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Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India won by 257 runs

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Hanuma Vihari is the find of the series – Virat Kohli

A target of 468 was always going to require a miracle – and a third entry for the ‘greatest innings in history’ for the year, perhaps – but for a brief period in the morning session on the fourth day at Sabina Park, West Indies appeared to at least come prepared to go down fighting.However, that fight fizzled out in the first hour post lunch as the Indian bowlers inevitably closed in, with Jasprit Bumrah, also inevitably, providing the breakthrough that began the slide. Eventually, West Indies were bowled out for 210, an improvement on their first-innings 117, but that still meant a heavy 257-run defeat in the match and a 2-0 sweep of the series to India, who have also moved to the top of the World Test Championship table with 120 points.In addition, Virat Kohli also became the India captain with most wins, with 28 victories in Test cricket, going past MS Dhoni’s 27.ALSO READ: Krishnaswamy – Hetmyer’s series of missed opportunitiesWest Indies had progressed well through a 61-run stand for the fifth wicket between Shamarh Brooks and Jermaine Blackwood, but both men were a lot less decisive and fluent after lunch, and Bumrah got one to straighten in the corridor to catch the edge of Blackwood’s tentative poke. Rishabh Pant did the rest, and West Indies went tumbling from 159 for 4 to 180 for 8. After that, it was a matter of time.That Blackwood was in the middle, having originally not even been in the squad, was down to the ICC’s new concussion substitute laws, and he became the second ever concussion substitute to come on in Test cricket. It also became the first instance of 12 players batting in a Test innings. Blackwood, who is from Jamaica, had been on the field as a substitute fielder earlier in the match. He was asked to pad up after Darren Bravo retired hurt in the fourth over of the day.Bravo had been hit on the right side of the helmet off a Bumrah bouncer in the last over of day three, which sent his stem guards – which protect the batsman’s neck area – flying. A West Indies spokesperson said the batsman had undergone a concussion test after play and passed it. However, in the fourth over, immediately after creaming a cover drive off Bumrah, Bravo walked off the field. He was taken to a doctor and a concussion was subsequently confirmed, which allowed West Indies to draft in Blackwood.West Indies had begun well, with Brooks stroking a full toss from Mohammed Shami through the covers, and continuing to show excellent timing during his stay. Brooks should have been on his way back for 30, getting a spiffing delivery from Ravindra Jadeja that reared from a length and spun to take the edge and go into Ajinkya Rahane’s hands at slip, but replays showed that Jadeja had overstepped and Brooks survived. He added to Jadeja’s injury by lacing a cover drive in his next over.Virat Kohli is literally over the moon after a successful review for a Test hat-trick for Bumrah•Getty ImagesBefore that, West Indies had faced a mid-session wobble with Roston Chase and Shimron Hetmyer falling inside five balls. Jadeja got one to hold its line after pitching on leg stump and struck Chase on the pads, who was playing for the turn. Given out on the field, he reviewed, but the call stayed with the umpire with the ball shown to be clipping the top of the stumps.In the next over, Ishant Sharma threw one wide and Hetmyer was suckered into driving with short cover in place, and hit the ball straight to the fielder.However, just when it seemed like India had opened a door to charge through, a free-stroking Blackwood joined Brooks to keep West Indies ticking over. Blackwood had a slice of luck, dropped off his fourth ball before he had scored a run. He pushed at a Jadeja ball that took the edge, but Pant couldn’t hold on. After that, Blackwood played with his familiar insouciance, crunching boundaries square and straight, even if not always with pristine timing. Technically, he gave two more ‘chances’ though it would be harsh on the fielder to call them that. On 21, he drilled a fuller one from Shami back to the bowler’s left. It was powerfully struck and Shami did well to get a hand to it and stop its momentum. Then on 32, in the last over before lunch, he flayed a cover drive off Jadeja and Mayank Agarwal at silly point had to take evasive action as the ball hit him flush.India also lost both their reviews during the session. In the 23rd over, Ishant rapped Chase on the pads, but the ball had swung in from well outside off, and ball tracker showed it would have missed leg stump. Then in the 25th over, Shami hit Blackwood on the pads, and once again Virat Kohli wanted to review it. However, there was an inside edge this time.The lost reviews didn’t matter once Bumrah broke through after lunch. He had bowled only three overs in the morning session and spent some time off the field, and was given only a three-over spell post lunch too, but prised out Blackwood.Brooks was done in by a combination of lazy running and brilliant fielding. Having pushed Jadeja square, he ambled down but there was no run with Kohli haring across from cover. Before Brooks could process that there was a threat to his wicket, Kohli had dived, collected and thrown the ball in one motion, hitting the stumps direct.The lower order was done in as much by the pressure as by the Indian bowlers sustaining good lines, and though Jason Holder hit out towards the end, that was just a last gasp of defiance before he missed a slog across the line and Jadeja rattled the stumps.

