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How to watch Everton against Tottenham in the Premier League in the US, as well as kick-off time and team news.

Evertonwill host Tottenhamin aPremier League fixture at Goodison Park on Monday.

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The Christian Stellini era begins at Tottenham after Antonio Conte departed following a wild rant against his own players and the club hierarchy. He has his task cut out as the Lillywhites desperately want a top-four spot at the end of the season.

Currently, in the fourth spot, they lead Newcastle United by two points but have played two more matches than the Magpies at the time of writing.

However, Spurs have kept more Premier League clean sheets against Everton than against any other opponent (24), shutting them out in each of their last three meetings which should further boost their morale.

Meanwhile, under Sean Dyche, Everton have either kept a clean sheet (three times) or conceded at least two goals (five times).

Harry Kane will definitely fancy his chances against an inconsistent Everton defence as he has already netted six braces against the Toffees.

GOAL brings you details on how to watch the game on TV in the US as well as how to stream live online.

GettyKick-off timeGame:Everton vs TottenhamDate:April 3, 2023Kick-off:4:00pm EDTVenue:Goodison Park

The game is scheduled for April 3, 2023, at Goodison Park. It will kick off at 4:00pm EDT in the US.

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Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin is still unavailable, and manager Dyche has not specified when the striker might be back.

As a result, Demarai Gray is expected to lead the attack once more, despite the impressive performance of substitute Ellis Simms against Chelsea.

Keeper Andy Lonergan and winger Andros Townsend are also unavailable.

Position

Players

Goalkeepers

Pickford, Begovic.

Defenders

Tarkowski, Mina, Godfrey, Coady, Holgate, Keane, Mykolenko, Vinagre, Coleman, Patterson

Midfielders

Onana, Doucoure, Davies, Gueye, Iwobi, Garner,

Forwards

Maupay, Simms, Gray, McNeil.

Tottenham team news

Ryan Sessegnon, Emerson Royal, Yves Bissouma, Ben Davies and Rodrigo Bentancur are out due to injuries.

Brazilian winger Richarlison is also unfit and will not be able to play against his former club.

"We have Richarlison with a problem. He's not training with the team," informed Stellini.

However, they will be boosted with the return of Ivan Perisic and Hugo Lloris.

Position

Players

Goalkeepers

Forster, Whiteman, Lloris

Defenders

Romero, Dier, Sanchez, Lenglet, Tanganga, Porro

Midfielders

Skipp, Hojbjerg, Sarr, Perisic

Forwards

Son, Kane, Kulusevski, Moura, Danjuma

Head-to-head record

Date Result Competition

15/10/2022Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 EvertonPremier League8/03/2022Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 EvertonPremier LeagueDecember 28, 2021Everton 0-0 Tottenham HotspurPremier LeagueSeptember 11, 2021Everton 2-2 Tottenham HotspurPremier LeagueFebruary 22, 2021Everton 5-4 Tottenham HotspurFA Cup

In their last five meetings, Tottenham have won two times, Everton on one occasion, whereas they have shared the spoils during two other encounters.

However, Everton have won just one of their last 20 Premier League games against Spurs (D9 L10), picking up a 1-0 away win in September 2020.

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Rain and then bad light meant only 6.3 overs of play were possible on the second day of Leicestershire’s match with Kent

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ScorecardClint McKay took his season’s wicket tally to 11 (file photo)•Getty ImagesRain and then bad light meant only 6.3 overs of play were possible on the second day of the County Championship second division fixture between Leicestershire and Kent at the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road.Resuming on 227 for 7, Kent quickly lost allrounder Matt Coles, the left-hander edging a rising delivery from Clint McKay to wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien without adding to his overnight score of 1. It was McKay’s third wicket of the innings, and his 11th of the season.Unfortunately the weather closed in after just 15 balls, and although the players did briefly get back out in the afternoon session, Kent had added just six runs to their total when bad light brought a frustrating day to an early close.Leicestershire’s director of elite performance, Andrew MacDonald, said a positive result was still perfectly possible. “The forecast for the next couple of days is better, it’s a good cricket wicket with some carry to it, and we’re optimistic that if we can take the last couple of wickets quickly, and get in with the bat, we can start driving the game forward,” he said.Kent wicketkeeper Adam Rouse said the visitors were finding it hard to believe they were yet again struggling to get on to the field. Their opening match of the season, against Worcestershire, was abandoned without a ball being bowled.”After not even starting at Worcester, and then having last week off – when the weather was dry – it’s tough to sit out another day here,” Rouse said. “We’re just eager to get out there and play. If we can add a few runs, get the score up to somewhere near 300, the bowlers are looking forward to running in for what will be the first time this season.”

