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Brisbane Test, Day 4: India 157 for 7 at lunch

December 20, 2014

Brisbane TestBrisbane, Dec 20: India reached 157 for seven at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Australia, in Brisbane on Saturday with their overall lead being only 60 runs with three wickets in hand.

Starting at 71 for one, India lost six wickets in the session with injured Shikhar Dhawan battling it out on 41 in company of Umesh Yadav (9).

Cheteshwar Pujara (43), Virat Kohli (1), Ajinkya Rahane (10), Rohit Sharma (0) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (0) were all back in the hut.

Dhawan hurt in practice

Shikhar Dhawan retired hurt ahead of the resumption of play on Saturday in the second Test against Australia after being hit on the forearm during a net session, prompting complaints from the India team about the state of the practice wickets.

Dhawan batted for 23 overs late Friday and was not out on 26 overnight with the India second-innings total at 71 for 1.

The India team management said Dhawan was hit on the right wrist, but didn’t have time to go for medical scans. He went out to bat later Saturday with India reeling at 117 for 6.

Virat Kohli was also hit during practice, but went to the crease to bat in Dhawan’s place to start play on day four. He was bowled by Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson for one after facing 11 balls.

India team management said it had been asking for several days for fresh pitches to be prepared in the nets but it had not happened.

“Instead of that, they have asked (us) to practice on worn out wickets which (have) uneven bounce,” the team said in a statement. “Because of that two of our batsmen got injured.”

Scoreboard at lunch:

Shikhar Dhawan not out 41

Murali Vijay b Starc 27

Cheteshwar Pujara c Lyon b Hazlwood 43

Virat Kohli b Johnson 1

Ajinkya Rahane c Lyon b Johnson 10

Rohit Sharma c Haddin b Johnson 0

M.S. Dhoni lbw b Hazlewood 0

Ravi Ashwin c Haddin b Starc 19

Umesh Yadav not out 7

Extras: (2lb,2nb,5w) 9

Total: (for seven wickets) 157

Overs: 47. Batting time- 229 minutes.

Fall of wickets: 1—41, 2—76, 3—86, 4—86, 5—87, 6—117, 7—143.

Still to bat: Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma.

Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 14—4—54—3 (1nb,5w),

Josh Hazlewood 11—0—51—2 (1nb), Mitchell Starc 8—1—27—2, Shane Watson 10—6—12—0, Nathan Lyon 4—0—11—0.

Toss- India.

Series- Australia leads 4—test series 1—0.

Umpires- Ian Gould, England, and Marais Erasmus, South Africa.

Third umpire- Simon Fry, Australia. Match referee- Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.

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June 5,2020

Jun 5: The Asian Football Confederation has awarded the hosting rights of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup to India for the first time since 1979.

The decision was taken at the AFC Women's Football Committee meeting. In February, the AFC Women's Football Committee had recommended India to be hosts.

In a letter to the All India Football Federation, Dato Windsor John, General Secretary, AFC wrote: "The Committee awarded the hosting rights of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 Finals to the All India Football Federation."

The tournament will likely be held in the second half of the year. In the 1979 edition, India had finished as runners-up.

"I need to thank the Asian Football Confederation for finding us suitable to host the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2022," AIFF President, Praful Patel said.

"The tournament will galvanise the aspiring women players and bring in a holistic social revolution as far as women's football in the country is concerned," he added.

The tournament will feature 12 teams, expanded from the previous slot of eight teams.

India qualifies directly as hosts. The event will also serve as the final qualification tournament for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The tournament comes as the latest boost to AIFF as India is slated to host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup next year.

India had also hosted the AFC U-16 Championships in 2016 and the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017.

"The tournament will play a huge role in further popularising women's football in India. The Women’s Asian Cup 2022 comes on the back of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020, and will help us sustain, and build on the momentum gained," AIFF General Secretary, Kushal Das said.

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News Network
April 5,2020

New Delhi, April 5: England batsman James Vince lashed out at people for not taking proper measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and said people are going out as if "everything is normal".

"Just seen the pictures of people out and about today as if everything is normal. What selfish people, surely by now they've realised this is serious. Well done to everyone who's doing their bit and staying in," Vince tweeted.

On March 13, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that Europe was now the 'epicentre' of the disease.

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus in the UK has exceeded 4,313 with at least 708 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the largest one-day rise since the start of the outbreak as confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care.

The total number of cases in the UK as on Saturday is 41,903, a rise of 3,735 cases in the last 24 hours.

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August 9,2020

Manchester, Aug 9: Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler played knocks of 84 and 75 respectively as England gained an improbable three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test of the three-match series here at the Emirates Old Trafford.

England chased down a total of 277 on the fourth day of the first Test.

Chasing 277, England openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley put on 22 runs for the first wicket, but Mohammad Abbas finally provided the breakthrough to Pakistan as he had Burns (10) adjudged leg-before wicket in the 12th over.

Skipper Joe Root came to the crease next, and he along with Sibley ensured that the side does not lose any more wickets before the lunch break, and England went into the lunch break at 55/1.

Sibley and Root eventually put up a 64-run stand, but their partnership was finally brought to an end by Yasir Shah as he dismissed Sibley (36) in the 36th over. Soon after, skipper Root (42) was also sent back to the pavilion by Naseem Shah, reducing England to 96/3 in the 39th over.

All eyes were on all-rounder Ben Stokes (9), but Pakistan's Yasir Shah sent him back to the pavilion in the 42nd over, and England was left in a spot of bother. Shaheen Shah Afridi, then also got among the wicket-taking charts as he scalped the wicket of Ollie Pope (7), reducing England to 117/5 in the 45th over.

Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler then got together at the crease, and the duo played in an aggressive manner to retrieve the innings for England. The hosts went into the tea break at 167/5, still, 110 runs away from the target with five wickets in hand.

Buttler and Woakes continued their march to frustrate the Pakistan bowling attack and the duo brought the target within the grasp of England. Both batsmen put up a stand of 139 runs, however, with just 21 runs away from the target, England lost the key wicket of Buttler (75) as Yasir Shah had him trapped in front of the wicket.

With England just needing four more runs for the win, Yasir Shah dismissed Stuart Broad (4), but in the end, Woakes and Dom Bess ensured England's win by three wickets.

For Pakistan, Yasir Shah was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped four wickets.

Earlier, resuming day four at 137/8, Yasir Shah (33) along with Mohammad Abbas (3*) and Naseem Shah (4) added 32 more runs to the overnight score to give England a target of 277 to win the first Test.

Stuart Broad was the pick of England bowlers as he scalped three wickets.

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