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Phil Mustard struck his first first-class century for five years as Gloucestershire took control against Derbyshire at Derby

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Phil Mustard’s first century in first-class cricket for nearly five years put Gloucestershire on course for victory in the Division Two match against Derbyshire despite a five wicket haul from Tony Palladino.Mustard’s unbeaten 107 and 94 from Chris Dent lifted Gloucestershire to 331, a first innings lead of 89, and at the close of day two Derbyshire were in deep trouble at16 for 2.Palladino took his 350th first-class wicket and finished with 5 for 74, the 13th time he has taken five wickets in an innings, but it was Gloucestershire’s day.Derbyshire would have been the side looking to take control when Tom Milnes struck in the second over of the morning before Gloucestershire had added to the overnight total.Will Tavare was trying to take his bat away but edged to Harvey Hosein and with the inexperienced George Hankins in the middle against a ball only 14 overs old, Derbyshire had the chance to make significant inroads.But Hankins showed good judgement and sound temperament to stay with Dent for 15 overs until he was bowled by an arm ball from Callum Parkinson for 34.Gloucestershire were still a long way behind when Hamish Marshall was lbw to Palladino shuffling back and across six overs before lunch but Derbyshire had to wait another 24 overs for the next wicket.Billy Godleman switched his bowlers around but Dent and Mustard showed patience and selectivity to add 85 for the fifth wicket before Dent tossed away the chance of a century.He had dispatched Wayne Madsen way back over long on to move into the nineties but when he tried to reach three figures with another big shot off Parkinson, he top-edged to mid on.Dent knew he had let Derbyshire back in but Mustard and Jack Taylor tilted the advantage towards the visitors with a stand of 74 before the second new ball gave the game another twist.Taylor chipped to midwicket to give Palladino his milestone and the seamer found just enough away movement to bowl Craig Miles before David Payne edged a drive into his stumps.When Liam Norwell chased a wide one from Will Davis, Mustard was in danger of being stranded but he pulled Davis for his 13th four to reach an excellent hundred.Josh Shaw helped add a precious 31 runs before he became Palladino’s fifth victim, leaving Derbyshire seven overs to negotiate and they lost Ben Slater lbw to Payne in the first before Billy Godleman edged Norwell to Mustard in the penultimate over.

The Bravo brothers shined again and kept Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel’s chances of reaching the final alive with an 18-run win against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in a rain-reduced match in Port-of-Spain

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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsDarren Bravo hammered five sixes in the 15 balls he faced•Caribbean Premier League

The Bravo brothers shone again and kept Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel’s chances of reaching the final alive with an 18-run win against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in a rain-reduced match in Port-of-Spain. Darren Bravo unleashed another cameo and Dwayne finished with 3 for 15 to curb Patriots’ score to 123 for 7, after Red Steel had made 134 for 5 in 14 overs.Red Steel, after opting to bat, were given a solid start by Jacques Kallis and William Perkins, who put on 43 in 5.4 overs. But once the partnership was broken, Patriots fought back by taking another two wickets within 10 runs and a rain interruption in the ninth over cut six overs from the innings.Darren Bravo then struck two sixes and a four off Carlos Brathwaite in the 12th over, taking 20 runs off it, and hammered three sixes in the last over before being run-out for a 15-ball 40. Cameron Delport faced the last two balls of the final over and tonked those for sixes too. In all, 33 runs came off the final over – Brathwaite, who conceded a six off the first ball, followed it up with his second full-toss above waist height and had to be taken off the attack; Shahid Afridi completed the over, conceding four sixes in five balls.Chasing a revised target of 142, Patriots lost Martin Guptill for a duck in the second over before Evin Lewis and Marlon Samuels charged them past 50 in the sixth over. Lewis then holed out to long-on off Dwayne Bravo before Afridi and Samuels combined to bring the equation down to 64 from 36 balls.Patriots lost their way thereafter, though, with Samuels bowled for 25 by left-arm spinner Derone Davis and Dwayne Bravo dismissing Raymon Reifer and Afridi off consecutive deliveries in the 11th over. Davis then came back and struck twice to remove Brathwaite and Devon Thomas, leaving Patriots 114 for 7, with 27 required from the last two overs. Dwayne Bravo and Kallis didn’t concede a single boundary off the last 12 balls, giving away only eight runs in that span.