West Ham United have a weekend of preparation ahead as David Moyes' side host Brentford on Monday night in the Premier League, with anything other than victory an acute threat to the Scotsman's tenure.

It has not, it must be said, been an auspicious-feeling start to 2024, with a promising campaign – the lads emboldened off the back of triumph in the Europa Conference League last June – slipping into a more worrying arena of performance, last weekend's 2-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest the eighth fixture on the trot without victory.

That elusive winning feeling has allowed West Ham's divisional rivals for European qualification to close ground and climb up the table, with second-tier Bristol City also beating United in the FA Cup third round.

One big factor behind West Ham's recent issues – the crux, perhaps – has been the lack of goal threat up front, with Michail Antonio injured for large portions of the campaign and Danny Ings yet to find the back of the net.

Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus are high-class attacking outlets but neither are natural centre-forwards, and Moyes will certainly be rueing the misfire on Gianluca Scamacca, who should be leading the line at London Stadium to this day.

The fee West Ham paid for Gianluca Scamacca

West Ham signed Scamacca from Serie A side Sassuolo for no small sum of £35.5m back in July 2022, having enjoyed season-on-season growth under Moyes' tutelage.

Scamacca, who was 23 at the time, was viewed as the long-term solution to a centre-forward spot that had seen varied levels of success across an interminable period, having posted 16 goals from 36 appearances in the Italian top-flight the season prior, just 25 of those from the outset.

Injury ruled the Italy international out for most of the latter half of the 2022/23 season but while he bagged eight goals from 27 matches in all competitions, starting just 16 times, Scamacca only struck three goals in the Premier League.

He was branded "miserable" by pundit Chris Sutton and, clearly homesick and unable to settle, it was hardly a surprise when Atalanta completed a £27m deal for his signature back in August, ending a wholly forgettable stint in England.

Reporter Carlo Garganese even remarked that the 25-year-old was "destroyed by Moyes", such was his incongruity within the oft-tagged 'pragmatic' style of play.

Admittedly, Moyes is a winner and was keen to make that known himself when recently questioned about his future, but Scamacca was not the answer in the end despite arriving with a weight of expectation and the insidious fallout of this has left the Hammers struggling at present.

It's a long list of misfires, Ings joined from Aston Villa for £15m in January 2023, but that hasn't worked either.

When will the club get it right? They have shown their astuteness in the market during this chapter but signing a reliable striker during the summer window is imperative for future fluency.

Scamacca might have been a poor addition in hindsight but he's certainly not the worst, with Sebastian Haller, now adored by the general football fan after his battles and silver-laden resurgence, unable to make his mark in east London despite arriving with a lofty transfer fee and a wave of excitement.

West Ham's signing of Sebastian Haller

Haller came before. Signed for a club-record £45m in July 2019, six months before Moyes' return to the club, the Ivorian star had scored 20 goals and supplied 12 assists during the 2018/19 season with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Marko Arnautovic and Chicharito had both left London Stadium that summer and a striker was a necessity.

It was a real statement of intent under Manuel Pellegrini after a tenth-place Premier League finish in 2018/19 denoted the squad's potential, but it didn't work out and Haller was at the epicentre of a landslide that resulted in the Chilean's sacking and Moyes' return.

Sebastian Haller's West Ham career

In total, Haller clinched 14 goals and three assists across 54 matches for West Ham but failed to live up to the impact made in the seasons before his transfer to England.

Described as a "handful" by former Aston Villa manager Dean Smith, Haller did have his qualities and was an aerial monster, but he only completed 66% of his passes and won 40% of his ground duels across his first campaign in the Premier League, as per Sofascore, and was unable to mesh it all together.

Admittedly, he might have cut an isolated figure in the box and that's not entirely his fault, with a lack of reliable service inhibiting his attacking fluidity.

