Cricket Australia were planning to fly Sydney-based Test squad members David Warner and Sean Abbott to Melbourne on Saturday in a bid to avoid them being stranded in the NSW capital for next week's Boxing Day Test if Victoria shuts it border to people from Sydney due to a virus outbreak.
The new Sydney cluster cause further impact around the first Test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday with Cricket Australia staff questioning commentators, broadcast production personnel and media about whether they had been to particular postcodes in the city before flying to South Australia.. He was having a COVID-19 test on Saturday morning but was facing the possibility of having to quarantine in Adelaide for 14 days if ordered to by the South Australian government.
Whether they might then need Victorian government exemptions to avoid quarantine if the border was closed was unclear, but CA medicos and team officials believed it was better that the pair flew south early rather than taking their chances staying in Sydney. "If I can run between wickets and move laterally and do some ground fielding by the end of next week, I should be ready to go. Fingers are crossed."