Wicketkeeper-batter, who also holds Australian citizenship, will replace Quinton de Kock for Renegades’ final two BBL games

Alex Malcolm04-Jan-2024

Melbourne Renegades have sent an SOS to Netherlands captain Scott Edwards to be available for the last two games of the BBL season as a replacement for the injured Joe Clarke.Edwards is currently in South Africa with the Netherlands team on a training tour that includes five practice matches against SA20 teams before the start of that tournament and a month-long camp.But Edwards, who also holds Australian citizenship, is leaving South Africa early to return to Melbourne, where he grew up, to be available for Renegades’ final two BBL matches, as they will be without a specialist wicketkeeper-batter after Quinton de Kock departs for the SA20 following the match against Hobart Hurricanes on Thursday.Related

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Renegades don’t have a local wicketkeeper on their list, having traded Sam Harper to Melbourne Stars for legspinner Adam Zampa. They had recruited de Kock to keep in the six games he was available for, and were relying on Clarke to fill the role for the remaining matches. But Clarke’s season-ending quad injury threw a spanner in the works.Englishman Jordan Cox was recruited as a replacement player for de Kock, and has played two matches for Renegades already as a specialist batter – one before de Kock’s arrival, and the other as Clarke’s replacement in the Melbourne derby on Tuesday. Cox has played as a wicketkeeper in 24 of his 88 T20s at professional level, but has not kept in his last 26 matches dating back to January last year.Edwards, 27, qualifies as an Australian local, and had played in Renegades’ practice matches before the BBL. But the Netherlands ODI and T20I captain, who had a very impressive ODI World Cup in India with both bat and gloves, was not signed by any of the BBL teams despite being fully available for the tournament, even as Stars only carried one specialist wicketkeeper in their 18-man squad.Edwards instead spent December playing club cricket in Melbourne before heading to South Africa with the Netherlands team. But he will return to Melbourne on January 11, and will be available for the second Melbourne derby against Stars at the Marvel Stadium on January 13 and for their final match of the home-and-away season against Sydney Thunder on January 17 if required.Edwards has never played in the BBL or been contracted despite winning the Ryder Medal as the best player in Victoria’s Premier Cricket competition in 2021. He has also never been contracted to play domestically in Australia despite being eligible as a local, although he has played second XI cricket for Victoria in Cricket Australia’s second-tier four-day competition that sits underneath Sheffield Shield cricket.Renegades replace Mujeeb with HoseinRenegades have also added West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein for the last two games of the season after Mujeeb Ur Rahman was ruled out of the remainder of the BBL following the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s decision to revoke his No-Objection Certificate.It continues a tumultuous season for Renegades, with their captain Nic Maddinson dropping himself mid-season due to being out of form, while long-time captain and all-time leading run-scorer Aaron Finch was also left out of their most recent match despite being fit, and has announced he will retire at the end of the season despite having a year to run on his contract.

Newcastle striker Alexander Isak is reportedly demanding a huge pay rise to stay at the club amid interest from Liverpool and Al-Hilal.

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Isak has attracted interest this summer after a brilliant season with Newcastle where he scored 27 goals in all competitions for Eddie Howe's side and helped the Magpies end their long wait for a trophy by winning the Carabao Cup. Liverpool and Al-Hilal are both keen on the Sweden international and are believed to be ready to splash out heavily to land the 25-year-old striker.

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Newcastle are eager to keep hold of their star man but have now been told he wants a huge pay rise to stay at the club. According to talkSPORT, Isak is demanding an eye-watering £300,000-a-week to sign a new contract at St James' Park which would smash the club's current pay structure. The striker's current contract at Newcastle runs until 2028.

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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has said he's hopeful of keeping hold of Isak but did also concede that he had sent the striker home from Newcastle's friendly with Celtic due to the ongoing speculation about his future. Isak's agent has also offered a cryptic update on the current situation, telling Saudi newspaper  that currently they are "studying and analysing all options, and we may be close to finalising the next step for the player."

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Newcastle's next friendly is against Arsenal in Singapore on Sunday. All eyes will be on the Newcastle team to see if Isak makes his first appearance of pre-season for the Magpies.

