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Two more foreign cricketers contract virus

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Australian legspinner Fawad Ahmed has tested positive for coronavirus in Pakistan.
Camera IconAustralian legspinner Fawad Ahmed has tested positive for coronavirus in Pakistan.

Two more foreign cricketers and one staffer have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Pakistan Super League.

One unnamed player was from Islamabad United, while the other two names and teams have not been identified.

It brings to four the number of known infections in the league after Australian legspinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive on Saturday.

His Islamabad side had their scheduled game against Quetta Gladiators on Monday postponed to Tuesday.

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Pakistan Cricket Board media and communications director Sami Ul Hasan said that game will go ahead and the league will continue with testing every three days.

Spectators will also continue to be allowed.

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All four who tested positive have been placed in 10-day isolation.

In his only appearance in the PSL this year, Ahmed took 1-40 against Peshawar Zalmi on Saturday. Islamabad lost by six wickets.

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