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A day on from his funeral, Jenner is remembered by one of his long-time bowling partners as a man with great powers of persuasion and a passion for spin bowling

Ashley Mallett01-Jun-2011In the summer of 1959 our latest recruit was a skinny, gangling country kid wearing a big, baggy, brown-peaked cricket hat 10 times too big for him.Fourteen-year-old Terry Jenner leaned on the wall of our ancient wooden pavilion at Shearn Park in Mt Lawley, an inner suburb of Perth. “I’m a wicketkeeper,” he said with a grin, “But I plan to become a legspinner.”Terry spoke as though the world was his oyster. He exuded confidence, probably the legacy of his old man, Arthur Jenner, who ran the general store in Corrigin, 200km south of Perth. One day at his “local”, Arthur hit triple 20 with his first two darts and instead of “following his dart”, as would all top pub players, invited all the drinkers at the bar to the corner where “you can watch me make it 180!”. Arthur had a propensity to boast. Before the dart hit the board, he had turned his back on its flight, smiling. He knew where it was heading. Terry was pretty cocky then, like his old man.When barely 16, he played A grade for Mt Lawley. He grabbed a couple of wickets, but his main thing was 60 not out, batting at No. 11.Soon Terrance James Jenner was given a label, “TJ”, and the nickname stuck.TJ and I finally teamed up in the club’s A grade. Together we’d go to the Inglewood Hotel after matches, to soak up the cricket talk and down a few beers.We had a good attack; too good for TJ and I, because early on he was the No. 6 man to get a bowl and I was No. 7. Most spin was handled by Ron Frankish, a quickish offspinner who had the doosra before the word was coined. But Ron, as with all the rest in later years, had to bend and straighten his arm to deliver it. In those days we called it a “chuck.”Despite a lack of long spells at the crease, TJ’s cricket came on fast. He made the Western Australia side at the age of 18, but with Tony Lock, and sometimes Tony Mann, in the side, there wasn’t much hope of getting to bowl a lot.Round that time TJ and I were batting together for Mt Lawley against Subiaco once, who had the raw pace of left-hander Jim Hubble to call on. He was bowling quick and short to TJ. Each ball got progressively shorter and flew higher, eventually forcing TJ to tread on his stumps. One bail fell to the ground. TJ quickly looked at the square-leg umpire, Warren Carter, who, not unusually, happened to be looking anywhere but the actual play, so TJ nonchalantly leant over, replaced the bail and settled over his bat for the next ball.Two matches later, skipper Frank O’Driscoll took TJ out of the attack. It was a silly move, for TJ had four cheap wickets to his name and had the veteran Ken Mueleman nearly stumped four times. TJ lost his cool, grabbed his jumper and walked off the ground. We could see him sitting under a gum tree on the hill. Next day TJ was in damage control mode. He fronted O’Driscoll’s house and summoned all the considerable powers of his personality to talk his captain around.Logic didn’t quite win as it turned out. But before the next summer’s first match, the team voted for a new captain and TJ won hands down. In our first match TJ was still dragging on a cigarette as we took the field. The umpire, Carter again, had TJ hauled before the tribunal, and he was fined one guinea.TJ and I lived for cricket. On Sundays we played for a club called Miling, some 200km north of Perth. The competition had six teams and we got Miling into the “four” for the first time in 50 years.TJ’s first attempt at cricket coaching there was a disaster. There was TJ giving the three brothers, Ray, Des and Les White, instruction on how best to defend their wicket against a big, burly fast bowler. Each of the White brothers was clean-bowled first ball. Surely this was the only time identical triplets had featured in a hat-trick – and all clean-bowled.TJ first came up against Les Favell, in a match in Perth. Western Australia captain Barry Shepherd threw TJ the ball, and before he had started to move in to bowl, Favell was singing “happy birthday to me!” Favell charged down the track like Victor Trumper and hit the ball over cover for four. Shepherd sent John Parker to field on the fence. Favell was still singing “Happy Birthday” when TJ moved in for his second ball. Again the ball went over cover, first bounce to Parker on the boundary. Non-striker Ian Chappell raced through for the run, but when he arrived, Favell, with his back turned to him, and his bat behind the popping crease, yelled: “Piss off Chappelli, it’s my birthday, not yours!” TJ learnt two things about becoming a spinner. You needed patience and you had to have a sense of humour.

