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Never mind the tariffs, cricket's trade wars are the ones to watch

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Harry Brook and Corbin Bosch have been the first casualties in this game of cricket chicken, and no one is safe

Alan Gardner16-Apr-2025It’s Trade Wars Szn, apparently, and while cricket won’t register high on the import/export ledger in either China or the US, that doesn’t mean the game is short on geopolitical posturing. Witness the PSL opting to go toe-to-toe with the IPL during the global T20 circuit’s premium window.What does it all mean, apart from a brightly coloured smorgasboard of short-form frippery swamping the airwaves just when the County Championship is looking to remind everyone it still exists? Inevitably there are clashes and conflicts, although the legal shemozzle threatened by the ECB, attempting to limit the global supply of James Vince, was resolved amicably enough in the end.Others have not been so fortunate. The T20 ecosystem is now so complex that we’re seeing the introduction of what economists call non-tariff barriers (Pakistan players might suggest these have existed, at least where the IPL is concerned, for some time). Hence Corbin Bosch, having broken an agreement with Peshawar Zalmi in order to run the drinks for Mumbai Indians, can now expect to be impounded on the spot should he step into Pakistan at any point over the next 12 months.Related

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This, of course, mirrors the sanction imposed by the IPL on those players who bail out of lucrative contracts at short notice. (Who are these ingrates? Do they think they have free will?) Although you suspect that if, say, new England white-ball captain Harry Brook were to triumphantly lift the T20 World Cup at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium early next year, his two-year ban would be rescinded as quickly as the first team owner could say “Hey, maybe this guy can play spin after all…”Because if the Light Roller has learned anything about trade wars, it’s that they boil down to strategy, brinkmanship and holding your nerve. That and rewriting the regulations whenever is convenient, which the BCCI surely has in its locker.

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Could the man to unite the warring parties be TikTok teddy bear David Warner? Australia’s former attack dog is now off the leash, negotiating the gig economy as a T20 freelancer. And while he found himself surplus to requirements in the IPL mega auction, he landed safely in the arms of the PSL, picked in the platinum category and given the Karachi Kings captaincy to boot. He has already showcased his diplomatic skills by playing down the idea that he has received any stick from Indian fans after crossing the aisle – though this might be business savvy as much as his innate feel for subcontinental relations. With his 2min 50sec cameo in Tollywood flick he stands to be one of the few cricketers to be putting bums on seats in both India and Pakistan over the next few weeks.Scowl’s honour: Jimmy Anderson would be playing till the cows come home if it wasn’t for the damned calf•Getty Images

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James Anderson may have been rejected by the IPL, but that has not dimmed his enthusiasm for a 24th English domestic season with Lancashire. By which we mean he turned up to the team’s media day in Manchester looking moodier than Tom Moody in a muu-muu morosely mooching around Morrisons in search of a mango mousse on a mizzly Monday morning, before declaring himself fitter than he’s ever been (but also injured and unavailable to play for the first month). England, of course, decided to pension Anderson off last season, and he’s all set to be given a knighthood – but nothing could keep him from the county grind. Except a dodgy calf.

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Speaking of heritage cricketers, it has come to the Light Roller’s attention that MS Dhoni is still playing at the highest level – almost five years since we last made a joke about the ongoing circus around his retirement. You can understand why CSK are clinging on. Dhoni has won games for them purely on his aura, or at least a well-judged wink at the right opposition bowler. Which is fine, but being able to run might also help. “His knees aren’t what they used to be,” admitted Stephen Fleming, in tones that are usually reserved for discussing grandpa’s trips to the supermarket. One day, no doubt, there’ll be a statue of Dhoni up at Chepauk, but for now it sounds like the Whistle Podu crew are having to make do with a still life.

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Fan engagement, that’s what every sporting organisation wants to drive these days. Although perhaps not of the kind that Khushdil Shah attempted during Pakistan’s tour of New Zealand. Khushdil had to be held back by security after two spectators, allegedly Afghans, started shouting “anti-Pakistan slogans” – something you’d think the Pakistan players might have to start preparing for back home after being beaten by a combined 7-1 scoreline across white-ball formats. Still, it could have been worse. At least no one called Khushdil a potato.

