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Kumble spreads the word in New York

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Anil Kumble believes T20 cricket can engage the American public, provided cricket administration in the USA can be streamlined

Peter Della Penna23-Aug-2012Throughout the 1990s, if someone shouted out “Jumbo!” in New York on a Sunday afternoon, it could only have been meant for John Elliott. The burly 6-foot 7-inch, 300-pound offensive lineman plied his trade plowing over defensive fronts for the NFL’s Giants and Jets for 14 years, winning a Super Bowl with the Giants in the 1990 season.On this day though, the streets of Madison Avenue are screaming “Jumbo!” for a different man, one who was a super bowler in his own right, burrowing through the defences of batsmen an Indian record 619 times in Test cricket. The chief guest at New York City’s India Day Parade is Anil Kumble and the parade route is swarming with people waving Indian flags to celebrate India’s independence and pay tribute to their hero.”It’s been fantastic,” Kumble says of his visit to the city where he showed off the ICC World Twenty20 trophy to more than 100,000 people lining the sidewalks of the parade route. “It really goes to show the prominence of the Indian community in the United States and also the appreciation and affection that cricketers have in this country, more so because of the Indian population and the support the Indian community has in all businesses. In economy and knowledge, I think India has contributed a lot to the United States.”Two days earlier, Kumble was in Times Square to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ, the second time in recent months that cricket was making headlines in the US financial sector. In June, MS Dhoni landed at number 31 in Forbes Magazine’s annual list of the highest paid athletes in the world with $26.5 million, the first time a cricketer has appeared in the top 50. Kumble says that in order for cricketers to continue to rise and sit alongside some of the names whose global popularity and sponsorships consistently place them in the top 10 like Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Kobe Bryant and David Beckham, cricket needs to break into the US market in a big way.”I think the easiest and the quickest way is if the United States takes up cricket,” Kumble said. “That’s the quickest way of seeing cricketers in the top 10. If cricket really flourishes in the United States, you don’t have a better country to market a sport than is done here. I just recently went to a baseball game, the Yankees, and every second step you had to pay something or you would get attracted to something. I don’t mind picking up that stuff. That’s the way it’s being marketed and I guess this is the right place for cricket. I’m sure it will happen.”The first match happened between the United States and Canada so cricket started here. But then I guess the other sports have taken over in terms of prominence, television, sponsorship, marketing and everything else. It’s only left to the expats. From whatever I gather from talking to various people, cricket is very fragmented in the United States. It needs to come under one umbrella and have a proper structure like other sports. T20 is probably the right format to start with. Once it comes under that umbrella and people start playing the sport in a competitive way across the nation then I think there will be a lot of interest. The only way you can develop any sport is if the local population picks up that sport and that’s the challenge.”Kumble, who was elected president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association in 2010, says he entered Yankee Stadium to take in the experience more from an administrative mindset, taking notes on how things are done in New York with the goal in mind to help improve the stadium and fan experience at cricket grounds in India.”Just from what I saw at the Yankees game, the entire spectator experience is what we need to take back in terms of the comfort level and the hospitality. The marketing part like I just mentioned, every step you take there is something new they’d like to sell the fans. There’s a lot of merchandise and memorabilia for the fans which probably is something I’m sure will pick up in India as well in the cricketing scene because that’s not there at the moment. It’s not there in India in such a way where any store you walk in you can pick up whatever you want of your favorite player.”I think you have some great stadiums in India as well. The new stadiums, especially the one in Pune is a beautiful stadium, the recently built Wankhede Stadium in Bombay, in Chennai they have remodeled the old stadium. All these new stadiums are really good. The challenge for us, yes we are now putting in permanent cushioned seats for the important prized tickets and there’s hospitality in Bangalore. So that’s something which we’ll certainly do and you’ll see a completely permanent seated facility in Bangalore very soon so the spectator will have a seat at any given point in time, a reserved seat. Here what was very prominent was that there was no obstruction. There were no pillars. It’s an open stadium so you get the feel that you’re actually very close to the action.”Kumble: “Cricket is very fragmented in the United States. It needs to come under one umbrella and have a proper structure like other sports.”•Peter Della PennaHowever, Kumble says the overall energy and excitment at cricket grounds in India, especially during Twenty20 matches, is second to none.”Of course a cricket game is immense. If you come to an IPL game or a T20 or an international match in India, it’s extremely noisy in India and I didn’t see that noise level up other than maybe a couple of home runs and then suddenly everybody goes up. Otherwise in India for every four in a Twenty20, you get about five home runs in an over and if Chris Gayle is batting six home runs. There was no comparison in terms of the noise level inside the stadium but I certainly loved the stadium atmosphere at Yankee Stadium.”The ICC World Twenty20 is less than a month away and although this will be just the fourth edition since its inception in 2007, it has quickly turned into one of the premier events on the cricket calendar. Kumble doesn’t think that fans should be worried about Twenty20 swallowing up Tests and ODIs, but believes that changes need to be made to keep all three formats healthy for the future.”I strongly feel all three formats will be unique. Yes there will be certain modifications and a little bit of tweaking in all three formats because after a while even Twenty20 will get boring. I don’t think it will throw Test cricket off the pedestal but Test cricket certainly needs to adapt and I feel going forward that day-night Test cricket is certainly on the cards and I’m sure it will happen in the next six to eight months, if not earlier. I’m sure it will happen.”I can’t really predict in 10 years what’s going to happen because 10 years ago nobody thought that Twenty20 cricket would take over the world. Nobody predicted that there would be a threat from Twenty20 cricket to the other forms of cricket. I don’t see it as a threat because the 50-over format is quite challenging as well. There is a chance for a bowler to make a mark and there is an opportunity for a batsman to build an innings as well in a 50-over format. In a Twenty20 it’s not there but in Tests it’s much longer. I think all three formats will survive.”

