Gabriel foi à rede pela primeira vez na temporada no empate do Corinthians em 1 a 1 contra o Palmeiras, neste sábado (12), pela terceira rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, no Allianz Parque.
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O volante, que vestiu a camisa palmeirense entre 2016, quando foi campeão nacional, e 2017, marcou pela primeira vez contra o seu ex-clube, que havia aberto o placar no Dérbi deste fim de semana.
No Timão desde 2018, o camisa 5 chegou ao seu sétimo gol com pelo clube do Parque São Jorge elogiou a equipe, mas afirmou que o foco era a vitória no clássico.
– Trabalho, resiliência e sabedoria. Isso é o foco, a equipe está de parabéns. Queríamos a vitória, jogamos para vencer, fizemos um grande jogo, tivemos chance para sair vitorioso, mas saímos com um ponto. A equipe se entregou, batalhou, esse é o espírito. São quatro pontos de sete no campeonato. De nove, desculpa. Queríamos mais, mas a equipe está de parabéns – disse o jogador ao Premiere, na saída de campo.
O Corinthians empatou a segunda partida consecutiva, na última quarta-feira (9) o time havia ficado no 0 a 0 contra o Atlético-GO, no estádio Antônio Accioly, em Goiânia, pelo jogo de volta da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil, quando foi eliminado na competição nacional.
Ainda com um início de trabalho sem grandes resultados, Gabriel elogiou o começo de Sylvinho pelo Alvinegro.
– O trabalho do Sylvinho está sendo bem-feito, a equipe organizada, as chances de ganhar vão ser maiores.
O Corinthians volta a campo nesta quarta-feira (16), às 20h30, contra o Red Bull Bragantino, na Neo Química Arena, em Itaquera.
It's been another disappointing season of Premier League football for Chelsea this year, as Mauricio Pochettino has been unable to turn his promising young squad into a cohesive unit.
The Blues have looked out at sea for much of the season, although their expected goal numbers suggest that they should have another seven goals in the bag, indicating that with a clinical forward, they could well climb the table next year.
One striker who has recently been touted for a move to Stamford Bridge is Ivan Toney, but based on even more recent reports, Todd Boehly and Co could be eyeing a younger and more exciting alternative.
Chelsea interest in £42m marksman
According to a recent report from 90min, Chelsea are among several Premier League clubs who have maintained their interest in RB Leipzig's promising young striker, Benjamin Šeško.
Benjamin Sesko
The report has revealed that, alongside the Blues, Manchester United and Arsenal are also keen on bringing the Slovenia international to England in the summer. At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain are also very interested in bringing him to France.
While the number of competing clubs is far from ideal for the West Londoners, the price it would take to secure the forward's signature certainly is, with his release clause being set at just €50m – £42m – and the report has revealed that Leipzig may be willing to accept less if the final price is close enough.
The report has stated that Chelsea currently view the 20-year-old as a cheaper alternative to Victor Osimhen, and while that's true, he'd also be a brilliant alternative to Toney.
How Benjamin Šeško compares to Ivan Toney
Now, his age is the first and arguably most important reason why Chelsea should look at signing Šeško over Toney.
By this point, it's crystal clear that Boehly and Co want to create a team full of promising young talents who can grow and develop together over the coming years.
So, adding a 28-year-old striker into the mix over a 20-year-old seems counterproductive, especially when, on average, centre-forwards tend to peak at around 27 and then steadily decline, per The Athletic.
Aside from the squad-building aspect, there is also a strong case that the former RB Salzburg goal-scoring "machine", as dubbed by talent scout Jacek Kulig, is just the better player of the pair.
With Toney missing a significant portion of the season due to his betting-related ban, it would be unfair to compare the pair's actual output this year. However, as their underlying numbers are calculated per 90, they can be compared for this season, and unfortunately for the Englishman, while he comes out on top in some metrics, he's a distant second in many others.
