Fastest hundred in Lions history secures useful lead as Sri Lanka reply strongly

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Feb-2023Sri Lanka A 332 (Croospulle 128) and 202 for 3 (Madushka 84*, Mendis 67) lead England Lions 405 (Smith 126, Lees 97, Bohannon 54) by 129 runsJamie Smith struck a 71-ball century, the fastest in England Lions history, to give his side an outside chance of a victory push in the second unofficial Test against Sri Lanka A in Galle.Smith’s effort surpassed Luke Wright’s 91-ball hundred against New Zealand A in 2008-09, and featured 13 fours and eight sixes all told. By the time he was dismissed for 126 from 82 balls, he had formed the backbone of the Lions’ 405 in 76.4 overs.Alex Lees, who himself made a 94-ball hundred in the Lions’ warm-up match earlier in the tour, chipped in with 97 from 113 balls, while Josh Bohannon made 54 from 62.Their efforts allowed the Lions to build a first-innings lead of 73, and though Sri Lanka A responded well to reach 202 for 3 by the close, with half-centuries from Nishan Madushka and Kamindu Mendis, they did chip out three wickets in that time, including Mendis for 67 shortly before stumps.”It is certainly the most entertaining and most enjoyable innings that I have ever played,” Smith said afterwards. “I would say it is the best innings that I have ever played.”I didn’t know that it was a record century and I didn’t go out there to achieve that obviously. When you get in that situation and you’re flying along you are just focusing on being positive and trying to hit boundaries – hit the ball as far and as hard as I can.”The Lions team has been noticeably positive in its approach to batting on this tour, and Smith acknowledged that the success of the Test team under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum had been an inspirational factor.”You definitely take on board the style of play that the England team are employing because that’s the style they want to see,” he said. “I always knew I had the talent to play that way but to get out here and to do it is really positive for me.”The coaching staff here give you the freedom to go out and play that way. There are no limits as to what you can do. I’m not focusing on whether I get out, it’s about how you can make runs and being positive. That has certainly helped me to make runs here and play the way I did.”At the age of 22, Smith – who is also keeping wicket on this trip – is very much one of the coming men on the county circuit, and was picked for his first Lions tour after playing his part in Surrey’s County Championship victory last season.”It is the next step in my career and it has been an opportunity to show my skills and test myself against some really good bowlers,” he said. “It’s good to get in this environment and to play against spin and try and adapt my game to that.”The pitch is pretty flat but the beauty of us scoring so quickly is that it gives us an opportunity and time to bowl them out. We’ll aim to do that in the morning and then well hopefully have a chase. We won’t fear chasing any total.”

Chelsea have already begun their summer transfer business as they have agreed a deal with Sporting CP to sign Manchester United target Geovany Quenda.

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• Chelsea set to sign Quenda
• Man Utd were interested in winger
• 17-year-old acquired after 'secret blitz'

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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Quenda has impressed over the last season-and-a-half with Sporting CP, with the 17-year-old winger played a major role in the Portuguese side's recent success having emerged under former boss Ruben Amorim. The teenager has been on the transfer shortlists of multiple clubs, including Amorim's new side Manchester United. However, it is the Blues who have struck a deal to sign Quenda in the summer.

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  As per transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea conducted a 'secret blitz' at Sporting to sign Quenda before the summer window even opens, as they wanted to avoid any chances of competing clubs snatching the 17-year-old away from them. The Portuguese winger has already completed his medical and an announcement could be made soon.

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  As Portuguese outlet reported in February, United were very keen on signing Quenda in the summer and even sent scouts to watch the teenager. The Red Devils were said to have been tracking Quenda even before Amorim was named the club's head coach in November.

• WHAT NEXT FOR QUENDA?

  Should Quenda indeed move to Chelsea, he will face stiff competition for a place on his favoured right wing, with Estevao Willian also arriving this summer. Noni Madueke, Pedro Neto and Cole Palmer have all played in that position this season.

كشف أحمد شوبير حارس مرمى الأهلي الأسبق، عن تطورات جديدة بشأن مصير أحد لاعبي الزمالك ومستقبله مع القلعة البيضاء، خلال الفترة المقبلة.

