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Glamorgan 198 for 3 beat Warwickshire 196 all out by seven wickets at Sophia Gardens
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Only Trevor Penney (64) made a real impression with the bat as Warwickshire struggled against the bowling of Adrian Dale – 3 for 16 – and Dean Cosker (3 for 44). Glamorgan’s run-chase was a formality once Robert Croft blazed his way to 71 at the top of the order. Matthew Maynard and David Hemp then administered the last rites.Leicestershire 90 for 4 beat Essex 212 for 6 by six wickets (D/L method) at Grace Road
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Andy Flower held the Essex innings together with a superb 103 (113 balls), but it wasn’t enough to edge out Leicestershire in a truncated match at Grace Road. With the innings reduced to 43.3 overs, Flower combined with Darren Robinson (35) and Aftab Habib to post a competitive total. Phil DeFreitas and Darren Stevens got Leicestershire off to a good start, but the D/L target became stiffer with the fall of wickets. Needing 89 from 16 overs, they got there with two deliveries to spare.National League Division Two
Derbyshire 163 for 4 beat Sussex 160 for 6 by six wickets (D/L method) at the County Ground
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Mohammad Kaif and Dominic Hewson combined to guide Derbyshire to a six-wicket victory, with seven balls remaining. Kaif made 55 from 62 balls, and Hewson chipped in with a 29-ball 39. Sussex’s total owed much to a 55-ball 60 from Matthew Prior, but good bowling from Graeme Welch (2 for 27) and Dominic Cork (2 for 34) restricted them to a below-par total in another match interrupted by rain.Middlesex 210 for 8 beat Durham 203 for 6 by 7 runs at Lord’s
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Middlesex eked out a narrow victory thanks largely to Tim Bloomfield’s superb bowling (4 for 36). Ed Joyce and Simon Cook had almost single-handedly taken Middlesex past 200, after Neil Killeen – who bowled a beautiful spell to finish with 5 for 33 – and Mark Davies cut through the top order. Durham’s response was anchored by Gary Pratt (63*), but despite contributions from Nicky Peng (41) and Gordon Muchall (44), it was Middlesex, and Bloomfield, who had the final word. Hampshire 335 for 6 beat Somerset 219 all out by 116 runs at the County Ground in Taunton
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Simon Katich, who cracked a magnificent 106 from 88 balls, and John Crawley – with a far from sedate 92 (64 balls) – were instrumental in this comprehensive rout of Somerset. John Francis made 50 too, as Somerset’s bowlers – the exception being Nixon McLean, who took 3 for 51 – were taken apart. Chaminda Vaas then got Jamie Cox fourth ball to start Somerset’s slide to defeat. Ian Blackwell (43) and Keith Parsons were the only ones to offer any resistance as Hampshire wrapped up the innings with 8.5 overs to spare. Shaun Udal finished with 3 for 36.

