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England Ashes hero Bresnan joins Warwickshire

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“Former England paceman Tim Bresnan has joined Warwickshire after leaving Yorkshire. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – Former England paceman Tim Bresnan has joined Warwickshire, it was announced on Tuesday. The 35-year-old, released by his native Yorkshire earlier this month, will spend the 2020 campaign on loan with Birmingham-based Warwickshire. Bresnan has also agreed a subsequent two-year deal with the Bears, subject to clearance by the England and Wales Cricket Board. “It’s happened very quickly, within a week really,” said Bresnan.”I’ve still got a desire to play and a desire to…

Vaughan says UK PM Johnson talking ‘nonsense’ on amateur cricket ban

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“British Prime Minister Boris Johnson . ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – Former England captain Michael Vaughan criticised UK Prime Minister and self-confessed “village cricketer” Boris Johnson on Tuesday over the “nonsense” of upholding the ban on the recreational game due to the coronavirus. Social tennis and golf are now allowed in England, but amateur cricketers continue to wait beyond the boundary. “We’re still working on ways to make cricket more COVID-secure, but we can’t change the guidance yet,” Johnson told Parliament on Tuesday as he announced an easing of virus…

More Indians turned against Labour, says 2019 UK poll review

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ An internal review of the election debacle suffered by Labour in the December 2019 election suggests that more members of the 1.5 million-strong Indian community in the UK voted against it, reinforcing pro-Conservative trends in recent elections. The review into Labour’s worst election result since 1935 blames several factors for the defeat, including lack of clarity on its Brexit position, a ‘toxic culture’ of conflict within the party, and negative perceptions of the former leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Once a natural party of preference of the Indian community…

Global Covid tally crosses 8 million mark, WHO sees ‘green shoots of hope’

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The world health organization on Wednesday said that green shoots of hope have emerged despite the world crossing a grim milestone of over 8 million deaths due to coronavirus pandemic. The director general of the global health organization added that the developments in the past couple of months have shown that together through global solidarity, humanity can overcome this pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s comments came on a day when the global tally of the Covid-19 infections crossed the 8.3 million mark with 60 thousand fresh cases registered…

US fighter plane crashes off coast of northeast England

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ A U.S. Air Force fighter plane with one pilot on board crashed into the North Sea on Monday. The status of the pilot wasn’t known. The F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing was on a routine training mission from RAF Lakenheath when it crashed at 9:40 a.m. local time (4:40 a.m. EDT). The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear. U.K. search and rescue authorities are taking part in the search of the crash site. Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force base that hosts the U.S.…

Pakistan’s Misbah says no strings attached to England tour

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“No expectation of return England visit – Pakistan chief selector and head coach Misbah-ul-Haq. ©AFP” London (AFP) – Head coach Misbah-ul-Haq is adamant Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England amid the coronavirus pandemic is not dependent upon a return visit. Next month international cricket is set to resume for the first time since the outbreak as England host the West Indies in a three-Test series staged behind closed doors. Pakistan are also meant to play three Tests, as well as three Twenty20s, in a series scheduled to start on August 5,…

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…

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…