A Seleção Feminina encerrou a temporada de 2021 com um título nas mãos. Com gols de Kerolin e Giovana, as comandadas de Pia Sundhage derrotaram o Chile por 2 a 0 nesta quarta-feira (1) na Arena da Amazônia, venceram o Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino e deixam uma boa perspectiva na preparação para a Copa América de 2022. Em jogo acirrado, marcado por observações e pelo desentrosamento natural causado devido ao “rodízio” de elenco, a equipe garantiu o 100% de aproveitamento na competição.
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A Seleção Feminina volta a campo em fevereiro para disputar o Torneio Internacional da França. Dos dias 14 a 23, as brasileiras encararão França, Holanda e Finlândia.
CHILENAS RONDAM A ÁREA A técnica Pia Sundhage promoveu seis mudanças em relação à Seleção Brasileira que iniciou a goleada por 4 a 1 sobre a Venezuela (a mais significativa foi entrada de Marta como titular ao lado de Debinha). Diante do Chile, um adversário mais impetuoso, as Guerreiras lidaram nos primeiros minutos com dificuldades defensivas diante dos avanços de Rojas e Urrutia.
Urrutia levou a melhor sobre Tamires e arriscou, mas o chute foi fraco e parou nas mãos de Letícia. A atacante ainda deu trabalho para Daiane e Tainara. Logo depois, Rojas puxou contra-ataque e Lara encheu o pé, só que a bola subiu.
BRASIL BATALHA, MAS O GOL…
Após 15 minutos de pressão chilena, o Brasil foi se soltando em campo aos trancos e barrancos. Kerolin cruzou para Ary Borges, que tentou por cobertura e mandou para fora. Em seguida, Duda e Marta também se atrapalharam ao concluir.Debinha fez o cruzamento e Kerolin surgiu livre, mas cabeceou em cima de Endler.
Embora tenha melhorado o toque de bola na reta final, a Seleção continuou a penar para criar jogadas com qualidade. Marta aproveitou uma rara brecha na direita, se desvencilhou da adversária e cruzou, só que Debinha chegou atrasada. Já Antônia passou como quis pela marcação e arriscou, fazendo a bola tirar tinta da trave.
PARA EMBALAR!
Bastaram cinco minutos para a Seleção achar uma brecha para seu poderio ofensivo. Antônia abriu caminho para descida de Ary Borges. Com velocidade, a camisa 17 aproveitou um espaço deixado pela esquerda e cruzou para a área. Kerolin surgiu livre na área chilena e desviou na saída de Endler para delírio da torcida na Arena da Amazônia.
As chilenas ainda ensaiaram uma reação com Aedo. No entanto, as Guerreiras se lançaram novamente à frente. Kerolin cruzou e Debinha acabou se enrolando. Antônia ainda arriscou finalização de longe, mas a bola foi por cima da meta de Endler. As comandadas de Pia Sundhage continuaram a se impor, mas esbarravam em erros de passes.
SEM SUSTO…
Quando o ritmo da partida caiu, a técnica Pia Sundhage promoveu as entradas de Adriana e Giovana. Em seguida, o Chile voltou a assustar em uma cobrança de escanteio de Araya na qual Letícia espalmou para evitar qualquer susto. Em seguida, Tamires arriscou de longe e Endler encaixou.
GIOVANA RATIFICA O TROFÉU
O título foi sacramentado aos 36 minutos graças à perspicácia digna das Guerreiras. Giovana aproveitou a hesitação de uma defensora chilena e deu o bote. A camisa 14 chutou com calma e superou Endler aos 38.
Na reta final, Ivana Fuso tentou arrancada e Geyse chutou pelo lado de fora da rede. Mas a vitória e o título estavam confirmados, indicando uma evolução brasileira sob o comando de Pia Sundhage.
