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During the 2017-18 Ashes England’s spinners neither offered control nor took a clump of wickets in a spell.
One of the biggest questions after England were hammered was: who would be England’s frontline spinner come the 2021-22 Ashes?
Fast-forward to May 2021 and it seems that Jack Leach will be England’s frontline spinner when England tour Down Under for the Ashes this summer. But England currently have a crop of spinners who are performing consistently in first-class cricket putting their hands up for English selection.
Mohammed Siraj and Virat Kohli ((Photo by Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images)
NEW DELHI: The memories of the last Australia tour will always be etched in Mohammed Siraj s mind. He lost his father to a lung ailment when he was in Australia, but decided to not go back home and put the country and his duties first.
The right arm-pacer ensured India passed the Australian Test, despite losing multiple key players, with flying colours. Siraj played a stellar role in India s 2-1 win against the Aussies in their own den. The 26-year-old paid tribute to his late father by finishing the series as the highest wicket-taker for his team, claiming 13 wickets in 3 Tests, including one five-wicket haul.
Cricket star Stuart MacGill was allegedly ordered to pay $150,000 or his toes would be cut off with a pair of boltcutters during a kidnapping ordeal where he was threatened at gunpoint.
He was confronted by two men in Cremorne, on Sydney s north shore after 8pm on April 14, forced into a Honda with a gun waved in his face.
MacGill was driven 75km away to deserted shack at Bringelly, in southwest Sydney, where he was allegedly beaten and threatened.
Cricket star Stuart MacGill was allegedly ordered to pay $150,000 or his toes would be cut off with a pair of boltcutters during a kidnapping ordeal involving the brother of his girlfriend Maria O Meagher (pictured together)
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As the numbers continue to go up in terms of new cases, we must stay focused.
Here are some stories that made the headlines in The Fiji Times’ edition for Saturday, May 8.
The big one on Page 1 is obviously going to be on COVID-19.
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Nurses on lockdown
NURSES who are locked down inside the Lautoka Hospital are having sleepless nights, worried about the welfare of family members at home. Many did not have time to pass on bank cards to family members when the lockdown was enforced. Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr James Fong said there were strategies in place to ensure the families of health workers were taken care of.