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Victoria bowled out Queensland for 190 on the first day at the Gabba, before putting on 1 for 27 by the close of play

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Mar-2016
ScorecardScott Boland led Victoria’s fine bowling effort with figures of 4 for 44•Getty ImagesVictoria steadied in their quest to secure top spot on the Sheffield Shield table and a “home” final by rolling out Queensland cheaply on day one of the match at the Gabba. Having bowled out the Bulls for 190, the Bushrangers lost one wicket in the short passage of play before stumps.The Bushrangers had subsided to an innings defeat at the hands of bottom-placed Tasmania in Hobart last week, but excelled on a Brisbane surface that offered some assistance to the pacers to keep the Bulls from creeping any closer to their perch at the head of the competition table.Scott Boland took a well-deserved four-for for the visitors, and had strong support from Jake Reed, Chris Tremain, Marcus Stoinis, Dan Christian and the wrist spinner Fawad Ahmed.No Bulls batsman did better than Sam Heazlett’s 45, but Matt Renshaw, Charlie Hemphrey and Chris Lynn will all be irritated about squandering starts. Allrounder James Hopes provided some late resistance with a hard-hitting 36 to push the Bulls close to the 200 mark.Left with an awkward session to negotiate before the close, Victoria lost Travis Dean when he shouldered arms to Peter George and was bowled. Nevertheless, they would surely have been the far happier team at stumps.

Pep Guardiola has claimed that Manchester City will win a fourth consecutive Premier League title, despite their poor defensive showing against Spurs.

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Guardiola believes Man City will win title againConceded eight goals in last three league gamesPhillips could play a part against Aston VillaWHAT HAPPENED?

The Catalan manager feels his side are still capable of winning the Premier League title for a fourth consecutive season despite a host of defensive errors in their last few league matches. The reigning champions dropped points in their last three outings in the Premier League against Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, conceding a total of eight goals. They were held to 3-3 draw by Ange Postecoglou's swashbuckling Spurs side on Sunday as the Cityzens squandered the lead twice in the match.

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Speaking in a pre-match press conference, Guardiola said: "If you ask me today, my feeling is that we're going to win the Premier League. If we play at the levels that we showed against Liverpool and Tottenham, we're going to do it again – knowing that it is not easy of course."

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The manager also hinted that out-of-favour midfielder Kalvin Phillips, who is being linked with a move away from the club in January, could play a part in their upcoming league clash against Aston Villa on Wednesday.

On the midfielder's chance of playing the match, the former Barcelona coach said: "There's a chance [for Kalvin Phillips to play against Villa]. Today, I have to see training in the afternoon and see how the players are and feel. The decision will be made tomorrow."

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The Blues are currently third in the league, three points behind leaders Arsenal and one behind Liverpool. After facing Unai Emery's side in midweek, they will look ahead to a trip to Kenilworth Road to face Luton Town on Sunday.

Marie-Louise Eta has made Bundesliga history as its first female assistant after Urs Fischer was sacked in a coaching shake-up by Union Berlin.

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Union Berlin sacked Urs Fischer on WednesdayMarie-Louise Eta included in temporary coaching staffBecomes first female assistant coach in Bundesliga historyWHAT HAPPENED?

After securing qualification for the Champions League last season, Union are rock bottom of the Bundesliga table after a terrible start to the new campaign, costing Fischer his job. He was sacked on Wednesday as the club placed Under-19s coach Marco Grote in temporary charge, with his assistant Eta also joining the first-team staff.

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After hanging up her boots in 2018, bringing an end to a playing career that saw her win the UEFA Women's Champions League with Turbine Potsdam as part of an incredible treble in 2010, Eta has held coaching roles in the youth teams with Werder Bremen, Germany and Union. She joined the latter earlier this year, working as Grote's assistant with the U19s, and will now step up to this historic role until further notice.

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There have been female coaches in the men's game at various levels over the years. Carolina Morace, the former Italy international, was the first woman to coach a professional men's team when she took over Viterbese of Serie C1; former France women's national team coach Corinne Diacre made her name coaching Clermont Foot in Ligue 2 and Hannah Dingley became the first woman to take charge of an English Football League club when she was made Forest Green Rovers' interim in July.

However, Eta is making Bundesliga history by being part of Union's temporary staff and will be a very rare example of a woman coaching a men's top-flight team.

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The change of staff marks a new era for Union, who achieved incredible things in Fischer's five years in charge. But after a disastrous start to this season, the club will believe a new direction can help them get off the bottom of the Bundesliga table. USMNT star Brenden Aaronson will hope it means good things for him, too, the on-loan Leeds forward having struggling massively for opportunities to this point.

