In 22 albums, only three songs might be ‘a bit’ about Joan Armatrading. Which?
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By Susan Skelly
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Joan Armatrading’s shiny new CBE was awarded for services to music, charity and equal rights. Missing was services to love.
For nearly 50 years, the British singer-songwriter has been a spy in the House of Love, chronicling its vagaries. Her love radar is always on high alert.
Ordinary people are her fodder. Grist for the mill: tears and tirades in a Sydney restaurant (The
Shouting Stage); dolled-up guys around Times Square seeking attention in dresses, high heels and lipstick, hair piled high (
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LONDON: English cricket takes a step into the unknown with the launch of the Hundred, a brand new 100 balls per side format, on Wednesday.
Cricket already has several established professional formats at domestic and international level first-class games, which includes five-day Tests, 50 overs per side one-dayers and Twenty20 matches.
But even though Twenty20 was pioneered as a professional sport in England, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are convinced an even shorter format is needed to attract a new, younger and more ethnically diverse audience to the sport.
Rather than rely on the current 18 county set-up, the Hundred will feature eight specially created franchise teams all featuring men’s and women’s sides.
Carey to take over Australia captaincy for West Indies ODIs
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20/07/2021 - 01:48 Alex Carey will become Australia s 26th ODI captain and takes the mantle in the absence of regular vice-captain Pat Cummins Randy Brooks AFP/File 2 min
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Alex Carey will captain Australia in the first one-day international against the West Indies, Cricket Australia announced Tuesday, after Aaron Finch was ruled out through injury.
Finch re-aggravated a right knee injury during last week s fifth Twenty20 against the West Indies and Cricket Australia said his availability for the second and third ODIs will be assessed on a daily basis.