Šeško vs Toney
Stats per 90
Šeško
Toney
Non-Penalty Expected Goals + Assists
0.59
0.50
Non-Penalty Goals
0.66
0.33
Assists
0.11
0.08
Shots on Target
1.64
1.24
Goals per Shot on Target
0.40
0.27
Passing Accuracy
66.8%
52.4%
Shot-Creating Actions
2.37
2.72
Goal-Creating Actions
0.47
0.41
Successful Take-Ons
0.95
0.66
Aerial Duels Won
2.31
3.80
All Stats via FBref for the 23/24 Season
For example, according to FBref, the "outstanding" Slovenian, as Kulig described him, produces a higher non-penalty goal and assists figure, takes more shots on target, scores from more of those shots, has better passing accuracy, produces more goal-creating actions, and is more successful in taking on defenders, all per 90.
In defence of the Brentford star, he does win more aerial duels and produce more shot-creating actions, but aside from that, it's a fairly one-sided comparison.
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Ultimately, if Chelsea want to add a new and seriously talented striker to their team, who won't cost an arm and a leg and should only get better over the next few years, they should sign Šeško and forget all about Toney.
The allrounder had hurt his back while fielding in the second T20I on Tuesday
Deivarayan Muthu08-Jan-2020
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Sri Lanka allrounder Isuru Udana has been sidelined from the team’s must-win third T20I against India in Pune on Friday with a back injury. The 31-year had injured himself during India’s chase in the second T20I on Tuesday night, while attempting to stop the ball at short third man. Udana immediately hobbled off the field and did not return to take the ball.Udana’s injury depleted Sri Lanka’s attack although Dasun Shanaka stepped in and bowled four tidy overs, giving up 26 runs. India eventually chased down the target of 143 with seven wickets and 15 balls to spare, handing Sri Lanka their fourth successive defeat in the format. India are now 1-0 up in the three-match series, with the first T20I in Guwahati having been abandoned without a ball being bowled.After the loss in Indore, Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur said that Udana had hurt his back and was in “hell a lot of pain.” Despite being ruled out, Udana will work with the physio and stay back with the squad in Pune.
كشف علي ياسر لاعب فريق نادي الزمالك السابق، كواليس رحيله عن أروقة القلعة البيضاء، وتفاصيل إبلاغه بعد غلق باب القيد.
وقال ياسر في تصريحات تلفزيونية ببرنامج “الماتش”: “البيان الذي نشرته عبر صفحتي على فيس بوك لم يكن غرضه الشماتة، ولكني لم أكن أعلم ماذا أفعل، بعد أن كنت أظن أنني مقيدًا في نادي الزمالك حتى الساعات الأخيرة”.
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وأضاف: “كنت في موقف لا أعلم ماذا أفعل، كنت لا أشارك في التدريبات ولا أحد يرد علي من المسؤولين، عبد الواحد السدد رد علي مرة واحدة فسألته عن موقفي، فقال لي أنت مُقيد ومعنا حتى نجد لك إعارة، وأنت أيضًا أبحث عن إعارة”.
وتابع: “قلت له أنا لا أجد إعارة، كل الأندية التي تفاوضت معي كانت تريدني حرًا، وبناءً على كلام عبد الواحد السيد كان وكيلي يتفاوض مع أندية من أجل أن أنتقل إليها على سبيل الإعارة”.
واستطرد: “ذهبت أمس للنادي لكي أسأل على موقفي، لم أكن أذهب قبل ذلك لأن الوقت لم يكن مناسبًا بسبب ارتباطات الفريق ومباريات السوبر، ولم يكن أحد يتواصل معي لكي أشارك في التدريبات، وعبد الواحد السيد قال لي ذات مرة أنت المفترض أن تتدرب مع المستبعدين وسأجعل الإداري يتواصل معك، ولكنه لم يكلمني، وفوجئت بعد ذلك أن اللاعبين الذين كانوا يتدربون ضمن المستبعدين لم يذهبون، فكيف لي أن أذهب ومع من أتدرب”.
وواصل: “ذهبت أمس للنادي وأنا أعتقد أنني مُقيدًا، وكنت أريد أن أعرف موقف المدير الفني مني، وكنت أضع في ذهني أنه في حالة أن المدرب لا يريدني سأطلب من الإدارة إني أتدرب مع فريق 2005”.
