South Africa battle to edge advantage

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How they were out

Dwayne Bravo celebrates removing Hashim Amla during a long spell during the afternoon session © Getty Images
 

Ashwell Prince halted a South African slide on the second day in Cape Town after Dwayne Bravo’s three wickets left them facing the prospect of a significant deficit. However, West Indies produced a resilient effort to stay in contention, as Bravo put in a marathon 24-over spell, but Prince and Boucher added an unbeaten 87 to put South Africa back on course for a useful lead.It’s been a long while since West Indies have found themselves ahead in a series and for the majority of the day they were without Fidel Edwards, who was forced off the field after pulling up with a hamstring strain five balls into his fifth over. To compound the problems Jerome Taylor also left the field later in the day, severely cutting into Chris Gayle’s resources, at a time when South Africa were ripe for the taking at 131 for 5 following Bravo’s successes which included Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla in eight balls. Gayle’s hand was forced when Bravo eventually needed a break – his 24 overs only broken by lunch and tea – and he used the spin of Rawl Lewis and Marlon Samuels in tandem during the final session.This allowed South Africa to claw back ground with Prince and Boucher putting their head down for some hard graft. Prince’s fifty took 129 balls as he made a vital contribution following a lean period although boundaries were a rare commodity as the outfield remained slow and the pitch tough for scoring. One delivery from Powell burst through the surface to suggest batting last will be a tricky proposition.It reinforced the feeling that West Indies’ total wasn’t as disappointing as it appeared and would have been worth closer to 300 with a quicker outfield. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was left unbeaten on 65 off 223 balls when Andre Nel cleaned up the innings in the first three overs of the day.South Africa were given a stronger start than of late with Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie adding 46 – the first double-figure opening stand of the home season – but none of the top four could build on their starts. Taylor helped take up the slack after Edwards’s departure with a lively spell either side of lunch which brought two wickets. McKenzie was drawn forward outside off stump and the delivery held its line to take the edge and Gayle completed a regulation catch. McKenzie hadn’t been overawed during his first Test innings in three-and-half years, but his demise for 23 set a trend.Smith was far from convincing, always giving the impression that he was close to being trapped lbw or edging to slip, and fell in predictable style as he pushed away from his body. The catch would probably have carried to first slip, but Ramdin dived across and made sure of the scalp.With Amla and Kallis adding 59 for the third wicket South Africa were making strong progress towards taking control and Kallis was beginning to look especially dangerous. The breakthrough came when he was caught on the back foot and edged through to Ramdin, soon followed by Amla who was trapped on the crease by a delivery that shaped back in.Refreshed by the tea interval, Bravo continued to make inroads when he found AB de Villiers’ outside edge and three wickets had fallen for 11 in 10 overs. Last week in Port Elizabeth, Bravo savoured his first Test victory and did more than his fair share to try and ensure the wait for number two isn’t as long. His nagging length and accuracy – he conceded less than two-an-over – were ideally suited to a two-paced surface. One more strike and West Indies would have been into the long tail with South Africa’s prospects of levelling the series fading. Now, though, this is anyone’s game and an intriguing battle lies ahead.

