01/05/21 10:58
More than 30 Australian cricket players, coaches and commentators have been left stranded in India after Sydney made it illegal for them to return, threatening jail (pictured: David Warner travels to a match with New Zealand's Kane Williamson, left; Steve Smith with his wife, centre; Pat Cummins, right; and India's Covid crisis, inset). It comes after stars Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson were able to arrive in Melbourne on Thursday on a commercial flight from Doha via a loophole. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that route, and others through Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, had now been closed to put a total ban on travel from India, which recorded 400,000 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. The government yesterday went a step further as it unveiled an emergency bill that will see anyone arriving from India jailed for up to five years or fined up to £37,000. Thirty-four Australians remain in India - 12 players, 11 coaches, four commentators, two umpires and five support staff, and a commentator from New Zealand who lives in Australia....read