West Indies secured a place in the LG Abans triangular series final afteranother poor performance by Zimbabwe’s batsmen and a pyrotechnic battingdisplay by Chris Gayle at Asgiriya International Stadium on Sunday.Beaten so convincingly by Sri Lanka on Saturday, West Indies won in anequally emphatic manner today, as they bowled out Zimbabwe for 154 and wonby eight-wickets, reaching their target with 16 overs to spareGayle started his tour of Sri Lanka with a brilliant unbeaten hundred inMatara in the second warm-up game, but flopped in the Test series, recordingthree ducks in his last three innings.The one-day series started badly too, with another duck in West Indies firstgame and a highest score of 21. But today, in front of a small Sunday crowd,he provided rich entertainment on an otherwise soporific days cricket.He started slowly, taking 15 balls to get off the mark, and scoring justnine runs in the first ten overs after losing his opening partner, DarenGanga, cheaply.But, from the 13th over, he went berserk, clattering the bowlers all roundthis small hill station stadium. Travis Friend was pummeled for 16 in theover and Henry Olonga for 20 in the next. He brought up his fifty with a sixoff Gray Brent’s first and last ball of the series, before smacking themedium pacer for four boundaries in his following over.Particularly ruthless square on the off-side, where he hit the ball withawesome power, Zimbabwe’s bowlers paid dearly for offering the left-handertoo much width.He added 106 runs for the second wicket with Ramnaresh Sarwan, who scoredjust 14 of them, before Olonga gained some revenge for his earlier bruisingwith a stinging catch in the covers.But, by then, West Indies were well ahead of the game and his dismissalsimply delayed the inevitable, as Sarwan (30 not out) and 20-year-olddebutante, Ryan Hinds (16 not out) sedately knocked off the remaining 35runs.During the morning, after Carl Hooper had won the toss and elected to bowlfirst, Zimbabwe’s top order had failed miserably, for the second time in theseries. For a while they looked unlikely to reach three figures, as theyslumped to 53 for seven.They had no one to blame but themselves after a succession of loose shots.Grant Flower (3) played down the wrong line, Stuart Carlisle (1) flashed ata wide delivery, Craig Wishart (6) was run out and Trevor Gripper (4),playing his first and last game of the series, wafted speculatively.Only Dion Ebrahim, trapped lbw by good ball from Corey Colleymore thatjagged back into the right-hander and Andy Flower, also trapped lbw, wereblameless.Medium pacer Darryl Brown, one of three changes to the side that lostyesterday, started his international career well with three for 21 in themiddle of the innings, capturing the key wicket of Flower.Heath Streak and Friend did show some belated resistance, as they added 60runs for the eighth wicket, with Streak scoring 57 before he holed out atlong off.West Indies now travel to Colombo to prepare for the final on Wednesdayagainst Sri Lanka. Hooper said afterwards he had a “strong feeling” that hisside could upset Sri Lanka.They will be without Brian Lara, who returned from the hospital to the teamhotel last evening after dislocating his elbow and will stay with the teamuntil the end of the tour. His arm will remain in a sling for two weeks andthe management is hopeful that he can be back playing in 5-6 weeks.Zimbabwe will now start preparations for a tough series against Sri Lanka,starting on 27 December. They have a three-day practice match starting 21December.

Manchester United ran out comfortable 1-0 winners in the opening game of the Premier League season against a lacklustre Tottenham side.

An unlucky own goal courtesy of Kyle Walker was the difference, but Spurs never really looked like competing despite a late push in the final minutes and United barely got out of second gear while beating the north London side.

But after a mere 90 minutes of Premier League football done and a long way to go – just what have we learnt..?

1. Daniel Levy’s moth-riddled wallet is going to have to come out eventually

Daniel. Please. I know you don’t like spending money but just LOOK at this starting XI. Tottenham could do with strengthening in a number of different areas. Another striker. A central midfielder. Hell anyone who’s actually world class.

They can’t continue to rely on Eriksen and Kane to pull them out of the mire every weekend and Poch must be crying out for a blank cheque to go out and get reinforcements. Do the right thing Daniel, it’s not that painful I promise.

2. Manchester United are genuine title contenders 

After a slow start United ran out comfortable winners against a Tottenham side devoid of ideas, but that doesn’t make their performance any less impressive.

The Red Devils have the strength in depth to mount a serious title challenge, and with mercurial new signing Memphis Depay and Wayne Rooney back in his preferred central striker role, there’s no reason why they can’t push Chelsea and Arsenal all the way.

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3. Anyone would think Bastian Schweinsteiger is basically Jesus Christ resurrected the amount United fans were going on about him

I mean just look at this lot, haven’t these people got got families?

Tottenham Hotspur crashed out of the FA Cup to lower league opposition and it was another game in which Heung-min Son flattered to deceive.

In a game of very few chances, it was Championship outfit Middlesbrough that ran out victors at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday night, thanks to a goal from teenage substitute Josh Cobern, who netted an extra-time winner to remove Spurs’ final hope of silverware in 2021/22.

“When you play this type of game, you have to be very good from the start,” manager Antonio Conte said after the defeat. “We had the chances to score and to kill the game but we didn’t take them.”

The South Korean attacker was one of those wasteful players as he failed to find the net from four shots on target. His tally alone accounted for 66.6% of the Lilywhites’ total efforts on target, so it’s no wonder they never found the net across 120 minutes.

