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Pakistan A 262 for 3 (Bazid 74, Misbah 65*) beat Kenya 260 for 8 (Tikolo 121, Modi 55) by 7 wickets with 7.2 overs to spare
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Steve Tikolo: a glorious hundred in a losing cause© Getty Images

A 97-run third-wicket stand between Bazid Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq ensured that Pakistan A nailed down a competitive target and qualified for the finals – against India A – in the triangular one-day series in Nairobi. Kenya may have felt they had enough runs on the board after Steve Tikolo hit a magnificent 121 to guide them to 260, but Bazid (74) and Misbah (65 not out) led the run-chase as Pakistan A eventually won comfortably, by seven wickets with more than seven overs to spare.In a match which both teams needed to win to qualify for the finals, Kenya won the toss and, after a wobbly start, got back on track when Tikolo and Hitesh Modi added 130 for the fourth wicket. They came together after Kenya had slumped to 59 for 3, losing Kennedy Otieno, Ravindu Shah and Malhar Patel. Both were eventually run out, and Kenya lost their way somewhat thereafter.Pakistan’s top-order batsmen all got starts. Kamran Akmal (36) and Naved Ashraf (41) got the team off to a fluent start, and while both failed to convert their starts into something more substantial, they had at least ensured against early hiccups. Bazid and Misbah then built on that with a vital partnership in the middle overs, while Faisal Iqbal provided the finishing touches with an unbeaten 32, to ensure a fourth encounter against India A, against whom they have lost all three matches in this tournament.

Yesterday’s Championship reviewFrizzell County Championship Division OneMiddlesex 370 and 74 for 0 v Surrey 568 at Lord’s
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Mark Ramprakash made history today, becoming the first man to score centuries against all the 18 first-class counties. Fittingly, his 110 against his old club Middlesex came at the ground where it all began for him – Lord’s. It was a typically classy ton from Ramprakash, which only added salt to Middlesex’s wounds, who spent most of the day chasing leather as Surrey amassed yet another Championship total of over 500. Even Saqlain Mushtaq, the nightwatchman, filled his boots with 69 before the returning duo of Alec Stewart (87) and Alex Tudor (30) further frustrated Middlesex. Andy Strauss (42*) and Sven Koenig (29*) then played out till the end, but they will have to show some more of the same fight to prevent a third consecutive win for Surrey tomorrow.Essex 514 v Kent 381 and 278 for 5 at Chelmsford
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Mark Ealham (85*) and Matthew Walker (65) kept Kent in the hunt atChelmsford with a healthy stand of 127 just when Kent needed it. NasserHussain had earlier crashed 206, one short of his career-best, against Australia in 1997, as Essex stamped their authority with an imposing514, and a lead of 133. James Middlebrook put Kent further on the backfoot when he removed both openers, both caught at slip by Andy Flower,while in between the unfortunate Ed Smith departed for a pair. However,Andrew Symonds put some spark back in the innings with 39 from 47 balls, before Ealham and Walker dug in to haul the game back into the balance.Leicestershire 243 for 5 for 1 v Nottinghamshire 326 and 318 for 6dec at Leicester
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Nottinghamshire put in an efficient team performance to end the dayfirmly on top of their midlands rivals Leicestershire. Virender Sehwagadded 17 to his overnight score, and when he was caught, Leicestershirelost their way. Greg Smith (4 for 40) and Stuart MacGill (3 for 44) blew away the middle order as Leicestershire collapsed from 188 for 3 to 243 all out. Kevin Pietersen then crashed 95 from 89 while Guy Welton dropped anchor with 86 as Notts stretched their lead to over 400. David Masters was trapped lbw at the end of play, to leave Leicestershire deep in trouble.Sussex 545 beat Warwickshire 201 and 285 by an innings and 59 runsat Hove
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At the end of last season, Chris Adams said that all his Sussex side now needed was a match-winning spinner, and boy have they got one. Mushtaq Ahmed is streets ahead at the top of the Championship wicket-takers, and another bagful of wickets in Sussex’s crushing win over Warwickshire has put him even further ahead. Mushtaq took 7 for 85 in Warwickshire’s meek follow-on, which crumbled from 135 for 1 to 285 all out. Mike Powell (80) and Nick Knight (64) put on 135, but once they were both one of Mushtaq’s magnificent seven, wickets continued to tumble regularly as Sussex cruised home.

