Everton have been born again under the wing of David Moyes, and the exciting part is the Scottish coach is only just getting started.

Sure, recent results have been a little patchy, but Everton have come on leaps and bounds since Sean Dyche was replaced in January, just as solid in defence while more at ease in their forward play, working coherently and fluidly. Beto’s firing once again, and the Toffees as a whole have found a long-lost level of attacking intent.

But there’s only so much that can be done without signings. Indeed, Everton need to invest in the transfer market this summer, especially with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Armando Broja both slated to leave when their contracts expire next month.

Everton chasing new striker

While Everton would love to get their hands on Liam Delap, the £30m-rated Ipswich striker is giving priority to Manchester United, and it’s a race that Moyes may not win with interest from the Toffees reported just a few weeks ago.

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Instead, The Friedkin Group may head down a shrewder path and target Brighton & Hove Albion’s Evan Ferguson, 20, who has endured a difficult loan spell at West Ham United this season.

The rumoured price was thought to be £40m when he joined the Hammers this winter, but that should be lower now.

According to GIVEMESPORT, the Republic of Ireland international could be one option this summer to complete Moyes’ frontal ranks.

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Ferguson has only started once in the Premier League for West Ham, and he was hooked at half-time at that. Still, once regarded as a “phenomenal” finishing ability by James Milner, the up-and-comer has merely suffered a blip in a promising rise to the fore.

Football is a fickle game, and it’s important to remember that while players ebb away, they can bounce right back in a warmer climate.

West Ham hasn’t exactly been a breeding ground for positivity this season, but Everton are building something with Moyes at the helm and he could help coax Ferguson back toward the ascendancy that carried him through his maiden years in the Premier League.

His goalscoring prowess won’t go away, and while there are other areas of his game that need work, Moyes could get the best out of him, for sure.

Of course, his one-goal campaign pales in comparison to Delap’s, with the 22-year-old scoring 12 goals from 35 Premier League outings for his relegated side, missing just ten big chances, as per Sofascore.

But Ferguson has demonstrated his ability before. For Brighton, across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, the teenage prodigy scored 12 goals and missed only nine big chances, with his powerful performances at the front of the ship leading to a great fanfare.

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Such fanfare, actually, that Brighton slapped a £100m price tag on him, with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur lurking.

Delap might be the talk of the town right now, but Ferguson has proven himself a big-money talent in the past, with the raw properties to become something special.

Given that Everton could be able to engineer an affordable deal and have Beto firing on all cylinders, this could be an astute piece of business indeed, one which might just bear dividends.

He'd be Moyes' next Cahill: Everton plot move for "incredible" EFL star

Everton could be about to land a player who could follow in the footsteps of a former fan-favourite.

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The West Indies allrounder had ended her international career suddenly in August 2022

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jul-2024Deandra Dottin has come out of international retirement, making herself available for West Indies selection once again, nearly two years after a sudden decision to quit while leading Barbados in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.The development is a boost for West Indies ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October this year.”Representing West Indies in international cricket has always been a matter of great pride and passion for me,” Dottin, 33, said in a letter to Cricket West Indies (CWI) that was part of the board’s statement. “After a period of reflection and thoughtful dialogue with various parties within Cricket West Indies, including Cricket West Indies President, Dr. Kishore Shallow, I am pleased to inform you that I am eager to return to the game that I love, and contribute my utmost to the West Indies women’s team across all formats, with immediate effect.”I am confident that my experience, maturity, and skills will add value to the team as it has done in the past, and I am prepared to furnish my best efforts in every match and training session to ensure the team’s winning trajectory in international cricket. Moreover, I am enthusiastic about mentoring younger players and contributing to the overall development of women’s cricket in our region.”Related

