England squad pass Covid retests in Sri Lanka with Moeen Ali in isolation

Root's squad begin training for next week's series opener All-rounder's positive test rules him out of first Test England's Test squad has begun training for next week's series opener in Sri Lanka after all members of the touring party - bar Moeen Ali - returned negative results from their latest round of Covid-19 testing. Joe Root's players had been isolating in their hotel rooms since landing in Hambantota on Sunday, with the emergence of Moeen's positive result from PCR tests taken on arrival...