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One-day tournament (Associations): Round One Pool(B) Report

Mahmood Ahmad30-Apr-2001Mohammad Haroon gave a magnificent all-round performance, inspiring Sheikhupura to beat Gujranwala by seven wickets in a high-scoring Pool B match played at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala.Haroon, the leg break bowler, grabbed 4 wickets for 35 runs, helping his side restrict the opposition to 248 in their allotted overs, before smashing an unbeaten 64 (71 balls), studded with 5 fours and 3 sixes, taking his side to victory with seven wickets and eight balls to spare.Apart from Haroon, Majid Majeed and Qaiser Abbas also played well for the winners, getting 58 (73 ball, 5 fours, 2 sixes) and 59 (70 balls, 3 fours), whereas Mohammad Azam contributed with 34 off 54 balls (4 fours).In the second Pool B match, played at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad surpassed Sargodha by 3 wickets in a low scoring encounter.Batting first after winning the toss, Sargodha could manage only 173 before their last batsman was dismissed in the 49th over. Abid Hussain top scored for his side with 51 off 108 balls, whereas wicket keeper Waqar Ahmed contributed with an unbeaten 33 off 42 balls.Naeem Ashraf and Saeed Ajmal bagged three wickets each for 34 and 28, respectively, whereas Ijaz Mahmood got 2 for 41.Faisalabad romped home in the 48th over, with Mohammad Sabir top scoring with 48 (62 ball, 5 fours) and Imran Younis contributing 33 (42 balls, 4 fours, 1 six).Jibran Khan bowled well for Sargodha getting three wickets for 28 in his ten overs, while Mohammad Sarfraz, Mohammad Shafiq and Sami Khan got one wicket each.In the third match of this round, played at Lahore Cricket Association Ground, Karachi Blues trounced Lahore Blues by 6 wickets, after restricting the home team to a meager 198 in the allotted fifty overs.Asked to bat first on a grassy track, Lahore Blues got to a fine start, with their openers posting 33 on the board in about 7 overs. However, disaster struck when they lost three wickets with the addition of only 5 runs, reducing the hosts to 38 for three by the 8th over, a position from which they did never quite recover. Only Mohammad Ashraf Ali, with a fine 67 off 110, could offer any resistance against opposition’s attack.For Karachi, Rajesh, Ramesh, Rizwan Qureshi, Mansoor Khan and Rizwan Saeed bowled well, getting 2 wickets each. Harris Ayaz bagged one wicket for 27 runs.Karachi Blues had not a confident start to their innings, losing Tariq Haroon for naught with only 8 on the board. But then a second-wicket partnership of 73 between Zahid Ghouri (77 off 67 balls) and Atif Ali Zaidi (37 off 37 balls) completely turned the tables. Thereafter, it was just a matter of time when Karachi overhauled the required in the 41st over, with Mansoor Baig and Bilal Murtaza remaining not out on 42 (67 balls) and 16 (40 balls), respectively.

As West Ham United announce they will be welcoming 10,000 supporters back to the London Stadium for the final Premier League match of 2020/2021 against Southampton, many Hammers supporters have flooded in response to the ‘fantastic’ news.

As COVID-19 restrictions steadily begin to ease with the government slowly lifting restrictions on public contact, this will have an impact on Premier League stadium attendances up and down the country.

Making an announcement, West Ham now confirm that 10,000 fans will be allowed to attend the match against Southampton in what could be a crucial encounter in their race to qualify for Europe.

All Season Ticket Holders who renewed for the 2020/2021 term will be automatically entered into the ballot and handed a chance to attend the game, but holders who were successful in the last ballot against Crystal Palace will apparently be given first priority.

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As this news emerges, it’s little wonder one supporter called it ‘fantastic’ as the majority of the Irons faithful haven’t been able to attend a home game since last year.

Find all of their best verdicts from social media down below.