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CWI welcomed Dottin’s decision. “Deandra is a player of immense ability and experience,” CWI director of cricket Miles Bascombe said. “We are pleased with her decision to return to international cricket and be eligible for selection. There is no doubt that she could add significant value to the West Indies Women’s teams.”When Dottin announced her retirement in August 2022, citing a “non-conducive” environment within the West Indies set-up, she had played 143 ODIs (3727 runs at an average of 30.54) and 127 T20Is (2697 runs). She holds the record for the fastest century in women’s T20Is – a 38-ball hundred against South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup. She also has 72 wickets in ODIs and 62 in T20Is.”It has a lot to do with the board, how they handle stuff and how they handle players and how they actually speak to players,” Dottin said in August 2022 about her decision to retire. “Certain people take things different, so it is a lot of work that West Indies Cricket will need to be done and I think they need to do it as fast as possible because it’s not going to end well for West Indies Cricket or cricket in the Caribbean.Dottin was active on the T20 league circuit after her retirement but hasn’t been in competitive action since September 2023. She will captain the Trinbago Knight Riders team in the upcoming women’s Caribbean Premier League, ahead of a West Indies camp in August in the lead up to the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan don’t have too many who can emulate Mohammad Amir at his best, but the quick’s numbers since 2016 have been unflattering

Danyal Rasool18-Sep-2018Ever since his comeback to international cricket, Mohammad Amir has been leader of the Pakistan bowling attack. He assumed the role almost instantly upon arrival, and has been a more or less permanent fixture in the team since – one of just three all-format players Pakistan has. It’s not a role that has necessarily been conferred on him due to consistent performances, however. Rather, it’s the perception that one day, this young prince will mature into a king, and until he does it’s worth sticking with him. By now, even Prince Charles must be looking at him and thinking, “Boy, that’s a long time to wait for a coronation.”But for the first time, it appears that conventional wisdom is being challenged within the Pakistan team management, to the extent that Amir is by no means guaranteed to be a part of the side that takes on India on Wednesday. For any other player with his level of recent performances, it would be an unremarkable decision. But if Amir does indeed sit out the game against India, Pakistan will have made a stunning call. He has been feted as a big-match player by coach Mickey Arthur, and his most memorable moments since his comeback to cricket have been against India.If it does happen, Amir, who appears to relish the big games more than perhaps any other player in the Pakistan side, can’t point fingers at anyone but himself. Imagine this: in barely over a year since that sensational opening spell in the Champions Trophy final that tore India’s top order to shreds, he finds himself in a situation where he might not play the next game against them.Since his return in 2016, Amir has averaged nearly 35 runs per wicket in ODIs, and has never taken more than three wickets in a game. His best figures, by far, came in that Champions Trophy final. He took three wickets – those of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, no less – for 16 runs, and set up Pakistan’s tournament triumph. His second most memorable performance was also against India, in a T20 match at the Asia Cup in 2016, where his energetic opening salvo reduced India to 8 for 3.Amir’s performances since the Champions Trophy final have dropped without warning. He’s only taken three ODI wickets since that game 15 months ago, at an average of almost 80 runs per wicket. It isn’t just because of the quality of the opposition, either; half of his eight ODIs since have been against either Zimbabwe or Hong Kong.For any other bowler, those numbers would mean a fight to keep his place in the side. Given the new ball against Hong