England’s determination to play a more adventurous brand of cricket in one-day cricket encourages captain Eoin Morgan to suggest they are finally on the right track

George Dobell08-Jun-2015As England’s World Cup campaign came to its premature end, the team sat in the dressing room in Sydney and held what they term as “an honesty meeting”.After an initial – and by most accounts somewhat awkward – silence, one of the players started to talk. And while versions differ a little, the general consensus is that Ravi Bopara then delivered some home truths that cut to the heart of England’s problems.Despite all the brave talk of how aggressively England were going to play at the World Cup, Bopara said, they still played the same timid cricket that had failed in the past. And, if they were going to improve their record – they have a wretched World Cup history since reaching the final in 1992 – things had to change.Bopara’s words did not please all his colleagues. But there was a great deal of truth in them and they were largely echoed by Eoin Morgan on Monday as he looked ahead the Royal London ODI series against New Zealand.”For a long time now, we’ve been behind the 8-ball in one-day cricket,” Morgan said. “We’ve fallen behind by a long way and it’s time for a catch-up.”After the World Cup we’ve come back and said we need to change the way we play and the proof in that is the selections that we have made. We’ve selected guys who play a different brand of cricket and we don’t want that to change once they put the England shirt on.”The guys we have brought in do something different and we want that to continue. If they play as well as they have done in county cricket then it will be very exciting.”It was the senior players who disappointed most at the World Cup. Morgan struggled for runs, Ian Bell struggled to bat the tempo required and failed in the key games, while both James Anderson and Stuart Broad were unable to bowl the full length required to utilise the new ball. The last three, and Bopara, have all been dropped and may struggle to win a recall.Morgan hails Reeve insights

Eoin Morgan has hailed the contribution of Dermot Reeve, the former England all-rounder, who spent a day with England’s limited-overs squad in an advisory capacity.
The news of Reeve’s involvement with the squad – revealed by ESPNcricinfo on Sunday – surprised some, but Morgan countered that Reeve’s experience as a hugely successful and innovative limited-overs players rendered him an ideal voice in the dressing room.
Morgan also explained that Reeve’s perspective on the role of the game in players’ lives, could also prove beneficial to young men who the management hope will relax and enjoy the experience.
“We are trying to connect as much as we can with past players and to have someone like Dermot around is very good,” Morgan said. “He is a very knowledgeable character. It’s important – particularly for the younger guys coming into the squad – to recognise that there is a lot more to playing for England than just pulling on the jersey and he emphasised that. Simple points coming from him to younger guys who have looked up to him as kids hold a lot of weight.”

There may be a temptation to return to them in time, though. The next two global ODI tournaments (the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 World Cup) are both to be staged in relatively early season in England when a case could be made to select batsmen with a tight defensive technique and bowlers with experience. And, with such an aggressive batting line-up, there will surely be times when this young England side come unstuck.But Morgan, who will have a voice in the selection of both limited-overs squads while he remains as captain, is adamant that this squad is more than a reaction to the World Cup debacle and instead represents a brave new era.”It’s very important to recognise that it won’t come off all the time,” Morgan said. “But the intention of playing in the right manner is key and has to be key for a long period of time. Otherwise, if you ditch it after a few games, it won’t work.”In the new-look side, there will be more opportunity given to the likes of Ben Stokes, who is expected to bat at No. 4, and Jos Buttler, anticipated at No. 6, which could well mean no place for James Taylor.Morgan, who has scored only 491 runs in his last 29 ODIs (including nearly 25% of them in one innings) at an average of just 18.88, needs a decent series, or Taylor could be pushing for his place in the side and as captain.Jason Roy and Alex Hales will open the batting, which could threaten the long-term position of Moeen Ali, who was omitted from the squad to gain some red ball bowling time ahead of the Ashes, with Joe Root expected to bat at No. 3. Buttler remains vice-captain.Morgan insists that he feels “a lot more comfortable” with the bat than he did during the World Cup and credits his spell at the IPL for the improvement. That led him to suggest, not for the first time, that English domestic competitions had to be improved if more young players were going to graduate to the international teams prepared for the standard of cricket.”For some reason I always go to the IPL and come back a better player,” he said. “That has been the case this year. I feel a lot more comfortable with where I’m at.”In the ideal world we would have our own world-renowned domestic tournament that everybody wants to play in and you would see our younger guys flourish in what would be a very high standard of cricket. They would be put under pressure the majority of times they go out to bat, bowl or field. And that’s what we want.”We have heard much of this before, of course. But this time, as the ECB look at rescheduling the domestic season, it looks almost inevitable that the County Championship will be reduced to 12 games each per county with more emphasis given on limited-overs formats. Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket, favours 10 gamesBut Morgan, at least, feels that, in partnership with Trevor Bayliss and Strauss, there is a common accord which can bring an improvement in England’s one-day performances.”Speaking with Strauss, he feels there is to be a difference between Tests and one dayers and a bigger priority on white ball cricket,” Morgan said. “That is the change that made me think, ‘hold on, we are actually going to make some progress here.’ I think there are plans being put in place to prioritise tournaments in the future instead of making overloading with Tests the priority.”Trevor’s strategy revolves around having athletes in your side – gun fielders – and then a couple of specifics: guys being able to turn the ball both ways and having your quicks looking constantly to take wickets and being aggressive with the bat. My experience with him has been brilliant.”We’re all on the same page as over the direction that we want to take this team and the brand of cricket we want to play. It might still take a bit of time but I’ll certainly be involved in selection, so I’ve got the squad I wanted.”

