BBL 2022- Glenn Maxwell tests positive: Melbourne Stars have confirmed that Glenn Maxwell has returned a positive rapid antigen test. The development means Stars will be without their skipper with just 3 wins in 8 games. The BBL franchise will provide an update once the result of the PCR test is known and ask everyone to respect Glenn’s privacy at this time. Follow BBL LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
“The Melbourne Stars can confirm that Glenn Maxwell has returned a positive rapid antigen test,” the franchise wrote on Twitter.
BBL 2022: Bad news for Melbourne Stars and RCB, Glenn Maxwell tests COVID positive
The Melbourne Stars can confirm that Glenn Maxwell has returned a positive rapid antigen test.
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) January 5, 2022
- Glenn Maxwell returned a positive rapid antigen test after the game against the Melbourne Renegades and has since undertaken a PCR test and is currently isolating.
- As per COVID protocols, Maxwell is likely to stay in isolation for the next seven days.
- He will be tested again after 6 days and needs a test negative COVID report to return to play.
- More than a dozen of players from BBL have tested positive for COVID in the last 7 days amid the ongoing COVID situation in Australia.
- Melbourne Stars will next face Adelaide Strikers on January 7. They are placed second-last in the latest BBL 2022 Points Table.
- Maxwell has been retained for a hefty Rs 11 crore for IPL 2022. He is likely to lead the franchise after Virat Kohli’s decision to step down from captaincy. AB De Villiers, too, won’t be available for RCB after retirement from all forms of cricket.
Their match against Perth Scorchers on December 30 had been already postponed due to COVID-19.
The development comes a day after the Big Bash League confirmed a revised schedule for three matches to be played at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast over the next three nights from January 4-6.
The revised schedule for matches: BBL 2022
- January 4 —: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers (previously scheduled for January 6),
- January 5 —: Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers (previously scheduled for January 4), and
- January 6 —: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder (previously scheduled for January 5).
BBL 2022: Bad news for Melbourne Stars and RCB, Glenn Maxwell tests COVID positive
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