TJ’s first attempt at cricket coaching there was a disaster. There was TJ giving the three brothers, Ray, Des and Les White, instruction on how best to defend their wicket against a big, burly fast bowler. Each of the White brothers was clean-bowled first ball. Surely this was the only time identical triplets had featured in a hat-trick – and all clean-bowled.

I had been 12th man for WA and TJ had played 30-odd state matches, but with Lock at WA, we had to go elsewhere. We picked South Australia. Favell was an attacking captain and SA had no spinners. Adelaide Oval was apparently a bowler’s nightmare, a flat, unresponsive pitch. However, instinctively we knew it couldn’t be as tough as the flint-hard Perth wickets. We knew Adelaide turned and bounced for most of the match, and we figured that the side needed two spinners, certainly for home matches.Lessons under the tutelage of Clarrie Grimmett – the old craftsman emphasised getting the ball above the batsman’s eyes – proved decisive in the development of us both as spin bowlers.Playing for Prospect against Glenelg in a one-day match also was a pointer of things to come. TJ dismissed Greg Chappell and I got Ian, so the state selectors may have been a little interested. I missed the first match with a dislocated finger, but TJ played and he grabbed a five-wicket haul.TJ loved Favell’s attitude as captain.”After I went for runs in my first couple of overs, I thought I’d be taken off,” TJ told me, “But it wasn’t like WA. Les said, ‘C’mon, son, give me one good over and you’re on for the session.'”Soon TJ and I were playing together and bowling in tandem. We soon became the “spin twins”. After the game we enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere in the company of such luminaries as Ian Chappell, Favell, Barry Jarman and Neil Hawke. Favell and Jarman treated us like family.We got A$30 for the four days of a Shield game, but $7.50 was taken out for tax. And if you won in three days they docked you a day’s pay. One time TJ was bowling late on day three. Queensland was 180 for 8 or so, chasing plenty. Ross Duncan swung lustily and the ball went high in the air. Aware that the game might not go into the fourth day, Hawke yelled with a laugh: “Drop it, drop it… drop the ball…”Of course we would have loved to have been paid big money like they get today, but we were glad we played in the 1970s, especially under the leadership of Ian Chappell.When TJ and I bowled in tandem there was never a need for us to stop at the end of an over and talk about which one of us wanted to bowl to whoever. We instinctively knew, for we could read one another’s game so well. If TJ reckoned Ian Chappell gave me too much of a go and he was ignored, he would front the skipper at the end of play. Chappelli might already be sitting at the table. TJ heralded his arrival by thumping his long-neck bottle of beer on the table top, and the captain would say, “Okay, TJ, what’s the problem?” There was always a robust debate. Once Chappelli said to TJ after he complained of not getting much of a bowl: “Oh, sorry TJ, I forgot you were out there.”TJ maintained friendships with his mates at Mt Lawley, especially O’Driscoll and opening bat Barry “Scrub” Rayner. While he craved a better relationship with his dad, TJ always received great support from his mother, Queenie, and his sister Lorraine. So too his beloved partner, Ann. The day I paid $90 for my first car, a gleaming 1956 FJ Holden, I drove TJ and Queenie to Scarborough Beach. We all sat together on the front bench seat, but the seat gave way. TJ and Queenie ended up tumbling backwards and TJ maintained that it was a miracle I hung on to the steering wheel.Ian Chappell reckoned TJ would make a good coach. And Rod Marsh agreed to give TJ a go coaching at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. There he linked up with the young Shane Warne. They were alike in personality. You just knew Warne was special. He had that sparkle in his eye, much the same as TJ had all those years ago.Warne immediately gravitated towards Jenner because their personalities were so alike•Jack Atley/Getty ImagesHis genius as a spin bowing coach lay within his manner of getting his message across. People know how good he was at illustrating a point or telling a good yarn. He did that so beautifully when commentating on ABC Radio, giving a speech or running his famous TJ Test Match brekkies.Spin bowling was his passion and he lived and breathed the art. The past year must have been so difficult for TJ, given that he could no longer get out to the nets with the young spinners.He taught Warne a lot. If you ever get a chance to talk cricket with Warne, you’ll be impressed with his great passion for spin bowling. He talks of bowling to stay on, just as TJ spoke of it. He talks of “spinning up”, again a TJ trait.We were almost inseparable in the early days and throughout our time with SA and Australia. In recent years we’d catch up occasionally, usually at a cricket function, or the ground. No matter how much time had elapsed when we met we just took up where we had left off.Right now TJ is probably talking legspin with Don Bradman and Victor Trumper. Imagine Bradman extolling the virtues of Bill O’Reilly and Trumper talking up Arthur Mailey. TJ would be using all the great persuasive powers of his personality to convince Messrs Bradman and Trumper, pushing the case for his protégé, Shane Warne. I can just see him now, “Gentlemen. You are right. O’Reilly and Mailey were something great. But statistically and realistically, Warne was the best of all.”With TJ’s passing, the cricket world has lost a great servant. Those who knew him are richer for it.So long, old mate. God bless you.