But, alas, it didn't work out, and when Moyes took to the dugout once again he started to slump, scoring just three goals from 16 Premier League appearances during the first phase of the 2020/21 season, moving to Ajax that January for around £20m.

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His time at West Ham can only go down as a failure; a sizeable salary of £68k-per-week cost the club over £5m. Partner that with his £45m arrival fee, and he bled the Irons over £50m – or, in other words, around £3.5m per goal.

Haller's post-West Ham journey

Haller's sale was believed to be down to his discordance in Moyes' system while showing a lack of eagerness to adjust to the style.

Moving to Ajax, though, Haller restored his career in some style, plundering 47 goals and 16 assists across 66 matches – including 11 goals from just eight fixtures in the Champions League.

His exploits in the Netherlands led to a transfer to Borussia Dortmund, tasked with replacing Erling Haaland, but sadly, just weeks into his move, Haller had expressed discomfort and thought himself to be unwell, but within 24 hours a testicular cancer diagnosis had come back positive.

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The road to recovery began and the 29-year-old would miss much of the campaign but did return to score nine times in the Bundesliga before the close of the campaign.

At present, Haller is basking in the glory of scoring the winning goal as Ivory Coast defeated Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations final, making an illustrious comeback for the ages.

What a remarkable story. Ultimately, Haller's journey in east London didn't work out but no Irons supporter would begrudge him for his recent success, the AFCON-winning goal sure to have pulled the corner of a few mouths.

Jasprit Bumrah and Jason Holder move into top five for bowlers after Jamaica Test

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Sep-2019Steven Smith might have missed the Headingley Test, but still managed to reclaim the top spot in the world rankings for Test batsmen after Virat Kohli, ahead by just six points after the last update, slipped to No. 2 following scores of 76 and 0 at Sabina Park.Kohli did well in the first innings in Jamaica, and led India to a 257-run win and a 2-0 series triumph, but up at the top, every failure affects a player’s position, as his first-ball duck off Kemar Roach in the second dig proved. That brought him down to 903 rating points, one below Smith, who has 904.The series win, however, helped India consolidate their position atop the team chart, their 113 points four clear of second-placed New Zealand, who drew their two-Test series 1-1 in Sri Lanka.Smith had taken over the No. 1 ranking in December 2015 but Kohli overtook him in August 2018 when Smith was out of action because of the one-year ban following the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal.Back in Australia’s whites, Smith scored 144 and 142 in Australia’s win at Edgbaston before scoring 92 in his only innings in the drawn Lord’s Test. He didn’t bat in the second innings after concussion following a blow to the head from a Jofra Archer bouncer, and Marnus Labuschagne replaced him in the second innings. Smith then sat out the third Test at Headingley.While Smith has a chance to add to his tally – or lose points – in the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford, Kohli’s next Test assignment will come during the home series against South Africa in October.ESPNcricinfo LtdThe big news on the bowlers’ front was Jasprit Bumrah and Jason Holder moving into the top five. Bumrah had started the Jamaica Test in seventh position, while Holder was at 11th place. The Indian’s 6 for 27 and Holder’s 5 for 77 – both in the first innings – lifted them to No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. Roach stayed in the top ten, but moved one spot down to ninth after picking up just four wickets in the second Test against India.Bumrah’s tally of 835 rating points, meanwhile, is the second-highest by an Indian pacer in Test cricket, only behind Kapil Dev’s 877 in 1980 – interestingly, Bumrah has reached where he has in just 12 Test matches.Pat Cummins and Kagiso Rabada continued to hold the top-two spots on that table.From other batsmen in action in the West Indies v India Test series, Ajinkya Rahane’s 81, 102, 24 and 64 not out helped him get back in the top ten, up to No.7 from No. 11, while Hanuma Vihari’s 32, 93, 111 and 53 not out took him up to No. 30 after just six Test appearances.

Cole Palmer shared his thoughts on getting limited minutes at Euro 2024 with England despite a stellar club campaign with Chelsea.

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Palmer not being preferred by SouthgateDid not start a single match at Euro 2024Was introduced as a substitute against SloveniaWHAT HAPPENED?

After being ignored in the first two matches, Palmer was introduced by England manager Gareth Southgate in the 71st minute in place of Bukayo Saka against Slovenia, marking his first appearance in a major international competition for the Three Lions. The dynamic midfielder was a breath of fresh air in England's otherwise uneventful match and ended the match with a 100% passing accuracy. His presence on the pitch was immediately felt as he created the best scoring opportunity for his team, forcing Slovenia's goalkeeper Jan Oblak into a crucial save during stoppage time.