Shooting star to Supernova: Twenty years of James Anderson

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England’s greatest celebrates two decades of back-breaking, shoulder-wrenching, ankle-stomping wear and tear

Andrew Miller22-May-2023Twenty years. It is a preposterous landmark for any international sportsman to achieve, let alone an international, all-time-great fast bowler.Twenty years of back-breaking, shoulder-wrenching, ankle-stomping wear and tear. Twenty years of rising, of falling, of plateauing, of being put out to pasture, and of being roped back in again. Twenty years of bettering one’s elders, then matching one’s peers, then disproving the doubters while beating back the younger, theoretically hungrier pretenders. And all the while, finding the inner fire to keep believing the struggle is, not just real, but worth it.At the age of 40 years and 296 days, James Anderson clearly still believes. Assuming his groin niggle is nothing more than that, he’s already inked in for his tenth Ashes campaign this summer – and a realistic shot at 700 Test wickets – even if he may have to wait until Ireland have been and gone before he’s unleashed for a record 28th Test appearance at Lord’s.Related

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But temporally speaking, he’s already entering his third decade as an England cricketer. On May 22, 2003, he was picked for the first of those Lord’s Tests – and the first of his 179 all told – alongside Yorkshire’s Anthony McGrath (whose own four-match career would be done and dusted before that summer was). And on the third day of that match, with first-innings figures of 5 for 73, the first of Anderson’s seven appearances on the dressing-room honours boards duly came to pass.At that precise moment, it felt as though Anderson’s England career was panning out like a prophecy. For extraordinary though it is to relate, given how many career evolutions he has since undergone, he arrived at that Test debut, two months shy of his 21st birthday, with a fully-formed narrative arc that could quite easily have defined and destroyed a lesser player.The story had begun six months earlier, at the mid-point of a bruising Ashes tour in December 2002, when England’s golden child was plucked from Burnley in the Lancashire League and unleashed in the one-day leg of the tour, to face down an Australia ODI team at the absolute zenith of its power.

On his England debut at Melbourne, Anderson was confronted with a brace of centuries for Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist, no less – the Players-of-the-Match-elect for Australia’s next two World Cup final victories, at Johannesburg in 2003 and Barbados in 2007. And yet, on a furnace-hot day in Adelaide one month later, his spell of 10-6-12-1 slowed Australia’s juggernaut to a crawl, and proved his own worthiness to lead England’s attack in the first of those tournaments in the New Year.Against Pakistan in Cape Town, Anderson took to the floodlights like a Newlands moth, inflicting dastardly first-ballers on both Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf en route to match-winning figures of 4 for 29; against Australia in a must-win show-down at Port Elizabeth one week later, however, he was zapped into the scoreboard by Andy Bichel for a match-losing six, as Hussain banked on his young gun’s magic in the critical penultimate over, and found it could not yet be delivered on cue.Therein lay the context as Anderson stepped into the fray two months later, as England Test cap No. 613, and with about as much hinterland as any young unknown fast bowler could possibly possess. Not even a full year had elapsed since he had bowled second-change for Lancashire against Surrey on his first-class debut in May 2002; now he was sharing the new ball with Matthew Hoggard in a Test match at Lord’s … and he duly served a 17-run maiden over, topped by two no-balls in his first three deliveries, and tailed with a trio of leg-stump half-volleys as he over-strained for his outswinger and was picked off with ease by Dion Ebrahim.But then, by degrees, the stardust began to settle back on Anderson’s game. Compared to the compact and perfectly-oiled machine that he has long since become, the 2003 prototype had a more frantic flap to his elbows on approach, and a more deliberate pause at the point of delivery, prior to a dramatic ‘whang’ of his shoulder – with his head tucking under his left wing like a baby bird – that was like nothing he’s since tried to recreate.

