Tom Banton Blasts Maiden Fifty for England Before Rain Cuts Short

Tom Banton Blasts Maiden Fifty for England Before Rain Cuts Short

05 Sport MONDAY-AUGUST 31, 2020 Brian Nielsen interview on Mike Tyson, headbutts and cuts and why Evander Holyfield was better It is not the fists of Mike ry including a controversy- sition to fight the winner of the Tyson that give Brian Nielsen marred win over Julius Fran- Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rah- nightmares of what might have cis in Manchester during which man rematch. In his way was been. Nielsen was not the first he caused chaos in the days Nielsen, who had a 62-1 record nor the last heavyweight to find beforehand, and a win over Lou and had been polled as the sec- out the hard way that Tyson used more weapons inside the ring than just his two legal ones. Nielsen insists that a head- butt opened a nasty cut on his eyelid and cost him the chance to end Tyson's career in their 2001 fight. "If I didn't have the scar on my eye, I would have beaten him. I'm sure of that." It sounds like bluster but Nielsen's claims are not ridic- ulous - this was the maniacal phase of Tyson's career, he had Former Afghanistan Nick Kelly and Dinesh Rama- ting up a significant contribu- scalped three wickets in quick already lost three times and captain Mohammad Nabi has din, all of them fell prey to the tion for his side with both bat succession. would lose his next fight to Len- become the first player to clinch virtuosity of the Afghan’s mae- and the ball. He has scored 120 For the Patriots, this was nox Lewis too before unravel- a five-wicket haul in the ongo- stro. runs at a healthy average of 40 their fourth defeat in five ling altogether. ing edition of the Caribbean Nabi became the second and already picked nine wick- matches, and they sit at the bot- Nielsen had an opportuni- Savarese in Glasgow in which ond most famous person in Premier League (CPL). player after Sohail Tanveer to ets so far. tom of the points table. In con- ty to accelerate that decline but he bulldozed the referee too. Denmark behind their queen. The St Lucia Zouks (SLZ) register a 4-wicket haul in five Zouks won their fourth trast, the Zouks is placed in the could not capitalise. Tyson's All this, after the episode "Everyone told me Tyson was all-rounder yielded match-de- different franchise leagues – match of the tournament second position, and a playoff punches were a problem, so was in which he bit Evander Holy- very hard but he wasn't," Niels- fining figures of 5/14 in his four- Bangladesh Premier League As far as the match is berth is almost confirmed for his forehead. field's ear off. en said of his rival's fearsome over quota against St Kitts and (BPL) in 2016, Afghanistan Pre- concerned, the Zouks swiftly the Darren Sammy-led side. Tyson, aged 35, had experi- A month after 9/11, New reputation. Inside the ring, Ty- Nevis Patriots (SKP) on Thurs- mier League (APL) in 2018, Big cruised past the mediocre tar- Meanwhile, after the com- enced a tornado two-year peri- York's Tyson arrived in Den- son needed less than three day (August 27). Bash League (BBL) in 2018, and get of 110 runs with more than pletion of the CPL 2020, Nabi od since the turn of the centu- mark aiming to solidify his po- rounds to floor Nielsen. The Afghan all-rounder sin- Indian Premier League (IPL) in five overs to be spared. Roston will fly off to the UAE to join gle-handedly demolished the 2019. Chase (27*) and Najibullah the Sunrisers Hyderabad Patriots’ top-order as they lost The 35-year-old is having Zadran (33) stitched a signifi- (SRH) squad in the upcoming Tom Banton blasts maiden fifty for four of their batsmen inside 20 spectacular outings in the Car- cant partnership for the fourth edition of the IPL. runs. Chris Lynn, Evin Lewis, ibbean island where he is put- wicket after Imran Khan The Kabul Times England before rain cuts short NBA to resume games after protest, Coronavirus Pakistan fightback in first T20 turn arenas into voting places catches up National Basketball Associ- NBA campus at Disney World vulnerable to COVID-19. with Usain ation (NBA) players who boy- in Orlando - a group that in- The novel coronavirus out- cotted games as part of a pro- cludes the defending champi- break has pushed a number of Bolt, world's test against racial injustice on Toronto Raptors and LeBron states to expand mail-in voting. have agreed to resume the play- James's Los Angeles Lakers - US President Donald Trump offs on Saturday in a deal that are practising on Friday. has been railing against mail- fastest man includes increased access to The return-to-play agree- in ballots for months