West Ham fans flock to club announcement

“please please please please”

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“Fantastic enjoy whoever gets to go xxx”

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“Yess”

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“Super”

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“What a lovely day”

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“COYI”

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“IRONSSSS”

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“Begging for the ballot”

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In other news: Sky Sports pundit in awe of this ‘great news’ for West Ham, find out more here.

Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Carlton Palmer has told Football FanCast in an exclusive interview that Owls owner Dejphon Chansiri will not listen to the cries of supporters.

Following Wednesday’s relegation to League One, the supporters trust board wrote a letter to the club calling for Chansiri to take a “clear step back”.

For them, that entails a new chairman and CEO coming in to manage the team. A demand for non-executive board members to share some of that responsibility has also been made.

Palmer, though, cannot see that happening and has warned fans that their cries are likely to fall on deaf ears.

Speaking exclusively to FFC on the matter, the ex-Wednesday player said:

“He’s the money man, so you can’t tell the money man to step down. He either steps down because he wants to or he sells the club because he wants to, but he’s not going to do anything they’re telling him to do.

“Bottom line is he’s the money man; he puts the money into the club. The only thing I’d say to the chairman is look where we are now. We are in League One.

“For me, it’s quite simple. He knows nothing about football; he knows nothing about the running of a football club.”

Chansiri has been a very controversial figure at Hillsborough this season after sacking both Garry Monk and Tony Pulis in the same campaign.

Ultimately, it is not hard to understand the frustrations of supporters and those who have an affinity with the club.

A defiant three and a half hour innings by Adrian Dale, supported by apugnacious 31 from Alex Wharf thwarted Kent as Glamorgan ended a rain-affected second day on 177 for 8 in their Championship match in Swansea

Andrew Hignell26-May-2001A defiant three and a half hour innings by Adrian Dale, supported by apugnacious 31 from Alex Wharf thwarted Kent as Glamorgan ended a rain-affected second day on 177 for 8 in their Championship match in Swansea.Kent`s hopes of making early inroads were dampened by a combination ofdrizzle and mist, which prevented a start from being made until 3pm. Whenplay eventually began, Adrian Shaw clipped the first ball from MartinSaggers to the fine leg boundary for four, and the Glamorgan wicket-keepercontinued to punish any loose deliveries, hitting two more boundaries inSaggers` fourth over.This flurry of runs prompted Kent captain Matthew Fleming to introduce BenTrott into the attack, and it proved a shrewd decision, as with his fifthdelivery Trott dismissed Shaw when the Glamorgan wicket-keeper edged arising delivery into the hands of David Fulton at second slip.Then in his next over, Trott nearly claimed a second wicket as Robert Croftedged a ball through the hands of third slip for four. But after this earlyscare, the England off-spinner played himself in, and twice straight droveTrott to the Mumbles Road boundary.Adrian Dale continued to play watchfully at the other end, having earlieralso punished some loose bowling from Saggers. But the introduction ofPatel`s left-arm spin slowed the scoring rate, and with Patel extractingsome lavish spin at times from the dry Swansea wicket, the Glamorganvice-captain adopted a cautious approach.In the third over after tea Croft was bowled off his pads by a slower ballfrom Fleming. But Dale then found a useful ally in Alex Wharf, who was sooninto his stride, twice on-driving the Kent bowlers to the boundary, inaddition to an exquisite cover drive off Saggers.The pair had added an invaluable 55 in 19 overs when Wharf was bowled byPatel, attempting another blow off the back foot. It was the left-arm spinner who eventually ended Dale`s stubborn resistance, as the Glamorgan vice-captain got a thick edge to a ball and was caught at slip by Fulton.In the closing overs, Darren Thomas rode his luck and played a few lustyblows to leave Glamorgan 75 runs in arrears.

Southampton failed to mark the return of fans to St Mary’s with a win on Tuesday evening, as they were beaten by an in-form Leeds United who secured a top ten finish in their first season back in the Premier League.

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side started brightly against the Elland Road outfit, with Che Adams forcing Kiko Casilla into two good saves, whilst James Ward-Prowse hit the bar with an unbelievable attempt from a free-kick.