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Northamptonshire 203 and 243 beat Derbyshire 160 and 106 by 180 runsat Northampton
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An early finish at Northampton as Graeme Swann glid through theDerbyshire second innings with a career-best 7 for 33. Northants won by180 runs, but their victory was tainted by the controversial state ofthe pitch, which Adrian Pierson, the Derbyshire coach, called a complete joke. The tracks at the County Ground are renown for being turners, but this one would have been more suited to the Wankede Stadium rather than Wantage Road. However, Northants escaped any punishment from the ECB. Chasing 287, Michael Di Venuto and Andrew Gait made a steady start with 57 for the first wicket. But once they both fell for 29 to Jason Brown, Derbyshire, like the pitch, began to fall apart. Swann ran riot as Derbyshire lost their last nine wickets for only 48 runs. Swann’s seven wickets came in a hurry in one spell of 15.1 overs, six of which were caught as Derbyshire crashed to 106 all out.

Glamorgan 270 and 311 for 8 v Worcestershire 328 at Cardiff
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Mike Powell became the first Glamorgan player to have scored a century in each innings against Worcestershire after he followed his 125 in the first innings with 142 in the second. And his little piece of history also gave Glamorgan the edge in this close match. With help from Jon Hughes (41) and David Hemp (63), Powell guided Glamorgan to 311 for 8. Justin Kemp took 4 for 46 for Worcestershire, who earlier made 238 with contributions from all down the order, with the game set up for an interesting finish.Hampshire 330 v Gloucestershire 185 and 382 for 9 atSouthampton
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Phil Weston and Jonty Rhodes both scored hundreds to pullGloucestershire back into contention against Hampshire at the RoseBowl. Resuming the day on 50 for 2 and still some way behind, Weston led the way with a solid 100 before he was caught off Ed Giddins. Despite three wickets from Dimitri Mascarenhas (3 for 57), no-one could get the better of Rhodes who ended the day unbeaten on 134 as Gloucestershire lead by 237 with one wicket left.

Somerset 275 and 213 for 6 v Yorkshire 512 at Taunton
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Steve Kirby added to his five first-innings wickets with four more inSomerset’s second to put Yorkshire on the brink of much-needed victoryat Taunton. Kirby picked up the important wickets of Peter Bowler (58),Jamie Cox and Michael Burns (both 39) as Somerset ended the day sixwickets down and trailing by 24. Andy Gray earlier hit the firstChampionship hundred of his career as Yorkshire added 103 from the lastfour wickets.

Essex County Cricket Club has revealed their new main Sponsor for 2002-2004.Panacea Services Limited are a Technological Solutions company based in London and their six-figure sponsorship of the County has been agreed after several weeks of negotiations.Commercial Manager Dave Comley said: "We are delighted to welcome Panacea Services Limited on board to Essex County Cricket Club. It has been a pleasure negotiating and working with them and particularly with one of the partners, Anthony Bright. His love of cricket in general and Essex in particular bodes well for a good working relationship on both sides. The deal is a beneficial one for Essex and will mean `Panacea’ branding displayed on the County Championship shirt and the County sweater for at least the next two years with an option for extension after that time. They will be known as the Official Main Sponsor of Essex County Cricket Club."Dave Comley also acknowledged the previous Main Sponsor, Tiptree: – "Tiptree were exemplary sponsors and sincere thanks must go to them for their support of Essex for the past two seasons. I hope that we will continue to see Tiptree here in 2002 and beyond."

West Ham have been fairly consistent when it comes to spending big money on new players during the transfer windows over the past few years such as Kurt Zouma, Nikola Vlasic and Sebastien Haller among others.

However, as tends to be the case with most clubs, not every transfer deal ends up being worth the time, effort or money it took to complete.

One prime example of this at the east London club is the deal West Ham secured for Brazilian winger Felipe Anderson.

Signed in the 2018 summer transfer window from Italian club Lazio for a then club-record fee of £36m, the attacker made 73 appearances for the Hammers across all competitions but could only score 12 times and provide 13 assists, meaning he cost the club £3m-per-goal from the transfer fee they shelled out for him.