وقال أحمد شوبير في تصريحات إذاعية عبر آثير “أون سبورت إف إم”: “توجد حالة من الانقسام بشأن مصير حمزة المثلوثي مع الزمالك، هو حاليًا يتواجد في الإمارات، من أجل التأهيل للتخلص من الإصابة التي يعاني منها”.

وأكمل: “هناك رأي في الزمالك أنه بعدما انتهى عقد حمزة المثلوثي، من الوارد رحيله خلال الفترة المقبلة، في ظل التخوف من عدم عودته لمستواه بعد الإصابة، والنادي قدم واجبه كاملاً ولم يقصر معه، والتخوف من أن يشغل مكان أحد اللاعبين الأجانب بالقائمة”.

واستطرد: “ولكن هناك رأي آخر أن اللاعب كان من الأعمدة الرئيسية للزمالك، ويلعب في مركزي المدافع والظهير الأيمن، وممكن النادي يُجدد معه بمبلغ معقول”.

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وأردف: “حمزة المثلوثي من اللاعبين الذين يجب تحديد مصيرهم قبل يوم 28 يونيو الجاري، لأنه إذا لم يتم وضعه في القائمة الأولية سيرحل عن الفريق مجانًا”.

واختتم: “من الوارد أن يتفق الزمالك مع اللاعب ورفعه من القائمة الأولية للنادي، على أن يتم حسم مصيره في وقت لاحق، ولكن رأيي الشخصي أنه يجب الحفاظ عليه لأنه لاعب محترم ويمتلك سلوكًا محترمًا للغاية”.

One thing Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital have tried to do since taking over Chelsea is lower their wage bill, bringing in younger talents before they hit their prime, and making their pay structure more incentive-based, to reward the top performers.

The club’s current highest earner is the club captain, Reece James, who is earning £250k-per-week, coming through the academy ranks, and being valued as one of the Blues’ best players when he is fit. However, people could argue he isn’t currently justifying that wage, as he is often out with injury issues.

Reece James

£250,000

Ben Chilwell

£200,000

Wesley Fofana

£200,000

Christopher Nkunku

£195,000

Enzo Fernández

£180,000

Marc Cucurella

£175,000

Raheem Sterling

£162,500

Pedro Neto

£160,000

Moises Caicedo

£150,000

Cole Palmer

£130,000

One name that stands out in Chelsea’s top ten earners, is Raheem Sterling. Despite being out on loan with Arsenal this season, he still ranks as the seventh highest earner at the club, and next season, when he returns, he would be back to the top earner, on a whopping £325k-per-week.

Raheem Sterling's time at Chelsea

When Chelsea signed Sterling for £47.5m from Manchester City back in 2022, Boehly said Sterling was a “world-class” talent, who was also a “serial winner” and he couldn’t wait to have him playing at Stamford Bridge.

But things didn’t turn out that way, as the winger struggled to live up to the expectations set for him, not providing the same output as he did at City, and not providing enough overall quality elsewhere to make up for that lack of goals and assists.

In his 81 appearances for the club, the Englishman has scored 19 goals and provided 12 assists, totalling 5,326 minutes. This output wasn’t enough to justify his mega salary and Enzo Maresca made it clear in pre-season that other wingers would be ahead of Sterling in the pecking order, leading to his loan move to Arsenal this summer.

However, The Blues will still have an expensive problem to deal with next summer, a £64.4m problem to be exact combining his £47.5 purchase fee and £16.9m-per year-wages, as they look to offload the 29-year-old on a permanent basis.

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How Chelsea's wingers compare to Sterling

The two wide players for Chelsea with the most appearances so far this term are Noni Madueke and summer signing, Pedro Neto.

The former has made 16 appearances, scoring six goals and providing two assists, whilst Neto has also made 16 appearances, scoring three times and providing three assists.

Stats (per 90 mins)

Sterling

Neto

Madueke

Goals

0.33

0.33

0.38

Assists

0.26

0.16

0.30

xG

0.30

0.07

0.43

xAG

0.20

0.36

0.23

Progressive Carries

5.45

5.68

6.60

Progressive Passes

3.55

1.14

3.98

Shots Total

2.29

2.03

4.09

Key Passes

1.36

2.27

1.36

Passes into Pen Area

1.59

1.36

2.23

Shot-Creating Actions

3.86

3.98

3.50

Successful Take-Ons

2.05

2.05

1.94

Madueke has thrived this season, ranking highest in seven of the 11 metrics measured above, providing the most progressive actions, the highest shot volume, and the most output per 90 (goals + assists).

