Mohammad Hafeez Tests Negative For COVID-19 In Second Test Result

Senior Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has tested negative for COVID-19 in a private test he underwent after his cricket board announced that he has been tested positive a day before. The cricket board along with Mohammad Hafeez has said that Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, and Imran Khan have been tested positive.

The report came as a major setback for Pakistan who are set to tour England next month. 10 out of the 29-member named for the England tour have returned positive for the deadly virus. The cricket board had said that at least three players had returned positive test after being asymptomatic while one of the support staff has also been tested positive.

Mohammad Hafeez:  I personally went to Test it again and have been reported negative

Mohammad Hafeez took to Twitter to notify that he and his family members have been tested negative in a private test. Hafeez also shared the screenshot of his test on his official Twitter handle. He also prayed that ‘may allah keep us safe’.

“After Tested positive COVID-19 acc to PCB testing Report yesterday,as 2nd opinion & for satisfaction I personally went to Test it again along with my family and here I along with my all family members are reported Negetive Alham du Lillah. May Allah keep us all safe,” Hafeez tweeted.

https://www.twitter.com/MHafeez22/status/1275776633664942081

Waqar Younis, Shoaib Malik and Cliffe Deacon from the Pakistan camp still remain to be tested. Despite the players being contracted with the virus, their board looks optimistic about the England tour. The tour is discussed to be organised in a bio-secure environment and the Pakistan camp might opt for a few substitutes in these crisis situation.

Pakistan will tour England for a Test and T20I series, which will get underway from July 30 with the T20I series concluding in the first week of September.