You’d have expected Son to deliver based on his performance against Leeds United at the weekend but that may have proved to be an anomaly in a tough run of form for the 29-year-old as he went missing up at Burnley, a result that left Conte questioning his future at the club.

He had zero shots on target that day, so this time, he was just more lacklustre with his attempts, having been given a chance to change the game. Again, though, he let his manager and the side down.

Elsewhere, he proved to be one of the most ineffective players on the ball, failing to register a single successful dribble from three attempts. A poor return up against a Championship backline and considering his top-flight average of 1.7 successful attempts per game.

He also lost possession 24 times, more than anyone else on the pitch, effectively handing the ball back to the opposition all game, so not only was he fruitless in front of goal but he was also careless and quite the liability.

Son was weak in his battles, too, having won only four duels from 13 attempts (30.7%).

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It was a display that Press Association journalist Jonathan Veal described as “shocking”, whilst football.london reporter Rob Guest claimed he had “a wretched evening” up at the Riverside.

Plenty of stars took the flak on social media, including Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Ben Davies, but none were as wasteful, ineffective and weak as Son, who once again failed the Italian head coach in what has been a lacklustre run of form lately.

AND in other news, Left for £0, now worth £16.2m: Levy will regret Spurs howler on “explosive” 27 G/A gem…

Former Pakistan allrounder Israr Ali died in his hometown of Okara on February 1 at the age of 88. He was Pakistan’s oldest living Test cricketer and had played four Tests for the country between 1952 and 1959. He died of a pneumonia attack.Ali played 40 first-class games, taking 114 wickets at 22.63 and scoring 1130 runs at 20.54. He had begun his career playing for Punjab in 1946-47 before Pakistan and India were partitioned, and then toured India as part of the Pakistan Test side in 1952-53. He played only two Tests on that tour, and was then was recalled to the side for two Tests against Australia in 1959-60. While interacting with ESPNcricinfo in 2012, Ali recalled how he had dismissed Australia opener Les Favell in all four innings without the assistance of fielders.He had said that one of his biggest regrets was a fallout with Pakistan captain Abdul Hafeez Kardar, which Ali believes shortened his international career.After his playing career, Ali stayed involved in cricket administration and was president of the Multan region from 1981 to 1982, and a member of Pakistan’s selection committee in 1983 and 1984, before he decided to move away from the game. “I parted from cricket after 1987, maybe because I was losing the passion, and decided to stay back in Okara,” Ali had said when he was 85 years old.Israr had been living a humble life in Okara, nearly 85 miles away from Lahore. The agricultural town has fertile land with fields of potato, tomato, sugarcane, wheat, rice and corn and in sports it is a significant nursery for hockey. Ali had been living a quiet life up until the time of his death.

Praveen Kumar, the Uttar Pradesh allrounder, has escaped unscathed after he fell from an open jeep during a reception organised after his return to Meerut from the Challenger Trophy.The procession had been organised by his fans to celebrate his selection in to the Indian squad for the first two one-dayers against Pakistan.He was rushed to the hospital and X-rays did not reveal any injury, police said. Kumar then went for a practice session to a nearby ground.Kumar took nine wickets for India Red in the Challenger Trophy, but his side lost to India Blue in the final.

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Abdur Razzak’s maiden five-wicket haul sunk Zimbabwe at Bogra © AFP

