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Ruth Johnston had a day to remember for Hurricanes while Heat can now no longer finish better than second

AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff19-Nov-2021Melbourne Renegades’ hopes of topping the WBBL ladder and earning direct entry into the final copped a huge blow after they suffered a crushing 52-run loss to Hobart HurricanesHurricanes posted an impressive 5 for 161 on the back of a 120-run partnership between Ruth Johnston and Mignon du Preez. Ellie Falconer returned figures of 0 for 29 off 2.3 overs before being taken out of the attack for bowling too many beamers.The shock upset means the second-placed Perth Scorchers (16 points) now have their destiny in their own hands. Scorchers take on the Melbourne Stars in Adelaide on Saturday before finishing their home-and-away campaign against the Sydney Sixers on Sunday. Perth’s superior net run-rate means they are guaranteed to finish first if they can win against both the Stars and Sixers.Under the new WBBL finals format, the team who finish first earn direct entry into the decider. Third plays off against fourth in an elimination final, with the winner of that match taking on the second-placed team in what is effectively a preliminary final.Hurricanes entered Friday’s game on bottom of the ladder, but their impressive display with both bat and ball saw them rise to sixth. Johnston backed up her impressive batting display with figures of 2 for 17 with the ball, while Sasha Moloney (3-17) cleaned up the tail.Sydney Thunder 5 for 162 (Johnson 52) beat Brisbane Heat 9 for 153 (Redmayne 54, Harris 50) by nine runsBrisbane Heat saw then chances of finishing top, and therefore heading straight into a home final, dashed with a batting collapse against Sydney Thunder.Georgia Redmayne and Grace Harris opened with a stand of 99 in 11 overs as Heat chased 163, but they then crashed to 9 for 153 with only Mikayla Hinkley joining them on double figures. Harris had made 50 off 34 balls before falling to Sam Bates who remove Laura Kimmince, who had been promoted to No. 3, two balls later.Thunder were excellent in the field with Phoebe Litchfield and Anika Learoyd producing run outs while Redmayne was well caught by Deepti Sharma. When Jess Jonassen cleared the fence it briefly looked like the captain could mount a late charge but she and Hinkley fell in consecutive balls to Hannah Darlington before Deepti capped off a fine bowling display with a brace of final-over wickets.Sammy-Jo Johnson’s half-century had been the centerpiece of Thunder’s innings as she again opened with Smriti Mandhana. The pair added a rapid 58 in 6.3 overs before Litchfield joined in another solid partnership for the second wicket. Three wickets then fell for six runs, but Deepti and latterly Darlington provided useful runs.The highest Heat can now finish in the table is second with one game remaining.

Amid the arrivals of Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee, Manchester United are now reportedly ready to send a particular transfer flop out on loan this summer in a repeat of Jadon Sancho's move last season.

Man Utd transfer news

It's been a solid summer at Old Trafford so far, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe's reign already impressing. The Red Devils welcomed Zirkzee to kickstart their transfer business after the Dutchman impressed at Champions League-qualifying Bologna in Serie A last season. United then turned their attention to reinforcing their backline with arguably one of the best young centre-backs in European football – signing Yoro for a reported £52m.

After officially signing for the club, Yoro told Manchester United's website: "Signing for a club with the stature and ambition of Manchester United so early in my career is an incredible honour. Since my first conversations with the club, they set out a clear plan for how I can develop in Manchester as part of this exciting project, and showed a lot of care for me and my family."

However, as one star emerges, one flop could be set to leave. According to Mark Ogden of ESPN, Manchester United are now willing to let Antony leave on loan this summer if clubs are willing to pay his £70k-a-week wage. The winger arrived in 2023 for a reported £81m, but may now go down as one the Premier League's most expensive flops following a spell to forget at Old Trafford.

The winger may be hoping to enjoy a similar loan spell just as Jadon Sancho did last season at Borussia Dortmund, where he showed glimpses of his best form and helped the German club reach the Champions League final, where they lost to Real Madrid.

"Fighter" Antony needs summer move

A player who showed plenty of potential at Ajax, Antony simply hasn't been good enough at Manchester United and looks destined to follow in the footsteps of previous transfer flops such as Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku. The Brazilian is far from the first young player to struggle at Old Trafford and he may not be the last player to leave before enjoying the success that many believed was set to come in the Premier League.

