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Cricket World Cup is abandonedSaturday’s match between the Barbarian men’s team and Samoa at Twickenham was cancelled just 90 minutes before kick-off due to
Coronavirus cases among the invitational side.
![Barbarians match called off 90 minutes before kick-off due to Covid cases](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7d03c8b5f54cf14a24b24125379a2024ea4cf933/0_115_4456_2673/master/4456.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=6e88bd77700f204a37a1eb28315cc808)
A statement released by the Rugby
Football Union (RFU) revealed four Barbarians players and two members of staff had tested positive for Covid-19. In a separate statement on
Twitter, Barbarians claimed that they had 23 available players “who all tested negative [on Saturday] morning.”