English singer Marianne Faithfull performs on stage during the 23rd edition of the Cognac Blues Passion festival on July 08, 2016 in Cognac. AFP
English singer Marianne Faithfull performs on stage during the 23rd edition of the Cognac Blues Passion festival on July 08, 2016 in Cognac. AFP
English singer Marianne Faithfull performs on stage during the 23rd edition of the Cognac Blues Passion festival on July 08, 2016 in Cognac. AFP
English singer Marianne Faithfull performs on stage during the 23rd edition of the Cognac Blues Passion festival on July 08, 2016 in Cognac. AFP

Marianne Faithfull in hospital with the coronavirus


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British singer Marianne Faithfull has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being treated in hospital.

"Marianne Faithfull's manager... has confirmed that Marianne is being treated for Covid-19 in hospital in London," music industry publicists Republic Media tweeted on Saturday.

"She is stable and responding to treatment. We wish her well and a full and speedy recovery."

Faithfull's friend, the American avant-garde performer Penny Arcade, wrote on her Facebook page that the singer went into hospital on Tuesday, reportedly after developing a cold while self-isolating.

"She has withstood and survived so much in her life – including being Marianne Faithful, that to be taken down by a virus would be such a tragedy," wrote Arcade, whose real name is Susana Ventura.

Faithfull, 73, was one of the icons of the 1960s and was catapulted to fame at the age of only 17 singing As Tears Go By, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

Marianne Faithfull at Heathrow Airport, UK, June 17, 1966. Getty Images
Marianne Faithfull at Heathrow Airport, UK, June 17, 1966. Getty Images

She has had a five-decade career as a singer-songwriter and stage and film actress. But she has also had well-documented battles with drug addiction and health issues.

In 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, although rapid surgery prevented the disease spreading and she fully recovered.

In 2008, she cancelled her world tour due to what at the time was described as "general mental, physical and nervous exhaustion", and which she now calls "clinical depression".

She told The National in 2011 that she "spends a lot of time staying healthy".

"That's my first priority," she said.

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16 Indoor cricket matches are 16 overs per side

8 There are eight players per team

There have been nine Indoor Cricket World Cups for men. Australia have won every one.

5 Five runs are deducted from the score when a wickets falls

Batsmen bat in pairs, facing four overs per partnership

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Zones

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Side nets between halfway and the bowlers end: 2 runs

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