The vast majority of Australia’s cricketers from our 38-strong Indian Premier League have arrived in Sydney, almost two weeks after the Twenty20 tournament was suspended because of COVID-19. Players, coaches and commentators were on board a charter flight from the Maldives that touched down in the NSW capital on Monday morning. Former Test batsman Mike Hussey, who remained in India to self-isolate after contracting the coronavirus, is expected to arrive later on Monday via a commercial flight from Qatar. The cricketers will spend a fortnight in NSW’s hotel-quarantine system, with no exemptions and concessions. Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged on Sunday the “NSW government is happy for them to come in over the cap (on return travellers)”. The IPL was halted on May 4 because of COVID-19 cases among players and support staff. Australians involved in the event travelled to the Maldives on May 6 via a charter flight that …
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