{"id":14394,"date":"2022-04-11T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=14394"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:06:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:06:51","slug":"two-south-african-players-tested-positive-for-the-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/04\/11\/two-south-african-players-tested-positive-for-the-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Two South African players\u00a0 tested positive for the COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa has confirmed that opener Sarel Erwee and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the remainder of the second Test against Bangladesh, which is presently being played in Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erwee has been replaced by Khaya Zondo, who is making his Test debut for the Proteas. Glenton Stuurman will take Mulder\u2019s place in the starting lineup. According to a statement from Cricket South Africa, both players felt ill and returned positive Tests the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CSA has now implemented the COVID-19 substitution policy, which was agreed upon with the Bangladesh Cricket Board prior to the start of the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a sad circumstance, but it\u2019s not the end of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has confirmed that opener Sarel Erwee and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder have tested positive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[267],"class_list":["post-14394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-south-african-players"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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