I thought it was a joke, Kane Richardson recalls his COVID-19 scare

Quarantined briefly for suspected COVID-19 before being found negative, Australian pacer Kane Richardson says he thought it was all a joke at first.

it all happened during the ODI series against New Zealand but he did not rejoin the squad as the series was called off considering the worsening COVID-19 situation.

"I was at risk because I'd travelled overseas within (the previous) two weeks and I had one of the four symptoms, so that was the reason I got tested," the 29-year-old told cricket.com.au's The Unplayable Podcast.

"I thought it was all a joke at the time but (the team doctor) was adamant it wasn't."
"(The Australia squad) were all sitting around chatting about it. It's happened out of nowhere. A lot of us were going to be away from now till the end of the IPL, so to now be sitting at home with absolutely no idea when the next game of cricket is going to be for any of us, just shows how quickly this has grown."