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She claimed the first five-wicket haul in the WPL, after being bought by Delhi Capitals at the base price of INR 10 lakh

Peter Della Penna05-Mar-2023The city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania has a couple of pretty old ties to cricket. John Bart King, a great exponent of swing bowling, topped the English County averages in the summer of 1908 with 87 wickets at 11.01 while touring with the Gentleman of Philadelphia. The CC Morris Library at Haverford College in the city’s suburbs houses the largest collection of cricket books and artifacts in the western hemisphere, including one of Don Bradman’s bats.Now, the city has a brand new link to the game. A century after King’s exploits, a left-arm swing bowler originally from Philadelphia has etched her name in history, taking pride of place in the annals of American cricket.Related

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Tara Norris, a 24-year-old who made her debut for USA in October 2021, was the only Associate player bought in the Women’s Premier League auction at the lowest base price of INR 10 lakh (USD 12,200 approx). And in her first game of the tournament, Norris has more than repaid Delhi Capitals’ investment, by ripping through the RCB batting line-up with the first five-wicket haul of the WPL. With no other team having an Associate player in their squad, only Delhi can make use of the rule that allows five overseas players in an XI, provided one of them is from an Associate country.”I never thought I’d have an opportunity like this in my career, so just to be here has been absolutely amazing,” Norris said after being named Player of the Match for her figures of 5 for 29 in four overs. “The fact that I got a chance to play and have a bowl has been awesome.”ESPNcricinfo LtdNorris’ journey to the WPL in India is atypical for a number of reasons. Her father is from Middlesborough and her mother is of Italian heritage. Both were working in the pharmaceutical industry and were based in Pennsylvania at the time that Norris, the youngest of three girls, was born. However, the Norris family moved to Barcelona in Spain when Tara was still an infant and she grew up playing tennis, soccer and swimming.The Norris family moved to Sussex, England in 2006 and it was there that she first encountered cricket. Her natural athleticism meant she was fast-tracked into the Sussex Women’s age-group teams, making her debut with the Sussex U-13s just a week before her 10th birthday. After getting a maiden Sussex senior team cap as a 15-year-old in 2014, Norris was chosen for an England Academy side later that summer, playing alongside future international players Sophie Ecclestone and Emma Lamb.Norris was given a full-time contract by Southern Vipers in 2020-21 and was part of the original squad for Southern Brave in the first season of The Hundred, playing five matches including the tournament final at Lord’s. However, her progress on the England pathway had stalled. It was over the summer that then USA Women’s head coach and former Australia international Julia Price reached out to see if Norris was interested in representing the country of her birth.After talking with Price, Norris had conversations with Vipers and Brave head coach Charlotte Edwards, who had toured Philadelphia with the MCC in 2016 and a year later came back to Texas for some development coaching. Edwards encouraged Norris to take advantage of the opportunity, and a few days later Norris was in the US Embassy in London getting her American passport renewed.She made an immediate impact on her debut, taking four wickets in five matches with an economy of 1.72, as she helped USA win the 2021 ICC Americas Women’s T20 Qualifier in Mexico City and advance to the T20 World Cup Global Qualifier.Tara Norris has played five T20 internationals for USA•FairBreak GlobalNorris was also included in the Barmy Army squad for the Fairbreak Women’s Invitational in Dubai in early 2022. However, her opportunities began to dwindle in Sussex, both with the Vipers and Southern Brave. She was benched all season during The Hundred in 2022 and was not retained ahead of the draft scheduled for March 23. Norris has also switched domestic teams in the County circuit, moving to Thunder.It all means that Sunday’s five-wicket haul couldn’t have come at a better time for Norris, whose stocks may be significantly higher upon re-entering the Hundred draft later this month. By the end of Delhi’s game against RCB, the scintillating 162-run opening stand between Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning had been overshadowed by Norris’ headline spell.She started by dismissing Ellyse Perry, then took the wickets of Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja, and rounded off her five-for with the scalp of England captain Heather Knight, who was also Norris’ captain with Barmy Army Women. The day was made even more special for Norris because Price, the USA head coach when she had made her T20I debut, was doing commentary on television for most of Norris’ spell.”Back home, she struggles to get into the Southern Brave team so it’s really nice to see her play,” Knight said after the game. “I played with her a little bit in the Fairbreak competition last year and played against her a bit. In the last year, I saw the potential that she has and she is a real competitor on the pitch. She really wants to compete and win. Left-arm is super effective in T20 also. As a mate of hers, I am very pleased to see what she has done today but bummed to be on the other side.”