All the New South Wales bowlers played their part as Western Australia fell apart for 149
Andrew McGlashan at Bankstown Oval11-Apr-2021
Jack Edwards’ century led New South Wales’ effort•Getty Images
A century from Jack Edwards and a four-wicket haul from Sean Abbott carried New South Wales to the Marsh Cup title with a massive 102-run victory over Western Australia.On a surface where it was difficult to force the pace, 20-year-old Edwards played the defining innings with his second List A hundred having been recalled with New South Wales missing David Warner, Steven Smith and Moises Henriques at the IPL.He lifted the Blues from 3 for 50 in the 12th over, in a 118-run stand for the fourth wicket with Daniel Hughes, reaching his century from 117 balls.The Western Australia innings then fell away against Abbott while the rest of New South Wales’ international-standard attack played their part, especially Josh Hazlewood whose first eight overs cost just 17 runs.It was New South Wales’ 12th one-day title in the various forms the competition has taken and they will aim to secure both state competitions when they face Queensland for the Sheffield Shield from Thursday in Brisbane.They had made a brisk start after batting first with Matthew Gilkes going at better than a run-a-ball before being found short by Sam Whiteman’s excellent return from the deep.Kurtis Patterson, captaining in place of Pat Cummins, dragged on against Liam Guthrie to continue a lean season and when Jason Sangha was sharply held by Mitchell Marsh in his follow through the home side were tottering.Hughes, who made a century in final group match, had been given an early life when he was dropped at slip by Marsh off Cameron Green, whose barren time with the ball continued, and alongside Edwards set about restoring the innings at a sedate pace.The pair brought up their half-centuries in quick succession – Hughes from 92 balls and Edwards from 69 – but there was no major acceleration although Edwards did manage to clear cover with one of the shots of the day.After Hughes had been stumped off D’Arcy Short, Ollie Davies accompanied Edwards in another useful stand but was unable to score at his usual high tempo and took two blows – one on the helmet and the other in the box.Edwards went from 79 to his century in one and twos; on another day that approach may have come into question but the end result more than justified the means. After reaching his century he added his third six, a huge strike over the leg side, but late wickets meant the charge was muted.New South Wales did not have to wait long for their first wicket when Mitchell Starc pinned Sam Whiteman lbw in a nine-ball opening over that cost 11. The next nine overs produced just 20 runs as Hazlewood’s first four-over spell cost just six and Abbott struck in his first when Josh Philippe swiped across the line.Abbott was replaced after his opening over but then returned to have Mitchell Marsh caught at mid-off while Short could not get any momentum into his innings as he laboured 56 balls over 26 before being well caught by Abbott, back-tracking from mid-on to take a top edge off Nathan Lyon.Green and Josh Inglis tried to rebuild the way New South Wales had managed but after nine overs Inglis flicked Abbott to deep square leg who removed Ashton Turner, caught at midwicket, in his next over.With Green still there and a deep batting order full of internationals the chase remained just about within reach, but Ashton Agar was given out sweeping – much to his dismay as he lingered at the crease with replays suggesting it came off the arm – and then Green was run out to seal the contest.
Her debut was full of promise as one of the team’s next generation showed her pace
Andrew McGlashan31-Mar-2021Darcie Brown is hoping to soak up knowledge and experience from all corners during the tour of New Zealand as Australia’s young quick bowlers push each other to elevate the speed gun.Eighteen-year-old Brown made her debut in Napier on Tuesday, finishing with figures of 1 for 26 with her first three overs, all bowled in the Powerplay, costing just 10. Her last over was taken for three boundaries but with her final ball she was able to open her account when Frankie Mackay was caught at point.”The ball wasn’t swinging as much…she was seeing them pretty well and I was kind of bowling them in the slot. I’m going to have a look at that last over with [bowling coach] Ryan Harris about how I can adapt to a player like her,” Brown said. “Ryan has been really good. It’s his first tour with the girls as well so we’ve got that in common. Happy to have him and his experiences to learn off.”Working on when to make use of the skiddy bouncer she possesses is among the areas Brown is keen to improve. “I need to plan around who to bowl it to and when the right time is to bowl it. I bowled one yesterday and I think it nearly hit my foot, so just need a bit more practice with it and hopefully it can become quite a good weapon for me. Got a bit of work to do.”Related
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Brown replaced fellow quick bowler Tayla Vlaeminck in the side – the pair may be rotated again for the decider as Australia manage their fast bowlers – and there is already some inter-squad rivalry building which can make life uncomfortable for the Australia batters during net sessions.With them both capable of pushing their speed upwards of 120kph, if they did team up in the same XI it would be among the fastest pairings put together”We are both kind of competitive and Tayla is an absolute legend and has been really great to me coming into this squad,” Brown said. “Will be a bit of a teamwork thing to push each other to get a bit quicker. I’m just happy to watch her, to be able to bowl with her in a game would be pretty cool but we’ll see what happens.”Those in the Australia squad had a glimpse of what the pairing could be like when Brown and Vlaeminck bowled against the likes of Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy during match simulations in the two weeks of managed isolation”It was heaps of fun,” she said. “We were just discussing our plans – ‘that was a really good ball, that one was quick wasn’t it’ – we just had a blast out there. Was just good to bowl with her and learn off her.”Australia will be looking to bounce back from defeat and take the series at Eden Park – a ground where they have never played before – which would keep alive their unbeaten run in T20 cricket going back to 2017 when they lost against England during the Ashes. Since then they have won bilateral series against New Zealand (twice), Pakistan, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka along with two tri-series wins and two T20 World Cups.
With just one month until the 2024/25 Premier League season gets underway, Nottingham Forest are reportedly set to make their first offer to sign their fifth arrival of the summer.