Medium-pacer Ashish Nehra has been declared fit to play in Delhi’s Ranji Trophy group match against Haryana, which begins in Lahli

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Nov-2012Medium-pacer Ashish Nehra has been declared fit to play in Delhi’s Ranji Trophy group match against Haryana, which begins in Lahli, a town outside Rohtak, on Saturday. Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya said Nehra had bowled for an hour and fielded during a training session, and was looking in good condition.Nehra played two of Delhi’s four Ranji games so far – the season opener against Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad and against Baroda, where he bowled only six overs before a hamstring injury sidelined him from that match and the next two. His presence in Lahli was meant to bolster Delhi’s pace attack on a pitch that helps seam bowling and in weather that can aid his abilities.Haryana lost their previous three matches in Lahli and according to Dahiya, the pitch was not the grassy heaven that bowlers dream of. The surface may be the same one used in the previous game against Baroda and, after a three-day gap, it was looking “bare and brown”. Dahiya said it was possible that Delhi would play two spinners, “with a call on the fast bowlers to be taken tomorrow.”Delhi’s choice of spinners is from offspinner Manoj Chauhan, left-arm spinner Pawan Negi and their frontline spinner Vikas Mishra. Negi is a bowling allrounder who gives Delhi the option of going in with five bowlers, if he is to replace Sumit Narwal. His selection would allow Delhi to field three seamers in Nehra, Parvinder Awana and Pawan Suyal. However, both Mishra and Negi in the eleven would mean Delhi playing two left-armers.Delhi have 11 points from four matches so far with one outright victory, while Haryana are yet to win a point after three matches.

Jayde Herrick and Glenn Maxwell combined to run through Tasmania’s top order and give Victoria the edge at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart

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ScorecardJayde Herrick and Glenn Maxwell combined to run through Tasmania’s top order and give Victoria the edge at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. The pair picked up six wickets between them to reduce Tasmania to 67 for 6, before Alex Doolan stalled Victoria’s charge with an unbeaten 73. Doolan was kept company by Luke Butterworth, who ended the day on 42 not out. Their unbroken stand stood at 103 at stumps, with Tasmania still 192 behind.Earlier in the day, Victoria pushed on from 299 for 6 to 362, on the back of a century from Matthew Wade. Victoria lost Clint McKay off the third ball of the morning, but Wade and James Pattinson – who remained unbeaten on 27 – made sure the side got past 350. James Faulkner, Xavier Doherty and Evan Gulbis finished with three wickets each for Tasmania.

South Africa coach Corrie van Zyl has admitted bowling Pakistan out twice will be “hard work” but hopes the pitch will deteriorate over the next two days to give his team a good shot at a series win

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Nov-2010South Africa coach Corrie van Zyl has admitted bowling Pakistan out twice will be “hard work” but hopes the pitch will deteriorate over the next two days to give his team a good shot at a series win. In reply to South Africa’s 584, Pakistan’s middle order resisted well, reaching 317 for 6 at stumps at the end of the third day but still 68 adrift of the follow-on.”I would like to see this pitch deteriorate a little bit more,” van Zyl said. “It looks fairly placid at the moment and I haven’t really seen it break up.South Africa would have been hoping for some assistance off the pitch in the morning, but Pakistan’s batsmen managed to defy the seamers. Half-centuries from Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq and Misbah-ul-Haq steadied Pakistan but left-arm spinner Paul Harris struck with two wickets late in the day to give South Africa hope of wrapping the innings early on the fourth day. But van Zyl doubted if the track had enough in it.”I think it did move a lot on day one and a little bit less on day two and today it was less again,” he said. “But we have to give credit to the Pakistan batsmen, they really played well. They have been patient.”The quicker we can get the last four wickets, then we can have a second
go. The moisture is not there any more and it is going to be hard work.”South Africa, despite the conditions not entirely in their favour on the third day, did try to ruffle the Pakistan batsmen up with the short ball. When asked if they overdid it, van Zyl said: “At times we could have changed our tactics. I don’t want to sit here and criticise the tactics used in the field. Ma be they felt at times there wasn’t enough movement and at times I thought we were little short.”The third day was an important one for Shafiq, making his Test debut and he impressed, making 61 and adding 107 for the fifth wicket with Misbah. “I was a bit nervous at the start. But after three or four overs I felt comfortable,” he said.”That is how you have to play Tests. You have to play hard. The pitch was very good to bat on. A little difficult with the new ball, but later it is good for batting.”

