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نجح الدولي السويدي ألكسندر إيزاك في تسجيل الهدف الأول لصالح ليفربول أمام وست هام يونايتد في المباراة التي تجمعهما ضمن منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ويواجه ليفربول نظيره وست هام يونايتد اليوم، الأحد، في إطار منافسات الجولة الثالثة عشر من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، على ملعب “ويمبلي”.

وسجل ألكسندر إيزاك هدفه الأول مع ليفربول في بطولة الدوري بالدقيقة 59 من عمر وأحداث المباراة ليكتب التقدم الأول في اللقاء ويعطي الأسبقية لفريق ليفربول ويقربه أكثر من الـ3 نقاط.

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جاء الهدف بعد تنفيذ رمية تماس من الجهة اليُسرى وأخرجها الدفاع ثم ذهبت إلى فلوريان فيرتز الذي مرر الكرة داخل منطقة الجزاء إلى كودي جاكبو وأرسل عرضية أرضية سددها إيزاك ببراعة في المرمى.

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Du Plessis agreed while Amla said batting could make the difference between both teams

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Former South Africa batters Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis have placed the onus on their current Test batters to give India a fight in the forthcoming two-Test series starting November 14. While Amla was of the view the bowling attacks of both teams are “pretty close,” Smith said South Africa’s top-three batters have to step up. Amla went on to say that the presence of some inexperienced batters in their line-up could turn out to be a blessing for the visitors as they won’t be carrying the “baggage” of previous tours, given South Africa haven’t won a Test in India since 2010 and a series since 2000.On their last two tours of India, in 2015 and 2019, South Africa’s batters struggled against India spinners, but this time the opening Test in Kolkata is expected to assist seam bowling, and offer bounce and reverse swing before it starts to turn from around the halfway mark.”I’m hoping that with the first Test in Kolkata, it’s generally quite a good place to bat, get good value for runs,” Smith said at an SA20 event in Mumbai. “And it’s a stadium that especially if it’s full, will really make the South Africans motivated to do well in. I think it’s crucial on these types of tours that you start well. If you get behind the game in the subcontinent, it’s very difficult to fight your way back. And the batters in particular are going to really have to step up.Related

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“The South African team will definitely be preparing for how they’re going to handle spin. But getting off to a solid start in your top three that can lay a platform for you [is crucial], there’s nothing worse than if you go two or three down and then the spinners come on and you’re against the game already.”I think South Africa arrived here with a decent bowling attack, especially in the spin department. [Keshav] Maharaj and [Simon] Harmer can definitely do damage, they can control the game and they have the ability to turn the ball, which is wicket-taking options with spin, and then to see how [Kagiso] Rabada and the likes handle reverse swing. But I think there’s good spin options for Temba [Bavuma] to use as well.”2:43

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Du Plessis concurred with Smith that the confidence gained from having runs under the belt early will serve South Africa well and help start the series on a high note.”I feel generally your best chance at having success here (in India) is when you start the series well, especially as a batting unit, get a bit of confidence that you’ve got runs under the belt and you almost put the conditions a little bit out of your head,” du Plessis said. “Then the rest of the series definitely will feel easier versus starting and you’re under pressure and it’s low score, low score, you lose the first Test, ball’s spinning a bit more. Then it’s that expectation that this is going to be a hard tour for the team.”South Africa arrived in India after recently levelling the two-Test series 1-1 in Pakistan, four months after they won the ICC World Test Championship at Lord’s in June. Their last tour of the subcontinent before that was when they played two Tests in Bangladesh a year ago and won the series 2-0.”The guys have played really well in the subcontinent in the last 12 or 14 months when they’ve gone to Pakistan, they’ve played well,” du Plessis said. “So I’m expecting the wickets to be very much suited for spinning conditions. But it seems like the guys have really worked hard on it. But it will, very much, I think the first Test will be a big stepping stone for us, whether we’re going to do well or we’re going to struggle.”Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla were part of South Africa’s last Test win in India, in 2010•AFP

South Africa’s spin attack for this tour comprises Maharaj, Harmer and Senuran Muthusamy, who took a combined 33 wickets on their recent tour of Pakistan. According to Amla, that, along with how the South African batters tackled spin in Pakistan, was the best preparation for the tour of India.”…And the way he (Harmer) bowled, you see the confidence in his body, so I think he’s going to be a real handful,” Amla said. “And thankfully, he’s got Keshav Maharaj at the other end, who himself is probably one of the best left-arm spinners in the world. So it’s quite a formidable duo and we’re hoping that that will be good for South Africa and they do well.”From a bowling-attack perspective, I think the teams are pretty close. I think it’s the batting and the ability to get bigger runs on the board to allow your bowlers to exert that pressure is very important. And I think that’s going to be one of the biggest tests for both teams, is getting enough runs to allow your bowlers to win the game for you. The South African team have [has] quite a few inexperienced guys who have come to India for the first time, and I think that might also be an advantage for them, because you come to a new place where you haven’t played before, you have a lot less baggage of what happened before in previous tours and you come with a fresh mind.”Out of the eight in South Africa’s squad who haven’t played a Test in India before are frontline batters Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne. If the likes of de Zorzi and Rickelton can replicate their performances from the Pakistan tour – where each of them averaged over 50 – their lower order and bowling attack will be more than pleased to cash in on a good start.

