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Australia set dates for COVID-threatened India cricket tour

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“India played an ODI against Australia in in Melbourne in January 2019. ©AFP” /> Sydney (AFP) – Australia announced dates for India’s lucrative Test cricket tour as the centrepiece of a busy home season on Thursday, but admitted that plans remained in flux because of the coronavirus. Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said the picture was “evolving every day” as he unveiled men’s fixtures against Zimbabwe, the West Indies and Afghanistan, as well as India. Australia are also due to host the men’s Twenty20 World Cup in October and November.…

No domestic cricket in England until August – ECB

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“Fresh delay — There will be no domestic cricket in England until August 1 at the earliest . ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – There will be no domestic cricket i ]]> <![CDATA[ n England until August 1 at the earliest, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Thursday. The start of the English season had already been twice delayed by the outbreak of the coronavirus, but the previous start date of July 1 has now been pushed back another month by the pandemic. England’s postponed Test series at home…

No compromises on national security: India snubs Trumps’s offer on China border row

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ India on Thursday said it is engaged with China at the diplomatic and military levels to end a border standoff involving thousands of troops even as it tacitly ruled out any possibility of US mediation to end the face-off. Since tensions flared along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after violent clashes involving hundreds of soldiers in Sikkim and Ladakh sectors early this month, both sides have deployed additional soldiers, especially in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh. India has said it will oppose any unilateral attempts to…

‘God of cricket’ Tendulkar looms over India prodigy Shaw

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“Prithvi Shaw is regarded as one of Indian cricket’s biggest talents. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Comparisons to India’s “god of cricket” Sachin Tenduldar. the domestic Ranchi and Duleep tournaments in 2017. He then led India to victory at the Under-19 World Cup, and burst into the Test team in 2018 with a match-winning 134 against West Indies, becoming the youngest Indian to score a century on debut at 18 years, 10 months and 25 days. But since then, the boyish batsman has followed a rocky path. An ankle…

Saliva ban may make cricket ‘boring’, says Starc

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“Mitchell Starc said more leeway should be given to bowlers while shining the ball with saliva is banned. ©AFP” /> Sydney (AFP) – Australian paceman Mitchell Starc warned Tuesday that cricket risks becoming “pretty boring” if ball-tampering rules are not relaxed in response to a coronavirus-linked ban on using saliva to shine the ball. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to implement the ban in June after receiving medical advice that spit poses a COVID-19 transmission risk. Bowlers traditionally get the ball to move in the air, deceiving the…

Donald Trump’s mediation tweet is part of growing anti-China juggernaut

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COUTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ President Donal Trump on Wednesday said he has offered to arbitrate the India-China border dispute in what is being seen as move that will irk Beijing more than New Delhi, given the steadily rising hostility and antipathy towards China in the United States over the Covid-19 outbreak, which comes on top of months of differences over trade and mounting irritation over theft of intellectual property. “We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now…

Only half of Americans would get access to Covid-19 vaccine: Poll

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Only about half of Americans say they would get a Covid-19 vaccine if the scientists working furiously to create one succeed, according to a new poll. That’s surprisingly low considering the effort going into the global race for a vaccine against the coronavirus that has sparked a pandemic since first emerging from China late last year. But more people might eventually roll up their sleeves: The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, released Wednesday, found 31% simply weren’t sure if they’d get vaccinated.…

Situation at Sino-India boundary ‘stable and controllable’, says China

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ China on Wednesday said the situation at Sino-India boundary was “stable and controllable” and indicated bilateral negotiations were on at diplomatic and military levels to de-escalate tension between border troops. The Chinese foreign ministry said it was firm about protecting its territorial sovereignty. Indian and Chinese soldiers are said to be locked eyeball-to-eyeball at four locations along the line of actual control (LAC), which experts said could escalate into a standoff more serious in nature than the one that chilled ties in Doklam (Donglang in Chinese) in…

Eid Mubarak from CCUSA

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Chairman and CEO of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi.

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA will like to send  Eid Mubarak wishes to all cricketers, administrators, and fans across the world. Chairman and CEO of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi says: “To our well-wishers and friends we want you to make this festival a memorable one. “Festivals usher in new hope and happiness. They make people feel joyous and rid people of the burdens of routine life. Therefore, it calls for celebrations. We have all been through a lot given the dreaded COVID 19 Pandemic and is still going through the…

At least 57 dead as Pakistan plane crashes in residential area in Karachi

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ At least 57 people were killed when a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential area near the Jinnah International Airport here on Friday, officials said, nearly a week after the COVID-19-induced air travel restrictions were lifted by the government. Flight PK-8303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, minutes before its landing, they said. The PIA Airbus A320 carrying 91 passengers and eight crew…