Pietersen out of tour with fractured rib

Pietersen will play no further part in the CB series in Australia © Getty Images

If England thought their tour could not get any worse after two monthswithout a victory, they were wrong. Kevin Pietersen, the one batsman whohad challenged the Australia bowlers throughout the Ashes and in the firstone-day match, is flying home with a broken rib, further reducingEngland’s chances of breaking their winless streak.Pietersen was on 73 when he advanced down the wicket to a short ball fromGlenn McGrath and missed his attempted pull. The ball cannoned into hisribs and after a couple of minutes of regaining his breath and attentionfrom the physiotherapist, he batted on to reach 82.But in one last show of determination, a clearly uncomfortable Pietersenfought the pain to face questions about his tour-ending injury. Sittingin an awkward, rigidly upright position and speaking softly, Pietersendescribed his feelings at missing out on the chance to help England fightback in the CB Series. “Distraught. Absolutely distraught,” Pietersensaid. “It’s not how I planned it out. I’m just distraught to be leavingthis trip without any victories.”Although the official word was the fracture would keep him out for five tosix weeks, Pietersen was hopeful of recovering faster and insisted therewas no chance it would keep from playing in the World Cup. “I just have tobide my time,” he said, “but I’m a pretty quick healer and I’ll get myself as fit asI can as quick as I can.”Pietersen added that, although he had been hit several times in the ribs,this parting shot from McGrath hurt the most. “When it hit me I couldn’tbreathe for a couple of minutes and I knew it was a little bit moreserious than the previous times. It restricted my breathing and strokeplay.”But asked the injury might prompt him to rethink his tacticof charging fast bowlers, Pietersen’s reply was blunt and emphatic. “Idon’t think it’ll stop me in the future.” He even spoke toMcGrath on the field at the end of the game to thank him for the challengehe had presented during the Ashes.Although Pietersen’s part in the England show is over for now, he wasconfident the team could push on without him and even had the temerity tosuggest England would be a threat to Australia in the World Cup. “It’s nota one-dimensional team at all and I’m sure the guys who take my spot willdo a great job,” he said. “If we can pick up little key things thatimprove our game 10, 15, 20% … the World Cup is a knockout competition.”

Jaques blasts NSW into Twenty20 final

Daniel Smith drives expansively as NSW’s total balloons © Getty Images

Phil Jaques’ rollicking 61 propelled New South Wales into the final as Tasmania were bashed big-style, losing by a whopping 69 runs. The visitors made hay, galloping to 6 for 188 although Adam Polkinghorne did manage to puncture NSW’s middle order, taking 3 for 31.But by then the visitors were well on their way after Jaques and Daniel Smith put on 90 for the first wicket. Tasmania’s start contrasted a touch – their opening pair, Travis Birt and Michael di Venuto both made ducks.Such a setback in the confined sphere of Twenty20 is hard to recover from and so it proved, with Tasmania quickly folding to 119 all out. NSW will now face Victoria in the inaugural final on Saturday.If that win was straightforward, another contest at the same ground was less so. Controversy reigned in the mascot race as Tyro Tiger crossed the line despite appearing to have made a false start. Tully Tiger certainly thought he had – believing that his fellow beast hadn’t fairly earned his stripes, Tully took a full-on swipe at the victor. But perhaps Tully was just a paw loser.Meanwhile, another mauling was taking place in Adelaide – this time, Western Australia consigned South Australia to a 54-run defeat.The storyline was broadly similar to that which was played out at Hobart, with the side batting first piling up the runs – WA made 174 for 6 largely thanks to Ryan Campbell’s 55 – then both openers falling cheaply in reply – Darren Lehmann made 1, Graham Manou a duck – to leave another insurmountable run chase. SA, always up against it, were eventually bowled out for 120.

'It's tremendous to play in such fast-paced games'

The hard-hitting Marlon Samuels struck the first century in ProCricket© Getty Images

