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The team is due to leave the managed isolation in Christchurch tomorrow and travel to Queenstown, where it will play two games against New Zealand A before the first of three T20 games against Black Caps.
The West Indies were banned from training in the final days of their isolation period after multiple players violated protocols at their Christchurch hotel by sharing food and socializing.
West Indies coach Phil Simmons called the violation “disgraceful.”
Simmons apologized to New Zealand health officials after several of his players violated protocols at his Christchurch hotel by sharing food and socializing.
The West Indies team was allowed to train in small groups while undergoing mandatory 14-day isolation, but the Health Ministry revoked that privilege on Wednesday after discovering that the players had shared food and socialized together.
“I have to apologize to the New Zealand public and the government who have allowed us to come here,” Simmons said. Newshub.
“It’s embarrassing from our point of view.”
West Indies coach Phil Simmons.
Photo: AFP
Simmons said players would be subject to internal penalties and the team would be struggling to catch up after having their coaching privileges removed.
They have missed a total of four days of training because of the infractions.
“We were getting to the levels where we would normally start, but since we didn’t have cricket, we had to start slower,” he said.
“Hopefully everyone tests negative and then we can move to Queenstown and improve as quickly as possible because later in the week we will have a training game.”
The West Indies will face New Zealand in the first of three Twenty20 internationals in Auckland on November 27 before the two-test series begins on December 3.
Meanwhile, the ten Black Caps and nine Windies players who competed in the Indian Premier League arrived from Dubai to begin their 14-day period of administered isolation in Christchurch.
-RNZ / Reuters
