Alex Hales coronavirus test: English opener clears the air regarding rumours of him testing positive for coronavirus

Alex Hales coronavirus test: The English opening batsman was speculated to have tested positive for the ongoing pandemic.

England opening batsman was among the many overseas cricketers to leave the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League midway in the wake of a “pandemic” in COVID-19.

Into its final stage, the tournament has got postponed now. With Hales returning back to England, a rumour regarding him testing positive for coronavirus started to do the rounds in the Pakistani media.

Former Pakistan captain and current commentators Ramiz Raja touched upon the same during his recent interaction with the reporters.

While Raja merely hinted at Hales showing signs of the virus and being quarantined in England, Pakistani journlaist Faizan Lakhani took to his Twitter account to confirm the same (tweet deleted later).

Alex Hales coronavirus test

Following the murmurs regarding his health, 31-year old Hales himself cleared the air by replying to Lakhani under his tweet. “Stop spreading fake news, dangerous behaviour,” read Hales’ tweet.

Stop spreading fake news, dangerous behaviour

— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) March 17, 2020

Soon enough, Lakhani and another Pakistani journalist in Ajmal Jani hinted at Gulf News publishing the report initially and changing it later on.

The story was published by Gulf News, they later corrected it. It was irresponsible behaviour.

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) March 17, 2020

the story was filed by Gulf News, had to take it off soon after your version. thank you!

— Ajmal Jami (@ajmaljami) March 17, 2020

Sports Management firm 366 Group, who manages Hales, then posted a statement on Hales’ behalf which contained details about his health.

In the tweet, Hales admitted to having fever and dry and persistent cough a night after reaching UK. While he has not been tested so far, Hales expects to get tested today and is practicing self-quarantine since Sunday as per the government’s directive.

An update on my situation, stay safe everyone pic.twitter.com/8mDPOBGmI8

— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) March 17, 2020

In the seven matches that Hales played for Karachi Kings in PSL 2020, he scored 239 runs at an average of 59.75 and a strike rate of 156.20 including two half-centuries.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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