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It's been a fairly productive summer for those at the City Ground, who complied with profit and sustainability rules by selling Orel Mangala and Moussa Niakhate to Lyon, whilst welcoming four fresh faces of their own. Elliot Anderson, Marko Stamenic, Carlos Miguel and Eric da Silva Moreira have all arrived to hand Nuno Espirito Santo an early boost in pursuit of Premier League survival next season.
Those in the Midlands are seemingly unlikely to be done with arrivals there, either. Reports have since linked them with the likes of Florentino Luis in a bid to reinforce their midfield options alongside the arrival of Anderson. It's clear that Forest are certainly backing Espirito Santo, who could yet even be handed a Champions League ace before the end of the summer window.
According to Calcio Mercato, Nottingham Forest are now set to make their first offer to sign Alexis Saelemaekers from AC Milan alongside Ipswich Town and Leicester City. The Italian giants are reportedly open to the winger's exit and value the 25-year-old at €10m-15m (£8m-£13m), which could see Saelemaekers make his way to the Premier League.
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Signing a player from a Champions League League club of AC Milan's calibre would be some statement from Forest, especially if they manage to beat relegation rivals Leicester and Ipswich to Saelemaekers' signature in the next month or so. Following a resurgent loan spell at Bologna last season, the Milan man could certainly do with a permanent move away from the San Siro this summer.
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Seemingly not in Milan's plans this summer, Saelemaekers needs a departure more than most in Italy and Nottingham Forest are reportedly set to offer him exactly that. Those in the Midlands have already seen the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi enjoy revived spells at the City Ground and now the Belgian could follow in the winger's footsteps if he completes a summer switch. He wouldn't be without competition, however, following Anthony Elanga's solid debut campaign.
League stats 23/24 (via FBref)
Alexis Saelemaekers
Anthony Elanga
Goals
4
5
Assists
2
9
Key Passes
44
32
Ball Recoveries
112
92
For Nuno, having two very different wingers in Saelemaekers and Elanga would only boost his side's chances of upsetting the odds to push beyond the difficulties of a relegation battle next season. Saelemaekers, more robust and better off the ball than the more creative Elanga, can offer the former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss a disciplined option up against those in the top six in games Forest may prefer to sit deep in their shape.
Described as "superb" by Football Talent Scout's Jacek Kulig, the Milan winger has quite the decision to make this summer with a number of Premier League clubs reportedly interested in his signature.
The category for being the 'best' in your position has never been tighter in modern football. This remains the case for those at the top of the pitch, who are signed to largely do one thing: put the ball in the back of the net.
FootballFanCast has ranked the best strikers in world football right now. This list is based on statistics compiled from Transfermarkt and FBref for the 2023/24 season and the international tournaments that followed.
We have also accounted for trophies won in the last year and the impact those individuals had on their respective clubs. Just to make it completely clear, names such as Vinicius Junior and Mohamed Salah are natural wingers rather than strikers; therefore, they are not featured on this list.
FFC's best strikers in the world right now
Rank
Player
Club
23/24 goals
23/24 assists
1
Erling Haaland
Man City
45
6
2
Kylian Mbappe
Real Madrid
52
21
3
Harry Kane
Bayern Munich
52
13
4
Lautaro Martinez
Inter
35
8
5
Viktor Gyokeres
Sporting CP
46
15
6
Alexander Isak
Newcastle
27
2
7
Lois Openda
RB Leipzig
28
7
8
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa
29
13
9
Serhou Guirassy
Borussia Dortmund
31
3
10
Artem Dovbyk
Girona
29
11
11
Alvaro Morata
Milan
28
6
12
Victor Boniface
Bayer Leverkusen
22
11
13
Victor Osimhen
Napoli
21
7
14
Cristiano Ronaldo
Al-Nassr
51
16
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1 ByLuke Randall Sep 4, 2024 14 Cristiano Ronaldo Al-Nassr & Portugal
It would be very harsh not to give some credit to a 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 44 goals in 45 appearances for Al-Nassr last season.
Although the opposition he faces on a regular basis is far from comparable to those in the bigger leagues, at the end of the day, Ronaldo is still doing what he is there to do in Saudi Arabia – score goals.
However, the recent dip in domestic standard for the Portugal captain, plus his disappointing Euro 2024 performances, makes it hard to place him any higher among the current elite strikers in modern football.
Cristiano Ronaldo in 2023/24
Al-Nassr
Portugal
Appearances
45
12
Goals
44
7
Assists
13
3
Goals per game
0.89
Trophies
Saudi Pro League Golden Boot
Al-Nassr Player of the Year
Saudi Pro League Player of the Month x5
13 Victor Osimhen Napoli & Nigeria
Napoli star Victor Osimhen
Napoli’s 10th-place finish in Serie A last season makes it hard to justify a higher placing for a player like Victor Osimhen, who would’ve entered this list with ease had it been written a season prior.
