"I heard from Tim just a little while ago. I think the really encouraging thing is he's tested negative and my understanding is he's on a flight out of India pretty quickly as well," stuff.co.nz had quoted Stead as saying. "I don't know how long it's going to take him to get back to New Zealand or where he's heading via, but it's great news for Tim, that for a start his health is on the improve anyway, to the point where he's not testing positive any more," he added.

Kane Williamson, Kyle Jamieson, and Mitchell Santner and two staff members -- physio Tommy Simsek and trainer Chris Donaldson -- moved to Maldives after IPL 2021 was suspended and now this group has arrived in Southampton ahead of the two-Test series against England. England and New Zealand will be locking horns in two Tests and then the Kiwis will take on India in the finals of World Test Championship (WTC).

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