The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday announced that&nbsp;Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have tested negative for Covid-19 for the second time in&nbsp;3&nbsp;days and are now eligible to join Pakistan's squad in England. 20 Pakistani cricketers arrived in Manchester on Sunday and were transported to Worcestershire. The now cleared players will also join them there and will be tested for covid-19 before beginning their 14-day isolation period, during which they will be allowed to train. Post which the contingent will travel to&nbsp;Derbyshire on July 13 to prepare for&nbsp;3 Tests and as many T20I matches in August and September.&nbsp;

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday announced that Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have tested negative for Covid-19 for the second time in 3 days and are now eligible to join Pakistan's squad in England. 20 Pakistani cricketers arrived in Manchester on Sunday and were transported to Worcestershire. The now cleared players will also join them there and will be tested for covid-19 before beginning their 14-day isolation period, during which they will be allowed to train. Post which the contingent will travel to Derbyshire on July 13 to prepare for 3 Tests and as many T20I matches in August and September.

Sri Lanka&nbsp;may have&nbsp;postponed the reopening of country's international airport till August 1 due to the covid-19&nbsp;pandemic, but their board is still hopeful of hosting&nbsp;its inaugural T20 league from August 8 to 22. Though&nbsp;Sri Lanka Cricket has got the green signal from the sports ministry to host the tournament, but the Lanka Premier League's fate still depends on the government's decision to open the country's borders. The tournament will also depend on the now-postponed India tour which was originally scheduled in August.&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;Cricket CEO Ashley de Silva said that at the moment they are looking at 23 games, but if India agrees to play then it will most probably come down to 13.&nbsp;

After over 3 months of forced break due to the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, cricket finally resumed with Team Stokes taking on Team Buttler&nbsp;at the Ages Bowl. However, cricket isn't the same&nbsp;in the wake of the pandemic. On day 1 of he intra-squad game, fans got a glimpse of what will be in store once International cricket resumes. It was business as usual for James Anderson as he bowled the maximum number of overs&nbsp;but&nbsp;what followed after taking a wicket&nbsp;wasn't usual at all.&nbsp;There were no hugs or high-fives as Jimmy followed proper social distancing norms with his&nbsp;teammates. Anderson was also seen using hand sanitiser&nbsp;between overs. ICC&nbsp;had discouraged&nbsp;celebrations with body contact and sharing equipment in the wake of the pandemic.

Following Shashank&nbsp;Manohar's&nbsp;exit from ICC&nbsp;on Wednesday, former BCCI&nbsp;president and ICC&nbsp;chairman N Srinivasan&nbsp;slammed him openly as he called his exit as a good riddance for India. The Chennai based industrialist who feels that Manohar&nbsp;will never stick around for a fight&nbsp;said that he left BCCI&nbsp;in 2015 in the middle of its worst crisis and now he was leaving ICC&nbsp;in the middle of a pandemic. Srinivasan&nbsp;also called Manohar&nbsp;a schemer because he feels that the Nagpur&nbsp;based lawyer used BCCI&nbsp;to get to ICC&nbsp;and then he used ICC&nbsp;to attack BCCI. As he went on call him anti-Indian, he said that Manohar&nbsp;was responsible for hurting India's finances in the game and India's chances at the ICC.&nbsp;

While the future of the cash-rich Indian Premier League is still not known as the country still battles the Covid-19 scare, a major stakeholder of the IPL&nbsp;has suggested a one-city only tournament in October. The Times of India on Thursday reported a&nbsp;BCCI&nbsp;official saying that if IPL&nbsp;happens in India by October and if the situations are under control in Mumbai&nbsp;then it will not be a bad option. Referring to the&nbsp;Wankhede, DY Patil,&nbsp;Brabourne&nbsp;Stadium and Reliance ground, he further said that&nbsp;there are 4 top-class floodlit grounds available in the city&nbsp;and the logistics for BCCI, broadcasters to maintain a bio-bubble could be managed smoothly. IPL&nbsp;which was scheduled to begin in March has been postponed indefinitely because of the global pandemic.&nbsp;

While BCCI was to hold a meeting to review the 440 crores worth&nbsp;Vivo's title&nbsp;sponsorship&nbsp;last week, some of the&nbsp;IPL's&nbsp;governing council members revealed that even after 2 weeks, they still had no knowledge about the meeting. While clearing the air over the cancellation of the sponsorship, a&nbsp;senior BCCI&nbsp;official said that BCCI&nbsp;never mentioned about termination and that BCCI&nbsp;was holding a review to check all the modalities of the contract, he further said that if the exit clause favours Vivo&nbsp;more, then BCCI&nbsp;will not terminate the contract. Last month following the Galwan&nbsp;valley incident,&nbsp;BCCI&nbsp;had called a meeting to review their title sponsorship&nbsp;with the Chinese mobile manufacturing company.&nbsp;