Neto, on the other hand, whilst he hasn’t added the same level of output as Madueke, has added a new creative level to this Chelsea side, producing the most xAG (expected assisted goals), playing the most key passes per 90, and generating the most shot-creating actions per 90.

Chelsea have been much better off this campaign without Sterling in the side, and therefore the challenge will come next summer as they look to offload the 29-year-old on such high wages, which could prove to be the biggest stumbling block. Either way, they must find a way to lose him permanently.

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Joe Root’s book on the victorious 2015 Ashes series is also a summation of England’s mixed and eventful year in international cricket

Alan Gardner23-Jan-2016It was, of course, too good an opportunity to miss. Joe Root smiles back from the cover, an Ashes winner’s medal jangling next to one for the Player of the Series, the tiny replica urn in one hand and the Waterford Crystal version in the other, a blond sunbeam of victory and virtue. Root, who also rose to No. 1 in the ICC batting rankings during the series, might be a member of the iPad generation but his publishers were confident English cricket’s golden boy could help shift a few hardbacks, too.There are plenty of comparisons to be drawn between Root and the previous prodigy off the rank, Alastair Cook. Root, who recently turned 25, is really too young to produce a substantial autobiography, just as Cook was when was released in 2008, a couple of years after his debut. Cook would have a far more interesting book in him now – though there is little prospect of an imminent post-Pietersen captaincy tell-all; Root, meanwhile, has gone down the “Ashes diary” route, which allows for a fairly contained focus on a surprising and eventful year rather than striving for significance in such a fledgling career.Root’s initial rise is charted in a couple of concise chapters, although perhaps surprisingly there is no mention of the handmade miniature bat placed in his hand at two days old by father Matt. A mythological omission, but there are still useful clues as to the way ahead.Like Cook, the young Root was so small he could barely hit the ball off the square, forcing him to come up with a more dexterous technique in order to manipulate bowlers for runs. When Root’s growth spurt did come, it threw his batting so out of kilter that he felt “trapped in an alien body”; there is an echo of this in his shambling gait and bobbing marionette stance, though he seems to have largely overcome the tendency to fall over and be out lbw.

Root, the man once dubbed “craptain” by his Yorkshire team-mates, is already skipping nimbly along his own path to greatness and might even have inherited Cook’s Test mantle by the time England and Australia next meet

