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Chickenpox victim Nathan Bracken could play for New South Wales against Victoria later this week – but at least one of the Blues’ ailing batters might miss out.Paceman Bracken bowled only eight overs in South Australia’s second innings of the four day Pura Cup cricket match which ended in Adelaide yesterday.With fellow quicks Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath on international one day duty, the faltering Blues badly need Bracken on board for the Pura Cup match against the Bushrangers starting in Sydney on Friday.Bracken, who was diagnosed with chickenpox on day three of the game in Adelaide, should be named in the NSW team on Tuesday, though a shadow player willbe put on standby.”He (Bracken) will be under some scrutiny until probably as late as Thursday night before the game,” NSW chairman of selectors John Benaud said.”At this stage, the suggestion is that he should be fit, that it is a mild dose of chickenpox so we can only wait and see on that.”Bracken’s illness was the latest setback for an NSW team which struggled over the last two months after making a strong start to the season.Benaud said middle order batsman Graeme Rummans and Matthew Phelps were exerting pressure on a misfiring Blues batting line-up that included an out of sortsMichael Slater.While much had been written about the ex-Test opener’s lean trot, Benaud said the discarded international wouldn’t be treated differently to any other player.”Just because he is a former Test player, I don’t think that really changes the equation at all – he’s just another member of the team who is under pressure,” Benaud said.NSW emerged without a point from its last three Pura Cup games and looked likely to drop to fourth place after the current round.In the ING Cup one day tournament, early season pacesetter NSW dropped to third after losing three of its last four fixtures.NSW dropped Darren Lehmann three times during his quick-fire century in Adelaide and Benaud was also concerned about a batting line-up which struggled with the exception of youngster Michael Clarke.Benaud stressed NSW was still very much in the hunt for finals spots in both formats but acknowledged the Blues needed to improve significantly following its 67 run outright loss in Adelaide.”We need to lift our game fairly substantially. I think our fielding and batting in the last game it would be fair to say was ordinary,” Benaud said.

On Sunday, the last day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy tie betweenServices and Haryana at the Air Force Station Ground in New Delhi, thefinal result was a draw in spite of a stunning batting display byHaryana captain Parinder Sharma.Services started the day on 312/9 in their first innings trailingbehind Haryana’s first innings score of 389. In the fourth over of themorning Services were all out for 327 giving Haryana a lead of 62.Haryana wanted to force an outright victory and went on the offensive.Their second innings was a kamikaze effort. Captain Parinder Sharmahit a whirlwind unbeaten 103 off 72 balls including 12 fours and asix. Wickets fell at the other end like nine pins but Parinder Sharmawas riding his luck to glory.S Dalal (20) and Jasvir Singh (25) were the only batsmen to giveParinder some kind of support. As soon as Parinder reached his centuryHaryana declared their second innings on 176/8 in 26.2 overs.Services had their task cut out. They were set 239 in 56 overs for awin. The match was poised for a close finish. So it did. At closeServices were 152/7 clinging on to dear life. Haryana tried their bestto force the issue through Pankaj Thakur 2/45 and Amit Mishra 3/69.Services owe their three points to Harish Bhaskar (30) and SarabjitSingh (51). Haryana collected five points thanks to their firstinnings lead.

