BOCA RATON/FL – USA: The inaugural MLC Maq Cup will bowl off on August 15 at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Delray Beach, South Florida. This is the news coming out of CCUSA headquarters at Margate. According to the chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi, this is another tournament that will keep the US cricketers in the park. “After a while, into the lockdown, we were looking for ways to get our cricketers back unto the park and this is just another tournament where they can have a hit and keep…
“Swing king – Pakistan great Waqar Younis . ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pakistan assistant coach Waqar Younis said on Wednesday he hopes the tourists will be able to “cash in” on England being without Ben Stokes during this week’s second Test. Star all-rounder Stokes is heading to New Zealand, where his father is convalescing following a serious illness and will miss both the second Test, which starts in Southampton on Thursday, as well as the series finale, which also takes place at Hampshire’s headquarters ground. As well…
“England’s Chris Woakes was crucial in the first Test win over Pakistan. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Uncapped Sussex seamer Ollie is replacing the County Championship in a season cut short by the coronavirus. But whether he makes a Test debut at Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl ground on Thursday could depend on how the England attack that played in a three-wicket win in the first of a three-match series recovers from their exertions at Old Trafford last week. Star all-rounder Ben Stokes has already been ruled out after playing in…
“Chennai Super Kings expect their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep playing well past his 40th birthday. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Indian Premier League favourites Chennai Super Kings expect former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep playing past his 40th birthday — until at least 2022, the team’s chief executive said. Dhoni has not played a competitive game since India’s World Cup semi-final defeat last year, but is due to return to action when the delayed IPL begins in the United Arab Emirates next month. While Dhoni…
COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Google added an earthquake alert system in California, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. Android phones will receive warnings triggered by a “ShakeAlert” earthquake alert system implemented on the West Coast by the US Geological Survey and partners. ShakeAlert uses signals from hundreds of seismometers across the state to trigger warning messages that “an earthquake has begun and shaking is imminent,” according to the system’s website. “We saw an opportunity to use Android to provide people with timely, helpful earthquake information…
COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Walt Disney has re branded one of the renowned names in the entertainment industry; 20th Century Fox. The news comes after the legendary House of The Mouse has re branded one of its TV studios as 20th Television. The move follows the re branding of the 85-year-old company 20th Century Fox as 20th Century Studios in January. The 20th century Fox has produced superhit movies, including Titanic and Avatar. Disney has last year accomplished a $71.3bn (£54.7bn) deal to purchase Rupert Murdoch’s Fox media assets. According to…
COURTESY BY: https://www.usacricket.org/ USA Cricket announced today a restructuring of the contracting model around the men’s national team, with a reduction in the number of centrally contracted cricketers to a core group of nine players, effective from next week, August 18th, 2020. The restructuring has been driven primarily as a result of the uncertainty caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both within the US and around the world. The pandemic has challenged the global cricket economy and playing calendar and has caused significant disruption to USA Cricket’s previously planned domestic…
COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the country has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday. Vladimir Putin said that Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute has successfully registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for use. He also said that his daughter is among those who have tested the medicine. He also said that Russia’s Health Ministry has given regulatory approval for the vaccine after less than two months of human testing. He said during a televised video conference call with government ministers, “This morning, for the first time…
“Crowds have been allowed back into Super Rugby matches in New Zealand which this week marked 100 days without community coronavirus tranmission. ©AFP” /> Wellington (AFP) – New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday that Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh and the West Indies had all confirmed they will tour during the upcoming home season, despite the coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said managed isolation arrangements for the visiting teams were still being worked out with officials in Wellington, but the tours would proceed. “I was just on the phone…
“Cut above – England’s Chris Woakes on his way to a match-winning 84 not in the first Test at Old Trafford as Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan looks on. ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – England’s dramatic three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test at Old Trafford was a brilliant advertisement for the red-ball game. Pakistan, despite not having played international cricket for several months because of the coronavirus, dominated the majority of the match and were still favourites when they reduced England to 117-5, chasing a target of 277,…