Judge Boon will miss the fourth Ashes test after testing positive for COVID-19

Match referee David Boon has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be available for the fourth round of the Ashes test in Sydney from 5 January, Cricket Australia has said.

Boon, who is asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, would be replaced by Steve Bernard, a member of the International Arbitration Board living in New South Wales, CA added.

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Boon will stay in Melbourne, where he will complete his 10-day quarantine, and is expected to be available for the fifth test between Hobarten, Australia and England, which starts on 14 January.

Among the growing number of infections in Australia, the Big Bash meeting between the Perth Scorchers and the Melbourne Stars on Thursday has been postponed after a positive test by a member of the Stars support staff.