All posts by h716a5.icu

Elder statesman’s 73 combines with 22-year-old Zain-ul-Hassan’s 4 for 25 as Glamorgan address one-day slump

ECB Reporters Network13-Aug-2023The strength and class of Colin Ingram overcame a challenging pitch at Hove to give Glamorgan their second win in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at the expense of Sussex.Ingram, returning to the side, hit 73 off 75 deliveries, with eight fours and a vast six over mid-on, as Glamorgan chased down a modest target to win with 21 balls remaining. But it might have been a different story if the powerful left-hander had not been dropped by Harrison Ward at point off Sean Hunt when he had made just three.Glamorgan lost opener Tom Bevan in the second over, bowled by Fynn Hudson-Prentice for a duck. But then Ingram and Eddie Byrom (69) piled on 145 for the second wicket in 23 overs to put Glamorgan on top.Glamorgan continued to lose wickets – with cameos coming from captain Kiran Carlson and Ben Kellaway – against a tight ring of Sussex fielders. But a typically cool-head innings by Sam Northeast, who made an unbeaten 40, saw his side home.Both sides had gone into the match with one victory in four matches and needed to win all their remaining fixtures to have any realistic chance of progressing to the latter stages of the competition.Sussex decided to strengthen their batting by bringing in Ward for his first game in the competition this season. Sussex had chosen to bat but their innings was a strange affair, the best of it coming in a stand of 113 in 15 overs between James Coles (59 off 56) and Hudson-Prentice (66 off 54).Ward and Tom Haines made a ponderous start, with just 14 runs coming off the first five overs. But they accelerated with such purpose that they scored 50 off the first ten-over powerplay and looked set for a total of well over 300.They lost momentum when the unfortunate Ward, who had struck a six and five fours in a 32-ball 35, was run out responding to Haines’ call for a quick single that really didn’t exist, especially as the ball went to such a fine fielder as Carlson.After that, Sussex’s top-order batters struggled on a slow pitch, which Glamorgan exploited by bowling 29 overs of spin, with Carlson and Kellaway impressive, though the slow left-armer Prem Sisodiya proved a little expensive.Durham had scored 427 on this track earlier in the month. But yesterday, until Coles and Hudson-Prentice got together, and Glamorgan batted later in the day, scoring quick runs looked tricky, with the ball not coming onto the bat.Tom Alsop, cutting at a delivery that was too straight and full for the purpose, fell cheaply, Haines was bowled by what appeared to be a slower delivery from Zain-ul-Hassan and Tom Clark, playing too soon, was caught off a leading edge. Cheteshwar Pujara, who averaged 89 in this competition last year, and already has two centuries in the current campaign, normally scores steadily while others bat around him.But now, needing to be more aggressive, he stepped down the pitch and crashed the ball straight and was caught and bowled for 27. At 142 for five in the 32nd over the Sussex innings had reached its low point before Coles, who struck five fours, and Hudson-Prentice, who hit three fours and two sixes, pulled the innings round. But it never looked likely to be enough against a strong Glamorgan batting side.

The English and Spanish Under-21 sides were involved in a brawl after the final whistle of their clash with staff and players having to be separated.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

England beat Spain to progress in EurosSides brawl after final whistleEngland to face Netherlands in semi-finalFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

The Young Lions ran out 3-1 winners on the night and booked a semi-final clash with the Netherlands thanks to goals from James McAtee, Harvey Elliot and Elliot Anderson. After Anderson's penalty in the 94th minute and the full-time whistle, a huge melee involving both sides erupted. Spanish defender Rafa Marin was shown a red card and McAtee was also cautioned.

AdvertisementWATCH THE CLIPTHE BIGGER PICTURE

The post-match brawl followed a strong England performance that saw them march into the semi-finals. McAtee was on hand to pounce after 10 minutes when Spain failed to clear a corner that pinballed around the area before Elliot fired home a rebound from a Jarrell Quansah effort. The Liverpool defender then gave away a penalty, dispatched by Javi Guerra, before Anderson made sure of victory in the dying seconds from the spot.

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

Getty Images SportWHAT NEXT FOR ENGLAND?

England take on the Netherlands on Wednesday in the semi-finals as they move closer to reclaiming the crown they won two years ago. Should they see off the Dutch side, one of Denmark, France, Germany or Italy will await them in the final.

