Glamorgan's hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast have been hit with news that Nick Selman has tested positive for Covid-19 and that Marnus Labuschagne is a possible close contact.
Selman, the top-order batsman, is the club's second-highest run-scorer in the Blast this year, having scored 130 runs in six innings, and will spend 10 days in self-isolation after a PCR test returned a positive result. Out of four T20 matches
Perhaps the bigger blow is the loss of Labuschagne, who, along with his compatriot Michael Neser, has been identified as having "likely close contact", leading the club to withdraw him from the squad to play Middlesex at Radlett on Sunday.
Labuschagne is Glamorgan's highest run-scorer and seventh in the competition's run charts, and has also taken seven wickets with his legbreak conceding only 7.43 runs per over. Colin Ingram is also playing as an overseas player, Neser is yet to be needed in the Blast.
The club confirmed that Sunday's match against Middlesex would go ahead as planned as the rest of the club's playing and coaching staff all returned negative Covid tests. Billy Root and Sam Pearce - Wales' captain in National Counties cricket - have been included in the squad as covers.
Glamorgan are seventh in the South group, three points behind fourth-placed Sussex, who have played a game more, and are looking to put together a string of wins and advance them to the knockout stages for the first time since 2017. Running out of time.
Several counties have been affected by positive COVID tests and enforced periods of self-isolation over the past two seasons. This year, players in Durham, Surrey, Nottinghamshire and Middlesex have all missed games due to positive testing or track-and-trace requirements, while Hampshire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire were affected last season.