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Writing on his Patreon, reliable club insider ExWHUemployee has just shared the latest on West Ham United and their pursuit of Manchester United ace Jesse Lingard.

The Lowdown: Lingard saga never-ending…

It is well known that Irons boss David Moyes had the 28-year-old on his summer transfer target list after a very impressive temporary spell over the second half of 2020/2021 (WhoScored).

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Indeed, Lingard was the subject of intense West Ham interest earlier this year as Moyes and the club looked to secure a permanent deal.

However, the attacking midfielder instead opted to remain at United in the hope of reviving his Old Trafford career (Manchester Evening News) – a plan which didn’t exactly work out given his lack of game time under former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

As new contract talks stall, with Lingard reportedly open to leaving in January as many clubs circle (ESPN), ExWHUemployee has shared the latest on West Ham’s stance.

The Latest: West Ham set for early talks…

According to the insider, West Ham, and by extension their head of recruitment Rob Newman, will start talks ‘early’ in the January window in an attempt to sign Lingard.

Despite speculation surrounding a change in exit stance due to Solskjaer’s sacking, Ex says that he is ‘still expected to want to move’ in a possible boost for the Hammers.

However, there will also be plenty of competition for the England international’s signature and a ‘number of things to sort out’ with his deal.

The Verdict: Get it done?

Moyes’ high-flying Irons are seemingly on top of the world right now having just secured an impressive 3-2 win over European champions Chelsea at the London Stadium on Saturday.

However, given their increasingly congested calendar as they attempt to battle in the English top flight, domestic cups and now Europa League, West Ham will need to strengthen in January.

It is believed by another reliable source in The Evening Standard that Moyes will be backed to bring in a new striker, centre-half and potentially Lingard.

The latter man, we believe, shouldn’t come as a must for the club given they already have a wealth of options in the attacking midfield area – with Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini, Said Benrahma, Nikola Vlasic and Pablo Fornals all capable of shining there.

They are arguably in dire need of a natural striking alternative to Michail Antonio, especially given his concerning injury history, while new defensive worries surrounding Kurt Zouma and Ben Johnson indicate they may also be short defensively.

Lingard, despite being lauded as ‘unbelievable’ for his spell with West Ham last year by pundit Kevin Phillips, should be bottom of the priority list.

In other news: Journalist hints West Ham may now be in pole position to sign ‘world class’ forward for Moyes, find out more here.

Australia’s annual Prime Minister’s XI match will be a one-dayer against West Indies this season. Cricket Australia has confirmed the match will be played at Canberra’s Manuka Oval on February 4, shortly before the start of Australia’s five-match ODI series against West Indies.It will be the 32nd Prime Minister’s XI match and the home team will be hoping for a second consecutive win after a side led by Justin Langer beat New Zealand earlier this year. The prime minister Kevin Rudd said the match was an important tradition in the Australian summer of cricket.”The Prime Minister’s XI has evolved into one of the most enjoyable days on the cricketing calendar,” Rudd said. “It serves as a chance to blood some of our best young talent on the international stage as well as honouring former champions of the baggy green. This year the side had a resounding win against New Zealand and I look forward to seeing if they can make it two in a row against the touring West Indies side.”West Indies play three Tests in Australia beginning in November, before heading home while Australia take on Pakistan in a Test series. The triangular one-day series remains scrapped, so Australia will host separate limited-overs contests against Pakistan and West Indies through January and February.

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Worcestershire have secured contracts for three young players over the next two years

Cricinfo staff13-Aug-2009Worcestershire have secured contracts for three young players over the next two years.David Wheeldon and Jack Manuel have signed two-year contracts while Richard Jones, the fast bowler, has penned a one-year deal with the club.”All three players have really progressed this year. David has scored nearly 1000 runs in the 2nd XI and is a very determined young player,” said Steve Rhodes, the director of Worcestershire cricket, said. “Richard came through a difficult winter but has shown the strength of character I want to see and his recent career best against Warwickshire was heartening.”Jack Manuel is an England Under-19 player and is an aggressive batsman who has just finished school so is now able to become a professional cricketer.”