Who should open alongside de Kock? Who is the third prong of the pace attack? One spinner or two?

Firdose Moonda25-Nov-2020Who will open the batting with Quinton de Kock? There are three clear options in the squad: Temba Bavuma, Reeza Hendricks and Janneman Malan, and at least one outside contender in Rassie van der Dussen, although he is likelier to compete for a place lower down the order for this series.Bavuma opened the T20I batting against England earlier this year and was in handsome form with scores of 43, 31 and 49, but a hamstring injury prevented him from doing the same against Australia. There, a combination of Hendricks and van der Dussen were used but neither hit the heights. Malan, who was the Mzansi Super League’s leading local run-scorer, was not in the squad to face Australia but his domestic record presents a strong case for him to be considered. Malan averaged 44.75 in the 2019 tournament, and 33.88 in the 2018 edition, where Hendricks and van der Dussen excelled. Two years ago, van der Dussen topped the run charts with the most scored in the competition so far (469) and Hendricks was in third place.In numbers terms, then, there may be little between the trio. Ultimately, the decision may come down to who is considered the better foil for de Kock, who will operate as aggressor-in-chief. And what about the rest of the top six? De Kock is also the only certainty in the top six with South Africa’s squad laden with options. Van der Dussen is an obvious No.3, but so is Faf du Plessis. The decision may rest on whether du Plessis is serious about playing until the T20 World Cup. To judge by his recent IPL form, du Plessis is likely to be the man in possession – he was the leading run-scorer for the Chennai Super Kings.The other three spots will be distributed among David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Pite van Biljon, Jon-Jon Smuts and Kyle Verreynne. Expect to see all of them at some point in the series. Of those, Miller is the most experienced while Verreynne and Smuts are the most versatile. Verreynne will be able to relieve de Kock of the gloves if needs be, while Smuts’ left-arm spin will provide a few cheap overs.Andile Phehlukwayo celebrates a wicket with Aiden Markram•AFP via Getty Images One seam-bowling allrounder or two? There may even be space for more than three of the above, depending on how many allrounders South Africa feel they can accommodate. With Chris Morris unavailable for selection, Andile Phehlukwayo and Dwaine Pretorius are in contention for a berth and, although both are seam-bowling quicks, they offer a different skill set. Pretorius has been working on adding pace to his bowling while Phehlukwayo has the ability to disguise the slower ball and operate at the death. He also has a proven track-record as a finisher, although he will be the first to admit that consistency in run-scoring is his next challenge. Pretorius is in a similar position with the bat, though he has been known to appear up the order on occasion too.South Africa have, against Australia last summer for example, played both Phehlukwayo and Pretorius but that comes at the expense of a specialist batsman, so they would need to be assured of runs from these two to go down that route.The third seamer Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje tore up the IPL and will be bringing the heat to the home summer. Now South Africa just need to find their third prong. Reputation would suggest it has to be Lungi Ngidi, but his IPL showing wasn’t entirely convincing. Ngidi played four matches and took nine wickets at 18.33 while costing his team 10.43 runs an over. His history of injury may also mean he needs careful management, which could give opportunity to some of the others.Their choices are between young Lutho Sipamla, who has five T20s to his name and offers good control; left-armer Beuran Hendricks, who has had a good start to the domestic summer with a career-best 7 for 29 in first-class cricket; Junior Dala, the skiddy bowler who would have played last summer if not for a knee injury and Glenton Stuurman, who has been touted as a ready replacement for Vernon Philander in Tests. Having that level of variety means South Africa can choose their third seamer to match the conditions and they have someone for just about every surface.Bjorn Fortuin appeals for a wicket•BCCI And how many spinners? In South Africa, the answer to this is usually one, but there are three specialists in this squad. Tabraiz Shamsi is the only wrist-spinner of the group and the incumbent, but Keshav Maharaj, Bjorn Fortuin and George Linde have also been included, doubtless with subcontinental T20 World Cup conditions in mind. The trio are all orthodox left-arm spinners, differing in experience and added-value ability.Maharaj had a strong limited-overs campaign for the Dolphins in last season’s one-day cup, in which he also captained the team to the trophy, and has been pushing for international limited-overs selection. Linde, who has two Test caps to his name, is a genuine allrounder and may offer added value with the bat, while Fortuin is relatively new on the international scene but has already played in India, where he had decent returns. What these three will have to bear in mind is that South Africa are looking for a spinner who will operate in a containing role, with Shamsi given more licence to attack. If they can fit that bill, we may see more than one spinner in operation at home and abroad.