Root’s busy, bustling style was born out of necessity – he was told by England Under-19 coach Mark Robinson that he scored too slowly for one-day cricket – but it has become a calling card, embossed by a sharp increase in his Test match strike rate after being dropped at the end of the 2013-14 Ashes and leading to a central role in England’s limited-overs sides. It is there that his experience diverges from Cook’s, and the section on England at the 2015 World Cup (yes, they were there briefly) is probably the most enlightening part of the book.Cook was, of course, removed from the ODI captaincy weeks before the tournament but England still went in with a strategy shaped under his three and a half years in the job. They duly flopped, sticking to an antediluvian game at a time when ODIs had never been more flooded by runs. Root recalls the 121 he scored against Sri Lanka in the group stage – his highest score in 50-over cricket – as his lowest moment, after England’s seemingly respectable total of 309 for 6 was comfortably eclipsed with nine wickets and several balls to spare. “The containment game, of sitting back after posting a good score, seemed a little outdated,” he writes.England have subsequently hoverboarded their way back to the future in ODIs, with Root a Marty McFly presence in the top order. He is unlikely to ever be a power hitter in the mould of Chris Gayle or Brendon McCullum but a change to holding his hands higher in his stance – prompted by sessions with the more explosive Jos Buttler – has added to his range. That was coupled with a new mentality in the run-soaked series against New Zealand, as England vowed to play “no-fear” cricket instead of the “old safety-first approach we had gained a reputation for”.Hodder and StoughtonThere is clearly a blast furnace of drive and ambition beneath the angelic exterior but Root is also an immensely likeable – and cheeky – member of an England side that seems to have caught the public imagination once again (even if the BBC Sports Personality judges are yet to notice). Sniggering reports of a “phantom sock-snipper” at work during the Ashes are counterbalanced by Root’s fogey-ish observation that he likes to have a cup of tea before batting. Elsewhere, there is an acknowledgement of the importance of friends and family beyond the game, underpinning a healthy desire not to be seen simply as a “cricket robot”.Modern players do still exist in something of a bubble, and there are few tales of Botham-esque excess. On the contrary, Root, having been photographed out on the town in Nottingham, subsequently elects to skip England’s celebrations after clinching the one-day series against New Zealand at Chester-le-Street. Such maturity perhaps reflects the influence of girlfriend Carrie, as well as the fact that Root and Yorkshire team-mate Gary Ballance are flatmates no more: “During the 2012 season, we were both told in our appraisals that if we had any aspirations of playing for England we should no longer live together.”The rest of the diary is focused, understandably, on “bringing home the Ashes”, a Test-by-Test account that makes for fairly prosaic reading – as well as highlighting the lack of imagination involved in contemporary sledging (sample, Nathan Lyon to Root: “Mate, can you put some deodorant on, you stink!”). Root’s feud with David Warner, dating back to a punch thrown in a bar two summers previously, is settled via some light banter and a jokey photo posted on Twitter – something Cook would never do. But Root, the man once dubbed “craptain” by his Yorkshire team-mates, is already skipping nimbly along his own path to greatness and may even have inherited Cook’s Test mantle by the time England and Australia next meet. There will doubtless be more golden opportunities to come.Bringing Home the Ashes
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Hodder & Stoughton
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Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav are the other Indians to move up after their series sweep over New Zealand

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Mohammed Siraj has picked up 14 wickets in his last five ODIs•Associated Press

Mohammed Siraj has become to world’s No. 1 bowler in the men’s ODI rankings for the first time, replacing Trent Boult at the top after India swept New Zealand 3-0 at home. Shubman Gill, meanwhile, has moved up 20 spots to No. 6 on the batters’ table, one place above Virat Kohli, after scoring 360 runs in the three ODIs against New Zealand, including a double-century and a century.Siraj was third on the wicket-takers’ table for the series against New Zealand after picking up five wickets in two games, behind Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav, who both had six strikes. But that haul made it 14 wickets in five ODIs – with the three games against Sri Lanka in the earlier series added – for him, and contributed to his rise past Boult, who didn’t travel to India and last played ODI cricket in September last year. Boult is currently in third place, with Josh Hazlewood at No. 2.Gill, too, has been in stellar form, with 207 runs in the three-ODI series against Sri Lanka in January, including a century and a half-century. Kohli hasn’t been too shabby himself, scoring two centuries in three matches against Sri Lanka.Full rankings tables

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Rohit Sharma, meanwhile, has jumped two places up to No. 8 among batters after his 85-ball 101 in the third ODI against New Zealand.Ireland’s Harry Tector and Josh Little also made gains following their recent series against Zimbabwe which ended 1-1. Tector, who scored one century and a fifty to total 176 runs across three games, has jumped 12 places up to 13th among ODI batters, while Little, who has been impressive in recent times, has moved 27 places to No. 33 among the bowlers.

Shadab Khan, Glenn Maxwell among retentions for 2023 season

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Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles celebrate with their trophies•Getty Images

The Hundred’s retention window closed on Tuesday night, following weeks of negotiations between players, agents, coaches and general managers.In the women’s competition, each team was able to retain four players from their 2022 squad, with a maximum of three ‘marquee’ players – either two overseas players and one England-contracted player, or vice versa.In the men’s competition, they could retain up to 10 players at a mutually-agreed salary band, plus their allocated England centrally-contracted player.As ESPNcricinfo revealed this week, several leading Australian women will skip the 2023 tournament, while a number of high-profile men’s players will return to the draft.The drafts for both competitions will be held on March 23, with the tournament taking place from August 1-27.In full: Women’s retentions•ECB/The Hundred