Kong, Amir had a glorious opportunity against significantly weaker opposition to stop the rot. Instead, he was flat, unable to muster the intensity required of a man fighting to keep his place in the side. He bowled a wayward first over and didn’t nearly have the penetration that his fellow quicks appeared to have, in a game that represented the ideal opportunity for one last shot of confidence before the India contest. Before that, he was eager to sit out the two series Pakistan played in Zimbabwe in July, only to be refused rest. In March, he told ESPNcricinfo that he wanted to cut down on Tests to prolong his international career.ESPNcricinfo LtdFast bowlers need their workload managed, and Amir – a regular for years in all three formats now – might have felt he wasn’t getting the rest he needed. He would have the facts to back him up; he’s bowled more than any fast bowler from Pakistan since his return, and ranks 12th overall, with 6072 deliveries across formats. Among Pakistani quicks, only Wahab Riaz (5662 balls) has bowled even half of the deliveries Amir has sent down in international cricket.But it is the impression that he wishes to pick and choose when he plays that doesn’t do Amir any favours. Most world-class players have their best days on the biggest occasions, but that hardly affords them a free pass in every other game. Cricket isn’t like boxing; results must be produced week in, week out. It is consistency that turns a star into a legend, and it’s proved a particularly elusive trait for Amir.It’s also an unenviable position for the team management to find itself in. Dropping Amir would invite intense scrutiny if Pakistan do not come away with the desired result, particularly since there’s no player on the bench with the ability to replicate Amir at his best. Picking a second spinner would be a bit of a gamble, particularly since Imad Wasim failed a yo-yo test and was subsequently excluded from the squad. Besides, India play spin better than any side in the world, which would put colossal pressure on the 24-year-old Mohammad Nawaz, who has only played 11 ODIs.Could they go with another fast bowler in a like-for-like swap? That brings Shaheen Afridi and Junaid Khan into the picture. Arthur is a big fan of the teenager Afridi, but it would almost be irresponsible to throw him in on such a challenging occasion and expect him to provide Pakistan with what Amir cannot. Junaid is a likelier option; he has a particularly good record against India and a level head, which is an especially useful asset in what can be a charged match-up. But Junaid no longer has the explosive match-changing ability that Amir possesses, and if Amir has indeed been saving himself for that game, it would be, to put it mildly, inefficient to let that simmer away on the bench.Sarfraz didn’t give anything away while speaking to reporters today, but he did acknowledge that Amir’s form was a concern. “Yes, it is a concern. But it is not necessary that you take wickets to prove that you have bowled well,” he said. “It’s a concern that he is not taking wickets. Sometimes, you bowl well but don’t take wickets, like Mohammed Shami was bowling well in England but didn’t take much wickets. So we sat down and told him that you are a strike bowler and you need to take wickets, so he will try his best to strike in the coming matches.”Whether the decision to drop him – and that hasn’t by any means been established – will be hailed or criticised invariably depends on how the game pans out on Wednesday. Such a consequentialist approach is inevitable in sports management; selectors live and die by big calls, and the stakes could hardly be higher. It is perhaps most appropriate to turn the focus back to Amir, and wonder why such an outrageously gifted player finds his place in the side being questioned. Only Amir knows whether some of the hunger that burned in him has faded with the grind of international cricket, but he is sharp enough to know that his performances need to pick up if he is to remain an automatic pick for the big games. It’s a heck of a call the selectors have to make, but it’s Amir who’ll need to do the real thinking if he finds himself in the reserves on Wednesday in Dubai.