Aitana Bonmati's season seems to be all but over after she underwent surgery on her fractured fibula, as Barcelona confirmed a lengthy recovery timeframe for the three-time Ballon d'Or winner. She landed awkwardly in Spain’s final training session before the second leg of the Nations League final. Medical tests carried out shortly after the injury confirmed the grim diagnosis, ending any possibility of her featuring in Tuesday’s decisive match against Germany in Madrid.

• Barcelona confirm surgery and an extended layoff

  Bonmati returned to Barcelona on Monday and underwent surgery on Tuesday morning at the Hospital de Barcelona. In a statement, the Catalan club said the procedure, led by Dr Antoni Dalmau with the supervision of the club’s medical team, had been a success. 

  It read: "First-team player Aitana Bonmatí has undergone successful surgery for the transverse fracture of her left fibula. This surgery was performed by Dr. Antoni Dalmau at the Hospital de Barcelona, under the supervision of the Club's Medical Services. The expected recovery time will be around five months."

  The lengthy timeline rules her out of Barcelona’s crowded December schedule and throws her availability for key Champions League fixtures into doubt, including the quarter-finals set for late March.

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  Spain will attempt to defend the Nations League crown they won in 2024 without their most influential performer in the middle of the park. Bonmati had started Friday’s first leg in Germany, a hard-fought 0-0 draw in which both sides cancelled each other out for long periods. Her absence leaves a significant creative and tactical void, particularly against a Germany side with fresh memories of suffering at her hands last summer. 

  During the 2025 European Championship semi-finals, Germany held Spain to a stalemate deep into extra time before Bonmatí finally broke through, outwitting Ann-Katrin Berger to send La Roja to the final. That wound remains raw for the Germans, who now see an unexpected opening with Bonmati forced out of Tuesday’s second leg at the Metropolitano Stadium. Spain, for their part, are desperate to avoid finishing the year empty-handed after losing the Euro 2025 final to England on penalties. Another title slipping away would cast a bleak shadow over a squad that has prided itself on being the dominant force in the women’s game in recent years.

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  Bonmati's midfield partner, Patri Guijarro, is also sidelined with a stress fracture in her right foot, leaving manager Jonatan Giraldez suddenly without his two most experienced central players. League fixtures against Tenerife and Levante, Champions League clashes with Benfica and Paris FC, and a Copa de la Reina tie against Alaves are set to arrive thick and fast in December. In fact, all five games come before Liga F breaks for winter, meaning the squad must play on without two of their most trusted leaders.

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  Blow to Champions League aspirations

  Bonmati got injured as Barcelona were building momentum in this season’s Champions League group stage. With three wins and a draw from their opening four matches, they sit in a commanding position and are well placed to reach the knockout rounds. They only dropped points on English soil during a contentious 1-1 draw away to Chelsea. The memory of the 2024-25 Champions League final defeat to Arsenal continues to linger at the club. In that match, despite long stretches of dominance, Barcelona were undone by Stina Blackstenius’s late strike, handing the Gunners their second European crown nearly two decades after their first. 

  For now, the focus shifts entirely to Bonmatí’s recovery. The next five months will require patience, resilience and careful management. Both Spain and Barcelona know they cannot replace what Bonmati brings, and they can only hope she returns in time to influence matches at the business end of the season, especially when European silverware could be up for grabs. 

Blake Snell was electric in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night, twirling seven innings of scoreless ball and surrendering just two hits. The veteran lefty racked up 12 strikeouts and the final one came in interesting fashion after he talked manager Dave Roberts into keeping him in the game.

Holding a 3-0 lead with two outs in the seventh, Snell was working with runners on first and second. With the tying run at the plate and 107 pitches already delivered, it looked as though Roberts would be making a move to bring in Alex Vesia from the bullpen. Vesia certainly thought that was happening as his skipper jogged on the field but Snell had a different plan.

Snell was able to successfully lobby to keep competing and Roberts did a quick U-turn toward the dugout after hearing what he needed to hear from his starter. Vesia, who thoughtfully was trying to keep up the pace of play, was forced to stop his jog toward the mound and return to his perch behind the left-field fence.