Back then, that zip in his follow-through could nudge the fledgling Anderson up towards 90mph in his liveliest spells. But, quite apart from attracting the unwelcome attention of the ECB’s biomechanists – on whose watch his game would be hollowed out over the next three years – it also left him reliant on rhythm rather than the guile that his talents would later be married to. Even while ripping out Zimbabwe’s last four wickets in a 14-ball onslaught at Lord’s, “his nervous smile looked like that of an apprentice magician,” as Paul Coupar wrote in Wisden’s match report. “Delighted with the result but unsure exactly how he’d managed it.”Nevertheless, Anderson was hot to trot for a good while yet. By the midpoint of the summer, he’d picked off a hat-trick against Pakistan and dyed a red go-faster stripe in his hair – an add-on that may or may not have contributed to Ferrari flying him by helicopter to meet Michael Schumacher at the British Grand Prix, an invite he had initially turned down because of a birthday barbeque at his parents’ house.With indecent haste, however, his first coming would start to unravel – at the hands of South Africa’s Graeme Smith in the first instance, but also through the unfortunate presumption that his flashy tastes in clothing and haircuts could earn him a media cut-through as cricket’s answer to David Beckham. By October, he had been chosen as the inaugural cover star for the newly-minted Wisden Cricketer magazine (“I really don’t like having my photo taken”, he conceded during his shoot), and by the time that issue hit the stands, the intro to a dramatically re-worked interview was comparing him to a “dotcom disaster”.Anderson’s first year of international cricket culminated in cover stardom, but he was uneasy in the spotlight•Stu Forster/Getty ImagesWithin the span of that scene-stealing performance at Lord’s, however – which began with a nip-backer to plink the top of Mark Vermeulen’s middle stump, and was capped in his 16th over by one of his already familiar magic balls to Douglas Hondo – there were signs both of the struggle that would envelop his early years, but also of the insuperable attitude that would keep his career on track during the fallow years to come – not least the pointed stare at his second victim, Heath Streak, whose stumps he had just thumped with a late-swinging yorker.Anderson has now chalked up so many milestones in the course of his career, it’s almost redundant to remark on his longevity, or his athleticism, or the fine-tuning of that innate skill that – in one of the most telling subplots of his incredible statistics – has now earned him 417 wickets at 23.17 since he turned 30. That, incidentally, is 34 more than the previous England record tally of 383, which Ian Botham had held for 30 years until Anderson himself broke it in Antigua in April 2015.Even so, at this juncture of a sport in eternal flux, it’s worth reiterating that Anderson’s career is longer, by three whole weeks, than the T20 format – the inaugural Twenty20 Cup debuted on June 13.His career predates social media, too. Never mind Twitter or Instagram, even MySpace didn’t come along until August that year. But if an exploding head emoji was an apt and succinct way for the man himself to commemorate the milestone, his current captain, Ben Stokes, perhaps said it best.”I was 11,” Stokes tweeted.

Teenager Archie Lenham rides his luck during 'crazy' debut season

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Sussex’s 17-year-old legspinner, the first “Blast baby”, is taking it all in his stride

David Hopps23-Aug-2021Is cricket cool? Well, there’s a loaded question if ever there was one. Even its greatest devotees would struggle to contend that it has ever been the height of fashion, not in England at any rate, where periodic attempts to improve its image have failed to shake a resistance movement that imagines it can be a little, shall we say, monotonous.So is cricket cool? Archie Lenham, the first Blast baby, the first county professional born after the birth of T20 in England, has no doubts. “I think it’s really cool,” he said, with the confidence of a 17-year-old who had just spent a week with Southern Brave (inactive maybe but highly instructive) during the climax to the Hundred. For once, he will not be drowned out by cries of derision when he modestly responds: “I think my mates are quite proud of me.”The debate over how the Hundred can co-exist symbiotically with county cricket remains a pressing and complex one, but that’s for others to work out: for the likes of Lenham, cricket feels a little different and with good fortune he has a career ahead of him to lap it up.Related

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“Before I came into the Hundred I was watching on TV and I thought it was really cool,” he said. “Just the crowds – the last couple of games I have been at the crowds were electric, really loud, really getting behind the sides. I really enjoy white-ball cricket.”Next up is the Vitality Blast quarter-final against Yorkshire on Tuesday night and, as it must be staged on a neutral ground because Headingley is hosting the third Test against India, the atmosphere at Chester-le-Street might be a bit of a come down. Not the message the Blast needs to send as it takes up the mantle. Capacity crowds will follow later in the week.Lenham’s legspin is expected to be central to Sussex’s challenge, something that was inconceivable when this season’s tournament started. Then he burst onto the scene in his second game, against Hampshire at Hove, when he took a wicket with his first ball, held a skier and generally had the time of his life in one of the great stories of the summer. That positive impression remained by the end of the group stages as his bowling stats stacked up alongside such luminaries as Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills and, briefly, the Afghan legbreak bowler, Rashid Khan.Luke Wright, Sussex’s seasoned T20 captain, is just one of several senior players who have wrapped a protective shell around Lenham.”Any time you get to play some youngsters it’s a breath of fresh air and I think it’s just getting the balance right,” Wright said. “We’re lucky that in the T20 side we’ve got a lot of senior guys to help the young guys when they come in. In the four-day team that’s the difficulty, that there’s hardly any senior players there to help them and guide them through.”That’s a challenge in its own right for that team but for ours, obviously Archie has been the standout and has been a great story. More than any skill, for me it’s always the character. For any youngster to be able to come in and play in front of decent-sized crowds and land the ball like he has done, that’s a testament to his character.”

