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USA Cricket confirmed today that the Ireland Men v USA Invitational XI warm-up match has been cancelled as a precaution, and both the Irish and USA squads will play intra-squad centre-wicket practice games at the Broward County Stadium.
The statement said:
USA Cricket announces a number of Team USA squad and other series updates for the upcoming Dafabet USA v Ireland Men’s International Series 2021 at the Broward County Stadium just outside of the City of Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The build-up for the historic series continues at pace, but a number of members of the squad are yet to join up with their teammates, or had their departures delayed, as a result of COVID-19 related issues. USA Cricket issues the following latest updates:
• A number of players have tested positive during pre-series testing, they are all safely in isolation and will need to complete the requisite 10 day period and only be able to be considered for selection once they return a negative PCR result after their 10 days in isolation.
• As a result the pre-series warm-up games scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 20th of December have been cancelled. Both squads will partake in their own centre wicket practices instead.
• A number of replacement players will come into the two Team USA squads for the series and will be announced as soon as possible.
• All five matches continue as scheduled with the first game in the Dafabet USA v Ireland Men’s International Series getting underway at 2pm on December 22nd.
Cricket Ireland, officially known as The Irish Cricket Union Company Limited by Guarantee, is the governing body for cricket on the island of Ireland. It oversees the national men’s and women’s teams and organizes the Inter-Provincial Series, Super 3s, and All-Ireland club competitions. Ireland achieved Test status for women in 2000 and for men in 2017 when it became a Full Member of the ICC.