واستكمل: “تحدثت مع أحمد سليمان عضو مجلس الإدارة، وشرحت له القصة وسألته ماذا أفعل، فقال لي أنت أساسًا لاعبًا حرًا، فتعجبت وقلت له كيف ذلك، الكابتن عبد الواحد قال لي إنني مُقيدًا ضمن الفريق وطلب مني البحث عن إعارة وكنت أفعل ذلك، كيف الآن أكون لاعبًا حرًا وماذا أفعل في الوقت الحالي بعد غلق باب القيد، قال لي أنت لاعب حر من قبل أن يتم غلق باب القيد”.
حازم إمام يكشف موقفه من انتخابات اتحاد الكرة والزمالك.. ويتهم السوشيال ميديا بإثارة الجدل
واستطرد: “كنت مندهشًا مما يحدث، لو كان أحد المسؤولين اتصل بي فقط وأخبرني أنني لاعبًا حرًا حتى لو قبل غلق باب القيد بساعة واحدة كنت أستطيع أن أنضم لنادي، الحل الوحيد الآن أن أنتظر لـ يناير”.
وواصل: “كثيرون تحدثوا معي بعد المنشور الذي نشرته، لكنني لم أرد، والبعض شمت، لا أعرف لماذا تشمت في أحد عندما يفقد مصدر رزقه، تابعت التصريحات ووجدت بعضها يقول ليس مهمًا المهم مصلحة النادي، مصلحة النادي فوق رأسي أنا منذ الصغر أنتمي للزمالك، لكن أنظروا لمصلحة اللاعب، أنا لاعب أبدأ مسيرتي الكروية وعندما تحدث هذه الأمور في البداية ماذا سأرى بعد ذلك في المستقبل”.
واختتم: “هناك أندية كثيرة ترغب في التعاقد معي كلاعب حر، وأنتظر فترة انتقالات يناير”
Após se classificar para as oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil, o Vasco volta suas atenções para a terceira rodada da série B do Campeonato Brasileiro. No sábado, o Cruz-Maltino encara o Brasil de Pelotas, às 19h, no Estádio Bento Freitas e iniciará uma logística nesta quinta para minimizar o impacto da viagem. A novidade fica por conta de MT, que substitui Zeca entre os relacionados.
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MT se recupera de lesão e é relacionado
Para a partida, o técnico Marcelo Cabo contará com uma novidade. O retorno do jovem meio-campista MT,recuperado de um edema ósseo por estresse na vértebra lombar L5. Elenão joga desde 21 de março esubstituirá Zeca entre os relacionados por opção da comissão técnica. O lateral-esquerdosentiu um desconforto muscular no primeiro jogo contra o Boavista, ainda em Bacaxá, e será poupado.
Por outro lado, o zagueiro Leandro Castan não estará à disposição de Cabo para a partida.O jogador já está clinicamente recuperado da lesão muscular, porém a comissão técnica decidiu deixá-lo no Rio de Janeiro para o pleno aprimoramento do seu condicionamento aeróbico.
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Além dessa mudança, o centroavante Daniel Amorim ocupará a vaga do jovem Tiago Reis entre os relacionados para o duelo em Pelotas. Ele ficou de fora do jogo contra o Boavista, pois já disputou a Copa do Brasil com a camisa do Tombense (MG).
Na temporada, Zeca é o jogador que mais atuou pelo Vasco ao lado de Gabriel Pec. Até o momento, foram 17 partidas, duas a menos que em todo o ano passado pelo Bahia, seu antigo clube.
To succeed at the height that an ambitious manager such as Ange Postecoglou strives for, a football club needs to ensure every department is improving and united in a single goal.
Take Tottenham Hotspur's fiery London rivals: Arsenal. Mikel Arteta joined back in December 2019 and took an outfit that was lacking purpose, presence and identity, instilling his tactical vision over a number of years, ensuring recruitment was sharpened and streamlined, freeing the Emirates of the flotsam and jetsam that had marooned the club on the fringes of success.
