FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank kept interest rates at record highs on Thursday but sent an even clearer signal that it may be preparing to cut them as euro zone inflation continues to fall. The central bank for the 20 countries that share the euro currency kept its deposit rate at 4.0%, where it has…
NEW DELHI: The England Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement on Tuesday that all-rounder Ben Stokes has chosen not to be selected for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in order to concentrate on getting fitter for the summer’s Test matches.The reigning T20 World Cup champions are England, who won their second championship in Australia…
LONDON: Unwilling to jeopardise its cordial relationship with the all-powerful BCCI, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has rejected a lucrative 10-year buy-out offer of their franchise-based property ‘The Hundred‘ from former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, the Daily Telegraph reported.Modi received a life ban from the BCCI in 2013 for “serious misconduct and indiscipline”…
England‘s left-arm spinner Jack Leach will play no further part in the ongoing five-match Test series in India, as a left knee injury has ruled him out of the remainder of the tour.The series is currently locked at 1-1 after England won the opening match in Hyderabad and India came back to win the second…
NEW DELHI: Former India medium pace bowler Venkatesh Prasad schooled the England and Wales Cricket Board after English media and the ECB played a blame game regarding the visa refusal of the rookie off-spinner Shoaib Bashir.The 20-year-old Bashir, who plays for Somerset in the English county, was forced to head back to England from the…
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NEW DELHI: England’s Cricket board (ECB) said on Sunday that Harry Brook has withdrawn from the squad for their tour of India due to personal reasons.The ECB added that it would name a replacement for the right-hander in due course.The ECB further stated that it will soon announce the right-hander’s replacement.“The Brook family respectfully requests…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain on Tuesday received a two-year ban from all cricket, with six months of the suspension being suspended. This penalty was imposed after he acknowledged three charges of violating the Emirates Cricket Board‘s Anti-Corruption Code.The ICC, acting as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official under the ECB Code, filed charges against Hossain…
WASHINGTON: Major European central banks on Thursday stuck with plans to keep their policy interest rates higher for longer to fight inflation that is proving stickier in some parts of the world than others, dashing any hope that a US Federal Reserve pivot towards interest rate cuts marked a global turning point.Extending the hawkish stance…