A week into our tour of Australia, we’ve had two defeats, but we’re looking on the bright side, and especially to the Twenty20 at the MCG

Charlotte Edwards30-Jan-2008

Having been in Australia a week and played two warm-up games and lost them both, it’s not been a great start to our tour over here. It’s not ideal, but we’re confident that a big score is around the corner for a few of our batters, and our bowling and fielding is improving with every game.We had only been in the country for about 48 hours when we played our first game against Victoria Spirit, and we batted first and got 137. All credit to Victoria, who bowled and fielded exceptionally well, then knocked the required runs off very easily, losing just one wicket to Jenny Gunn. I was obviously disappointed, but I was well aware that it was our first game on grass for six months and we were all acclimatising.After a hard weekend of training, and Australia Day on Saturday, when we also celebrated Laney’s (Mark Lane, assistant coach) 40th birthday, we were geared up to face Australia Under-21s on Monday.We restricted them to 214, which I was happy about because it was a good pitch and a very quick outfield. The pick of the bowlers was Steph Davies, who took 2 for 28 and bowled really tightly without showing any sign of nerves, in only her second England match. I was also really pleased with Laura Marsh’s offspin. She and Steph managed to keep the run-rate down, which was pleasing.A lot of our top order got starts but didn’t go on, which is disappointing and is something we need to address before the next game. But it’s still very early days in the tour and I’m confident we’ll put it right before the series starts on Friday.The Shooting Stars (Australia U-21) were a really good side and I’m sure many of them will be playing for the full Australian team in the near future. It’s good to see what players they’ve got coming through ahead of the World Cup over here next year.Looking ahead to the Twenty20, which we’re playing at the MCG on Friday, the girls are all really excited about playing at such a fantastic venue and especially in front of what could be a decent crowd. We’re playing ahead of the Australia v India men’s match, so there could potentially be a huge attendance, which would be great for the women’s game.Twenty20 has had a massive impact on the women’s game, encouraging more people to watch it and for the players to express themselves more. It’s also made players realise what they can achieve, which can only benefit the game. I think that filters through into the men’s game too, and that’s obvious from the developments the format has made since it started.

