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Ben Stokes to captain England as Joe Root misses first West Indies Test
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020 07:06
Ben Stokes will captain England for the first time in the first Test against West Indies starting next week.Joe Root, England's permanent red-ball captain, will miss the first Test and Wednesday's warm-up match to attend the birth of his second child. Root's wife, Carrie, is due to give birth later this week.The ECB confirmed that Root will have to self-isolate…
Aaron Finch: ODI and Test league commitments secondary to cricket's holistic recovery
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020 01:15
Australia men's white-ball captain Aaron Finch believes that cricket's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic must take priority over the fulfilling of ODI and Test league commitments. He said that recent cancellations of series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will hopefully "even out" over the next decade.The national team coach Justin Langer had already made it clear that his plans no longer…
Tim Bresnan joins Warwickshire on two-year deal
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020 02:11
Tim Bresnan, the former England and Yorkshire allrounder, has joined Warwickshire on a two-year deal that will keep him at Edgbaston until the end of the 2022 season.Bresnan will join the club initially on a loan deal, subject to ECB clearance, which covers the remainder of the 2020 county season."I'm thrilled to be joining Warwickshire," said Bresnan. "It's a club…
Former Pakistan cricketer Khalid Wazir dies at 84
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020 02:42
Khalid Wazir, who played two Tests for Pakistan in 1954, died at age 84 in Chester on Saturday. He was ill for a long time.A right-hand batsman and medium-pace bowler, Wazir was the 16th Test cricketer for Pakistan and the second-youngest for his country at the time of his debut against England at Lord's.He was the son of Wazir Ali,…
Mohammad Hafeez, five others to join squad in England after second negative Covid-19 test
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020 00:14
Pakistan's touring party in the United Kingdom is set to get bigger after six more players who returned two successive negative Covid-19 tests are eligible to join the initial squad of 20 at the earliest in Worcester.Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz all underwent a second test inside three days on Monday, following…
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