England completed the second-highest successful chase in T20 internationals and the highest in World T20 history to keep their campaign alive

The Report by Firdose Moonda18-Mar-2016
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Chappell: Root has a good cricketing brain

England completed the second-highest successful chase in T20 internationals and the highest in World T20 history to keep their campaign alive. They held their nerve chasing 230, thanks to a blistering start from Jason Roy and a clinical innings from Joe Root that ripped South Africa’s attack apart and undid their batsmen’s efforts.Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy all scored half-centuries in a line-up that included AB de Villiers at No. 3 and South Africa would have thought they had enough. Instead, they were left to rue the three overs between 10 and 13, bowled by Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali, when South Africa could not find the boundary and scored just 14 runs. Before that, they were 125 for 2; after it, 139 for 3 and it was the difference between a score under 250 and one greater than. In the end, South Africa needed the latter.On a night when no one wanted to be a bowler, the England seamers’ scattergun approach was nullified by South Africa’s overcompensation in bowling too straight, as well as some ill discipline. While England only gave away two wides, South Africa donated 20. An England line-up whose approach is built on aggression punished them for that.Given the magnitude of their task, England showed intent from the first ball. Jason Roy swung hard at Kagiso Rabada and took 21 runs of the opening over – the most Rabada has conceded in an over in this format.Alex Hales treated Dale Steyn with equal disdain. He sent the first three balls for four, all flicks on the leg side, although he should have been dismissed off the first. Kyle Abbott was at short fine leg and could not hold on. Roy had even less respect for Steyn. He finished the over with 10 runs off two balls to take England to 44 after two overs, the most runs off 12 balls in a T20. It was also Steyn’s most expensive T20I overEngland were running away with it but Abbott made up for his earlier blunder when he had Hales rapped on the pads in front of middle and leg to strike the first blow.Ben Stokes was promoted to No. 3, Roy kept going and South Africa had to turn to death bowling strategies in the Powerplay. Abbott searched for the yorker and found it but when he missed Roy ramped him for six over de Kock’s head. Roy tried to do it again but skied it and de Kock took the catch, ending his contribution at 43 from 16 balls.When Stokes hit a Rabada full toss to the deep square leg boundary, it was advantage South Africa. Although England had more runs than South Africa had after six overs – 89 to 83 – they had already lost three wickets.Imran Tahir was introduced in the seventh over and immediately quietened things down. His opening over cost seven runs without a boundary and, having seen England’s spinners have a similar impact, Faf du Plessis gambled with bringing on Duminy. It paid off as Duminy worked in tandem with Tahir and snaffled Eoin Morgan, who chopped on, to keep the advantage with South Africa at the halfway point. After 10 overs South Africa were 125 for 2; England 118 for 4.But the brakes were slammed on South Africa’s innings then when Rashid and Moeen kept du Plessis and Duminy quiet. In the same period, South Africa used Chris Morris, Duminy and Steyn and the effect was entirely the opposite. England scored 42 runs in those three overs, Morris bowled short balls to his detriment, Root and Jos Buttler finally decided to take on Duminy and Steyn could not scare England into a mistake. The advantage swung. After 13 overs, England were 160 for 4 and the required rate had been dragged down from over 11 to 10.South Africa still had Tahir and he went on to become the only bowler not to concede a boundary on the night, and to remove Buttler, but he lacked support. Morris was South Africa’s weak link and gave Root the full toss that saw him bring up fifty off 30 balls. His was the slowest half-century of the night, after de Kock’s came up off 21 balls, Amla’s off 25 and Duminy’s 26, but it was the one that mattered most.Root took England to within 11 runs of victory before he swatted Rabada to deep midwicket and left it for Moeen to finish off. England lost two more wickets before they got there, but they won’t dwell on those late nerves.They will, however, want to address their own bowling lapses and a messy fielding performance that saw them on the received end of a total in excess of 220 for the fourth time. Reece Topley offered too much width even as Morgan refused to put a fielder at point to allow de Kock to hit him through there three times. De Kock was even more severe on Willey and forced Morgan to introduce a spinner in the Powerplay.Amla had only faced three balls by the time Moeen came on but already had his eye in. Amla found two boundaries before he should have been caught at mid-off but Topley, perhaps still recovering from his own mauling, spilled the chance. Jordan and Stokes could not find control and England conceded 81 runs in the five overs after Willey’s first had gone for two.Rashid was introduced as soon as the fielding restrictions were lifted but did not immediately appear a threat. De Kock used his first ball to bisect the men in the deep and bring up his first T20I fifty but did not add many more to his total. He picked out the fielder at deep midwicket to allow South Africa to unleash de Villiers on the perfect platform.The innings seemed to be playing to script when de Villiers smacked successive sixes but his show was short lived. Instead it was Amla and then Duminy who kept South Africa going. They scored 90 runs off the last seven overs but on a small field, a good pitch and against a bloody-minded England, it was not enough.

