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US employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ US employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April — a sign of how deep the economic hole is as offices, restaurants, stores and schools are re-opening after being shuttered because of the coronavirus. The Labor Department also said in a Tuesday report that job openings plummeted and hiring all but disappeared in April. The number of available jobs fell 16% from March to 5 million. Hires declined 31% to 3.5 million. The grim April — which followed an bleaker March with 11.5 million layoffs — suggests that…

Cricket returns to America

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Cricket returned to America on Sunday as Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) began a T10 tournament at Maq Cricket Ground in Delray Beach Florida. CCUSA which was the first cricket body to introduce T20 cricket in America (back in 1999) and also T10 cricket in 2016 again is out front ahead of the rest in bringing the sport back after four months off for the COVID 19 pandemic. On Sunday there were two matches played with Pakistan Eagles coming up against Orlando Stars. After taking the first…

Visionary Maq does it again

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Mahammad Qureshi leading the way again.

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: He brought T20 cricket to the United States. He brought T10 cricket to the United States. When USACA was suspended he carried America’s cricket on his own. COVID 19 strikes down cricket now Mahammad Qureshi, gets it going again. Sunday, June 7 was a significant day in the history of American cricket, as it marked the return of cricket after four months due to the dreaded pandemic. Qureshi kept himself and his staff busy during the COVID 19 lockdown and as soon as there was some…

Qureshis star but Eagles soar

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BOCA RATON/FL: USA – The father/son combination of Zishawn Qureshi and Mahammad Qureshi both starred with the bat but could not save the Orlando Stars as they were beaten twice by the Pakistan Eagles as cricket returned to the United States. Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) decided to host the T10 cricket league four months after the COVID 19 pandemic began. On the opening day, there were two matches carded between Pakistan Eagles and Orlando Stars. After taking the first game by six wickets, the Eagles again were in top form…

Stokes does not need extra captaincy pressure, says Pietersen

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“England’s Ben Stokes. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – Kevin Pietersen does not think Ben Stokes should captain England if Joe Root is forced to miss a game against the West Indies because it would heap too much pressure on the all-rounder. Root’s wife is due to give birth in July, meaning he risks missing one of the three behind-closed-doors Tests against the Caribbean side next month. Root has backed vice-captain Stokes to do a good job in his absence, but former England skipper Pietersen is wary about the all-rounder assuming…

Covid-19: Late lockdown in UK cost lot of lives, says expert

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ As the UK registered the second highest toll of 40,465 last week, an epidemiologist on a key government committee said on Sunday that ‘a lot of lives’ have been lost because the lockdown was imposed as late as March 23. John Edmunds, who is on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) that provides scientific inputs to government decisions, believes that the lockdown in the UK should have been announced earlier. There have been 284,868 cases in the country so far. Edmunds said: “We should have gone…

Polls say support for UK PM Boris Johnson drops, says report

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Public support for Boris Johnson is dropping over his government’s management of the coronavirus crisis, while backing for the opposition Labour party is on the rise, Mail Online reported, citing two surveys. A poll of 2,000 adults carried out by Opinium Research on Thursday and Friday placed support for Johnson’s Tory government at 43%, the lowest since the 2019 general election. Around 47% said they disapproved of how the government is handling the pandemic. Forty-four percent said they are dissatisfied with Johnson’s performance as prime minister, while…

Gower salutes Windies ‘spirit of co-operation’

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“Thank you West Indies – Former England captain David Gower (L, with Ian Botham). ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – David Gower has urged the rest of world cricket to follow the West Indies in demonstrating a “spirit of co-operation” as the global game looks to get back on its feet amid the coronavirus. The West Indies are due to arrive in England next week, ahead of a three-match Test series rescheduled for July even though the pandemic has claimed at least 48,000 lives in Britain, according to official figures. International…

A decade after Lord’s scandal, match-fixing still haunts Pakistan cricket

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“Mohammad Amir was one of three players jailed over the spot-fixing scandal. ©AFP” /> Karachi (AFP) – When Mohammad Amir bowled a no-ball against England on the opening day of the 2010 Test at Lord’s, no one could have imagined his long stride past the crease marked the first step in a historic fixing scandal. Two days later it was revealed that three no-balls — two by Amir, and one by his pace partner Mohammad Asif — had been part of a shady betting deal. Pakistan’s captain Salman Butt had…

Boycott bows out of BBC’s TMS citing virus concerns

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“Bowing out of BBC Radio – Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – England great Geoffrey Boycott announced on Friday that his lengthy run as a commentator on BBC Radio’s Test Match Special had come to an end. The 79-year-old Boycott, who was left off a list of on-air talent published by the BBC ahead of the rescheduled Test series at home to the West Indies, said he would have been interested in continuing. But he explained the coronavirus had made the decision for him following a…