A round-up of the Dhaka Premier League matches on November 25, 2014

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Nov-2014Prime Bank Cricket Club moved to second position in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League after beating Mohammedan Sporting Club by four wickets. Shuvagata Hom took three wickets and made 47 runs to ensure victory in Fatullah.Batting first, Mohammedan made 185-8 in 50 overs with Naeem Islam making 56. Apart from Shuvagata’s three, Dilshan Munaweera picked up two wickets. Prime Bank reached the target in 43.3 overs with Saikat Ali starting off with 46 before Shuvagata top scored.Abahani cruised past Partex Sporting Club by six wickets at the BKSP-3. Partex were bowled out for 170 in 49.2 overs with Nasir Hossain and Nazmul Islam taking three wickets each. Later, Litton Das hammered a 49-ball 64 with ten fours and a six as they reached the target in 33.1 overs.Kalabagan Krira Chakra crushed Old DOHS Sports Club by 90 runs to compel them to their fifth loss in a row. Batting first, KCA made 220-8 in 50 overs with Jehan Mubarak making 50 and Tasamul Haque’s 30. Later Abdur Razzak took four wickets as Old DOHS were bowled out for 130 runs in 37.3 overs.

Goal takes a look at the most memorable Premier League deals that were finalised on January transfer deadline day over the years

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Fernando Torres’ £35 million deadline day transfer to Chelsea from Liverpool was a then-British transfer record. ‘El Nino’, a former Kop darling, infamously left the Reds to join Chelsea in 2011 in search for silverware and success amid a period of deep turbulence for the Anfield side.

While he had endeared himself to the Merseyside faithful with 81 goals, forming a prolific partnership with Steven Gerrard and earning a reputation as one of the Premier League’s most feared strikers, he was considered a flop at Stamford Bridge.

He scored his first Chelsea goal against West Ham on April 23, 2011 after a 903-minute goal-less run, though he did lift the Champions League trophy with the Blues in 2012.

AdvertisementGetty ImagesLuis Suarez | Liverpool | £23m

The Uruguayan international’s time at Anfield was marred with controversy, but he will be best remember for his scoring prowess and lethal attacking skill with the Reds. Luis Suarez was initially brought to Liverpool to Ajax in a view to partner Torres in attack, and scored on his debut against Stoke in February 2011.

He scored just four Premier League goals in his first half-season for Liverpool but became his side’s most valuable asset over the next few years, steadily increasing his league tally to 11 goals in 2011-12, 23 goals in 2012-13 and 31 goals in 2013-14.

He played a key role in Liverpool’s 2014 title push under Brendan Rodgers, and left for Barcelona later that summer.

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If there’s anybody who embodies the idea of a ‘panic buy’, it’s Andy Carroll. Liverpool acted swiftly to purchase the forward from Newcastle as a replacement for the outgoing Torres in January 2011, with Carroll’s club-record £35m signing confirmed on deadline day.

Carroll endured a challenging time at Liverpool, struggling to fill in for Torres. He managed to score just 11 goals in his two seasons for the Reds before leaving for West Ham in 2012.

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The Gunners had their eye on Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a while, but his move was only confirmed on deadline day 2018 – as Arsenal, along with Chelsea and Dortmund, were involved in a player merry-go-round. Arsenal wanted Aubameyang, but Dortmund couldn’t sell the player without having a replacement, who they identified in Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi. The Blues, in turn, wanted to bring in Olivier Giroud from the Emirates, which rounded out the transfer triangle stand-off.

