Chris Jordan is one of a handful of England cricketers to have been tested for coronavirus but the fast bowler has insisted he never felt in danger at the Pakistan Super League.
The majority of overseas players cut short their PSL contracts as the pandemic escalated earlier this month, but Jordan joined fellow Englishmen Ravi Bopara, Moeen Ali and Samit Patel in committing to a truncated version of the Twenty20 tournament.
The Sussex seamer was preparing for a semi-final in Lahore last Sunday when news came through that his Karachi Kings team-mate Alex Hales had begun to experience symptoms on his return to England, leading to an immediate abandonment of the remaining fixtures.
"Pretty much all the other cricket was gone in the end, everything, but the cases in Pakistan were still minimal. In the end the questions you had to answer were about what if things move quickly back in England, could we get back? I always felt if anything was happening we would get notified early."
Fast forward a week and Jordan is back at home, on lockdown by himself with the rest of his close family living in Barbados.
Fitness sessions are no problem, with a current schedule of three workouts a day, but he is already hankering for a full cricket session.
"I can't remember the last time I went this long without a net. I've constantly got a ball in my hand – a new white ball, just how it like it!" he said.
"I'm just shadow bowling all the time, going through my action and getting ready for when the time comes again."
As for when or where that call will come, Jordan is not in the market for making predictions.
"Speculations can take you to a dangerous place. That's not my state of mind," he said.
"A few days ago we didn't know we'd be on lockdown... In three weeks everything might have escalated or it might have eased up. Who knows?"