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Despite being mostly ignored during the group stage, Palmer remains optimistic.

"I'm still full of belief," Palmer stated confidently. "After the season I've had, I don't see any reason why I should be down. So I will just try and stay positive and when I get on the pitch, try to make an impact."

The circumstances of Palmer's introduction were challenging, with England finding it difficult to penetrate Slovenia's defence. However, the 21-year-old midfielder was undeterred. "I just tried to play my game when I went on and I think I did that," he explained. "I tried to create chances and be positive. There are great players everywhere in the team, so I'm just supporting whoever is on the pitch [when substitute] and when I get my chance I need to try and show what I can do."

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England will face one of the best third-placed teams in the next round, a match that presents an opportunity for Palmer to further showcase his talents.

"Our goal was to qualify and finish top of the group and we've done that. But we know there are levels we can go up and hopefully we can show that," said Palmer.

"All the games in the tournament are difficult as you can see, no matter who it is. So we know we need to move up through those [performance] levels and hopefully we can do that."

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Palmer's optimism is backed by his incredible campaign with Chelsea. His performances at the club level, which saw him score 27 goals and provide 15 assists in 48 appearances, have earned him recognition and a call-up to the national team.

Aston Villa have been unstoppable at times under the guidance of Unai Emery, but their progress will be tested between now and the end of the season.

Last time out, the Villans defeated Nottingham Forest 4-2 at home, with Leon Bailey and Douglas Luiz starring.

However, after their game against Luton Town this weekend, their attention will turn to the Europa Conference League, with the competition returning next week.

Villa’s squad depth will be tested to the maximum, but there was once a Villa player who would have significantly helped ease the injury blow to Boubacar Kamara.

Boubacar Kamara’s injury status

Kamara was enjoying a fantastic season at the heart of the Villa midfield, starting 20 games and developing a telepathic relationship with Luiz.

However, against Manchester United recently, the 24-year-old suffered a huge injury blow that is set to keep him out for the rest of the season, tearing his ACL.

The former Marseille star is an absolutely huge miss, and his absence has the potential to have a catastrophic impact on the side’s quest for European glory and a top-four spot in the Premier League.

Bar young prospect Tim Iroegbunam, John McGinn is the only replacement for Kamara in the entire Villa squad, but he isn’t exactly an outright defensive-minded midfielder like the French gem, with a figure of the past potentially having been an ideal candidate to fill that void…

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ByTom Lever Feb 27, 2024 Idrissa Gueye's record at Villa

In the summer of 2015, Idrissa Gueye swapped France for England, as he moved to Villa for a fee of £9m from Lille.

However, after making just 38 appearances and becoming known for his defensive tenacity with 4.1 tackles per game in the 2015/16 Premier League season, the Senegal star left Villa Park, joining Everton in 2016 for £7.1m.

Gueye would go on to show his qualities on Europe’s biggest stage during his time at Paris Saint-Germain, but he rejoined the Toffees at the start of last season.

During his time at the French Champions, the midfielder played 111 times, with former teammate Presnel Kimpembe full of praise for the 34-year-old:

“Gueye? He's a monster. He does us a lot of good in addition to being a hard worker, he is good technically.”

Fast forward to today, and Gueye would have been an excellent backup to Kamara, replacing the defensive security that the injured ace brought to the team, as can be seen in the table below showing the Everton star’s statistics from his recent performance against Tottenham Hotspur in the 2-2 draw.

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85%

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7

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11

It’s clear that Gueye would have been perfect alongside Luiz and much more suited to the defensive midfield role than McGinn.

Kamara boasts the most tackles and interceptions per game in the Villa squad this season; Sean Dyche’s number 27 would’ve most definitely provided similar attributes.

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It’s always fascinating to think about what former players would be perfect for a current team, and Gueye would have been excellent in Emery’s side today.