However, the hosts tired in the second half and after some strange substitutions from the Austrian manager, Marcelo Bielsa’s side showed their class, with Patrick Bamford tucking home after a superb Rodrigo pass, before Tyler Roberts made the points safe late on.

One man who unfortunately was not at his best in the defeat at St Mary’s was Nathan Tella, which was a surprise after his impressive cameo against Fulham at the weekend earned him a rare start.

As per SofaScore, the 21-year-old would earn a disappointing 5.8/10 rating, which was the worst of any player to feature on Tuesday night.

During his time on the pitch, the former Arsenal youngster would have just 38 touches, one fewer than the 39 touches Alex McCarthy had during the game.

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The youngster, who partnered Adams up front in the first half and Danny Ings in the second, would complete just 13 passes during the game, whilst he was unsuccessful in all seven of the dribbles he attempted at St Mary’s.

As a result, he would lose possession on 16 occasions, which is something Hasenhuttl would have been desperate to avoid against a Leeds side who are so dangerous when they regain possession and look to counter.

Tella would also win just two out of his 20 duels during the game, resulting in a less than impressive 10% success rate, which emphasises that the Leeds defence well and truly had the better of him – as all three centre-backs in Bielsa’s side scored higher than a 7/10.

Although Hampshire Live journalist Tom Leach described Tella as “special” during the first half, he was unable to trouble the Leeds defence and was certainly one of the poorest performers on a difficult evening for Hasenhuttl’s side, with the St Mary’s faithful unfortunately sent home disappointed on their return to the stadium.

And, in other news… Saints missed out on “outstanding” PL beast with 21 G/A

Former Cambridge Blue Ed Smith scored his second Championship century of the summer and took his match aggregate to 190 to put Kent into a commanding position going into the final day of their clash with Glamorgan in Maidstone

Mark Pennell15-Jun-2001Former Cambridge Blue Ed Smith scored his second Championship century of the summer and took his match aggregate to 190 to put Kent into a commanding position going into the final day of their clash with Glamorgan in Maidstone.Smith became the fourth Kent batsman to pass 500 runs for the season as the hosts recorded 358 in their second innings for an overall lead in the match of 376.Glamorgan reached 36 without loss after 12 overs by the close, but will have to bat well on the final day to score the 341 runs required on a Mote pitch that is starting to help the spinners.Indeed, but for Dean Cosker’s haul of three for 93, Glamorgan may not have been in with a victory chance whatsoever.The Welsh left-arm spinner ended Smith’s 190-ball stay to a catch at the wicket by Mark Wallace, the Glamorgan stand-in keeper who claimed eight catches in the match after his first-morning call-up – just one catch short of Colin Metson’s club record.Smith had featured in a fourth-wicket stand worth 108 with Matthew Walker and then a further partnership of 52 with Paul Nixon before Kent’s tail crumbled.Cosker also accounted for Walker, who went for 53 after misjudging a sweep, having earlier sent back Kent opener David Fulton (43) after he chopped on to his own stumps.Darren Thomas was rewarded for his unstinting work on a pretty flat pitch with a haul of four for 84, the last of which was the scalp of home skipper Matthew Fleming (46) who picked out third man with an upper-cut over the slips

Mel Morris is in talks with US consortium as he looks to finally complete the sale of Derby County, according to Mirror journalist James Nursey.

The lowdown

Morris is intent on selling the club, having invested £200million of his own money during his time at Pride Park.

Derby just about stayed up on the final day of the season after a thrilling 3-3 draw with relegation rivals Sheffield Wednesday, although they are yet to discover the punishment for a breach of Financial Fair Play regulations.

A points deduction could be in store, but it’s been reported that it wouldn’t be imposed until next season, meaning they won’t be relegated after the fact.

Morris has already tried in vain to sell the club to Sheikh Khaled, a cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour, and to Spaniard Erik Alonso.

The latest

Nursey says there could be ‘hope on the horizon’ for the club, with negotiations underway.

