Heino Kuhn deputises as captain as club assembles makeshift squad
Heino Kuhn has stepped in as Kent captain following the squad’s self-isolation
Kent have been forced to emulate the England men’s squad in naming a brand-new squad for this week’s LV= County Championship fixture against Sussex at Canterbury, after one of their players tested positive for Covid-19.
The player, who has not been named, returned a positive result following a PCR test on the eve of the match on Saturday, meaning that each of the squad members who featured alongside him in Kent’s Vitality Blast fixture at the Kia Oval on Friday will now be required to self-isolate for a period of ten days.
“With the emergence of the Delta variant and recent release in lockdown restrictions, the club has been conscious of the increased possibility of an outbreak,” Simon Storey, Kent’s chief executive, said.
“Overnight, the club has worked swiftly to identify a replacement squad that will be ready to take on Sussex in the much-anticipated Canterbury Cricket Week, and will also be preparing for the final two matches of the group stages of the Vitality Blast, with a quarter-final berth already secured.”
Source: ESPN Crickinfo