Arsenal would have to pay £50 million ($67m) to sign Noni Madueke this summer, the Gunners have learned, per a new report.

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  Per The Independent, Arsenal have been told that they will need to pay £50 million ($68m) if they are to sign Madueke from Chelsea this summer. Mikel Arteta is seeking reinforcements in attack, and has also been chasing RB Leipzig star Benjamin Sesko.

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Returning from a stress fracture, the 24-year old fast bowler now carries the weight of Kohli’s praise

Shashank Kishore in Jammu21-Feb-2020There is an air of curiosity around everything Prasidh Krishna does these days. Sure, he’s been an IPL regular for Kolkata Knight Riders since 2018. But, it’s not every day that a bowler outside the periphery of the national team, or maybe even India A, gets a special mention from the India captain. He has elicited interest because Virat Kohli had recently said “he could possibly be an X-factor” for India in the run-up to the T20 World Cup later this year.Such a compliment should make someone heady. You must beam with pride, right? For Prasidh, it’s the opposite. He doesn’t like people asking him about it. He doesn’t like that attention. He isn’t the flashy in-your-face character. He’s mild-mannered, doesn’t growl at batsmen and certainly doesn’t believe in giving send-offs. He likes his bowling to do all the talking.Little more about his mannerisms later. For now, it’s about Prasidh, the fast bowler. This was supposed to be the year he finally nailed down a regular spot in Karnataka’s first-class set-up. For four years, since a sensational five-for on debut against Bangladesh A in 2015, he had to sit out because Karnataka had a dominant pace-attacking of Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, S Aravind, and later Ronit More. Chances were few and far between, and Prasidh was branded a white-ball specialist initially.Vinay’s departure to Puducherry this season opened the doors for Prasidh to be a shoo-in. He offered everything Vinay did, with the addition of 20kph speed. Things looked bright. Last September, he even earned the appreciation of his former captain, Vinay, when he picked up a match-winning five-for against Saurashtra, just before the game against Puducherry at the Vijay Hazare Trophy. But the same evening, he would receive a massive jolt. An injury. No ordinary one. A stress fracture of the fibula (a long thin bone) on his left leg. Except, at that stage, he brushed it off as a “normal niggle.””Everything was going well, and suddenly just like that it was gone” Prasidh says. “I know there’s no right time to get injured, but suddenly, I couldn’t even walk properly. There was an impingement in my hip. The pain got worse and just before the T20s, I had stiffness in my calf.”Initially, during the Vijay Hazare Trophy, I didn’t notice it. I thought it was a niggle. During T20s when I was bowling, it started hurting a lot. When I got it scanned, it was a stress fracture. I knew then that I had to take some time off. I was at the NCA. I had to simply rest for two months. No running, nothing to do with physios and trainers. Just rest and static strengthening. Only in January, I started training, bowling and all of that.”ALSO READ: From net bowler to frontline quick – the Prasidh Krishna story (May 2018)As Prasidh spent time sitting out, his mind couldn’t help but wander back to the Karnataka camp. He kept going into the ‘why me, why now’ circle even as Karnataka went on to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Mushtaq Ali trophies. But slowly, he realised the need to get out of that zone quickly.”It was very hard initially because I was there with the team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy,” he recalls. “I was at least in the dressing room [even if I wasn’t playing], so I was at least satisfied I was part of the team. T20s, I know, they were doing well, but it was hard sitting at home and watching the team win and me not being able to play a part.”But I also realised I had the time off to work on things I lacked, give priority to my fitness and skill so that when I come back, I am one step ahead of what I was. It didn’t put me down so much after a while. I became optimistic and took it in the right spirit.”When he eventually received the green signal from the physios to resume bowling, Prasidh realised he had to work that much extra because he was walking back, literally, at the business end of the Ranji Trophy season. Returning for the must-win final league game against Baroda in Bengaluru, Prasidh bowled all of six overs in the first innings.Prasidh Krishna celebrates a wicket•BCCI”I had to bowl a lot [in the build-up to my comeback] since I was coming into the four-day format,” he acknowledges. “It would’ve been easier to come back to one-day or T20 format. I had to take the extra week’s time too get back to full fitness only because it was first-class cricket and Ranji Trophy.”I’m not yet in full rhythm. Even in the last game, I bowled just six overs in the first innings. In the second innings, I was on the tired side. It was my first game upon return, so it was on the back of my mind. I didn’t know how much I could push myself. Sometimes, I tried to push from the mind but my body wasn’t coping with it. I can’t say I’m at my best, but I’m getting there. I can’t play thinking ‘what happens if I get injured’, then you’re just going to be unnecessarily burdening your mind. Hopefully, I will peak at the right time.”ALSO READ: Karnataka, and the art of finding a way to winPrasidh has played seven first-class games over five seasons now. Match-time has been a challenge, but he’s also had to work on his red-ball temperament. Prasidh has taken time off to iron out his flaws like working on his run-up, load-up, cutting down on angles and generating greater speed into his delivery stride.”I think the IPL and whatever cricket I’ve played has helped me get matured and understand what is needed,” he says. “It’s not just about coming in and bowling, but about being smart. I worked on my run-up to begin with. I’m feeling good mostly.”I worked under physio Amit Tyagi at the NCA. It was a good environment to work my way back in, and the Karnataka team has welcomed me back with open arms. I love coming back here, no matter how tired I am.”As a batch, we’ve built on a foundation that was set six-seven years ago. The kind of bonding there is in the group makes you feel like home. We’re all pushing each other to make the next step up, we all understand in every batch one, two or maybe three will go through. All of us are looking to upgrade ourselves to the next level.”When asked about replacing Vinay, Prasidh spontaneously replies: “irreplacable.” He has utmost respect for his former captain, and brushes aside comparisons. Instead, he delves into how every member of Karnataka’s core group has silently taught him precious lessons along the way.”Vinay is a legend, what he’s done for Karnataka will be hard to emulate,” he says. “He is irreplacable. What we can do in our control is when we get chances, ensure we are all match ready. Being picked isn’t in our hands. What I have personally learnt is to be persistent and never give up.”You look at Manish Pandey, whenever he gets a game [for India], he makes sure he’s there. Everybody looks up to him here. Karun Nair has been trying hard. Numbers may not present the right picture, but we’ve seen the hard work behind the scenes. Mayank Agarwal, what he did all those years ago to break open the door was inspirational. KL Rahul came back for the Vijay Hazare [after being dropped from the Test team], showed his hunger, made runs and we know what he’s gone on to do. In this dressing room, there is something to learn from every single person, that is the best thing about the group.”