The Nigerian bagged 17 goals in all competitions last season for the Partenopei, averaging only 0.6 goals per 90 minutes in the Italian top flight.
Osimhen did reach the Africa Cup of Nations final – which ended in a 2-1 defeat to Ivory Coast – but the No 9 for club and country only scored one goal at the tournament, in the first group stage game against Equatorial Guinea.
Victor Osimhen in 2023/24
Napoli
Nigeria
Appearances
32
9
Goals
17
4
Assists
4
3
Goals per game
0.51
Trophies
African Footballer of the Year
12 Alvaro Morata Milan & Spain
Although not renowned for his goalscoring prowess in recent years, it would feel wrong not to mention Alvaro Morata’s name in this list based on his Euro 2024 performances alone.
The 31-year-old captained his Spain side to their fourth European Championship in July – a record among all other European nations – clinching the trophy in Berlin after a 2-1 victory over England.
Morata scored 15 goals in 21 La Liga starts for Atletico Madrid last season, and displayed the characteristics of not only a great leader, but a resilient striker at the Euros.
His form saw Serie A giants Milan secure his services for the 2024/25 season, moving for around £11m.
Alvaro Morata in 2023/24
Atletico Madrid
Spain
Appearances
48
17
Goals
21
7
Assists
5
1
Goals per game
0.43
Trophies
Euro 2024
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A back-to-back Victor appearance, and certainly not the last to feature on this list.
There would be no room to debate including Victor Boniface in the top 10 had he played the full season for first-time Bundesliga winners Bayer Leverkusen last campaign.
Boniface scored 14 goals in 18 starts for Xabi Alonso’s side, but missed the crucial end-of-season run-in from January to April 2024, meaning he missed the Africa Cup of Nations, too.
Boniface is only 23, so there is no reason why he can’t overcome his injuries and have an even better 2024/25 campaign.
Victor Boniface in 2023/24
Bayer Leverkusen
Nigeria
Appearances
34
6
Goals
21
1
Assists
10
1
Goals per game
0.55
Trophies
Bundesliga
DFB-Pokal
Bundesliga Rookie of the Season
Bundesliga Player of the Month
Bundesliga Rookie of the Month x4
10 Artem Dovbyk Girona & Ukraine
After emerging through the ranks in his home country at SC Dnipro-1, Artem Dovbyk cemented his name in the La Liga history books during his debut season at Girona, scoring 24 goals in 32 starts.
Dovbyk was at the forefront of bringing Champions League football to Girona for the first time, as he finished as top goalscorer in La Liga with his side placing third, just four points behind Barcelona.
Although Ukraine finished bottom of their group on the same amount of points as Slovakia, Belgium and Romania, Dovbyk also showed promising spells of quality on the biggest international stage at Euro 2024.
Artem Dovbyk in 2023/24
Girona
Ukraine
Appearances
41
13
Goals
25
4
Assists
10
1
Goals per game
0.54
Trophies
La Liga Pichichi Trophy
La Liga Player of the Month
9 Serhou Guirassy Borussia Dortmund & Guinea
Stuttgart strikerSerhou Guirassy.
Serhou Guirassy burst onto the scene with 30 goals in 30 games across all competitions for Stuttgart last season.
The Guinea forward averaged 1.14 club goals per 90 minutes – the joint-highest figure on this list – during an incredible Bundesliga campaign which saw his side finish a point ahead of Bayern Munich in second.
Earlier this summer, Borussia Dortmund reached a full agreement with Stuttgart to sign their star striker at the beginning of the transfer window, but the move was put in jeopardy after the player failed his medical.
The move to the Westfalenstadion was eventually completed, with Dortmund paying the release clause of around £15m in the forward's contract.
Serhou Guirassy in 2023/24
Stuttgart
Guinea
Appearances
30
11
Goals
30
1
Assists
3
0
Goals per game
0.76
Trophies
Bundesliga Player of the Month x2
8 Ollie Watkins Aston Villa & England
Ollie Watkins arguably had his best professional football season during 2023/24, contributing 32 goals and assists in 37 Premier League starts for Aston Villa.
His superb, late winner against the Netherlands in Dortmund also secured England a place in a second successive European Championship final.
The best thing about Watkins’ 19-goal haul in the Premier League last season was the fact none of them came from the penalty spot, displaying his consistency and clinical nature up front.
Valued at €65m (£54.6m) by Transfermarkt, Watkins will be aiming to hit the ground running again in Villa’s opening game of the new season away to West Ham.
Ollie Watkins in 2023/24
Aston Villa
England
Appearances
53
8
Goals
27
2
Assists
13
0
Goals per game
0.48
Trophies
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Speaking of hitting the ground running, that’s precisely what Lois Openda managed in his first Bundesliga season at RB Leipzig.