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Birmingham Phoenix
RetainedWomen: Amy Jones (£31.75k), Ellyse Perry, Issy Wong (both £25k), Emily Arlott (£15k)
Men: Chris Woakes (central contract), Liam Livingstone (£125k), Moeen Ali, Shadab Khan (both £100k), Adam Milne, Benny Howell (both £75k), Will Smeed, Kane Richardson (both £60k), Tom Helm (£50k), Chris Benjamin (£40k), Dan Mousley (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Elwiss, Kirstie Gordon, Deepti Sharma, Eve Jones, Gwen Davies, Abtaha Maqsood, Ria Fackrell, Phoebe Franklin, Sterre Kalis, Davina Perrin
Men: Jack Leach, Matthew Wade, Timm van der Gugten, Ben Dwarshuis, Brett D’Oliveira, Imran Tahir, Miles Hammond, Graeme van Buuren, Henry Brookes, Tanveer Sangha, Sol Budinger, Olly Stone, Matt Fisher, Tom AbellShadab Khan did not feature in 2022 but has been retained by Birmingham Phoenix•Getty Images

London Spirit
RetainedWomen: Heather Knight (£31.25k), Amelia Kerr (£25k), Charlie Dean (£18.75k), Dani Gibson (£15k)
Men: Mark Wood (central contract), Glenn Maxwell (£125k), Nathan Ellis (£100k), Liam Dawson, Dan Lawrence (both £75k), Zak Crawley, Jordan Thompson (both £60k), Mason Crane, Adam Rossington (both £50k), Chris Wood, Ravi Bopara (both £40k)ReleasedWomen: Chloe Brewer, Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Freya Davies, Sophie Luff, Jess Kerr, Amara Carr, Naomi Dattani, Grace Scrivens, Natasha Wraith, Alice Monaghan, Grace Ballinger, Nancy Harman
Men: Kieron Pollard, Josh Inglis, Eoin Morgan (retired), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Ben McDermott, Toby Roland-Jones, Brad Wheal, Jamie Smith, Blake Cullen, Riley MeredithGlenn Maxwell could replace Eoin Morgan as London Spirit captain•ECB/Getty Images

Manchester Originals
RetainedWomen: Sophie Ecclestone (£31.25k), Deandra Dottin (£25k), Emma Lamb (£18.75k), Ellie Threlkeld (£15k)
Men: Jos Buttler (central contract), Wanindu Hasaranga, Phil Salt (both £125k), Jamie Overton, Tom Hartley (both £75k), Richard Gleeson, Paul Walter (both £60k), Josh Little (£50k), Wayne Madsen, Tom Lammonby (both £40k), Mitchell Stanley (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Lizelle Lee, Kate Cross, Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu, Cordelia Griffith, Hannah Jones, Ami Campbell, Georgie Boyce, Phoebe Graham, Laura Jackson, Grace Potts, Mahika Gaur, Erin Burns, Daisy Mullan
Men: Andre Russell, Laurie Evans, Tristan Stubbs, Matt Parkinson, Sean Abbott, Ashton Turner, Colin Ackermann, Fred Klaassen, Calvin Harrison, Daniel Worrall, Ollie RobinsonKate Cross has been released – but Originals could keep her in the draft by using their Right-To-Match card•Getty Images

Northern Superchargers
RetainedWomen: Alyssa Healy (£31.75k), Linsey Smith (£18.75k), Hollie Armitage, Bess Heath (both £15k)
Men: Ben Stokes (central contract), Adil Rashid, Harry Brook (both £125k), Adam Lyth (£75k), Adam Hose, Brydon Carse (both £60k), Matthew Potts, David Wiese (both £50k), Wayne Parnell (£40k), Callum Parkinson (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Jemimah Rodrigues, Laura Wolvaardt, Jenny Gunn (retired), Alice Davidson-Richards, Heather Graham, Beth Langston, Katie Levick, Katherine Fraser, Liz Russell, Lucy Higham, Rachel Slater, Bethany Harmer, Gaby Lewis
Men: Dwayne Bravo, David Willey, Faf du Plessis, Wahab Riaz, Jordan Clark, John Simpson, Roelof van der Merwe, Michael Pepper, Ben Raine, Saif Zaib, Craig Miles, Luke WrightFaf du Plessis captained Superchargers in 2022 but has not been retained•ECB/Getty Images

