The India captain walked off the field, massaging the back of his neck immediately after sweeping Simon Harmer for four

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2025Shubman Gill was just three balls into his innings in the first Test against South Africa in Kolkata when he hurt his neck and had to go off the field. He did not come out to bat as India finished their first innings on 189, taking a lead of 30 runs.”Shubman Gill has a neck spasm and is being monitored by the BCCI medical team,” the BCCI said after the first session.India were 75 for 2 when Gill, facing his third delivery, slog-swept Simon Harmer for four over square leg. As he completed the shot and got up, he looked in discomfort, took off his helmet and rubbed the back of his neck. The physio came out and Gill had to retire hurt.Related

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At the end of the day, Gill, wearing a neck brace, was stretchered out of the dressing room and into the players’ ambulance for scans to Woodlands hospital with the team doctor. Since it’s not an external injury, he may not be allowed to bat at his usual No. 4 if he does not spend the required time in the field during South Africa’s innings.”Gill is a very fit guy, he looks after himself very well, so it’s just unfortunate this morning that he woke up with a stiff neck and that carried him into the day, which was crucial for us,” India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel said after the day’s play. “Another sort of partnership with him batting around was going to be needed for us at the time and… just bad timing.”Rishabh Pant replaced Gill at the crease, and India went into lunch at 138 for 4. But the wickets fell in a flurry after the break, with Harmer picking up 4 for 30 and Marco Jansen 3 for 35.Last October, too, Gill had to sit out the Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru because of a stiff neck.

Australia’s captain will play through the home summer which features a multi-format series against India

AAP23-Jun-2025Alyssa Healy has ruled out making this year’s ODI World Cup a farewell party, revealing recent injuries could persuade her to push back any retirement plans she might have had.Healy’s path back to cricket will be confirmed on Tuesday, with the wicketkeeper to be named as part of an Australia A squad to face India A in Queensland in August. The matches will be the Australia captain’s first since the Ashes success at the start of the year, when she missed games with a stress fracture in her foot and did not keep wicket in others.She has endured a difficult year fitness-wise, also missing the finals of last year’s T20 World Cup with the foot injury and having a knee issue end her WBBL season early.Related

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The 35-year-old then sat out ODIs in New Zealand and the WPL in India as a result of her injuries, but said she has been fit and able to play since March.Healy has often joked she had decided to retire from cricket five or six times before opting against it, and revealed that earlier this year she had an ideal exit scenario. But that will not be after the October-November World Cup, with a hunger for cricket while injured meaning her yet-to-be-revealed plans could be pushed back.”It’s probably shifted a little bit,” Healy told AAP. “It’s made me realise that I still want to do a little bit more than maybe what I thought. At the same time, sometimes there’s stuff in life that are a little bit more important than pulling on the green and gold. So it’s just a constant reassess.”But at the moment I definitely want to play a home summer. I want to bring the World Cup home, but also to play against India [in February-March].”Tuesday marks 100 days until Australia’s opening World Cup game against New Zealand, with the India tournament presenting a real challenge for the defending champions.Australia are gunning to be the first side to win back-to-back in the tournament in almost 40 years, with the team having faced a large transition since 2022.

“It’s not so much about the captaincy [driving me], or ticking one more box. It’s just that I want to win a World Cup for Australia, and no one has gone back-to-back, which is a real motivator”Alyssa Healy

Forming a pathway to the ODI World Cup was part of Healy’s pitch when she took over the captaincy when Meg Lanning retired in 2023.”That was one of my goals, putting a timeline on it and saying ‘this is where I could take this group’, even not knowing what I was going to do personally,” Healy said. “It definitely was a big focus of mine, to get the group to a place to compete at this World Cup, and win the trophy.”It’s not so much about the captaincy [driving me], or ticking one more box. It’s just that I want to win a World Cup for Australia, and no one has gone back-to-back, which is a real motivator.”Healy has not kept wicket in a match since January, but was confident the Australia A series and subsequent ODIs in India would have her fit for up to nine World Cup matches in 32 days.”According to science, the ODI World Cups is one of the heaviest loads that we go through as cricketers,” Healy said. “My aim is to play every game of that World Cup. So to make sure I can do that’s important.”

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The loss against England highlighted a number of areas of concern they’ll need to address quickly

Mohammad Isam11-Oct-20231:56

Is the top order Bangladesh’s weakness?

