Sri Lanka s tour of South Africa is set to go ahead as expected after SLC s medical staff confirmed they were satisfied with the bio-bubble arrangements being planned for the series.
SLC had reconsidered the tour following England s withdrawal from their ODI series in South Africa last week. The board was concerned about the possibility of Sri Lanka cricketers returning unwell, something that could put their home series against England in jeopardy with the first Test against England to start roughly a week after Sri Lanka s return.
However, SLC s medical staff has held talks with its CSA counterparts and is now confident that Sri Lanka will be able to undertake the South Africa tour with little risk of players contracting Covid-19. In addition, it is understood that CSA has agreed to strengthen their bio-security protocols as per the SLC medical team s requests. In particular, SLC has asked for better PCR testing protocols and the hospitality staff which will cater to the teams to