I think it’s great that Channel 9 are putting on a highlights package of our game. We’re very lucky in England, with two games televised live on Sky Sports every summer, and it’s great that Australia are now starting to get the exposure they deserve.We all know that playing Australia on home soil is always tough and that’s been proven in these past couple of matches. We’re not currently up to the standard that we’d like, but we’re aware that we’re going to be judged on our performances from Friday onwards. We know we need to work extra hard over the next four days, because to have any chance of beating Australia we know we have to be playing at our absolute best.Cricket aside, the jet lag is well out of the way and we’ve all stopped waking up at four o’clock in the morning. Dance-wise, Sarah Taylor’s turned into my choreographer and is trying to teach me some new moves, because the girls are all bored of my shoulder shimmy! I’ve been practising Sarah’s moves in the lounge of our apartment, which is fantastic accommodation in central Melbourne. The team CD has provided me with my backing tracks, but I’m not sure of some of the songs, like the Timbaland ones – I think I’m getting old!Everyone’s been really friendly over here so far, especially one taxi driver who gave me a guided tour of Melbourne and a quick lesson in what cricket actually is, as if I didn’t know, which was very funny. He took me past the MCG as part of my tour and we realised just how exciting it will be to play there on Friday.

The PCB presented its “hybrid” solution for hosting the 2023 Asia Cup again to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), believing that this time it had resolved logistical and technical concerns the ACC had raised. Officials from both sides met in Dubai on Tuesday, but it emerged that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have both objected to holding a part of the tournament in the UAE.The hybrid model was the solution the PCB had proposed to account for the fact that India would not travel to Pakistan for the tournament because of ongoing political tensions between the governments of the two countries. The proposed solution will have India playing all their games in the UAE, with the rest of the tournament played out in Pakistan.But ESPNcricinfo understands that the BCB and SLC cited logistical challenges involved in travelling between Pakistan and a second country during the Asia Cup, which is scheduled to be played in September, a month before the ODI World Cup is held across India. Both boards also pointed out that the extreme heat in the UAE in the first half of September was a deterrent, too.Related

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“We have written to the ACC to say that we are against the hybrid model,” Mohan de Silva, the SLC secretary, told ESPNcricinfo. “But beyond that, no final decision has been reached. It’s very hot in the UAE at that time of year.”In what is becoming an increasingly vexed issue, a PCB official countered by claiming that the board has emails from both BCB and SLC confirming they have no issues playing in Pakistan. The official also pointed out that last year’s Asia Cup was played from August 27 to September 11 in the UAE – the same window the boards are objecting to this time. In 2018, a 50-over version of the Asia Cup was also played in the UAE, from September 15-28. Both those events moved to the UAE as an alternative; in the first instance the tournament was supposed to be played in India but was moved because of India-Pakistan political tensions; last year it was shifted from Sri Lanka because of the political and economic turmoil the country was going through at the time.One suggestion is for the PCB to follow the example of SLC, which retained the hosting rights for the 2022 edition but host it outside the country. This time, Sri Lanka has been talked about as a probable neutral venue and de Silva said SLC was ready. “If the offer is there to play the tournament in Sri Lanka, we will take it,” he said. “Pakistan will be the official hosts.”But the PCB remains adamant that its solution works for everyone. “The PCB presented a hybrid model that resolves issues of logistics and travel and production,” a PCB official told ESPNcricinfo. “The board reiterated its position that we would not play the Asia Cup if the Pakistan-plus-neutral-venue model is rejected.”Afghanistan, meanwhile, are neutral. “In the previous two ACC meetings, we have strongly emphasised the importance of conducting the event at the scheduled time,” an Afghanistan spokesperson told ESPNcricinfo. “As for the venue, we are abiding by the decisions made by the ACC and have no interest in favouring or objecting to any particular board’s stance on the matter. Our priority is to ensure a fair and competitive tournament that benefits the growth and development of cricket in the region.”India and Pakistan have been grouped together along with Nepal in the six-nation Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in the 50-over format as preparation for the World Cup. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in the other group. A total of 13 matches, including the final, will be played across 13 days. Like the format from 2022, the top two teams from each group advance to the Super 4s and the top two teams then contest the final. That leaves open the possibility of India and Pakistan playing three times, should both make it to the final.