For close to two decades, Bangladesh have proffered the notion that they need a good start to get anywhere – in a session, a match, a bilateral series or a tournament. They have always said that a good start allows them to settle in quickly. It is a sporting cliché. It is true for many teams. Bangladesh keep saying it because they lived this for a very long time.They have certainly found ways to win matches and series after getting bad starts on and off, but when they don’t win, like in their World Cup game against England in Dharamshala, they do not necessarily look a comfortable lot.While the fast bowlers have shown improvement in the last two years, they were ineffective in the first powerplay in both that game and the previous one against Afghanistan. With the bat, Bangladesh have used seven different opening pairs in 21 ODIs this year. They have lost four wickets for under 100 runs in eight out of their last ten ODIs.Related

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Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe acknowledged it was concerning for the team. He was disappointed that the fast bowlers were not able to take the advantage of the early start with the Dharamsala pitch having enough in it to trouble the England openers.”If you don’t get a start, if you lose more than three wickets in the first powerplay, then you are not winning many matches,” Hathurusinghe said. “So, definitely it’s a concern for batting. When we play seven batters, we want our top order to fire so that’s a big concern. The fast bowlers were unusually off colour in the powerplay in the last two games. Normally in a day game, early on, there is something for the fast bowlers.”Even this game, there was seam movement early on. [The pitch was] a little tacky and two-paced. The two openers were playing and missing, there were mis-hits, and they were a little bit lucky. After that, they batted really well. So, if we had some early wickets, the story would have been different.”The blame however cannot just go to the misfiring fast bowlers or the revolving door of the openers. The Bangladesh think-tank, which is at its most crowded in recent memory, takes these decisions.It has been that sort of a start for Shakib Al Hasan and Bangladesh this World Cup•AFP/Getty ImagesTaskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam bowled just two overs each in the powerplay – just two balls apiece to England’s centurion, Dawid Malan. Bangladesh’s plan was to attack Malan with offspin, which completely backfired. Malan scored at a strike rate of 151.42 against the offspin duo of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mahedi Hasan, who collectively bowled the most to him after the first powerplay.For a team that relies on match-ups, this was a bitter blow. Five of England’s top six are right-handers, so left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed could have been a wiser choice if they wanted to attack the batters with the away-going delivery. Plus, while Shakib Al Hasan finished his spell of ten overs in the 32nd over, Taskin, the team’s premier fast bowler, bowled just six overs in the innings, which was baffling. It would not have been a bad call to bring Taskin on in the middle overs when the offspinners were getting hammered.Hathurusinghe praised Shoriful for his three wickets in quick succession towards the end, which he felt stopped England from getting to 400. “We were little disappointed the way we started,” he said. “We could have bowled a little bit more onto the stumps, especially in the first 10 overs. We came back well.”Shoriful, I thought was very brave to bowl those variations when we were really under pressure. They would have got 400 at one stage I thought. There are some positives but we didn’t bowl well.”Litton Das’ sparkling 76 apart, Bangladesh were never in the chase and a part of the issue was how the batting line-up was shaped. Rookie Tanzid Hasan now has 40 runs in six innings. His inexperience isn’t his fault as he was thrown into the deep end of tough Asia Cup and World Cup campaigns without being given a teething period.”It is a concern if you are not scoring, but then Litton coming into form in this game was a good positive for us,” Hathurusinghe said. “Tanzid scored runs in the two practice games, so he was in form. It is two failures. In the World Cup, it can happen for any team. I’m hoping those guys will fire, because most of the batters now got into form, and in the coming games, hopefully, we will perform as a group.”Bangladesh have also avoided carrying a back-up opener, believing Mehidy could do the job if needed. Against England, he was sent in at No. 5 replacing Towhid Hridoy. The move seemed unnecessary as Hridoy has scored heavily in that position since making his debut earlier this year. If they wanted to send Hridoy down the order and not stick to specific batting positions, then Mushfiqur Rahim could have been a better option at No. 5 against England.Bangladesh need to settle into a rhythm with their line-up and selection. The batting reshuffling must end and the bowling should go beyond mere match-ups. It is now up to the team management to follow their players in making mental adjustments quickly.

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Scottish boss Russell Martin has plenty of things to deal with early on in his tenure as Glasgow Rangers’ new head coach ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.

The former Southampton manager has to build a squad that can challenge for the Scottish Premiership title, and has already had Lyall Cameron added to his midfield options.

However, Martin will also have to deal with the prospect of some of his best players moving on from Ibrox if teams come in with big-money offers for them during the summer transfer window.

Fiorentina and Marseille are reportedly keen on Nicolas Raskin, who is valued at £20m by the 49ers, and up to six English teams are said to be eyeing up Mohamed Diomande ahead of a possible swoop for his services.

The Light Blues are no stranger to cashing in on their top talents over the years, though, as players have moved on from Glasgow to pursue other options in Europe many times in recent seasons.

One deal that the Scottish giants hit the jackpot with, though, was the sale of Joe Aribo to then-Premier League side Southampton in the summer of 2022.

