KINGSTON: Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) and will return home from Jamaica only after undergoing a 10-day quarantine period, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said on Wednesday.

The Pakistan squad was due to depart for Lahore later on Wednesday after their two-match Test series against the West Indies, which they drew following a 109-run win over the hosts a day earlier.

“Misbah was the only Pakistan squad member who failed two pre-departure PCR tests. All other members will leave Jamaica as per schedule later today [Wednesday],” the PCB said in a statement. “The PCB is constantly in touch with Cricket West Indies who have confirmed that Misbah [who is asymptomatic] will be shifted to another hotel for the 10-day quarantine with a medical specialist assigned to look after his health and wellbeing.”

Pakistan won the rain-ravaged Twenty20 International series of five matches 1-0 before drawing the two-match Test by winning the final game at Sabina Park on Tuesday by 109 runs.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2021