New Zealand pair will be available alongside Dane Vilas for Blast and Championship during busy summer period

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jan-2023

Lancashire have signed New Zealand pair Daryl Mitchell and Colin de Grandhomme on contracts that will cover the the Vitality T20 Blast and the start of the LV= Insurance County Championship.In a sign of the changing landscape for overseas players in the county game, Mitchell and de Grandhomme will join the squad alongside Dane Vilas, the club’s long-serving South African batter, who stood down last week as club captain but will continue to play for Lancashire this season.With only two overseas players permitted in the XI, Mark Chilton, Lancashire’s director of cricket performance, said having the trio available would “provide us with plenty of options for different matches and scenarios”.De Grandhomme, who has previously represented Hampshire, Surrey and Birmingham Bears, will link up with the club for the start of the summer, potentially playing in four Championship matches before the arrival of Mitchell ahead of the Somerset game on May 11. Both allrounders will be involved in the Blast, with Mitchell available for Championship fixtures against Hampshire, Surrey and Essex and de Grandhomme also providing cover during June and July.Related

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“We are really excited to add both Daryl and Colin to our squad and to be able to do so for such a large portion of the 2023 season – which was a key factor for us when looking to make overseas additions this year,” Chilton said.”The schedule, as it has been for the last few years, continues to be really challenging particularly in the middle part of the summer throughout May, June and July, due to the amount of cricket we’re playing in a short period. With that in mind, we want to ensure we’ve got enough strength in depth to cover for all eventualities and Daryl and Colin provide us with exactly that.”It has been a tricky process to try and add the right overseas players to our squad – in terms of both availability and quality – but I think we have found the perfect fit with two experienced international cricketers, who will bring quality to our changing room.”Colin will be with us from the very start against Surrey in the County Championship before Daryl joins up in mid-May, the pair will then both be available throughout our Vitality Blast campaign and, alongside Dane Vilas, provide us with plenty of options for different matches and scenarios.”Mitchell, who played for Middlesex in 2021 and was Blackpool CC’s professional in 2016, was New Zealand’s Player of the Series during last summer’s tour of England, when he scored 538 runs at 107.60.”I am delighted to be joining Lancashire this English summer,” he said. “The county has a proud history and having lived in Manchester as a child for a couple of years – it’s special to return in this way.”I had a taste of the Vitality Blast and County Championship with Middlesex in 2021 and I am really looking forward to trying to make contributions in both competitions for Lancashire this summer. The chance to test my skills again in two strong competitions is exciting as a player.”I really enjoy playing in English conditions and the special history of the game around the country. I have very fond memories of my two tours to England with New Zealand and hope to build more with Lancashire. It will also be great to link up with my old Blackpool team-mates Steven Croft and Richard Gleeson having played there for a summer in 2016.”De Grandhomme retired from international cricket last year and has a wealth of experience in T20 competitions around the world, playing in the BBL, IPL and CPL, as well as the Hundred in England.De Grandhomme added: “I’m really looking forward to the opportunity of playing for Lancashire this season. I’ve loved playing county cricket previously and I can’t wait to get to England in April to kick off the season with the Red Rose.”Lancashire has an exciting squad who have been so close to silverware in the last couple of years, hopefully I can help to add some experience to the dressing room so that we can go one step further this season.”Emirates Old Trafford is a world-class venue, one which I have played at before in New Zealand colours and I can’t wait to pull on a Lancashire shirt in front of the club’s members and supporters.”

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Desde o início da temporada o São Paulo está de capitão novo: Calleri. O argentino comentou nos vestiários do empate com o Palmeiras, domingo (22) sobre essa sua nova função e a responsabilidade de ajudar na ambientação dos outros estrangeiros contratados pelo clube para o ano. Confira:

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O Palmeiras oficializou a venda de Endrick para o Real Madrid na última quinta-feira. Apesar de o clube não divulgar os valores da transferências, muitos veículos, assim como o LANCE!, divulgaram que o negócio saiu por 72 milhões de euros no total (R$ 406 milhões). É natural que o torcedor, ao ver essas cifras, se entusiasme para a chegada de reforços. No entanto, não é bem esse o caso, já que o investimento em jogadores é apenas um dos tantos planos que o clube tem para a grana.