as a pos- World-record sprinter and voting in the United States ment was announced a day af- sible source of fraud, although eight-time Olympic gold med- presidential election, the ter players, coaches and team millions of Americans - includ- allist Usain Bolt has tested pos- league and National Basketball governors had a candid discus- ing many members of the mil- itive for the coronavirus and is Players Association (NBPA) sion regarding the next steps itary - have cast absentee bal- in self-quarantine at his home have said. to further collective efforts and lots by mail for years without in Jamaica a week after cele- The decision ends a three- actions in support of social jus- such problems. brating his 34th birthday with day halt to the action as part of tice and racial equality. The NBA also said it will a big, mask-free party. Jamaica's health ministry a player-led protest that was As part of the agreement, work to include advertising confirmed late on Monday that sparked by the police shooting teams who own and control spots in each playoff game ded- Bolt, who holds world records of Jacob Blake, a Black man in their stadiums will work with icated to promoting greater civ- in the 100-metre and 200-me- Kenosha, Wisconsin, and led to local elections officials to con- ic engagement in national and tre sprints, had tested positive game cancellations in other vert their facilities into voting local elections and raising after he posted a video on so- sports as well. locations to allow for a safe in- awareness around voter access cial media around midday say- As part of the agreement, person voting option for areas and opportunity. aljazeera ing he had been tested and was the NBA and its players will es- awaiting the results. tablish a coalition that will fo- "Just to be safe, I quaran- cus on access to voting for the tined myself and just taking it easy," Bolt said in the message November 3 general election, that he appeared to have taped promoting civic engagement, himself while lying in bed. It and advocating for meaningful was posted with the caption police and criminal justice re- "Stay safe my ppl". The only form. sprinter to have won the 100- "These commitments fol- metre and 200-metre golds at Pakistan answered Tom overs. Shadab (2-33) was the cat- low months of close collabora- three consecutive Olympics Banton's maiden T20 interna- At the end of the powerplay alyst, inducing a leading-edge tion around designing a safe (2008, 2012 and 2016), Bolt said he did not have any symptoms tional fifty with a flurry of the scoreboard showed 34-1, from Banton, and Eoin Morgan and healthy environment to wickets to leave the first Vi- England's lowest six-over (14) quickly followed when he restart the NBA season, provid- of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coro- tality T20 tantalisingly poised score for four years since the ing a platform to promote so- was trapped lbw on the sweep navirus. Bolt said he took the before rain forced the match 2016 World Twenty20 final, cial justice, as well as creating by a full Iftikhar delivery. test on Saturday, the day after to be abandoned. only for Banton to change the Moeen Ali contributed just an NBA Foundation focused on he celebrated his birthday at a economic empowerment in the Banton, opening in the ab- pace of the innings. eight, well caught at the sec- bash where partygoers danced sence of the injured Jason Roy, The Somerset batsman Black community," NBA Com- to the hit, Lockdown, by Jamai- ond attempt by Mohammad missioner Adam Silver and can reggae singer Koffee. accelerated after a cautious despatched Shadab Khan's start to strike five sixes in an first ball high over midwicket Rizwan as he dived forward to NBPA Executive Director "Best birthday ever," Bolt, take a thin edge after initially who retired from athletics in impressive knock of 71 from for six and swatted the leg- Michele Roberts said in a joint spilling the chance. statement on Friday. 2017, wrote on Instagram, post- 42 deliveries at Emirates Old spinner for two more maxi- "We look forward to the re- ing a photo of himself holding Trafford. mums in the ninth over as he Wicketkeeper Rizwan, his daughter, Olympia, who sumption of the playoffs and His downfall, however, added 71 for the second-wick- preferred in the side to former was born in May. sparked a collapse in which et with Dawid Malan (23 off 23 captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, continuing to work together - Fans wished Bolt a speedy in Orlando and in all NBA team recovery on social media - England lost four wickets for balls).

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