‘He’s a really great mate of mine so it was a really tough call to make’, says England captain

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Sep-2023Jos Buttler felt it was his responsibility as England’s white-ball captain to inform Jason Roy that he had missed out on selection for the World Cup.Buttler rang Roy last weekend to explain his omission from England’s final squad of 15, before head coach Matthew Mott followed up shortly after. Roy had been named in a provisional squad a month previously, but missed all four of England’s ODIs against New Zealand due to back spasms and lost his place in the squad to Harry Brook.It was the second time that Buttler had told Roy that he had missed the cut for a major tournament, after his omission from England’s T20 World Cup squad a year previously. Speaking to the PA news agency at a Castore event, Buttler said it was “a really tough [phone] call to make”.Buttler said: “I don’t think any time is easy. It’s part of the job as captain that is not enjoyable, whether they’re great friends or not, it’s not a nice job to do.”I certainly feel like it’s my responsibility to give that news. He’s a really great mate of mine so it was a really tough call to make.”Related

Dawid Malan silences the noise to seal his passage to India

Jason Roy axed from World Cup squad, Harry Brook included

Jason Roy's cold culling shows England's ruthless side

Brook vs Malan vs Roy – How three into two couldn't go

Switch Hit: Roy-al rumble

England have asked Roy if he is happy to be on standby in the event of an injury to a top-order batter during the World Cup. But he will not travel to India with the rest of the group, with Brook immediately on hand as the spare batter in the squad.”Jason will be the top-order reserve, absolutely,” Buttler said. “Harry, we do feel gives us versatility: he can cover Nos. 1 to 6 in the batting order, which is obviously something that’s advantageous in a squad.”But good players miss out, it’s the very brutal nature of sport. There’s plenty of people outside the 15 who will have felt that they were in with a really good chance of a spot.”It’s a bad headache to have but a good problem as a selection committee when you have a deep pool of players to choose from.”

William Gallas has scolded Arsenal's failure to agree a new contract with midfielder Thomas Partey, who now looks set to leave on a free transfer.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

Partey set to leave ArsenalGunners have lined up replacementsGallas unsure over decisionFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Partey has been one of Arsenal's most important midfielders in recent years but looks set to leave the club this summer upon the expiry of his contract. The two parties have been negotiating over an extension but no agreement has been reached.

AdvertisementAFPTHE BIGGER PICTURE

Mikel Arteta is engineering an overhaul of his midfield options, with talks advancing rapidly over a deal for Brentford's Christian Norgaard while a move for Real Sociedad's Martin Zubimendi is also expected to be announced imminently.

WHAT GALLAS SAID

Asked if letting Partey leave is the best decision, Gallas told : "I don’t know. I think with his quality, he could stay at Arsenal. With what he has offered to the club over the last few years, he can easily stay. And with their depth right now, I think it is best to add, not replace.

"I’m not sure of the reasons why he might leave, but I’m not sure it would be the best thing if he left."

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

Getty Images SportWHAT NEXT FOR PARTEY?

Partey will start negotiating with other clubs to find a new home for the 2025-26 season. Fellow experienced midfielder Jorginho has also left the Emirates Stadium, making his debut for Flamengo during the Club World Cup.

Wade was surprised to see senior players David Warner and Steven Smith in the squad but is excited to captain his country again

Alex Malcolm30-Oct-20234:06

Moody: Wade’s captaincy and experience important for Australia

Australia’s interim T20 captain Matthew Wade says he was not striving for a leadership role on the tour of India, but is keen to be a senior figure in the side for the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the United States next year although he is unsure if he will be the first-choice wicketkeeper.The announcement of Wade as the captain of Australia’s squad for the five-match series against India immediately following the ODI World Cup came as a surprise to some people around Australian cricket but it had long been in the works as the selectors manage the workloads of their senior players.Australia do not currently have a permanent T20I captain with Mitchell Marsh filling the role in the recent South Africa series with great success, which was the first series since Aaron Finch’s retirement. Marsh is being rested from the series against India to prepare for the home Test summer. ODI and Test captain Pat Cummins is also missing the tour alongside Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green.Wade was Finch’s long-time vice-captain having led Australia in seven T20Is when Finch was injured, including in their final game of last year’s T20 World Cup against Afghanistan. But he was not initially selected for the South Africa series with the selectors to give Josh Inglis some opportunities with the gloves, with the intention of Wade returning against India. Wade did end up touring South Africa as an injury replacement for Glenn Maxwell but did not play.Related

New format, new teams, a bit more India vs Australia

Borovec to coach Australia for India T20Is with McDonald resting

Wade to captain Australia in T20I series against India

Matthew Wade: 'When you go in feeling like every tournament is your last, it's funny how open-minded it makes you'