Even throughout his poor form, Erik ten Hag has continuously backed Antony, saying via Metro last season: "There is also the team, first, the team is not playing well, when they don’t bring him the balls, again, I’m also responsible for that.

"But, obviously, also, there’s a lot of noise and that dropped his levels. He can do better, but all the players can do better. Antony is also a fighter, he has the confidence, he is brave, I am confident he will bring the performance that [shows] he is the right player for us."

Selling Antony this summer would show a ruthless side to Ten Hag amid the Dutchman's recent contract renewal off the back of a disappointing campaign last time out, while the emergence of the likes of Alejandro Garnacho perhaps allows room for United to make do without the Brazilian.

Pakistan wicketkeeper will be available from April until mid-July

Matt Roller16-Dec-2021

Mohammad Rizwan will play county cricket for the first time in 2022 after signing a deal to play for Sussex between April and mid-July.Rizwan will arrive in England after the conclusion of Australia’s tour to Pakistan on April 5 and will be available for the majority of the County Championship season and the whole of the T20 Blast.He will open the batting alongside Luke Wright in the Blast, replacing Phil Salt – who has left for Lancashire – as a top-order keeper/batter, and is a replacement for Ben Brown in the Championship side following his request to be released from his contract two years early.Rizwan is the fourth Pakistan international to sign for a county for 2022 after Shan Masood (Derbyshire), Zafar Gohar (Gloucestershire) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (Middlesex) and with a relatively clear window in their international schedule in the first half of the season, it would be no surprise if more players were to follow.Related

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Ian Salisbury, Sussex’s Championship and 50-over head coach, said that his former county team-mates Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq had provided character references for Rizwan which suggested he would be “a wonderful addition to our dressing room”.”I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t really disappointed to learn we’d be losing a player of Ben Brown’s quality,” Salisbury said. “Now that has happened, though, we have to look forward and I’m delighted that we’ve been able to act quickly over the last week or so to secure the services of one of the world’s best keeper-batters as a replacement.”Mohammad’s first-class and Test records speak for themselves and it’s a huge coup to welcome him to Sussex for a big chunk of next season’s Championship. He and Travis [Head] are exactly the kind of experienced, international cricketers that our emerging lads can learn a huge amount from.”Sussex won the wooden spoon in last year’s County Championship, finishing bottom of Division Three with a young team. As well as Rizwan, they have signed Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Steven Finn this winter and Travis Head is due to return as captain – and the club’s other Championship overseas player – despite struggling in his first season at Hove.James Kirtley, Sussex’s T20 coach, described Rizwan as “one of the most exciting cricketers in the world” and said that he was “an excellent replacement” following Salt’s departure. “I am extremely pleased to be filling that gap with an international player of his calibre,” he said. “He is a natural leader and a player who will inspire. I am very much looking forward to welcoming him to Sussex as the latest in a long line of successful cricketers that have played for Pakistan and Sussex.”

أرسل نادي الزمالك خطابًا رسميًا إلى اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية، يطالب فيه بالتدخل في الشكوى المقدمة من النادي الأهلي بشأن أحداث مباراة القمة التي أقيمت يوم 11 مارس 2025، مؤكدًا أن لديه صفة ومصلحة مباشرة في هذا النزاع.

وجاء هذا التحرك بعد أن تقدم النادي الأهلي بشكوى رسمية إلى اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية، احتجاجًا على عدم تنفيذ طلبه باستقدام طاقم حكام أجانب لإدارة المباراة.

ونتيجة لذلك، لم يحضر الأهلي اللقاء، ليتم اعتباره منسحبًا وفقًا للائحة رابطة الأندية المحترفة، التي قضت باحتساب الزمالك فائزًا بالمباراة (3-0)، بالإضافة إلى خصم 3 نقاط أخرى من رصيد الأهلي في نهاية الموسم، ليلجأ الأهلي إلى اللجنة الأولمبية ويتقدم بشكوى ضد اتحاد الكرة والرابطة.

طالع أيضًا | رئيس اللجنة الأولمبية: يحق لنا النظر في شكوى الأهلي.. ومنحنا اتحاد الكرة أسبوعًا للرد

ويرى الزمالك أن أي قرار صادر عن اللجنة الأولمبية بخصوص هذه الشكوى سيكون غير قانوني، نظرًا لعدم اختصاصها بالفصل في قرارات رابطة الأندية أو إدارة المسابقات.

