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madelinetess · 3 months

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Wouldn't it be nice?

“There are only ten minutes remaining till the end of this match and Richmond players seem to be in quite the pickle.”

“You are right Arlo, it does appear to be a dangerous situation for the greyhounds. As of now the score is 1:1 but Chelsea’s in possession and it looks like they may score the winning goal after all.”

“A beautiful pass from number 11, getting through Richmond’s defence, the only thing between the Chelsea Striker and leaving the match victorious is Richmond’s goalie, Zoreaux, who seems to be having a tough day today.”

“The greyhounds are relying quite heavily on their defence players today… What’s this? A beautiful kick by the Chelsea attacker! It’s soaring through the air and… By God, Arlo, did you see that?”

“If you are referring to the brilliant dive by Richmond’s number 13, then yes, I most definitely saw it. We simply have to look at it again, the way he got in there just in time to kick the ball right back into the stands, simply marvellous.”

A slow motion replay of Jan’s desperate save displayed on the screen accompanied by the cheers of the fans in the stands and the live commentary by both Chris Powell and Arlo White.

“The Dutchman did it again. He has definitely been the backbone of today's defence, foiling most of the scoring attempts. But back to the game, it is now time for Nelson Road residents to either try and keep the ball for the remaining four minutes, or to shock us with some clever closing play.”

“You never know what to expect from them, and they’ve been continually pulling all kinds of tricks from their sleeves. Chris, what do you think is going to happen?”

“It remains to be seen, Arlo, we’ll just have to wait.”

“Bumbercatch passes to Montlaur, Montlaur goes in to score, but no! It was a feint and it’s Jamie Tartt now with the ball. Tartt passes to Rojas who gets through Chelsea’s defence and gets the ball straight to number 12 and it’s a goal! A beautiful play by the Greyhounds mere seconds before the final whistle! Richmond winds up victorious with two goals from Tartt and Hughes respectively.”

“A beautiful display of teamwork indeed. It’s games like this one that truly highlight the unity of the Nelson Road Team, the famous ‘Richmond Way’ a term coined by Trent Crimm in his best selling book…”

The commentary was now fading away as the team exited the pitch, still euphoric after the win. Jan walked feeling exhausted but hyped up and was now heading to the locker room to celebrate along with the entirety of the team. The coaches were already there, waiting for them.

Everyone got seated and the room fell into silence, awaiting Roy’s words.

“Allright, I’ll make it quick. Good job Jamie, Colin,” He nodded at each respective player but then turned towards Jan “Jan Maas. You are the main reason we didn’t fuckin’ lose today!” Excitement in their manager’s voice crystal clear.

Dani was the first one to cheer, but soon everyone joined in and the whole locker room was once again filled with excited footballers. Shoulder pats and bear hugs were exchanged once again before Roy had to shout to get them to settle down and listen to the announcements.

“Oi! You have fifteen minutes to celebrate here, and after that I expect to see you all on the bus, ready to head to the hotel.”

With that Roy left to support Rebecca handling the interviews, and both Beard and Nate followed him out of the room, probably to settle some other matters.

The team changed quickly and it wasn’t even twenty minutes later that Jan sat next to Richard on the way to the hotel. The Dutchman pulled out a well loved book that was given to him for his birthday by the man sitting right next to him out of his bag. Richard himself could never read while in a moving vehicle, so as usual he opted for listening to music and looking out the window, completely zoned out.

The ride itself was short, and soon enough they all stood in the hotel lobby waiting to get their keys.

“Listen up people!” Coach Beard could be heard over the general ruckus “You get settled and then at 8PM sharp we meet in conference room 3 for our movie night! Jan Maas, today you get the honours of drawing the movie from our box of suggestions.”

A collective choir of whoops and whistles filled the foyer.

The movie night tradition became a thing when Ted was still their manager and it was one of the many things that stuck around even after he didn’t. Of course pillow fights also kept on happening, but the clean-up after a movie night is undoubtedly easier, and watching a silly movie is definitely a great way of winding down after a difficult match.

The box of suggestions though, was Phoebe’s idea that Roy decided to implement. At the beginning of the season each player got to write down one movie name on a post-it and put it in a purple glittery shoebox. Then, every movie night someone from the team would draw a piece of paper from said box and whatever it said, that was the movie they were going to watch.

The suggestions were obviously restricted, to the disappointment of both Moe and Richard. Richard’s, because almost everyone voted no, on classic French cinema, and Bumbercatch’s for reasons unspecified. The only other rule was no one was supposed to know who suggested what.

So obviously Jan and Richard turned into a game to see if they could guess who wrote down which movie. So far they were pretty sure that Dani suggested Night at the Museum and Sam was definitely the one who pitched Ratatouille, as for the other ones they were based purely on speculation. Both of them were pretty positive that Thierry picked How to lose a guy in 10 days. Richard kept disagreeing with him about who suggested Baby Driver, it was a tie between Jamie and Isaac, but for some reason the same disagreement also occurred while debating who picked Ocean’s Eleven.

Some other movies they watched included classics such as Jojo Rabbit, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Legally Blonde, The Greatest Showman, and Knives Out. The jury was still out on all of these.

They agreed not to disclose what movie they themselves suggested, to keep the game more interesting.

Jan however knew exactly what Richard picked. He remembers the first practice of the season, he remembers the weather outside, and the exact button up shirt that Richard wore that day.

Why does he remember that? Well, because he spent the entire after-practice meeting staring at the four undone upper buttons, and not thinking about what movie he should put down as his suggestion. That in turn meant he caught a glimpse of Richard’s post-it and the two titles written in neat handwriting. Duplex and 50 First Dates sat right there being deeply analysed by the Frenchman struggling to pick one. That’s when Jan decided, whichever one his friend doesn’t pick, he was going to write down.

The jangle of the room keys brought the Dutchman back to Earth. Richard has already gone and picked them up from coach Beard and was now motioning for Jan to follow him to their accommodations.

Most of the team roomed on the same floor, but the coaches made sure to get themselves settled the furthest away from the rest of the team. The rooms were nice enough, with a small balcony, two beds, wardrobe, a table with some chairs and an adjacent bathroom. Enough for a one night stay.

Richard immediately threw his things onto the bed by the window and sat down on it. After dozens of times sharing a room at away games Jan already knew that the Frenchman loved being woken up by the sun.

The Dutchman took the other bed and unpacked some of their bathroom things. There was no use taking two tubes of toothpaste, so they both agreed beforehand who was going to take one, same with soap and shampoo. Neither of them trusted the ones provided by the hotels.

After they were done unpacking they headed down to the dining room to grab some dinner before coming back up to their room to get changed into some sweatpants and comfy t-shirts and whatnot. Then the only thing left was to locate conference room number 3.