The decision to launch ProCricket in America last year was a bold and commendable move, given that US audiences already have a glut of options: there are World Series in baseball, basketball and football. To say that ProCricket was an instant success would be a bit premature but, on the other hand, it can’t be written off as a total failure. These are early days.The game has had to be modified for American audiences. Innings are 100 balls long (comprising 20 five-ball overs), which makes matches last three hours, in line with the duration for all major American sports. Matches start at 7:00pm, so it is easier to draw audiences after work. Two professionals play in each side, which certainly lifted the standard and encouraged the local players to step up to the plate.The international players who added a lot of excitement in 2004 included six West Indies players: Wavell Hinds, Corey Collymore, Mervyn Dillon, Franklyn Rose, Ricardo Powell, Marlon Samuels. Robin Singh from India, and Colin Miller and Richard Che Que from Australia also participated. The allround capabilities of Marlon Samuels made him stand out among all players, with his hard-hitting batting, he became the first player to score a century in ProCricket.Amongst the locals, Nadeem Younis, a former first-class cricketer from Pakistan, toyed with all bowlers and scored a century in less than 45 deliveries. He was particularly severe on the former Windies pacer, Franklyn Rose: smashing him for one of the longest straight sixes I have ever witnessed. However, it was sad to see former Indian captain Ajay Jadeja and the off-spinner Nikhil Chopra sitting on the sidelines without taking part because of the Indian Cricket Board’s reluctance to grant them permission to play in ProCricket.For me, personally, ProCricket produced both bitter and sweet memories. Bitter, because I was dropped from the USA team that played in the ICC Trophy in England, supposedly because of my participation in ProCricket. Sweet, because I had the privilege of representing and captaining one of the eight teams in the first ever ProCricket competition in America.Under my captaincy, New York Storm did well to win two, lose two and tie one. The New York Storm failed to reach the semi-final in the Eastern Conference because of a misunderstanding between the New York Storm management and ProCricket people. As a result, New York Storm ended up conceding their last game against the Florida Thunder, a victory in which would have given us a berth in the semis.However – more than winning – just participating in the ProCricket competition in 2004 was enough to make me look forward to another exciting and productive season in 2005. It’s a tremendous experience to play in such fast-paced games where results were decided off the last ball in two of the five games I participated in. I also played in the first ever tied game in ProCricket when New York Storm ended DC Forward’s challenge off the last ball; one of the most exciting games in the competition.I invited a few of my co-workers – typical white Americans – to watch the first game between New York Storm and New Jersey Fire in the New York Yankees minor league stadium on Staten Island. They were thrilled, and one said he would come back to see it again in a heart beat. Another remarked that he ‘just loved it’ and that the entire experience was ‘awesome’. I already have requests from several co-workers to invite them to the 2005 games.I believe that the short, sharp 20-over format adopted by ProCricket is the best way to introduce cricket to Americans, who regularly complain about baseball lasting too long. The non-stop excitement in the 20-over format is overwhelming, since there is no consolidation period. Also, the innovative field restrictions – only two fielders can be placed outside the 30-yard circle during the last six overs – creates more opportunities for run scoring.But, having played the game, here are some thoughts I have to make ProCricket more attractive and viable event:Media coverage Media will need to play a very crucial role. According to ProCricket folks, a South Asian channel, American Desi will be launched in the US shortly which will carry ProCricket games live. In addition, other channels (Sony, Zee TV, PTV, Geo, BBC, etc.) will need to step up as well.Playing Facilities One of the main complaints from the players revolved around the pitches and the grounds. Given that the games were played in minor league baseball stadiums, the pitches were definitely not up to standard, with make-shift matting wickets being placed over wooden planks or dirt. To improve standard and to encourage strokeplay, hard and true pitches are a pre-requisite.Professional Player Assignment Some players ended up playing for different sides to bridge the shortfall after certain cricket boards were reluctant to release their players. One day Marlon Samuels would be playing for New York Storm against New Jersey Fire, the next he would turn up for New Jersey Fire against Florida Thunder. I would like to see each professional assigned to a specific team – so that there is a sense of loyalty.Higher Incentives There was a huge disparity between the match fees paid to local players compared with the international players. Local players should receive more money to incentivise them. Handing out Man of the Match awards at the end of each game and an MVP at the end of the tournament will generate higher interest amongst the players and bring out the best in them.Sign-off from USACA/ICC If USACA and/or the ICC embrace ProCricket, they would give a big boost to cricket in America. Not only would it lend legitimacy to the event, but it will also allow bigger stars from leading nations to take part in the competition. Everyone’s goal should be to advance cricket in America and not work to individual agendas.All Star Game Based on individual performances, an All Star US ProCricket XI should be selected to play against, for example, a West Indies `A’ or England `A’ team. This would give global media coverage to the games and enhance the popularity of the game.