Kasun Rajitha, a 22-year-old seamer from Badureliya Sports Club, has been picked in both the four-day and one-day squads for Sri Lanka A’s tour of New Zealand in October. Rajitha has played only seven first-class matches, and has taken just six wickets at an average of 81.83 in the Premier League Tournament. However, match figures of 7 for 106 in the recent tour match against the Indians have helped earn him a place in both squads.Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay and opening batsman Dhananjaya de Silva, who debuted in the recent T20 series against Pakistan, also find places in both squads. Seamer Lahiru Gamage, wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, and middle-order batsman Kithuruwan Vithanage, who have all played for Sri Lanka in the past, also feature in both squads. Batsman Ashan Priyanjan has been named captain of both teams.Vishwa Fernando, the 23-year-old left-arm seamer who is in the Sri Lanka squad for the ongoing Test series against India, has been named in the four-day squad only. Chamara Kapugedara, meanwhile, is in the squad for the one-dayers.Left-arm chinaman bowler Lakshan Sandakan, who has been among the top five wicket-takers in to successive domestic seasons, and had also been in a Sri Lanka ODI squad last year, does not find a place in either squad.Sri Lanka A play four unofficial ODIs and two unofficial Tests against New Zealand A. Their tour begins in Lincoln on October 1, with two warm-up encounters against New Zealand Cricket’s winter training squad.Sri Lanka A unofficial Test squad: Ashan Priyanjan (capt.), Dananjaya De Silva, Udara Jayasundara, Minod Bhanuka, Niroshan Dickwella, Roshen Silva, Asela Gunaratne, Angelo Jayasinghe, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Nisala Tharaka, Lahiru Gamage, Jeffrey Vandersay, Amila Aponso, Kithuruwan VithanageSri Lanka A unofficial ODI squad: Ashan Priyanjan (capt.), Dananjaya De Silva, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Shehan Jayasuriya, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Niroshan Dickwella, Dasun Shanaka, Chamara Kapugedara, Lahiru Madushanka, Chaturanga De Silva, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lahiru Gamage, Kasun Rajitha, Binura Fernando, Nisala Tharaka

Everton have made a name for themselves when it comes to disastrous transfers ever since Farhad Moshiri took over as the owner at the club, with over £500m spent on players and absolutely no return on investment when you consider that the Toffees find themselves in a relegation battle this season.

Although Moshiri will definitely have regrets on some of the players he has already spent millions on, there are opportunities missed to sign players who have gone on to have a fantastic career elsewhere, and one of the biggest howlers was not securing the signature of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Sam Allardyce told the talkSPORT Breakfast Show that he wanted to sign the former Arsenal goal machine back in 2018 when he was the manager at Goodison Park;

“Aubameyang was desperate to come to the Premier League and we didn’t really know if it was definitely a yes [to Everton] or not – but it was probably not.

“Whether that could have happened or not, we never got that far.

“It was always going to be too much money for January, because of what the club spent previous to me arriving.”

The striker, who scored 68 Premier League goals has been hailed a “genius” by Jose Mourinho, and eventually signed for the Gunners in a deal worth £56m from Borussia Dortmund. The rest was history as he became a Premier League golden boot and FA Cup winner during his time at the London club.

When you compare the Gabon born striker’s Premier League attacking statistics (via Premier League website) with current Toffees striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Aubameyang would have clearly been the better striking option for Everton, out-achieving the 26-year-old attacker’s Premier League career so far with two seasons less in the league.

Aubameyang’s superior attacking output could have potentially saved the Toffees from several campaigns of struggles, especially this season when you consider the situation the club has found themselves in.

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It’s something that can definitely be partially blamed on the lack of goals and chances created in the attacking line so far with the side only scoring 29 times compared to the 47 strikes they have conceded already.

With reports of Calvert-Lewin potentially on the move this summer it could be an opportunity for Moshiri and Lampard to find their next Aubameyang who can offer a consistent output of goal involvements, and ultimately improve their chances of thriving in the top half of the table once again should they survive their relegation challenge in the remaining months of the season.

In other news: Forget DCL: Everton must keep “terrible” £110k-p/w “huge liability”, Lamps needs him

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Daniel Vettori top scored with 83 in New Zealand’s first-innings total of 192 © AFP

South Africa A, inspired by Friedel de Wet’s 6 for 50, gained a first-innings lead of 251 over the New Zealanders but chose not to enforce the follow-on on day two of their four-day game in Potchefstroom. Instead they pushed to build on the lead and closed the day at 20 for 2.Resuming at the overnight score of 350 for 4, South Africa A batsmen Neil McKenzie and Morne van Wyk added 28 more before Daniel Vettori trapped van Wyk leg-before for 34. McKenzie looked set for his maiden first-class double-century when Jacob Oram had him caught behind for 182. The last three fell with only 11 added to the total, but McKenzie’s 224-run stand with Boeta Dippenaar on the first day had ensured that New Zealand were under enough pressure when they came out to bat.The pressure increased as Charl Langeveldt bowled Michael Papps for 1 in the third over. It got worse from there as de Wet and Lonwabo Tsotsobe removed the next five batsmen in 17 overs as New Zealand collapsed to 63 for 6. Vettori, who had taken three wickets in the first innings, prevented New Zealand from being bowled out under 100 as he hit 83 off 74 balls. He added 91 with Ross Taylor, who with 36, was New Zealand’s second-highest scorer as they were bowled out for 192.McKenzie was again at the crease when stumps were called along with Tshabalala, the nightwatchman, after Chris Martin dismissed the openers inside six overs.

