Cricket West Indies (CWI) today (May 23) confirmed reports swirling on Saturday that a member of the 30-member training squad assembled in St Lucia has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The West Indies red-ball training camp is being held in a bio-secure environment ahead of the ICC World Test Championship two-match series against South Africa, scheduled to start on June 10.

According to Cricket West Indies, following PCR tests administered on Friday, for all members of the West Indies Men’s red-ball training camp being held in St Lucia, Jamaican fast bowler, Marquino Mindley, tested positive on his second COVID-19 test.

As a result, in accordance with the medical protocols established with the St Lucian Ministry of Health, Mindley, who is currently asymptomatic, will now self-isolate in his hotel room under the supervision of the CWI Medical Team until he returns two back-to-back negative results.

The 26-year-old Mindley has played 25 First-Class matches since making his debut for Jamaica against the Windward Islands in November 2014, taking 84 wickets at an average of 25.29. His last game for Jamaica was against the Leeward Islands in March 2020.

Meanwhile, all other members of the training squad and coaching team were re-tested and isolated in their rooms, with training cancelled for the weekend.

All of these training squad and coaching team members have now tested negative following their repeat tests and the squad will train in small groups starting on Monday, May 24, at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground.

CWI continues to work with all the regional governments and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to encourage and assist all squad members to get vaccinated.  To date, 43 members of West Indies Men’s playing and coaching staff have received vaccination doses.