Openda signed for the German giants for a club-record fee of €43m (£36.07m) in July 2023 after just one year with French club Lens.
Fast-forward 12 months, and the 24-year-old had bagged 28 goals in all competitions for Leipzig, including four in the Champions League.
Openda averaged 19.7 non-penalty expected goals in the Bundesliga season, an incredible stat surpassed only by a few names yet to feature on this list.
Tottenham Hotspur are said to be interested in signing the Belgian striker this transfer window. He is currently valued at €60m (£50.4m).
Lois Openda in 2023/24
RB Leipzig
Belgium
Appearances
45
11
Goals
28
0
Assists
7
0
Goals per game
0.5
Trophies
None
6 Alexander Isak Newcastle United & Sweden
Since his arrival in Tyneside, Alexander Isak has consistently proved that he belongs among the very best strikers in world football.
Newcastle United signed the Sweden striker in August 2022 from Real Sociedad on a long-term deal reported to be worth around £60m.
Last season, Isak scored 21 goals in 27 Premier League starts, with 16 of those coming from open play, delivering an average of 0.84 goals per 90 minutes.
It was Isak’s best goalscoring season to date and one he will look to improve on come the start of the new campaign.
Alexander Isak in 2023/24
Newcastle
Sweden
Appearances
40
7
Goals
25
2
Assists
2
0
Goals per game
0.57
Trophies
None
5 Viktor Gyokeres Sporting CP & Sweden
Sporting CP strikerViktor Gyokeres.
Sporting CP were crowned champions of Portugal for the 20th time in May, one day after breezing past Portimonense 3-0.
Viktor Gyokeres scored a stoppage-time clincher that evening to continue a record-breaking goalscoring season, which saw the Sweden striker net 43 goals in all competitions to bag the Portuguese top flight's Bola de Prata – their equivalent of the Golden Boot.
He finished with the fourth-highest number of goals in world football during the 2023/24 season, behind Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe.
Gyokeres only joined the Portuguese giants from Coventry City last year, but a big-money move to the Premier League could yet be on the horizon, with Arsenal among those linked with his signature.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s maiden five-wicket haul in T20 cricket went in vain as Hobart Hurricanes not only pulled off a one-run victory but also picked up the Bash Boost point against Brisbane Heat.With the Heat needing seven from the final over with three wickets in hand, Scott Boland held his nerve against James Bazley (49 not out off 31) and Mark Steketee. Delivering a mix of low full tosses and slower balls, he brought it down to the final ball. With two required, Steketee hit the shin-high full toss to extra cover, where Colin Ingram dived to his left and, after a brief fumble, hit the stumps direct at the bowler’s end. Steketee put in a dive but his bat bounced off the turf from inches outside the crease and was in the air when the ball hit the stumps.Mujeeb Ur Rahman returned the magical figures of 4-0-15-5•Getty Images
In a game where momentum swung on more than one occasion, Hurricanes were 136 for 5 at one stage before being all out for 150 in 19.4 overs. They had delayed the Power Surge till the very end but Mujeeb quashed their hopes of a strong finish in the 19th over, where only a wide denied him a hat-trick and a triple-wicket maiden.It wasn’t a tall chase but the Hurricanes bowled attacking lines and lengths to reduce the Heat to 3 for 8. Max Bryant and Lewis Gregory staged a recovery and at one stage, the Heat needed 35 off 30 balls with five wickets in hand. But they once again failed to seize the advantage and lost two wickets in the next two overs. Bazley and Steketee brought them back in the contest only to slip at the last hurdle.Heat keep Hurricanes’ top order in check D’Arcy Short’s lean run in BBL 2020-21 continued as he bagged his second duck of the season, nicking Xavier Bartlett behind on the second ball of the match after the Heat put the Hurricanes in. In six innings so far in the tournament, Short has scored only 102 runs at an average of 17. In fact, 72 of those runs came in one innings.Hurricanes were 1 for 6 in two overs when Dawid Malan gave a glimpse of why he is the top-ranked T20I batsman in the world. After his usual settling-in period – he was 7 off 7 at one stage – Malan struck four fours in Bartlett’s one over.The Heat had a chance to end this carnage in the very next over when Malan sliced Jack Wildermuth towards backward point but Sam Heazlett dropped a straightforward catch. Mujeeb, though, gave them something to cheer about soon after. Ben McDermott, who was struggling till then, tried to pull the spinner’s first ball but missed the googly completely and was bowled.That put the brakes on the scoring rate even though Peter Handscomb was quick off the blocks. The 37-run stand, off 32 balls, between Malan and Handscomb came to an end when Handscomb flicked Wildermuth on to his stumps. And despite having a top-five with international experience, the Hurricanes could manage only 65 for 3 in the first ten overs.Mujeeb shows his mastery Malan and Ingram knew they needed to step up. Malan tried to hit Mujeeb through the covers in that pursuit only to be bowled. Ingram was offered two lives by Wildermuth but he too