MELBOURNE: Out of favour Australia batsman
Peter Handscomb was forced to miss his county match against
Leicestershire
in
England
after testing positive for
Covid-19
.
The 30-year-old, who has been captaining
Middlesex
this season, couldn't play their Championship Group Two game on Sunday after being forced into isolation following a positive test result.
"Irishman
Tim Murtagh stepped up to fill in for Handscomb as skipper, as Middlesex ended day one of the clash with Leicestershire at 3-280," a report in 'The West Australian' said.
Handscomb is going through a poor run of form as he failed to cross the 50-run mark in 13 innings for Middlesex.
He has fallen off the radar of the national selectors and last played a Test against India in Sydney in January 2019.
His last T20I was also against India at Bengaluru in February 2019.
His last international match was an ODI against England at Birmingham in July 2019.
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