All three clubs finally confirmed all three deals on January 31 – Aubameyang to Arsenal, Batshuyai replacing him at Dortmund, and Giroud signing for Chelsea from Arsenal.

Football management is a demanding job and club boards can sometimes be quick to lose patience when things aren't going right

Getty Images18Sam Allardyce | Crystal Palace | 151 daysSam Allardyce's stint as England manager lasted just 67 days as he was forced to resign in disgrace following a scandal in September 2016. However, he managed to land another job just a couple of months later as he took the reins at Crystal Palace. He saved Palace from relegation but departed in May 2017 after 151 days.AdvertisementGetty Images17Howard WIlkinson | Sunderland | 151 daysHoward Wilkinson took the reins at Sunderland in late 2002 but the former Leeds United boss did not last very long and left the job after 151 days.Getty16Remi Garde | Aston Villa | 147 daysEx-France international Remi Garde had enjoyed a degree of success with Lyon before taking charge of Aston Villa in November 2015, but he could not replicate that at Villa Park. He departed in March 2016 with Villa at the bottom of the table after 147 days.ENJOYED THIS STORY?

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Getty Images15Chris Hutchings | Bradford City | 141 daysWhen Paul Jewell left Bradford City for Sheffield Wednesday in 2000, his assistant Chris Hutchings was promoted to the role of manager. However, his reign lasted only 21 games and he was sacked in November of that year.

Former Newcastle forward Nile Ranger has suggested he could have been as good as Erling Haaland had he eaten and behaved better as a youngster.

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Ranger was rising star at NewcastleEnded up in Championship and League OneSays he could have been like HaalandWHAT HAPPENED?

Ranger made a name for himself as a promising young player when he broke into the Newcastle first-team at the age of 18, the season they earned promotion to the Premier League.

His career did not go on the trajectory expected of him, however, and he ended up on loan in the Championship with Barnsley for half a season and then spent the remainder of the campaign in League One with Sheffield Wednesday. Since then, he has played for Swindon, Blackpool, Southend, Spalding and Boreham Wood.

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The attacker, now 32, says he had the talent to reach the top of the game and feels he shared many similarities with Manchester City star Haaland, who scored 52 goals to help fire Pep Guardiola's side to the European and English treble last season.

However, Ranger admits his behaviour and refusal to listen to the advice he was given early in his career hindered him.

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"There needs to be a movie on my life because it’s a real one, it’s an interesting one," he told "I have players coming to me saying: ‘What happened? What’s wrong with you? With your talent, what are you doing?’ I made my bed and now I have to lie in it. I feel frustrated. I know what I can do but it’s deeper than that because I’ve had so many chances. I didn’t take in the advice.

"I should be minimum Championship right now. I shouldn’t be having problems but I didn’t listen. If I added nutrition to my game and behaviour, I’m Haaland. But I didn’t want to listen. I thought I knew it all."

He continued: "Every club I’ve had, even as an adult, my mum has had to come in — because they respect her — to see if it could work as a last throw of the dice. She is my life coach, she’s probably disappointed deep down I didn’t really go higher… but she always says: ‘Listen, we had a blast, no matter what’."

Now a free agent since leaving Boreham Wood, he is eager to find a new club, adding: "I know I’m very good at football, people can play to 38 or 39. I can still play. I want to get back then I can climb. I’ve got to go and show what I can do or I’m going to get to an age where I can’t move. It catches up with you."

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The Englishman will continue his search for a new club as he looks to get back on the field before long.

Krishmar Santokie is hoping that his Man-of-the-Match performance over England in the second T20 victory will be enough to force him into the West Indies starting XI come the World T20 title defence in Bangladesh