Sourav Ganguly has joined the Indian team ahead of the practice match at Potchefstroom beginning December 7 © AFP

At 10 past eleven on a hot and dry day at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom, aMercedes minivan pulls up a few feet away from the outdoor nets. As soonas its doors open, the TV crews make a beeline there from their vantagepoints. Sourav Ganguly gets out quietly, picks up his kitbag from theboot, and wheels in into the practice area.Initially no one sees him, all of them occupied midway through a session.Then, as he sets his kitbag down and set about opening it, Munaf Patelturns around. He stares wide-eyed for a minute and then extends his hand.Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had been chatting to Munaf just moments earlier,follows suit. ‘You drove straight from the airport?” asks Dhoni. Gangulyjust nods, and half smiles.Ian Frazer, who had just been lobbing balls to Rahul Dravid in a net keptapart from the others, is next to see him. He too goes up and shakes hishand, sharing a few words. Greg Chappell is having a quiet word in GautamGambhir’s ear when he spots Ganguly. Ganguly crosses the few metres thatseparate them and they shake hands. “Welcome back, mate,” says Chappell.”Glad you made it.”Dravid has just finished a small session with Frazer and Greg Kingthrowing them down when he wanders across to meet the man he replaced asIndia’s captain. They chat for a couple of minutes, both men gazing in thedirection of the batsmen and bowlers engaged in the nets.Soon after, Ganguly breaks away to see to his equipment. The SG thigh padcomes out, and he puts his bat, gloves, pads and helmet on the grass inreadiness for what will be his first experience of South African pitchesin nearly four years. As he pads up, Irfan Pathan spots him and waves.Ganguly waves back. After nearly a year away from the limelight,he’s back. Only time will tell if he still belongs.

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Mark Cosgrove celebrates a splendid century © Getty Images

South Australia held all the aces thanks to Mark Cosgrove’s fabulous 184 that propelled them to 389, securing a massive first-innings lead of 240 against Victoria at the Junction Oval. At stumps, Victoria were 0 for 7, still 233 runs short of avoiding an innings defeat.Resuming overnight on 2 for 58, Shane Deitz and Cosgrove put on another 101 in the morning before Deitz (78) finally fell to Gerard Denton, but not before their 158-run stand had taken South Australia ahead. Mick Lewis and Allan Wise prised out Callum Ferguson and Graham Manou relatively cheaply but Cosgrove, who hammered 14 fours and four sixes, stood firm at one end and strung together a couple of handy partnerships. When he brought up his century, Cosgrove added another impressive display to his fine run of scores since his return after being suspended for being unfit.Darren Lehmann, who had been ruled out of action for six weeks after injuring his thumb on the first day, was expected to bat only if necessary and walked out at 5 for 236. He struck six fours and was dominant in an 87-run partnership with Cosgrove that battered Victoria before he eventually fell to Wise for 49. Cameron White dismissed Matthew Weeks after some resistance before Jason Gillespie defied Victoria for 70 balls for his 20.Cosgrove batted on and extended the lead past 230 before Wise had him caught by Michael Klinger. Wise, who ended with figures of 4 for 78, finally dismissed Gillespie, whose stubborn batting is now a trademark, on 389 and White followed up with the wicket of Dan Cullen to end the innings.