In October 2020, the 28-year-old joined Porto on loan but only made ten appearances with no goals scored before returning to the London Stadium in June last year.

Not long after that, the east London club decided to bring Anderson’s time as a West Ham player to an end by selling him back to Lazio for a reported fee of just €3m (£2.52m).

With 38 appearances under his belt across all competitions this season, the winger, who’s picking up a weekly wage of £85k-per-week according to Salary Sport, has scored six goals and provided seven assists in the process, meaning he could realistically equal the goal contributions tally he had for West Ham in just one season back with Lazio.

In December 2019, Transfermarkt rated the Brazilian’s market value at £40.5m, the highest it has ever been throughout his career, whereas it now stands at just £9m, presumably as a result of his disappointing spell in England and on loan with Porto.

Having been slammed by former Sky Sports pundit Phil Thompson for his “really poor” performances in a Hammers shirt, Anderson “couldn’t cut it” at the club according to Ben Foster, which is hard to dispute.

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Taking all of this into account, it’s safe to say that GSB had a nightmare when they gave the green light on what was then a club-record transfer deal for their club.

In other news: Moyes can finally axe £61k-p/w WHU dud with swoop for “outstanding” 25 y/o “leader” – opinion

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How they were out

RP Singh was sensational and provided India the much-needed cutting edge against a formidable South African batting line-up © Getty Images

A sensational spell of 4 for 13 from Rudra Pratap Singh dumped South Africa out of the Twenty20 party as India romped to a comprehensive 37-run victory that sealed a place in the semi-final against Australia. South Africa, previously unbeaten in the competition, again proved masters ofthe choke, falling 10 short of the 126 that would have taken them to the last four and eliminated New Zealand.India, rocked by the withdrawal of Yuvraj Singh before the game with tendonitis of the left elbow, had struggled with the bat themselves, slipping to 33 for 3, but a tremendous 85-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni propelled them to 153 for 5 on awell-grassed pitch of variable bounce.Rohit Sharma, in his first innings in the tournament, struck some sumptuous strokes through the cover region, making room and lofting the ball cleanly over the infield. He also targetted themidwicket region, finishing the innings with a glorious six over square leg off a Johan van der Wath full-toss. At the halfway stage India had only 57 on the board, but Rohit Sharma and Dhoni amassed 56 in the last five overs as a frown started to crease Graeme Smith’s brow.India’s defence of 153 started in appalling fashion with Sreesanth pushing the first ball down the leg side for four wides, and when Smith clipped one off his pads for four, South Africa had 11 from the first over. That, though, was as good as it would get. RP Singh made the perfect start, trapping Herschelle Gibbs leg before, before a stupendous Jonty Rhodes-like dive from Dinesh Karthik at wide second slip sent Smith on his way.Enter Sreesanth. AB de Villiers survived one vociferous appeal for leg before, but the second one was so plumb that he might as well have walked. And though both Justin Kemp and Mark Boucher started with fours, the runs dried up as a hint of swing led to more flails at air than solidconnections.Kemp was always going to be dangerous, and the manner of his dismissal once again illustrated the value of youth in the side. Boucher tapped and ran, but Rohit Sharma raced in from cover to pick up and throw in a fluid motion that caught Kemp marginally short of the crease.The home support was in shock, and that quickly turned to despondency when RP Singh came round the wicket to deliver a peach that cleaned up Shaun Pollock’s leg stump. At 31 for 5, it seemed like game over. But Albie Morkel had been in magnificent hitting form all tournament, and Boucher held down one end as South Africa watched the asking-rate spiral beyond 10an over.When Joginder Sharma, who bowled fairly tidily, came on, Morkel drove him through cover – the same fate that met Irfan Pathan when he gave a little too much width. Generally, though, the bowling was impeccable, forcing both batsmen to settle for singles and the odd two into the outfield.The momentum shifted slightly when Harbhajan Singh was introduced. Boucher tucked a full-toss off his pads for four, cut one late to third man and then clipped one beautifully between the leg-side fielders; 15 came from the over. But even when Morkel swung Joginder Sharma for a massive six straight down the ground, the asking-rate remained 12 an over.That pressure eventually told when Sreesanth was brought back for his final over and the 17th of the innings. Boucher chopped one back on, and as he walked off, it was apparent that the limit of South Africa’s ambition would be the 126 needed to qualify for the last four.Vernon Philander and van der Wath both went down swinging, stumped by Karthik – who had taken over the gloves once Dhoni felt some back pain early in the innings – off Harbhajan, but the final nail was hammered in when RP Singh produced a magnificent yorker to end Morkel’s defiance at 36.