It’s all pretty crazy to be honest. At the beginning of the season playing my first Sussex second team game, then making my full debut. Six weeks later I’m training with Southern Brave in the HundredArchie Lenham

Wright also signed at 16, for Leicestershire. His county debut came in 2003, the inaugural season of T20 in England, but many players were reluctant to take it too seriously and it was approached in a hit-and-miss fashion. It was a different world.”There wasn’t really an academy at Leicester so I was on the playing staff. I certainly wasn’t playing T20 in front of big crowds. But I see a lot of traits in terms of absolutely loving it and throwing himself in at the deep end – that was something that I wanted at that time.”I don’t think you see the negatives at that age where you worry about failing or anything, you just see the positives of playing. You have no worries and no fear whatsoever. You can give him the ball against the best players and he’s still excited. He obviously got a go in the Hundred with the Brave and then got a winners’ medal so he’s not had the worst year, so hopefully he can go even better and win the Blast as well.”Lenham’s level-headed and equable nature is striking considering the demands placed upon him. It was only a few hours before the Hundred final when he agreed to a video chat – he had just finished a bowler’s meeting – and he undertook it with a relaxed and generous air that did him great credit.He has been fortunate to have been surrounded by good advice since birth, whether it is his from his father, Neil, grandfather, Les, both former Sussex players, or his mother, Petch. Both his parents coach cricket at his school, Bede’s School in Hailsham, set in 140 glorious acres of the Sussex Downs. Then Sussex’s spin bowling coach, Ian Salisbury, who also coaches the 1st XI in the Championship and 50-over competitions, is a former England leggie. There are far too many to mention. Everywhere, support when it is needed.”I don’t feel the pressure too much,” he said. “My first Sussex game I was really nervous, walking out to look at the pitch before the game and obviously they all saw me not talking very much and came over and helped me out a lot. CJ [Chris Jordan] just tells me, ‘just try to get a wicket, I don’t mind if you get hit, we back you,’ so it takes a lot off my shoulders.Lenham has enjoyed a remarkable debut summer•Getty Images”Ian Salisbury is a brilliant legspin coach so that experience is really useful for me. He is really good with tactics – field settings and where to bowl to different batsmen, when I should use my variations and so on.”And, most recently, a week with Brave and a chance for their coach, Mahela Jayawardene, a consummate player of spin bowling, to offer his own input. At barely 17, such experiences are invaluable – and Lenham knows it.”He has been helping me with trying to find new variations and change my pace, maybe a slower ball from back of the crease, so that batsmen don’t get used to me. I bowl it pretty quickly. In England quite a lot of the pitches we play on don’t turn big so if you bowl too quickly people can line you up a little bit. Just do things that play in the batsmen’s heads so they don’t get used to you.”It’s all pretty crazy to be honest. At the beginning of the season playing my first Sussex second team game, then making my full debut I was thinking this is really cool. Then six weeks later I’m training with Southern Brave in the Hundred in their squad for the final. Now a Blast quarter-final against Yorkshire. I would never have dreamed about it at the start of the season.”Whether he even sneaks in a Championship debut might be influenced by whether Sussex reach Finals Day in the Blast, although there is an end-of-season match against Derbyshire at Hove, a game of no great consequence, which might offer an opportunity, and which will not risk affecting his white-ball rhythm.Then it is back to Bede’s for the start of his final year – and BTECs in Double Sport and Business. Mostly course work – except he has been doing it for real – with a single exam that might put the cricket on the back burner for a couple of months (hours?) early next season.
“Luckily, Bede’s have been really good to me so they have given me extensions on work.”Archie Lenham says “luckily” a lot, and you sense that he appreciates how lucky he is. He has gone a long way to showing this summer how deserving he is.