Hopes remain of a maiden Championship title despite only 27.5 overs being possible

Paul Edwards at Taunton23-Sep-2019James Hildreth gets inside the line of a ball from Simon Harmer and sweeps it to the boundary just to the right of Gimblett’s Hill. The locals at the County Ground applaud the stroke and are momentarily buoyed by fresh hope. But it is a rare reverse for Harmer, who will shortly trap Hildreth and Tom Banton leg before wicket in the space of three balls. The offspinner has now taken 80 wickets in the Championship and is a bowler of rare skill and subtlety. He dismissed Hildreth for 32 when bowling round the wicket to cramp the batsman for room and then accounted for Banton in more conventional style from over the wicket. Both balls turned appreciably but this pitch has not yet behaved sufficiently erratically to send the pitch inspectors into a ferment.Despite a dismal weather forecast there is a large crowd at Taunton, which is only fitting on the first morning of the match which will decide the destiny of the County Championship. Sky are covering the game and there is a bevy of radio commentaries, both local and national. Everyone is focused closely on the immediate moment and the destiny of the greatest prize in English domestic cricket. In order to accommodate other media, the written press are housed in Portakabins, just as they were when Tom Abell made his maiden first-class century four sweet summers ago. That rehousing was necessitated by the construction of the Somerset pavilion, which is only the latest of Taunton’s new buildings and, in a glorious piece of eccentricity, the fourth of its pavilions.And yet, even on a ground so obviously clothed in modernity, the past exerts a powerful hold, an effect achieved not simply by the large pictures and brief biographies of Somerset cricketers which are placed every few yards on the perimeter wall and inside the Ondaatje Pavilion. Somerset’s history is fondly remembered partly because the county has been freakishly lucky in the quality of its cricket writers, many of whom worked in the old press box with its high desks and its scant acknowledgement of technological change.This was a good day for Essex. Sam Cook removed Murali Vijay and Steve Davies inside the first 20 minutes of the morning and when the predicted rain arrived at 12.10pm Somerset were 75 for 4. Their chances of posting the sort of total that might help them to embarrass their opponents in the remainder of the game have been significantly damaged. Yet this has still been a fine season for Somerset cricket and one wonders what men like David Foot and Alan Gibson might have made of it.Foot worked mainly for newspapers in the West Country and also for the . His books of essays, and , are as good as that form has produced. Rich in knowledge and insight, they capture a cricketer’s character in a phrase. Take this, for example, from “Twelve O’Clock Low”, Foot’s brilliant essay on Bill Andrews:Andrews’ bowling action was known as “Twelve O’Clock High”. The title of the essay refers to the depression with which this fine cricketer was cursed. Foot knew Andrews so well that he was able to see how an apparently extrovert character also suffered the sideswipes of fate.The old wooden stand from which Foot watched countless days of county cricket is gone; the famous Stragglers Bar is gone; and the old press box with those desks and its hot water urn chuntering in the background is gone, too. Yet time was when at least one journalist used to sit in that box comforted by the fact that it was where Foot and Gibson had worked.Alan Gibson’s reports in the were favoured both by those who played the game professionally and those who simply watched it. Sometimes he did not write about the play so much as the experience of attending a match. Railway stations featured as frequently as pavilions, a fact beautifully reflected in a glorious and very honest book, written and edited by Gibson’s son, Anthony, and lovingly produced by Stephen Chalke’s Fairfield imprint.There were occasions when all the inspiration Gibson needed was a chance meeting. Take this from 1971:Gibson concocted fine soubriquets for his favourite cricketers. Robin Jackman was the “Shoreditch Sparrow”; Colin Dredge was the “Demon of Frome”. As one watched Somerset battle away in this game they must win to take their first title, one wondered what Gibson would make of today’s cricketers. Would the Overton twins be “The Instow Monoliths”? Would Jack Leach be “Sainsbury’s Archivist”?But that’s the point about writers so rich in human sympathy and so bounteously endowed with talent as David Foot and Alan Gibson. Their writings live on, even through their palest imitators and even on damp days when the title may be slipping away from Somerset. “The past becomes the present inside your head,” says Margrethe, Niels Bohr’s wife, in Michael Frayn’s play .

Brazil coach Dorival Junior acknowledged the disappointment after his team lost a Copa America quarter-final penalty shootout against Uruguay.

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Coach reacts to Brazil's Copa America exitSelecao knocked out after one win in four gamesOptimistic over team's future potentialWHAT HAPPENED?

Dorival Jr. spoke openly following the 4-2 defeat from the spot, which came after a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes, admitting that responsibility lies with him as coach. Brazil also played with a man advantage for the last 15 minutes after Uruguay's Nahitan Nandez was sent off, only adding to the shock factor.