Agar suffers recurrence of calf injury, unlikely for India tour

Speaking the day after he helped guide Tasmania to what he described as his best-ever Sheffield Shield win against Queensland, making 105 in a fourth innings chase of 432, Wade said he had not expected to be named Australia captain again.”I’ve never really strived so much for leadership,” he said. “I think you kind of look after your own backyard and those things kind of take care of themselves.”With the relationships that I’ve got with [coach] Andrew McDonald and obviously [head selector] George Bailey and all the coaching staff around the Australian team and selectors, whatever situation I was going to be going over to India in it would have been in a senior role anyway.”So it’s just a bit of a cherry on top after a long career I suppose, to get another chance to go and captain in a country that is so much fun to play, it’s going to be a hell of a time.”Wade was one of Australia’s heroes of the 2021 T20 World Cup triumph but he admitted on the eve of the 2022 edition in Australia that it could possibly be his last tournament in international colours.However, he has maintained his form and, more importantly, his hunger to keep playing at the highest level. He made the decision last summer to not play Shield cricket for Tasmania after the BBL and instead travelled to the SA20 to play with Joburg Super Kings. He then went to PSL for Karachi Kings before heading back to Gujarat Titans in the IPL after winning a title with them in 2022. He was with the squad throughout the 2023 IPL but did not play a single game. He then went and played in the Hundred with London Spirit.Matthew Wade and Josh Inglis have played together for Australia but Wade has always been the first-choice wicketkeeper•BCCIInglis has long been nipping at Wade’s heels in Australia’s T20 side and has already usurped Alex Carey as the No.1 ODI wicketkeeper-batter. Both men have been named in the squad to face India but Wade will be the captain and first-choice wicketkeeper. Wade said he was unsure though whether that would be the case for the T20 World Cup next year.”We’ve got the T20 World Cup coming up, whether I’m the number one keeper there and play, whether that be that I go as a spare bat/keeper I’m not 100% sure. I don’t know if the selectors and the coaches are 100% sure.”But I want to be there. I want to play. If it ends up being that No.7 role as the wicketkeeper, I feel like I’ve probably nailed that spot down in the last few years for the Australian T20 side. So fingers crossed I get the nod in that but if I don’t I’m really comfortable going and playing my role.”Wade added he was surprised that the selectors had named David Warner and Steven Smith in the squad, despite resting a host of other senior three-format players ahead of the first Test of the summer against Pakistan in mid-December.”It’s a really exciting squad,” Wade said. “I didn’t expect to see some of the older faces in there. The guys have been over there for so long, to be honest, and they’re going to hang around and play in those games.”Matt Short, who’s come on in leaps and bounds in the last little bit, he’ll be around there. I was in South Africa and I saw these young guys perform at international level and I’m excited to go out and see them do it in India.”Despite several key players being rested, Wade expected the series against India to be the start of Australia’s preparations for the T20 World Cup next year. They only have 11 T20Is between now and the start of the tournament in June, with five against India followed by three at home against West Indies in February and three more in New Zealand later that same month.

Manchester United's transfer policy and failure to land Cody Gakpo has been criticised by former first-team coach Benni McCarthy.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

Ten Hag wanted to sign GakpoLost out on Dutch star to LiverpoolClub scouts "didn't rate" forwardFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Gakpo was wanted at Old Trafford by Erik ten Hag before he moved to Liverpool in January 2023. The Dutch star has gone on to win the Premier League with the Reds, while United have continued to struggle and finished last season down in 15th place in the table.

AdvertisementGetty Images SportTHE BIGGER PICTURE

McCarthy has now lifted the lid on United's failure to sign Gakpo. The former coach, who was part of Ten Hag's staff, said he was initially seen as a perfect fit in attack for the Red Devils, but the scouting department "didn't rate" the Netherlands international and vetoed the move. McCarthy also hit out at the club's recent transfer policy after seeing a host of big-money buys fail to make any impact at Old Trafford.

WHAT MCCARTHY SAID

He told betonlinepromocodes.com: "Cody Gakpo was the one that we wanted the most and missed out on. I think he was the first player that we sat down and discussed, and decided that he was the player who would fit in perfectly. We knew we could play him alongside Marcus Rashford, when Rashy was really on song in 2022. I think we were so close to getting him. At one stage, it was ours to lose. The agent knew Erik, and there were really good talks. The manager asked me to write up a profile for the player and to take it to the scouting department, so they knew my opinion. I watched the player, I made my case for why he would be ideal. He could play on the left, he could work as a false nine. With him and Rashford we’d have been strong down the middle and on the left. Then you had Alejandro Garnacho coming through, and we wanted to play him down the right. It would have been perfect.

