Melbourne: Former Australian pacer Jason Gillespie returned from England and is self-isolating after England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) suspended all professional cricket till May 28.
Gillespie, who is also the English county club Sussex's head coach took to Twitter and posted a series of tweets revealing that he is in isolation for the next two weeks after returning to home.
"Due to current events it was decided by @SussexCCC and myself that it would be best if I was back home in Australia. Hence, I am now home and in isolation for the next 2 weeks. Having just been o/s, I urge everyone to please stay at home. It is the ONLY option for all of us," Gillespie tweeted.
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Our club @SussexCCC have been amazing looking after all our players and staff. We cut short our pre season trip to Cape Town and the clubs absolute priority has always been staff and players that were home and away.
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Our club has strong leadership with Rob Andrew at the helm. 👍🏽 https://t.co/0bhSMgijhG
">Our club @SussexCCC have been amazing looking after all our players and staff. We cut short our pre season trip to Cape Town and the clubs absolute priority has always been staff and players that were home and away.
— Jason Gillespie 🌱 (@dizzy259) March 22, 2020
Our club has strong leadership with Rob Andrew at the helm. 👍🏽 https://t.co/0bhSMgijhGOur club @SussexCCC have been amazing looking after all our players and staff. We cut short our pre season trip to Cape Town and the clubs absolute priority has always been staff and players that were home and away.
— Jason Gillespie 🌱 (@dizzy259) March 22, 2020
Our club has strong leadership with Rob Andrew at the helm. 👍🏽 https://t.co/0bhSMgijhG
"Our club @SussexCCC have been amazing looking after all our players and staff. We cut short our pre-season trip to Cape Town and the club's absolute priority has always been staff and players that were home and away," he added.
The ECB has said that it has begun modelling a range of options to start the season in June, July or August - with an immediate focus on options for cricket in June, including the three-Test series against West Indies, the T20 Blast and England women's schedule against India.
That, however, seems unlikely given the UK government's assessment that the peak of the pandemic will only occur in the country in June.