He is the eighth uncapped player named in the traveling group for the two Tests

Firdose Moonda16-Jan-2024Opening batter Edward Moore has been added to South Africa’s Test squad for their two-Test series against New Zealand next month. Moore is the eighth uncapped player named in the traveling group, and takes the total squad size to 15.Moore’s call-up comes after Tony de Zorzi became unavailable when he landed an SA20 deal with Durban’s Super Giants. De Zorzi had been identified as an opener for the New Zealand series, and played in that role in the A team matches against West Indies, but, in line with CSA’s directive that players are obliged to fulfil SA20 duties ahead of international cricket, he cannot play in the series.Related

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With 117 first-class caps and an average of over 40 in red-ball cricket, Moore is vastly experienced, albeit only at domestic level. This season, he has scored 414 runs at an average of 51.57 in the first-class competition, and is currently the seventh-highest run-scorer. He is likely to open the batting with uncapped captain Neil Brand.South Africa will depart for New Zealand on Friday, more than two weeks before the first Test, to give themselves time to familiarise with conditions ahead of the series. The two Tests are part of the 2023-2025 WTC cycle, where South Africa lie third after one series. They drew 1-1 with India over the festive period with a full-strength squad. Given the clash with the SA20, South Africa have opted to send a makeshift Test side to New Zealand after attempts to have the series moved were unsuccessful.

كشف الإعلامي أحمد شوبير، حقيقة ما تردد بشأن عفو نادي الزمالك عن أحمد فتوح وعودته للتدريبات الجماعية، مؤكدًا أن ما تم تداوله في هذا الشأن غير صحيح حتى الآن.

وقال شوبير، في تصريحات عبر برنامجه الإذاعي صباح اليوم الثلاثاء: “تردد أن الزمالك قرر العفو عن أحمد فتوح وعودته للتدريبات الجماعية، لكن هذا الكلام غير صحيح. حتى أمس، اللاعب كان يؤدي تدريبات فردية، مع التأكيد على أنه يتم تجهيزه للعودة للتدريبات الجماعية في أي وقت”.

وأضاف: “الزمالك وقع على أحمد فتوح عقوبة قوية جدًا، ولن يتم محوها أو تخفيضها، اللاعب ملتزم تمامًا خلال الفترة الماضية بتعليمات الجهاز الفني، ويتدرب بشكل جيد جدًا حتى يكون جاهزًا للمشاركة فور قرار عودته”.

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وتساءل شوبير: “هل يكون هذا هو الدرس الأخير لفتوح؟”، مشددًا: “أتمنى ذلك، لأن ما بدر منه أمر صعب للغاية. المشكلة في الزمالك قديمًا كانت أنه إذا تم توقيع عقوبة على لاعب واعتذر، يتم إزالتها، وهذا أفقد العقوبات معناها”.

واختتم تصريحاته قائلًا: “لكن ما يحدث حاليًا يُعد نقطة نظام جيدة داخل فريق الكرة بنادي الزمالك”.

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Ajax star Jorrel Hato for a reported fee of just under £38 million.

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After weeks of negotiations, the Blues have announced the capture of the 19-year-old on a deal until 2032. And according to Fabrizio Romano, the Dutch international has pocketed Ajax €43m (£37.5m).

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He told Chelsea's website: "I’m very excited, I’m so happy to be here. I thought a lot about my future and wanted to take the next step in my career. Chelsea is the best place for me to do that so I’m very happy."

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The teenage defender is one of the Netherlands' most promising young talents, showcased by the fact that he became Ajax's third-youngest player to debut for the club in the Eredivisie at the age of 16 in 2022. Now, he will have an eye on securing a starting spot in Enzo Maresca's Chelsea side for next season.

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Chelsea added that Hato – who becomes the club's seventh first-team signing this summer after the arrivals of Joao Pedro, Jamie Gittens, Liam Delap, Dario Essugo, Mamadou Sarr, and Kendry Paez – will link up with his new team-mates in pre-season training this week.