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With a squad filled with glittering talent like Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Endrick, Brazil were favourites to win the Copa America. But Dorival's team underwhelmed in the group stage, beating only Paraguay and settling for draws against both Costa Rica and Colombia. It meant they finished second behind Colombia in the group standings and ended up with a tougher quarter-final against Uruguay as a result. Meanwhile, Colombia faced Panama and breezed through to the semis with a 5-0 win.

WHAT DORIVAL JR. SAID

Dorival Jr. said: "This type of work requires a great amount of patience. I do have to acknowledge that these weren't the expected results, and I take full responsibility for them, but I do think as well that this team has great room to grow and evolve and improve."

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Brazil's last Copa America triumph came in 2019 – a ninth triumph in the competition's storied history – but their wait for a milestone 10th continential victory will have to wait until at least 2028. Prior to 2024, Argentina and Uruguay hold the joint record for most trophies with 15 each.

As the 2023/24 Premier League campaign nears the business end, Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou will be largely satisfied with his side's progress since he took the reins last summer.

A season of excitement and resurgence has been punctuated by setbacks and poor results, sure, but there's no question that Spurs have come on leaps and bounds after last year, with an eighth-placed finish leaving the club outside European qualification.

An upswing of performance on the pitch has come from the fifth-placed side's polished recruitment, with stars such as Micky van de Ven and James Maddison arriving and youth players being retained to excel in the Premier League 2.

It hasn't always been rosy in that department in recent years though, with the sale of Kyle Walker-Peters a prime example of a scenario where the club might have been wise to invest more time and energy into his growth.

Why Spurs sold Kyle Walker-Peters

Walker-Peters broke into the Tottenham first-team from the academy and chalked up 24 senior appearances, scoring once and supplying five assists.

Sadly, he was never appreciated by manager Jose Mourinho and was sold to Southampton for £12m in 2020, with Pierre-Emile Hobjberg heading in the other direction.

With Serge Aurier already on the books and Matt Doherty landed from Wolverhampton Wanderers for £15m that same window, it did seem that Tottenham knew what they were doing but Walker-Peters would have had a great chance of cementing himself as a starter, had a bit more prudence been involved.

At Southampton, the 26-year-old full-back has now featured 155 times and has been lauded as an "extraordinary player" by former Saints boss Ruben Selles.

Last season, the south coast club plummeted into the Championship but Walker-Peters has always been one of the standout players, attracting transfer interest from some of Europe's foremost outfits to emphasise this.

Kyle Walker-Peters' valuation in 2024

In the second tier this season, as per Sofascore, Walker-Peters has clinched two goals and two assists apiece across 34 starting appearances, completing 91% of his passes, averaging 1.1 key passes, 1.5 tackles and 5.4 ball recoveries per fixture while succeeding with 64% of his dribbles and prevailing in 60% of his ground duels.

Moreover, the 5 foot 8 defender ranks among the top 1% of full-backs across divisions similar to the Championship for pass completion and progressive carries, the top 2% for progressive passes, the top 3% for successful take-ons and the top 13% for shot-creating actions per 90, as per FBref, highlighting just how versatile and effective a player he is.

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This dynamic and rounded quality would be perfect for Postecoglou's system; while Pedro Porro is the undisputed No.1 at right-back, he would be the perfect understudy and could have enjoyed several years at this point having starred as the main man in the position, with Porro only signed in 2023.

As such, Premier League heavyweights such as Chelsea have considered a move, with TEAMtalk revealing in January that Chelsea were interested in signing the player amid injury issues to Reece James, with a belief that a deal could be struck for £30m.

Such a fee marks quite the increase on that initial £12m departure under Mourinho, with the full-back's value soaring by 150%.

While Walker-Peters didn't make the move, he's proven on English shores for several years now and those at Tottenham surely look at this one ruefully – he could have been a real asset over the past few years.