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O Flamengo sofreu diante do Botafogo e perdeu o seu primeiro clássico no Campeonato Brasileiro. Com isso, os rubro-negros ficaram na bronca e votaram no principal vilão da partida. A enquete foi realizada no canal do WhatsApp do Lance! Flamengo.

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Os rubro-negros definiram que o técnico Tite foi o principal vilão na derrota para o Botafogo com 68% dos votos (1,9 mil votos). Em segundo lugar, os jogadores foram culpados pelos torcedores, com 22% dos votos (618 votos). Por fim, nem a arbitragem escapou com 10% dos votos (258 votos).

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Thierry Henry offered a measured assessment of the United States’ World Cup prospects, acknowledging that Group D is favorable but still far from simple. He noted that host nations often ride energy and momentum to deep runs, and said a fast start and a strong connection with home support could tilt the tournament in the USMNT’s favor.

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  French legend recognizes winnable group

  Henry acknowledged the relief many American supporters felt upon seeing the USMNT paired with Paraguay, Australia, and the UEFA Play-Off C winner rather than traditional powerhouses.

  “When I was there, I could see that people were happy because it could have been worse,” Henry said on CBS Sports Golazo. “And yes, it is a winnable group. You still have to do it. The last games that I've seen from the U.S. were reassuring, I will be honest, but you have to be good when the World Cup starts. I said it at the beginning when they were not playing well in friendlies, "Don't get too sad and don't get too hyped about anything."

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  Henry stresses the importance of momentum

  Drawing on examples of host nations who rode crowd energy to deep runs, the France and Arsenal legend pointed out that a strong start and a clear connection with home supporters could turn the tournament in the U.S.’s favor.

  “And I said it obviously when I was there, I said that I do believe that if the U.S. come out of the group stage playing well, carrying momentum, having that, that understanding with the fans, when the fans can relate to the team and what they see,” Henry said. “I've seen it with South Korea in 2002, I've seen it in Russia when Russia played the World Cup in their country.

  “When you get that momentum, anything is possible. But like I said, you still have to go through the group. It won't be easy, but it could have been worse.”

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  Balancing optimism with realistic assessment

  As the tournament approaches, Henry's measured optimism serves as a reminder that favorable draws provide opportunity but never guarantee success, with execution and mental fortitude ultimately determining which teams advance and which go home disappointed.

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Pep Guardiola marked his 100th match in the Champions League with Manchester City by dishonouring the competition with an arrogant team selection and got what he deserved: a 2-0 defeat to a streetwise and slick Bayer Leverkusen. The three-time winner of Europe's top competition made 10 changes to his line-up, including leaving out Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Ruben Dias.

It was a starting XI more befitting of the Carabao Cup than the Champions League and Leverkusen took full advantage, taking a first-half lead with an arrowed strike from Alex Grimaldo and then doubling it in the second half with a glancing header from Patrick Schick after some careless defending from Nathan Ake.

Guardiola made three changes at half-time after a miserable first-half display but only called upon Haaland and Rayan Cherki after more than an hour, having previously introduced Jeremy Doku and Foden with little benefit. Haaland instantly gave City more purpose and firepower but missed his two efforts, and after he blasted his second attempt over the bar his side never looked like getting back into the game.

GOAL rates Man City's players from the Etihad Stadium…

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James Trafford (4/10):

Wasted an opportunity to show he is more reliable than Donnarumma. Only faced two shots and let them both in, although neither was easy to save. Had a moment ofmadness when he came rushing out of his area without letting Stones know, but escaped it unharmed.

Abdukodir Khusanov (5/10):

Brushed out of the way by Kofane and then didn't close down Grimaldo quick enough for the opener. Didn't offer much going forward, not unexpectedly for a natural centre-back.

John Stones (6/10):

One of the few players who started who seemed to know what he was doing. Brought the ball forward well.

Nathan Ake (5/10):

Looked rusty in his first start club appearance in a month. Didn't spot Schick lurking behind him when he headed in the second.

Rayan Ait-Nouri (4/10):

Looked on a different page to his team-mates, lacking awareness defensively or creativity going forward. Predictably taken off at half-time.