On the stairway they were joined by Colin, Isaac, Moe and a couple of the reserves. They already went up a flight before Reynolds stopped them to ask a question.

“Hold up, does anyone know where we are supposed to go?”

“Conference room 3, duh” Colin answered.

“Yeah, but do any of you actually know where that is?”

Everyone stopped in the middle of the stairway and shook their heads.

“Then where the hell are we going?” Goodman piped up.

“O'Brien, didn't you say that your roommate stayed back to ask the receptionist about it?”

“Yeah, he did.” Tom turned around as if to locate said roommate and didn’t seem to find him. Then he turned around again, hoping for a different result. That clearly didn’t seem to help. “I forgot Bhargava!” he yelled out and dashed down the stairs back to the rooms.

“Do you guys think he just locked him inside their room?” Colin asked, looking after the goalkeeper.

“Maybe he just forgot to tell him we were going already..?” Isaac supplied.

“Nah, he totally locked him in,” Richard laughed heartily and looked at Jan smiling which he reciprocated.

“Isn’t there a floorplan somewhere maybe?” Jan asked no one in particular. The Dutchman looked around trying to find something that would tell them where to go. While they were still standing around on the stairs they all heard O’Brien shouting.

“Lads! We got to go downstairs, not up!” A chorus of groans lasted a good ten seconds it took them to get downstairs and back to the lobby.

Once they finally reached the conference room Roy looked at them, then at his watch, and then back at them.

“What took you so long, you got fuckin’ lost, or something?”

“Well, what matters is that we are all here now.” Reynolds said after a beat of silence.

“That is the bare minimum, we said at 8, it’s 8:20”

“Actually, it’s only 8:17 so it’s closer to…” Goodman started but one look from their former captain turned manager shut him up.

"We need to learn how to appreciate the little things, like finding our way, or Richard…" Jan said, throwing an arm around his friend, who was standing right next to him.

The Frenchman was not amused, and rolled his eyes pointedly exaggerating the movement.

"Laugh all you want, I'm not the one that had to ask the hotel desk to get another duvet, because I didn't fit under the one that comes with the room."

“Fuckin’ hell… Enough of that, get inside, sit down and get ready to watch the movie.” Roy stopped them before they could drag the conversation out even longer. “Jan, come with me to pick the movie.”

Inside the conference room a projector was set up, along with a few rows of nice cushioned chairs to sit on. Roy stood in front of the chairs waiting for the footballers to settle down on their seats.

“Today's match was hard,”Roy began his speech. “but we pulled through. And we fuckin’ won!” Here Roy paused, waiting for the cheers to die down. “And we owe it not only to the ones scoring the goals, but to our defence as well, especially to Jan Maas over here, so Nate,” Here Roy turned to the shorter man, “Bring in the Box!”

Nate approached with the glittery shoebox and dramatically opened the lid before turning to Jan waiting for the Dutchman to pick out a post-it note with the title of today’s movie.

Jan covered his eyes and reached into the box pulling out a piece of paper folded twice, handing it to Roy and walking off to sit down on an empty chair next to Richard that the shorter man saved for him.

“And the movie of the evening is… 50 First Dates!”

Some people whooped, some looked around confused. Richard turned to look at Jan grinning. Jan returned the gesture for the second time today and turned to the screen waiting for the movie to start. He has never seen it before, but since Richard enjoyed it, then it must be nice.

The snack bowls were passed around, the light turned off, and the movie put on. Jan held onto the popcorn he was handed. For the next hour and a half every now and then the Frenchman would nudge him to get the bowl within his reach.

From time to time someone would snicker at some joke, Jamie definitely winced at the scene where Lucy beat Henry up, Thierry pointed out the fact that the dolphins were named Mary Kate and Ashley and Dani shot up during the diary burning scene to exclaim that it’s almost like that time when they were getting rid of the ghosts from the treatment room.

They all bawled their eyes out at the break up scene, and tissues had to be passed around during the final one. Jan ended up liking the movie and judging by the fact that by the end most of the players were trying to hold back tears, so did they.

Once the light came back on the coaches gave them ten minutes to tidy up, and get back to their rooms. Isaac and Sam stayed the longest to make sure everything was back to how it was beforehand, which meant Colin was stuck outside the doors waiting for his room key that his best friend held on to, Jan and Richard decided to keep him company.

“How’d you like the movie?” the Welshman asked, noticing how the two of them decided to wait around with him.

“I liked it” Jan simply answered “And you, Richard, you’ve seen it before, right?”

“Yeah, but I still find it enjoyable.”

“Yeah? Is it because Henry reminds you of… well, you?” Colin laughed

“Why? Because Dickie here is a shameless flirt, or actually a softie that cares a lot about penguins?” Colin joked as Isaac joined their group while Sam was locking up the conference room.

“I’ll have you know, penguins are actually great animals.”

“Yeah, and they are also the best secret agents in the world” the Nigerian finally joined their tiny circle, and they were able to start moving towards their rooms.

They all stopped in front of Sam and Dani’s room to talk a bit more before retiring for the night. Jan couldn’t help but notice how short Richard looked standing next to them all, well, maybe not next to Colin, but the rest of them towered over the Frenchman a little.

After about ten minutes of idle lounging around Colin yawned loudly prompting their discussion to halt.

“Need your beauty sleep?” Isaac asked.

“Better not, because he would need a lot of it.” Richard quipped.

“And remember, we have to be up early tomorrow.” Jan replied without missing a beat.

Colin flipped them both off as they bid the group farewell and took off in the direction of their room.

Back in their room they got ready to sleep taking turns in the bathroom. Richard went in first so when Jan exited after his own shower he was surprised to see his friend still up clearly waiting for him. As soon as the Frenchman noticed Jan was done in the bathroom he motioned for him to join him on the bed, so Jan did.

“So, who do you think picked the movie? I’m pretty sure both Dixon and Goodman recognised it but I’m not sure any of them would have picked it as their one choice.”

“How about Tommy Winchester?” Jan suggested trying to seem oblivious.

“Nah, that’s also not it…Maybe Reynolds?” the shorter man continued to speculate.

“How do I know it wasn’t you?” It might have been a bit of a risky move there, but it wasn’t unsound to assume that. “After all you did know the movie and I remember you mentioning something about liking Drew Barrymore romantic comedies…”

“It does make sense, but let me tell you a secret. I wanted to put that one down, but ended up picking a different movie.” Richard winked at him and it took all the self control Jan had to not reveal to him that he knows. “Also, you remembered that comment about Drew Barrymore? I didn’t even remember it until you mentioned it.”

“We are friends, I remember things about you. Things like your favourite actress… Maybe not the French cinema ones, because most of them I’ve never heard of, but you know… other ones…”

“Give French cinematography a try, you may end up liking it. We could put a film on during our next charcuterie night?”