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There are no clear favourites here, but the win in the first game will certainly make the visitors a confident unit

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I won’t change the playing XI for the second T20I against Bangladesh – Laxman

Big pictureAfter weathering several metaphorical storms and then a pollution hazard, Bangladesh are heading to Rajkot with a 1-0 lead. Still, their days aren’t getting brighter in a hurry, and this time it is more literal: the threat of Cyclone Maha looms over the second T20I.But perhaps they won’t mind it as much as India, who, it can be argued, played on a surface that was patently more suited to Bangladesh’s strengths than to those of their stroke-makers in Delhi. Rajkot is unlikely to produce anything like the slow burner at the Kotla, and a rain-affected T20I could further alter the dynamics as they look to pull level. One way or other, it will both test a side with a few newcomers, as well as offer opportunities for many of them.It is far-fetched to say that the visitors come in as favourites, or even that they are the more confident side heading into this fixture. But Bangladesh have just beaten India for the first time in the format, and they have done it without Shakib Al Hasan, without Tamim Iqbal, and for the first time in their history, without even a left-arm spinner in the XI. Anything is possible.Form guideIndia LLWWW (completed matches, most recent first)
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In the spotlightThere is hardly a series where Rishabh Pant isn’t in the spotlight. Pant has been an international cricketer for just over two years, and in that time he’s simultaneously been perceived as the most exciting prospect and the most frustrating talent. Consequently, he’s over-discussed, over-advised, and for much of the last few months, it looks like he’s been overthinking. Yuvraj Singh noted recently that the youngster is a top-order batsman who is being forced to turn into a middle-order batsman, and in a more indirect sense, Adam Gilchrist echoed Yuvraj, saying Pant should focus on being true to his game rather than try to be the next MS Dhoni. Perhaps those strong words from similarly swashbuckling left-handers could spark something for Pant, who hasn’t made a 30-plus score in eight innings across formats for India. That, or the fact that India have two keeping options in this squad.The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s mandate that BPL teams must compulsorily field a legspinner who bowls four overs was a move to give their batsmen practice against that kind of bowling. Twenty-year-old Aminul Islam looked a good prospect not just for that, but also proved a handful for India on his debut in the first T20I. Aminul accounted for a shaky KL Rahul and was immediately under attack from Shreyas Iyer, who struck delightful sixes with the turn to put him under pressure. He endured with his flight and loop, however, and had Iyer eventually. His next challenge in international cricket will be a lot harder.Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates a wicket•AFPTeam newsIndia could stick to the same team, and it would be a superior batting line-up at this particular venue. Manish Pandey is considered a middle-order option, and so could remain on the bench as both Krunal Pandya and Shivam Dube offer bowling options. Arguably, the only spot available for a batsman is in the top three, where Rahul is both an opening option and a No. 3. Top-scorer in the last match, Shikhar Dhawan is unlikely to be dropped and Sanju Samson might fancy his chances if Rahul goes out. Khaleel Ahmed was expensive at the end in the first game, and the experience of Shardul Thakur could be tempting for India.India (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Sanju Samson/KL Rahul, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk) 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Shardul Thakur/Khaleel Ahmed
Bangladesh could well go in with the same line-up too. They used eight bowling options in Delhi and one of them was Soumya Sarkar, who bowled two overs. If they do indeed consider him a seam option, they could think of bringing left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny in place of a frontline seamer. That would give them three offspin options, one orthodox left-arm spinner, one legspinner, and three seam options.Bangladesh (possible) : 1 Liton Das 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mohammad Naim/Mohammad Mithun, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) 5 Mahmudullah (capt.) 6 Mosaddek Hossain, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Aminul Islam, 9 Mustafizur Rahman, 10 Al-Amin Hossain/Arafat Sunny, 11 Shafiul Islam
Pitch and conditionsThe India met department tweeted that the cyclone would weaken as it approached Saurashtra at noon on match day. It is expected to be cloudy throughout the day and there is a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, though.Stats and trivia In 2017, New Zealand made 196 for 2 and, in 2013, Australia made 201 for 7 batting first in the only two international matches at this venue. India lost to New Zealand and beat Australia. Rohit Sharma is set to play his 100th T20I.Quotes”There will definitely be a change in the way we approach [in Rajkot]. We were playing according to the pitch in the last game, according to how the pitch was behaving. Our approach will be different this time. We don’t know what’s the right score there but here we know it will be better than Delhi.””There wasn’t a lot of pressure on us at the start of the series, and we had nothing to lose. Everything to gain. Tomorrow is going to be the same. We will play aggressive and positive cricket.”

GOAL brings to you the all time head to head stats between Spain and England.

For many years, the Three Lions and La Roja were both seen as perennial underachievers.

Spain finally broke their 44-year dry spell by clinching victory at Euro 2008. This marked their second European Championship, the first being in 1964.