Individual statistics for Tests played in 2004

Zimbabwe Batting
Name	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Ct	St
Blignaut	1	2	0	39	32	19.5	–	–	–	–	–
Carlisle	2	3	1	194	103*	97	1	1	–	1	–
Chigumbura	2	4	0	26	14	6.5	–	–	2	–	–
Ebrahim	4	7	0	213	70	30.43	–	2	–	1	–
Ervine	2	2	0	160	86	80	–	2	–	2	–
Ewing	1	2	0	72	71	36	–	1	–	1	–
Flower	2	3	1	45	37*	22.5	–	–	–	1	–
Friend	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
Gripper	2	3	0	70	65	23.33	–	1	1	1	–
Hondo	4	5	2	48	19	16	–	–	–	1	–
Mahwire	2	2	0	2	2	1	–	–	1	–	–
Maregwede	2	4	0	74	28	18.5	–	–	1	1	–
Matsikenyeri	2	4	0	80	45	20	–	–	–	1	–
Mupariwa	1	2	1	15	14	15	–	–	–	–	–
Nkala	2	4	0	45	24	11.25	–	–	1	–	–
Panyangara	2	4	2	101	40*	50.5	–	–	–	–	–
Price	2	2	1	10	9	10	–	–	–	–	–
Streak	2	1	0	68	68	68	–	1	–	–	–
Taibu	4	6	0	184	59	30.67	–	2	2	12	2
Taylor	2	4	0	89	61	22.25	–	1	–	–	–
Utseya	1	2	0	45	45	22.5	–	–	1	2	–
Vermeulen	1	2	0	6	6	3	–	–	1	–	–
Zimbabwe Bowling
Name	M	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	ER
Blignaut	1	160	7	85	5	17	3\12	–	–	32	53.13
Chigumbura	2	198	4	152	2	76	1\44	–	–	99	76.77
Ervine	2	234	9	130	3	43.33	3\44	–	–	78	55.56
Ewing	1	90	5	46	1	46	1\27	–	–	90	51.11
Friend	1	54	2	20	1	20	1\20	–	–	54	37.04
Gripper	2	24	2	8	0	–	0\3	–	–	–	33.33
Hondo	4	634	24	317	8	39.63	3\49	–	–	79.25	50
Mahwire	2	168	3	133	3	44.33	3\97	–	–	56	79.17
Matsikenyeri	2	231	3	170	1	170	1\58	–	–	231	73.59
Mupariwa	1	204	1	136	0	–	0\136	–	–	–	66.67
Nkala	2	234	4	152	1	152	1\111	–	–	234	64.96
Panyangara	2	307	6	221	4	55.25	3\101	–	–	76.75	71.99
Price	2	328	9	160	8	20	4\61	–	–	41	48.78
Streak	2	248	20	63	5	12.6	4\44	–	–	49.6	25.4
Taibu	4	48	1	27	1	27	1\27	–	–	48	56.25
Utseya	1	72	2	55	0	–	0\55	–	–	–	76.39
Vermeulen	1	6	0	5	0	–	0\5	–	–	–	83.33

