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Breaking taboo, IPL cricket team gets sanitary pad sponsor

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“The Rajasthan Royals will wear the company’s logo on their shirts in the upcoming IPL season. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – An Indian Premier League cricket team has signed a sponsorship deal with a sanitary pad brand, challenging the country’s entrenched taboos around menstruation. The Rajasthan Royals, who feature England stars Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer, said they hoped the Niine brand sponsorship will “help educate men…on a grand scale”. Deep-rooted social taboos remain in India around menstruating women.In some rural areas, women are made to sleep separately during…

‘Heart and soul’: Recalled Willey stars as England beat Ireland

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“Willey (C) took four wickets early in the first ODI. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – England captain Eoin Morgan hailed the “heart and soul” of David Willey after the left-arm paceman marked his return to the global arena by setting up the world champions’ six-wicket win over Ireland at Southampton on Thursday with his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals. Left-arm paceman Willey, appearing in his first ODI since being left out of England’s World Cup-winning squad for Jofra Archer, took 5-30 as Ireland were dismissed for just…

England face pace dilemma after announcing unchanged squad for Pakistan Test

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“England’s James Anderson (left) and Stuart Broad have taken more than 1,000 Test wickets between them. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – England will once again face a selection dilemma over the make-up of their pace attack after an unchanged 14-man squad was named on Wednesday for next week’s first Test against Pakistan. Joe Root’s side rotated their frontline fast bowlers during the 2-1 series win over the West Indies, which ended on Tuesday, with the competition for places intense. Stuart Broad responded to being left out of the opener with…

Willey relishing England ‘second chance’

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“England’s David Willey . ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – David Willey said he was determined to make the most of a “second chance” with England after being recalled Monday into the squad for an upcoming one-day international series at home to Ireland. Left-arm paceman Willey, 30, missed out on England’s triumphant World Cup campaign last year after a change in qualification rules saw him make way for Barbados-born fast bowler Jofra Archer. Having long been a part of the England white-ball set-up, Willey could only watch as Archer…

Archer’s virus error ‘could have cost tens of millions’, says England’s Giles

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“Fast bowler Jofra Archer is a key player for England. ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jofra Archer’s breach of the coronavirus regulations was a potential “disaster” that could have cost “tens of millions of pounds”, according to England managing director Ashley Giles. England dramatically announced fast bowler Archer had been left out of their side to play the West Indies in the second Test just hours before play got underway at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday. Archer was omitted after he went home to Brighton on Monday to…

England’s Archer recalls ‘dark times’ during teen injury

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“England’s Jofra Archer endured a long-term back injury when he was a teenager. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – England bowler Jofra Archer has said the years he spent as a teenager grappling with a long-running back injury were “dark times”. The 25-year-old Archer — who has not played since the Boxing Day Test against South Africa after suffering a stress fracture — opened up about his struggles in a podcast for his Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. Archer, who only made his international debut in 2019,…