"Then I was told the scouting department had watched him numerous times and they didn’t rate him. They said the stats weren’t right. For me, with my experience, I know what you need to deliver at a special club. You don’t need stats to tell you that. The naked eye gives you so much more than just stats. Obviously the club have a system, and the system won, so he joined Liverpool and won the league. People can say what they like but we tried to bring in great players that would fit. I know the manager always takes the blame, but sometimes the club needs to look at itself. Good players escaped our grasp. Erik knew what we needed."

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

GOALWHAT NEXT FOR MAN UTD?

Manchester United are currently trying to strengthen the squad again ahead of the start of the 2025-26 season. Matheus Cunha has arrived from Wolves and the Red Devils are also attempting to sign Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.

The visitors declared at tea on the second day in a game hit by rain but could only claim one wicket

AAP07-Nov-2023Nathan McSweeney’s century against his former Queensland Sheffield Shield team-mates allowed South Australia to declare at tea on day two and chase a result in their rain-hit Gabba clash.Wet weather again stole time away from both sides early on Tuesday before Redbacks batters Henry Hunt (162) and McSweeney (112 not out) continued what they had started a day earlier.Hunt was finally dismissed trying to launch Mark Steketee into the grandstand to end a 212-run stand, South Australia then pushing the pace before declaring at the tea break.Related

Hunt's Test reminder with century in Gabba gloom

Tremain wrecks Western Australia after Davies' maiden century

Harris makes up for lean start with big hundred as draw looms

Queensland reached stumps at 82 for 1, 277 runs behind. Matt Renshaw was the only wicket to fall, the left-hander’s breezy knock ending when he clipped a ball off his pads to a juggling Jake Fraser-McGurk at square leg.Bryce Street started carefully before playing his shots while Joe Burns was cautious to ensure no further damage was done before bad light stopped play.It was former Australian Under-19 talent McSweeney’s second Shield century this season and third in 22 first-class games. He debuted for Queensland as a 19-year-old in 2018 before moving to South Australia ahead of the 2021-22 summer and has captained Australia A this year.”Coming from Queensland, I haven’t got [first-class] runs at the Gabba before,” the 24-year-old said. “Nice to spend time in the middle with grandad here, and dad.”The Gabba’s ticked off now so hopefully more to come. There will be long days now [to make up for time lost to rain], there’s still some time to catch up and if we bowl well tomorrow we’ll get a good chance to win this game.”

Cole Palmer opened up on his exchange with Chelsea-bound Estevao after the Blues beat Palmeiras in the Club World Cup quarter-finals.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

Palmer discusses Estevao chatSpoke to Chelsea-bound teenager after Palmeiras clashWinger had scored for Brazilian sideFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Estevao scored a brilliant equaliser for the Brazilian side in the last-eight clash, with his side going on to lose 2-1. Palmer was suitably impressed by his soon-to-be team-mate, seeking him out after the game, though he is not sure much of what he said was understood.

AdvertisementWHAT PALMER SAID

On the chat, Palmer said: "I just said we are excited for you to join, but he didn’t understand a single word I said!"

Watch every FIFA Club World Cup game free on DAZNStream nowGetty/GOALTHE BIGGER PICTURE

Estevao has made an extraordinary start to his career, already scoring 27 goals and assisting 15 in 83 appearances for Palmeiras, aged 18. He also has five caps for the Brazil senior team.

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

WHAT NEXT FOR ESTEVAO?

Estevao will now join up with Chelsea ahead of the 2025-26 season, when he is expected to play a part in Enzo Maresca's first-team squad.

Allrounder relishing important role with the ball even as batting continues to misfire

Cameron Ponsonby07-Dec-2023″Are you saying I’m a bowler who bats?” Liam Livingstone responds, smiling at a question about the current role he sees himself playing in this England team. “I am at the moment!”England want Livingstone to work. A Swiss Army knife of a cricketer, he provides a level of versatility that few others in the world game could dream of. He hits massive sixes, bowls legbreaks and offbreaks, and is excellent in the field. Whatever you need, Livi’s got one of them in the back.But since the start of the World Cup, the form with the bat has departed entirely, as an average of 11.00 is paired with a bowling average of 35.28. Go back slightly further to include the New Zealand series in September, where he made a fine 95 not out, and the figures are kinder, but still the wrong way round. 26.30 and 31.27.Nevertheless, in the second ODI against West Indies, he was at his best with the ball. Three wickets, one of which broke a 129-run partnership between Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford that threatened to take the match away from England, and a third that clean bowled Hope for 68. Until that point, Hope had scored 177 runs against England this series without cause or concern. Then Livingstone ripped one past bat and pad.”Yeah I think so,” Livingstone confirmed as to whether it was his best ODI wicket to date. “I was speaking to Daws [Richard Dawson] before, it’s probably the two balls back-to-back, being able to do exactly what I wanted – to execute my plan pretty much perfectly.”Related