Australia will be pushing for another innings victory in Adelaide

Cricinfo staff05-Dec-2009Australia will be pushing for another innings victory in Adelaide after Shane Watson and Simon Katich took them to 174 without loss on the second day. They remain 277 runs behind West Indies, but the coach Tim Nielsen hopes his men will keep the visitors in the field for as long as possible.”We need to make sure we set a platform and I suppose the best way to do that for us is to aim to win by an innings,” Nielsen said. “[We need to] make a big enough score that we put them under huge pressure in the second innings that they’ve got to survive to get past us rather than having a chance to put us under pressure on the fifth day.”The wicket’s still playing well, but we saw a couple bounce and spin from big Sulieman Benn. As the game goes on, as is traditional here in Adelaide, the wicket will start to go a little bit up and down and we expect it to spin. The big thing is that we don’t get too impatient early in the game. The game moves quickly in the last half because the wicket starts to change a bit.”Brendan Nash, who compiled a patient 92, remained hopeful that West Indies could provide a surprise victory and send the series to a decider in Perth. However, he said it would be a challenge for his bowling colleagues to take 20 wickets within the next three days on a surface that was playing so well.”It’s looking pretty good,” Nash said. “The Australian openers came out and batted quite well. I didn’t think we bowled that poorly to be honest. The last little bit maybe not so great but it’s going to be one of those wickets where we have to get their batsmen hitting to our fielders more so than to the gaps and try and restrict the boundaries. That’s going to be our game-plan looking forward.”

Declan Rice claimed that he does not feel any pressure of the "£105m" price tag and claimed he is not surprised by his current run of form.

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• Rice does not feel pressure of £105m price tag
• Has performed consistently for Arsenal
• Won Premier League Player of the Year in Football London Awards

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The England international has enjoyed a rich vein of form since completing a big-money move from West Ham to Arsenal in the summer. He was recently named the Premier League Player of the Year at the 2024 Football London Awards.

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• WHAT DECLAN RICE SAID

  In an interview with , the Gunners star claimed he is not surprised by his current run of form as he claimed that his performance level has been the same as it was while playing for the Hammers.

  Rice said, "I'll be honest, some people might stand here and say 'Yeah, I've surprised myself,' but I haven't. I was playing this well at West Ham, I feel like my levels at West Ham gave me so much confidence and belief in myself to have that belief I can be a top Premier League player.

  "But the main thing was to be myself. Not to change anything. Just because I have been signed for £105 million, don't do anything different, just be myself. Things can unlock and so far things have gone really well. I've signed for six years and there is still such a long way to go in my Arsenal career."

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  In the current season, the 25-year-old has appeared in 36 matches across all competitions where he scored four goals and provided six assists. The English midfielder has contributed massively to the team's performance who have won their last six matches in the league and are currently third on the table, two points behind leaders Liverpool and one behind second-placed Manchester City.

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  Mikel Arteta's side will aim to continue their Premier League winning streak when they face Sheffield United away from home on Monday.

Mauricio Pochettino has backed Nicolas Jackson to become “prolific” for Chelsea after seeing him miss a sitter in a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

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• Senegalese forward signed for big money
• Has netted just one goal so far
• Given the full support of his manager

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Blues suffered their second setback of the 2023-24 campaign in just four games, when going down to an Anthony Elanga goal at Stamford Bridge. They did have chances before and after Forest forced a breakthrough, but were unable to take any of them and ended up drawing a blank.