The prospective American owners are said to have ‘experience in sport’, coming after Rooney begged for ‘clarity’ and said simply of a potential takeover: “It has to happen.”

The verdict

At this point, Derby fans will just be desperate for the saga to end, and for some sense of stability to be restored to their football club.

Indeed, the respite of survival may be short-lived if talks drag on into the coming months.

Their hands may be tied in the transfer market if that uncertainty persists. Throw in a points deduction and the Rams could be in serious trouble.

As Rooney states, Morris’ future at the club simply must be sorted as quickly as possible.

In other news, Rams fans want to see this man sold.  

It’s days like today that batsmen like James Marshall dream of

Jaimee Astle26-Mar-2002It’s days like today that batsmen like James Marshall dream of.The Northern Districts batsman became the second player from his side to score a double century this season when hitting 235 runs in their final State Championship match of the summer, against Canterbury at Christchurch’s Village Green.Marshall scored his highest first-class score and beat numerous other records throughout his innings.His 524 minute innings saw him face 445 deliveries.He said he was disappointed with the way he got out to the catch that bobbled in Aaron Redmond’s arms at short leg, but set the team up with a good lead.”We want to finish the season on a good note, and have already lost our spinner [Bruce] Martin, through a shoulder injury during practice,” he said.At the start of play Marshall resumed on 88 and Michael Parlane 33, with ND chasing 175 further runs to secure first innings points.Paul Wiseman began the bowling for Canterbury with Chris Harris, and after finishing play early yesterday due to bad light, Marshall was able to carry through with his century. It was his second for the season, and third in first-class cricket. He then went on to beat his highest first-class score of 122.Parlane got his 12th first-class 50 shortly after, by smashing a six through mid-wicket off the bowling of Wiseman.The pair got their 100-run partnership off 208 balls.ND continued to accumulate their total, scoring at nearly run a minute pace, bringing up 200 in the 79th over.Parlane ably supported Marshall, until Ryan Burson had Parlane given out lbw for 68, in a delivery that he went forward to and played alongside pad. This was the end of their 165-run partnership.When Scott Styris came to the crease, there was no mucking around. The pair hit several shots square of the wicket to the rope.Seven Canterbury bowlers were used, but none of them could answer the Northern Districts batting effort.By lunchtime, the Knights had increased their total to 299/2, with Marshall on 152 and Styris on 29.Three balls after lunch the pair established their 50-run partnership, driving the team past the 300 mark.In the 114th over, two balls after Styris reached his half century with a six, he was stumped by wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins. This gave Redmond his first wicket.Identical twin brother Hamish Marshall then joined James, making it difficult to distinguish the two.The Knights surpassed the Canterbury score in the 116th over, securing ND two first innings points.The small number of spectators at Village Green were then witness to several record-breaking feats.James Marshall hit his double century off 398 deliveries. This beat the previous highest score against Canterbury of 195 by John Parker in the 1972/73 season.Soon after, he beat the previous highest ND score of 212, scored by team-mate Styris in the last State Championship round, and then went on to beat Nathan Astle’s 222 – the highest first-class score this season.He said it was a very special moment to achieve his double century with brother Hamish at the crease, who wanted to be there when he broke Styris’ record. “I have had a lot of starts this season, but wanted to make this into a big one.”ND brought up 400 runs in the 133rd over.The bowlers had to work hard to get wickets on the Waikari soil-based pitch, which proved very good for batting.Wiseman, who had over 100 runs hit off his first 24 overs, finally achieved the breakthrough when Hamish Marshall went down the wicket and was caught by Redmond at mid-on.After tea, ND lost two wickets, but brought their total to 470 runs.James Marshall and debutant Mark Orchard had resumed at the crease, but in a rather sedate end to Marshall’s innings, he tried to turn a ball towards leg for the single, but found the hands of Redmond under the helmet at short leg. This was Wiseman’s third wicket of the innings.Skipper Robbie Hart then took to the crease to establish a partnership with Orchard. This was not to be however. Orchard padded a full pitch delivery that appeared to be going down leg, but it was umpire Gary Baxter who had the last word, giving him out for four.The third new ball of the innings was taken in the 160th over, with Canterbury captain Gary Stead opting for fast-medium bowlers Stephen Cunis and Burson.This proved too much for Hart, who after being dropped on 23 was given out lbw for 31 off the bowling of Burson.Cunis eventually bowled Joseph Yovich for 12, while Daryl Tuffey was not out 11 and Graeme Aldridge on four when Northern opted to declare four runs short of 500.They finished with a lead of 158 runs.Burson had figures of three for 98 off 35. Off-spinner Wiseman also finished with three wickets, with 126 runs hit off his 12 overs.Canterbury were required to face two overs, off which Robbie Frew made one and Redmond three, before the end of day three.Play finished at 5.35pm, which was able to continue due to easterly winds gusting away thick cloud cover.