Arsenal had, candidly, become something of a laughing stock after interminably struggling to enter the ascendency post-Arsene Wenger, but now thrive as one of the Premier League's title contenders, with a framework that seems purposed to last.
Arsenal star Bukayo Saka
But the real locus of a top-flight club's prosperity lies in the robustness of the youth academy. Manchester City are the cream of the crop in this regard, while Chelsea's Cobham academy notoriously churns out a remarkable line of teenage talents.
Tottenham, now under Postecoglou's guidance, are starting to reap the rewards of bringing the younger generation to the fore; Harry Kane is one of the finest footballers to emerge from an English club in several generations but he is something of a rarity in the Lilywhites' case.
But his career showcases the riches that can be plundered by entrusting the younger with a platform to prove their worth.
Harry Kane's career so far
Kane posted 280 goals and 64 assists over 435 fixtures for Tottenham and left last summer as the club's record scorer. Moreover, he is England men's top scorer with 62 strikes from 89 caps.
He was widely accepted as a "world-class" striker – as has been said by the likes of Antonio Conte, and is one of the most complete attacking players currently competing.
He joined Bayern in an initial £82m deal in August 2023 after scoring 30 Premier League goals in a frankly awful Spurs side last season, deciding to depart after slumping to an eighth-placed finish. He'd given his all.
But while Kane never got his hands on silverware with Tottenham, he unquestionably established himself as a true English great, with his remarkable rate of scoring in the Premier League and leadership at the front of the Spurs team leaving all onlookers in awe – Pep Guardiola, for example, has remarked that Kane remains "one of the best strikers" he has ever seen.
Premier League All-time Top Scorers
#
Player
Apps
Goals
Strike rate
1.
Alan Shearer
441
260
0.59
2.
Harry Kane
320
213
0.67
3.
Wayne Rooney
491
208
0.42
4.
Andy Cole
414
187
0.45
5.
Sergio Aguero
275
184
0.67
Source: Premier League
Since moving to Bayern, Kane instantly hit the rich vein of form that many expected, scoring 40 goals and adding 13 assists from 41 matches in all competitions.
As per FBref, Kane ranks among the top 2% of centre-forwards across Europe's top five leagues over the past year for goals, the top 12% for assists and the top 8% for progressive passes per 90, highlighting his elite quality in the final third and his ball-playing mastery.
Kane's incredible ability to drop deeper and influence plays speaks of elite-level skills that few of his position could emulate, if any to the same degree.
Harry Kane for Tottenham
His start to life in Germany has been described as "astonishing" by his manager Thomas Tuchel, and while Die Roten have been subpar this season, the forward is serving as the offensive fulcrum that could yet see the struggling German giants secure the shiniest of silverware this season.
Tottenham supporters might watch on wistfully but the Spurs legend devoted many years of service to the north London side, and while his exit is still keenly felt, a new star in the form of Mikey Moore might just prove to be the latest prodigy emerging from N17.
Why Spurs must unleash Mikey Moore
Moore is only 16 years old but he possesses that natural style and confidence that suggests he is suited for a career right at the very top.
The Evening Standard recently put together a list of London's most exciting prospects and described Moore as the pick of the bunch: 'Widely considered one of the best young talents in the capital. A strong, skilful player with a powerful build who has caught the eye with his dribbling and finishing.'
The road from Wonderkid to world-class phenom is long and freight with peril, but it is doable and if Moore's development is managed right, if he is nurtured and plies his trade diligently, then there is every chance that he can carry the quality that has earned high praise at this early stage.
Postecoglou certainly seems to think so, having allowed Moore to train with the first-team after an incredible campaign, having scored 16 goals and supplied nine assists from just 14 fixtures for the U18s this season.
This return, not including a run of six goals and four assists from five matches with England U17s and U16s, has even led transfer guru Fabrizio Romano to herald the versatile teenager as a budding "superstar."
