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All six Afghanistan players will stay back till the end of the CPL despite clash with Shpageeza league

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Sep-2020Six Afghanistan players, who are part of CPL 2020, have been allowed to continue playing in the Caribbean by the ACB (Afghanistan Cricket Board) despite a clash with the Shpageeza T20 league at home. Rashid Khan, the No.1 T20I bowler, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who is just behind him on the T20I charts, are among the six Afghanistan players featuring in the ongoing CPL.The Shpageeza league is set to begin this Sunday in Kabul while the CPL runs till next Thursday. While Rashid’s side Barbados Tridents have crashed out of the tournament, Mujeeb’s Jamaica Tallawahs have made the final four. Mohammad Nabi (St Lucia Zouks), Zahir Khan (Zouks), Najibullah Zadran (Zouks) and Naveen-ul-Haq (Guyana Amazon Warriors) will also be in action along with Mujeeb in the playoffs.Originally the ACB was meant to fly the six players to Kabul on a charter plane. However with most countries in the Caribbean closing their borders, including Trinidad & Tobago, the ACB faced logistical challenges in arranging the charter.It is understood that out of the six Afghanistan players Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb will head directly to the UAE to participate in the IPL. With the IPL imposing a mandatory six-day quarantine, the ACB conceded that the three players would not have enough time to join their franchises if they were to participate in the Shapageeza League.As for the three other Afghanistan players, they will travel to Kabul on September 12 and participate in the Shpageeza League.Nazeem Jaar Abdulrahimzai, the acting chief executive officer of the ACB, had earlier said the plan was to fly the Afghanistan players in the CPL to Kabul by September 5, a day before the start of the Shpageeza league. The ACB, though, has changed its plan now.”We understand the importance of the Shpageeza Cricket League to the ACB and the reasons why it had to be scheduled during the CPL after the NOCs were all issued,” Pete Russell, CPL’s COO said in a media release. “We truly appreciate the Chairman of the ACB allowing these six Afghan players to stay at the Hero CPL until its conclusion. Afghan players have had a huge impact on our competition, both this season and in previous years, and we are very grateful to have them with us until the final on 10 September.”

Following their 15th placed finish in the Premier League last season, Everton now look set to offer a new deal to a player who has been vital to Sean Dyche's side.

Toffees look to build upon strong finish to the season

Whilst the ownership question will be the most prominent going into the summer, it is clear that Everton are still looking to get new signings through the door during the transfer window.

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He endured a torrid time at Goodison Park.

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Reinforcements in attack are high on the list of priorities at Goodison Park with recent rumours suggesting that a move for Sheffield United's Daniel Jebbison could be on the cards. The Canadian striker has interest from across the Premier League and Championship meaning that the Toffees will have to move quickly to get a deal done.

Everton are also looking to replace stars that look set to depart Goodison this summer. Jarrad Branthwaite is one name perhaps destined to be playing his football elsewhere next season with Manchester United currently leading the race for the defender's signature. In order to fill the void left by the 21-year-old, the Toffees are reportedly interested in a move for Burnley's Maxime Esteve following the Clarets’ relegation back to the Championship.

Part of Everton's plan this summer will be to also keep some of their key players at the club. One name currently locked in talks over a new deal is Dominic Calvert-Lewin, with the striker's current deal expiring next summer. With the Toffees clearly eager to keep hold of their key assets, new reports suggest another important player is set to be offered a new contract this summer.

Everton open talks to keep Garner at Goodison

As first reported by Football Insider's Pete O'Rourke, Everton are opening talks over a new deal for James Garner. The 23-year-old's current deal at Goodison Park expires in 2026, but the Toffees' higher ups are eager to prolong the midfielder's stay on Merseyside.

Garner joined Everton in a £15million move from Manchester United back in September 2022 and the midfielder has gone on to establish himself as a key player in Dyche's side. The 23-year-old featured in all but one of Everton's league games as the Toffees finished a respectable fifteenth place.