Abbas Afridi’s 3 for 20 and Fakhar Zaman’s 45-ball 61 went in vain for Pakistan

Danyal Rasool25-Apr-2024Four days after failing to defend 178 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan failed to chase down the same target in Lahore on Thursday. A disciplined performance from New Zealand’s bowling attack, particularly the pace duo of Will O’Rourke and Ben Sears, saw them edge Pakistan by four runs and take a 2-1 lead in the series.In pursuit of a target of 179, Pakistan lost early wickets, slumping to 46 for 3 before the powerplay was over. Only a spirited performance by New Zealand’s old foe Fakhar Zaman kept the game alive for Pakistan. Fakhar marked his return to the side with a 45-ball 61, lashing three sixes along the way, but when an off-colour Iftikhar Ahmed and he fell in consecutive overs, Pakistan’s fate was sealed.Pakistan kept the game alive till the very last ball, though, thanks to Imad Wasim. A cagey final over from Jimmy Neesham, in which he had to defend 17, ended with Pakistan needing six of the final ball, and a scythed blow behind point was not enough to pull off the heist.Earlier, Pakistan had had put New Zealand in, making five changes to the side as Mohammad Amir, Imad and Zaman Khan all returned. But it was New Zealand who landed the telling early blows as Tim Robinson and Tom Blundell put the bowlers to the sword in the powerplay, racing to 56 in the first five overs.The dismissal of Blundell saw Pakistan rein New Zealand in somewhat, but Robinson’s explosive knock – he smashed 51 off 36 before Abbas Afridi removed him – put New Zealand in a commanding position at the halfway mark.New Zealand did lose their way at the death as Imad and Amir did well, but the efficiency of their bowlers confirmed that they had put up just about enough to keep Pakistan at bay.Abbas Afridi picked up two wickets in two balls in the 19th over•Associated PressAbbas Afridi makes his casePakistan rung in the changes in the fast-bowling department, with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah both missing out. In came Amir, but it was Abbas who stood out, bowling some of the toughest overs and coming away with both credit and wickets. After a first over where New Zealand targeted him in the powerplay, he returned and provided an immediate much-needed breakthrough as the explosive Robinson miscued him into the night sky.For some reason not called upon for his full quota, Abbas’ final over – the penultimate one of the innings – was the pick of the bunch. A mix of cutters, hard lengths and perfect yorkers saw Abbas take two and concede just five as New Zealand continued to be dragged back. Abbas’ figures of 3 for 20 possibly left Babar Azam wondering why he hadn’t used him for the full four.Tim Robinson played responsibly at the top•AFP/Getty ImagesShadab Khan takes a stunnerIt’s perhaps on-brand for Shadab Khan’s reputation as an allrounder that despite not bowling a single delivery for the first time in a completed T20I innings, he was responsible for the most impressive Pakistan contribution in the field. It took place in the 14th over of the New Zealand innings, when Mark Chapman – Pakistan’s bete noire on tours like these – slapped one over the head of wide mid-off. Or so he thought. Shadab moved to his left and flung himself into the air with feline-like lethality. The speed of the ball knocked his right hand off as he held on to it with his left. It took a disbelieving crowd a few moments to register what had happened, but it hampered New Zealand’s death-overs push.Fakhar Zaman smashed Ish Sodhi for a six early on in his innings•AFP/Getty ImagesSears and O’Rourke hold their ownThere’s a Super Smash feel to the New Zealand squad in Pakistan, and that was particularly true of the seam-bowling duo of Sears and O’Rourke. Sears had played ten T20Is before this tour while O’Rourke was yet to make his debut, but the pair was instrumental in halting Pakistan’s early charge from the get-go.While Pakistan targeted Jacob Duffy, O’Rourke struck in his first over, drawing Babar into a cover drive, and the extra bounce saw him paddle it to cover-point on the full.He also dismissed the other opener, Saim Ayub, who was put down in the first over.Sears kept New Zealand plugging away as he prised out Usman Khan to leave Pakistan in trouble. The pair’s ability to keep the runs quiet at the same time allowed Michael Bracewell to turn to them whenever pressure needed to be applied, a motif that continued right through the innings. The pair was brought later, and gave their captain the wickets of Iftikhar and Fakhar to kill the game off, combining for figures of 8-0-54-5.

