Papua New Guinea
have withdrawn from the
Women's World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe after several of their squad tested positive for
COVID-19
, the
International Cricket Council
(
ICC
) said on Wednesday.
Papua New Guinea had been scheduled to face West Indies on the opening day of the Nov. 21-Dec. 5 qualifiers but are unable to field a team.
The 50-over squad had gone into quarantine in Port Moresby on Oct. 30 and had been due to depart for Zimbabwe on Nov. 6.
"Multiple PCR tests have been done on nearly a daily basis to try to give players the opportunity to test negative," Papua New Guinea's
cricket
board said in a statement.
"We have also over the weekend worked with the ICC on later flight options to give the team more time to still be able to tour. Unfortunately, all the extra efforts to get the team to travel have been unsuccessful."
The ICC said Papua New Guinea would not be replaced in Group A, which includes Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands and West Indies.
The five-team Group B includes Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Zimbabwe and the United States.
Three teams from the qualifying tournament will join New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa and India at the 2022 World Cup in March and April in New Zealand.
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