Cricket South Africa has confirmed that testing ahead of the weekend’s 3TC charity match has returned six positive results.None of these, however, were from players participating in the unique event. n the statement, CSA said that approximately 50 Covid-19 PCR tests were performed on players, coaches, support and venue staff.“This took place during the period of 10 to 13 July at various venues across the country, in preparation for the 3TeamCricket match that will be taking place on Saturday, 18 July.”
“The positive cases have been managed by the CSA Medical team according to the current Department of Health & National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) guidelines,” said CSA.According to safety protocols, all contact tracing has been done and management strategies have been put in place according to the national guidelines. 3TC match also known as the Solidarity Cup, will be the showcase event for the brand-new cricket format which sees 24 of South Africa's top cricketers in three teams, playing two halves in one match. The three teams competing in the Solidarity Cup are the Eagles captained by AB de Villiers, Kingfishers captained by Kagiso Rabada, and the Kites captained by Quinton de Kock.