James Garner Premier League Stats 2023/24

Total

Everton Rank

Games Played

37

3rd

Tackles

83

1st

Interceptions

45

3rd

Assists

2

=3rd

Shot-Creating Actions

98

2nd

It has been reported that the Everton chiefs are big fans of Garner with Dyche himself singing the midfielder's praises back in November telling the press: “Jimmy Garner was terrific, he’s learning and improving. He’s just a good kid. He’s got that nice little edge about him that he’s a bit of a nark now and again, I like it.

“I think you need that as a footballer. The demands he places upon himself is very pleasing as he works very hard in training and I think he’s getting the rewards with his improvement."

Currently commanding a wage of £30,000 per week per Capology, there is no doubt that Garner's performances on Merseyside have merited a new deal this summer.

Assistant coach confident Jason Holder will be ready for Test series

ECB Reporters Network02-Jul-2020

Roddy Estwick, West Indies assistant coach, has admitted he is slightly troubled by the top-order’s form ahead of the Test series against England but insists there is no concern over captain Jason Holder’s form.While many have made scores of substance in the two intra-squad matches at Emirates Old Trafford in the last couple of weeks, there was some alarm when their frontline batsmen capitulated to the first-choice bowlers on Wednesday.A top-five of Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Shamarh Brooks, Shai Hope and Roston Chase subsided to 9 for 3 and 49 for 5 in their final competitive innings before next week’s first Test at the Ageas Bowl.ALSO READ: Holder’s lean run continues as Simmons rejoins squad”I would have loved to see the batsmen spend a little bit more time in the middle,” Estwick told the PA news agency. “That would be one of the biggest worries, that none of the batsman in the Test squad got a score in this innings.”In the first game players got scores so it’s not a major concern but I would love to see a couple getting scores in this match. They’ve still got a little bit more time.”In England you’ve got to get used to leaving the ball, especially early on. The ball’s obviously going to nip around so you’ve got to be able to know where your off stump is, know what to leave and what to play at. We’re obviously going down to a different surface at Southampton, we’ve got to assess that surface as quickly as possible and hit the ground running.”Holder’s woes with the bat continued on Thursday after his move to open the innings backfired when he was dismissed for 2 off 15 balls, leaving one from Anderson Phillip that nipped back in and clipped his off bail.That means he has scored just seven runs and faced fewer than 30 deliveries in three innings while he has bowled only five overs across the internal matches after an ankle niggle. Estwick, though, believes Holder, No. 1 in the ICC Test allrounder rankings, will not be undercooked at Southampton.”Anybody that knows Jason Holder well wouldn’t be worried. He is a strong and tough competitor and he’s mentally very, very strong as well. Jason knows how to prepare for Test match cricket, he’s been the number one allrounder for a number of years so he’ll be ready come July 8, no worries at all.”Joshua Da Silva was the star performer with the bat for the Holder XI in the drawn four-day contest against a side led by Brathwaite, the 22-year-old following up his unbeaten first-innings century with 56 not out in the second dig as he amassed 189 runs without dismissal.It will not be enough to be catapulted into the Test squad from the reserves but Estwick has been impressed by the youngster. “He played very well in the game and I’m sure that his time will come,” Estwick said.Estwick had been leading the side this week as head coach Phil Simmons was self-isolating in his hotel room after recently attending his father-in-law’s funeral. Simmons was back presiding over the warm-ups on Thursday morning after testing negative for coronavirus for a third time, allowing him to link up with the rest of the touring party.Estwick added: “We’ve missed him, obviously. But he’s back now with us and everything is good to go. It wasn’t a disruption because it happened in the game. You tend to miss more hands on deck in practice but if there’s a game going on, you’ve only got to monitor preparation and the odd person going into the nets.”But as our leader, we’re happy to have him back and it’s very important that he’s back for us because now we can sit down, plan and prepare. We’ve been here now for three weeks so it’s all about good, solid planning and letting the players execute properly.”