يرى أحمد فوزي حارس مرمى الأهلي السابق، أن ريكاردو سواريش المدير الفني للمارد الأحمر، غير مناسب لتدريب الفريق، مشيرًا إلى أن محمد عواد حارس الزمالك، هو الأفضل في الموسم الحالي.

وتعادل الأهلي مع الإسماعيلي سلبيًا في المباراة التي أقيمت أمس الأحد في الدوري المصري، ليحتل الأحمر المركز الثالث في جدول الترتيب برصيد 64 نقطة.

وقال فوزي في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “المحور”: “أنا ليس مع المدرب الذي يبحث عن التعادل فقط، أرى أن ريكاردو سواريش ليس مدير فني مناسب للأهلي، وأطالب برحيله”.

وتابع: “سواريش مناسب لأندية الوسط، ومعه الأهلي أصبح رد فعل، لم يكن الأهلي كذلك من قبل، ففي مباراة مصر المقاصة الفريق فاز بصعوبة، عن طريق ضربة جزاء، وتعادلنا مع الجونة والمقاولون، كل فرق الهبوط تعثرنا أمامها”.

وتطرق للحديث عن مصطفى شوبير قائلا: “مصطفى اتغدر به وأظهر تألقه رغم أنه جاء (من الدار إلى النار) وشارك في مباراة كبير ضد الإسماعيلي، والحارس تصدى لأربعة أهداف محققة”.

طالع أيضًا.. سواريش يوجه رسالة للناشئين ويؤكد: نسير في أفضل طريق.. والأهلي فوق الجميع

وأكمل: “تألق علي لطفي ومصطفى شوبير يعطي انطباعا للأهلي، أنه يجب ألا يتعاقد مع حارس مرمى بـ30 أو 40 مليونا”.

وتطرق للحديث عن محمد عواد حارس الزمالك قائلا: “محمد عواد حارس مرمى الزمالك هو الأفضل في مصر حاليا، وكان مساهما في اقتراب الزمالك من حصد الدوري، بتصدياته المميزة، وصبره طوال الوقت الذي تواجد فيه كبديل”.

أضاف: “محمد صبحي حارس مرمى فاركو رائع، ومحمد بسام حارس مرمى طلائع الجيش، أكثر حارس حقق كلين شيت في الدوري ولا يحصل على حقه بشكل كبير”.

وأكمل: “محمد الشناوي حارس الأهلي في بعض المباريات لم يكن على قدر المسؤولية، وسعيد بعودة أحمد الشناوي حارس مرمى بيراميدز إلى تألقه مرة آخرى”.

The Sri Lankan team have signed a whopping US$4.85 million sponsorship deal with the country’s mobile service provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel for the next four years. The sponsorship will take effect from the ICC World Twenty20 in England next month

Sa'adi Thawfeeq27-May-2009

The Sri Lankan team have signed a whopping US$4.85 million sponsorship deal with the country’s mobile service provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel for the next four years. The sponsorship will take effect from the ICC World Twenty20 in England next month, where the team will be led by their new captain Kumar Sangakkara.The deal is the biggest for the national team since it was first sponsored by Singer Sri Lanka in the mid-90s. The previous highest was the US$3.5 million deal for three years by tea company Dilmah.”This is an unprecedented offer from Mobitel at a time when pessimistic giants are cutting losses. This new sponsorship deserves thanks for courage and foresight. The move by Mobitel needs to be appreciated,” said Sri Lanka Cricket interim committee chairman Somachandra de Silva.The four-year sponsorship will include the 2011 World Cup, two World Twenty20s, two Asia Cups and several other international tours.Sports minister Gamini Lokuge was delighted that the team was able to attract “a high price”. “When we first advertised no sponsor showed any interest. But a second call brought us a high price because of the team’s success.”

