The Big Bash League clash between Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers has been postponed after a supports staff in the Stars’ camp tested positive for Covid-19 on the day of the game itself. The fixture which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 30th at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne would now be played on some other date in future, which ash yet not been decided.
The players and staff of the Stars’ squad in contact with the Covid positive member have now undergone PCR tests, results of which will only come late night Thursday and hence the organisers had no other option but to postpone the fixture.
Australia is also suffering from the third wave of the novel Coronavirus and this game which was supposed to take place in Perth originally was moved to Melbourne owing to border restrictions and quarantine measures. But as fate would have it, Victoria and New South Wales also recorded a surge in Covid cases with more than 17,000 new cases reported in the two states on Wednesday.