“How did you end up liking it? I didn’t think goat farms had access to a lot of fancy French cinemas.”

“Well, my maman had a big city soul and I got it from her. She never did get out of the farm, but I did and have been living with splendour for the two of us ever since. Never looked back…”

“You never talked about her before… She sounds like a lovely woman.”

“She was… She was the only one who would get my father to dance with her. He was the most stern man you’ve ever met, but when she put on an old record and asked him to dance he would, just like that… Bought them an Adele record for their 20th wedding anniversary with the money I earned in my first job because that was the only new release at the local store. Père and I listen to it every time I visit him back home.”

They were now both lying down, propped up on the big pillow and looking at the ceiling, Richard leaning on him.

“What is your family like? I don’t think I ever heard you talking about them either…”

“Well, I have a brother and a sister, both older than me, and my parents own a small corner shop…”

Jan woke up in the middle of the night disoriented. He looked around and noticed someone lying on top of him.

Richard’s rhythmic breaths and the rise and fall of his chest calmly brought Jan back to Earth and stopped him from panicking lest he wake up the smaller man. They must have fallen asleep whilst talking.

The Dutchman looked back at his friend and smiled softly at how the other man curled up into him. He made a move to reach for the blanket at the foot of the bed without stirring the Frenchman but was unsuccessful in his attempt as the other man stirred awake.

“Morning… Well, not morning, but there isn’t really a greeting for the middle of the night…”

“Hello to you too… Can we go back to sleep, or are you gonna move some more?”

“I… Well, uh… Sure, let’s, let’s get back to sleeping.” Before lying back down Jan draped the blanket over the both of them and spared one last look at his best friend. He waited before Richard’s breathing slowed down again before speaking.

“I was the one who put down that movie… Because I saw you struggling to pick one, and I decided to pick the one you wrote off.” He was now absentmindedly tracing patterns on Richard’s right shoulder and arm while spilling some stuff he’d be too scared to admit in the daylight. “I couldn’t stop looking at you that day… And many days before and after that. It’s been a thing for quite some time. And now I’m thinking that I’d like to buy a gramophone so that we could get a vinyl of some Adele album and dance to it, and maybe visit your dad on the farm… You could show me the goats. I've never touched a goat before… And maybe we could grow older together, but not as friends… As something…”

“Just so you know, I’m not asleep yet…”Richard whispered softly as Jan's face dropped. “And I think I would like that too, but maybe we could talk about it more in the morning?” Jan’s face went from horrified to touched to happy as he hugged the man lying next to him.

He pressed a soft kiss to the top of Richard’s head and burrowed his face in his hair. Richard in turn kissed his neck before turning to find a comfortable position and go back to sleep.

“Goodnight Richard”

“Goodnight Jan”

#janchard #richard montlaur #jan maas #it was supposed to be a short fic #long post #ted lasso #richmond movie night tradition #It was mentioned once that Richard likes romantic comedies with Drew Barrymore and here we are now #“I FORGOT BHARGAVA” is now immortalized in a fic #richmond boys #this got away from me...#spoilers for 50 first dates ig #Writing football commentary as both not a fan of the sport and not a native english speaker was... fun? Yeah it was fun.#I hope I did okay #I'll add the ao3 link in a reblog as soon as I post the fic on there

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gokul2181 · 4 years

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RR vs MI Live Score: Hardik Pandya's blitz takes Mumbai Indians to 195/5 against Rajasthan Royals | Cricket News

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LIVE BLOG | LIVE SCORECARD (TARGET FOR RR: 196) OVERS 1.1: FOUR! Uthappa welcomes Pattinson with a boundary towards deep mid wicket. RR 9/0 James Pattinson comes into the attack End of OVER 1: Brilliant start from MI. Just 5 runs off Boult’s over. RR 5/0 Trent Boult will open the attack for MI. Here we go…!!! Robin Uthappa and Ben Stokes are at the crease. Welcome back! Mumbai Indians players are making their way to the middle. MUMBAI INDIANS 195/5 IN 20 OVERS AGAINST RAJASTHAN ROYALS Hardik Pandya: Was waiting for the one hit to get the rhythm and get back to hitting sixes which I love. I hit few from the bottom of my bat. The bat which I play with is my favourite. I’ve been using it for three years. I thought that before this game I was trying to hit in front of my body. This game I was trying to time it more. I don’t think we were aiming for that (195) but we keep doing it. MUMBAI INDIANS 195/5 IN 20 OVERS AGAINST RAJASTHAN ROYALS Hardik Pandya 60* (20 balls) Suryakumar Yadav 40 (26 balls) Jofra Archer 2/31 Shreyas Gopal 2/30

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OVERS 20: SIX! Hardik Pandya finishes off in style. He signs off MI’s innings with a huge maximum towards long off. OVERS 19.5: SIX! FIFTY! Hardik Pandya brings up his half-century off just 20 balls. OVERS 19.4: FOUR! Look at the power. Pandya is at his best. He hits Tyagi for back-to-back boundaries. OVERS 19.2: SIX! Hardik Pandya leaves the crease and dispatches the ball over deep mid wicket fence. Brutal hit from Pandya. Kartik Tyagi to bowl the last over. End of OVER 19: 3 runs off Archer’s over. MI 168/5 Krunal Pandya comes to the crease OVERS 18.1: WICKET! Jofra removes Saurabh Tiwary for 34 runs. The batsman lofts this towards long on but fails to connect. Stokes takes a brilliant catch. Jofra Archer starts his fourth and last over. End of OVER 18: 27 runs off Rajpoot’s over. MI 165/4 OVERS 17.6: SIX! Fourth six of the over and all by Pandya. What a way to end the over. Pandya is on fire. OVERS 17.5: SIX! Another one by Pandya. This time over backward square leg. OVERS 17.4: SIX! What a shot. Muscular power and brilliant technique. Pandya did this in his own style towards long on. OVERS 17.1: SIX! Full toss from Rajpoot. Pandya dispatches it over long on. Rajpoot is back into the attack. End of OVER 17: 17 runs off Archer’s over. MI 138/4 OVERS 16.6: SIX! Short ball down the leg by Jofra. Tiwary pulls this over fine leg fence. OVERS 16.5: FOUR! Saurabh Tiwary goes on backfoot and launches this towards long on. OVERS 16.2: FOUR! Saurabh Tiwary guides Jofra Archer towards fine leg. Archer starts his third over. End of OVER 16: 5 runs off Tyagi’s over. MI 121/4 Kartik Tyagi starts his third over. BREAKING: BCCI announces schedule and venue details for IPL 2020 Playoffs The IPL Playoffs and final will be played from 5th November to 10th November. Qualifier 1 will be held in Dubai on 5th November followed by the Eliminator (6th November) and Qualifier 2 (8th November) in Abu Dhabi. The final will be held on 10th November in Dubai. The full schedule of the IPL 2020 Playoffs is as follows:

15 overs gone! Mumbai Indians 116/4 OVERS 14.1: FOUR! That’s a loose delivery from Gopal. Saurabh Tiwary didn’t waste time and punishes him towards deep extra cover. Powerful shot from Tiwary. MI 112/4 Gopal starts his fourth and final over. End of OVER 14: 7 runs off Tewatia’s over. MI 108/4 OVERS 13.4: FOUR! Saurabh Tiwary smashes this powerfully towards deep mid wicket. Tewatia starts his fourth and last over. Hardik Pandya comes to the crease. OVERS 12.6: WICKET! Gopal strikes again. his googly does the job here. Pollard is completely bamboozled. Gopal castles Pollard for 6 runs. Two wickets in one over for Gopal. Superb stuff from the spinner. Smith has a big smile on his face. MI 101/4 OVERS 12.4: SIX! Pollard smashes Gopal for a six. Stokes is at the boundary ropes but fails to grab the ball. Kieron Pollard comes to the crease. OVERS 12.2: WICKET! Gopal gets another big wicket for RR. Suryakumar departs for 40 runs. Two well-settled batsmen have been sent back to the pavilion. Surya lofts this straight but finds Stokes at the boundary ropes. MI 95/3 Gopal starts his third over. End of OVER 12: 3 runs off Tewatia’s over. MI 94/2 Saurabh Tiwary comes to the crease End of OVER 11: Just 2 runs and Ishan’s wicket off Tyagi’s over. MI 91/2 OVERS 10.4: WICKET! Kartik Tyagi does the job for Smith here. He gets the big wicket. Ishan Kishan departs for 37 runs. Short and outside off from Tyagi. Ishan smashes this hard. Archer takes a magnificent catch at third man region. Superb stuff from him. Kartik Tyagi starts his second over. 10 overs gone! MI 89/1. Ishan 37*, Suryakumar 38* OVERS 9.6: FOUR! What a way to end the over. 6 runs off of the first five balls and Suryakumar scoops the ball towards backward square leg for a boundary. Tewatia starts his second over. End of OVER 9: 12 runs off Gopal’s over. MI 79/1 OVERS 8.6: FOUR! Suryakumar picks the length and smashes this over Gopal’s head for a boundary. The ball goes like a rocket straight down the ground. OVERS 8.3: FOUR! Suryakumar plays this wonderfully towards backward point. Gopal isn’t happy with this. Gopal starts his second over. End of OVER 8: Another good over for RR. Just 5 runs off Tewatia’s over. MI 67/1 Rahul Tewatia comes into the attack End of OVER 7: Just 3 runs off Gopal’s over. MI 62/1 Shreyas Gopal comes into the attack End of OVER 6: MI 59/1 OVERS 5.5: SIX! Short from Rajpoot. Ishan slaps the ball over fine leg fence. MI 59/1 OVERS 5.2: SIX! Suryakumar picks the length and launches the ball over backward square leg. What a shot from the Mumbaikar. Rajpoot starts his third over. End of OVER 5: 11 runs off Tyagi’s over. MI 45/1 OVERS 5: FOUR! Poor delivery from Tyagi. Suryakumar seems waiting for this delivery. Suryakumar shuffles across and sends the ball towards fine leg. OVERS 4.5: FOUR! Tyagi to Suryakumar. The batsman gets a thick inside edge and the ball races towards fine leg fence. Kartik Tyagi comes into the attack END of OVER 4: 13 runs off Rajpoot’s second over. MI 34/1 OVERS 3.4: FOUR! Excellent shot from Ishan. He uses the pace, opens the face of the bat and guides the ball towards third man for a boundary. MI 33/1 OVERS 3.1: Rajpoot to Ishan. 4 runs. LEG BYES. Rajpoot starts his second over. Most wickets in Powerplay this IPL 10 Trent Boult 8 Jofra Archer * 7 Deepak Chahar 6 Nortje/R Ashwin End of OVER 3: Just 1 run off Archer’s over. MI 21/1 Good news! Ishan resumes batting. OVERS 2.2: OUCH! Archer to Ishan. The batsman tries to flick but the ball hits on his right knee. Ishan is hurt. He is in pain. Physio is out. Jofra starts his second over. End of OVER 2: 10 runs off Rajppot’s over. MI 20/1 OVERS 1.5: FOUR! Ishan pulls this away through mid wicket. He is in top form. OVERS 1.2: FOUR! Rajpoot to Ishan. Inside edge and four. Ankit Rajpoot comes into the attack End of OVER 1: 10 runs and a big wicket of De Kock off Archer’s over. MI 10/1 Suryakumar Yadav comes to the crease. OVER 0.5: WICKET! Jofra Archer dismisses Quinton de Kock early. Archer castles De Kock for 6 runs. Huge success for RR. Archer raises his hand and celebrates in his style. MI 7/1 OVER 0.3: SIX! What a shot from De Kock. The South African smashes Archer over deep mid wicket region for a huge one. Jofra Archer will open the attack for RR. Here we go!!! Mumbai Indians openers Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan are in the middle. Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith is having a chat with his men. CAPTAINS’ TAKE: Steve Smith (Rajasthan Royals): Same team. We’ve played some reasonable cricket without getting over the line. Last one was a bit disappointing. Hopefully we can get over the line. We’ve got three games, for us it’s about winning them all. See how we go. Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians): We’re going to bat. Just one change – Pattinson in for Coulter-Nile. Pitch is fairly good. Done pretty well batting first. Couple of venues dew has played a major factor. Here, not so much. Whatever you do you have to do it properly. PLAYING XIs: Rajasthan Royals: Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson(w), Jos Buttler, Steven Smith(c), Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Kartik Tyagi Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

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TOSS: Mumbai Indians captain Kieron Pollard wins toss and opts to bat against Rajasthan Royals.

Captain Pollard wins the toss and #MumbaiIndians will bat first against #RR #Dream11IPL https://t.co/hH033wUaio

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It’s TOSS time, folks. Both the captains – Kieron Pollard and Steve Smith – are in the middle. Rohit Sharma misses out today’s game as well. Pollard will lead MI again. Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the IPL 2020 match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.

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junker-town · 4 years

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How Trent Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool are revolutionizing the fullback position

Fullbacks don’t have to be afterthoughts. Alexander-Arnold is proving how just how dangerous the position can be.

Fullback is typically an afterthought position in soccer. In your rec league game, it’s where you stick the new person who hasn’t proven that they can play. And at the highest level of the game, it’s where talented youth players go when they aren’t quite good enough at their primary positions to play there as pros.