تمكن فريق النصر من الفوز على الاتحاد بنتيجة 2-1، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس السوبر السعودي.

وأقيمت المباراة بين النصر والاتحاد على أرضية استاد هونج كونج، في إطار منافسات نصف نهائي المسابقة السعودية.

وكان ساديو ماني قد افتتح التسجيل للنصر في الدقيقة 10، بتسديدة من داخل منطقة الجزاء بعد عرضية من مارسيلو بروزوفيتش. هدف النصر الأول أمام الاتحاد في السوبر السعودي

وسجل ستيفن بيرجوين هدف التعادل للاتحاد في الدقيقة 16 بعد تمريرة من موسى ديابي. هدف الاتحاد أمام النصر في السوبر السعودي

واستطاع جواو فيليكس تسجيل الهدف الثاني للنصر بالدقيقة 61 من عمر اللقاء، بعد تلقيه تمريرة من كريستيانو رونالدو كاسرًا مصيدة التسلل وينفرد بحارس الاتحاد، ويضعها في المرمى. هدف النصر الثاني أمام الاتحاد في السوبر السعودي

وبهذه النتيجة، تأهل النصر إلى نهائي كأس السوبر السعودي، منتظرًا الفائز من لقاء القادسية أمام الأهلي والمقرر غدًا الأربعاء.

Roma are targeting Wolves striker Fabio Silva as they continue talks to bring Claudio Echeverri to the Italian capital from Manchester City.

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• Wolves demanding €15 million
• Echeverri deal at risk of collapsing

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  According to , Wolves have set a €15 million (£10m/$18m) price tag for striker Fabio Silva while the player is demanding a salary of €2m. As for Echeverri, Roma want to include a buy option in the loan deal, but City are reluctant to grant that as Pep Guardiola sees him as a key talent.

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  Roma are planning an attacking overhaul under Gian Piero Gasperini this summer. Tammy Abraham has joined Besiktas and Artem Dovbyk is also set to leave. The club have already secured Evan Ferguson on loan with an option to buy from Brighton, but more moves are expected. Roma are eyeing Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund for a potential reunion with Gasperini, who coached him at Atalanta, though no formal approach has been made yet.

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  Roma are in talks with City over a loan move for Echeverri, as the Premier League club seek playing time for the Argentine. However, the deal risks collapsing with the English team reportedly preferring a loan to their sister club Girona. Echeverri has rejected that option, expressing a desire to move to Italy instead.

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  Eccheveri and Silva will hope Roma will be able to agree terms with their parent clubs as they target more playing time. Roma, meanwhile, will hope to secure their targets as they continue their squad reconstruction under Gasperini.

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A busca doVascopor manter suas promessas teve mais um passo. Na última quarta-feira (28), o Cruz-Maltino ajustou os detalhes para a renovação de contrato com Figueiredo. O atacante de 21 anos terá um aumento salarial e seu vínculo estendido até dezembro de 2026. A informação inicial foi divulgada pelo jornalista Venê Casagrande e confirmada pelo LANCE!.

Após a reunião do clube com o estafe do atleta, houve acerto para a prorrogação de contrato. Figueiredo, que seguiria no Vasco até dezembro de 2025, assinará acordo até o fim de 2026. Além disto, terá um aumento substancial em seu salário.

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Com as mudanças definidas entre ambas as partes, o novo contrato tende a ser assinado por Figueiredo nos próximos dias. O atacante terminou a temporada em alta em São Januário e chegou a despertar interesse de outros clubes.

A multa rescisória segue em 40 milhões de euros (R$ 223,8 milhões na cotação atual) para clubes do exterior.

Após ter se destacado na Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, o jogador de 21 anos teve seu vínculo renovado inicialmente até dezembro de 2025. Aos poucos, passou a receber oportunidades na equipe profissional e disputou 36 dos 38 jogos do Vasco na disputa da Série B. Marcou quatro gols e deu passes para outros quatro, além de ter se destacado por atuar em diversas funções no campo.