A five-wicket haul by Abdur Razzak helped Bangladesh gain anunassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match one-day series, as they beat Zimbabweby 26 runs in the third match at Bogra. Zimbabwe gave themselves a shot atgaining their maiden victory of the series after a committed display in the field,restricting the opposition to 220. However, the batsmen, barring SeanWilliams, failed to respond to the task as they were bowled out for 194.Razzak, continued his purple patch in this series with superb figures of 5 for 33, his best figures in ODIs.As has been the trend in this series, Bangladesh rode on the performance of their spinners and an impressive opening burst by their fast bowlers, who gave little away.Brendan Taylor was the first to go, beaten for pace by Shahadat Hossain. Stuart Matsikenyeri wasn’t afraid to free his arms, and that approach fetched him a few powerful boundaries through the off side off the seamers. But Zimbabwe’s struggles against spin continued as Razzak – brought in as early as the 10th over -struck with two wickets in his first over. Matsikenyeri failed tocapitalise on his start and was bowled trying to swing across the line, while twoballs later Chamu Chibhabha was sent packing, trapped in front. HamiltonMasakadza went soon after, slashing hard at an outswinger, and at 48 for4, Zimbabwe were in dire trouble.They nearly lost a fifth when Shahriar Nafees dropped a sitter atthird man, giving Williams a reprieve on 2, and his 75-run stand withElton Chigumbura gave Zimbabwe hope. Both though, were forced to graft itout, with spinners operating from both ends. The pair managed just threeboundaries in a space of ten overs as the asking rate mounted. Razzak,Saqibul Hasan and Mohammad Rafique managed to combat the dew and stick toa restrictive line, not allowing any width as the trio conceded just 116runs in 30 overs. Mashrafe Mortaza, brought back for a second spell,rocked Zimbabwe further as Chigumbura gloved one down the leg side for 31,with his side still 98 adrift of the target. Williams and Keith Dabengwadid, however, revive Zimbabwe’s fortunes with a fluent 58-run stand, but it was too little too late. Razzak returned for his second spell and claimed two wickets to seal Zimbabwe’s fate.

Chris Mpofu fought back from a poor first spell to take four wickets © AFP

It was a pitch which tested the batsmen from both teams – Bangladesh’s batsmen struggled too after getting off to a flier. Put in to bat, Bangladeshlooked set to post a tall score as the openers, Nafees and MehrabHossain, exploited the wayward offerings by the Zimbabwe fast bowlers, who struggled to control the early swing. Nafees’s dismissal, caught brilliantly by GaryBrent at leg gully, brought Aftab Ahmed to the crease and he wasted notime in stating his intent, charging down the pitch against Ed Rainsford,picking up a streaky boundary down to third man, followed by a morecontrolled loft over midwicket. Unfortunately for Bangladesh, it ended upbeing one of his typical cameo knocks, as he top-edged a sweep to shortfine leg for 16, immediately after Prosper Utseya brought himself on.Zimbabwe then clawed back as several batsmen were guilty of hurrying into theirstrokes on a sluggish pitch.Bangladesh were comfortably placed at 100 for 2 at the end of the 20th over, but the next ten yielded only 25, owing to miserly spells by Utseya and Williams, the left-arm spinner. The reintroduction of Christopher Mpofu,the medium pacer who had a nightmare opening spell, yielded immediateresults as he accounted for Hossain and Habibul Bashar in quick succession- both dismissals characterised by the ball stopping on the batsmen.Mpofu later cleaned up the tail to pick up a four-wicket haul.With runs hard to come by, Ashraful finally broke the shackles with acouple of boundaries and showed more urgency with his running. Dabengwa, the third specialist spinner – who was held back by Utseya tillthe 42nd over – struck soon, with three quick wickets, accounting forKhaled Mashud, Rafique and Ashraful. The body language of the Zimbabweansreflected in their sprightly performance in the field, as they pouched some sharpcatches. Mashrafe Mortaza’s late-innings fireworks proved crucial as itlifted Bangladesh to 220, giving their bowlers a competitive total todefend.

Shoaib Akhtar will not accept an apology from ESPN-Star © AFP

Shoaib Akhtar says he will not accept an apology from ESPN-Star over remarks they made about him which he considers derogatory. Talking to APP, Shoaib said he would instead seek a legal route, raising the possibility that he may take the channel to court.In a piece on Shoaib’s late arrival for a Pakistan team training camp in Lahore, the programme said “a dog’s tail will never straighten” in reference to the bowler’s questionable fitness record and commitment. Although the analogy is an oft-said one in the subcontinent, it holds derogatory connotations.Shoaib said, “This TV channel aired derogatory remarks against me without any rhyme and reason and tomorrow they can also do so against my country. I will fully pursue litigation against this TV channel instead of accepting an apology from them.”The Pakistan Board has also thrown its weight behind Shoaib, lodging an official protest with the channel, although it has stopped short of supporting Shoaib’s intention to pursue the matter in court. Shaharyar Khan, PCB chairman, told reporters at Gaddafi Stadium, “We’ve lodged a very strong protest with the management of the channel but we don’t think it’s a libel case to be taken to court.”