وحصل بطولات، على نسخة من الخطاب الذي أرسله نادي الزمالك للجنة الأولمبية، واستند الأبيض في طلبه إلى عدة أسباب قانونية وموضوعية، أبرزها:

1- عدم اختصاص اللجنة الأولمبية بالنظر في الشكاوى المتعلقة بالعقوبات الصادرة من لجنة المسابقات، حيث لا تمنحها لوائح الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم أو رابطة الأندية أي سلطة للفصل في مثل هذه القضايا.

2- بطلان لجوء الأهلي إلى اللجنة الأولمبية، لعدم توافر شروط اللجوء للجنة فض المنازعات وفقًا للمادة 54/3 من اللوائح المنظمة.

3- سلامة موقف اتحاد الكرة ورابطة الأندية في ملف التحكيم، حيث التزمت الرابطة بالمادة 46/12 من لائحة المسابقات، التي تمنحها الحق في استقدام حكام أجانب وفقًا للإجراءات المتبعة.

4- تعارض تدخل اللجنة الأولمبية مع لوائح الفيفا، التي تمنع أي جهة خارجية من التأثير على القرارات التنظيمية والفنية الخاصة بإدارة اللعبة، وتُلزم جميع الأطراف بالالتزام بلوائح البطولات المحلية والاتحادات الوطنية.

“I’ve definitely put on some weight and started throwing a bit more tin around.”

Deivarayan Muthu11-Oct-2021After nailing down a permanent spot in New Zealand’s T20I team in 2020, Glenn Phillips launched his power-hitting to an all-new level in 2021. Nobody has hit more sixes than Phillips’ 89 in T20 cricket (including the Hundred) this year. Phillips has put his six-hitting down to extensive workouts at the gym, which often include 800 press-ups a day, and understanding his strengths.”Being in the gym has had a lot to do with it [six-hitting],” Phillips said during a virtual media interaction. “I’ve definitely put on some weight and started throwing a bit more tin around. So when it came to batting in the middle, if I did need to take it deeper, I could, but I always knew that I could catch-up and clear the rope if I had to. I think understanding what my strong shots are to be able to hit those sixes allows me to keep a cool head and play the right balls and hit them for six, as opposed to just trying to hit everything for six.Related

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“I think it’s a combination of working hard in the gym as well as understanding my game and what my strengths are and understanding the line and length that I’m looking for in order to be able to hit the maximum. Liam [Livingstone] is an incredible ball-striker, so he’s always going to be a tough one to keep off my heels and with the World Cup coming up and a couple of matches left in the year still it’s going to be a tough chase to see who finishes on top there.”Phillips has been on the road since May, participating in the Vitality Blast, Hundred, the CPL and most recently the IPL in the UAE. So, what keeps himself busy during quarantine? Working out, of course.”Especially when I’m quarantined and alone and there’s not much to do, I try to do as much exercise as possible, but at the moment [in the New Zealand bubble] I’ve got my partner here, so we enjoy as much time together as possible before she ends up leaving. I think as soon as she’s gone again, it’ll be exercising 24/7…ESPNcricinfo Ltd

“At one stage I was sort of doing 800 [press-ups] a day over three sets. I’d do a set of 300, then 300, and 200. And on an average day, I’d normally end up with about 500. So, the 300 and 200 set – they all depend upon what the day was and depending on other workouts I was doing – sometimes cardio, sometimes it’d be strength-based, but those are definitely the ones that made the biggest difference to when I got back home where my numbers on things like the bench press and bench pull went skyrocketing went from doing just body-weight stuff.”Phillips has also done his bit with the ball in franchise tournaments, with Daniel Vettori, the Barbados Royals coach, talking up his quickish offspin during CPL 2021. New Zealand could play both their frontline spinners Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi in their XI, with Phillips providing some cushion.Phillips is still learning on the job as a bowler and hopes to be matched up with India and Afghanistan, who could potentially have few left-handers in their top and middle orders, in conditions that might aid spin.”I’m really feeling good about my bowling at the moment,” Phillips said. “It was awesome from Sanju [Samson] to give me a couple of opportunities in the IPL as well in these conditions and I definitely understood that I probably bowled a little bit fuller in the second game and such is the case with some games. As a bowler, some bowlers are going to get a tap regardless of whether they bowl all the time or they are working on my skill like myself.”But for me personally, I’m bowling a lot in the nets and working on my length, pace and change-ups and I’ve also got a few more tricks in the bag now, which means if I have the opportunity to use them, I can be a little bit more unpredictable, which ideally gives Kane [Williamson] something else to play with other than just Ish [Sodhi] and [Mitchell] Santner. So, whether I get used or not, it’s definitely up to the situation of the team. But we have some left-handers come into play, especially with India and Afghanistan there. There’s a potential that I’m going to bowl and I’m definitely going to relish a challenge as always.”Phillips has a chance to fine-tune his big-hitting and offspin further in three warm-up fixtures (against Australia, England and Netherlands) before New Zealand open their World Cup campaign on October 26 against Pakistan in Sharjah.