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  Jackson, a £32 million ($40m) summer signing from Villarreal, squandered the most gilt-edged opportunity to take something from a disappointing performance on home soil, but he fired over the crossbar late on with the goal gaping in front of him.

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  Pochettino has said when asked if the Senegal international can become a prolific presence for Chelsea: “Yes, of course. but he needs time. He needs to adapt to the Premier League. he is doing a fantastic job but afterwards, to score is not easy. Sometimes he is a little bit rushed in his decisions but this is only to say he needs to settle himself, be more calm and more relaxed and for sure he is going to score goals.”

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  Jackson has registered one goal for Chelsea through five appearances – with that solitary strike coming against Luton – with Pochettino adding on how he can become the fearsome central striker that the misfiring Blues are crying out for: “In the future we will talk in a different way because he is going to score this type of chance if you are relaxed and you don’t rush and you are more solid and you feel settled in the team and in the Premier League. He has been a little bit unlucky in this type of situation because we had chances to score and win the game. It is difficult to explain because all the stats are positive for the team, only that we didn’t score.”

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Tendo ambos assinado com a Turner para terem suas partidas da Série A do Brasileirão transmitidas até o ano de 2024, Athletico-PR e Coritiba tem sensações diferentes em relação a possibilidade de rompimento precoce do vínculo que ganhou força nos últimos dias.

Isso porque, enquanto o Furacão entende que houve uma espécie de “traição” por parte da companhia norte-americana mediante a empolgação e expectativa que a diretoria do clube empregou no acordo, o Coxa avalia que não poderia ser imputado em possíveis “transgressões” contratuais por sequer ter disputado a competição em 2019.

Tamanho tem sido o espanto por parte do Coritiba que o clube estuda uma compensação financeira na justiça caso o acordo seja rompido. Seja do valor da rescisão, que chega a R$ 300 milhões, ou mesmo de uma quantia vultosa por entender justamente que não transgrediu nenhuma regra do contrato.

Por parte da equipe jurídica do Athletico, a ideia é apontar para a iniciativa do conglomerado norte-americano em rescindir o acordo se valendo do formato contratual onde a Turner teria de arcar com a multa. Evitando, assim, com que o Rubro-Negro fique com o prejuízo e podendo, inclusive, também receber a compensação financeira antes de decidir sobre a negociação dos direitos de transmissão na TV fechada.

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Goal takes a look at the coaches who have upset their birth nation by beating them while in charge of a foreign country

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Nationality: Brazilian
Defeated Brazil 3-1 with Portugal at the 1966 World Cup

Brazil were aiming for a third consecutive world crown when they travelled to England for the 1966 World Cup, but the Selecao failed to get out of the group stage when they were beaten by Portugal in the last game of the round.

Led by Brazilian coach Otto Gloria, Portugal overcame the likes of Pele and Jairzinho to knock the South Americans out and seal first place in Group 3. Gloria guided them to third place in the competition before leaving for Atletico Madrid.

AdvertisementGettyStefan Kovacs

Nationality: Romanian
Beat Romania 1-0 while in charge of France

Romanian Stefan Kovacs was in charge of France when he came up against his own country in a friendly match in 1974. In front of 22,000 spectators at Parc des Princes, Les Bleus won 1-0.

He left a year later and his next job was at the helm of Romania.

GettyJack Charlton

Nationality: English
Beat England with Republic of Ireland at Euro 88

One of Ireland's greatest achievements in a major international competition is their 1-0 victory over England at the 1988 European Championship.

Ray Houghton got the only goal of the game as a side led by 1966 World Cup winner Jack Charlton upset the Three Lions in Stuttgart.

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Getty ImagesSergio Markarian

Nationality: Uruguayan
Won 1-0 three times with Paraguay in friendlies and 2002 World Cup

Markarian masterminded three 1-0 victories over his native Uruguay while in charge of Paraguay – all within an 18-month period between November 1999 and March 2001.

He almost recorded the same feat over a decade later while in charge of Peru, claiming two victories and a draw against his home nation.