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After a 117 Day Absence, International Cricket finally Returned when England hosted West Indies on Wednesday in a 3 Test Match series. As seen in Football across the UK and World, Fans were not allowed to enter the stadium for Social Distancing norms and artificial sounds were to be piped in.A moment of silence over one knee has became a strong message in recent times to "Black Lives Matter" and was observed here as well.
England Test Captain Joe Root missed the game due to personal reasons,So Ben Stokes was given the opportunity to Captain the team. Out of anticipations from worldwide,fans were left fuming when bad light and weather interrupted the play with only 17.4 overs bowled with England only managing 35-1 at the end of the day.. the new normal.
After astonishing falling to Southampton on Sunday, Man City swept apart Newcastle United 5-0 at Etihad on Wednesday thanks to goals from Jesus,Mahrez,OG from Fernandez,David Silva and Sterling. Mahrez made history by becoming 5th City player this season to score 10 goals,The only Side to have 5 different players with 10 or more goals with Jesus, Sterling,De Bruyne and Agüero.Elsewhere at Brighton, Liverpool beat Brighton 3-1 to reach 92 points thanks to early goals from Salah and Henderson,the former then adding another one in Second Half. Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers have been praised all season long for their performances and when they faced each other it was for a place in Europe next season and The hosts got the better of visitors in Injury Time of second half when Egan scored in the 93rd minute to snatch 3 points in a 1-0 win.The Gap between this two is now just 1 points with Wolves in 6th and The Blades in 7th.
Barcelona got an important win in their title race against Bottom Club Espanyol with a 1-0 win thanks to Luis Suarez. Either side could have had the lead in the first half but failed to take their chances.Ansu Fati(Barcelona) and Pol Lozano(Espanyol) both were sent off in the 50th and 52nd minute,both after consulting from the VAR and the game finished 10 man apiece.
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