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Tijjani Reijnders (5/10):

Didn't give City the composure they normally get from Bernardo and he wasted their best opportunity of the first half, firing straight at Flekken inside the box.

Nico Gonzalez (6/10):

The only player to keep his place in the XI from Newcastle and just about justified it, giving City the stability in midfield which they lacked in most other areas.

Rico Lewis (4/10):

Feels like a shadow of the player he was just two years ago, unable to exert any control on the game or create any danger.

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Savinho (5/10):

Erratic. Overhit passes and his shooting was wayward, striking one attempt across the box and almost out for a throw-in. He was also caught out of position when Leverkusen countered to score their second.

Omar Marmoush (5/10):

Another sign that he is ill-suited to playing up front on his own and is better off on the wing. Failed to effectively lead the line and scuffed his one attempt.

Oscar Bobb (4/10):

Didn't make the most of a rare starting opportunity, playing stray final balls and making predictable runs.

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Nico O'Reilly (5/10):

Gave the team more muscle and purpose, but to no avail.

Jeremy Doku (5/10):

Injected some energy and daring, but Leverkusen were all too aware of his threat and nullified him.

Phil Foden (5/10):

Sped up City's play but couldn't find any good openings.

Erling Haaland (6/10):

Gave City a focal point and ran in for a big chance soon after coming on but couldn't dribble round Flekken or keep the ball down when taking another shot on the turn.

Rayan Cherki (6/10):

Sparked City into life when he came on, testing Flekken from a free-kick and making things happen.

Pep Guardiola (4/10):

Making wholesale changes smacked of complacency and he was deservedly punished for not taking the game seriously enough.

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O Botafogo já tem o primeiro reforço da janela de meio do ano. Atuando pelo Al-Wadha, Allan, de 33 anos, confirmou já ter assinado com o Glorioso, em entrevista à Abu Dhabi Sports TV.

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Perguntado pelo repórter se ficaria no clube do Qatar por mais um ano, o brasileiro descartou a possibilidade e revolou volta ao Brasil.

– Vemos você na próxima temporada?
– Já assinei com outro clube, mas vou deixar tudo em campo e respeitar sempre.
– Qual clube?
– Botafogo.

O acordo está firmado desde o começo do ano. Allan assinou contrato válido até dezembro de 2026 e começará a valer a partir de 1º de julho, mas ele só poderá entrar em campo a partir do dia 10, data da abertura da segunda janela internacional do Brasil.

Pelo Al-Wadha, o jogador atuou por 20 partidas nesta temporada com três gols e cinco assistências. Confira as estatísticas, de acordo com o SofasCore:

⚔️20 jogos
⚽3 gols
🅰️5 assists
🔑30 passes decisivos (!)
🛠️8 grandes chances criadas (!)
✅85% acerto no passe
💨72% acerto no drible (!)
💪56% duelos ganhos (!)
🦾137 bolas recuperadas (!)
🆚42 desarmes (!)

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O goleiro brasileiro Max Walef, ex-Fortaleza, está pronto para deixar o Dnipro-1, da Ucrância. A guerra com a Rússia, que já perdura cerca de um ano e meio, afetou o futebol da região do Leste Europeu, que também teve que se adequar em meio aos conflitos. Na última temporada, o Dnipro-1, atual vice-campeão do Campeonato Ucraniano, teve que mandar as suas partidas na Eslováquia, longe da sua cidade.

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Portanto, nesta temporada, Max decidiu rescindir o seu contrato ao saber que o clube teria que voltar para a cidade de Dnipro. A região é alvo de constantes bombardeios e o clima de apreensão aumentou internamente, já que não há uma certeza em relação ao fim da guerra.

Max Walef foi contratado para reforçar a equipe ucraniana na temporada passada e encerra a sua passagem pelo clube com 57 partidas ao todo. Em 25, o brasileiro saiu de campo sem ser vazado. O goleiro foi decisivo na campanha do vice-campeonato ucraniano, terminando o torneio sem sofrer gols em metade dos jogos – foram oito “cleansheets”.

Além disso, Max foi o goleiro que ficou a maior quantidade de minutos seguidos sem ser vazado, sendo crucial também na campanha da equipe na Conference League.

O goleiro atou durante 13 anos no Fortaleza, participando de conquistas históricas pelo clube: o título Brasileiro da Série B em 2018 e o bicampeonato da Copa do Nordeste. Max Walef se despediu do Leão em 2022, justamente na temporada em que se destacou como titular da primeira campanha do Tricolor na Libertadores em sua história.