And why not? Aged just 16, Moore has completed a week's worth of training sessions with the Spurs senior squad and is creeping toward a debut.
A series of injuries this season have hindered the teenager – he was expected to cement a place in Wayne Burnett's U21 squad, top of the Premier League 2, but for a fractured leg suffered while on international duty. Still, he's overcome adversity and his prolific record bespeaks his immense powers of recovery.
There's every chance that Moore will find a place in Tottenham's pre-season plans, and should he make a good impression, a senior debut might even be less than one year away.
أصدرت محكمة جنايات مرسى مطروح، حكمها اليوم السبت، الصادر ضد أحمد فتوح الظهير الأيسر للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، في واقعة اتهامه بالقيادة تحت تأثير جوهر الحشيش، وقتل أحد المواطنين عن طريق الخطأ.
وكان فتوح قد ارتكب حادث سير على طريق الساحل الشمالي، خلال سفره لقضاء إجازة يوم الأربعاء الموافق 11 أغسطس، وقتل المجني عليه السيد الشبكي عن طريق الخطأ.
وحضرت أسرة المتوفى الجلسة الماضية من المحاكمة من أجل التنازل عن الحق المدني مع فتوح، وذلك بعد قبول التصالح مع اللاعب.
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وطالب دفاع أحمد فتوح تأجيل الجلسة للمرافعة وإخلاء سبيل اللاعب، فيما طالبت النيابة بتوقيع أقصى العقوبة على المتهم، نظرًا لضبط كمية من مخدر الحشيش بغرض التعاطي، كما أظهرت التحاليل تعاطي اللاعب للمخدر أثناء القيادة.
وقررت المحكمة في جلسة اليوم حبس أحمد فتوح لمدة سنة مع إيقاف التنفيذ (لمدة 3 سنوات)، بالإضافة لتوقيع غرامة مالية عليه تُقدر بـ 20 ألف جنيه.
وقال أشرف عبد العزيز محامي فتوح في تصريحات صحفية: “نُهنئ جماهير الكرة المصرية بشكل عام، لا نريد أن نجعل القضية أهلي وزمالك”.
وتابع: “مرتضى منصور زميل، وكان يُتابع قضية فتوح معي باستمرار، كان متعاونًا بشكل كبير واتصل بي قبل دخولي المحكمة وبعد أن خرجت، وكان يسير معي في طريق عملية التصالح مع أسرة المتوفي”.
واختتم: “كل اللاعبين اطمأنوا على فتوح، ولاعبي الأهلي قبل الزمالك، أنا لن أتحدث عن المرافعة والأحكام، لأن هذا شأن داخلي في المحكمة، بالتأكيد اللاعب كان متأثرًا، وسيسدد الغرامة ويخرج من المحكمة”.
Depois de ter jogado o Paulistão na primeira parte da temporada 2021 com o Botafogo-SP, o zagueiro Victor Ramos teve confirmado seu retorno ao CRB em informação publicada pelo próprio clube.
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Feliz com a volta depois de dois anos, o jogador de 32 anos de idade falou sobre o desejo de fazer um segundo semestre de alto nível com o elenco:
– Estar de volta ao CRB é uma satisfação grande. Um clube que aprendi a gostar e respeitar após a minha passagem aqui. Espero que esse meu retorno seja ainda melhor dentro de campo. Vou suar sangue para honrar essa camisa até o fim.
Segundo Victor, o objetivo do clube não pode ser nada diferente do que estar na briga pelas quatro primeiras posições que dão vaga na elite do futebol nacional em 2022. Competição essa que o CRB não disputa desde o ano 2000 com a realização da Copa João Havelange.
– Um clube como o CRB não pode pensar diferente disso. Temos que focar tudo no acesso para a Série A para fazermos história este ano – frisou o atleta.