Bumble hits top gear

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David Lloyd, English cricket’s man of the people loses none of his wacko warmth in print

Rob Smyth08-Aug-2010Life is supposed to begin at 40, but for David Lloyd it hit top gear at 60. Although he had been round the block many times – as an England player, first-class umpire, , and why Piers Morgan should shut his mouth. It has the quality of an all-day session in his local: an infectious, unapologetically laddish and very funny trip through his stream of consciousness. It could be a cure for misanthropy.The diversions are a conceit that could have backfired, but nothing feels forced or inappropriate. In any case, all roads lead inevitably back to Lloyd’s love of cricket. The pen portraits of his Sky colleagues, written with mischief and huge warmth, are exceptional. He does not skip over the flippin’ murder incident in Zimbabwe (“I will always have to live that down”) and the book contains strident opinions on video evidence, Twenty20 (“a form of entertainment using cricket equipment”), the primacy of Tests and the urgent need for red and yellow cards.It is full of anecdotes. Some will be familiar, like the time Jeff Thomson broke Lloyd’s box on a Perth flyer. But there are other lesser-known gems: Jack Simmons’ farcical attempts to signal to his team-mates that he was about to bowl his faster ball, Tino Best whispering sweet nothings about Lloyd’s wife into a stump mic, and Allan Lamb locking Lloyd and his fellow umpire Ray Julian in their dressing room before shoving lit newspapers under the door.This is the story of a life well lived, told with charm and style by one of the good guys. At an age when others are gathering their free bus pass, Lloyd is still starting the car, speeding along in the fast lane with a big dumb grin on his face.Start the Car: The World According to Bumble
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310pp, £18.99

Former Vidarbha captain Faiz Fazal retires from professional cricket

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Faiz Fazal, who scored a half-century in his only appearance for India, has announced his retirement from professional cricket at the end of Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy match against Haryana. He retires as the leading run-getter of Vidarbha in first class as well as List-A cricket, and is the only one with over 100 red-ball games for them.”Tomorrow marks the end of an era as I step onto the Nagpur ground for the last time, where my journey in first-class cricket began 21 incredible years ago,” Fazal wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday. “It’s been an unforgettable ride, filled with cherished memories that I’ll hold dear forever.””Representing both the Indian Cricket Team and Vidarbha has been the greatest honor of my life, and donning those cricket jerseys has always filled me with immense pride. Farewell to my beloved Number 24 jersey – you’ll be deeply missed,” he wrote.”As one chapter closes, another awaits, and while bidding adieu to my professional cricket career fills me with mixed emotions, I’m eagerly looking forward to embracing the new adventures that lie ahead.”The 38-year-old opener played 137 first-class matches, 113 List A games and made 66 T20 appearances. He led Vidarbha in 53 first-class games, 36 times in List-A matches and in 27 T20 matches.He made his international debut in an ODI against Zimbabwe, scoring an unbeaten 55 as India registered a 10-wicket win. It would remain his only appearance in the national colours.

