POBNEWS24, Desk report Oct 1,2021 :Due to Australia’s strict quarantine rules, there are doubts whether England’s top cricketers will eventually play in the Ashes. What will be the rules of quarantine for the family members of the players? Joss Butler says he will not go to Australia unless he can finally take his family with him. Captain Joe Root calls the current situation ‘frustrating’.
Former captain Kevin Pietersen has also expressed his views. According to him, if he were a member of the England cricket team now, he would not have gone to play the Ashes without his family. However, Australia captain Tim Payne is not able to take Peterson’s words very well. Payne also told Petersen that the Ashes would start just in time, even if Joe Root did not leave.
During the Ashes, the rules of quarantine have been in limbo for some time. Recently, the Prime Ministers of Australia and England have also talked about this. Cricket Australia’s latest quarantine policy to the England and Wales Cricket Board states that cricketers can move “freely” to 14 days of mandatory quarantine hotels. However, they did not say anything about the family members.
On Twitter, Petersen said there should be no extra rules for family members on the tour, “I would not go on this Ashes tour anyway. By no means. The question would not have arisen if my family had not been allowed to leave unconditionally. The cricketers are all blown away by this strange rule of quarantine.
Payne responded to Petersen by saying, “If you want to know anything about the world, you just have to ask Kevin. He seems to be an expert in everything. Kev (Kevin Pietersen), leave it up to the players. Let them speak. ‘
Earlier, however, Root had said that he was not yet sure about going to Australia, adding, “We are still waiting to know some things. I hope to know soon. It’s frustrating, but that’s our position now. It is difficult to say anything without knowing what the conditions will be. I hope we can move forward soon.
Payne, however, does not want to wait for the decision of the routes. The Ashes will start on December 7, he said, “Either they come, or they don’t come – it’s up to them. No one is forcing you. If you don’t want to come, don’t come. There will be Ashes. Whether Joe (Route) is there or not, the first test will start on December 6. An England team is coming here. ‘
Payne thinks all England cricketers want to tour Australia. “We haven’t heard any English players say they won’t come. If you want to represent the country in the Ashes, as Root said ‘they all want, that’s the dream’, then come on. They all want to come, there is no doubt about it. They want to take the conditions for themselves. We all want to. We do not want to put them in a bad situation. I hope everything will be fine. ‘