Bangladesh 188 and 43 for 5 (Vishwa 3-13) need another 464 runs to beat Sri Lanka 280 and 418 (Kamindu 164, de Silva 108, Miraz 4-74)Bangladesh nosedived in the dying moments of day three in Sylhet, losing five wickets for 43 runs in 13 overs before stumps. The slump though came when Bangladesh were anyway in a dire situation. Earlier in the day, Kamindu Mendis had struck 164 and Dhananjaya de Silva had also completed his second hundred of the match, leaving the hosts with an improbable 511 target to chase.Still, their dramatic collapse has left Sri Lanka needing just five wickets in two scheduled days of play. There is some rain forecast for Monday afternoon, but Sylhet’s weather otherwise looks conducive for cricket. Sri Lanka will feel they are on the brink of a rollicking victory.Sri Lanka’s quicks delivered testing lines on a pitch that still rewarded high-quality seam bowling. Vishwa Fernando got movement through the air, and Lahiru Kumara and Kasun Rajitha gained zip off the surface. Vishwa bowled some especially good balls, particularly to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, whom he trapped in front in the first over with a ball that swung late, straightened, and would have hit leg stump, as well as to Shahadat Hossain, who played and missed his first two balls and edged the third one behind.All up, Vishwa’s take for the day was 3 for 13 from his seven overs. Rajitha and Kumara took a wicket apiece.But there was indiscipline from Bangladesh too. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was out fifth ball, throwing his bat at a full delivery that had pitched more than half-a-metre wide of off stump. Then, the last wicket to fall was that of Litton Das, who having kept wicket all day, ran down the track first ball he faced, and played a giant hoick across the line to Kumara. Predictably, he top-edged it, and was caught metres from the pitch by the incoming cover fielder.Before Bangladesh’s batting imploded, however, Sri Lanka’s lower middle order had thrived yet again. De Silva and Kamindu had rescued Sri Lanka from 57 for 5 in the first innings with a 202-run stand. Though the team was better-placed on this occasion – 222 runs ahead with four wickets in hand – their 173-run partnership on Sunday nevertheless transformed the game’s outlook, turning Sri Lanka’s good position into an utterly dominant one.Although Kamindu was somewhat circumspect to begin with, scoring just five off his first 20 balls, both batters progressed smoothly, after coming together in the third over of the day (Khaled Ahmed had removed nightwatcher Vishwa with a sharp bouncer). With the ball almost 40 overs old, Bangladesh’s quicks were not getting much lateral movement. And the spinners were not getting purchase off the wicket.Although the pitch had plenty of pace and bounce still, it had eased to some extent, and both de Silva and Kamindu were quick to spot the length, and played the pull with particular ease. Their scoring areas were mostly square of the wicket with only the occasional boundary coming down the ground.They attacked in bursts too, to really impose themselves on the opposition, In an eight-over period starting with the 47th of the innings, the pair clattered 56 runs. Through that passage, Kamindu collected consecutive boundaries off Nahid Rana, before de Silva flat-batted the same bowler past mid on two balls later. Then, next over, de Silva clobbered Mehidy Hasan’s offspin for two slog-swept sixes. Bangladesh’s attack had been rendered flat, and they never really recovered.The second and third sessions saw Sri Lanka picking their way through milestones. De Silva got to his 12th career century off the 164th ball he faced, though he was out soon after for 108. Kamindu completed his second Test ton off the 171st ball, then later brought up 150 with a slogged six over long on off the bowling of Taijul Islam. He was the last Sri Lanka batter to fall, with de Silva not willing to declare, perhaps because there was so much time left in the game. By the time he holed out, Kamindu had struck six sixes.Bangladesh had had some chances, but these came fairly late in these batters’ innings. De Silva should have been out on 94 when he played at a Mehidy delivery that ended up in the hands of the wicketkeeper Litton. But neither keeper nor bowler spotted that de Silva had gloved the ball, and failed to appeal. Kamindu was also dropped by Litton (a tough chance), off Mehidy, on 133. The easiest chance was shelled by Rana running back from midwicket, when de Silva had top-edged a pull off Shoriful Islam.Of Bangladesh’s bowlers, Rana was by far the most expensive, having struggled for line throughout the day. He leaked 128 off his 20 overs. Mehidy was the most successful, claiming 4 for 74 from his 29 overs.