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Marnus Labuschagne & Michael Neser self isolate for 10 days, to miss next county game

Premier Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne had to miss Glamorgan’s T20 Blast match against the Middlesex on 27 June, after it was learnt that he and Michael Nesser were two of the potential close contacts of Nick Selman who tested positive for COVID-19. The 25-year-old Selman will also need to spend 10 days in self-isolation. 

"Batsman Nick Selman has tested positive for coronavirus following the results of a PCR test. He will now spend 10 days in self-isolation," Glamorgan were quoted as saying in a statement.

As close contacts of Selman, both Labuschagne and Neser have to isolate themselves for 10 days and were removed from the match squad as mentioned by the Glamorgan statement. 

"The club also identified Labuschagne and Michael Neser as potential close contacts and are taking the precautionary measure of removing them from the matchday squad. All other team members, coaches and staff returned negative results,” the statement further read. 

Labuschangne has been a prolific scorer for Glamorgan in this season so far scoring 294 runs in 6 games with three half-centuries and an average of 58. He is currently the top scorer for Glamorgan. Meanwhile, Michael Nesser is also part of the county but is yet to get a game as Glamorgan have preferred Colin Ingram as their other overseas option. 

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Explained: New points system for second cycle of World Test Championship

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Pataudi series to kick off WTC 2 cycle, India to play 19 matches by the end of the cycle

The second cycle of the ICC World Test Championship will kick off with five match Patuadi Trophy involving England and hosts that is slated to be played from 4th August. The Indian contingent is already in England enjoying their time out of the bio-bubble. They will rejoin a fortnight before the first Test to start their preparation for the series. Along with that series, the Ashes slated to be played in Australia in December will be the only other series comprising of five Tests in the second WTC cycle. Australia is scheduled to tour India for a four match Test series in 2022 which will be the only four match series in the competition. In total, there are 13 two match Test series, seven three match Test series and two five and a solitary four match series. The venue for the final of the event if yet to be decided by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Just like the inaugural edition of the WTC, all the top 9 teams will fight it 6 Test series each with three at home and three away. None of the series which was postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be carried forward to the next cycle of the championship. Once again there will be a big difference between the number of matches played among all the 9 teams. India, England and Australia regarded as the Big 3 of modern cricket will be the only three teams contesting in four and five-match series. All the other teams will only play a two-match or a three-match series. England will play the most number of matches in the league phase by the end of this cycle with 21 matches followed by India and Australia with 19 and 18 matches respectively. South Africa will play 15 while the inaugural world Test champions New Zealand will only play a total of 13 matches which is also equal to what Sri Lanka and West Indies will play in this phase. Meanwhile, Pakistan will play 14 matches while Bangladesh will be the only team in the competition to play two-match series in each of their six scheduled series. In order to ensure that there is no disparity in point allocation which hurts the teams, the ICC has decided to allot an equal number of points for each match. Under the new proposed system which is expected to get a go-ahead at the next chief executive’s committee meeting, each match in the 2nd WTC cycle will comprise a total of 12 points. A win will fetch all 12 points while a draw will fetch one third which will be 4 points and a tie will fetch 6 points. Teams with slow over rates will also be docked one point for every over they fall behind. The ICC acting chief executive officer Geoff Allardice said that the point system was changed from the inaugural edition to make sure that all teams despite playing different number of matches can get a chance to be compared with anyone at a given stage of the tournament. "Instead of each series being worth the same number of points, 120, irrespective of whether the series is played over two Tests or five Tests, the next cycle will see each match being worth the same number of points - a maximum of 12 per match. Teams will be ranked on the percentage of available points they won from the matches they have played. The aim was to try and simplify the points system and to allow teams to be meaningfully compared on the table at any point, though they may have played differing numbers of matches and series,” Alliance was quoted as saying by the ESPN Cricinfo.