Jarren Duran Played a Very Physical Game Against the Chicago Cubs

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The Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Sunday to avoid a post-All-Star sweep at Wrigley Field. Leadoff hitter and possible trade chip Jarren Duran went 0-for-3 at the plate during the game, but was clearly willing to leave it all on the field to get the win.

With two outs in the bottom of the fourth a fly ball was hit to left-center where Masataka Yoshida settled under it. As Yoshida caught the ball Duran ran into him at full-speed. In Duran's defense, he timed the hit perfectly, led with his shoulder and did not hit his teammate in the head or neck area so no flag was thrown.

A few innings later, after walking, Duran tried to advance to third on a ball hit by teammate Roman Anthony. As Duran rounded second he collided with Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner. Duran threw out a little stiff-arm to make sure the umpire, who he also had to try to avoid, saw the illegal contact.

Duran was thrown out at third, but thanks to the interference call, he was safe.

Let this be a lesson to anyone who might be on a baseball field at the same time as Jarren Duran. Get out of his way because he will run into you. It doesn't matter if you're trying to get him out or yelled "got it!"Keep your head on a swivel.

قائمة بيراميدز لمباراة كهرباء الإسماعيلية في الدوري المصري

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أعلن الكرواتي كرونسلاف يورتشيتش المدير الفني لفريق نادي بيراميدز قائمة فريقه لمباراة كهرباء الإسماعيلية في بطولة الدوري المصري.

وتقام المباراة بين بيراميدز وكهرباء الإسماعيلية على أرضية استاد الإسماعيلية، في المواجهة المؤجلة من الجولة الثامنة للدوري المصري.

وأدى الفريق مرانه الأخير في ملعبه بالدفاع الجوي قبل السفر إلى مدينة الإسماعيلية للمبيت بها حتى موعد المباراة.

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ويدخل بيراميدز مباراة الغد وهو يحتل المركز الثاني في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري، ولديه 23 نقطة بعد الفوز بـ7 لقاءات والتعادل بمباراتين وتلقى هزيمة وحيدة.

بينما يتواجد فريق كهرباء الإسماعيلية بالمركز الـ21 والأخير في جدول الدوري ومعه 8 نقاط من الفوز بـ مباراتين والتعادل مرتين وتلقى 9 هزائم. قائمة بيراميدز لمباراة كهرباء الإسماعيلية في الدوري المصري

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خط الدفاع: محمود مرعي – علي جبر – أحمد سامي – طارق علاء – محمد الشيبي – محمد حمدي – كريم حافظ – عبد الرحمن جودة

خط الوسط: أحمد توفيق – محمود دونجا – مهند لاشين – محمود زلاكة – عبد الرحمن مجدي – أحمد عاطف قطة – مصطفى زيكو – إيفرتون داسيلفا – محمد رضا بوبو

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Pat Nevin blown away by "absolutely and utterly brilliant" Chelsea star vs Barca

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As Chelsea thrashed Barcelona 3-0 in the Champions League, former Stamford Bridge star Pat Nevin was left in awe of Estevao Willian, who scored a stunning individual effort in a true breakout performance for the young Brazilian.

The Blues started as they meant to go on, almost inviting Hansi Flick’s high-line, baiting Barcelona in. The Spaniards were handed plenty of warning signs, too. Wesley Fofana’s hand spared their early blushes, before the linesman’s flag suggested that Flick had picked his tactic well for the trip to Stamford Bridge. But the inevitable was clear.

Come the 27th-minute, Barcelona and Jules Kounde completed the job that Enzo Fernandez believed he’d done twice prior by finding the back of the net to hand Chelsea the lead. The own goal opened the gate in a half of onslaught that simply did not rest after the break, when West London was treated to the Estevao show.

On a night centred around one of the early 2026 Ballon d’Or favourites Lamine Yamal, it was Chelsea’s youngster who shined brightest to score a wonderful goal in the 55th-minute. The 18-year-old is proving to be one of the best signings of the Todd Boehly era.

Aside from Ferran Torres’ wasted effort early on, Barcelona didn’t have a sniff against Enzo Maresca’s dominant side. This was no 2005 display from the Spanish club. Instead, it was excellency from the hosts in the Champions League as they secured their biggest-ever win against Barcelona.

The impressive victory has made it three wins from five in the Champions League and highlighted them as a potential dark horse. They’ve got plenty of history in European football these days and have just added another night to remember.