Over the last 20 years or so, there have been two kinds of fullbacks: 1) converted central defenders who are good athletes, but not good in the air, and 2) converted wingers who have good athleticism and work rate, but aren’t tricky dribblers. There have been some exceptions, like the Brazilian duo of Marcelo and Dani Alves, but they were poor defensive players who needed cover from all-around dominant teams with the best center backs in the world. Most fullbacks go into the position with half the required skillset then try to learn the other half, hoping to make the most out of their talent.

But the fullback position doesn’t need to be mere filler on the pitch, something Liverpool right back Trent Alexander-Arnold is intent on proving. He and his partner in crime, left back Andy Robertson, have been two of Liverpool’s most creative players during the club’s year-long unbeaten run in the Premier League, in addition to playing well defensively.

Following Liverpool’s win over Sheffield United on Thursday, Alexander-Arnold gave an interview in which he talked about his ambition to revolutionize his position.

"The famous saying is nobody wants to grow up to be a full-back or a Gary Neville..." "We want to change that." Absolutely brilliant from Trent Alexander-Arnold on his friendly competition with Andy Robertson and being the best version of himself #PLTonight pic.twitter.com/xDvMPXirD4

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“We want to change the way the position has previously been thought about,” he said. “There’s the famous saying, ‘No one wants to grow up to be a fullback, or a Gary Neville,’ but we want to try and change that. We want to bring a different way of thinking about fullbacks, and I think that’s what we’ve been doing over the last 18 months.”

Alexander-Arnold has eight assists in the Premier League this season, second behind Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne. Robertson has six. No other defender has more than four. And both are major contributors to Liverpool’s buildup even when they don’t register assists. They’re Nos. 1 and 2 on Liverpool in xG Buildup, which StatsBomb describes as the expected goals of possessions that a player was involved in other than those in which they were shooting or assisting. In other words, they’re consistently making great passes early to start attacks.

Robertson is a slightly better passer than the average fullback, but he still plays the game fairly traditionally. He’s an up-and-down, athletic fullback who often gets crosses in from the byline. Alexander-Arnold is a bit different, however. He’s not quite as quick, or as good at dribbling as Robertson, but he’s probably the best long-range passer at fullback in the world.

Credit Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp for recognizing Alexander-Arnold’s talent and freeing him up to be a deep-lying playmaker. As Michael Caley points out, Liverpool constantly feeds the ball to Alexander-Arnold and asks him to try low-percentage passes, knowing he’ll connect a relatively high number of them and create clear-cut scoring chances for his forwards.

players who are on the ball as much as Alexander-Arnold are almost never this expansive in their passing Liverpool built a system and a role for him to try shit all day long and accept 31% incompletion as a fair trade-off pic.twitter.com/Evplh5kia6

— Michael Caley (@MC_of_A) January 3, 2020

Fans often like to ruminate on how legendary players from the past whose positions have been eliminated might be used in the modern game. David Beckham had to learn how to play as a central midfielder at the end of his career, when 4-4-2 formations with wide midfielders who crossed from deep became outdated. Today, Beckham could have very well become a player like Alexander-Arnold.

Fullback doesn’t need to be a dumping ground position for hard workers who couldn’t hack it in other roles, and teams don’t necessarily have to choose between good attacking and good defending at the spot. As long as Liverpool can successfully focus play through its right back, other teams may soon begin searching for their own Alexander-Arnold.

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Pep Guardiola told his Manchester City players not to complain about refereeing decisions and VAR controversies on social media after the Blues were beaten 3-1 by Liverpool at Anfield. The City boss refused to get into a discussion about some of the controversial decisions in the game in his post-match press conference and has told his players not to land themselves in hot water either. Instead he wants them to focus on the quality of the football on show at Anfield after insisting he was “proud” of his side, who showed why they were back-to-back Premier League champions despite a defeat that leaves them nine points adrift in the title race. On the pitch City were furious when Trent Alexander-Arnold got away with a handball in his own penalty area 22 seconds before Fabinho fired Liverpool in front. While the handball was checked by VAR the penalty wasn’t given and the goal stood. When a second penalty appeal for handball by Alexander-Arnold was waved away in the second half Guardiola stormed towards fourth official Mike Dean waving two wingers in the air. But he was calm by the time he spoke to the press after the game and he wants his players to keep their cool on social media as well. Video LoadingVideo Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8CancelPlay now “We had chances to score [early on], they arrive twice and have two goals, it’s not easy, but how we react is the process we have to learn,” Guardiola said. “I don’t have regrets, if I’m not happy I tell the players but at the end I said ‘heads up guys’, I tell them don’t use social media to say your thoughts about what happened today in some departments, talk about football and how good it was for both sides. “Maybe one day we’ll have a chance to win.” City were stung by conceding the controversial first and quickly found themselves 2-0 down when Mohamed Salah scored. Sadio Mane made it three early in the second half before Bernardo Silva’s consolation. READ MORE RELATED ARTICLES Despite the defeat and a major setback in the title race Guardiola was happy with the performance of his side. “Today we showed in the most difficult stadium in the world the reasons we are champions, one of the proudest performances of my career,” he said. “Unfortunately we lost, congratulations to Jurgen and his fantastic team for the victory. It was a good game for both sides, for the Premier League, for the billions of people who watched this game it was good advertising. “Maybe you have to buy Jurgen and myself a bottle of wine for that. “We tried, we can’t expect not to concede chances at Anfield. We created more than ever. I’m so proud, I like to be manager of these players.” Source link The post What Pep Guardiola told his Man City players after Liverpool FC defeat appeared first on 10z Soccer. #LiverpoolFC #PepGuardiola #ManchesterCityFC

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India vs New Zealand 2nd Test: Dream 11 Prediction, Captain and Vice-Captain

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India vs New Zealand 2nd Test: Dream 11 Prediction, Captain and Vice-Captain

Both New Zealand and India are expected to make atleast one change each in their playing XI for the second and series-deciding Test match at the Hagle Oval Stadium on Saturday.

New Zealand outplayed India in all departments in the 1st match in Wellington to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series and will be looking to replicate their performance and seal the deal in Christchurch.

They are expected to bring back left-arm fast bowler Neil Wagner in their playing XI which means Kyle Jamieson, who picked 4 wickets in the previous game and contributed with 44 crucial runs down the order in their only innings, will be warming the bench in all likelihood.

India on the other hand, were dealt with a big blow on Friday after reports of Ishant Sharma’s injury emerged. Ishant’s ankle injury as resurfaced and remains a doubtful starter for the crucial game.

His absence could see the return of Umesh Yadav in the Indian playing XI ahead of Navdeep Saini due to the former’s experience and form in red-ball cricket.

Ravindra Jadeja could also be drafted in the team with Ravichandran Ashwin likely to miss out. But as is the norm with the Indian team, the playing XI will only be revealed at the toss on Saturday morning.