Fazal, at the time, became the first Indian in 16 years to make his debut in his thirties. He is also the only Indian to have scored fifty or more in his only ODI appearance. Overall, he became the third player to have this distinction, after Australia’s Ashley Woodcock and England’s Kim Barnett. England’s Ben Foakes and South Africa’s Zubayr Hamza also scored half-centuries in their only ODI appearances, but they are active players and can still add more caps in the format.Having made 151 on debut in 2003, Fazal registered low scores of 1 and 0 in his final appearance for Vidarbha to finish with 9184 runs in first-class cricket, with 24 centuries and 39 fifties. He also gathered 3641 List A runs at an average of 35.Earlier this Ranji Trophy season, Saurabh Tiwary announced his retirement, while Varun Aaron called it quits in red-ball cricket.

Stuart Broad runs riot through the night to leave New Zealand in tatters

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New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138, Conway 77, Robinson 4-54) and 63 for 5 (Broad 4-21) need another 331 runs to beat England 325 for 9 dec and 374 (Root 57, Brook 54, Foakes 51, Tickner 3-55) They call him the Nighthawk, and sure enough, Stuart Broad was England’s agent of chaos under the Mount Maunganui floodlights … not, as had been hyped, with the bat, but instead in his more familiar guise, an irresistible display of throwback fast bowling that tore the lid clean off New Zealand’s second innings, and set his team up for an inevitable tenth win in 11 Tests.Four wickets, four bowled, all four through the gate in the space of 27 balls. For a time it seemed inevitable that Broad was about to surge to a five-wicket haul in space of a single spell for the eighth time in his remarkable career. Instead New Zealand regrouped to a degree by the close, to limp to 63 for 5 but with their dim-and-distant target of 394 little more than a pipe-dream.Ironically, the only New Zealander to get the better of Broad on a memorable third day was the same man whose bowling figures went down in history for a very different reason. After his comic antics with the bat on the second evening, Broad was quickly bombed out by a bouncer in Neil Wagner’s second over of the day – a rare personal high spot for Wagner, who bore the brunt of England’s subsequent batting onslaught with the eye-watering figures of 13-0-110-2, the second-most expensive economy rate in Test history.Wagner’s indefatigability has been a defining feature of New Zealand’s World Test Championship-winning team – but this was a beasting like few others. After resuming with an overnight lead of 98, England clattered a remarkable 158 runs in the morning session, but leaked four wickets in the process – leading the team to apply a relative hand-brake throughout the afternoon, eventually landing their innings on an imposing 374, 20 minutes after the dinner break, like a glider pilot on a bombed-out runway. With the floodlights just kicking in as they did so, it meant New Zealand were faced with batting through the twilight, just as they had done on the first day. Broad made it his mission to ensure that they couldn’t.From the outset of his spell, Broad’s length was full going on fuller, with his round-the-wicket angle initially straying into the pads of New Zealand’s left-handers, particularly Tom Latham, who clipped his second ball through midwicket for four. But England under Ben Stokes have no interest in the odd leaked boundary – just ask Jasprit Bumrah. Broad’s only interest in this passage of play was to keep the stumps in play. And crikey, how he delivered.With the final ball of his second over, Broad got his angles spot on. Devon Conway, so steadfast in New Zealand’s first innings, drove without due care as the ball kept shaping back in through his defences, rattling the top of middle to depart for 2. In the process, Broad put the seal on his ascent, with James Anderson, to the top of the partnership pile – it was their 1002nd wicket in 15 years as a Test-match pairing, surpassing the mighty Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.And if, throughout their 133 matches in tandem, there’s always been the sense that Anderson is the deliverer of relentless excellence, then Broad is the man whose hot spells are the most irresistible. When, five balls later, he claimed New Zealand’s kingpin, Kane Williamson, with another wicked seamer, you just knew he was back on one of those rolls.This one, from over the wicket to the right-hander, was pitched on the perfect in-between length, zippy enough to cause even a batter of Williamson’s class some indecision. Which way would it jag? Back into the stumps as it happened, bursting through a half-committed front foot to thump the top of off. Williamson’s duck completed a bleakly fallow game in his first home match back in the ranks, and more or less confirmed his team’s futile situation.Three balls, and one over, later, Broad should have had his third, but Zak Crawley at second slip shelled a fat nick as Latham drove outside his eyeline. A similar drop off Conway had proven costly in the first innings, but this time Broad just shrugged and did the job himself. In the same over, he found the same length … and the same result as the two before it, another nip-backer burst through the gate to dispatch Latham for 15. And, at 19 for 3, Broad had become the first England seamer to bowl each of the top three since Fred Trueman against West Indies in 1959-60.And of course he wasn’t done yet – although there was a brief interlude to his monologue as Ollie Robinson, England’s star of the first innings, served a reminder of his own excellence under the lights, with a zippy lifter from over the wicket, across the bows of the left-handed Henry Nicholls to kiss the edge through to Ben Foakes to make it 27 for 4.One run and three overs later, Broad had his fourth, as Tom Blundell – New Zealand’s first-innings centurion – played down the wrong line of another inexorable inducker to cue more pandemonium from England’s gleeful fielders.Joe Root launches a six over backward square during England’s onslaught•Getty Images