Abdul Razzaq has said he is ready to sign a letter pledging his future to Pakistan and not the ICL, as the ramifications of the PCB’s policy on players with the private Indian league takes root. Mohammad Yousuf has already claimed he has ‘resigned’ from the league and though Razzaq has not taken that step yet, he said he was willing to leave the league and play for Pakistan.Like Yousuf, Razzaq also had problems with the previous board administration and Pakistan captain. He is one of the ICL players to have met with current Pakistan captain Younis Khan over the last month to discuss a future with the national side, worried it is believed, about the future of the ICL. “We are ready to leave the ICL and play for Pakistan,” Razzaq told Cricinfo. “If the board invites us and says, sign a letter to say you will play for Pakistan and leave other leagues, we are ready to do it.”But in an indication of the muddle – and perhaps lack of communication between the board and ICL players – that still surrounds the question of which players will come back and just how they will do so, Razzaq said he was unaware of the board’s recent amnesty statement. Instead, he questioned why the board continued to ask for a NOC (no-objection certificate) from the ICL. “This NOC the board wants has no authority, no value,” he said. “The players are ready to play for Pakistan so where is the problem?”When Yousuf left the ICL the first time, did they ask him for any NOC? When a politician changes party, does he take an NOC from his old party? I want to play and am willing to sign a letter saying so,” Razzaq said.Pakistan has been badly hit by ICL defections and though the board is keen to bring back players such as Razzaq and Yousuf, this administration has been caught between public demand for bringing them back and the hardline stance adopted by the rest of the cricket world for banning players altogether.Though the board has communicated an amnesty, officials still anticipate problems with the contracts players have signed with the ICL and implications from reneging on them. The contracts, says the PCB’s legal cell, are one-sided and make it difficult for players to just up and leave. Not so, says Razzaq. “They are not like that at all. If a legal case has to happen it has to, but if our availability is there, it shouldn’t be an issue.”Razzaq last played an ODI for Pakistan in May 2007 and the last of his 46 Tests in December 2006.

Bangalore Royal Challengers changed their personnel and their batting order against the Delhi Daredevils at St George’s Park but the result was still the same

The Bulletin by George Binoy26-Apr-2009
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Tillakaratne Dilshan scored his second rapid half-century in a row, this one completing a comfortable win•AFPFor a while it looked like Delhi Daredevils’ batsmen had been a tad complacent while chasing a modest target, which Bangalore Royal Challengers’ bowlers defended tenaciously, but an unbeaten half-century from Tillakaratne Dilshan completed their third consecutive win in the tournament. The six-wicket victory took Delhi level with Deccan Chargers on top of the points table, with six each.The only highlight for Bangalore, who suffered their fourth consecutive defeat, was the performance of their weak bowling attack, who kept them in the game longer than most people expected. Their top-order batsmen, despite changes to personnel and order, disappointed once again. Their overseas players failed to fire, and their fielding went to pieces just when they had a sniff at pulling off an upset win.Delhi lost their openers, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, early and Dilshan and AB de Villiers went about chasing the target of 150 calmly. They hardly attempted expansive shots, preferring instead to play the ball into gaps and run swiftly between the wickets. The spinners, Anil Kumble and KP Appanna, bowled a tight line and length and conceded few boundaries. As a result Delhi had scored only 64 for 2 after 10 overs but the equation – 86 runs off the last 10 – was manageable.Dilshan was perhaps lucky to survive a run-out appeal soon after the tactical time-out. He was short of his crease when Ross Taylor’s throw hit the stumps, but the third umpire was not convinced that Boucher had not broken the stumps with his glove before the ball found its target. de Villiers, however, fell soon after, bowled by a delivery from Appanna that turned past the bat from outside leg to hit leg stump. Dinesh Karthik started brightly, clouting a four and a six, but fell soon after, caught by Jacques Kallis at deep cover, and left Delhi at 106 for 4.At this point Bangalore had 43 runs to defend in the last four overs. That was when they needed to raise their game but their fielding let them down during the 17th over, which was bowled by Kallis. Dilshan took a single after smashing the third ball out of St George’s Park, and Mithun Manhas lofted the next towards long-on. Robin Uthappa, who’s having a nightmare of a tournament with the bat, misjudged the catch: he came in too far only for the ball to fly over his head for four. Manhas pulled the next ball to deep midwicket where Appanna mis-fielded to allow another boundary. Delhi scored 19 runs off the over, needed only 24 off the last three, which they managed with ease.Delhi’s batsmen have been their strength so far in the tournament, but today their bowlers laid the platform for victory by restricting Bangalore to 149. They were challenged by Pietersen and Taylor during an aggressive partnership, but the two spinners, Daniel Vettori and Amit Mishra, struck on either side of the strategic time-out to throw Bangalore off course.Delhi’s dominance began with the first ball of the match. Dirk Nannes produced a perfectly pitched delivery which angled across Kallis, who had replaced Jesse Ryder as opener. Kallis thought the ball could be left and shouldered arms, only to hear it clip the top of off stump. It was the fifth time in five matches that a Bangalore opener had been dismissed for a duck.Uthappa had scored 32 runs in four innings at a strike-rate of 71 before today, but Bangalore have almost no option but to play him. His innings ended on 3 when he top-edged a pull off the front foot against Ashish Nehra, when he should have been playing back.Pietersen had said at the toss that he “had to do something today”. He and Taylor made slow starts, but stepped up a gear against Nehra in the fourth over. Bangalore were 45 for 2 after the Powerplay at which point Virender Sehwag introduced spinners from both ends. Mishra was able to tie the batsmen down, but Vettori wasn’t. Taylor cut him deftly for four, and Pietersen charged and hit him over long-on to take 13 runs off his compatriot’s first over. In his second, Pietersen swept powerfully to the boundary but a moment’s rashness cost him his wicket the very next delivery. Pietersen attempted to switch-hit Vettori’s quicker ball through midwicket, but missed and was bowled, falling for 37 in the last over before the tactical time-out.Mishra dealt Bangalore a crippling blow in the first over after the break, trapping Taylor leg before with a googly. Bangalore were struggling at 78 for 4, but managed to reach 149 largely due to Boucher’s blows over the leg-side boundary in the penultimate over.