failed to capitalise and ended up flicking Steketee straight to deep-backward square leg for a 21-ball 24.Tim David struck two monstrous sixes off Gregory in the 17th over but the Hurricanes’ lower order had no answer to Mujeeb’s variations. Keemo Paul was caught and bowled off a carrom ball while Wil Parker and Boland were bowled for first-ball ducks off googlies, all in the 19th over. Had it not been for Nathan Ellis’ unbeaten 11 off six balls, the Hurricanes wouldn’t have reached 150.Shaky Heat concede Bash Boost point If Mujeeb rocked the Hurricanes’ lower order, Riley Meredith and Boland did the same to the Heat’s top. Heazlett and Wildermuth departed without opening their accounts while Tom Cooper was bowled for 1. An unperturbed Bryant, though, kept finding boundaries and added 52 in just 6.1 overs along with Gregory.Just like the Heat, the Hurricanes were also generous in the field, handing Gregory and Bryant a life each. First, Parker grassed Gregory off Ellis at third man, and in the next over, McDermott failed to latch on to a catch from Bryant, off Parker. Bryant then struck a four and a six off consecutive balls off Paul, and with six needed from eight balls, it looked like the Heat had the Bash Boost point in their pocket. Bryant fell on the next ball but Gregory and captain Jimmy Peirson showed no urgency in the tenth over, bowled by Short, and the Heat fell two short of the mid-way point target.A chaotic finish The Heat needed 73 from eight overs with five wickets in hand but then Paul lost his radar. He started the 13th over of the innings with two waist-high full tosses. Only the second one, however, was deemed dangerous and Paul was allowed to continue. He ended up giving away 20 runs as Bazley hit three fours and brought the equation down to 53 required from 42 balls.Peirson lost his wicket while going for a big hit while Milenko didn’t last long either and suddenly the Heat were 7 for 128, needing 23 needed from 14. Steketee hammered Meredith for back-to-back fours and Bazley smashed a six off Ellis in the next over to make the Heat favourites again before the one final twist in the 20th over.
With Douglas Luiz already set to leave, Aston Villa could now suffer another transfer blow, with Al-Nassr now eyeing a move to sign one of Unai Emery's attacking stars who they believe can partner Cristiano Ronaldo and replace Sadio Mane.
Aston Villa transfer news
Emery has already suffered quite the blow in the form of Luiz's pending exit. The defensive midfielder is set to swap Villa Park for Juventus in a deal that will see Samuel Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea arrive in the other direction. But even with such arrivals, Emery will still struggle to replace the impact that Luiz had on his side, especially as they finished inside the Premier League's top four last season.
Attempting to comply with the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules, however, those in the Midlands may yet suffer another frustrating exit. According to The Daily Mail, Al-Nassr are willing to sell Sadio Mane to sign Moussa Diaby from Aston Villa just one year after the winger joined the Midlands club for a reported £52m.
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The Saudi Club reportedly believe that the former Bayer Leverkusen man can replace Mane to become Ronaldo's partner next season. Diaby endured a mixed debut campaign at Villa Park, having started well before seeing his form fall away as the season progressed. Now, a year later, he could have the chance to bring an end to his time in the Premier League before Villa fans have really seen him at his best.
With that said, after already seemingly bidding farewell to Luiz, it remains to be seen whether Villa would be willing to show Diaby the exit door this summer.
"Versatile" Diaby yet to show best form at Aston Villa
Whilst Diaby didn't show his best form in his debut season, he isn't the first to take such time to adapt to Premier League football and he won't be the last. Given further time, there's no doubt that, like others, the winger will finally burst into life on a consistent basis in the Midlands to hand Emery a true attacking asset.
Moussa Diaby
The Spaniard was full of praise for Diaby last season and the role he was playing, despite arguably not being at his best, telling Aston Villa's official website: “Moussa’s adaptation is going fast but he needs this adaptation. Each match for him, to know his teammates better, is very important.
"He is a player being versatile for us and I’m going to use him for the next matches and over the season in different positions. It’s very important for him and the team his capacity to assist and score goals. His qualities are adding to us being stronger in our squad.”
Ending the last campaign with 10 goals and nine assists in all competitions, Diaby will hope to take that extra step towards his best form to arguably hand Villa one of the most electric wingers in the Premier League.
De volta ao Corinthians após 14 anos, Willian não teve ter grandes problemas para reestrear. Ainda que tenha feito a sua última partida no dia 9 de maio, com a camisa do Arsenal, contra o West Bromwich, pelo Campeonato Inglês, o jogador fez toda a pré-temporada pelo clube londrino e está em boas condições físicas.