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Agora, devido aos conflitos no território ucraniano, o goleiro brasileiro se viu obrigado a rescindir o seu contrato com o Dnipro-1 e está livre no mercado para negociar com clubes interessados, considerando até mesmo um possível retorno ao Brasil.

It was a gruelling test of patience for England but India eventually fell short of their target by 23 runs

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Six years ago, Ben Stokes raised his hands in apology. Now he was clenching his fists in triumph. On the anniversary of the day when he made England world champions, he found them a route to victory again. It felt like he couldn’t rest without it.He bowled seven overs with the second new ball on Saturday, and the coach Brendon McCullum dispatched a member of his staff down to the boundary line to remind him that he is still flesh and bone. On Monday, nobody dared to interfere. Stokes pushed through a 9.2-over spell, came back to deliver a 10-over spell and was essentially such a lord and master of proceedings that a member of the opposition felt the need to ask his permission for a bathroom break.Ravindra Jadeja was the one who needed to sprint off. Apparently, nature doesn’t care if you’re the only thing standing between your team and defeat. It comes calling. Just as a whole line-up of Englishmen did, looking for his wicket, or even just a mistake. But nothing was forthcoming. India’s allrounder was every bit as heroic as his red-haired, red-faced, red-hot counterpart, scoring a fourth successive half-century and shepherding the tail towards something legendary. Only it wasn’t to be.Related

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In the fifth over after tea, a man with a broken finger got the ball to spin off the middle of the No. 11’s bat and onto the stumps. Lord’s. On July 14. It is not a place for the faint-hearted. Mohammed Siraj did not belong on his feet. Sorrow engulfing him. Shoaib Bashir invaded the sky. Joy propelling him. He had just sealed the closest Test-match victory this old place has ever seen.India woke up in London looking for 135 runs. Instead, they ran into 21.5 overs of hell in the morning session. They had dished it out four years ago. England felt compelled to return the favour. And they didn’t need to look as far back as the 2021 game to rouse themselves. There’s been plenty of needle over the past three days, starting with Shubman Gill’s irate response to their delay tactics and peaking with Siraj’s send-off to Ben Duckett.Even the totally chill Jofra Archer couldn’t help but get in Rishabh Pant’s face after knocking back his off stump. It was the third over of the day. He had just been smashed back down the ground, one-handed, and it rubbed him just enough the wrong way that he began to pump his legs harder as he ran in. That extra effort meant the ball bit into the pitch that little bit extra and breezed past the outside edge to make friends with off stump, which couldn’t help but do cartwheels.2:32

Stokes: I was going to decide when I stop bowling

Archer usually celebrates the wickets that mean something to him by running off into the distance. The one he took in his first over of this, his first Test in four years, would have had him leaping into the crowd if not for Bashir’s intervention. Here, he was starting to do so but quickly changed direction and ran up towards the retreating batter to fire off a few words.Stokes had demanded this. He wanted noise. He wanted belief. He wanted energy. He wanted India to feel trapped behind enemy lines. “Bang, bang,” he’d said just a few minutes before the Pant dismissal and turned it into prophecy when he got rid of KL Rahul 18 balls later. He was on the floor appealing for lbw, every bit of him straining to convince umpire Sharfuddoula to lift the finger. He didn’t. Immediately, he poured all of himself into figuring out a reason to review. Really there was only one thing he needed to know. Was height an issue? No, said Joe Root from the slips. He’d seen Rahul was well back in his crease.The review confirmed Stokes’ instincts. The ball was good. The movement down the slope was devilish. The impact was pad first. And HawkEye revealed three reds. Stokes pumped his fists. Many of the 24,281 people at the ground roared with him. Ten of them were right there beside him. His team-mates, who have seen him do impossible things and who believe they can do similar just because he says they can. That was the picture of this Test match. Stokes at the centre surrounded by the rest of England.3:47