Oval Invincibles
RetainedWomen: Marizanne Kapp (£31.25k), Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill (£25k), Tash Farrant (£18.75k)
Men: Sam Curran (central contract), Sunil Narine, Will Jacks (both £125k), Jason Roy, Tom Curran (both £100k), Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood (both £75k), Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson (both £50k), Danny Briggs (£40k), Nathan Sowter (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Dane van Niekerk, Shabnim Ismail, Mady Villiers, Suzie Bates, Aylish Cranstone, Dani Gregory, Grace Gibbs, Kira Chathli, Emily Windsor, Eva Gray, Sophia Smale, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Kirstie White, Emma Jones
Men: Pat Brown, Rilee Rossouw, Reece Topley, Hilton Cartwright, Mohammad Hasnain, Matt Milnes, Jack Leaning, Jack Haynes, Rory Burns, Carlos Brathwaite, Peter HatzoglouMarizanne Kapp will stay at The Oval•ECB/Getty Images

Southern Brave
RetainedWomen: Smriti Mandhana (£31.75k), Lauren Bell (£18.75k), Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp (both £15k)
Men: Jofra Archer (central contract), James Vince, Chris Jordan (both £100k), Tymal Mills (£75k), Rehan Ahmed, Craig Overton (both £60k), Finn Allen, George Garton (both £50k), James Fuller, Alex Davies (both £40k), Joe Weatherley (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Danni Wyatt, Sophia Dunkey, Anya Shrubsole, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Tahlia McGrath, Molly Strano, Carla Rudd, Georgia Adams, Tara Norris, Jo Gardner, Paige Scholfield, Ella McCaughan
Men: Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Paul Stirling, Jake Lintott, Tim David, Ross Whiteley, Dan Moriarty, Michael Hogan, Beuran Hendricks, Sonny BakerWhich England opener will Brave RTM at the draft?•ICC/Getty Images

Trent Rockets
RetainedWomen: Nat Sciver-Brunt (£31.75k), Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Alana King (both £25k), Bryony Smith (£18.75k)
Men: Joe Root (central contract), Rashid Khan (£125k), Dawid Malan, Alex Hales (both £100k), Lewis Gregory, Luke Wood (both £75k), Colin Munro, Sam Cook (both £60k), Daniel Sams, Samit Patel (both £50k), Matt Carter (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Kim Garth, Mignon du Preez, Sarah Glenn, Elyse Villani, Kathryn Bryce, Abbey Freeborn, Marie Kelly, Sophie Munro, Alexa Stonehouse, Georgia Davis, Ella Claridge, Emma Marlow, Meg Lanning
Men: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ian Cockbain, Marchant de Lange, Steven Mullaney, Luke Fletcher, Tom Moores, Ben MikeTom Kohler-Cadmore will be available at the draft•ILT20

Welsh Fire
RetainedWomen: Tammy Beaumont, Hayley Matthews (both £25k), Annabel Sutherland (£18.75k)
Men: Jonny Bairstow (central contract), Joe Clarke (£100k), Ollie Pope (£75k), David Payne (£60k), Jake Ball (£50k), George Scrimshaw (£30k)ReleasedWomen: Rachael Haynes, Fran Wilson, Katie George, Nicla Carey, Alex Hartley, Claire Nicholas, Fi Morris, Georgia Hennessy, Alex Griffiths, Sarah Bryce, Hannah Baker, Lauren Filer, Nicole Harvey, Maddy Green
Men: Tom Banton, Adam Zampa, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Sam Hain, Leus du Plooy, Noor Ahmad, Ryan Higgins, Matt Critchley, Jacob Bethell, Josh Cobb, Naseem Shah, Ish SodhiWelsh Fire have retained Tammy Beaumont•ECB/Getty Images

خاض فريق بوكا جونيورز الأرجنتيني مباراته الأخيرة في إطار منافسات دور مجموعات بطولة كأس العالم للأندية، نسخة 2025، مساء يوم الثلاثاء، ضد نظيره أوكلاند سيتي النيوزيلندي.