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Ainda assim, o novo camisa 10 corintiano é cauteloso em relação ao entrosamento com o restante do grupo.
-Expectativa grande de começar a jogar, treinar, é claro que vamos precisar de um tempo para ganhar entrosamento, conhecer os companheiros e, com certeza, quando a gente fizer isso as coisas vão ficar mais fácil fácil dentro de campo. Espero que o mais rápido possível a gente possa jogar, ganhar e dar alegrias ao torcedor corintiano – disse o jogador durante a live em comemoração aos 111 anos do Timão, realizada na noite da última quarta-feira (1º)
O meia chegou ao Brasil na manhã desta quarta-feira (1º) e foi uma das atrações da live em comemoração ao aniversário de 111 anos do Timão.
A expectativa é que ainda nesta semana o jogador já integre os treinamentos com o elenco corintiano e também seja registrado no Boletim Informativo Diário, da CBF.
Existe, inclusive, a possibilidade de Willian ser relacionado para o próximo compromisso do Timão, no dia 7 de setembro, contra o Juventude, na Neo Química Arena, pela 19ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro.
Antes da contratação do meia existia uma tensão por parte da torcida referente a janela de transferências internacional, que se encerrou na última terça-feira (31), mas como antes do fechamento Willian se desvinculou do Arsenal ele deixou de ficar a mercê deste prazo e tem até 24 de setembro para ser inscrito para pode jogar ainda nesta temporada.
Hartley and Morley share seven fourth-innings wickets in Lancashire’s 178-run victory
Paul Edwards09-Sep-2020 This was one of those days when watching first-class county cricket on an outground is just about the best thing on earth. Some of us have always maintained this to be true, of course, but when the sun first dappled and then enriched the Aigburth beeches and Derbyshire’s batsmen battled against perhaps the youngest attack Lancashire have ever fielded, our case was surely made nem. con.The afternoon offered us September’s gentle, generous warmth and it brought particular joy to the slow left-armers, Tom Hartley and Jack Morley, who eventually shared seven wickets in Derbyshire’s second innings to hand Lancashire a 178-run victory. Yet it was also heartening that Derbyshire’s last three batsmen made the home bowlers sweat for their spoils: there was less than half an hour left in the game when Mattie McKiernan’s 130-minute innings of 52 was ended by Steve O’Shaughnessy’s raised finger in answer to Danny Lamb’s appeal. It was McKiernan’s maiden half-century but you can be certain he would have swapped it for the draw.On Tuesday evening the headlines had been dominated by the possibility of the ECB changing the regulations for the Bob Willis Trophy should teams finish equal on points. What was allotted rather less attention was the argument that Derbyshire’s chances of winning this game and thereby achieving such parity were remote in the extreme. That prospect receded even further with Dane Vilas’s decision to bat on this morning and to extend Lancashire’s lead to 381 before declaring. Danny Lamb used the long handle to good effect, reaching his maiden first-class fifty off 49 balls and by the time Derbyshire’s openers came out to begin the game’s last innings the main discussion revolved around whether the visitors could avoid defeat and go through a first-class season unbeaten for the first time since 1874. It transpired they couldn’t.Derbyshire’s pursuit – if pursuit it ever was – got off to a woeful start. Lamb slanted one across Billy Godleman and the visiting captain departed much as he had done in the first innings: caught in the slips when pushing a little across the line. Four overs later Lamb brought one back to Wayne Madsen and Graham Lloyd decided it was not doing too much to miss leg stump.Luis Reece and Leus du Plooy shepherded the innings to 56 for 2 at lunch and batted with relative restraint for an hour on the resumption. Vilas brought on his spinners and du Plooy cover-drove Hartley for successive boundaries when he overpitched. The contest was never less than keen and one sensed that both young bowlers were gaining in knowledge with every over they bowled. It was an afternoon when a man might think himself young again and once more ‘prince of the apple towns’, the figures in white making the hours memorable even as the season slipped away.Then Derbyshire lost the match in little more than half an hour, their extraordinary decline beginning in an incident-crammed 41st over bowled by Morley. Off the first ball Reece, who was well set on 55, went down on one knee and clumped the ball over midwicket for six. The third and fifth balls were reverse-swept to the boundary but the opener then attempted an orthodox sweep to the final delivery and top edged a catch to Keaton Jennings at slip.For a while batsmen came and went like drivers collecting car park tickets. Du Plooy played all around a low full toss from Hartley and was leg before; Fynn Hudson-Prentice was beaten by a well-flighted delivery from the same bowler and nicked a catch to Jennings; Matt Critchley played down the soft fruit aisle only to find the spinning ball was in chocolate and biscuits. Morley thus collected his second wicket and later picked up his third when Harvey Hosein went back fatally. By then, Anuj Dal had also been leg before to Hartley, although there was a suspicion he’d hit it. Derbyshire had lost six wickets for 17 runs in little more than nine overs.All this