West Indies' cricket legend Everton&nbsp;Weekes&nbsp;passed away on Thursday. He was 95. Weekes, played 48 Tests and averaged close to 60 in his career. He also scored fifteen test hundreds and was considered one of the 3 Ws in the trio of the legendary&nbsp;Frank Worrell&nbsp;and&nbsp;Clyde Walcott. He had a 10-year long international cricket career after he made his debut for the Caribbean Kings in 1948. Weekes&nbsp;was Knighted by the British Empire&nbsp;for his service to the game and is considered one of the greatest to have played the game.&nbsp;

Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday announced that the 6 players who had tested negative in their 2nd Covid-19 test will leave for Manchester on Friday. Fakhar&nbsp;Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan&nbsp;Shadab&nbsp;Khan and Wahab&nbsp;Riaz&nbsp;will&nbsp;join the rest of their 20 teammates&nbsp;in England after they pass England and Wales Cricket Board's testing program. Kashif Bhatti, Haris&nbsp;Rauf, Imran&nbsp;khan, and Haider&nbsp;Ali are still under quarantine. Pakistan is set to play 3 match Test series and 3 T20 international series against England starting August.&nbsp;

On Wednesday Cricket South Africa's Acting Chief Executive Jacques Faul&nbsp;announced that their unique 3 team cricket match will now be held on 18th July which is the 102nd birth anniversary of former president Nelson Mandela. This came after the South African cricketers returned to practice from&nbsp;Monday after&nbsp;the sports ministry approved CSA's&nbsp;request.&nbsp;Earlier, the game that was originally scheduled for 27th June was postponed after CSA&nbsp;failed to procure the necessary approvals from the government's end. The inaugural Solidarity cup will see 3 teams of 8 players competing against each other in a 36 over match. The primary objective of the match is to raise funds for those who are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;

Shashank Manohar has stepped down as the ICC&nbsp;chairman after 2 tenures of 2 years each. The ICC Board met on Wednesday and agreed that Deputy Chairman Imran Khwaja will assume the responsibilities of the Chairperson until a successor is elected.&nbsp;The process for the Chairperson election is expected to be approved by the ICC Board within the next week.

With MS Dhoni&nbsp;fans eager to get a glimpse of their star back in action, his former Chennai Super Kings teammate&nbsp;Michael Hussey&nbsp;wants&nbsp;MSD&nbsp;to play as long he can. During an online interaction with Sony Ten, the former Australian cricketer said that Dhoni&nbsp;has been an incredible person and player for CSK and India for so long and he hopes Mahi keeps playing for another 10 years. Hussey&nbsp;though was not sure that would happen but hoped Dhoni could play for as long as he can. The 45-year-old added that he loves MS as a captain and also the fact that how calm he is and how much he backs his players and shows so much faith in them.

Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;police questioned former captain&nbsp;Aravinda de Silva&nbsp;over 6 hours in 2011 World Cup final fixing allegation probe.&nbsp;Ex-Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had&nbsp;alleged that their national cricket team had sold the game to India as the final was fixed by certain parties. Investigating that, police grilled de Silva as he was the chairman of selectors then. However, after former&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;cricketers ridiculed&nbsp;&nbsp;Aluthgamage's claims, he made a u-turn on June 18 and said that&nbsp;it was just his suspicion.&nbsp;De Silva has now asked the BCCI to conduct its own investigation and&nbsp;is also willing to travel to India to take part in it despite the current Covid-19 pandemic.

In a chat with Harsha&nbsp;Bhogle&nbsp;on Wednesday, former South Africa batsman AB de Villiers&nbsp;heaped praises on his Royal Challengers Bangalore's&nbsp;skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli. AB said that Kohli&nbsp;is a more reliable batsman and that he is the kind of batsman one would like&nbsp;to see bat for 15 overs.&nbsp;AB added that Virat could change the game quicker between the two. The 36-year-old also said that Kohli&nbsp;would belong to the category of greatest players as he raises his game when the team needs him to bail them out. The Indian&nbsp;skipper and de Villiers&nbsp;have had 9 100+ partnerships in 69 innings in T20 cricket for RCB.&nbsp;