Dream X1 predictions:

Captain: Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson is the in-form batsman and the home team captain with his team already ahead in the series. He will be going for the kill in the next game as well so it makes sense to chose him over Virat Kohli as you team captain. Kohli has been woefully out of form on this tour which is why Williamson would be a better option for you.

Vica-Captain: Ajinkya Rahane

India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane was the only batsman along with Mayank Agarwal, who showed some form with the bat for the visitors. Rahane top-scored in India’s 1st innings with 46 runs while in the 2nd he made 29 so picking him as your vice-captain would be a safe bet.

Batsmen

Tom Blundell and Mayank Agarwal were the two openers who were among the runs from either side in the last game with the Indian even managing a half-century in their 2nd innings. So it should be a no-brainer to pick these two as your openers, followed by Williamson and Rahane.

Virat Kohli’s string of poor scores though, should not discourage you from picking him in your Dream XI team as the Indian captain is due for a big score. Kohli has delivered every time the chips were down and will be looking to do the same with his team facing a series defeat in Christchurch.

Wicketkeeper & All-rounders

Rishabh Pant is a risky choice but it can pay off handsomely as the young wicketkeeper has the tendency to score big hundreds at a good strike rate in overseas conditions as we have seen in the past in Australia and England. He is still a work in progress behind the stumps but like Kohli, Pant is also a player who has hit back at critics with his performance on the field in his short international career so far.

Colin de Grandhomme is the obvious choice for the all-rounder’s slot being the in-form player from either side. He scored 43 runs and picked up a wicket in the last game which is why he becomes an automatic choice. Ravindra Jadeja is expected to play the next match ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin so he is the perfect choice for your 2nd all-rounder and lone spinner in the team.

Bowlers

Trent Boult and Tim Southee are the top picks in this category thanks to their outstanding performances in the last game. Southee grabbed 9 wickets in the match including a 5-wicket haul in India’s 2nd innings while Boult finished with 5 scalps. The two should once again be among the wickets in the next Test where the pitch will assist the fast bowlers in the first three days.

The third pacer’s slot can be filled by Neil Wagner, who will definitely return to the New Zealand XI. Wagner has been the second most-prolific Kiwi pacer in the World Test Championship behind Southee so far and simply cannot be left out of the Dream 11 side in this case.

Dream 11 Team: Tom Blundell, Mayank Agarwal, Kane Williamson (c), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Colin de Grandhomme, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner.

India vs New Zealand – Test squads

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), R. Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Navdeep Saini, Shubhman Gill.

New Zealand: Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling(w), Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals Sadio Mane injury after quiet display in Chelsea win | Football | Sport

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed Sadio Mane was substituted against Chelsea because he was injured.

Mane was brought off for James Milner with a little under 20 minutes remaining at Stamford Bridge.

It didn’t affect the Reds, who held onto a 2-1 lead to maintain their 100 per cent record in the Premier League this season.

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino scored the goals and Klopp was pleased with the performance despite the worry over Mane.

The German told Sky Sports: “It was a good game between good sides. We forced the set-pieces in decisive areas.

“Second half I think we had two, at least one no-brainer to make it more clear and 3-0 would have been a statement in the Premier League but then N’Golo Kante makes his little run and kicks it in with his big toe.

“Then it is completely normal that you come under pressure but we defended well. There were a couple of good saves from both goalkeepers.

“Good situations in an exciting game and that is how it is in the top six and in the Premier League.

“We work on set pieces. All the things we do in training I love to see on the pitch. Big fight from everybody.

“Sadio [Mane] got a bad knock. He is OK but we have to make that substitution. You will never win at Chelsea without putting a proper shift in and we did that today.”

Liverpool’s win meant their lead at the top of the table is back to five points.

It came after Manchester City piled the pressure on with an 8-0 demolition of Watford on Saturday.

But Klopp is keen to keep Liverpool focused and not to worry about their rivals.

He added: “It is exceptional. What can I say? We have to keep on going.

“It never looks as easy as it did for City yesterday but we have not had these games yet. We have to work for it.”

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 9/16/2019

Good Morning #realdreamchasers. Here is your daily news cap for Monday, September 16th, 2019. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN).

NOT BUDGING – Teachers are not backing down in their fight to be paid separately for correcting School-Based Assessments (SBAs). That was the emphatic word from Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) president Sean Spencer yesterday, as his group and the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) prepare to hold separate talks with their members tomorrow to thrash out a number of burning issues, including a teachers’ dress code.It means that all public schools will be closing at noon tomorrow, just over a week into the new school term, and a day after four senior schools – Alexandra School, Frederick Smith Secondary School, Grantley Adams Memorial School and Princess Margaret Secondary School – would reopen for the first time.The BUT meeting is set for 1 p.m. at Solidarity House, Harmony Hall, St Michael, while the BSTU’s is scheduled for the National Union of Public Workers’ headquarters, Dalkeith, St Michael, at 12:45 p.m.On the SBAs, Spencer was reacting to a ruling from the Trinidad and Tobago High Court last Thursday, which threw out a motion by the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) which sought to prevent teachers from marking SBAs set by the Caribbean Examination Council. (DN)

OPENING OF TWO SCHOOLS FURTHER DELAYED –The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training informs all parents and guardians that all schools that had a delayed opening will start tomorrow except two schools. St John Primary – only Class 4 Students will return to school tomorrow. All other classes are to report to school on Wednesday, September 18. Eagle Hall Primary – only Class 4 students will report to school tomorrow. All other classes will start next week Monday, September 23. The Ministry of Education regrets the inconvenience this further delay will cause to parents and guardians of these two schools.(BGIS)

HEAT PUTTING ANIMALS AT RISK – People are not the only ones being affected by the heatwave. Chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul, is reporting an increase in the mortality rate among chickens, though he said it had not yet reached alarming proportions. He said yesterday the high temperatures could affect the animals’ “reproductive abilities” and “disrupt the breeding cycle of some animals, especially dairy cows”, affecting next year’s milk supplies. “We are seeing increased mortality, but it is not something we want to shout about right now. There is increased mortality of chickens, the broilers and layers, especially layers. And where a farmer would have invested in layers for six months into getting them up to where they should be, he doesn’t want to lose that because that’s his production. Farmers, I think, would have done their due diligence to ensure that the birds are adequately watered,” he said.Paul urged poultry farmers to ensure they kept pens ventilated so there was no build-up of hot air in them.Some farmers canvassed by the NATION said they had lost chickens but not in large numbers. One or two said they provided iced or cool water for their chicks.(DN)

