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Real Madrid airbrushed Kylian Mbappe out of photos promoting their latest clothing range as controversy around the forward grows.

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Real Madrid promoting new clothing lineMbappe part of original castLater removed in final cut of promoFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

The French star was conspicuously removed from a promotional image released by Real Madrid as part of the club's "Artist Pack" collection, which is intended to showcase the club's charitable foundation that supports sporting and social projects for underprivileged communities.

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However, the omission would have likely gone unnoticed if it weren’t for a post by teammate Jude Bellingham. The 21-year-old shared an unedited version of the image on his Instagram, which featured Mbappe. The post was swiftly taken down by the English midfielder, but not before eagle-eyed fans noticed the alteration.

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Reports from suggest the decision to exclude Mbappe stemmed from a clash between competing sponsorship deals. As a Nike ambassador, Mbappe was removed due to the campaign’s association with adidas, Real Madrid's official kit sponsor. Despite Mbappe's omission, Eduardo Camavinga, another Nike-sponsored player, was featured in the campaign, raising further questions about the rationale behind the decision.

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Mbappe is expected to feature in Real Madrid’s upcoming fixture against Celta Vigo this Saturday after brushing off an injury scare that forced him to withdraw from France’s national team squad for the latest international break. However, if the forward fails to win the race against time, he might be reintegrated into the squad for the midweek Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund three days later.

The same qualities that brought Jayasuriya criticism when he was a selector have contributed to his success when he was interim coach

Madushka Balasuriya07-Oct-2024Confidence, data-driven insight, and a little bit of luck. These are the core tenets of Sanath Jayasuriya’s coaching philosophy, which have worked well enough for him to be handed the reins of Sri Lanka’s men’s national team, following roughly three months in the role in an interim capacity.Those three months, while not being a runaway success, included a home ODI series win against India, a home Test series win against New Zealand and an impressive Test win in England – yes, they lost the series 2-1, but it was a crucial victory from the WTC point of view. The only real blip was Jayasuriya’s first assignment, a T20I series defeat to reigning world champions India.”What I have always said is that it’s all about confidence and trust. I created that around the team and that’s very important,” Jayasuriya said on Monday, as he faced the media following the announcement of his full-time appointment. “And I think there was a little bit of luck also. You may do a lot of work, but you need that luck sometimes.Related

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“At the same time, the players are determined to do well. They know what they went through over the last couple of years. They were really down and I asked the people to support the Sri Lanka cricketers. They are a good bunch of cricketers and they are talented. Only thing I gave was confidence, and I am there with them. They can talk to me and discuss anything.”That, in a nutshell, is Jayasuriya the coach. Arm around the shoulder, almost parent-like in the handling of his players. While during his time as chief selector, this was one of the criticisms directed at him – that he was at times too comfortable with his players, seen giving them advice and instructions in the lead up to, or even during, matches – now it’s seen as a strength.Jayasuriya has always been all action, with emotions firmly worn on his sleeves. Even during his short stint as interim coach, it was not uncommon to see him standing on the boundary line at the edge of the dugout, no attempt whatsoever at hiding his many emotions.”Yeah, he himself gets nervous sometimes, but he doesn’t let that happen to us,” Angelo Mathews had said recently during Sri Lanka’s second Test against New Zealand.And most times at the highest levels of team sport, it’s not so much about the actual coaching as it is your ability to get the message across effectively to the players. Sri Lanka have had 14 head coaches across their history (not including interim appointments) including some on multiple occasions, but Jayasuriya is only the fourth from Sri Lanka.

“In practice, we try and find different ways to do them [training sessions]. I want to make them interesting. Even before we start training, we’ve done little changes to create a nice atmosphere. So there are little things I do but it goes a long way”Sanath Jayasuriya