England had had plenty to be cheerful about, long before Broad stole the show. Another day, another display of unfathomably aggressive batting, this time to the tune of 295 runs in 57.5 overs, across two distinct tempos – over-drive in the first session, then cruise-control thereafter, as Ben Foakes brought up the rear of an innings that – at 237 for 6 when Joe Root fell to another reverse-sweep on the stroke of tea – had briefly threatened to skid out of control.England’s runs were shared all down the order, including four scores between Ollie Pope’s tempo-setting 49 from 46 balls, and Root’s 57 from 62, and eight of 25 or more – for only the sixth time in Test history. Harry Brook marched ever deeper into the record-books with his sixth 50-plus score in eight Test innings, 54 from 41 balls this time, taking his overall record to 623 at 77.87 and a preposterous strike-rate of 96.88, while Ben Stokes – relegated to No.8 by an untimely toilet break – responded to 12 dot-balls at the top of his innings with 31 from his remaining 21, including two sixes over fine leg, the first of which took him past his coach, Brendon McCullum, to become the leading six-hitter in Test history.The main man, however, was Pope, who lit the fuse on England’s innings, and Wagner’s figures, with two mighty launches up and over fine leg for six. Two more sixes followed in Wagner’s next over – one apiece for Pope and Root, both in the same direction – and when Pope eventually swung once too often to be caught down the leg side with his fifty beckoning, Brook took up the cudgels in unrelenting fashion, belting Wagner for four, four, four, six in an 18-run over that set him on course for a 37-ball fifty.By the time Broad was done, however, such unworldly feats had been relegated to a footnote. This England team are making the extraordinary seem commonplace on a daily basis, but even by the standards of his mighty career, what followed under the lights was something special.

Torcida do Palmeiras pede reforços e critica diretoria após empate com o São Paulo

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Principal torcida uniformizada do Palmeiras, a Mancha Verde comandou gritos de protestos contra a diretoria após o empate sem gols do Verdão com o São Paulo, no último domingo (22), pela terceira rodada do Campeonato Paulista.

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Há um incômodo por parte da torcida palmeirense por conta da ausência de reforços, principalmente por conta da perda de alguns jogadores importantes, como Danilo e Gustavo Scarpa, que foram contratados pelo Nottingham Forest, da Inglaterra, nesta janela de transferências.

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O Verdão é o único dos quatro grandes clubes de São Paulo que ainda não anunciou reforços para esta temporada, o que tem gerado críticas especiais à presidente Leila Pereira e ao diretor de futebol Anderson Barros.