Individual statistics for ODIs played in 2004

Zimbabwe Batting
Name	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	SR	Ct
Blignaut	9	6	2	78	31*	19.50	–	–	–	111.43	3
Brent	2	2	2	18	14*	–	–	–	–	75.00	1
Carlisle	10	9	0	304	109	33.78	1	1	1	68.62	5
Chigumbura	15	14	1	308	77	23.69	–	3	3	85.08	5
Ebrahim	25	24	4	490	71*	24.50	–	3	1	57.92	11
Ervine	11	10	1	320	100	35.56	1	1	–	88.64	2
Ewing	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	–	–	1	0.00	–
Flower	10	9	0	259	94	28.78	–	2	1	66.58	3
Friend	4	4	0	16	8	4.00	–	–	1	35.56	2
Hondo	22	12	3	32	12	3.56	–	–	3	47.06	8
Mahwire	3	2	2	11	8*	–	–	–	–	36.67	1
Maregwede	8	8	1	95	37	13.57	–	–	–	62.09	1
Masakadza	3	3	0	90	66	30.00	–	1	–	77.59	1
Matsikenyeri	24	24	1	394	73	17.13	–	1	3	59.79	8
Mpofu	3	2	0	2	2	1.00	–	–	1	6.90	–
Mupariwa	5	5	1	27	12*	6.75	–	–	1	62.79	3
Mwayenga	2	2	0	1	1	0.50	–	–	1	9.09	2
Nkala	11	10	2	123	47	15.38	–	–	1	69.49	1
Panyangara	16	14	3	51	14*	4.64	–	–	4	35.42	3
Price	11	5	3	51	20*	25.50	–	–	2	96.23	–
Rainsford	5	5	1	13	5	3.25	–	–	1	50.00	–
Rogers	3	3	0	131	54	43.67	–	2	–	72.38	3
Sibanda	18	17	0	186	57	10.94	–	1	4	45.37	4
Streak	11	10	4	317	64*	52.83	–	2	–	67.74	4
Taibu	28	26	2	568	96*	23.67	–	2	4	59.48	24
Taylor	17	17	0	402	74	23.65	–	4	1	53.74	2
Utseya	14	12	6	102	31	17.00	–	–	1	56.98	1
Vermeulen	17	17	1	151	25	9.44	–	–	2	61.13	5
Zimbabwe Bowling
Name	M	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	ER
Blignaut	9	341	2	320	6	53.33	2\21	–	–	56.83	5.63
Brent	2	109	2	74	3	24.67	2\32	–	–	36.33	4.07
Chigumbura	15	309	3	380	7	54.29	3\37	–	–	44.14	7.38
Ervine	11	533	4	489	16	30.56	3\47	–	–	33.31	5.5
Ewing	1	42	0	36	1	36.00	1\36	–	–	42	5.14
Flower	10	472	0	367	7	52.43	3\36	–	–	67.43	4.67
Friend	4	30	0	24	0	–	0\0	–	–	–	4.8
Hondo	22	965	6	908	21	43.24	3\54	–	–	45.95	5.65
Mahwire	3	64	3	65	1	65.00	1\35	–	–	64	6.09
Matsikenyeri	24	462	2	364	9	40.44	2\33	–	–	51.33	4.73
Mpofu	3	154	1	129	0	–	0\0	–	–	–	5.03
Mupariwa	5	279	1	247	8	30.88	2\44	–	–	34.88	5.31
Mwayenga	2	72	2	83	1	83.00	1\61	–	–	72	6.92
Nkala	11	266	2	290	4	72.50	3\50	–	–	66.5	6.54
Panyangara	16	739	13	683	18	37.94	3\28	–	–	41.06	5.55
Price	11	600	0	446	7	63.71	2\38	–	–	85.71	4.46
Rainsford	5	252	1	185	4	46.25	2\29	–	–	63.00	4.4
Sibanda	18	90	0	87	2	43.50	1\12	–	–	45	5.8
Streak	11	605	11	419	22	19.05	4\30	–	1	27.5	4.16
Taibu	28	84	1	61	2	30.50	2\42	–	–	42	4.36
Taylor	17	138	0	147	3	49.00	1\6	–	–	46	6.39
Utseya	14	563	3	362	2	181.00	1\31	–	–	281.5	3.86

Shaun Udal has been banned from playing league cricket for Camberley, his club side, for three years after being found guilty of “physical violence on and threats to an opposition player.” Udal, who played ten ODIs for England in the 1990s, turned out for Camberley in the Surrey Championship when his county commitments with Hampshire allowed.The incident which led to the ban occurred when Camberley played Cranleigh at the end of July, and an altercation took place between Udal and Cranleigh’s Australian legspinner Alex Wyatt. Udal, who was batting at the time, and Wyatt exchanged comments and witnesses said that an altercation followed and contact was made between the pair who had to be separated by members of the fielding side.”It does take a lot to get me riled,” Udal said after the league hearing had imposed the severe punishment. “When I was batting, one of the opposition players severely insulted one of my team-mates, who has a disability. A minor fracas took place with a bit of pushing and shoving but there was no fighting and certainly no punches were thrown. Sadly, the umpires didn’t step in, which is rather symptomatic of the weak officiating that can exist in club cricket. But the other player and I had a beer in the clubhouse afterwards and said our apologies.”I accepted there might be some repercussions but I am not going to lose any sleep over the punishment. The disciplinary committee presumably decided they wanted to make an example of me and that is precisely what they have done.”Although Udal is generally regarded as a mild-mannered character, it is not the first time that he has been in trouble while playing for Camberley. In 1996 he was banned for the rest of the season following an alleged assault on an opponent after a match.

Tasmania have announced the following team for the ING Cup match against South Australlia on 6 Jan at Launceston:Jamie Cox (c), George Bailey, Sean Clingeleffer, Graeme Cunningham, Michael Di Venuto, Xavier Doherty, Scott Kremerskothen, Daniel Marsh, Adam Polkinghorne, David Saker, Shane Watson, Damien Wright, Shaun Young.