Labuschagne hits 154 as hosts take control against WI

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PERTH: Marnus Labuschagne cracked a masterful unbeaten 154 while Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith hit 50s as a dominant Australia took control of the opening Test against the West Indies at Perth Stadium on Wednesday. The hosts reached an ominous 293-2 at stumps on day one following captain Pat Cummins’ decision to bat in hot and dry conditions. The West Indies bowled with plenty of discipline in front of just 10,929 spectators, but the chances were few and far between. “We bowled well in spurts, but we didn’t get the breaks,” said West Indies coach Phil Simmons. But he was undone by a beautiful delivery from Mayers, which trimmed the outside edge of his bat and was an easy take for Da Silva.
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Ireland dump out West Indies to progress at T20 World Cup

Ireland´s Paul Stirling (C) celebrates victory with teammates after the ICC menâ€™s Twenty20 World Cup 2022 cricket match between West Indies and Ireland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on October 21, 2022.— AFPVeteran opener Paul Stirling slammed an unbeaten 66 as Ireland made the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 on Friday and sent two-time champions West Indies crashing out. Stirling, 32, at his seventh World Cup, shared in a blistering 73-run opening stand with captain Andy Balbirnie to supercharge Ireland's run chase. The West Indies won the tournament in 2012 and 2016 but came to Australia with a new-look team after the likes of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard retired, and Andre Russell was overlooked. "It's tough, we haven't batted well in this tournament at all," said West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran. Brandon King was dropped two balls later and made the most of it, crunching four boundaries to steer the West Indies to 67-2 at halfway.

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Fact-check: Is there a new COVID-19 strain?

"The world hasn't yet fully recovered from the pandemic, and yet, scientist have created a deadlier strain of the Corona Virus strains. Other articles repeating the claim highlighted concerns about the still-unresolved question of the origin of COVID-19 pandemic. The university said the virus created with the Omicron spike was not more deadly than the Washington SARS-CoV-2 strain. He said the details show the original, non-modified SARS-CoV-2 strain "kills 100 percent of mice" and that the researchers "made it less pathogenic." BU said its research should not be considered "gain of function" because "it did not amplify the Washington state SARS-CoV-2 virus strain or make it more dangerous."

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Rishi Sunak makes second bid to become UK's first Hindu PM

Sunak failed in the summer leadership contest to convince the grassroots he was a better option than Truss. But having correctly predicted her economic agenda would spark economic turmoil, he may hope for more success second time around. Theresa May gave him his first job in government in January 2018, making him a junior minister for local government, parks and troubled families. Sunak waited tables in a local Indian restaurant, before progressing to Oxford and then Stanford University in California. He will soon learn if the party members can be won over at the second time of asking.

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Cisse ‘optimistic’ as he names injured Mane in Senegal squad

DAKAR: Ballon d’Or runner-up Sadio Mane was named in Senegal’s World Cup squad by coach Aliou Cisse on Friday in spite of a recent injury. “Sadio Mane is an important player in our squad, it is important to continue to follow his injury, hoping that in two or three weeks there will be progress. “We will give ourselves all the necessary means to allow Sadio Mane to recover.”Mane’s fitness has been a major cause of concern in Senegal, the current African champions, with state president Macky Sall tweeting on Wednesday: “Sadio, heart of a Lion! “Losing Sadio Mane is not an easy thing for a coach, for the team, even for African football,” he said. “We don’t want to think about it but inevitably we have to be prepared should Sadio Mane be absent.

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Liverpool, Inter ease into last 16 as Barcelona exit

PARIS: Liverpool booked their place in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Jurgen Klopp’s men saw off Ajax 3-0, while Inter Milan also qualified to eliminate Barcelona who slipped to a tame defeat by Bayern Munich. Last season’s losing finalists Liverpool knew a draw in Amsterdam would be enough to clinch a last-16 spot for a sixth straight season. The Reds, struggling in the Premier League this term, weathered an early Ajax storm before Mohamed Salah gave them a half-time lead. But Carrasco’s first-half strike and Rodrigo de Paul’s equaliser gave Atletico 40 minutes to find a winner and keep their Champions League campaign alive. “VAR is doing a lot of damage,” said Tottenham manager Antonio Conte, who was sent off for his protests.

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Death of Pele, 'the person who stopped the world': Who is saying what

I would say that before Pele, football was just a sport. Rest in peace, King Pele," Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo said in an Instagram post. Lionel Messi"Rest in peace, Pele," Argentine World Cup winner Lionel Messi said. Didier DeschampsFrance national team coach said "with the death of Pele, football has lost one of its most beautiful legends, if not the most beautiful. Rest in Peace King Pele," Athletics legend Usain Bolt said.

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KP look to bounce back as Quaid Trophy sixth round begins

LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa entered this year’s edition of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy with back-to-back titles. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be eager to avenge their 134-run defeat by Balochistan when the two sides meet at Multan Cricket Stadium. Balochistan are only 16 points better than Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and are placed fourth in the points table. After that, Southern Punjab drew all four contests, while Northern enter this contest with a convincing nine-wicket win against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Karachi’s UBL Sports Complex and NBP Sports Complex will host matches between Southern Punjab and Northern and Sindh and Central Punjab, respectively.

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The escape plan

In the hope to acquire better education, students are seeking admissions in foreign institutes. And then there are people who want to seek asylum abroad due to multiple reasons. Students are ready to enrol in poor educational institutes, some with standards lower than an average Pakistani university. But the future Pakistani diaspora will only portray poor economy, political instability and extremism thriving back home. Our educational institutes are producing skill-less graduates.

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