England’s comprehensive series win in South Africa was made possible by a variety of big performances
George Dobell28-Jan-2020
Ben Stokes and Mark Wood, England’s players of the series and the match•Getty Images
After an injury- and illness-plagued start to their campaign, England rallied impressively in the New Year to win three consecutive Tests for their first back-to-back series win in South Africa since the 1950s. It was a campaign notable for key performances from a series of familiar and not-so-familiar faces. Here are the marks out of ten:9Ben Stokes (318 runs at 45.42; 10 wickets at 22.00) Immense. Having bowled England to victory in Cape Town – where he also made a brisk 72 to help set up the declaration – Stokes made a high-class century to help establish a match-defining position in Port Elizabeth. While he wasn’t always at his best in the field – he dropped several chances – he still finished with 12 and batted and bowled selflessly as the position of the match demanded. Invariably, he was the man to whom his captain turned when all he had no other answers. Invariably, he delivered. Only five other players have ever claimed 10 wickets, taken 10 catches and scored over 300 runs in a series: it’s a list that includes Sir Ian Botham and Sir Garfield Sobers. Stokes is in that company now.Ollie Pope (266 runs at 88.66) After missing the Centurion Test due to illness, Pope made an unbeaten 61 in Cape Town – adding 35 with Anderson for the tenth wicket – and a maiden Test century in Port Elizabeth. In doing so, Pope confirmed his status as England’s most exciting batting talent since Root. He also caught brilliantly at short-leg – he took six catches during the Port Elizabeth Test – and rounded off the series with another half-century in Jo’burg during which he out-shone Root.Mark Wood (95 runs at 47.50; 12 wickets at 13.58) A triumphant return. Wood was only able to play two Tests, but made an impact in both with his unusually sharp pace. While he had to play a supporting role on a slow surface in Port Elizabeth, his hostility appeared to unsettle batsmen and may well have led to wickets at the other end. Underlining his new-found robustness – well, relatively – he appeared again in Jo’burg a few days later and this time won more reward with a five-wicket haul in South Africa’s first innings. His match haul of 9 for 100 were the best overseas figures by an England bowler since 2012 (Monty Panesar) and the best by a seamer since 2008 (Ryan Sidebottom). He also thrashed quick runs – he hit eight sixes in his three innings – in an uplifting display.7.5James Anderson (9 wickets at 19.88; 4 runs at 4) Off the pace in Centurion but immaculate in Cape Town, Anderson missed the final two Tests through injury. Hampered by illness and rust in that first Test, there were a few murmurs about his future before the Cape Town Test. But he responded by becoming the oldest seamer to claim a five-wicket haul for England in a Test since Freddie Brown in 1950-51. In obvious pain, he returned to the field even after it became clear he was injured to help in England’s bid for victory in the second Test. You’d be insane to write him off.Joe Root (317 runs at 45.28; 4 wickets at 47.50) A series that started with some demanding that Root be sacked as captain, ended with his team having won three Tests in succession in South Africa for the first time in more than a century. While Root would have wanted to convert more of his starts – he made three half-centuries and a 48 but never made more than 61 – he was only seven runs away from being England’s highest scorer of the series. He also showed the value of his off-spin in Port Elizabeth, too, where he claimed career-best figures (4 for 87). Most of all, despite the gripes about his captaincy, he has built a focused, united team who are committed to him and their shared goals. There’s little doubt he will be at the helm when England go to Australia.Dom Sibley (324 runs at 54.00) Something of a breakthrough series. While the highlight was undoubtedly a match-shaping century in Cape Town, he also made scores of 29, 34, 36, 44 and 44 to finish the series as England’s leading run-scorer and join a distinguished list of England openers – Geoff Boycott, Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Michael Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook – to have made six consecutive 25+ scores in Test cricket in the last 50 years. Crucially, he consistently helped see the shine off the ball and tire the South Africa bowlers and formed an assured opening stand with Crawley.Dom Bess and Ollie Pope celebrate their success at Port Elizabeth•Gallo Images/Getty Images