Brad Hodge hit six fours and as many sixes in his unbeaten 45-ball 85 as Peshawar recovered from 69 for 4 in 11.5 overs to overhaul Karachi’s 152 for 7 with nine balls to spare

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‘We were winning until Hodge got hold of us’ – Bopara

Brad Hodge turned a chase that was headed nowhere into realms of possibility, and within the bat of an eyelid, blasted the ball to all corners of the Dubai Cricket Stadium. Peshawar Zalmi blew away Karachi Kings in a manic 10-minute passage to win by five wickets and move to the top of the PSL standings.Hodge hit six fours and as many sixes in his unbeaten 45-ball 85 as Peshawar recovered from 69 for 4 in 11.5 overs to overhaul Karachi’s 152 for 7 with nine balls to spare. The turning point in the chase was the 16th over, bowled by legspinner Usama Mir, where Hodge smashed a four and three successive sixes to reduce the equation to 32 off the last four overs.The next over was hit for 14, and the wheels came off Karachi’s bowling unit, with Darren Sammy sealing the game with a muscular hit into the stands at deep midwicket.That Peshawar were set 153 was largely due to the efforts of Lendl Simmons, who top scored with 49 and held the innings together for a while, before it fell apart as one batsman after another was dismissed in a quest to up the ante. The second-highest scorer of the innings was Ravi Bopara, who made a 22-ball 23 to shore up the total after a middle-order meltdown.Peshawar started badly as the new ball pair of Mohammad Amir and Bilawal Bhatti removed the openers with the score at just 25 inside five overs. Jim Allenby, the Australian batsman, revived the innings with a 29-ball 31, but his dismissal followed by Shahid Afridi’s in consecutive overs meant the chase hit a roadblock at 69 for 4.But Peshwar were not to be denied as Hodge cashed in on the first sign of complacency from Karachi by mixing a bit of brute strength and fineness in his effort to turn the game in no time. Such was the quality of his knock that even the dismissal of Kamran Akmal, with Peshawar still needing 32, largely went unnoticed.Having lost the game from a position of strength, Karachi will have to hope for a Lahore Qalandars win in the second match of the night to progress.

Harry Kane has finally found a permanent house in Germany to live in whilst at Bayern Munich – the former home of PSG defender Lucas Hernandez.

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Kane will move into Lucas Hernandez's old villaKane had been living in a hotelEnglish striker is top scorer in the BundesligaWHAT HAPPENED?

Since his blockbuster summer switch to Bavaria, the English striker has broken records and found himself atop the Bundesliga goalscoring charts. While he had settled into life at Bayern Munich and finding the back of the net freely, the Englishman had been living in a hotel and struggling to find a home to live in. However, as reported in , Kane's hunt for a new abode has finally come to an end and he is set to move into a villa previously occupied by former Bayern defender Hernandez.

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Despite Kane's flying start to his time in Germany, he and Bayern sit second in the Bundesliga – two points off Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen. Despite living in a hotel, Kane has been able to settle into the footballing culture and style at Bayern. The German champions will be hoping a permanent residence for their star striker will only help the player settle further.

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Kane's 18 goals in the first 12 games of a Bundesliga season broke the record of 17 set by Bayern legend Gerd Muller. The English striker is also chasing down former Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski's record of 41 goals in a single Bundesliga season.

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Bayern host strugglers Union Berlin on Saturday as they hope to put pressure on league leaders Leverkusen. Kane, now free from house-hunting, will resume his pursuit of more goals and records.