Pat Nevin blown away by "utterly brilliant" Estevao

When news emerged earlier this week that Cole Palmer has fractured his toe in a home accident, there may have been understandable concern around West London about where the Blues would continue to find their spark. But Estevao wouldn’t have shared that concern. He saw an opportunity – an opportunity that he’s taken with both hands against Barcelona, of all sides.

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He ended the evening with three chances created, one goal, eight touches inside the Barcelona box and deserved praise from Nevin. The former Chelsea man was blown away by the teenage sensation, telling BBC Sport: “You know what? Start believing the hype! Estevao Willian is EXTRA special!

“The way he goes past the first player, there is no space whatsoever and he leaves him for dead. He did it just by pure skill and fast feet. He still had a difficult angle to overcome to finish it but he leathered it into the net.

“He is going to be absolutely and utterly brilliant. It isn’t a question of if, it is a question of when and how good he is going to be.”

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INEOS can fund Elliot Anderson move by offloading Man Utd's "best player"

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Manchester United’s supporters have been largely left frustrated over the last decade, with the club unable to achieve any sustained success since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.

The Scotsman decided to call it a day at the end of the 2012/13 season, with the Red Devils yet to claim Premier League glory under the guidance of any other manager.

Ruben Amorim is the latest manager to try his luck at Old Trafford, with the hierarchy already backing him in his quest for success during his tenure in the role.

He’s already spent upwards of £220m since his appointment last November, with the majority of his spending being directed into the final third of the squad.

However, with January rapidly approaching, the board have shifted their attention to the midfield department, which has led to a whole host of players being touted for a move to join the club.

The latest on United’s move to land Elliot Anderson

Over the last couple of weeks, United have been hugely touted with various moves for a number of central midfielders to help bolster Amorim’s squad in the second half of the season.

The likes of Adam Wharton, Joao Gomes and Ederson have all been linked with moves, but none of the aforementioned talents appear to be their main target.

Such a luxury has fallen into the hands of Elliot Anderson, with the Nottingham Forest star seemingly being the Red Devils’ number one target this January.

The 23-year-old has been in remarkable form for Sean Dyche’s side this season, leading to the youngster becoming a regular starter in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.

It’s been reported that Amorim’s side are willing to pay £60m for the signature of the midfielder in the upcoming window to try and solve their issue at the heart of the squad.

However, such a deal could well be rejected out of hand, with Forest wanting at least £100m for their star man, who has three and a half years left on his current deal.

Anderson also has no release clause in his current deal at the City Ground, which puts Dyche’s men in full control over negotiations when it comes down to conducting a transfer.

If Amorim’s men are to land the Englishman this window, the £100m deal would see a new club-record being paid for his signature – surpassing the £89m paid for Paul Pogba nearly a decade ago.

The player who Amorim could sell to fund the Anderson deal

£100m is a mammoth sum, even in today’s market, but Anderson’s stats from the current campaign showcase why he’s so highly-rated by his current employers.

He’s ranked top of numerous different categories across the Premier League this season, ranging from touches of the ball to possession won for his side.

His tally of 8.6 progressive passes per 90 highlights his phenomenal ball-playing ability, but it’s his work out of possession that could be the selling point to Amorim and the board.

A real ball-winner is what the club have lacked in recent times, with the Englishman’s dominance in winning the ball back seemingly what’s prompted the recent interest.

However, after splashing around £200m on new additions in the summer, it remains to be seen how much the board are willing to spend in the upcoming January window.

As a result, numerous players may have to be offloaded from the current squad, with Kobbie Mainoo just one star who could be sold by Amorim.

Such a sentence would have been absurd 12 months ago, but the midfielder has simply been unable to showcase his talents since the arrival of the 40-year-old.

In 2025/26 alone, the 20-year-old has featured just eight times in the league, but none of which have come from a starting role – restricting him to just 170 minutes of action to date.

He’s since dropped behind the experienced Casemiro in the pecking order, with the manager evidently favouring the Brazilian over the academy sensation.

However, it could get worse for Mainoo in the near future, with the Red Devils having youngsters such as Sekou Kone who could also rise above him in Amorim’s plans.

Anderson’s arrival would also do just that, potentially seeing Mainoo become surplus to requirements at Old Trafford – something which is a real travesty.

