FILE PHOTO: A member of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) of the South African police service watches as Australian cricketer selector David Boon walks on the playing field at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban, March 5, 2009, ahead of their second test cricket match against South Africa. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA)
(Reuters) - Match referee David Boon has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be available for the fourth Ashes test in Sydney from Jan. 5, Cricket Australia said.
Boon, who is asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, would be replaced by Steve Bernard, a New South Wales-based member of the international panel of referees, CA added.
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