New Zealand trio test positive for Covid ahead of Sussex warmup

Batter Henry Nicholls, seamer Blair Tickner and Shane Jurgensen, the team's bowling coach, tested positive on the first morning of New Zealand's four-day warmup match against Sussex

Three members of New Zealand's touring party have tested positive for Covid.

Batter Henry Nicholls, seamer Blair Tickner and Shane Jurgensen, the team's bowling coach, tested positive on the first morning of New Zealand's four-day warmup match against Sussex.

The trio will undergo five days of isolation as a result.

Nicholls was not expected to feature in any case, having only just recovered from a calf problem, but the tourists confirmed that the remainder of the squad had tested negative, with the game is set to go ahead regardless.

^{Shane Jurgensen is the team's bowling coach (Hagen Hopkins/Gety Images)}

Ollie Robinson is expected to feature for Sussex, though Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Daryl Mitchell are all missing for New Zealand.

The match was due to have first-class status before the New Zealand camp requested otherwise, in order to give match practice to more than 11 players. The first Test of the three-match series begins on June 2 at Lord's.

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