England's allrounder success leaves balancing act no closer to resolution

Rehan out to make an impact as readymade Rashid replacement

Shai Hope's unbeaten 109 piles more misery on England

Sam Curran, England spinners star as Will Jacks, Jos Buttler seal 203-run chase

Harry Brook on three-year deal: 'I was going to sign as soon as England called'

It was with his legbreaks that Livingstone removed Hope, but another string to his bow has been the improvement of his offbreaks that he employs almost exclusively to left-handers. Across his 24 ODIs, he has only taken three wickets with his offies, but his economy of 4.95 (according to ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball data) means he is able to defend as an offbreak bowler and attack as a legspinner.”I guess the most pleasing thing for me now is I feel like I can bowl in a number of different situations and scenarios, and also be able to impact the game like I have done today,” Livingstone said. “So yeah, I guess the role I played [on Wednesday] was very different to the one I played the other day.”It’s something I’ve worked really hard on for a number of years. It’s probably not come as naturally to me as what batting has over the last five years. So it’s nice [to have] that when my batting’s not really in the best place at the moment.”Livingstone debuted for England in T20 cricket in 2017 and was a non-playing member of the Test squad that travelled to New Zealand in 2018. But it is only the last couple of years that he has forced his way into being almost ever-present in both England’s white-ball teams.His player-of-the-tournament performance in the inaugural edition of the Hundred, combined with a T20I century against Pakistan and that time he hit the ball over the Football Stand at Headingley, has meant the lust for Livingstone remains. But his use as a lower-order belter means that his feel for the blade is diminishing. In 48 innings for England, he has faced more than 40 deliveries just three times.”If I had the reason I’d have probably changed it by now,” Livingstone reflected on where his difficulties with the bat are coming from. “I keep turning up to training, trying as hard as I can. I guess maybe just try to put a little bit less pressure on myself and go out and enjoy myself like I have done my whole career. It only takes one innings to change it around. I’ve had it before and I’m sure when things do change around, I’ll look back on this time in my career as something that was probably a massive learning curve for me.”But I still feel like I can affect games of cricket for England and that’s the major bonus for me at the moment. The ball’s coming out of my hand really well and I know for a fact that things are going to change around with the bat.”In the opening ODI, Livingstone had batted well for 17 before a length delivery from Romario Shepherd kept low and trapped him lbw. He is an almost certain starter for the remaining six white-ball matches of the tour as England search for a combination that allows them to play both himself and Sam Curran as all-rounders. However, despite England’s recent World Cup struggles and his own lack of form with the bat, Livingstone has remained level when it comes to the game.”Yeah, life goes on, the sun comes up.” Livingstone said of his main learnings from the World Cup campaign. “Cricket’s a sport, we are incredibly privileged to be able to play for our country. But it’s not the be-all and end-all. I was incredibly happy to be able to go home and see my grandad, who’s not in the greatest health at the moment. He’s in the latest stages of his life. So that gives incredible perspective for me.”There’s more to life than cricket, and cricket while we’re playing and while we’ve got this opportunity to represent our country, it should be enjoyed.”

With Chelsea gearing up for their much-anticipated FIFA Club World Cup final clash against Paris Saint-Germain, star forward Cole Palmer was seen unwinding in an unexpected way. The 22-year-old Blues standout was spotted cruising through New York City’s vibrant Times Square on a scooter, soaking in the atmosphere ahead of what is arguably the most significant match of his club career.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

Chelsea to face PSG in CWC finalPalmer relaxed before the summit cashHas firm confidence in his abilitiesFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

PSG have stormed into the final with dominant displays, living up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites. Under the guidance of Luis Enrique, the French giants dismantled Inter Miami, Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid without conceding a single goal, racking up a staggering 10-0 aggregate scoreline across the three games.

AdvertisementGetty Images SportTHE BIGGER PICTURE

Despite the looming pressure of facing Europe’s reigning champions, Palmer appears to be embracing the occasion with a sense of calm. Dressed casually in a black hoodie and matching black shorts, the forward appeared relaxed.

WATCH THE CLIPENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

WHAT PALMER SAID AHEAD OF THE FINAL

Palmer remains unfazed despite the magnitude of the match and said, "Obviously, we're confident. We know it's going to be a tough game, but it's a final. We're excited. Everyone's ready. You know, you want to play against the best team, and they probably are the best team in the world, but we're excited and we're ready. They do everything well, we've watched the games, but we've got a plan and we're going to try and do it."