Streak's maiden century lifts Zimbabwe past 500

Close Zimbabwe 507 for 9 dec (Taibu 83, Streak 127*, Blignaut 91, Edwards 5-133 lead West Indies 11 for 0 by 496 runs
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Heath Streak: a first Test century and a record stand with Andy Blignaut
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The second day at Harare was arguably the best one Zimbabwe have enjoyed in Test cricket for some years. The allrounders more than made up for the failure of the top order with some superb batting, with Heath Streak’s first Test century the highlight of an imposing total of 507 for 9 declared. West Indies only had time for 2.4 overs, in which they reduced the deficit by 11 runs, before bad light brought an early close.The highlight of the day was a national-record stand of 168 for the eighth wicket between Streak, Zimbabwe’s captain, and Andy Blignaut. Streak reached his maiden Test century in the last over before tea.Streak began the day with 16 and did most of the early scoring, with Tatenda Taibu, who started with 75, perhaps a little overawed at the prospect of his first Test century. Taibu added only three to his overnight score in 40 minutes, before finally driving Fidel Edwards square for four.But it was not to be Taibu’s day. He had reached 83, from 186 balls, when Edwards deceived him with a full-length slower one, which he inside-edged into his stumps (314 for 7). Taibu departed, distraught, after a stand of 81 with his captain.In came Andy Blignaut, who immediately laid into the West Indian bowlers. He has not always played his natural big-hitting game in Test cricket, but now he scored his first 12 runs off seven balls, and also missed another boundary when a powerful straight-drive cannoned into the stumps at the bowler’s end. Brian Lara suddenly began to readjust his field with a vengeance, much as opposing captains have to do when Adam Gilchrist arrives at the crease. But Blignaut suddenly decided to back off and slow down, and the element of hot-blooded challenge faded from the game.After lunch it seemed that both sides had decided to adopt a wait-and-see approach. Lara set defensive fields, while Streak and Blignaut were content to push for ones and twos instead of trying to take the initiative – an uncharacteristic approach for both these normally aggressive batsmen. However, this time the end justified the means.The most threatening action came from the sky, as there were occasional flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder in the distance. Just before drinks some light rain drove the players off, and 24 minutes were lost.


Tatenda Taibu: missed out on a maiden Test century
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Blignaut’s fifty came up from 86 balls, which indicates great restraint by his standards, but after reaching the landmark he began to open out again, although he still did not unleash the full devastation of which he is capable. Soon he and Streak had sailed past Zimbabwe’s eighth-wicket record partnership in all Tests, the 111 of Guy Whittall and Bryan Strang against Pakistan at Harare in 1997-98. There was great tension as Streak, faced the last over before tea, from Edwards, on 99 – but he steered the fifth ball to third man to reach the magical three figures for the first time in Tests.After tea Zimbabwe continued to accumulate, making it obvious that Streak had nointention of making an early declaration. Blignaut was soon approaching his own century, and it took a brilliant catch to bring the stand to an end. Blignaut cut Vasbert Drakes hard, only for Chris Gayle at deep gully to throw himself to his right and cling on to a superb catch (482 for 8). Blignaut was out for 91, one run short of his career-best, which came against the same opposition on the same ground just over two years ago.Raymond Price came and went for 2, adjudged lbw by umpire Billy Bowden even though the ball seemed to be slipping down leg (495 for 9), but Streak just kept going. Then suddenly he declared in the middle of an over by Edwards, who had toiled long and hard to take 5 for 133 runs. Streak remained unbeaten on 127, just four runs short of his career-best in first-class cricket. He faced 264 balls and hit 12 fours.As it turned out, he might as well have batted on. The light deterioratedrapidly, and only 16 balls were bowled in the West Indian innings beforethey came off for bad light. West Indies have their backs to the wall, butgiven Zimbabwe’s limited bowling attack there is no reason why they shouldnot at least match Zimbabwe’s big total on what is a good batting pitch.

Test players join England squad on Saturday

England’s players to join the core group of cricketers in New Zealand for the Test leg of the tour arrive in Auckland while their one-day compatriots are playing fourth National Bank Series One-Day International at Eden Park.Usman Afzaal, Mark Butcher, Richard Dawson, Warren Hegg, James Ormond, Mark Ramprakash and assistant coach Graham Dilley are scheduled to arrive at 4.15pm.However, they won’t be dropping in to watch as they are scheduled to go straight to Dunedin in order to get some practice before the team travels to Queenstown after the last ODI at Carisbrook on Tuesday to prepare for the first three-day match of the tour against Otago.

Bushwacked!