Liverpool mark adidas reunion with stunning sets of home and away kits for 2025-26 season as Reds roll back the years with classic designs

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Liverpool have officially unveiled their 2025-26 home and away kits as they reunite with adidas after 13 years apart. The release features clean, nostalgic designs that pay homage to iconic eras in the club’s past. The kit launch also confirmed shirt numbers for new signings like Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike.

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Liverpool revealed their new home and away kits for the 2025-26 season, marking the return of adidas as their official kit supplier. The home kit stays true to tradition with a deep red design and a classic Liver Bird crest. The away strip features a clean off-white base with red and black trim, inspired by Anfield’s original main stand. The shielded crest on the away shirt nods to Anfield’s original architecture from 1906.

The adidas Liverpool 2025-26 home, away and home goalkeeper football shirts are now available. Like last season, Liverpool kits are priced around £80 ($105) for adults, with a match version available for £125 ($165).

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The new adidas kits aim to evoke emotion and history among fans, calling back to legendary players and iconic moments in the Merseyside club's past. Liverpool last partnered with adidas in 2012, making this a significant reunion for the Reds. Ahead of the kit release, the Reds also confirmed squad numbers for their new signings earlier in the morning.

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Wirtz, Liverpool’s record signing, will wear the No.7 shirt last worn by Luis Diaz. Milos Kerkez has claimed the No.6 shirt, while Hugo Ekitike takes No.22 and Giorgi Mamardashvili becomes the new No.25.

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Fans can expect the new kits to debut during Liverpool’s pre-season fixtures at Anfield against Athletic Club on August 4. The launch builds momentum heading into the new campaign under Arne Slot. With signings announced and kits released, attention now turns to results on the pitch.

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India ready for rare home Test in England's special 100th

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Big picture – England Women to play their 100th Test

After a turnaround of just two days from the third T20I, India and England gear up for a Test. Not just any other Test. The first women’s Test hosted by India since 2014. The first women’s Test in India for England since 2005. The first for India after the retirements of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami.India were training for it like they do for any other game, and the focus was on mixing attack with defence.India have maintained that they don’t want to be overawed by the occasion of a Test match, a rare occurrence for them. “Unlike T20s where every third or fourth ball is aerial shot, that is the only thing we have to tell ourselves. If someone has aerial shots as their first, that is their way. How Shafali [Verma] bats and I bat is different and you can’t expect both of us to bat in a particular mould,” Smriti Mandhana had said on Tuesday.Related

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Harmanpreet Kaur alluded to it on the eve of the Test: “The best thing [head coach Amol Muzumdar] said was, go with your best batting style and don’t think about changing it because it is red-ball cricket. If you are an aggressive batter, play aggressively. If you like to build your innings, then do that. Back yourself and your batting style, because we hardly have time to change things in batting.”The sun was beating down by the time England walked out to train in the afternoon, and they had a method to how they went about with their preparation. It is not often that the women play Tests, but England have done it 99 times already and the Navi Mumbai game against India will be their 100th.In the press conference, England captain Heather Knight did not reveal who would partner Tammy Beaumont at the top, after Emma Lamb’s injury.The only aspect England have to choose is one middle-order spot. The toss-up is likely between Sophia Dunkley and Alice Capsey, who also bowls offspin. While Dunkley was having a bat at the nets, Capsey was seen taking high catches and underwent some intense fielding drills, too, before facing a combination of throwdowns and a net bowler.While England will head back home after this one-off Test, it is just the start for India, who are to play back-to-back Test matches for the first time, with Australia up next later this month.England Women will play their first Test in India since 2005•ECB via Getty Images

