England had do abandon their Test series in March when the Covid-19 outbreak was first reported in Sri LankaSri Lankan Government authorities decided on Tuesday (22) to not permit flights from England until further notice. This happens when the Sri Lanka Government has already announced that they are opening the airports, after a long wait, for tourism under strict guidelines, from Saturday (26). A newly identified variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in England appears to be more contagious than established ones, it is reported. Will this new Covid variant and the resultant travel ban on England diminish chances of England Test cricket team visiting here in January? England had to return home from Sri Lanka without completing any match in March when the pandemic broke out in the country.

Source: The Nation December 23, 2020 14:48 UTC