The captain Dan Marsh showed a cool head as Tasmania completed a fine comeback against Western Australia

Cricinfo staff18-Feb-2009Tasmania 163 and 5 for 197 (Marsh 58*) beat Western Australia 189 and 168 (Magoffin 59*, Duval 4-29) by 5 wickets
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Dan Marsh has given Tasmania a chance for more first-class success after they moved to second on the table © Getty Images
The captain Dan Marsh showed a cool head as Tasmania completed a fine comeback against Western Australia that increased their chances of making the Sheffield Shield final. The Tigers, who were 26 behind on first innings, are now second after Marsh steered the closing stages of the chase with 58 not out as they reached their target of 195 with five wickets in hand.In conditions that no batsman mastered, the Tigers were nervous until Marsh, who scored 64 in the first innings, took charge. When he hit three fours in a Drew Porter over they needed only 13 and he finished the match with a lofted boundary from Adam Voges.It was the fourth time in a row at home that Tasmania had successfully chased a fourth-innings total, which is a strong record considering the damage caused by the bowlers during the matches. Tasmania’s 5 for 197 was the highest total of the game that finished a day early.The Tigers started solidly with the openers both reaching 18 before Jonathan Wells and Rhett Lockyear both fell with the score on 37. Alex Doolan and George Bailey made important contributions of 33 and 36, but they were still looking to Marsh when Tim Paine departed with 25 still needed. Victoria lead the competition while Tasmania, who have 24 points, are two ahead of Queensland with two matches remaining.Western Australia began the third day at 8 for 97 with a quick finish looking likely, but the No. 10 Steve Magoffin had other ideas and registered an unbeaten 59. Magoffin, who would later take 3 for 59, lost Josh Mangan for 12 early in the morning before he combined with Brett Dorey (16) in a 48-run stand. Unfortunately for the Warriors, it only delayed the defeat.

That Hughes went on to post 75 in his second Test innings was a credit to his determination. His runs didn’t come easily, nor prettily, but it was impossible to look away during his 159-minute innings

Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers01-Mar-2009
There was barely a dull moment during Phillip Hughes’ first substantial Test innings © Getty Images
Phillip Hughes has taken over from his fellow left-hander MatthewHayden as Australia’s Test opener but that’s about where thesimilarity ends. The pair couldn’t be less physically alike andHughes’ first substantial innings at international level has alsoshown that, apart from having the confidence to go for his shots, hisbatting style bears little resemblance to that of his predecessor.Hayden was big in every sense of the word and so imposing that when hewalked at the bowler it was easy to imagine his thunderous presenceopening up new cracks in the pitch. Hughes, at 170 centimetres, is soslight that on a particularly bad surface he could almost slip throughone of those fissures. It shouldn’t be any great surprise, then, thatthe men handle fast bowling rather differently.It’s hard to remember Hayden ever backing away from a bouncer; hepreferred to hook or duck. Hughes, who edged behind when he flashed ata high, wide bouncer from Dale Steyn in the first innings, was heavilytested by short stuff in his second innings. The South Africans weresurprised by his strange technique. As Steyn delivered a threateningbarrage, Hughes shuffled backwards in a manner that brought to mindStuart MacGill more than Matthew Hayden.But while he backed away he wasn’t backing down. Hughes was preparedto use the pace and cut over the cordon, which is a method he hasemployed since he played A-grade cricket at the age of 12 in the NewSouth Wales town of Macksville. When the older fast bowlers would tryto rattle the precocious kid with bouncers, Hughes refused to bebullied and regularly rocked back to slash them over the slips.Fast-forward eight years and not much has changed.”I thought that was the outstanding part of it, that he did stand upfor himself,” Australia’s coach Tim Nielsen said. “He took thechallenge on, head on. They’re good quality fast bowlers and theybowled fast and they bowled aggressively at him. There was obviouslysome bi-play going on out there and they were trying to get under hisskin but he really hung in there and he was willing to take them onwith some aggressive cricket.”That Hughes went on to post 75 in his second Test innings was a creditto his determination. His runs didn’t come easily, nor prettily, butit was impossible to look away during his 159-minute innings. He isparticularly strong square of the wicket and when he was given widthhe cut with reckless abandon, sometimes through point if not over thecordon. Balls were driven uppishly wide of fielders and there wasbarely a dull moment during his charmed existence.Twice Hughes was caught behind off his gloves from Morne Morkelbouncers but both times he was reprieved by the umpire Billy Bowdenand the South African captain Graeme Smith, who wasn’t certain enoughto ask for referrals. At 20, Hughes is a year younger than Smith waswhen he made his Test debut. While the two men were in the middlelocked in battle, Nielsen felt as though he was watching a raw versionof the South African captain.”I wouldn’t be surprised in the future if you see Phillip Hughesplaying similar roles to what Graeme Smith does for South Africa as anopening batsman,” Nielsen said. “He’s going to be a pugnacious, strongbackfoot player that’s willing to take on any contest and he’s shownthat in his first Test today.”“I wouldn’t be surprised in the future if you see Phillip Hughes playing similar roles to what Graeme Smith does for South Africa as anopening batsman. He’s going to be a pugnacious, strong backfoot player that’s willing to take on any contest”Tim NielsenWhen Hughes brought up his half-century with one of his mostconventional shots, a terrific off-drive to the boundary off Morkel,he was congratulated by his partner and captain Ricky Ponting. AfterHughes acknowledged the crowd’s applause, Ponting made a special pointof walking up to his new colleague and handing out some advice.Whatever it was, it didn’t seem to include a smile.But there must have been plenty of happy faces in Macksville, whereHughes was raised in a banana-farming family. It’s a small townbetween Sydney and Brisbane that prompted the travel writer BillBryson to write: “It is possible, I suppose, to construct hypotheticalcircumstances in which you would be pleased to find yourself, at theend of a long day, in Macksville.” Bryson went on to clarify that itwouldn’t be his feeling in the normal course of events.At the end of a long day on Thursday, the locals weren’t too happyeither. They had been promised free beer at one of the town’s pubs foras long as Hughes’ first innings lasted. Four balls gave them barelylong enough to get to the front of the queue at the bar. At least whenhe scored his half-century in the second innings it was duringprime-time in Australia, even if the beer wasn’t free.When he slammed Paul Harris over midwicket for six it looked like hemight have enough luck on his side to join Marcus North in scoring acentury on debut. But his fortune soon ran out. Hughes glanced a catchto leg slip later in the same over and walked off having shown histremendous talent but also some potential weaknesses.He’ll never play just like Hayden, who before the tour advised Hughesto “be himself”. Nor will he ever look like the mountainous Smith, butif he increases the batting resemblance to South Africa’s captain thatso impressed his coach, Hughes will be a supremely valuable man foryears to come.