They then embarked on an extraordinary run of dominance, winning the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, cementing their place in football history with an unprecedented four-year reign.

In stark contrast, England have never lifted the men's Euros trophy. They notably made it to the finals in consecutive tournaments, falling just short in both the 2020 and 2024 European Championships.

Here, GOAL takes a deep dive into the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

What is England's overall record vs Spain?

From 27 previous head-to-heads, England hold the upper hand over Spain, having won 14, drawn three and lost 11 of their encounters against La Roja.

Matches between the two nations have been rare in recent years, with the Euro 2024 final being their first encounter in over six years.

Since the turn of the millennium, La Roja have often had England's number, losing just three of their ten games, although all but three of those fixtures were friendlies.

Total meetings

28

Spain wins

11

Draw

3

England wins

14

Advertisement England vs Spain head-to-head results list

Date Result Competition

Jul 14, 2024Spain 2-1 EnglandEuropean Championship finalOct 15, 2018Spain 2-3 EnglandNations League League PhaseSep 08, 2018England 1-2 SpainNations League League PhaseNov 15, 2016England 2-2 SpainInternational FriendlyNov 13, 2015Spain 2-0 EnglandInternational FriendlyNov 12, 2011England 1-0 SpainInternational FriendlyFeb 11, 2009Spain 2-0 EnglandInternational FriendlyFeb 7, 2007England 0-1 SpainInternational FriendlyNov 17, 2004Spain 1-0 EnglandInternational FriendlyFeb 28, 2001England 3-0 SpainInternational FriendlyJun 22, 1996England 0-0 Spain (4-2 pens)European Championships Quarter-FinalSep 9, 1992Spain 1-0 EnglandInternational FriendlyFeb 18, 1987Spain 2-4 EnglandInternational FriendlyJul 5, 1982Spain 0-0 EnglandWorld Cup Group StageMar 25, 1981England 1-2 SpainInternational FriendlyJun 18, 1980England 2-1 SpainEuropean Championships Group StageMar 26, 1980Spain 0-2 EnglandInternational FriendlyMay 8, 1968Spain 1-2 EnglandEuropean Championships Qualifying Quarter-FinalApr 3, 1968England 1-0 SpainEuropean Championships Qualifying Quarter-FinalMay 24, 1967England 2-0 SpainInternational FriendlyDec 8, 1965Spain 0-2 EnglandInternational FriendlyOct 26, 1960England 4-2 SpainInternational FriendlyNov 30, 1955England 4-1 SpainInternational FriendlyMay 18, 1955Spain 1-1 EnglandInternational FriendlyJul 02, 1950Spain 1-0 EnglandFIFA World CupDec 09, 1931England 7-1 SpainInternational FriendlyMay 15, 1929Spain 4-3 EnglandInternational FriendlyGettyWhen was the last meeting between England and Spain?

The last meeting between the two sides was the Euro 2024 final on Sunday, July 14, 2024. The two sides battled it out for European supremacy at the Olympiastadion in Berlin in what was the biggest men's international game played between the two nations.

Spain won their record fourth European Championship title thanks to an 86th-minute goal from Mikel Oyarzabal. Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal starred for La Roja throughout that tournament, with the former scoring early in the first half of the final in Berlin.

Cole Palmer entered the fray as a substitute when Gareth Southgate took a gamble to turn the tide. Palmer levelled the score with a brilliant shot from the edge of the box. However, Oyarzabal delivered a late blow to the England supporters, extending the 58-year barren run without major tournament success.

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GettyWhen did England last beat Spain?

Gareth Southgate's charges came away with the bragging rights in a UEFA Nations League encounter on October 15, 2018.

Raheem Sterling was the star of the show for England, who ended a 31-year wait for a win away in Spain with this memorable 3-2 victory. The then Manchester City winger ended his three-year goal drought with a fine brace in Seville before Marcus Rashford moved Gareth Southgate's side into a 3-0 lead.

La Roja would make the scoreline more respectable in the second half with a goal apiece from Paco Alcacer and Sergio Ramos, as England took revenge for their defeat a month earlier in what was their first win in Spain since February 1987.

England would progress to the inaugural Nations League finals, and after a 3-1 extra-time defeat to the Netherlands, they clinched a third-place finish with a 6-5 penalty shoot-out success over Switzerland.