While foreign coaches bring a mountain of experience, their communication often relies on a translator, with several anecdotes abound about players over the years having tuned out during team briefings as a result of this language barrier. This, allied with Jayasuriya’s standing as a player , has provided him with a unique authority over the dressing room.”It’s easy for me to communicate first and foremost,” he said. “Any issues they have they can speak with me freely, and it’s easy to sort out. They have the confidence to do that. They also know what sort of cricket I played, so they know the value I bring.”But I have a responsibility as a local coach, I don’t have favourites. I will always play the team that is best for Sri Lanka cricket. I know that after me, it’s unlikely that a local coach will get this role. So there’s a responsibility I have on that end as well.”As for insights into Jayasuriya’s coaching acumen, there is yet to be any real information forthcoming, aside from the results. This is largely down to his role as a man-manager first and foremost, with tactical insights derived from the data gathered by SLC’s centralised hub for advanced cricket analytics – their “brain centre”.”The players also know what sort of cricket I played, so they know the value I bring”•Getty Images”In practice, we try and find different ways to do them [training sessions],” he said. “I want to make them interesting. Even before we start training, we’ve done little changes to create a nice atmosphere. So there are little things I do but it goes a long way.”The basics are very important. And that they enjoy, and that they are focusing [on]. But like I always say, focus maximum and when you finish, switch off. I don’t need to put them under pressure when they are not playing and the game is finished.”A very key area at the moment is the analysing department. That’s why Sri Lanka Cricket has invested a lot of money to the ‘brain centre’. We got some support from India too recently to educate our analysis department. It was very successful. And every tour we get data on the opposition, we go through it and discuss every detail. We then discuss our plans 48 hours before the match, so it’s easy for us to go out and execute our plan.”But while it’s been a satisfying honeymoon period, there are much sterner tests to come. For Jayasuriya, though, as a player, administrator, and now coach, a challenge is something to take head-on.”I think this is [something I] never expected, but I am very happy to achieve this and get this opportunity,” he said. “It’s a challenging job, I know that, it’s not a very easy job. But I want to take on that challenge and move forward with the team.”

Monaco manager Adi Hutter revealed that Balogun has suffered a painful shoulder injury, leaving his spot in the U.S. squad uncertain

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Folarin Balogun exited Rennes win with injuryScored in the first half in 2-1 victoryWas named in Mauricio Pochettino's first U.S. rosterWHAT HAPPENED?

Balogun's game ended early on Saturday when the striker exited the contest in the second half with an apparent shoulder injury. He was pictured with his arm in a sling after the game.

The setback comes after a strong run of form for the USMNT striker in which he had found the net in three straight Ligue 1 games – while also offering key contributions in the Champions League.

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In a postgame press conference, Monaco manager Adi Hutter said Balogun may be facing a spell on the sidelines: "He has injured his shoulder and it was very painful. We will await the verdict of the tests."

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Balogun's injury would seem to shake up the USMNT picture for the upcoming window. It could present opportunities for either Josh Sargent or Ricardo Pepi to get a look at the wide-open central striking role for Pochettino.

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The extent of the forward's injury remains unclear. For Pochettino and the USMNT, though, the issues are mounting. Gio Reyna has suffered a setback in a muscle problem, while Tyler Adams will also miss the upcoming fixtures with Panama and Mexico.