Melbourne – Another day, another city, another collapse, anotherhumbling defeat.In what captain Jimmy Adams acknowledged is now a habit, the WestIndies succumbed to a below-strength Victoria team by an innings and63 runs with more than a day remaining at the Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG) yesterday.Their all-out second innings 114 was their lowest total againstVictoria (known in domestic competition as the Bushrangers) on their12 tours of this vast country and their first loss to the state sincethe inaugural trip in 70 years ago, in 1930-31.It followed defeat in the opening first-class match against WesternAustralia and came three days before the first Test at Brisbane thatlooms with under-standable foreboding.A minimum of 157 overs and maximum ten-and-a-quarter hours remained inthe match when Victoria declared with a lead of 177 just before lunch.The sun shone from a cloudless sky, the pitch had shed most of itsdemons of the first day, the outfield became faster by the over andthe opportunity existed for the West Indies batsmen to spend meaningful preparation time in the middle.None did.It was all over in three hours and 46.3 overs, leaving another 18.3 onthe day and 90 on the morrow unused.The embarrassing reality is that it would have been even shorter butfor off-spinner Colin Miller’s missed return catch off Ridley Jacobsbefore he had got off the mark on his way to the topscore of 25.The ball did deviate occasionally off the seam and the probingVictorian bowlers were supported by flawless catching and by umpiringthat brought an end to proceedings by giving Merv Dillon and Jacobscaught at gully and slip off the boot.DebaclesBut it was another in the continuing succession of West Indies battingdebacles. Only Jacobs stayed longer than an hour as wickets tumbled tothe varied bowling through a combination of un-warranted strokes andno strokes at all.The senior batsmen – Sherwin Campbell, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Adams – all batted for more than three-quarters of an hourbut none for more than an hour.More distressingly, Daren Ganga and Ram-naresh Sarwan were des-patchedwithout scoring, Sarwan’s second duck of the match.Their deportment revealed that both prom-ising young batsmen had beenshorn of their self-belief in the two weeks since they joined the teamfrom a stint with the Australian Academy in Adelaide.Ganga got through two anxious overs before lunch, following thedeclaration, but had not scored from 18 balls when, bat well away frombody, he sliced a square-drive off the left-arm fast bowler MatthewInness high to gully.Sarwan arrived at 58 for three after Campbell had edged DamienFleming’s outswinger to wicket-keeper Darren Berry and Lara had pulledan innocuous short ball from medium-pacer Ben Oliver straight to widemid-on.The young Guyanese was a first-ball victim in the first innings andapproached the five balls he faced as if they were terrorist bombsguaran-teed to explode on impact.As he withdrew his bat out of the line of one on off-stump fromOliver, the ball deflected off the back of the bat and flew into thesafe hands of second slip.When Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s loose drive off Miller found cover’swaiting clutches, the West Indies were 72 for five and depending oncaptain Adams, Jacobs and the fast bowlers to at least mount a fight.They never came close.

Leicestershire end three-year Grace Road drought

ScorecardNiall O’Brien secured a rare Leicestershire Championship win•Getty Images

A fine 87 from Niall O’Brien, and a four-hour feat of concentration from 20-year-old batsman Aadil Ali, helped Leicestershire complete their first county championship victory at Grace Road since 2012.After going into the season without a win for more than two years, they have now pulled off two this season although they remain rooted to the foot of the Second Division.Needing an unlikely 217 more runs to win at the start of the day, with just six wickets remaining, O’Brien and Ali batted through the entire morning session without being parted.Ali, playing just his third first-class match, and the more experienced O’Brien, quickly found the pitch, on which several deliveries had kept markedly low the previous evening, was now playing well, and with time very much on their side, they applied themselves admirably against an attack led by Mark Footitt.Ali did have one escape, when Footitt, generating sharp pace down the hill from the Bennett End, did get one delivery to rise sharply and take the glove. The ball flew high to the right of Harvey Hosein behind the stumps, but the reaching wicketkeeper could only deflect the ball down to the third man boundary.O’Brien, scoring more freely, also had a moment of fortune, slicing a drive at Ben Cotton over gully in the course of going to his second half-century of the match, but he did not give a chance in going to 65 at the break.After taking the partnership on to 118, however, O’Brien was pinned leg before by Footitt, the delivery keeping slightly low. Andrea Agathangelou maintained the momentum before becoming the sixth leg before victim, this time to Tony Palladino, and when Ali’s mammoth effort was ended by Ben Cotton on 42, a well-pitched up delivery clipping the off-stump, with the Foxes still needing 35 to win, nerves around Grace Road were jangling.They were quickly soothed, however, as Ben Raine and Clint McKay saw the Foxes home in some style. There was one piece of nonsense, when the umpires, having delayed tea for the regulation 15 minutes, then took the players off for the break with just five runs needed to win, but Raine hit the first ball after tea for four – albeit through the hands of Cotton at gully – and completed the victory off the next.Leicestershire head coach Andrew MacDonald said he was proud of his players. “They showed great belief, which is something we spoke of throughout the game,” he said.”It’s amazing when you get a couple of partneships how quickly things can change. Niall O’Brien batted outstandingly well, and to have a youngster apply himself in the way Aadil Ali did for 198 deliveries was something he will only grow from. We never lost back to back wickets, and we came away with the points.”Derbyshire director of cricket Graeme Welch, facing up to a jolting loss as a supposed promotion campaign has long turned sour, said Derbyshire were “3 or 4% short” of where they should be.