Pair puts on unbroken 209-run stand for the sixth wicket to give New Zealand A a big lead

ESPNcricinfo staff31-Jan-2020

At 176 for 5, having lost three wickets for five runs, it looked like New Zealand A were throwing away their chance to build a lead over India A. But Mark Chapman and Dane Cleaver would not have it. The pair put on an unbroken 209-run stand – the highest first-class sixth-wicket partnership ever at the Hagley Oval – to carry the hosts to a comfortable 169-run lead by end of day two.New Zealand had started the day strongly, the overnight duo of Will Young and Ajaz Patel putting on 66 in the morning before being separated. Young was the first to go, caught behind off Sandeep Warrier after completing a fifty. Glenn Phillips fell soon after, pinned lbw by the left-arm spin of Shahbaz Nadeem. Patel, having done more than his job as nightwatchman, became Warrier’s second wicket and New Zealand were on shaky ground, going to lunch on 183 for 5, still trailing by 33 runs.India would enjoy no more success on the day. Chapman and Cleaver batted out the two final sessions, Cleaver getting to a fifth first-class hundred and Chapman going to stumps in sight of his second. Essentially, Chapman was picking up where he left off against India A in the preceding one-dayers: he had rescued New Zealand A from a top-order slide with an unbeaten 110 in the series-deciding third one-dayer.India A did not recover from his blows in that game, and they have quite a bit of work ahead of them if they are to do so this time around.

أدلى كيفن تراب حارس مرمى آينتراخت فرانكفورت الألماني، بتصريحات عقب الفوز أمام شتوتجارت، وعلّق على هدف زميله عمر مرموش.

وساهم تراب ومرموش في قيادة فرانكفورت للفوز أمام شتوتجارت بثلاثية لهدفين، في مباراة مثيرة بالدوري الألماني.

وتصدى تراب لضربة جزاء من شتوتجارت في بداية المباراة، وقال في تصريحات نشرها موقع فرانكفورت الرسمي وشبكة “hessenschau”: “عليك أن تكون صادقًا وتقول إنه لم يكن من المتوقع أن ندخل الشوط الأول متقدمين بنتيجة 1-0 نظرًا للطريقة التي كانت تسير بها المباراة”.

وأضاف: “كان الشوط الثاني أفضل بكثير، ثم سجلنا الهدف الثاني ثم أخرى من ركلة حرة جميلة من عمر مرموش”.

وأردف: “ما حدث بعد هذا (هدف مرموش) كان جنونًا تامًا، بهذا الهدف من التسلل (هدف شتوتجارت)، حاولت الحفاظ على هدوئنا على أرض الملعب وبث الثقة، ولكن عندما تحرك الجمهور ذهابًا وإيابًا الأمر ليس بهذه السهولة دائمًا”.

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وأستطرد: “في النهاية قدمنا ​​أداءً جيدًا ويمكننا أن نكون سعداء، لكن علينا أيضًا أن نتحدث عن بعض الأشياء، لا يمكننا التوقف عن لعب كرة القدم بعد الفوز 3-0، وعلينا أن نعالج هذا بوضوح”.

وشدد: “كان ذلك بالطبع عاطفيًا للغاية، لو كنت متقدمًا بنتيجة 3-0 ولم تفز في النهاية، لكان الأمر مريرًا للغاية”.

وأتم بشأن تصديه لركلة الجزاء: “لقد اخترت الزاوية اليمنى، ولحسن الحظ سارت الأمور بشكل جيد”.

Tottenham Hotspur hold some lucrative, high-profile players within the first-team squad. Harry Kane might have been sold to Bayern Munich for an initial fee of £82m last summer, but rich is the crop headed by Ange Postecoglou.

Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero. Not an exhaustive list but an illustration of the talent at Tottenham's disposal. Postecoglou was tasked with building something from rubble when arriving last year and he certainly has some solid framework.

Of course, there are also some players on the other end of the spectrum currently plying their trade down N17. And while Spurs have demonstrated their intent in shipping on strugglers, a few names linger.