Why Rangers hit the jackpot with Joe Aribo

The Nigeria international was a terrific player for Rangers during his time at Ibrox, having spent three years at the club after joining from Charlton in the summer of 2019.

Aribo racked up 26 goals and 25 assists in 149 appearances in all competitions for the Light Blues in those three seasons, and his final goal contribution was a goal in the Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt.

The left-footed star’s form for Rangers attracted attention from down south and he sealed a move to then-Premier League outfit Southampton in the summer of 2022.

A reported fee of £10m was agreed between the two clubs for the attacking midfielder, who was reportedly being eyed up by other teams in the English top-flight, and that has turned out to be a brilliant deal for the Gers.

As you can see in the table above, Aribo’s value has plummeted down to just £5.1m, as per Transfermarkt, in the three years since the midfield star decided to move on from Ibrox.

The 28-year-old, who has scored nine goals and provided one assist in 109 games for Southampton, has not kicked on during his spell in England, which suggests that the Gers hit gold with the deal they got for him in 2022.

Rangers could repeat that masterclass this summer amid speculation that another one of their forwards could leave the club in the coming weeks.

Rangers striker set to move on from Ibrox

According to Soccernet.ng, Cyriel Dessers is poised to complete a permanent exit from Rangers before the end of the summer transfer window.

The report claims that the Nigeria international is ‘set’ to sign for Greek giants AEK Athens, after he ‘set sights’ on a move away from Ibrox ahead of next season.

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Soccernet.ng adds that the striker has already verbally agreed to sign for the Greek team and has mapped out a £30k-per-week contract to sign if the transfer goes through this summer.

The outlet reveals that the two teams still need to come to an agreement on a transfer fee for the player before a deal can be finalised, and it does not mention how much money it would take to get it done.

However, The Scottish Sun recently reported that the Gers are holding out for a fee of around £5m for the striker, who they paid £4.5m to Cremonese for in 2023.

If the Light Blues can agree a £5m deal to sell Dessers to AEK Athens, who Soccernet.ng claims is set to join them, then it could be an Aribo repeat.

Why Dessers could be an Aribo repeat

The 30-year-old number nine could follow in Aribo’s footsteps as another star performer who could decrease in value after leaving the Scottish giants.

His value has already dropped from £4.2m at the time of his Ibrox arrival to £3.4m at the time of writing (19/06/2025), as per Transfermarkt, which immediately suggests that a fee of £5m would be a great deal for Rangers.

That is in spite of a very respectable goalscoring return of 51 strikes in 109 matches for the Light Blues in all competitions over the past two seasons.

His value at AEK Athens, should a transfer go through this summer, could fall even further on Transfermarkt, despite a potential fee of £5m, because he may not have the chance to score as many goals.

The Greek side finished fourth in the Super League and only scored 48 goals, whilst Rangers finished second in the Premiership and scored 80 goals.

As you can see in the table above, the Nigerian striker missed a staggering 60 ‘big chances’ in the Premiership, Europa League, and Champions League combined in his first two seasons at Ibrox.

Dessers, who journalist Josh Bunting claimed is “awkward” to play against due to his physicality, scored a decent number of goals for Rangers because he was in a team that was constantly creating chances for him, as evidenced by how many huge opportunities he spurned.

Therefore, he may struggle to have the same impact in an AEK Athens team that did not create or score anywhere near as much as Rangers did in the 2024/25 campaign, which could expose his wasteful finishing in a side that does not create loads of ‘big chances’.

This means that Dessers’ output in front of goal could diminish as a result of signing for the Greek side, which is why his value could also plummet as a result of the move, particularly now that the striker is also in his 30s and heading into his latter years.

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Selling the experienced forward to Athens for £5m, if a deal can be agreed at that price, could be an Aribo repeat for Rangers as another player whose value could plummet after leaving.

It denied Healy a chance to test her readiness with the gloves after she had played the NZ series late last year only as a batter

Andrew McGlashan09-Jan-2025
Match abandonedAlyssa Healy was prevented from testing herself in the middle with the wicketkeeping gloves as the Governor-General match against England was abandoned after less than 29 overs due to rain in Sydney, while quick bowler Lauren Filer endured a difficult start to her Ashes tour with the ball as she repeatedly lost her footing in delivery.Australia captain Healy was using this match to test her readiness to return with the gloves after playing as a batter only against New Zealand late last year, but was only able to have a hit as she made a crisp 38 in a rapid opening stand of 91 with Georgia Voll who again impressed with a 38-ball half-century.After the game had been called off due to frequent stoppages, Healy had a 20-minute keeping session on the outfield with Australia’s coaching staff ahead of Sunday’s first ODI.Related