SHARJAH–Sri Lanka notched another win, their third out of four in this event, to be the first to make it to the final of this Sharjah Cup 2002, leaving Pakistan and New Zealand to slug it out for the other berth today

Agha Akbar14-Apr-2002SHARJAH–Sri Lanka notched another win, their third out of four in this event, to be the first to make it to the final of this Sharjah Cup 2002, leaving Pakistan and New Zealand to slug it out for the other berth today. And, with both having a win apiece under their belt, the game is indeed a knock-out: the winner lives to fight for the title, and the loser goes home. In case it is New Zealand, they cross over the Persian Gulf to Pakistan for their rescheduled one-day and Test rubber, in that order.Having set them 244 for victory, Sri Lanka allowed New Zealand only 197 for nine wickets, winning the fixture comfortably by 46 runs. The Lankans were keen to win this tie so that their qualifying for the final did not linger unduly for another day. Sharp in bowling and even sharper in the field, once they had reduced the Black Caps to 38 for three were not willing to give anything away. They had wrested control, more than that, a vise-like hold, and they were in no mood to concede an inch. Only Kumar Sangakkara, keeping wickets missed a stumping and a run-out, but even those reprieves fell in the realm of too little to save the day for the Kiwis.As the game entered the home stretch, the final 10 overs, the Kiwis were 93 runs adrift, the asking rate 9.3, and Jacob Oram, who had already hit Kumar Dharmasena for a straight six, and James Franklin were on the crease. It really was beyond them to plunder the runs at this rate against an attack that is very good at prising out better-endowed opposition. Oram clouted Dharmasena over long on but the bowler had his revenge next ball by having him stumped. Franklin and Tuffey fooled around for a while, but Arnold bowled the latter and Franklin stayed on with Butler to save the ignominy of getting all-out.From the word go, the Kiwis really made a mess of their chase, and were reduced to 38 for three. Chaminda Vaas struck first ball, to have Mathew Horne so plumb in front that umpire Venkatraghavan had his finger up as soon as the bowler turned around to raise his hands in appeal.Out of sorts, Nathan Astle (14, 26 balls, 2 fours) made his best score of this tournament so far before Vaas had him brilliantly caught and bowled. The disaster was compounded when Nuwan Zoysa’s appeal for leg before against Chris Harris was upheld.The most seasoned Black Caps pair, Stephen Fleming and Craig McMillan found the going tough. McMillan took a boundary apiece from Kumar Dharmasena and Upul Chandana. But to make an already near irretrievable situation worse, Fleming got himself bowled round his legs off Dharmasena.Muralitharan was finally brought into the attack as late as the 25th over. He conceded one and two in the first and second overs of his spell, but as Mathew Sinclair and Fleming went after him.He conceded 11 in his third, the 29th over, which also saw Black Caps raise the 100 of their innings, 101 off 179 deliveries.Next over, the 30th, McMillan clouted Jayasuriya for a glorious six straight on to the sight screen first ball to take another 10 runs from the over. And Jayasuriya’s next over too went for 11 runs, as McMillan contemptuously thumped him to the long-on fence and then guided him to deep fine leg for another boundary.The Kiwi innings seemed to be gaining a fluency of sorts, but it was too good to last. In Muralitharan’s next over, two wickets fell to make any hopes of revival a remote possibility. Sinclair, who had made 56 for the fifth wicket with McMillan, was run out courtesy a ferocious throw by Jayasuriya and Styris was leg before Muralitharan.McMillan was snared into a false shot by Muralitharan and with Atapattu making no mistake, at 138 for seven, the writing was on the wall for the Kiwis.Earlier, the fact that the Lankans managed just 243 after being rather well placed at 155 two in the 30th over was a tribute to the Black Caps resilience in the field and some imaginative captaincy.Having lost skipper Sanath Jayasuriya, leg before to Daryl Tuffey third ball after winning the toss and electing to bat first, Sri Lanka recovered quite considerably, as Marvan Atapattu (82, 94 deliveries, 12 fours) and Kumar Sangakkara (50, 64 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) made 114 runs.It was Atapattu who took the fight to the Kiwis, by stroking the ball sweetly for fours, mostly in front of the wicket, mostly straight as an arrow in copybook fashion. Sangakkara, having started with a six off James Franklin settled down to play second fiddle to Atapattu, until late in the innings when he raced to his 50 with three fours in as many overs on the off side, only to get out immediately after reaching his fifty.Atapattu, who scored his third score of 50-plus on the trot, and Mahela Jayawardene continued scoring in singles and twos, until they tore into Franklin, hitting him for two boundaries apiece to gather 18 runs off the over. At this point things seemed to be getting out of hand, when seamer Ian Butler struck twice, removing Atapattu and Arnold in the same over. Harris delivered another blow, by getting Tillekeratne Dilshan caught at the wicket by Sinclair.Three wickets in the space of 20 deliveries for the addition of 12 runs was a collapse from which the Lankans recovered but never fully.Jayawardene (39 runs, 55 balls, 3 fours) soldiered on in association with Upul Chandana (21, 36 balls, 1 four), but another three wickets fell in a bunch. Harris claimed Jayawardene’s wicket, and from 5 for 196, the Lankans again plunged to 208 for eight within the space of 21 balls.Chaminda Vaas, dropped at one by Sinclair off Jacob Oram, scored a run a ball 20 with the help of one four to rally the tail around him and take the total to a respectable 243.