Burnley are now set to sign an “outstanding” player in a new £8 million update after promotion to the Premier League, according to a Sky Sports reporter.

Burnley seal promotion to the Premier League

The Clarets have managed to live up to expectations and seal their return to the Premier League at the first time of asking. A 2-1 win over Watford and a 2-1 win over Sheffield United during the Easter weekend saw Burnley secure promotion at the expense of the Blades, who have been fighting them and Leeds United for the top two spots in the Championship.

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Burnley’s promotion was confirmed on Monday night after they beat the Blades, and manager Scott Parker paid a significant tribute to his side and how hard they have worked to secure promotion.

Parker told BBC Radio Lancashire: “The ambition and the target at the start of the season was to get back to the Premier League, and we’ve managed to do that, so I’m hugely proud of the squad.

“It’s come down to real, pure commitment from every one of the players, their dedication and the sacrifice that they’ve made, that leads us to this point. In this moment, I explained to the lads, that there is emotion from me because I see the commitment that everyone has brought.

“We live in a world where you win, or you lose, and you get judged, and at the end of the season you’re either promoted or not, and that’s how quickly people will judge it. I‘m just delighted all that work, all that effort, all that sacrifice has been worth it and people can see it. The facts are if you don’t get promoted, people can see it.”

Burnley set to sign 25 y/o in new £8m update – Sky Sports

As the Clarets’ return to England’s top tier is now confirmed, there is now a fresh update on the future of a player who has been key for the Lancashire side this season. According to Sky Sports’ Mark McAdam, Burnley are set to sign Jaidon Anthony from AFC Bournemouth in a deal now worth £8 million.

The 25-year-old joined Burnley on a season-long loan deal from the Cherries last summer, and the Clarets had a way of making the deal a permanent switch. McAdam states that Burnley will now pay £8 million to sign Anthony, instead of the £10m that was reported last year as an obligation with promotion.

Anthony, who has been dubbed “outstanding” by football writer Josh Wyatt for his recent performance against Plymouth Argyle, has scored seven goals and assisted seven in 41 league games this season, as he’s been a key performer in Parker’s side.

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Anthony worked with Parker during his time with the Cherries, and that relationship is now going to continue at Turf Moor, as Parker will hope his winger can make a difference in the Premier League.

Javier Tebas, the outspoken president of La Liga, has launched a scathing attack on the newly-expanded Club World Cup, expressing his intent to see the month-long tournament scrapped altogether. With the 32-team event currently underway in the United States, Tebas has voiced strong opposition, particularly regarding its disruptive impact on domestic schedules and player welfare.

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Spain’s two representatives in the Club World Cup, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, have had very different trajectories in the competition. Diego Simeone’s Atletico exited in the group stage, limiting the disruption to their preparations for the upcoming campaign. Real Madrid, on the other hand, have progressed to the quarter-finals and could be in action until the tournament’s conclusion on July 13.

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Should Los Blancos reach the final, it would consume nearly all of their usual rest period. With just over a month before the new season begins, Madrid's players face the risk of limited training time and no warm-up friendlies ahead of the 2025-26 campaign.

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Tebas has made it clear that neither Real Madrid nor Atletico Madrid will receive any special scheduling allowances due to their Club World Cup participation.

"I will do everything possible to ensure it [the Club World Cup] doesn't happen again," he said, as reported by "The Club World Cup has created a competitiveness problem with the money that goes to those clubs involved. The competition is damaging the calendar for all teams. They ask for more days to rest, but they can earn €140 million (£121m/$165m) from the Club World Cup – double Alaves' budget – and then ask for time to prepare."