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É importante destacar, primeiramente, que esses R$ 400 milhões não irão totalmente para o Verdão, nem chegarão de uma vez nos cofres alviverdes. Apenas metade é referente a valores fixos, ou seja, cerca de 35 milhões de euros (R$ 198 milhões), e serão pagos em duas parcelas: a primeira em janeiro de 2023 e a outra em julho de 2024, quando Endrick se apresenta ao time merengue.

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Portanto, somente olhando essa divisão, é possível dizer que a venda não permite que o Palmeiras vá ao mercado e despeje tudo em novos jogadores, algo que não aconteceria nem mesmo se os R$ 400 milhões caíssem na conta alviverde neste mês de dezembro. Isso porque os dirigentes colocam como prioridade outros fatores do orçamento como manter a saúde financeira.

Embora não esteja em crise econômica, o Verdão não esbanja dinheiro, pois ao mesmo tempo em que fatura muito, também gasta muito para seguir com um elenco competitivo, e uma estrutura que está entre as melhores e mais modernas do país. Assim, essa primeira parte da venda servirá basicamente como capital de giro, ou seja, quantia para pagar as contas recorrentes, juros e parcelas de dívidas e/ou aquisições. Investimento pesado não é o perfil dessa gestão Leila Pereira.

Outro sonho dos dirigentes palmeirenses e que estaria à frente das “contratações bombásticas” é a reforma do CT da base, em Guarulhos, e a construção de um hotel para os garotos. E faria todo o sentido usar a venda de uma das maiores joias formadas no clube justamente para modernizar o que tem gerado esses frutos. O projeto está pronto e tinha previsão para ser colocado em prática no ano de 2020, mas a pandemia acabou adiando o início do investimento nessa estrutura.

Com o dinheiro da venda de Endrick, o sonho passa a ser mais plausível e pode ser tirado do papel ainda durante a gestão de Leila Pereira. O próprio Abel Ferreira, neste ano, chegou a citar a reforma do CT dos garotos como fator que falta para decretar a excelência da base palmeirense.

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Claro que o Palmeiras terá um fôlego maior para ir a mercado por novos jogadores sabendo que terá um bom dinheiro a receber nos próximos anos. No entanto, é importante que o torcedor coloque na cabeça que as coisas no mundo real são diferentes do que acontece nos games. Ainda é preciso ficar atento às questões financeiras, pois qualquer tropeço pode tirar o Verdão de um patamar que foi reconquistado justamente com a consciência de que é obrigação tratar bem do dinheiro.

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O volante Fausto Vera, uma das recentes contratações do Corinthians, já entrou em campo em 24 oportunidades para defender o clube paulista, sendo titular em jogos importantes, como no duelo contra o Flamengo, pela Libertadores.

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O argentino já sabe muito bem da importância que o torneio continental tem para o clube, e falou sobre isso após a vitória do Timão sobre o Ceará, por 1 a 0, no sábado (5), na Neo Química Arena.

O Alvinegro já havia entrado em campo classificado para a fase de grupos da Libertadores do ano que vem, mas conseguiu a vitória para melhorar sua classificação geral no Campeonato Brasileiro.

– Sabemos a importância que tem uma Copa Libertadores e um clube tão grande como esse tem a obrigação de estar sempre classificado. Estou muito contente com essa classificação e nos prepararemos da melhor maneira na próxima temporada – disse Fausto Vera.

O volante estreou com a camisa do Alvinegro contra o Atlético-GO, na partida de ida das quartas de final da Copa do Brasil, no dia 27 de julho.

Agora, o Timão se prepara para seu último confronto fora de casa em 2022. O jogo será contra o Coritiba, na quarta-feira (9), às 19h, no Couto Pereira, pela 27ª rodada do Brasileirão.