Pakistan will have to sweep the ODI series against Zimbabwe if they are to keep their chances alive to qualify for 2017 Champions Trophy in England

Umar Farooq25-May-2015Pakistan will have to sweep the ODI series against Zimbabwe if they are to keep alive their chances of qualification for 2017 Champions Trophy in England. The top seven sides in the world, plus hosts England, will compete at the next 50-overs tournament and the cut-off date for qualification is September 30, 2015. Pakistan are next scheduled to play a five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in July before the cut-off date.Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali has said that his team will look to improve and win all the games with qualification for Champions Trophy taking priority.”Our target is win all the matches of the series and it’s the main target for us,” Azhar said. “We will learn from our mistakes in the past and will try to take fresh start. We have another opportunity tomorrow to improve our game and build a combination, which transforms into a very good team.”We will try to give consistent chances to the players but at the same time we have a priority to make sure we won’t miss out form the Champions Trophy too and will also help our future plans. It’s such an occasion as a team and for me that it’s very important to win. You also know the scenario that we have to win every match and with every game points count, every game is important and we will enter with our minds set on victory.”After being knocked out by Australia in the World Cup quarter-final, a new-look Pakistan slumped to a 3-0 loss against Bangladesh. Zimbabwe may have lost both their T20 games at the Gaddafi Stadium but they can draw confidence from scoring over 170 runs in each innings to push Pakistan.Azhar remained wary of the threat offered by Zimbabwe, saying that he will keep a tab on their performances besides acknowledging his team’s depth and combination.”I think Zimbabwe, especially their batting, did very well in the T20s,” he said. “Our team is also very good, it has a mix of experience and youth. It’s a good combination and our side is definitely better than them on paper but we got to keep a check on their performance as well. They are very good batting side and played very well in both T20s.”When we went to Bangladesh we had very few options of allrounders, but if you look at this side we have good allrounders making into the squad, which eventually will help us a lot. Every team plays with four bowlers plus two-three allrounders but we are lacking in this.”When asked if this series would give him another chance to prove his utility as captain Azhar said: “Captains win when the whole team performs. We will try to give good performance as a team, you can’t do much changes but I think we can increase the performance. Individual performances do come but you can’t win matches unless the whole team contributes.”Azhar also chose to focus on the performance of the team rather than letting pressure of captaincy get to him. “Pressure [being captain] is always there, but I try not to take extra pressure and enjoy the opportunity,” he said. “It’s a good opportunity for me and I will try to leave the pressure aside and focus on the performance of the team, the results will take care of themselves. Whenever you wear Pakistan colour every match is new for you and it’s an opportunity for you, I will try my best to perform.”Azhar, who, made his international debut in England in 2010, is looking forward to the prospect of playing in front of his home crowd for the first time.”It’s very emotional for me, I’ve been playing for Pakistan for the last five years, but haven’t played at home ground,” he said. “It’s an exciting moment for me and also for some other players who have not played in Pakistan. I saw the match at the ground yesterday and felt the excitement. It’s great that cricket has returned to Pakistan and the credit goes to PCB and also to Zimbabwe Cricket for making this happen.”

Thomas Muller could make the kind of impact at Manchester United that Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic did, former star Louis Saha says.

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Muller linked with Man Utd move from BayernSaha backs German to make big impactSays he could be like Ronaldo and IbrahimovicWHAT HAPPENED?

United are reported to be interested in signing the 34-year-old forward from Bayern Munich as they look to enhance their attack under Erik ten Hag. Despite his age, ex-Red Devils star Saha believes he would be a big hit at the club, citing the examples of Ronaldo's second spell at Old Trafford and Ibrahimovic, who scored 29 goals in 53 games, as evidence.

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“He’s definitely a great leader that’s admired across the footballing world. He’s played for one of the world’s best clubs for many, many years and he’s achieved a lot at Bayern Munich," Saha told . "He may not be as quick or as clinical as [Robert] Lewandowski was for Bayern, but he’s such an accomplished forward and nobody can doubt his quality. He’s a very smart player that has bags of personality.

"He may be 34 years of age but he could still be an answer for Manchester United, even if it’s not going to be a long-term solution for Erik ten Hag. Not many players in the world have the mixture of personality and experience that Müller has. Similar to when Manchester United signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo. Those players had no doubts regarding their ability and quality and they’d be prepared to challenge anybody. They would challenge themselves and their team-mates. This is what we need. Every time those players went on the field for Manchester United, they had drive, they were confident and they had the courage to take the ball regardless of whether they were playing well or not. They didn’t shy away from their responsibilities."