Gill: Pant’s run-out was the turning point in the Test

India lost three wickets for 11 runs in four overs. Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy were thrown into the fire and for a while they coped. The ball got soft. The runs came at a trickle. Efforts to rouse the crowd landed on the wrong set of ears as chants of “Indiaaaaaa! Indiaaa!” rang out. The eighth-wicket pair stitched a partnership of 30 runs in 89 balls and through it they resisted not just good bowling but their own base impulses.”Not in the IPL,” Harry Brook chirped at Reddy. “Jaddu’s got to score them all.” Stokes tried to engage him too, adding to his own workloads during that marathon spell by extending his follow through, but the India allrounder just calmly shook his head. “Not saying anything.” It felt like the partnership had survived its biggest test and safety in the form of the lunch break was almost at hand.That’s when Chris Woakes arrived and turned the game on its head. Although his pace had dropped, and England looked elsewhere when the day started, now they were grateful to their wizard for securing a crucial edge through to the keeper. Reddy, so solid when the ball was close to his body, flirting with a wider line and throwing his head back when the mistake led to his undoing. England walked off the field to resounding cheers.1:24

Manjrekar looks back at the moments which cost India the Lord’s Test

Jadeja didn’t lift up the anchor even though he only had the bowlers for company and was nearly made to regret it. He was given out lbw to Woakes in the 48th over, with India still 68 runs away. But though the on-field umpire had thumbs-upped the appeal, DRS had other ideas. Jadeja realised how close he had gotten to disaster and sent the next ball soaring into the stands behind midwicket. That, apparently, was nothing more than a little venting of the nerves. There would be no more boundaries for 11 overs as Jasprit Bumrah showed great resilience and Jadeja, trust in his plan. They were going to do it in singles, particularly off the fourth ball of every over. India’s ninth-wicket partnership held England off for 131 deliveries – 53 of those faced with no trouble by Bumrah but the 54th became a problem.Stokes again, in the sixth over of another Iron Man spell, went short. He had refrained from doing so previously because the pitch had gone to sleep and digging it in didn’t seem to make sense. Now he was desperate enough to ignore the signs and just have a bit of faith. Bumrah invited the plan when he tried to hook a couple and missed, at which point Jadeja at the other end shook his head so disapprovingly, normal people would have just burst into tears. All this effort and you had to go and do that?Bumrah didn’t learn his lesson, though. He still went hooking and a top edge settled England’s nerves and left India on the brink.Stokes closed out the over and finally allowed his aura to fade and show some signs of exhaustion. He straight up forgot to pick up his cap from the umpire. He still continued to bowl though. He was still embedded in the fight, exhorting Archer to attack the ball at long-on, cheering Jamie Smith when he prevented a slower ball from sneaking past him, surging towards Ollie Pope when he thought he’d taken the match-winning catch at short leg, slipping under the lid at bat-pad. When what he had worked for finally happened, he just watched the rest of his team take off. He was too tired to join them. So they all came to him instead.

A major injury update has now emerged on a Leeds United star, who manager Daniel Farke has previously described as “crucial”.

Leeds suffer several early injury setbacks

We are only six games into the new Premier League season, but Leeds have already suffered more than their fair share of injury setbacks, with Ao Tanaka and Ethan Ampadu spending time on the sidelines, while Lucas Perri and Wilfried Gnonto remain unavailable.

Prior to the 2-2 draw against AFC Bournemouth, Farke confirmed that Gnonto was still experiencing issues with his calf, which ruled the winger out of contention, meaning Noah Okafor and Brenden Aaronson were given the nod on the wings.

Jack Harrison replaced Okafor in the second half, but failed to make any real impact, touching the ball just 11 times, having also been unable to register a single goal or assist in any of his five substitute appearances in the Premier League so far this season.

As such, Farke would’ve been hoping for some good news about Daniel James, who was widely reported to be making progress in his recovery from an injury, which has ruled the winger out of the last two Premier League matches.

However, Adam Pope has now dropped a major update on James’ fitness, and it wasn’t good news, with the reporter saying:

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The severity of the issue is yet to be confirmed by the club, however, Graham Smyth has heard from Leeds that the 27-year-old could be out for weeks not months and has now heard from the Whites who have shared an update.

James' injury could be big problem for Farke

Farke has previously made it clear just how important the Welshman is, describing his work-ethic as “crucial” after an impressive performance against Watford during the Whites’ promotion push last season.

The £75k-a-week winger hasn’t exactly made a flying start to the season, having failed to pick up a goal or an assist, but he played a major role in Leeds’ promotion back to the top flight, picking up 21 goal contributions in the Championship.

As such, James’ likely absence is a blow for Farke. Leeds will need their other forwards to step up, including Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who was failed to score against Bournemouth last time out, with the former Everton striker missing three big chances prior to Eli Junior Kroupi’s late equaliser.