Travis Head will slot straight back in at the top of Australia’s batting order when he is cleared to return to action, which could be as soon as their next game against Netherlands in Delhi on Wednesday, meaning a move down the list for the in-form Mitchell Marsh.Head, who had been recovering at home, linked up with the squad as they moved to Delhi on Saturday following their 62-run victory against Pakistan in Bengaluru, which was centred around a 259-run opening stand between Marsh and David Warner.But Marsh has only been keeping the seat warm for Head who suffered a broken hand in South Africa last month but was named in the World Cup squad despite being unavailable for the first part of the tournament.”Clearly [Head] comes in at the top,” chair of selectors George Bailey told reporters. “He’s been fantastic there for us and that’s where he’ll slot in. And then we’ll just work out when it is, who we’re playing, the surface and what you might need.”Having made significant concessions to carry Head during his injury, caution will be taken not to rush the final stages of his recovery so he could be held back for the game against New Zealand on October 28.”It can be a six to eight-week injury,” Bailey said. “He’s ticked all the boxes in terms of the four-week scan and the bone has healed, so that’s all going well, and he’s progressed really well through the week.”But clearly the whole point of having him and carrying him to this point is not to then risk it by bringing him back early. So if it works out that it’s the Dutch game, great. If it’s a little bit further on, then that’s okay.”Regardless of the comeback match, it will see a reshuffle of the order with Marsh likely slotting in at No. 3, or perhaps even lower down, with Marnus Labuschagne potentially the one to make way after Marcus Stoinis made an impact with the ball against Pakistan.Head has been prolific since returning to the ODI side in early 2022, averaging 60.84 with a strike rate of 119.14. He will also provide another useful spin-bowling option for Pat Cummins.After losing their opening two matches, Australia’s World Cup has been revived by convincing wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan. If they beat Netherlands, as they are expected to do despite the upsets seen so far, they could face a tournament-defining week with back-to-back matches against England and New Zealand before a somewhat more favourable run to end the group stages with games against Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Lionel Messi will come up against former side Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Club World Cup with Inter Miami.

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Inter Miami confirmed their spot in the knockout stages of the Club World Cup with a 2-2 draw against Palmeiras on Monday. The result means that Messi will go on to face former club PSG in the last 16. Messi spent two seasons with the French club but has admitted he was "so unhappy" he did not enjoy his time in the French capital.

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Messi will now have the chance to get one over on PSG as the MLS face face the reigning European champions. Ahead of the tie, the Argentine's Inter Miami team-mate Jordi Alba has warned PSG that Messi is determined to win the game and book his side a spot in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

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Alba told reporters: "In the end, what Leo wants is to win games, like the great player that he is. I know the feelings he has towards Barça, where we play together, but not towards PSG. He was there for two years and only he knows what happened. What is clear is that it will be a hard-fought match and hopefully we can ring the bell, knowing the difficulty involved in playing with these types of teams."

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Inter Miami and PSG are due to face off in the last 16 of the Club World Cup on Sunday, 29 June at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

India have rested the quick as a precautionary measure after he complained of a sore ankle, and have not named a replacement

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jul-2023

Mohammed Siraj has been rested for the ODI leg of the West Indies tour as a precautionary measure after complaining of a sore ankle. Siraj flew back with the rest of the Test contingent – R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat and Navdeep Saini – after India’s 1-0 series win.In Siraj’s absence, Shardul Thakur becomes the most experienced seamer in India’s squad, with 50 wickets in 35 matches. The other three seamers – Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat and Mukesh Kumar – have a combined 15 ODIs between them. Mukesh is in fact uncapped in the format. The team management hasn’t sought a replacement for Siraj.In a busy period leading up to the home ODI World Cup in October, India have the Asia Cup from August end to mid-September and a three-match ODI series at home against Australia in September.Siraj, who was not part of the T20I squad for the Caribbean tour, picked up seven wickets in the two Tests, including a five-for in the first innings on a flat Port-of-Spain track to trigger a batting collapse for West Indies on the fourth morning.Prior to this tour, he was also part of the World Test Championship final at The Oval against Australia picking up five wickets, including a four-for in the first innings. He also played a crucial part in the IPL 2023 for Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he scalped 19 wickets in 14 matches, the most for RCB, who narrowly missed the playoffs.Siraj’s last ODI assignment was against Australia at home in March 2023. He finished the series with five wickets, the most for India and second most in the series. Since the start of 2022, Siraj’s 43 wickets are the most by an India bowler in ODIs.