FOGGING SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 16 TO 20 – The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues its weekly fogging programme on Monday, September 16, and Tuesday, September 17, in St George. Areas scheduled to be treated on Monday are Charles Rowe Bridge, Lower Estate, Lower Estate Tenantry, Price Road, Parish Land, Airy Hill with Avenues, Flat Rock Development and environs.On Tuesday, the team will fog Flat Rock Tenantry, Mayfield Road, Rowans Park North with Avenues, Rowans Park East with Avenues, Rowans Park South with Avenues, Exchange, Glebe, Valley Land, Glebe Land and neighbouring districts. The unit will be in St Peter on Wednesday, September 18, treating the Speightstown Bypass, Queen Street, Bovell Road, Mango Lane, Chapel Street, Gooding Alley, Major Walk, Sand Street, Church Street, Golden Mile with Avenues and surrounding areas. On Thursday, September 19, the team will be in St Peter and St James fogging Gills Road, Around the Town, Farm Road, Niles Road, Farm Tenantry Road, Burma Road, Battaleys, 1st and 2nd Street Holetown, Trents, Trents Tenantry, Jamestown Park and environs. The Regional Police Training School at Paragon, Christ Church, will be treated on Friday, September 20, along with the surrounding districts of Fairy Valley, Fairy Valley Tenantry and Holbourne Terrace.The fogging exercise will be conducted between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. each day. Householders are reminded to open their windows and doors to allow the spray to enter. (BGIS)

BERMUDA ON ALERT AS TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO SETS STRENGTHEN –Forecasters have warned Bermuda that strengthening Tropical Storm Humberto is a potential threat to the island after it moved to the north of the Bahamas. As of 12PM Sunday, the storm, which is due to reach hurricane strength later in the day, is expected to be around 230 miles west of Bermuda by midday on Wednesday as a Category 2 Hurricane. The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the storm, packing 65 mph winds with higher gusts, was moving north at seven miles per hour, but is expected to make a sharp turn to the northeast on Monday. On Sunday afternoon, Humberto was located 180 miles north-northwest of Abaco, which suffered loss of life and massive damage earlier in the month from Hurricane Dorian. “Additional strengthening is forecast through Wednesday, and Humberto is expected to become a hurricane by tonight,” the NHC said in its latest advisory on Sunday. Bermuda’s Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) has said it has begun to monitor the track of Humberto. Minister of National Security Wayne Caines said: “The EMO is prepared and stands ready to convene should the weather system’s forecasted track pose a threat to Bermuda. “I take this opportunity to remind the public that Bermuda is in the midst of hurricane season. I strongly encourage the public to revisit your business, household and family preparedness plans.” The Bermuda Weather Service said Humberto would bring dangerous sea conditions to the island ahead of it. Humberto lashed already devastated parts of the Bahamas with heavy rain and strong winds which hampered recovery efforts after Dorian, a Category 5 hurricane, tore into the island chain’s northwestern islands with 185 mph winds, killing at least 50 people and leaving thousands homeless.(DN)

THROWN FOR A LOOP –BARBADOS TRIDENTS were put in a spin yesterday.Playing on the ground that produced the highest T20 franchise score two days earlier, the Tridents encountered a pitch that changed character and slumped to their second defeat of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League.The surface at Sabina Park in Jamaica was slow, offered turn and bounce and the Tridents, batting first after they were sent in for the midday start, were undone by a quartet of spinners that helped Jamaica Tallawahs end a four-match losing streak.Tridents made a fight of it in trying to defend their modest total of 140 for nine and it took the Tallawahs 18.3 overs while losing six wickets to complete their four-wicket win that gave them their first points of the tournament.Tridents captain Jason Holder admitted that he didn’t expect to see the opponents turn to spin first up, but made no excuses for his team’s batting display in which some players gifted their hands and others were outfoxed.“It [spinners using the new ball] took us by surprise, but I still felt the wicket was good enough that we could have done a little better,” the skipper said.(DN)

WI WOMEN LOSE T20 OPENER – FRESH FROM a clean sweep of the preceding One-Day International Series in Antigua, Australia women drew first blood when the three-match T20I series against West Indies commenced at Kensington Oval on Saturday night. The Australians, who are the No. 1-ranked team in both ODI and T20 formats, held the Windies – who won the toss – to a modest 106 for eight before wiping off the target for the loss of four wickets with seven balls to spare.The visitors centred their match-winning chase around an authoritative 54 not out by captain Meg Lanning who came to the crease in the second over and remained until the victory was achieved. West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor was also her side’s leading batsman, but was forced to temper her approach as wickets tumbled around her at regular intervals after she, like Lanning, came at the fall of the first wicket. She did manage to open her shoulders on a few occasions to strike three fours and two sixes in a knock that spanned 55 balls. The home team got off to a disastrous start, losing both openers in the first over of the match – Britney Cooper comprehensively beaten and bowled by pacer Megan Schutt, and Kyshona Knight run out at the striker’s end, responding late to a call for sharp single from Taylor.(DN)

KING: ONE SONG STAYS – THE ONE-SONG Pic-O-De-Crop final, which was introduced this year, will be staying.There are no buts, ifs or maybes in Minister of Culture John King’s mind about that. And he wants the calypsonians to enter and “bring everything”.“It will stay because it is important that we build back the crowds that we used to get in the 1980s. And you can’t effect change by doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That, as everyone knows, is a prognosis for madness,” he said, reinforcing what the chief executive officer of the National Cultural Foundation Carol Roberts-Reifer said recently.King told the NATION in an interview that this year, more people attended the finals at Kensington Oval after declining numbers in recent years.“This year they’ve had the biggest increase in audience attendance for the finals in a number of years. We have the statistics, and even just being there and looking at it, anyone could see. I’ve been saying this for many years. The only singing competition in the world I’ve heard of where the competitor has two appearances is a calypso contest. And I asked the question even when I was in it, why?(DN)

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England suffered a stunning upset at the hands of inspired Pakistan in their second World Cup match at Trent Bridge.

The hosts and favourites were surprisingly lacklustre in the field as Pakistan, roared on by their noisy and vibrant fans, posted 348-8.

Even though England have made a habit of overhauling such targets, they were still faced with having to pull off the most successful chase in World Cup history.

And they were denied by the rejuvenated Pakistanis, who had lost their previous 11 one-day internationals including a 4-0 series defeat by England prior to the tournament and then a humiliation against West Indies on this ground on Friday.

Despite Joe Root’s 107, the first century of the tournament, and a 75-ball ton from Jos Buttler, England were restricted to 334-9 to lose by 14 runs.

In a tournament where the 10 teams play each other once to determine the semi-finalists, there are plenty of opportunities for England to get their campaign back on track, starting with Bangladesh in Cardiff on Saturday.

Pakistan, renowned for veering from shambolic to sublime in global tournaments, will look to continue their resurgence in Sri Lanka in Bristol on Friday.

The day the World Cup came to life

After England opened their tournament by beating South Africa at The Oval on Thursday, captain Eoin Morgan asserted that they will not go through the competition unbeaten.

Similarly, on Sunday, Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood defiantly claimed his side could reverse their fortunes and beat Morgan’s men.

