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Six members of the Pakistan cricket team have tested positive for Covid-19 after breaching isolation rules in Christchurch, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday.All six have been moved into quarantine and the team’s exemption to train while in isolation revoked, NZC added.Pakistan is due to play New Zealand in a three-match T20 series and two Tests in December and January. The first T20 is scheduled for 18 December.Earlier this week, opener Fakhar Zaman was left out of Pakistan’s touring party as a precautionary measure after he developed a...

The world’s best batsman Steve Smith has revealed a training breakthrough has him feeling like his old self at the crease for the first time since cricket’s Covid break. In a major warning to India ahead of the summer, an excited Smith declared on Tuesday his game had benefited from his two-week stint in hotel quarantine.The 31-year-old will enter this summer off a disappointing IPL season where he averaged 25.91 for Rajasthan. While he has not played since 1 November, the self-confessed cricket nuffie said training in quarantine with the...