In the spotlight – Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt

Often in the recent past, Harmanpreet Kaur has found herself at the centre of the most crucial moments of Indian women’s cricket. She was part of the first WPL match and also led Mumbai Indians to the title in the first iteration. Her 171 not out in the 2017 ODI World Cup is part of folklore. She is only three Tests old and is all set to captain India in the one-off match for the first time in the format. It was easy to spot Harmanpreet two days out of the game, in the group of Indian players training – she was the only one with the Test white trackpants. During her batting stints, she was focusing on her footwork – consciously trying to get the front-foot forward against fast bowling to defend – and worked on judging the line and length to leave balls. She starred with the ball in the last Test India played at home; all eyes – around 40,000 no less if the turnout is good – will be on her yet again.Is Nat Sciver-Brunt ever not a threat? The DY Patil Stadium was one of the venues of WPL 2023, where she finished second on the batting charts. She scored an unbeaten 169 against South Africa in the drawn Taunton Test last year and 78 in the Ashes Test at Trent Bridge this June. On the eve of the match, she batted a short while with both Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean bowling in tandem and looked in good touch. Sciver-Brunt also showed a glimpse of her importance with the ball in the T20Is against India. After picking up a knee injury during the Ashes, she played the Hundred and the home ODIs against Sri Lanka purely as a batter. She started bowling towards the end of the WBBL and could take on a lesser workload with the ball in the Test.

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“If we look at the pitch and decide the combination, it will be different but if we look at our strengths, it will be a different combination. I would like to go with our strengths,” Harmanpreet said without giving an inclination to the bowling combination India are likely to field. Renuka Singh is returning from a stress injury but could be in line for a Test debut. It is likely India will go in with three seamers, like was the case in their last two Test outings in 2021.India (possible): 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Smriti Mandhana, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Yastika Bhatia, 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Richa Ghosh/Pooja Vastrakar, 8 Sneh Rana, 9 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 10 Renuka Singh, 11 Meghna SinghIndia will rely on their seniors Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur in the Test match•PTI

With opener Lamb out injured, England’s main challenge will be around who partners Beaumont. Dunkley is an option given she is used to the job in white-ball cricket, which could also mean a Test debut for Capsey. The other spot in focus will be the second seamer’s – between Lauren Filer, who impressed with her raw pace in the Ashes, and Lauren Bell.England (possible): 1 Tammy Beaumont, 2 Sophia Dunkley, 3 Heather Knight (capt), 4 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 5 Alice Capsey, 6 Danni Wyatt, 7 Amy Jones (wk), 8 Sophie Ecclestone, 9 Charlie Dean, 10 Kate Cross, 11 Lauren Filer/Lauren Bell

Pitch and conditions

On the eve of the Test, the pitch wore a brown look with very little grass on it. The word is that it will aid spin but both the captains said it would be skiddy. “It might not turn more and will be skiddy even for the spinners,” Harmanpreet said with Knight almost agreeing: “Spin has skidded on a bit more. We trained on the other ground yesterday and it was almost like a day one wicket where spin skidded on. Did a little bit with the ball, a little bit of swing and a bit of nip.”Mornings in Mumbai and its suburbs have been pleasant with the effect of the sun felt in the afternoon, when the temperature crosses the 30-degree-celcius mark. All four days are expected to be similar weather-wise.

Quotes

“Butterlies [in the stomach] are always there, no matter how much you have played. There is always excitement and nervousness when you go to the ground. When you play one ball, you get totally involved in the game. Last Test I missed because of injury and this time there is an opportunity to lead the team. The talk has been about being positive and playing with excitement.”
“Any person we choose to open with Tammy [Beaumont] has no experience of doing it in Test match cricket and it’s not an easy place to bat. Whoever does that role is going to be brand new. We are going to pick our best six batters that we are going to think are going to score us the most runs to try and set up the Test match.”

In-form Bouchier books Vipers' place in final

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Georgia Elwiss, Emily Windsor add half-centuries to compound Blaze’s late-season struggles