Dom Bess (8 wickets at 25.75; 1 run at 0.33) No one could reasonably have asked for more from Bess than he provided during this series. Called into the squad as back-up for the ailing Jack Leach, Bess was thrown into the Cape Town Test without a match on tour and performed a valuable holding role (he bowled 60 overs across both innings for a cost of just 119 runs). He went even better in Port Elizabeth, claiming a maiden five-wicket haul and cementing his place in the squad for Sri Lanka, even though he was omitted in Jo’burg. For a man who was struggling to maintain a place in his county team a few months ago, it was a breakthrough tour.Stuart Broad (61 runs at 15.25; 14 wickets at 19.42) While there was none of the drama of four years ago – no match-defining spells such as his five-for at the Wanderers – Broad still finished the series as England’s top-wicket taker. Perhaps a little of the pace and menace has gone from Broad’s bowling these days, but it says much for his hunger to continue to contribute at this stage that he has reinvented himself as a relentless seamer prepared to bowl dry and support more explosive bowlers. No England bowler delivered more overs and no England seamer had a lower economy-rate. If this proves to be his final tour – and with Sri Lanka and India next, that is a possibility – it represents a memorable finale.6.5Rory Burns (93 runs at 46.50) Batted impressively in making 84 in the second innings in Centurion – his sixth score of 47 or more in his most recent nine Test innings – but was ruled out of the rest of the series after suffering a freak injury while playing football ahead of the second Test. Great first touch, mind …Sam Curran (130 runs at 18.57; 10 wickets at 31.10) Preferred to Chris Woakes by virtue of his left-arm variation, Curran benefited from taking the new ball for much of the series and responded with career-best figures in Centurion. He probably bowled better at other times without rewards and, by the end of the series, also appeared to be bowling with greater pace. He showed with the wickets of de Kock (a slower ball in Cape Town) and Malan, who was deceived by the change of angle in the same game, that he could contribute even when the ball was not swinging. Although you sometimes wish he would give himself a bit more time with the bat, he thrashed a selfless 44 in Port Elizabeth and similar 35 in Jo’burg. It’s probably worth reminding ourselves that he is just 21.Chris Woakes (32 runs at 16; 3 wickets at 28.33) Probably unfortunate to appear in only one Test, Woakes still found a way to contribute with bat and ball. Belying a modest overseas record, he managed to gain appreciable movement with the Kookaburra ball and was unlucky to finish with only three wickets in Jo’burg. Batted in typically assured fashion in the first innings there, too.6Jofra Archer (7 runs at 3.50; 6 wickets at 27.83) Claimed a five-for in Centurion – albeit an expensive one – but missed the three remaining Tests due to an elbow injury. Anyone doubting his desire to play need only have seen his obvious distress after he had to pull out of the final game.5.5Zak Crawley (163 runs at 32.60) Taking advantage of the injury to Burns, Crawley helped give England some solid starts (70 and 33 in Port Elizabeth; 28 in Cape Town, 107 and 56 in Jo’burg) without going on to register the big individual score which might have made his place safe. He did, though, increase his own career-best score in five successive innings and top-score in the first innings in Jo’burg. The century opening stand in that final Test was England’s first since December 2016. For a 21-year-old who was taken on the tour largely to gain experience, it was an impressively assured performance. One for the future.4Joe Denly (210 runs at 30; 2 wickets at 37.50) A series of diminishing returns. After a fifty in the first innings at Centurion, Denly made consistent starts (31, 38, 31, 25 and 27) but was unable to go on a register a significant personal score. He did play his part in adding some solidity to England’s top-order, however, and he did weigh in at Cape Town with two important wickets (the left-handers, Elgar and de Kock) with his leg-spin.3Jos Buttler (115 runs at 16.42, 14 catches) Disappointing. Looked uncertain with the bat and managed a top score of just 29 in seven innings. Also kept untidily in Port Elizabeth. May well struggle to retain his place.Jonny Bairstow (10 runs at 5) Recalled at the last minute due to illness, Bairstow did little to show the improvement in his game after succumbing to yet another bowled dismissal in the first innings in Centurion. To be fair to Bairstow, the ball kept low and may well have dismissed many batsmen. He was more culpable for his second-innings dismissal, flashing at one outside off stump. He didn’t play again in the series, but remained cheerful and constructive as a sub-fielder and squad member.