The bilateral series will be Bangladesh’s first international assignment since the T20 World Cup last year

Annesha Ghosh16-Sep-2021

Bangladesh are set to play a three-match ODI series against hosts Zimbabwe in November before the two sides enter the biobubble for the 10-team women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier to be played in the African nation. The bilateral series will be Bangladesh’s first international assignment since the T20 World Cup held in Australia in February-March last year.”The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Zimbabwe Cricket have had talks regarding this series and it was decided our women’s team will be play three ODIs against Zimbabwe ahead of the World Cup Qualifier,” Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, the head of BCB’s women cricket wing told ESPNcricinfo. “We have stuck to just the ODI matches for the bilateral series because the qualifier are in the one-day format and it will serve as an important preparatory exercise for our team in terms of getting match time before the qualifier.”Since the 2020 T20 World Cup, where Bangladesh were eliminated in the league stage, the only top-flight competitive cricket the players took part in was in April, when the South Africa Emerging side had toured Sylhet for a five-game one-day series. The fifth match, however, was cancelled “to accommodate the visiting side’s return home before the suspension of international flight operations” following a Covid-19-induced lockdown in Bangladesh,” a BCB release said at the time.Asked about Bangladesh’s protracted time away from international cricket, stretching to 18 months at present, Nadel said: “We had been trying to organise tours for Bangladesh Women for a long time, but our plans didn’t come off. The coronavirus pandemic was a reason but we came across hurdles arising from issues related to sports and social-cultural perceptions that exist in the subcontinent – I won’t name the countries but we didn’t agree to conduct tours with a few of them because of this reason.”Unfortunately, roadblocks continue to exist around women’s sport, related to prevailing gender inequality, even though we continue to work to eradicate them. The investment required to create a biobubble is significant for a women’s team; we often don’t get that from our sponsors. Sponsors and investors expect mileage out of every series they invest in, and against that backdrop, that doesn’t seem to be possible now (with the women’s side), so the matches against Zimbabwe is all we have been able to finalise.”Related

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The qualifying event, delayed twice due to the pandemic, runs from November 21 to December 5, with Bangladesh, who last played an ODI series in November 2019, expected to depart for Zimbabwe on November 4 or 5. The visitors’ coaching staff, Nadel said, would comprise only local personnel, considering the BCB has not found a suitable candidate yet for the head coach role, a position that has remained vacant since the muddled exit of former India captain Anju Jain in June 2020 following the end of her contract two months earlier.The BCB had formally invited applications for the head coach’s job in May, with June 10 the deadline. However, ESPNcricinfo understands a raft of pandemic-enforced last-minute withdrawals by high-profile foreign candidates either side of publication of the job advert derailed the BCB’s plans of filling up the post. Mark Robinson, who coached England to the 2017 women’s World Cup title at home, was among them.Nadel said the BCB remains focused on hiring a foreign national as head coach, as has been “the tradition over the recent past,” but even if the board ends up shortlisting applicants before the Zimbabwe tour, he made it clear the appointment would be made only after the qualifier.”We have several reputed coaches in the national pool who work with women cricketers. And we have seen interest from foreign coaches, too, not to mention our last few national head coaches for the women’s team have been from overseas,” Nadel said. “Our team is still relatively inexperienced on the international stage, so went want to avail of the services of coaches with strong international experience because we want our women’s team to be mentally strong. That’s the reason we’re looking for a foreign coach.”That said, we are not looking to hire a coach from abroad for the Zimbabwe series or the World Cup Qualifier because we don’t think 15 days or a month would be adequate time for the coach to get to know the players, assess their strengths and weaknesses, or prepare them accordingly,” he said. “So, we want to use our local coaches for these assignments.”To get preparations for the tour of Zimbabwe underway, the BCB recently organised a skills-and-fitness camp at BKSP Ground in Savar for 60 women cricketers, the board’s 22 centrally contracted players included. The camp began on August 14, ran in two phases, and ended with a four-team, 50-over tournament.The final of the seven-match competition was held on September 11 and saw Bangladesh regulars in Salma Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Shamima Sultana, Rumana Ahmed, Khadija Tul Kubra, Lata Mondal lock horns in the Eastern vs Southern clash. The other two teams – Northern and Western – featured the likes of Jahanara Alam and Murshida Khatun among other prominent names from the national side.According to Nadel, the camp was held under the watch of six coaches with prior experience of working with women cricketers in Bangladesh: Wahidul Gani, Dipu Roy, Ruhul Amin, Faruque, Shanu and Emon, some of whom who are expected to accompany Bangladesh on the Zimbabwe tour and oversee the World Cup Qualifier campaign.The three qualifiers for the 2022 ODI World Cup as well as the next two teams will book places in the next ICC Women’s Championship along with the top five from last time, as the ICC increased the number of teams in the third cycle of the IWC from eight to 10. Bangladesh, currently ranked eighth in the ODI team rankings, were not part of the previous IWC cycles. In T20I rankings, they hold the No. 9 position.

Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from Lord’s on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog

Varun Shetty14-Aug-2021.

Stumps

6.32pmJoe Root made his fourth century at Lord’s, and stretched it past 150 like he had the first three times, as a near-perfect display on Day 3 helped England take a slender lead against India. He was left stranded on 180 with England being bowled out off the last ball of the day. The 27-run lead capped off a gradual comeback from England in the match, which had begun by first bowling India out early on Day 2 and then battling through to stumps on a difficult evening. Exactly two days and two innings now remain for the teams to force a result.Almost as if it were a reward for their work on Friday evening, England came out to the best batting conditions of the match so far on Saturday – bright sunshine and a flat pitch that they put to good use, starting with overnight batters Root and Jonny Bairstow.

Always a matter of two wickets

5.15pmIshant Sharma struck twice in two balls late on day three•Getty Images

At every point in this Test match, the tempo has changed entirely with two quick wickets. Rahul and Rahane yesterday, then Sibley and Hameed. And it’s Ishant Sharma today, picked ahead of Ashwin, who gets the two left-handers in two balls. Root’s now faced a hat-trick ball twice in this innings.India have dragged it close to parity with those wickets. A big lead now will need a significant effort from England’s tail. Mark Wood likes to throw the bat around and Anderson can stick around. As long as Root is in, England will still think of 450.4.28pmMost hundreds in India-England Tests•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Tea

3.45pmJoe Root and Jos Buttler finish a run as Ishant Sharma reacts•Getty Images

Only 50 away now, England. They scrapped and marginally pushed ahead of India through yesterday’s sessions. Today, it’s been complete dominance. Another session scoring at nearly 3.5 an over. They’ve added 98 in this one and lost two wickets and suddenly this game is moving as quickly as it had on the first day. The pitch certainly looks just as good as it had on that day, flat and friendly when movement in the air isn’t a factor.For India, the second new ball hasn’t proved to be a game-changer. And now they have begun leaking boundaries. Shami is going at over four an over and there is little in terms of clear-cut chances being created by their line-up. England have cashed in big time to seize the advantage – in all but runs – in this Test.

300 in sight

3.25pmJoe Root is all smiles after getting to a century•PA Photos/Getty Images

India had to manufacture the Jonny Bairstow wicket and the Jos Buttler wicket was a rare case of them significantly beating an England batter today. It has been cruise control for the most part though as the sun has continued to beat down through the day. The ball isn’t doing a whole lot and they’re having to rely on toil and discipline at the moment. Flambouyant set-ups aren’t on the menu today as England come close to 300 – something both myself and Debayan Sen had said wasn’t likely on the podcast last evening – and even closer to taking a lead well before stumps if things continue to go this way. England’s lower order, starting with Moeen Ali, is a free-flowing, attacking one. It could soon be panic stations for India.

Joe Root gets to five hundreds in 2021

2.21pmAnd Sampath from the stats team points out that no one’s done it for England since Ian Bell in 2011. Another terrific knock from their captain.Five or more centuries for England in a calendar year•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Where are we headed?

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