Relieved cricket WAG Dani Willis looks in high spirits during a phone call in Bondi… as her husband Steve Smith is flown out of Covid-stricken India to a luxury Maldives paradise
The Australia’s cricket stars left Covid-stricken India this week for the luxurious safety of the Maldives.
And on Thursday, Steve Smith’s doting wife Dani Willis looked in very high spirits as she went out for a bite to eat with her mother in Sydney’s Bondi.
During the outing, Dani took a phone call – presumably to Steve, 31 – and couldn’t stop grinning as she sauntered up the street in the popular eastern suburb.
Speaking to Steve? On Thursday, as news broke that Australia’s cricket stars – including Steve Smith – have left Covid-stricken India for the luxurious safety of the Maldives, WAG Dani Willis was spotted beaming on the phone in Sydney’s Bondi
The relieved WAG, who married Steve in 2018, opted for a very casual ensemble for the breakfast dash.
She sported an oversized hoodie, grey leggings and black New Balance trainers.
She tied her hair into a casual up-do, and appeared to wear no make-up on her naturally pretty visage.
Her appearance comes as Cricket Australia announced that a 38-strong cohort of Aussie players, coaches, commentators, umpires and support staff will now remain in the Maldives until the travel ban from India is lifted after May 15.
Casual chic: Dani, who married Steve in 2018, opted for a very casual ensemble for the outing. She sported an oversized hoodie, grey leggings and black New Balance trainers. Pictured alongside her mother
The organisation also said that some of the sport’s biggest names, including Steve, David Warner, Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis and Ricky Ponting, are not seeking exemptions to bypass travel bans from the Australian government.
They will spend at least 10 days in Maldives before quarantining for another 14 days upon returning to Australia on a charter flight organised by Indian cricket’s governing body.
Ordinary Australians trapped in India since the travel ban will now be repatriated on special government flights from May 15, with the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory used to quarantine them.
Positive news: Cricket Australia announced on Thursday that a 38-strong cohort of Aussie players, coaches, commentators, umpires and support staff will now remain in the Maldives until the travel ban from India is lifted after May 15. Pictured: Steve Smith and Dani Willis
It’s a huge relief for the cricketers and their loved ones, who were previously stranded in India where 3,000 people a day are dying from Covid.
Australian batsman Michael Hussey must remain in isolation in his hotel room in India for another nine days after he tested positive on Tuesday.
‘He’s in good spirits… his symptoms are quite mild,’ Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Todd Greenberg told reporters.
‘He has relatively mid symptoms.’
Rules: The organisation said that some of the sport’s biggest names, including Steve (right), David Warner, Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis and Ricky Ponting, are not seeking exemptions to bypass travel bans from the Australian government