Earning his spurs: Rohit Sharma performed superbly under intense pressure to provide India with a competitive total © Getty Images

It left Smith to ponder just what had gone wrong, after miserly bowling from Pollock had reined in the Indian openers. Gautam Gambhir was the aggressor early on, and he enjoyed a reprieve as well, when Philander made only a half-hearted attempt to catch a miscued pull.On his home patch it was Pollock who made the breakthrough, having Gambhir mishit one to Smith at mid-off. And it soon got worse for India as Karthik chipped the first ball he faced to Albie Morkel at square leg.It then became three wickets in four balls when Virender Sehwag’s attempt to guide the ball down to third man ended up in Boucher’s gloves. With the run-rate going nowhere, and two new men at the crease, India were in disarray.Robin Uthappa walloped one mighty six off van der Wath, and was then put down by Philander at mid-on. With Rohit Sharma starting to play his strokes, the mood in the dug-out was starting to lift a little, but then Uthappa drove Morne Morkel on the up to Smith at mid-off.Despite the blip, Rohit Sharma started to time the ball beautifully and the South Africans began to get flustered about errors in the field. Dhoni clouted Albie Morkel over long-on with a tennis forehand, and also benefited from a top edge over the keeper. There was a massive six over midwicket as Morne Morkel overstepped, and it was all India thereafter as a match that they began in a bullock cart ended in a magic carpet ride. For South Africa, another major tournament, and the Chuck Palahniuk novel….

Australia have been described as “rude and arrogant” by the Indian media following unsavoury incidents after their Champions Trophy win. Ricky Ponting’s men were taken to task for pushing Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president and an Indian government minister, off the presentation dais after their eight-wicket win over the West Indies in Sunday’s final in Mumbai.Ponting, who was visibly impatient after the long presentation ceremony, gestured towards Pawar with his forefinger, asking him to quickly give away the trophy, which Australia had won for the first time. Newspapers on Tuesday carried front-page pictures of Damien Martyn pushing Pawar with his right hand, urging him to get off the stage so that the team could pose with the trophy.The picture in the added: “They are supposed to be aggressive, even rude on the field. On Sunday, Australia showed they are not exactly polite off it too.”Sachin Tendulkar, who usually prefers to stay silent on most controversial matters, also took a swipe at the Australians. “I was not watching the proceedings but from what I heard, it was unpleasant and uncalled for,” Tendulkar said at a sponsors’ function in Mumbai on Monday. “Firstly, it should never have happened. It’s important to show respect to a person who is so dear to the cricketers and is involved with cricket. Such incidents should be avoided.”Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s chief cricket selector, added: “You expect such behaviour from uneducated people. If they wanted to pose for photographs, they could have politely requested him. This is appalling.”Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, described the incident as “unintentional”, but he also said players “seem to leave good sense behind”. “Anyway, you know how players are once they get on the cricket field.”However, Pawar laughed off the incident. “It was a small thing, a stupid thing,” Pawar said in the . “I don’t want to react.”

Tasmania 8 for 234 (Dawson 55, Bichel 5-64) v Queensland
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Andy Bichel celebrates one of his five wickets © Getty Images

Andy Bichel grabbed five wickets as Queensland enjoyed the better of a gloomy opening day of their Pura Cup match against Tasmania at The Gabba.Bichel finished with 5 for 64 after Tasmania were put in, but the visitors’ batsmen dug deep in difficult conditions and closed on 8 for 234, a commendable achievement given the circumstances.On a green pitch and with low cloud cover, it was always going to be a day which favoured the bowlers, and so dull was it that the floodlights were on for most of the afternoon and evening sessions.Tasmania, without the injured Michael Bevan and Dan Marsh, lost two wickets inside the first 35 minutes before David Dawson (55) and Travis Birt (48) combined to add 87 for the third wicket. It was a disappointing day for Jamie Cox, who was playing a record-equalling 159th Pura Cup appearance, as he nibbled Bichel to Chris Hartley, the wicketkeeper, for 6 to become Bichel’s 600th first-class wicket. It could have been worse for Tasmania, but Dawson was dropped three times in the slips.After Dawson became Hartley’s second victim – off the bowling of Andrew Symonds – Tasmania slipped to 6 for 140, but a gutsy, unbeaten ninth-wicket stand of 56 between Xavier Doherty (37 not out) and Adam Griffith (22 not out) defied Queensland again. Doherty nearly came to blows with Mitchell Johnson, Queensland’s erratic fast bowler, when he narrowly avoided a beamer, but the pair survived to the close.”It was very disappointing,” said Queensland coach Terry Oliver. “I’m not that happy but Tasmania gutsed it out and full credit to them.”