Games played

25

Minutes played

1656

Pass accuracy

87%

Chances created

1.7

Successful dribbles

1.3

Tackles won

63%

Duels won

5.9

Interceptions made

1.2

Recoveries made

4.8

Just a couple of years ago, he was scoring key goals in FA Cup finals and local derbies, even leading to journalist Liam Canning labelling him as the club’s “best player”.

However, it’s evident the boss doesn’t have as much faith in the player as many outsiders do, which could force the youngster to move on to reach his full potential elsewhere.

It’s likely he would still command a hefty fee should he be sold in January, with such funds potentially playing a key role in any pursuit of Anderson in the weeks ahead.

The downfall of Mainoo has been truly devastating for the fanbase to witness, especially after the joy he gave them when he breezed into the first-team setup as an 18-year-old.

However, it’s crucial the club cash in on him before his value declines further, with the board needing to make huge calls if they are to land the Forest star or keep the academy graduate happy at the club.

Joao Gomes upgrade: INEOS ready Man Utd talks for "out of this world" star

Manchester United look set to make another move for a central midfielder ahead of the January window.

ByEthan Lamb Nov 28, 2025

Tigers Reportedly Made Big Offer to Alex Bregman Before He Chose to Sign With Red Sox

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Alex Bregman has made his decision, signing with the Boston Red Sox on a three-year, $120 million deal. The Detroit Tigers were a potential suitor for Bregman before he chose to go elsewhere after nine seasons with the Houston Astros.

Chandler Rome of first reported Bregman's new contract with the Red Sox. Detroit did make a strong offer for the two-time All-Star, though, according to a report from Evan Petzold of the .

The Tigers offered Bregman a six-year contract worth just more than $170 million, which included some deferred money and an opt-out clause after the 2026 season, according to Petzold.

Bregman chose to sign with the Red Sox over the Tigers' because Boston offered more money per season. His three-year deal in Boston is worth $40 million per season, while the Detroit's offer was just above $28 million annually. The deal with Boston also included an opt-out clause after next season, while Detroit offered an opt-out after the 2026 season.

The third baseman spent the first nine years of his career with the Astros and won two World Series. He took home his first Gold Glove last season. Bregman was the biggest name remaining on the free-agent market and gets a deal done as pitchers and catchers start to report for spring training.

Mulder 264* as SA post 465 on opening day

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South Africa feasted on a largely toothless Zimbabwe attack, putting on 222 runs in just the final session

Shashank Kishore06-Jul-2025

Wiaan Mulder celebrates his maiden double-hundred in Test cricket•Zimbabwe Cricket

Wiaan Mulder marked his captaincy debut with a marathon unbeaten 264 as South Africa ran Zimbabwe ragged on a hot opening day of the second Test in Bulawayo.South Africa went into stumps on a mammoth 465 for 4, the final session alone bringing them 222. Runs hemorrhaged from both ends against a toothless attack that was further depleted by a niggle to debutant seamer Kundai Matigimu, who largely bowled within himself for much of the evening.As dominant as South Africa were, Zimbabwe’s misfired tactics – of bowling to spread out fields as early as after the first hour with the fast bowler adopting a short-ball ploy to Mulder and David Bedingham – came under sharp focus. There were also a few missed opportunities in between that contributed to the day’s scoreline.The first one came when Mulder top-edged a pull on 91, with the ball landing between deep square and fine leg off Blessing Muzarabani. Then there was a grassed opportunity at backward square leg by Wesley Madhevere off teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius on 31 when he skied an attempted slog sweep off left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza.There was more frustration late in the day when Tanaka Chivanga clean bowled Mulder on 247, only for the joy to be short-lived as replays confirmed the bowler had overstepped to compound Zimbabwe’s frustration.On 133 at the tea interval, Mulder added 131 more in the final session, as he climbed into Zimbabwe’s tired spinners initially, and then against the fast bowlers who once again dished out bizarre short-ball plans with the second new ball.And while Mulder made merry, Pretorius was equally enterprising in his bristling 87-ball 78, before falling in the final session when a century was there for the taking. Looking to heave a length delivery over deep midwicket, he top-edged debutant Matigimu to Masakadza at mid-on just as the second new ball was taken, bringing an end to a 217-run fourth-wicket partnership.The prelude to the Mulder-Pretorius partnership was another solid double-century stand between Mulder and David Bedingham, who rode the early wobble in the first session with the pair lifting South Africa from 24 for 2. Bedingham was compact in defence, and steely in his resolve to not play loose drives in the first hour.David Bedingham and Wiaan Mulder added 184 for the third wicket•Zimbabwe Cricket