Leeds United eyeing new striker this summer

Leeds United have plans to sign a new centre-forward in the upcoming summer transfer window according to the latest reports…

What’s the story?

Jesse Marsch’s side of course suffered a huge blow earlier this month when it was confirmed that their one senior option up front in Patrick Bamford has been ruled out yet again with an injury, this time for a minimum of six weeks.

It’s an injury that has once again raised questions about the Whites’ lack of depth in that number nine role, and TEAMtalk’s James Marshment has indicated it’s an issue that will look to be addressed come the summer.

In replying to a fan about the need for a new striker, Marshment noted: “It’s on the agenda this summer.”

Much-needed for Marsch

Speaking earlier this month, former Leeds goalkeeper Paddy Kenny delivered his verdict on the need for a new centre-forward this summer.

He said: “Why didn’t they sign a striker in January? We have been saying this since before January. Even if Bamford is fit he’s the only one who looks like scoring regularly.

“They need to put this right because another injury to Bamford is a big blow to them. They need to go out and spend £20million or something like that on a striker as soon as the window opens. This can’t happen again next season. If they stay up then they have to inevest in a new striker.”

In Bamford’s absence, Leeds’ attack has pretty much failed to click all season, bagging just 34 goals in their 30 Premier League games thus far – to put that into context, last year in their debut campaign back in the top-flight under Marcelo Bielsa, they managed a whopping 62, even above the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea.

While the Whites will be hoping the worst of Bamford’s injury woes will be behind him come the start of the new season in the summer, it is absolutely imperative that they bring in some genuine cover and competition for the England international.

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It would be a tragic mistake on the part of Victor Orta to once again go a transfer window without signing a new number nine, and one could that have disastrous consequences.

But, the fact it’s “on the agenda” and the club are seemingly actively on the look-out for a striker, is sure to have Marsch excited heading into the transfer window.

AND in other news – Sold at £8m, now worth triple: Leeds had a nightmare over “fearless” 5 ft 9 magician

Wayne Rooney may be vice-captain

Wayne Rooney could well be in line to become England’s vice-captain, according to Roy Hodgson.

The Manchester United forward has missed the first two games of Euro 2012 due to being suspended, but will return to the Three Lions fold against Ukraine on Tuesday.

Hodgson opted for Steven Gerrard as the national skipper, and has confessed that Rooney is in the running to be his deputy.

“We haven’t designated one yet but he is very much a candidate,” Hodgson told reporters, published by Sky Sports.

“Quite frankly, with him not being available we haven’t really felt the necessity before now to decide on that.

“But we are very much considering him for that position, yes.”

Hodgson went on to praise the squad’s integration, and does not feel that club rivalries are apparent.

“It feels more like a club team now, rather than an international team.

“Everyone gets on with each other and there’s a lot of trust between the players and the coaching staff, and everyone’s happy.

“You only have to go to the hotel to see the lads. You’ve got (Manchester) City players playing snooker with United players, Chelsea players playing Liverpool.

“Everyone’s mixing, everyone’s getting on well and there’s a good chemistry between the lads.

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“At the minute, it’s certainly the most comfortable I think the team have been off the pitch since I’ve been in the squad,” he concluded.

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