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Glamorgan were back in whites for the first time in almost a month yesterday, as they faced Sri Lanka A on day one of a four-day match at Swansea. A strong Sri Lankan team, which has won seven of its nine matches on this tour and drew with West Indies over the weekend, took the upper hand on the first day, bowling Glamorgan out for 169 and ending the day nine runs ahead with seven wickets in hand after half-centuries from Ian Daniel and Jehan Mubarak.Glamorgan won the toss and opted to bat first, but got off to a less than ideal start when Mark Wallace fell to Nuwan Kulasekara for 11 (26 for 1). Kulasekara struck again when David Hemp was caught by Bathiya Perera for 10 (44 for 2), and David Hemp fell soon after, bowled by Ranga Dias for 3. After a rain-affected first session Glamorgan went to lunch at 51 for 3, but a 60-run partnership between Matthew Elliot and Jonathan Hughes raised their hopes in the afternoon.However, the introduction of spin into the attack in the form of Mohammad Suraj sparked a dramatic collapse, as Glamorgan lost their last seven wickets for only 58 runs in 21 overs. The first to go was Matthew Elliot, bowled by Suraj for 48 to break his promising partnership with Hughes (111 for 4). Suraj picked up 5 for 40 with his offspinners, also dismissing Ian Thomas and Hughes before Perera chipped in with the wickets of Robert Croft and David Harrison to leave Glamorgan on the brink at 162 for 8. Suraj wrapped up the innings soon afterwards, with Darren Thomas caught by Daniel for 16 and Andrew Davies trapped lbw for one.Harrison, who has not played since the end of June after being sidelined by injury, opened the bowling and struck with his fourth ball to have Shantha Kalavitigoda caught at slip for a duck as Glamorgan threatened a fight-back. Sri Lanka A were 52 for 2 when Harrison had Malintha Gajanayake caught behind for 19, but Daniel and Mubarak carried them out of trouble with a 57-run partnership. Daniel went to his half-century from 66 balls, but was out soon after, lofting Dean Cosker straight to Harrison at long off (109 for 3).Mubarak brought up his own 50 with a six off Cosker, and had added an unbeaten 69 in partnership with Perera (43*) to put Sri Lanka A firmly in control at stumps.

Persistant rain throughout the day, meant Hampshire and Durham had to sit out the 3rd day of the Frizzell County Championship match at the Rose Bowl.Umpires Graham Burgess and David Constant called an end to proceedings just after the tea interval.With just one day remaining, Hampshire chances of recording their first Championship win of the season have dropped considerably.

The Victorian Bushrangers today named a full strength side to take on the Southern Redbacks next week in their opening match of the 2001/02 Pura Cup season. The match is scheduled to begin next Wednesday, October 17, at the Adelaide Oval.Chairman of Selectors, Shaun Graf, said the final eleven would be selected to suit the conditions in Adelaide. “We have plenty of variety within the twelve selected, so we’ll wait and have a look at the conditions in Adelaide next week”.Coming into the side from last Sunday’s ING Cup match are Captain Paul Reiffel, Mathew Inness, Colin Miller and Matthew Mott.The team for Sunday’s ING Cup match against the Southern Redbacks following the Pura Cup match, will be announced later this week.BUSHRANGERSPaul Reiffel (c), Matthew Elliott (vc), Jason Arnberger, Darren Berry, Damien Fleming, Ian Harvey, Brad Hodge, Mathew Inness, Michael Klinger, Colin Miller, Matthew Mott, Shane Warne.