drama lacked was the appreciation of a crowd. The live streams have been invaluable this season but they are one-way media. One notices the absence of loyal spectators, their smiles, their applause and, yes, their grumbles. There would have been joy from home supporters when Hartley and Morley were running through Derbyshire but also appreciation for the determination shown by McKiernan and Sam Conners in a 36-over stand which bridged the tea interval. McKiernan hit eight boundaries but eventually shut up shop; his partner, by contrast, had never been open for business.With forty minutes left in the game – Lancashire would have bowled something like 100 overs had the innings run its full length – Conners went back to Morley and thereby became his fourth victim of the innings. By then the trees on Beechwood Road, which had been dark and shadowed in the early morning, carried the sunlight of early evening. Lancashire’s players shouted in hope at almost every thick edge and traces of impatience were showing before McKiernan became Lamb’s third wicket of the innings, thus giving him match figures of seven for 72; they are the best of his career and it suddenly seemed a long time since he had completed that rapid fifty in the opening overs of the day. Having made certain they could not lose the game, Lancashire had duly succeeded in winning it and no one was asking about a late declaration when they interviewed the young spinners, their faces shining with the sweat of triumph.The cricketers are gone now and Aigburth has been made ready for other matches. Suddenly there is that soft melancholy that accompanies the final month of any cricket season. Yet the sight of Morley and Hartley and McKiernan playing with such passion and skill offered us portents of next spring and we are blessed in this of all summers that we have had so much to remember and enjoy afresh.
Hosts lead by 43 with eight wickets in hand after high-octane century from opener
ECB Reporters Network07-Sep-2020A scintillating century from Nottinghamshire’s Ben Duckett was the highlight on the second day of their Bob Willis Trophy match against Durham at Trent Bridge.The 25-year old remains unbeaten on 146 as Notts closed on 251 for 2, with the left-hander adding an unbroken 186 for the third wicket with Joe Clarke, who will resume on 74 not out.Despite three interruptions for rain and bad light Duckett played fluently throughout, square-cutting and driving imperiously to reach his 18th first-class hundred from 153 balls, with 16 fours.Durham’s first innings had ended on 294 during the morning session, with Zak Chappell taking 4 for 92 for the hosts.The day also featured a significant milestone for Chris Rushworth, who has become only the third bowler to reach 500 first-class wickets for Durham.He struck with just his sixth delivery of the match to break an in-form opening pairing in typical fashion. In Nottinghamshire’s previous fixture in this competition Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed put on 200 for the first wicket against Leicestershire.This time, they failed to negotiate the opening over as Slater fell lbw to Rushworth without scoring. The left-handed opener had started the day as the leading scorer in the Bob Willis Trophy, with 425 runs, but has now been overtaken by Worcestershire’s Jake Libby.Either side of lunch Duckett and Hameed resurrected the Nottinghamshire innings with a stand of 65, although Hameed had a life on 17 when he edged Raine behind but wicketkeeper Ned Eckersley put down the routine offering.The former England international wasn’t so fortunate on 21 when he was smartly taken at third slip by Paul Coughlin, becoming Rushworth’s 500th victim in the process.Rushworth joins Simon Brown and Graham Onions as the only other bowlers to hit that milestone for the county.Duckett passed 6,000 first class runs when he reached 47 and moved to his half century soon afterwards, getting to the landmark from 87 deliveries, having hit seven boundaries.An unwelcome mixture of light drizzle and bad light caused the second half of the afternoon session to be lost but the resumption found Durham guilty of two more dropped catches, as well as some indifferent ground-fielding.Raine was again unfortunate when Clarke was spilled on 16, put down at slip by Sean Dickson and then the same batsman was reprieved when Alex Lees dropped him off Coughlin seven runs later.Durham’s attack lacked variety, with five right-arm medium to medium-fast operators and the runs continued to flow for the home county, with Clarke reaching his 50 from 82 deliveries, with seven fours.By the time of the final stoppage, with nine overs still remaining, the two batsmen had established a new third wicket record partnership in meetings between the two counties.Earlier, the home county had needed just 40 minutes to take the final two wickets in Durham’s first innings.They had resumed on 275 for eight, with Brydon Carse and Ben Raine having already added 48 for the ninth wicket. They were subjected to a barrage of short-pitched bowling from Chappell and Jake Ball but added 19 more runs before they were separated.Carse nicked Chappell off to second slip for 41, leaving the fast bowler to celebrate figures of 4 for 92.Without further addition, Raine drove uppishly at Ball and picked out Peter Trego at midwicket for 31, leaving Rushworth undefeated.Without a win in 26 first class matches Notts have reached the halfway position in this contest in a commanding position.