Both were right.

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Hafeez bowls Morgan for nine

Indeed, both sides were almost entirely transformed from their first matches. Whereas Pakistan improved immeasurably, England were inexplicably shoddy.

Not only that, but England often let their frustrations boil over in the field and there were a number of noticeable moments of tension between the two sides when they came to bat.

All of this was played out in an electric atmosphere, created mainly by Pakistan fans, whose near constant din was only dimmed when Root and Buttler were together.

The tension of the contest and energy of the crowd amounted to a wonderful occasion. This was the day that the World Cup came to life.

Root and Buttler tons not enough

On a slow pitch, England’s top order struggled for impetus against the tricky spin and hostile pace of Pakistan.

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Like South Africa on Thursday, Pakistan opened with spin and saw Shadab Khan trap Jason Roy lbw. When Ben Stokes edged Shoaib Malik behind, it meant Buttler arrived at 118-4 with 231 required from just under 28 overs.

He was immediately into his destructive stride, heaving sixes over the leg side and driving through the covers. At the other end, Root, who was dropped by Babar Azam on nine, accumulated runs with dabs and nudges.

While they were at the crease, England were on course for victory, but both fell just after reaching three figures.

Root sliced Shadab to short third man, Buttler (103) fell in almost identical fashion to the pace of Mohammad Amir.

Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali turned an equation of 61 from 39 balls to 29 from 14, but when both fell in successive Wahab Riaz deliveries, the game was up.

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Slapdash England punished

By the metric of their own team analyst, England put in their best fielding performance for four years in defeating South Africa. This must rank as one of their worst.

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Not only was the ground fielding littered with errors, but Roy put down the most straightforward chance off Mohammad Hafeez on 14. Hafeez went on to make 84.

Woakes at least equalled a World Cup record with four catches, three superbly taken on the boundary, but he was one of a number of disappointing bowlers – his 3-71 made more respectable by some improved death bowling.

Adil Rashid and Jofra Archer were expensive as only Moeen, who claimed 3-50, and Mark Wood, in the side for Liam Plunkett, provided any sort of control.

Pakistan, who were blown away by a barrage of West Indies bouncers on Friday, cashed in.

Openers Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq added 82 in 14 overs, with Babar then particularly harsh on Rashid in his 63. Hafeez was the most aggressive, while captain Sarfaraz Ahmed favoured the leg side for 55.

‘A great advertisement for the tournament’ – what they said

England captain Eoin Morgan:“It was a very good game of cricket and a great advertisement for the tournament. We’re bitterly disappointed to be on the wrong end of the result though.

“Trent Bridge is a high scoring ground, we felt the wicket was good, the outfield was rapid and we thought if we got partnerships going, 350 was in our grasp.

“Joe and Jos kept us in the game. If we could have got a substantial partnership earlier, we might have got over the line.”

Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed:“It was a great team effort. The bowlers bowled really well today.

“We tried a couple of different things – we started with Shadab because we know their openers are not good against spin.

“Fielding is a very important part. In the last ODI series it was different. Today we fielded better and we bowled better.”

Former England captain Michael Vaughan on TMS:“England’s fielding certainly cost them 30 or 40 runs.

“Full credit to Pakistan – the support they’ve had, the atmosphere they created. I think we’re in for a fantastic tournament because of all the support.

“I think we’re going right to the wire.”

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Centuries from Hales and Bairstow see hosts break own ODI record total as tourists lost by 242 runs

England’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates reaching a century.

Nottingham: England posted the highest total ever scored in a men’s one-day international of 481 for six as they thrashed Australia by 242 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in a five-match series.

Alex Hales (147) and Jonny Bairstow (139) both hit hundreds as, for the second time in two years at Trent Bridge, England posted a new record ODI score following their 444 for three against Pakistan at Nottinghamshire’s headquarters in 2016.

This was Australia’s heaviest defeat at this level, in terms of runs, surpassing a 206-run loss to New Zealand in Adelaide in 1986.

By contrast, England were able to enjoy their biggest victory in the format as they topped their previous ODI best — 210-run success against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2015.

The 62 boundaries England struck in their innings was also a new record at this level, surpassing the 59 managed by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands, a non-Test nation, in Amstelveen, 12 years ago.

Faced with a massive target of 482, Australia — missing star batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner, both given year-long bans for their roles in March’s ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town — slumped to 239 all out with 13 overs left in the match.

England spinners Adil Rashid (four for 47) and Moeen Ali (three for 28), with a mountain of runs behind them, shared seven wickets.

Bairstow’s hundred was his fourth in six ODIs while Hales’s century on his Nottinghamshire home ground ended a run of low scores.

Meanwhile England captain Eoin Morgan became the country’s all-time leading run-scorer in this format during a 67 that featured 21-ball fifty — England’s quickest in men’s ODIs.

“It was amazing,” Bairstow told Sky Sports during the mid-innings break. “This ground is a special ground for us. It always tends to bring something exciting — what a pitch it is.”

Hales added: “We’ve had some great memories here as a team and today is another special day.

“The 500 was murmured when Morg (Morgan) came out but we just couldn’t get there,” he added

Jason Roy, who made 120 in England’s 38-run win in the second ODI in Cardiff on Sunday, could have had back-to-back hundreds but instead ran himself out on 82.

England might even have scored 500 had not Hales and Morgan — returning after being ruled out in Cardiff with a back spasm — been dismissed off successive deliveries to leave them 459 for five off 47.3 overs.

Australia captain Tim Paine used eight bowlers before the 25th over, having sent England into bat.

But an attack missing injured Ashes-winning fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, struggled for line and length in overcast conditions on a ground favouring swing bowling, with medium-pacer Andrew Tye’s nine wicketless overs costing 100 runs.

Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar thought he had Bairstow lbw for 27 when he missed a sweep but the batsman’s review showed the ball, surprisingly, missing leg stump.

Bairstow, on 30, skyed a drive off Tye but Marcus Stoinis failed to hold an extremely tough chance as he ran back from mid-on.

Australia, however, were gifted a wicket when Roy ran himself out going for a needless second run.

But Hales was quickly into his stride with three fours in four balls off medium-pacer Stoinis.

It was off Australia’s eighth bowler, left-arm wrist spinner D’Arcy Short, that Bairstow hit a huge six over deep midwicket to reach a 69-ball hundred including 11 fours and four sixes.

Bairstow eventually hammered Agar to Richardson at deep midwicket.

Hales — who also faced 92 balls — was caught in the deep off Richardson, having hit 16 fours and five sixes on a ground where he made 171 in an ODI against Pakistan two years ago.

Next ball Morgan, whose tally of 5,443 ODI runs for England in 180 matches has now surpassed Ian Bell’s 5416 in 161 — also holed out.

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