ECB Reporters Network16-Sep-2023Southern Vipers won by 126 runs to send them through to next week’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Final, pipping the Blaze, who had led the table all season in a winner-takes-all final game of the group stages at Loughborough.The South Coast team entered the last game, knowing a bonus point win would carry them through. The Blaze also knew a win would guarantee a place at Northampton next Sunday.The Blaze would have to reach a score of 231 even if they didn’t chase down the 289 they needed to win the game and take all other permutations out of the equation.Half-centuries from Georgia Elwiss (64), Emily Windsor (53) and Maia Bouchier (64), who recently scored 95 at Leicester for England in her first ODI series against Sri Lanka, underpinned Vipers’ total.On an overcast morning with the September dew still fresh on the outfield, it felt important to win the toss and bowl, which is what Kirstie Gordon, the Blaze captain, did and early on it looked like the correct decision. Kathryn Bryce and Grace Ballinger, who both who get a lot of early swing, kept the Vipers top order quiet. Ballinger made the early breakthrough in the second over, trapping Ella McCaughan lbw for a nine-ball duck.The experience of Georgia Adams and Bouchier steadied the innings; the pair added 102 for the second wicket and rarely looked in any bother, but with runs difficult to come by at the beginning, it took Bouchier 25 balls to find her first boundary. Four more fours and two sixes from the in-form international followed and both fell within 24 balls of each other, Bouchier to a fantastic low catch from Ella Claridge at a short midwicket that never rose above ankle height.Runs were flowing more freely, which gave the platform for Elwiss and Emily Windsor to up the scoring rate in a fourth-wicket partnership of 94. When the pair were separated with the score on 220 with 12 overs left, a total of 300 plus was on the cards. The Blaze fought back, howerver, and Ballinger, with two wickets in the 48th over, finished with 4 for 58; with Josie Groves, with 3 for 64, was the pick of the Blaze bowlers, while Kathryn Bryce’s ten overs were an economical 1 for 36.Where the Vipers had relied on two significant partnerships to propel them to their total, the Blaze lost wickets at regular intervals, with their running causing the fall of two wickets, albeit close calls for the umpire. However, a more obvious decision was not given as Kathryn Bryce struggled to reach her ground.Marie Kelly, recently back from the Caribbean Premier League, top-scored for the home side with 56 from 62, and Sarah Bryce added 62 for the second wicket from 85 balls. As Kelly completed her fifty from 52 balls, she pulled up with some discomfort in her back. Kelly was determined to continue, having previously been a thorn in the Vipers’ side. The Blaze needed her to bat deep, and unfortunately for the East Midlands outfit, she soon departed for 56 from Adams’s handy off-spin.Mary Taylor, the 18-year-old seamer in her second spell, had Kathryn Bryce and Lucy Higham caught behind by Rhianna Southby as the Blaze crumbled to 156 for 8, 75 runs behind their target.It means the Blaze will play in the eliminator on Thursday knowing that they needed just one win from their final three games to qualify for the final, now having to pick themselves up to go again.

Spurs have a 16-year-old "cheat code" who could be their own Cole Palmer

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To put it diplomatically, there have been some real negatives to this season for Tottenham Hotspur, but at least a few positives.

You can take your pick when it comes to the former, from lacklustre form to persistent injuries and a souring atmosphere at home and away.

However, when it comes to the latter, it really boils down to how well a number of the club’s young talents have adapted to first-team football, from summer signings Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray to academy gem Mikey Moore.

The good news is that another batch of talented youngsters could make their competitive first-team debuts next season, including one academy star who might just be the club’s own Cole Palmer.

The Spurs youngsters who could breakthrough next season

So, before getting to the player in question, it’s worth looking at a couple of other talented prospects who could finally make their competitive debut for the club next season, starting with Ashley Phillips.

The 19-year-old centre-back has spent the season on loan with Championship side Stoke City this year, and despite it being his first full campaign in the second tier, he’s been an essential member of the first team.

Across all competitions, the former Blackburn Rovers gem, whom Tony Mowbray said was “going to be a mega footballer” one day, has made 31 appearances for the Potters, and, most impressively, each one has been a start.

Former Blackburn Rovers centre-back Ashley Phillips.

From defence to midfield now, and the next prospect who could play some games under Ange Postecoglou next season is Tyrese Hall.

The 19-year-old ace, who “has a really big future at Tottenham” according to Spurs expert John Wenham, has been enjoying a great season in the club’s U21 side this year.

In just 20 appearances, in which he’s played all over the place, the London-born dynamo has scored six goals and provided four assists, which comes out to an average of a goal involvement every other game.

On top of that, he’s now a part of the England U19 camp, but even so, he is not the most exciting player in the club’s academy; that title belongs to someone even younger, someone who could be the Lilywhites’ own Palmer.