Spurs' Lowest-valued First-teamers

Player

Age

Market Value

Manor Solomon

24

£10.2m

Giovani Lo Celso

27

£9m

Ben Davies

30

£8.8m

Bryan Gil

23

£8m

Fraser Forster

36

£1.1m

Sourced via Football Transfers

There's actually a still-competing Spurs star sold for a lucrative fee who sits at the nadir of that list in Kevin Wimmer, whose departure has proved to be masterful work from Daniel Levy and co.

Why Spurs sold Kevin Wimmer

Spurs signed former Austria international Wimmer from FC Koln for a reasonable £4m figure way back in 2015 following the defender's impressive displays in the German Bundesliga, chalking up 75 appearances.

Wimmer, aged 22 at the time, had previously admitted that it would be a "dream to move" to a club like Tottenham, though this devolved into a nightmare as he failed to make his mark across two campaigns.

Indeed, Wimmer didn't even make his league debut until January 2016, serving as an unused substitute across nine matches before finally earning a shot off the bench, and then making nine successive Premier League starts in the rearguard.

In fairness, he kept four clean sheets and won seven matches during this run, but Mauricio Pochettino opted not to entrust the 6 foot 2 titan with a starring role heading into the 2016/17 campaign, handing him only five features in the top flight, and so when Stoke City came a-calling with a staggering proposal, cashing in was a no-brainer.

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Stoke secured the Austrian's services for a whopping £18m in August 2017 as Wimmer was rendered obsolete at Spurs after Davinson Sanchez's acquisition, but he would chalk up 17 Premier League appearances for the Potters during an abject campaign that settled their relegation.

Kevin Wimmer's market value in 2024

Wimmer never played in English football again following Stoke's demise, spending three campaigns out on loan at teams including Hannover 96, Mouscron and Karlsruher SC before joining Rapid Wien in his native Austria in 2021.

Currently, 31-year-old Wimmer plays his football in Slovakia with Slovan Bratislava, having really plummeted from the promise Spurs hungrily cashed in on.

He's not that old – younger than Son, in fact – but that hasn't stopped Wimmer's staggering nosedive, with Football Transfers marking the player with a dismal worth of just £257k.

Spurs must have been laughing, Wimmer has not enjoyed much success during his post-Tottenham days and this is reflected by his measly market value, lower even than 36-year-old shot-stopper Fraser Forster's, five years his senior.

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Your star player or biggest flop has left the club but what are they doing in the present day? This article is part of Football FanCast's Where Are They Now series.

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Tottenham have suffered some disastrous bits of transfer business throughout recent memory, but this is a nice reminder that the club have enjoyed some big hits in the past, with that now starting to streamline with Postecoglou at the helm.

Former England boss Sam Allardyce has tipped Gareth Southgate to receive a knighthood if the Three Lions win the Euro 2024.

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• 'Southgate should be knighted'
• Allardyce asks for the knighthood
• England play Spain in Euro final

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Southgate has become possibly the greatest England manager in the 21st century as he has now led them to two straight Euro finals and he will have the chance to win the Three Lions' first title since the 1966 World Cup. Allardyce has asked for King Charles III to give Southgate the knighthood if that happens.

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  WHAT ALLARDYCE SAID

  When talking on the No Tippy Tappy podcast, Allardyce said: “There’s no doubt about it. They can’t dish out all the honours that they have done recently for sporting people and not give Southgate a knighthood. However, lots of people don’t accept them but I don’t think Gareth is the type to do that.

  "I give him all the praise which he deserves because he mastered a tactical change against the Netherlands. He picked the right team in the right system, which we saw by how Phil Foden played. Then he made fantastic substitutions and used the squad well. It was such a joy to see them play well and win it in the last minute.”

• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Allardyce has also predicted the Three Lions to beat Spain 2-1, he said: "My prediction for the final is England to win 2-1."

  “I’d imagine it’ll probably go to extra-time and I can see Jude Bellingham scoring the winner because he won’t be subbed. People have criticised him but the timing of his goals have been brilliant and he’s the one that got the team through," he added.

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• WHAT NEXT FOR ENGLAND?

  The Three Lions will take on Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday, July 14 at the Olympastadion in Berlin as they face the challenge to make things right after the Euro 2020 final.