"I was excited," Snell said after the game, via MLB.com. "I don't like the bullpen finishing my innings. I'm very adamant about that. I don't want them in that situation. I put myself in this, I can pitch my way out of it."

Roberts's trust was immediately rewarded as Snell fanned Otto Kemp to end the threat. Loving the moment, he raised his fist in celebration.

The legspinner wasn’t required during Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign but is now the second-leading wicket-taker in the WBBL

Tristan Lavalette20-Nov-2024After being benched through the recent Women’s T20 World Cup, watching on helplessly as Australia’s title hopes fell apart on the spin-friendly surfaces in the UAE, Alana King seemingly has a point to prove.Her eye-catching numbers in the WBBL suggest this is a determined cricketer wanting to make a statement to the national hierarchy.Bowling with a lot of energy, spinning the ball hard in trademark style, King has taken 17 wickets from eight matches to be the fulcrum of an inconsistent Perth Scorchers side fighting for a finals berth.To be clear, there is natural disappointment at her omission in the UAE, which extended an absence in the format that stretches back to the previous World Cup in South Africa. “Not playing a game, obviously it was disappointing. But it’s a pretty tough team to break into,” King told ESPNcricinfo. “It was tough watching, but I still trained really hard.”Related

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King, however, doesn’t hold grudges even though it would be tempting to ponder what could have been. It’s not hard to envisage her sharp legspin, with King having that unparalleled ability to really rip it like her hero Shane Warne, and general exuberance sparking a wheezing Australian team at the business end of the T20 World Cup.”There’s nothing to prove. I think the Australian selectors and the coaching staff know what I’m capable of doing,” King said.Itching to return to the field, King didn’t have to wait long with the WBBL season starting just a week after the T20 World Cup. Any resentment she may have felt in the previous weeks were gone. Playing with seemingly a permanent smile, King kept it simple.”For me, it was more so just getting back out there and having fun,” she said. “I play cricket because I have fun no matter what colours I’m putting on. I was just excited to get out on the park and play with my team-mates.”I’m back doing what I love doing, and that’s ripping a few leggies. It’s not all carefree, but I took a pretty easy approach to the WBBL to be honest.”King started the season in style with a three-wicket haul as Scorchers successfully defended 122 for 8 against Melbourne Stars at the WACA. It was the blueprint for Scorchers’ early season success as King’s composure under pressure helped her team defend several low totals.King has been the go-to for skipper Sophie Devine with her flexibility at bowling through the phases proving invaluable. She opened the bowling on one occasion, while King has been clutch at the death underlined by a career best 5 for 16 to stifle Brisbane Heat’s chase of 143 at the WACA.

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“I just want to keep getting better with my skill-set and getting exposed to different situations and stages of the game,” she said. “This isn’t just about the Scorchers, this is hopefully going to help me for Australia if they need me for certain roles or to bowl in specific phases.”I’m getting exposed to that in the WBBL and hopefully that can translate into giving me more options in the Aussie colours.”King has been particularly outstanding at the WACA, a ground traditionally regarded as a graveyard for spinners. But the surface’s extra bounce can be beneficial for spinners, particularly taller bowlers like Western Australia men’s offspinner Corey Rocchiccioli who has dominated on the ground for several seasons.

It’s been a little bit challenging, but that’s the way T20 cricket works. You’ve got to be adaptable and the best bowlers adapt the quickestAlana King on having a tougher time on the road