There on, there were hardly any drivable deliveries on offer thanks to the short-ball ploy. Bedingham was equally severe against the spinners, using his feet well to get fully forward or rock back to cut and pull. Mulder and Pretorius brought up the half-century partnership off just 35 balls, and then set themselves for the long haul.Bedingham was out against the run of play for 82 when a nip-backer from Chivanga trapped him lbw, but any joy from the wicket quickly dissipated as Pretorius took charge. Fresh off a barnstorming century in the first Test, he looked unshackled as he took the attack to the spinner and fast bowlers alike, hitting seven fours and three sixes in his innings.Zimbabwe’s only semblance of effectiveness came in the first half hour in an engaging passage, where the new ball did something. Tony de Zorzi was put down in the slips by Craig Ervine, but Zimbabwe didn’t need to wait long for a wicket as he was out slashing to gully, where Nick Welch took a leaping catch. Then it was the turn of debutant Lesego Senokwane to fall for 3 when he was out lbw attempting to paddle Masakadza.Those moments of fleeting joy quickly dissipated as Zimbabwe were sent on a leather hunt for the rest of the day.

Notts Outlaws shine in Derby despite floodlight failure

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Visitors set a revised target of 120 after five overs were lost due to a power cut during the chase

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay06-Jun-2025

A floodlight failure curtailed proceedings in Derby•ECB via Getty Images

Nottinghamshire 120 for 3 (James 43, Haynes, 43, Aitchison 1-10) beat Derbyshire 162 for 9 (Donald 50, Patterson-White 3-20) by seven wickets (DLS method)A powercut could not deny Notts Outlaws victory over local rivals Derbyshire Falcons in an extraordinary Vitality Blast North Group match at the Central Co-op County Ground.The Outlaws were 108 for 3, chasing the Falcons 162 for 9, when the floodlights went out midway through the 13th over. When power was restored, the visitors were set a revised target of 120 and they easily sealed victory by seven wickets under the DLS method.Before the late drama, Aneurin Donald hammered 50 off 22 balls and Wayne Madsen passed 5,000 T20 runs in the Falcons total with Liam Patterson-White taking 3 for 20 and Dillon Pennington 3 for 40.Lyndon James and Jack Haynes both scored 43 and after the lights came back on, Tom Moores and Freddie McCann saw the Outlaws home to consign the Falcons to a third defeatThe Falcons lost two wickets in the first three overs of the powerplay before Donald found his range in spectacular style. He pulled Pennington for two consecutive sixes, the second smashing into the scoreboard, before swatting another maximum over cover to end an over which cost 22.Daniel Sams was dispatched high over the mid-wicket ropes and Conor McKerr was slashed over cover for a fifth six as Donald roared to a 21 ball 50 which also included three fours.His pyrotechnics took the Falcons to 65 for 2 at the end of the powerplay but he drove the next ball to long off and that sparked a mini collapse.Samit Patel pulled McKerr to deep mid-wicket before Martin Andersson was bowled coming down the pitch to Liam Patterson-White to reduce the hosts to 77 for 5. Ross Whiteley responded by sweeping Calvin Harrison and pulling Patterson-White for two sixes but then picked out deep mid-wicket.Wayne Madsen and Brooke Guest added 41 from 30 balls but three wickets fell off the last three deliveries, one to a run out, to leave the Outlaws chasing 163. Patel was unable to take the field because of a calf injury which left the Falcons a bowler down but they started well with Ben Aitchison having Joe Clarke caught at slip in the first over.James and Haynes regrouped and both cleared the ropes as the Outlaws moved to 48 for 1 at the end of the powerplay. The pair took 15 from a Whiteley over and put on 81 from 54 balls before Haynes pulled Pat Brown to deep mid on in the 10th over.James dispatched Andersson for six but next ball fell in identical fashion to Haynes before the ground was plunged into darkness. The power came back on in time for the game to resume at 10.10pm with a revised target leaving the Outlaws to score 12 from 15 balls.Tom Moores and Freddie McCann ensured there were no more twists before Pat Brown bowled a wide to put the lights out on the Falcons fading hopes.

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