Indian cricketer Ravindra&nbsp;Jadeja&nbsp;has been named the Most Valuable Player of the 21st century by Wisden&nbsp;India who used CricViz&nbsp;to analyse the all-rounder's&nbsp;performance. Jadeja's&nbsp;MVP&nbsp;rating is as high as&nbsp;97.3, ahead of Sri&nbsp;Lanka's&nbsp;Muttiah&nbsp;Muralitharan&nbsp;who is the 2nd most valuable Test player of the 21st century.&nbsp;While Cricviz&nbsp;called the 31-year-old an all-rounder&nbsp;of the very highest value he also stated that&nbsp;Jadeja's&nbsp;bowling average is better than Shane Warne's and his batting average is better than Shane Watson. Since his debut in 2009, Jadeja&nbsp;has played 49 Tests, 165 ODIs, and 49 T20Is.&nbsp;

England captain Joe Root has opted out of the first Test vs the Windies&nbsp;to attend the birth of his second child. Root left his side's pre-series training camp at the Ageas Bowl on Wednesday to be with his wife who is expected to give birth in the first week of July. Root will also not be a part of the practice game starting July 2. In his absence, Ben Stokes will lead the 3 Lions for the first time with Jos&nbsp;Buttler&nbsp;expected to take up vice-captaincy duties. Root is likely to return for the 2nd Test starting July 13 at the&nbsp;Old Trafford&nbsp;but will have to&nbsp;isolate himself at home for 7 days before joining the England squad. 1st Test of the 3-match series starts from July 8 in&nbsp;Southampton.

England and Wales Cricket Board on Monday announced that the delayed men's county cricket season will start from August 1st. The season which was originally scheduled to begin from April 12, was postponed due to the virus scare. To ensure&nbsp;the&nbsp;safety of all the players and staff,&nbsp;ECB&nbsp;also assured that they will follow all the government guidelines.&nbsp;While all the 18 first-class counties will decide the fixtures and format of the season in a meeting in July itself, ECB&nbsp;said that the plans will include both red-ball and white-ball cricket. With more than 43.000 deaths, the UK has now registered over 311,965 Covid-19 cases.&nbsp;

India and Australia go long back when it comes to their Test rivalry and almost all Border-Gavaskar&nbsp;Trophy series have seen players from both sides giving it their all. Australia's ODI&nbsp;skipper&nbsp;Aaron Finch though feels that not just Tests but the rivalry is there in ODIs and T20I as well. He said that the one day game is a little bit more skill based just on the day. If a couple of players in your team have a day out, that goes a long way to winning the game. So the rivalry is definitely there, 100 percent. Finch added that it's not a case of that being any less important or being taken any less lightly because it is a One-Day or a T20 or a Test match.

Former England cricketer Ian Botham&nbsp;on Tuesday revealed that he had contracted the novel Coronavirus&nbsp;early this year in January and further said that he mistook the infection for a bad case of flu. While the spread of the infection started in December last year in China, the 64-year-old said that he did not know the disease at that time and that it was amazing for how long the virus has been around and nobody knows all the details. While he praised people for responding extremely well in the situation, at the same time he also urged&nbsp;them to maintain their calm over the next couple of weeks. In a span of more than 7 months, the dreaded virus has claimed over 5 lakh&nbsp;lives.&nbsp;

Star Australian batsman Steve Smith hit the nets after a 3-month forced break due to covid-19. Sharing a picture of his training, the former Aussie skipper took to Instagram&nbsp;to share the 'good news' with his fans and wrote that&nbsp;he remembered how to hold the bat. Earlier this month, Smith had said that he was probably in the best shape he had been in years after working on his fitness during the lockdown.&nbsp;Australia were all set to resume cricket season in August but their home series against Zimbabwe was postponed due to the pandemic.

Ever since ICC&nbsp;decided to ban the use of saliva to shine the ball, many cricketers have voiced their concerns about how difficult it will be for the bowlers and Bhuvneshwar&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;too joined that list. Regarded as India's swing king, Bhuvi during a chat with Sportzpower&nbsp;said that a bowler who can clock 145 kmph won't be affected in any way&nbsp;because he is going to increase the pace of his deliveries.&nbsp;But it does become a challenge for a bowler like him who relies&nbsp;on the swing a lot. With no swing, it's all going to be a batsman's game. Bhuvi&nbsp;added that shining the ball is a very important&nbsp;part of cricket, not just for a swing bowler but for a spinner as well. If you don't shine the ball, your ability gets reduced to half.&nbsp;

Fakhar&nbsp;Zaman&nbsp;, Hafeez&nbsp;&amp; Wahab&nbsp;Riaz among 6 pakistani&nbsp;cricketers to test negative for covid-19 for the second time.

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