West Indies hit by five more Covid-19 positives to put Pakistan tour under threat

Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein and Justin Greaves are ruled out of the remaining four matches of the white-ball tour, with both boards to discuss whether the tour should continue

West Indies' white-ball tour of Pakistan hangs in the balance after the tourists suffered five more positives for Covid-19.

Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Justin Greaves, along with assistant coach Roddy Estwick and team physician Dr Akshai Mansingh are now in isolation.

They will remain so for 10 days or until they have returned negative PCR tests results.

^{West Indies have been badly hit by a Covid-19 outbreak in Pakistan (Asif Hasan/AFP via Getty Images)}

Cricket West Indies and Pakistan Cricket Board officials will meet on Thursday (December 16) to discuss whether the remaining matches of the tour will go ahead.

In the meantime, all remaining members of the tourists' group will undergo further testing.

The third and final T20 is due to take place later in the day in Karachi (6pm local time, 1pm GMT), where the three-match one-day international series is scheduled to take place on December 18, 20 and 22.

WEST INDIES PLAYERS & STAFF CURRENTLY ISOLATING

Sheldon Cottrell

Roston Chase

Kyle Mayers

Shai Hope

Akeal Hosein

Justin Greaves

Roddy Estwick (assistant coach)

Dr Akshai Mansingh (team physician)

Before a ball was bowled, Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers were ruled out of the T20s after testing positive for coronavirus.

Devon Thomas is already sidelined for the Windies with a finger injury sustained in the first T20I.

That leaves the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup winners with just 13 available players for the rest of the tour.

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