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Ten wickets in the match and career-best figures of 6 for 85 for leg breakbowler Warwick Hinkel was enough to see Border convincingly beat FreeState in Bloemfontein.Having declared overnight, Border had set Free State a target of 381 runsfrom 104 overs. With Hinkel mesmerising the batsmen the game was over in the early afternoon, after 65 overs and a winning margin of 209 runs.Pool B: Eastern Province 178 and 300 (Homani 83, Nel 59, Howell 55,Alexander 3-48, Behardien 3-48) drew with Western Province 228 and 142for 6 (Munnik 55*, Willemse 4-61).
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Eastern Province were not prepared to take a gamble at St George’s Park,and in the end they had to be content with sharing the spoils with WesternProvince. Batting out their second innings, they set a target of 251 runsin 52 overs after scoring 300. Bob Homani could only add 11 to hisovernight 72 while Ruan Nel (59) and Grant Howell (55), the son ofumpire Ian Howell, both made fifties on debut. Craig Alexander and FahaanBehardien each took three wickets.After a collapse from Western Province, engineered by Darryl Willmese (4-61),they were rescued by Rennier Munnik (55*) and Mark de Stadler (21) who had taken the score from 79 for 6 to 142 for 6 when time ran out.Pool B: Griqualand West 414 for 5 dec and 250 for 8 dec (McLaren 57,Stroh 6-84) beat North West 350 for 8 dec and 203 (Rosenberg 86, Arthur4-54, Coetzee 3-39) by 111 runs.
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Griqualand West walked away with a massive 21.28 points as they beatNorth West at Sedgars Park by 111 runs. Griquas had continued batting untillunch, as Adrian McLaren scoring 57 which allowed them to declare at 250 for 8and a lead of 314 runs. Richard Stroh, on his debut for North West,started off his career well as he took 6 for 84.In reply, North West could not hold out being bowled out for 203 as theyattempted to go after the target. Marc Rosenberg nearly helped to pulloff the miracle by smashing 86 off 62 balls, but with no-one lending a hand,it was all in vain. Nathan Arthur (4-54) and Werner Coetzee (3-39) were themain wicket takers.

Australia will go into their first Test against Bangladesh without a practice game or a training camp, and Steve Waugh has admitted that his team will beunderprepared at Darwin next month.Bangladesh will play three warm-up matches before the Darwin Test, but Waugh did not appear too worried about the lack of preparation. “I’m assuming the guyswho played both the Tests and the one-dayers in the West Indies won’t be picking up a bat or a ball until next week at least,” said Waugh. “I think we’ll be scratchy and not that well-prepared, but the guys are used to that now, and they know how to get themselves prepared.Waugh added: “It’s a pretty low-key preparation coming into a Test series – there’s no practice matches, there’s no camp – but it is difficult to keep having those things when the guys are away from home so much.”The series has already faced much criticism, with Dennis Lillee attacking the International Cricket Council (ICC) for organising such tours for televisionrevenue earnings. Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the ICC, has also broached the idea of a two-tier system, with promotions and demotions within the Test world.Speed’s suggestion did not find favour with Waugh. “I think that would be unfair,” he said. “How are you going to get the bottom sides to improve if they keep playing other weak sides? I’d like to think cricket is in a better state than that. I think that’s being too elitist.””They (Bangladesh) have got to learn and they’ve got to catch up. Sri Lanka proved they could do it; 10 years after being given Test status, they won theWorld Cup,” said Waugh. “So I think you’ve got to put more resources into these countries and help them out rather than say ‘you’re not good enough, we’ll see you in five years when you’ve improved’.”Waugh also denied that Australia were playing the one-sided series for financial benefit. “I don’t think it’s ever about money. I don’t think any of the guys have ever played cricket because of money. We’re going into the Bangladesh series to play for pride and respect,” said Waugh. “It’s a big honour to be playing for Australia, and a lot of other guys would love tobe playing in this series.”