Dom Bess 79* in vain as Yorkshire Division One fate remains in balance

David Hopps28-Sep-2022The future has been confirmed: Shan Masood, the Pakistan batter shrewdly pilfered from Derbyshire, will captain Yorkshire in all formats in 2023. Masood brings hopes of a new beginning – and it needs to start as soon as possible. But, for the moment, the story at Headingley was of fear: fear of the present, fear of the future. And of a departing captain, much respected, who appeared to represent a bygone era.The majority of Yorkshire members who assembled in the Long Room before start of play at Headingley were of identical mind on the two great issues of the day: the Strauss Review should be consigned to the waste bin and Yorkshire had no chance of beating Gloucestershire to secure their place in Division One next season.Their view on the Strauss Review, which seeks a drastic reduction in the amount of county cricket, was voiced in no uncertain terms in a Members Forum as they gained assurances from the acting chief executive, Andy Dawson, that an EGM would be called as appropriate and that the vote would be binding. The members’ revolt around the country appears to be taking effect – although in Yorkshire’s case there may still be one or two complications ahead.They would be less thrilled that their pessimism about Yorkshire also proved well founded. Beaten by Gloucestershire by 18 runs after being dismissed late on the third day for 222, they have finished the season with six defeats in eight and will be relegated if Warwickshire, currently second bottom, fashion an unlikely victory against Hampshire at Edgbaston on the final day, so finishing above Yorkshire.For a while, though, as floodlights cut through thr early-evening gloom, a Yorkshire crowd surrendered to romance. By tradition, birthday flowers might still be hidden in shopping bags, or under overcoats, but invited to imagine that their 37-year-old former captain, Steven Patterson, would come in at No. 11 in the last innings of his career, and share in a match-winning last-wicket stand of 50, and they flirted with the notion with fluttering hearts.With every over blocked, poker faced, from the left-arm spinner, Zafar Gohar, they first applauded and then cheered. Patterson’s stumps were constantly imperilled, but the crowd was dancing to the fantasy. There were no whoops, to be fair, but this is Headingley after all. There is a place for whoops and it is several thousand miles west. Dom Bess, in perhaps his best innings for Yorkshire, picked off boundaries with some serene drives as the light began to fail. Surely, they would not have to come back in the morning?Then Gloucestershire removed Gohar from the attack and opted for pace at both ends. Patterson had nought from 26 balls, but his eyes lit up at a short, wide one from David Payne. He made good contact, but picked out Chris Dent at backward point. Bess was left stranded with an unbeaten 79 from 103 balls. Patterson had to make do with his third standing ovation of the day. Yorkshire had six defeats in eight, their only win coming against Gloucestershire in their opening game. This has been no summer for romance.Masood brings hope of success on the field and unity off it. It takes talent to heal breaches and the breaches could not be deeper.Ottis Gibson, the coach who dared to accept a hospital pass as Yorkshire began to rebuild after Azeem Rafiq’s racism allegations, knows the truth. “With one day to go, we hope things go our way in Birmingham, but you ask yourself the question, ‘Do we deserve that bit of luck from Birmingham?’ If we end up in the second division, it’s our own fault. We can’t blame any other factors.”The conversations we’ve had with Shan is that he is going to be club captain going forwards. The players know that. He will bring his own style of leadership.”Gloucestershire will still finish bottom, but they will find consolation over the winter that they have finished the season with back-to-back wins against the two counties who still fear they might be relegated alongside them.It was a difficult, but far from impossible Yorkshire chase, 241 on a sluggish surface allowing a degree of turn and seam, but Gloucestershire took a stranglehold from the moment Adam Lyth was sixth out at 119, deflecting to first slip off the shoulder of the bat after Pakistan left-arm spinner Gohar reared a delivery out of the rough. Gohar’s 4 for 69 gave him figures of 9 for 109 in the match.Lyth’s 49 was his second responsible innings of the match, and he watched most of his batting partners depart with the removal of his helmet and a crestfallen sweep of his hand over the most recognisable shiny pate in the game.Yorkshire would have been reasonably content at the way they polished off Gloucestershire’s last four wickets. They brought a further 29 runs, including Ollie Price, whose 68 ended when he chopped on against George Hill. Hill has been one of Yorkshire’s bright spots this season, arguably their Championship player of the year if you are minded to overlook Harry Brook’s excellent summer before England came a-calling. As for Patterson, an lbw decision against Gohar gave him his 489th and final first-class wicket.Yorkshire lost James Wharton to the fourth ball of the innings to a square drive off one knee against Tom Price’s inswinger, which he deflected onto his stumps. Lyth kept his helmet on for that one, and just rescratched his crease mournfully. Further damage against the new ball was averted and Yorkshire looked well set at 69 for 1, at which point Ajeet Singh Dale’s inswinger beat Hill’s drive.Tom Kohler-Cadmore’s Yorkshire farewell has been a skittish affair. His father, a dressing room attendant, walked out after the mass sacking of 14 employees in response to Rafiq’s racism allegations, and his departure for Somerset was confirmed in June. He did not appear to be overly restricted by fears of relegation: in the first innings, he holed out against Gohar’s first ball; this time he met the first five with diligent defence before slicing a lofted straight hit to long-off from the last ball of the over.Lyth’s helmet removal was accompanied by a Paddington stare. The crowd’s stony silence was meaningful enough, but somebody offered an opinion and Kohler-Cadmore was provoked into a reaction. He was fortunate that he wasn’t booed off. Unlike Patterson, his Yorkshire career had ended badly and one day he might even understand why.Payne added to Yorkshire’s plight, bowling both Jonny Tattersall and Harry Duke, the latter falling to an under-edge as he attempted a leave-alone. Jordan Thompson, who has allrounder status, made his first double-figure score in 12 innings, a run stretching back to mid-June before he turned Gohar to leg slip. The time had come for Bess to carry the fight and he did so in excellent fashion. But the Yorkshire dream never materialised and all eyes will be on Edgbaston on Thursday.

The Mirpur pitch, topped with a layer of grass, has tested batsmen but India have displayed impressive temperament and skill to build for the World T20