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Spurs' own Palmer

He may be out of form at the moment, but Palmer is unquestionably one of the most exciting English talents around, and that’s what people could be saying about Luca Williams-Barnett in a few years.

The 16-year-old might still be a relative unknown to the wider footballing public, but he most certainly is not for those who follow academy football.

The incredible youngster, whom analyst Ben Mattinson described as “a name to keep an eye on,” has the potential to be the club’s version of the Chelsea ace for a few reasons.

The first is that, like the England international, he’s a lean-mean-goalscoring-machine.

In just 24 appearances for the U18s, totalling 1887 minutes, the unreal talent has scored 20 goals and provided ten assists.

Appearances

24

Minutes

1887′

Goals

20

Assists

10

Goal Involvements per Match

1.25

Minutes per Goal Involvement

62.9′

In other words, he’s averaging 1.25 goal involvements every game, or one every 62.9 minutes, and while he’s still young, that is the sort of form that could force Postecoglou to hand him some first-team minutes next season.

The second reason he could become the club’s version of the former Manchester City prospect is that he, too, is positionally versatile.

For example, while his primary position is attacking midfield, he’s played in left-midfield, left and right-wing and even up top, which helps to explain Wenham’s description of him as a “cheat-code.”

Ultimately, Spurs might be having a terrible season this year, but the future is looking incredibly bright, and Williams-Barnett could make it even more so next season.

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Colin Ingram century guides Glamorgan to victory over Derbyshire

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A century from Colin Ingram guided Glamorgan to a seven-wicket win over Derbyshire in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at Derby.Ingram scored an unbeaten 115 off 108 balls and Kiran Carlson 65 from 52 as Glamorgan chased down Derbyshire’s 298 for 8 with 17 balls to spare.Billy Root helped seal victory with an unbeaten 34 from 31 balls in a stand of 82 from 76 balls with Ingram who ended the match with a six off Luis Reece.The home side were on course for a more imposing total after Harry Came with 73 and Reece 69 shared an opening stand of 134.But Haider Ali’s dismissal for 63 from 50 balls sparked a collapse that saw Derbyshire lose five wickets for 26 runs in six overs and the visitors were always favourites once Ingram and Carlson took control.It had promised to be a better day for Derbyshire when Reece and Came began to accelerate with Came pulling a free hit from Ben Morris for the first six of the innings in the 11th over.A scoop over the wicketkeeper took Reece to his 50 from 52 balls but after he was hit on his right elbow by a throw, he scored only four more runs before he came down the pitch and was stumped to give Ben Kellaway his first List A wicket.Kellaway was involved again when his direct hit from backward point ran out Came and then struck Alex Horton a painful blow on the ankle which left the wicketkeeper requiring treatment before he could continue.By then, Ali was starting to bruise the bowler’s figures, pulling and driving two big sixes on his way to a 42 ball fifty.Kellaway was hoisted onto the pavilion roof but after cutting the off-spinner for his fifth four, Ali sliced a big drive and was caught at point.From then on the innings went into decline with Matt Lamb missing an expansive drive and Tom Wood lbw trying to shovel Kiran Carlson through mid-wicket.Brooke Guest was well caught on the run at mid-wicket and Anuj Dal was bowled attempting to scoop Andy Gorvin.Derbyshire had fallen well short of what looked likely six overs earlier but some improvisation from Sam Conners and a six by Alex Thomson off the final ball of the innings took them to their highest Lisa A score against Glamorgan.The visitors established a solid base but after Tom Bevan drove a Nick Potts no ball for four and pulled the free hit for six, both openers went in consecutive overs.Bevan skied Dal to deep mid-wicket and Eddie Byrom was caught behind trying to steer Potts to third man.But Ingram and Carlson kept Glamorgan ahead of the required rate and after a short rain break, Ingram carved Conners over cover for six to take his side to 142 for 2 at the halfway point.Carlson pulled Wood for six to reach 50 from 40 balls but when he tried to sweep Thomson, he got a top edge and was caught at short fine leg.But Ingram made sure there was no late drama as he and Root secured Glamorgan’s first victory in the competition to send Derbyshire sliding to a second defeat.

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