Renaldo Matadeen in Barbados12-Mar-2014Krishmar Santokie is hoping that his Man-of-the-Match performance over England in the second T20 victory will be enough to force him into the West Indies starting XI come the World T20 title defence in Bangladesh.Santokie claimed 4 for 21 and proved very troublesome from the onset via a disciplined spell that pegged England to 21 for 2 by their fourth over after electing to bat. West Indies edged home in a close five-wicket win to seal the series and Santokie said his confidence had grown and he was ready to be thrust on to the big stage.”I’ve only played four games so far but let’s hope after this performance, I can be a consistent performer in the team,” Santokie said. “I bowl wicket-to-wicket as most batsmen like to free their hands so I keep it close to the batters, not giving them any width. Making my debut [against England] a couple years ago, it was good to come back and play them again and win the Man-of-the-Match. It was fantastic.”Krishmar Santokie hopes his performance will help him gain a place in the starting line-up at the World T20•AFPWith Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo again struggling for economy, Santokie said he felt no extra pressure coming to the fore against England. He said despite his lack of international inexperience, he was not intimidated and said that he wanted to improve the versatility of the team to boost their chances of repeating as World T20 champions.Santokie said the key to his strong performance was spending a lot of time assessing the pitch conditions and also studying footage of the England batsmen, something he has focused on since being recalled to the team.”I wouldn’t say there’s extra pressure [on me] because we have a good all-round team,” he said. “All our players have their part to play and so do I, if given the opportunity. I just need to remain confident and be positive at all times. After watching the first game on Sunday, I got a few ideas and watched some videos of the batters so I have an idea of how to bowl to them – the areas they like and the areas they don’t. I just made sure I bowled in the right areas today.”He said that Samuel Badree’s early pressure on the England batsmen reduced the boundary count which allowed him to persist with slower deliveries to stymie England’s charge. Santokie also added that batsmen viewing him as a bowler within the medium-to-slow end of the spectrum often proved to his benefit.Santokie said it was “very disappointing” to have missed out on T20 opportunities in the past for West Indies despite “performing over and over” but said he was now eager to grasp any available opportunity. He was the leading wicket-taker and Player of the Tournament in last year’s inaugural Caribbean Premier League with 16 wickets and was labelled as “the best bowler that isn’t playing West Indies cricket” by his coach, Curtly Ambrose, with the Guyana Amazon Warriors.He said he found no difficulties in making the transition from the regional to international stage via several domestic seasons playing against the likes of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith. “I’ve played for the West Indies Under-15 as well as Jamaica’s Under-15 and Under-19s and also, for the last five years in the Caribbean T20,” Santokie said. “I also played club cricket in England for six years and from all this cricket, I don’t see any problem moving to the international stage. It’s about how you go out there and perform on the day.”

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group A matches played on January 6, 2015

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ScorecardManoj Tiwary’s fifty led Bengal’s reply against Tamil Nadu•PTI Irfan Pathan made his comeback to first-class cricket by scoring 98 runs which helped lead Baroda to a strong score of 498. Baroda spinner Swapnil Singh’s also chipped in with a fifty on the second day in Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh’s steady reply was led by an unbeaten fifty from opener Tanmay Srivastava as they finished the day trailing by 395 runs.Baroda, 316 for 6 overnight, had Irfan on 15 and lost Penal Shah after he added only four runs to his overnight score. Swapnil joined Irfan with the score at 320 for 7 and they stitched a partnership of 139 runs to propel Baroda past 450. Playing a first-class match after more than a year, Irfan’s 98 featured 12 fours before he was bowled by Ali Murtaza. Swapnil went on to bat with the tail, scoring an unbeaten 73 with eight fours and three sixes. Murtaza took the last two wickets and finished with 4 for 103.UP’s opening stand of 49 was broken when Yusuf Pathan had Akash Verma caught for 12. However, Srivastava’s 69 not out, with Mukul Dagar, steered them to 103 for 1.
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Tamil Nadu captain R Prasanna had to be stretchered off the field after colliding with Bengal’s Ashok Dinda at the non-striker’s end at Eden Gardens. Prasanna suffered a lower back injury and was straightaway taken to a hospital. Scans revealed he had a bulge in the disc. He is unlikely to play any further part in the match.

Manoj Tiwary’s unbeaten fifty led Bengal’s reply after Tamil Nadu lost their last four wickets for 38 runs on the second morning in Kolkata to be dismissed for 246. Bengal ended the day 63 runs behind TN after good starts from their top four batsmen who steered them to a solid 183 for 2.TN were 208 for 5 overnight but Ashok Dinda struck in the first over the of day to remove R Sathish. Laxmipathy Balaji’s 25-ball 2 kept the wickets at bay for nearly eight overs but medium-pacer Pritam Chakraborty’s two quick wickets reduced them to 228 for 8. TN were dented further when their captain R Prasanna retired hurt just after reaching his fifty, at the score of 236 and a run-out ended their innings in the 89th over. Dinda finished with 4 for 76.Bengal openers Rohan Banerjee and Arindam Das put on a solid opening stand of 74, which was broken by Balaji, when he trapped Arindam lbw for 48. Banerjee also fell seven overs later but Abhimanyu Easwaran (41*) and Tiwary (54*) put Bengal in a position of strength with an unbeaten stand of 81 runs.Karnataka v Jammu & Kashmir: Uthappa 156 powers Karnataka
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