THE noble game of cricket may be the latest victim of COVID-19, after an Australian player in the UK was suspended over accusations of using hand sanitiser to affect the spin of the ball during a match last month.
Veteran bowler Mitch Claydon will not play the next game for Sussex, pending the outcome of an investigation into "placing hand sanitiser on the ball in our match against Middlesex".
It wasn't quite a clean sweep, but 37-year-old Claydon took three wickets in the Bob Willis Trophy game, which Middlesex won by five wickets.
The England and Wales Cricket Board is currently looking into the allegations.
America's creaking health system is once again under the microscope after the family of a woman who died six months ago received a letter telling her to self-isolate due to COVID-19 infection.
Tennessee-based Sandra Whittington died of respiratory complications on 16 Feb, some weeks before the virus was detected near her home.
The update from the local health department apparently related to the results of a test conducted in mid-Jun, some 20 weeks later.
Her family confirmed she had been cremated in Feb, making it somewhat difficult to comply with the quarantine order.
Health officials apologised for the mistake and the pain it may have caused the family, according to the local TV station.
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