Aus Test stars in bio-bubble, can play BBL after India series: CA

Melbourne, Dec 30 : Australia cricket players’ stay in a bio-bubble zone throughout the Sydney and Brisbane Test matches will mean that they don’t have to go for an additional isolation period for the Big Bash League (BBL) games after the India-Australia Test series.
The last 16 matches of BBL, including the play-offs and final, will be played after the last Test of India-Australia series ends in Brisbane on January 19.
BBL regulars Moises Henriques (Sydney Sixers), Michael Neser (Adelaide Strikers), Mitchell Swepson (Brisbane Heat), James Pattinson and Marcus Harris (Melbourne Renegades) are part of Australia’s Test squad for India Tests and have played little cricket over the past month.
“In terms of our playing group they have obviously been within that secure bubble and then going on to BBL and we will working with relevant jurisdictions to make sure that we get the necessary exemptions if there are restrictions in place. When they move to Brisbane, they will have been playing under quarantine conditions,” said Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive officer, Nick Hockley while speaking to the media on Wednesday.
“That means they will be predominantly moving between their accommodation and the ground, be that for training or playing,” he added.
“Players will be free to leave Queensland for BBL games provided there are no restrictions to their onward destination.”