The fairly diminutive King has seemingly mastered WACA conditions at her adopted home ground having made the move to the country’s west coast four years ago. She has taken 11 wickets at an average of just 5.36 in three WBBL matches at the ground this season as Scorchers successfully defended scores of 122, 142 and 108.Among her repertoire, King cunningly loops the ball high in the air leading to baffled batters often misjudging off the wicket. “I’m not a tall person by any means, so having that extra bit of bounce has helped me get different modes of dismissals,” King said. “It’s helped bring the slip into play a bit more and getting a few caught and bowls because the batters are probably not used to the bounce that I’m getting over there. I absolutely love bowling at the WACA.”Being in the WA and Scorchers set-up has also given her access to WA men’s spin coach, and former Test wristspinner, Beau Casson, who has become a mentor. “We make sure that I’m having good rhythm through the crease, that’s probably the biggest one,” King said. “We just make sure that my alignment is all going towards the target.”Just making sure that all my preparation is what I need it to be to feel fresh, feel good, and everything is smooth when I’m going into a game.”Perth Scorchers face a fight to reach finals: “We know our best can beat any team. The vibes are still high.”•Getty ImagesKing, mirroring her team, has had less success on flatter east coast surfaces. She had the unflattering figures of 1 for 89 across a three-game swing against Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Thunder, where batters were more comfortable taking her on. King did rebound with 3 for 29 off four overs to rein in Adelaide Strikers at Karen Rolton Oval.”I hold myself to pretty high standards in making sure that I keep going back to a length that I’m comfortable bowling,” King said. “It’s been a little bit challenging, but that’s the way T20 cricket works. You’ve got to be adaptable and the best bowlers adapt the quickest. That’s what I’m trying to do.”King’s stellar WBBL season should see her in the frame to return to international cricket with Australia playing three-match ODI series against India next month, followed by a tour of New Zealand, before the Ashes begins in January and culminates with a day-night Test match at the MCG.”It was obviously quite a quick turnaround between the World Cup and WBBL, so we haven’t reviewed the World Cup yet as a group,” King said. “But Dan Marsh [Australia assistant coach] has been in contact with me. He’s been happy. He sends me messages and bowling reports from every game, so the feedback has been good.”King also has her sights on the upcoming auction of the Women’s Premier League, which she has yet to crack previously. “I’d love to be part of it. From what I hear, it’s a lot of fun. It’s a great tournament,” she said. “But that’s out of my control. What will be, will be.”In the meantime, King is focused on lifting a slumping Scorchers into the finals. “We’ve shown that we can be a team to be reckoned with,” she said. “We know our best can beat any team. The vibes are still high.”

“I am not a stats man, I am a win man,” Simon Harmer said when asked by Murali Kartik in the post-match presentation about his returns: his 8 for 51 is the best by a South Africa spinner in a Test in India and second only to Dale Steyn’s 10 for 108 back in 2010.The other South Africans at Eden Gardens could say the same. They started the third day staring at a crisis. They fought their way out of it with the bat, led by Temba Bavuma and Corbin Bosch, and then had Marco Jansen first and then Harmer running through the opposition.All India had in front of them was a target of 124. They only got 93.Related

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“A game like this, you can’t dwell into it too much, because… we should have been able to chase this score, but eventually the pressure kept on building in the second innings and we couldn’t capitalise,” Rishabh Pant, standing in as captain in Shubman Gill’s absence, said. “Definitely there was help in the wicket, a [target] of 120 can be tricky on these kinds of surfaces, but at the same time, as a team we should be able to soak in the pressure.”He pointed to the morning session when South Africa, resuming on 93 for 7, added 60 more runs. “That was the turning point,” Pant said. “Temba and Bosch had a brilliant partnership in the morning and that got them back in the game and that hurt us too much at the end of the game.”Bavuma isn’t the sort to talk big, so he kept it simple.”It was about awareness. Second innings, I didn’t change too much. Fortunately I have played in India before, so I kind of understand the little bit of adjustment that you need to make, and luck also plays a part,” he said of his innings of 55 not out, the only half-century in a game where no innings touched 200.”The captaincy, you are only as good as the players. That I give it to them. Batting, I am just comfortable with myself. And technique: not to worry about trigger and all those types of things. I stand as still as I can, watch the ball. I have a decent understanding of my game. I have come here to India wanting to do well. Not the greatest of records when it comes to these conditions. There’s a bit of that exuberance from my side to see myself doing well in these conditions and implement all the little things that I’m trying here, and keep contributing for the team.”The partnership with Bosch, I think with Marco as well at the end of the day [yesterday], just gave a little bit of impetus. The wicket played a bit better this morning, wasn’t as extreme. We tried to stay in the game as much as we could. It is not all the time that you score 120-125 and that’s a winning score. I think it was a case of staying in the game and keep believing.”Contribute he did, and then turned to his bowlers.3:40

Did India let South Africa off the hook in the morning?

“Very exciting. We want to be a part of these games and be on the right side of the result. We tried to hold on to our nerves as much as we could,” Bavuma said. “It was tough for us and we needed the bowlers to exploit what was there and the guys did that beautifully. We were able to change our bowlers frequently and that worked for us.”If Harmer is to be believed, the conditions got a bit tougher for him on the third day.”Today, I felt it probably got a little bit flatter as the ball got softer. It wasn’t exploding as much. I was asking myself some really hard questions,” he said. “Nice to contribute. I have been here before and it was a dark place, losing [three out of four Tests in 2015]. So to get here, to be behind the eight-ball again, and for the team to fight the way they did, shows where this group is and what they are capable of and the belief that they have.”I knew I needed to bowl well. I think it was the same when we were batting – it felt like we were one partnership away from getting ourselves into the game. It was the same with ball in hand. We knew we were one partnership away from getting really close. I just needed to try and put as many balls in the right areas and trust that the wicket would do its bit.”

England wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones talks to Valkerie Baynes and Firdose Moonda from the tournament on a meeting of rivals who know each other only too well

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