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The upcoming domestic season has already been mapped out by La Liga. The campaign kicks off on the weekend of August 16–17, with Real Madrid beginning at home to Osasuna. The season is scheduled to end on May 24, 2026, allowing for a short break before the start of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Northamptonshire 337 for 6 (Gay 88, Bartlett 71*, Procter 64) vs LeicestershireHalf-centuries from Emilio Gay, George Bartlett and skipper Luke Procter enabled Northamptonshire to shade the opening day of their Vitality County Championship match against Leicestershire, where they finished on 337 for 6.Gay’s 88 from 110 balls was the day’s most eye-catching batting performance but Bartlett’s unbeaten 71 and Procter’s 64 from 164 had much to commend them for grittiness as the home side’s bowlers, while expensive in the morning, did eventually make them work hard for their gains.Scott Currie and Tom Scriven finished with two wickets each but on-loan seamer Ben Green was unlucky not to have any success, while England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, returning to county duty for his second appearance of the season, was impressively difficult to score against.Gay was the dominant figure in a morning session in which Northamptonshire were the clear winners. Leicestershire, who also recalled Matt Salisbury for the injured Ben Mike, made only one breakthrough after skipper Lewis Hill had won the toss.The home attack struggled with length and line at times and both Gay and opening partner Ricardo Vasconcelos, both of whom have started the season well, hungrily took advantage. If there was something for the bowlers in a green-tinged pitch it largely proved elusive. Northamptonshire were 60 without loss inside the first hour.By lunch they had 128 on the board but had surrendered one wicket, Vasconcelos losing his off stump to an inswinging ball from Scriven but Gay, though a little streaky on two or three occasions, particularly against Scriven, had looked in serious trouble only when Currie backed up a brilliant stop at third slip with a shy at the stumps that would have run him out for 41 had it hit.The 24-year-old left-hander cashed in two matches ago with a career-best 261 against a Middlesex attack struggling with the Kookaburra. He reached 52 from 61 balls and looked good for a sixth career hundred here. However, after increasing his boundary count to 16, he fell on 88 soon after lunch when Currie pushed one through with some extra pace and bowled him off an inside edge.The visitors suffered another blow when their Indian Test batter Karun Nair, who also has a double-hundred under his belt this season, was dismissed for 18, Salisbury finding a thin outside edge to have him caught at first slip, via the gloves of ‘keeper Ben Cox.Leicestershire bowled with better control in the middle session than they had before lunch, with Currie in particular bowling some impressive spells that deserved more success. Yet they found themselves up against two solid adversaries in Procter and winter signing Bartlett, who had added 66 in a little under 20 overs when tea arrived at 242 for 3, Procter having posted his fourth fifty-plus score in five innings.With Ahmed growing to his task as a foil, giving little away from the pavilion end, and Currie continuing to bend his back at the Bennett End, pressure continued to build on the fourth-wicket pair after tea and it was Ahmed who eventually split them, bowling Procter with a ball the left-hander shaped to cut but did not sit up for the shot.Leicestershire made the visitors work hard for their runs but not once in the day did a breakthrough prompt a flurry of quick wickets. Bartlett now had James Sales for company, and another 46 runs were chipped out before the new ball brought a second wicket for Scriven, who found the edge with a beauty, Louis Kimber taking a good, low catch at first slip. Bartlett, meanwhile, had completed his first half-century for his new county from 114 balls, but Northamptonshire lost Saif Zaib before the close, well taken by Cox off Currie.

تحدث مصطفى عبده، نجم الأهلي السابق، عن فوز الأحمر بهدفين مقابل هدف، على الزمالك في اللقاء الذي جمع بين الفريقين مساء اليوم الإثنين، ضمن منافسات مسابقة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وتحدث عبده عبر قناة MBC مصر 2: “الزمالك أهدَر الفوز في الشوط الأول، بينما سيطر الأهلي على الشوط الثاني، الأهلي يمرض ولا يموت”.

طالع.. عماد متعب يدافع عن تريزيجيه.. ويصرح: الأهلي كان في حاجة للفوز على الزمالك

وتابع: “الأهلي اليوم عاد، ولو خسر أو تعادل كان سيدخل في متاهات كبيرة، ولكن عودته بهذه المباراة كانت فارقة، وحجم النجوم الذين انضموا للفريق كبير جدًا”.

وأكمل: “في الشوط الثاني، كان الأهلي مسيطرًا على المباراة وقدم كرة الأهلي التي عودنا عليها وهناك لاعبان أثبتا أنهما لا يستحقان الجلوس على دكة البدلاء، مثل حسين الشحات رغم أنني كنت زعلان منه، وأليو ديانج لاعب ممتاز، وعبد القادر يستحق المشاركة”.

وواصل:” تريزيجيه فعل كل شيء في الملعب، وكنت خائفًا منه في ضربة الجزاء، وهذه التجربة ستمنحه ثقة كبيرة”.