A bit over-exaggerated, says Ferguson after COVID-19 scare

The way things played out after he reported a sore throat, leading to COVID-19 tests and isolation in his hotel room, were a "bit over-exaggerated", feels New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson.

The 28-year-old pacer was placed in isolation immediately after Friday's first ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground following complaints of a sore throat. He underwent tests on Saturday which returned negative, clearing the pacer.

Back with his family, Ferguson thinks it was blown out of proportion.

"No. Probably a bit over-exaggerated as to how I was," he told reporters at the Auckland airport.

"I just sort of had very, very mild cold symptoms and the procedures were as they were and followed by Tommy (Simsek, physio) and the support staff. Completely understandable. So yeah, kinda had a day in the hotel room by myself."
"At the same time, we were a little bit disappointed with how the game ended up. And yeah, that night I was sort of taken to get swabs and talked to the doctor there and fortunately all was good and yeah happy to be home."
Was he nervous, given how rapidly the coronavirus had spread throughout the world?