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CSA and ECB agree to cancel 1st ODI due to COVID-19

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Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have agreed to cancel Sunday's One-Day International series opening match, which was due to take place in Paarl.

The decision was taken after two hotel staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

As a precaution, the England players and management underwent an additional round of PCR tests on Saturday evening.

Following the test results, two members of the England touring party have returned unconfirmed positive tests for COVID-19.

The players and management are now self-isolating in their rooms until further advice from the medical teams.

CSA says a decision on the remaining matches in the three-match series will be taken once the results of the tests are ratified independently by medical experts.

The first ODI was due to take place in Cape Town on Friday but a positive case was confirmed within the Proteas camp forcing the match to be postponed.