Leeds United are intensifying their efforts to sign Hertha BSC star Matheus Cunha this summer.

What’s the story?

With the Premier League season now over, Marcelo Bielsa’s side can now firmly turn their attentions towards the summer transfer window, and it appears the club are already kick-starting things in terms of their recruitment.

According to German publication Kicker (via Sport Witness), the Whites are “intensifying contact” with Cunha over signing him, despite the news that Hertha actually extended his deal during the season, making it much harder for any interested clubs.

The report adds that “Leeds and Marcelo Bielsa had already made contact with Cunha in the January transfer market, and now they are ‘intensifying’ their ‘courtship‘.”

Forget Rodrigo

While last summer’ signing Rodrigo appeared to find his feet in the final few weeks of the Premier League campaign – he netted four times and provided an assist in his last four games – it’s no surprise that Leeds are looking to sign Cunha.

The 21-year-old Brazilian is equally as versatile as Rodrigo, and this season has proved that he can be a really devastating attacking force, bagging eight goals and setting up another eight in all competitions.

Dubbed as “something special” by former Hertha head coach Bruno Labbadia, the club’s one-time sporting director Michael Preetz has also raved about him, saying: “Matheus is a young player with enormous potential, who has already shown his impressive skills.”

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Able to play as a number 10, off the left or even down the middle on his own, Cunha has shown the kind of versatility which marks him out as a player Bielsa would surely love, and one that could easily provide genuine competition for Rodrigo.

Dubbed as a “genius” by Hertha coach, Pal Dardai, the £27m-rated forward could come to Elland Road to battle Rodrigo, or even surpass him and establish himself as a key first-team player for Leeds straight away.

Meanwhile, Leeds United have confirmed some really exciting changes…