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Muller's contract at Bayern expires in 2024 but club president Herbert Hainer has said they want to sign him to an extension, insisting that the German giants want the World Cup winner to finish his career at the Allianz Arena.

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The Red Devils will weigh up their options as they look to strengthen Ten Hag's squad in the transfer window next month. In the meantime, however, they will host Chelsea in the Premier League on Wednesday, followed by another home game against Bournemouth on Saturday.

As the 2010s come to an end, Goal casts its eye back to pick out the best players in Spain's top flight over the past 10 years

GettyGK: Jan Oblak

Arriving in La Liga in 2014 as the then most expensive goalkeeper in the league, Jan Oblak was viewed as the man to replace Thibaut Courtois for Atletico Madrid. It quickly became clear, however, that he would surpass the Belgium international in the Spanish capital. 

The Slovenian shot-stopper has been named La Liga's Best Goalkeeper for the past four seasons and is the most consistent keeper in Spain's top-flight – rarely making the type of errors number ones at Real Madrid or Barcelona have become prone to. 

Oblak's best domestic campaign came in 2015-16 when he conceded just 18 times across 38 league games, with his performances enough to see him selected in our team ahead of the likes of Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Victor Valdes and Keylor Navas.

AdvertisementGetty ImagesRB: Dani Alves

While his time in La Liga came to an abrupt end with Barcelona in 2016, Dani Alves had been a key part of the Catalans' treble-winning side. 

The Brazilian's speed, technical ability and physical strength made him a massive asset for Barca down the right flank. 

While he was named in the La Liga Team of the Year just once, Alves' ability and influence was often under-rated and his recent form for Brazil is a reminder the 36-year-old was and is a special talent. 

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From a fringe player at Manchester United to a star at Barcelona, Gerard Pique's move to La Liga has paid off handsomely. 

A rock in the Catalans' backline and a rallying figure for the club, the Spanish defender has been key to Barca's success over the past decade. 

Pique has eight La Liga titles to his name and is a man that knows how to step up when his side needs him most. 

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Getty ImagesCB: Sergio Ramos

Talking of stepping up, Sergio Ramos has become an expert at doing just that for Real Madrid. The veteran defender is not only ruthless at the back, but surprisingly clinical in attack.

Ramos' ability in front of goal has proven regularly crucial for Los Blancos over the past decade with the Spaniard chipping in with 37 league goals since the start of the 2010-11 season. 

In defence, he has become infamous for poor discipline and is the most carded player in La Liga history, but those 'dark arts' have also often proved decisive for his side.

Brendan Taylor scored an emotional century in his last match for Zimbabwe, but experienced the familiar agony of watching his side lose

