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Wood returns for England’s first T20 against India
Sports

Wood returns for England’s first T20 against India

Image caption, Wood last played on 24 August in the first Test against Sri Lanka  Fast bowler Mark Wood will play for the first time since August in England's first T20 against India in Kolkata on Wednesday. Wood, 35, has not played since the first Test against Sri Lanka last summer after a stress fracture was discovered in his elbow while he was sidelined with a minor thigh issue. The Durham player joins Jofra Archer in England's pace attack with Ben Duckett set to open the batting alongside Phil Salt. It will be the first time Duckett, England's Test opener, has opened in T20s for six years. The five-match series against India and the three one-day internationals that follow and England's first matches with Brendon McCullum as their white-ball coach. McCullum ...
Manmohan Singh, Indian ex-PM and architect of economic reform, dies at 92
World

Manmohan Singh, Indian ex-PM and architect of economic reform, dies at 92

Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92. Singh was one of India's longest-serving prime ministers and he was considered the architect of key liberalising economic reforms, as premier from 2004-2014 and before that as finance minister. He had been admitted to a hospital in the capital Delhi after his health condition deteriorated, reports say. Among those who paid tribute to Singh on Thursday were Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wrote on social media that "India mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders". Modi said that Singh's "wisdom and humility were always visible" during their interactions and that he had "made extensive efforts to improve people's lives" during his time as prime minister. Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of fo...