وتلاقى الفريقان في خضم منافسات الجولة الثالثة من دور مجموعات البطولة، لحساب المجموعة الثالثة، حيث تعادلا بهدف لمثله. أهداف مباراة بوكا جونيورز وأوكلاند سيتي اليوم في كأس العالم للأندية

تقدم بوكا جونيورز بهدف سجله اللاعب ناثان كايل جارو بالخطأ في مرمى فريقه، أوكلاند سيتي، في الدقيقة 26 من عمر الشوط الأول.

ولم يستمر الشوط الثاني سوى بضع دقائق قبل أن يتقرر إيقاف المباراة نظرًا لسوء الأحوال الجوية، وهو الأمر الذي سبق حدوثه في عدة مباريات في تلك البطولة.

وبعد ذلك، تم استئناف اللقاء ولكن بعد انتهاء مباراة بايرن ميونخ وبنفيكا، حيث فاز الأخير بهدف دون رد، ليتأهل كمتصدر للمجموعة، ويليه البافاري كوصيف، ويودع بوكا جونيورز البطولة.

ومع استئناف اللقاء، تمكن أوكلاند سيتي من تسجيل هدف التعادل، وهدفه الأول في البطولة بأكملها، في الدقيقة 52 عن طريق كريستيان جراي.

بتلك النتيجة، تحصل كل فريق على نقطة، حيث أصبح رصيد بوكا جونيورز نقطتين في المركز الثالث، بينما أصبح رصيد أوكلاند سيتي نقطة في المركز الرابع والأخير، مع العلم إنه ودع البطولة منذ جولة.

Nayan Mongia, Maninder Singh, Shiv Sunder Das and Ajay Ratra are among several candidates in the running to become part of BCCI’s new senior men’s selection committee.The deadline for applications closed on Monday (November 28), with the BCCI now likely to appoint a Cricket Advisory Committee to conduct interviews before announcing their decision. The first assignment for the new selection panel will be to pick the Indian team for the limited-overs series at home against Sri Lanka in 2023.Related

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In the meantime, the outgoing panel, led by Chetan Sharma, will remain in place. Its members are currently following the knockout stages of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic 50-overs competition, as well as the Cooch Behar Trophy.Das is currently contracted to Punjab as a batting coach. Prior to that, he was one of the coaches at the National Cricket Academy and had stints with the Indian women’s team. If Das is appointed – a number of his contemporaries believe so – he will be replacing his former Odisha team-mate Debasis Mohanty. Mohanty, the former India fast bowler, has completed his five-year term as a selector, having previously served in junior cricket.Hemang Badani* was believed to have been in the race, but he has since clarified that he hasn’t applied. Earlier, he neither confirmed nor denied his candidature when ESPNcricinfo had contacted him.7:03

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The current selection committee includes three members who can reapply for their jobs and while it could not be confirmed whether Chetan and Harvinder Singh will do so, it is learnt that Sunil Joshi will be stepping away. That leaves the position of the west zone selector, which has anyway been vacant since the tenure of Abey Kuruvilla ended late last year.Meanwhile, Deep Dasgupta and Laxmi Ratan Shukla, the other names doing rounds from the east, have confirmed they haven’t applied. Dasgupta is now a broadcaster while Shukla is currently head coach of the Bengal team, having taken over just six months ago from Arun Lal.Among the new applicants, Mongia has already been part of a selection committee – at both the junior and senior level – at Baroda. With 44 Tests and 140 ODIs, he is also among the senior-most candidates in the fray. Mumbai’s Sameer Dighe and Salil Ankola, along with UP’s Gyanendra Pandey and Punjab’s Reetinder Sodhi have also expressed interest in the job. Ajit Agarkar, who was among the few high-profile candidates from last time, hasn’t applied this time.When advertising for the new selection panel, the BCCI had put down a minimum qualification level of seven Tests or 30 first-class matches, or 10 ODIs and 20 first-class matches for applicants. They should have also retired “at least five years previously” and should not have been over 60 years of age. The committee when picked will comprise five members – one from each zone.* ESPNcricinfo had earlier misreported L Sivaramakrishnan’s candidature, and Hemang Badani has since clarified that he hasn’t applied for the job. The errors are regretted.