The Report by Sidharth Monga14-Mar-2015
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Brendan Taylor was given one final reminder of how frustrating it can be to play for Zimbabwe: in his final match before he goes Kolpak, Taylor scored an excellent century to rescue Zimbabwe from 33 for 3, then saw five wickets fall for 52 after him; with the ball Zimbabwe had India down at 92 for 4, but then the fielding let his side down to lose with eight balls to spare. This was India’s biggest test so far. Taylor’s 138 off 110 balls, only the first time a Zimbabwean has scored back-to-back hundreds in a World Cup, set India their highest chase, the top order failed, but then Suresh Raina was dropped on 47 at a stage when the game was in balance. Raina and MS Dhoni then proceeded to take their winning streak in World Cups to 10.Taylor, Zimbabwe’s best batsman for a while now, and his heir apparent Sean Williams came together in familiar circumstances, that of opposition quicks dominating their batting. All three Indians had taken a wicket each, but the recovery fashioned by Taylor and Williams was so good they were left disappointed with the final total. It was thanks mainly to Mohit Sharma’s slower balls that India bowled out their sixth straight opposition. Mohit got rid of Taylor and Craig Ervine, and Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami ran through the rest to not even let Zimbabwe bat 50 overs. Put together the three quicks took nine wickets for 139 runs.The spinners, meanwhile, were targeted by the Zimbabwe batsmen on the small Eden Park. R Ashwin’s 1 for 75 were his most-expensive figures in ODIs, Ravindra Jadeja went for 71 for no wicket. It was against spinners that Zimbabwe began their comeback. Just before that, though, Dhoni dropped a difficult low catch to his right. Had India got Williams – on two – then, Zimbabwe would have been reduced to 42 for 4.Instead the two went on to rattle India, who were by now getting a little funky. Dhoni, possibly to counter short boundary right behind him, bowled Jadeja with a virtual long stop, sacrificing the third man. That’s where Taylor hit two reverse-swept boundaries to kickstart the comeback, in the 17th over. After Taylor reverse-swept India to distraction in the first 50 runs of the 93-run stand, Williams targeted Ashwin, hitting him for three sixes over midwicket. Ashwin had a consolation victory along the way. After the Williams onslaught he changed ends to dismiss the aggressor with a difficult low return catch.Taylor was not to be subdued, though. Classic shots over mid-off and cover, and reverse and regulation sweeps kept the pressure on. He took it up a notch in the Powerplay, going after Ashwin again. Ramping Shami over third man for a six, he brought up his final international century, in the 39th over. He celebrated it with another six over long-off in the same over. Then he took Jadeja to pieces in the 41st over, hitting him for three fours and two sixes. The sixes were orthodox shots down the ground.Taylor had moved from 100 to 135 in no time, all the momentum was with Zimbabwe, with 186 for 1 coming in the preceding 25 overs, when Mohit came on to bowl the 42nd over. A slower ball, tight in line, and short of a driving length, cramped Taylor’s attacking shot and offered mid-on a catch. Soon Ervine fell prey to a similar delivery. The rest of the batting again impressed upon Taylor how difficult it had been to carry Zimbabwe for so long. Apart from Sikandar Raza’s 28 off 15, there was little contribution, and India were the favourites when the chase began.That changed soon enough with the new balls moving around and Zimbabwe’s frontline bowlers accurate. Rohit Sharma got a leading edge to Tinashe Panyangara, Shikhar Dhawan played on in the same over, Ajinkya Rahane ran himself out, and Virat Kohli freakishly dragged a Raza offbreak on from outside leg. Dhoni walked in no stranger to such situations but with recent question marks against his form, and joined Raina who hardly bats without any question marks against him.Raina had a tough initiation with a few bouncers, and then a couple of leading edges of spinners narrowly missing fielders. While Dhoni started off in typically busy fashion, Raina scored only four off the first 19 balls he faced. You could see he was uncertain. Kohli’s wicket made him more uncertain. But it was Raina who took the calculated risks to release India of the hold Zimbabwe had on them. The asking rate had reached 8.38 when the 30th over began. Raina took the left-arm spin of Williams on, managed two consecutive sixes over midwicket, and India were on their way.The only time they stumbled after that was when Raina went to slog-sweep Raza a ball before the Batting Powerplay. The top edge went up for a regulation catch at backward square leg, but Hamilton Masakadza spilled it. After that India maintained the asking rate almost without taking a risk. Raina brought up his fifth ODI hundred soon. Since that drop and before the 48th over, the longest boundary-less spell was seven balls. Zimbabwe’s limited attack failed to build any sort of pressure. And by the time Zimbabwe managed a dry spell longer than seven balls, the equation had come down to 18 off 19. Dhoni then finished it with a pulled six.

The arrival of five West Indies cricketers to play in South Africa’s domestic T20 competition could provide the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations an opportunity to engage them about the ongoing dispute with their board

Firdose Moonda27-Oct-2014The arrival of five West Indies cricketers to play in South Africa’s domestic T20 competition, which starts on November 2, could provide the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations an opportunity to engage them about the ongoing dispute with their board.Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy and Andre Russell will participate in the tournament and FICA’s executive chairman Tony Irish, who is also chief executive of the South African Cricketers’ Association, told ESPNcricinfo he will use the next few weeks to try and discuss the fracas with the quintet.”It’s a positive from a FICA point of view that these players will be in South Africa because it will allow us to engage with them and try and resolve the issue,” Irish said. “I’m looking forward to talking to them over the next few weeks.” While Irish said FICA has been “doing what we can at this stage,” he was not in a position to offer any other comment on where the process was at currently.ESPNcricinfo understands that neither the West Indies players nor their board have yet responded to requests for offers of mediation.Earlier this month, West Indies had pulled out of their tour of India after the fourth ODI in Dharamsala following a protracted payment structure dispute between the players, the board and the West Indies Players’ Association.