mali (Border), Raisibe Ntozakhe (Gauteng), Lara Goodall (Western Province), Anneke Bosch (North West), Tazmin Brits (North West), Robyn Searle (Northerns), Andrie Steyn (Western Province).
