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Women to cash in for Champions league

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: The inaugural Cricket59 Women’s Champions League will take place from March 13 to 15 at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Boca and there will be cash prizes totaling $2000 on offer. Chief accountant at Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Samantha Qureshi said this was a great time for women’s cricket in the United States and she is urging all women teams and even individual players to get registered on cricket59.com to be eligible to play in the tournament. “We have decided to host this tournament in order to lift…

Miss Americana review: Taylor Swift is singing the most important song of her career. You should listen

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COURTESY BY:  https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood news Sitting on her couch, Taylor Swift has made up her mind to do something that everyone has advised her not to do. She is about to talk politics for the first time in her 15-year career and, as a man pointed out to her, she risks losing half her audience. “I don’t care. If I get bad press for it, I get bad press for it,” she says. And so she let’s the blue bird fly, taking her message to her 100 million followers. One witnessed something similar…

Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Shikara gets ringing endorsement from Avatar director James Cameron: ‘A masterpiece’

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COURTESY BY:    https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood news Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra‘s upcoming film, Shikara, has been endorsed by none other than Avatar and Titanic director, James Cameron. Towards the end of the latest teaser of the film, a blurb by Cameron calling Shikara ‘a masterpiece’ is shown. Cameron, along with another Oscar-winning filmmaker, Alfonso Cuaron, previously endorsed Chopra’s Hollywood film, Broken Horses. Shikara tells the story of over 400,000 Hindu refugees, who were forced to flee the Kashmir valley after the breakout of insurgency in the early 90s. Chopra, himself a Kashmiri Pandit,…

Injured Sharma out of India’s New Zealand tour

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“India’s dynamic batsman Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the rest of the tour of New Zealand with a calf strain. ©AFP” /> Wellington (AFP) – Senior batsman Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the rest of India’s tour of New Zealand with a calf strain Tuesday, while the hosts said skipper Kane Williamson was also sidelined by injury. Sharma retired hurt Sunday after blasting 60 from 41 balls in India’s seven-run win over the Black Caps in Mount Maunganui as the tourists swept to a 5-0 win in…

India hail ‘winning habit’ in T20 series sweep against New Zealand

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” India’s Navdeep Saini (L) celebrates claiming the wicket of New Zealand’s Ross Taylor (R) during the fifth Twenty20. ©AFP” /> Mount Maunganui (New Zealand) (AFP) – India hailed their “winning habit” as they rallied to pull off a dramatic seven-run win over New Zealand in the fifth and final Twenty20 at Mount Maunganui on Sunday to sweep the series. New Zealand looked on course for a consolation win until India engineered a collapse that saw six wickets fall for 25 runs with Jasprit Bumrah finishing with an impressive three…

CCUSA to host 9 tournaments annually

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA has confirmed that they will be hosting a total of nine tournaments annually moving forward. Chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi said on Monday that whilst the US Open T20 tournament remains the marquee tournament, the cricket body has added another eight. The nine tournaments are the US Open T20 Men, Women and Youth, the USA Nationals Maq T10 Men, Women and Youth and the Cricket59 Men, Women, and Youth. Nine tournaments in quite an undertaking but Qureshi says that once this is done successfully…

Qureshi hammers 62 in Orlando

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Orlando/FL – USA: All-rounder Zishawn Qureshi continued his fine season with yet another half-century as he guided Orlando Stars to another win in the Florida Cricket Conference on the weekend. Playing at Winter Haven Orlando won the toss and decided to take first strike. Qureshi and his opening partner then added over 100 for the first wicket as their team tallied 233/4 in their allotted 35 overs. Qureshi who scored 44 last weekend cracked 62 with seven fours and one six. His partner Ammar Mohammed made 77 as they took…

11th edition of US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament Team in focus: Florida International

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Florida International had a tough time at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament as such they lost all three games before exiting the tournament. They faced CT Blizzards in the first match which was reduced to just 6 overs due to heavy rain hitting the state of Florida. Florida International won the toss and chose to field first. Their decision was not supported by their bowling unit as CT Blizzards managed a good total of 82 runs in just 6 overs with the loss of only one wicket at…

A look into the performance of Multan Sultans-US All Star Team’s main performer: Zishawn Qureshi at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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One of the strongest teams in the 11th edition of US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament, Multan Sultans-US All Stars started the tournament in a dominant fashion, cruising through to the semi-finals; here is a look at the main performer and the captain of the side: Zishawn Qureshi’s performance. A promising young cricketer from US, Zishawn Qureshi led his team from the front especially with the bat. Being a stylish left-handed batsman, Zishawn opened the innings for his team in all the matches and scored 21 off just 11 deliveries at…

A look into Miami Sharks performance at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Miami Sharks faced Titans Cricket Club in their first match of US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament. Winning the toss, Miami Sharks chose to bat first. At a run-rate of 9.80, Miami Sharks managed 98 runs with the loss of 3 wickets in ten overs. The openers: Dunae Nuthanial and Prasenjiit Singh had a partnership of 33 runs off 20 balls but lost their wickets at a crucial stage. The middle order batsmen: Jay Singh (27 runs off 18 balls) and Amahl Nathanial (23 runs off 12 balls) built a much…