Alagappan Muthu in Mirpur02-Mar-2016Stupid Asia Cup. Stupid green pitches. Stupid low-scoring matches. Didn’t you get the memo? The World T20 is coming, and its in the subcontinent. Your job was to prime the batsmen to rack up or run down big totals and smother the bowlers with the toughest of love. So what’s the big idea?Only three out of 14 totals in the tournament have tiptoed over the 140-mark. A chase of 84 ended up not being one-sided. That’s not normal, is it? Only, why did Virat Kohli say that batsmen to play games like those? To weather spells like Mohammad Amir’s where the ball was hooping around and zipping about like it was remote-controlled? To endure a nerve-wracking examination of one’s technique and temperament first before coming out the victor? Must’ve been a misunderstanding.After all, Kohli’s idea of a good contest also meant a limited-overs legend like Yuvraj Singh ended up like a sitting duck at a carnival shooting gallery. It’s one thing that seven-foot tall Mohammad Irfan made the ball trampoline past Yuvraj’s nose at 145 kph, but Thisara Perera, another comeback man, who would sooner bowl 145 kph than run at 145 kph, was making things difficult for Yuvraj on Tuesday.He made only 14 not out off 32 against Pakistan and 35 off 18 against Sri Lanka. He set up two victories, but how much more fun would it have been to see him on a featherbed treating fast bowlers like slow bowlers and slow bowlers like net bowlers?Instead, the Asia Cup offered conditions that were prickly for the batsmen. As if Yuvraj didn’t have enough working against him.”When you return to international cricket, there is a lot of pressure from yourself. There are people’s expectations as well,” MS Dhoni said “So the first few matches go out in just figuring out what to do. Whether you want to go out and play the big shot. The minus being that, if you don’t do well in the first couple of innings, then there is more pressure on yourself.”Now consider the sordid past Yuvraj has with Mirpur. It was here, against Sri Lanka, under the overwhelming glare of a World T20 final, that he withered away.”I felt that his approach has always been very good,” Dhoni has said for three straight matches. “He gives himself two or three balls before playing the big shot. And you saw today, he’s someone who can hit sixes at will. So if the same thing continues gradually, he will be in a very good position before the World Cup.”Why did India’s captain – a limited-overs legend himself – offer such glowing testimony to a man who has only 64 runs in three matches at a strike-rate of 96?Because the conditions were so difficult. Because Yuvraj has withstood them for 125 minutes. Because he is nowhere near his best, and yet only Kohli and Sabbir Rahman have bested him at spending time at the crease.The Asia Cup has offered bowlers a chance, and as a result the cricket has been intriguing. There has been a thrust and there has been a parry. Even an Associate nation like UAE has been able to cause a few scares. So much that none of the results so far have been foregone conclusions and all of the matches have demanded the batsmen to be clever.Take India’s innings today, for example. They were 16 for 2 by the fourth over with the ball nipping just about enough to make Sri Lanka believe 138 could be defended. Virat Kohli was at the crease, Suresh Raina joined him and they stuck together for 47 balls. Only 14 of them were dots. There wasn’t any release in pressure but dew had set in and the seam movement had diminished.Kohli and Raina had faced enough deliveries to ascertain the line of attack practiced by Nuwan Kulasekara and company – off stump and just outside – and the field was appropriately set. Point, cover, mid-off and the sweeper. Which meant there were gaps on the leg side; gaps that could be capitalised now that the ball wasn’t jagging about anymore.Out came the flicks. Gentle ones, played late and with a roll of the wrist to keep them down. Kohli diminished his chances of getting out even further by batting outside the crease. This meant he could reach the ball before it had the chance to deviate laterally and even force Sri Lanka to hit a shorter length lest they gave away half-volleys.Such finesse becomes surplus on flat pitches, as was amply clear during India’s tour to Australia in January. Perth was a puppy dog. The Gabba left onlookers gobsmacked. The fastest pitches in the world had been put to sleep. No total seemed safe and the cricket almost numbed the senses. Matches like those can help youngsters like Hardik Pandya get used to the pressure of chasing mammoth targets or Jasprit Bumrah get used to the pressures keeping big-hitting batsmen quiet when nothing is in his favour. But luck may play as prominent a part as skill in such circumstances. In the Asia Cup, with these sporting tracks, skill has been the deciding factor.Even if the conditions have not exactly mirrored those likely for the World T20, there is plenty that all the teams can take away from Bangladesh.”It [this experience] will help us assess the conditions [better],” Dhoni said “You won’t go in with the mindset that ‘generally this what happens here and we will bat like this’. It will push the openers especially to play a few deliveries. Especially, if you are batting first. If you’re batting second you get some sort of an idea as to what is happening. But if you’re batting first, they will give time to the bowler. Then after the second or the third over, depending how much it’s deviating off the wicket or if there is some swing, then they will play their shots. I think that’s very important.”Even on the flattest of wickets, it is the first couple of overs that are really important. We will be able to give that respect to the opposition and the condition, which I think is crucial. Because one or two overs for this side won’t make a lot of difference. Even if we don’t get too many runs in the first two overs, we still have the firepower to get those runs in the next 18 overs. That has been our strength.”What is important is to keep it in the back of your mind as to ‘this is what were thinking like when we were in Bangladesh when it was doing a bit but now’s it’s not so what’s a good score?’ All these things, being a cricketer is a part of your subconsciousness. I feel it will only help us.”This Asia Cup has provided some fantastic cricket, compelling stories, a refreshing balance between bat and ball. If the price for that is a little grass on the pitch, then so be it.

Tonked, walloped, steam-engined… A record-breaking innings as described by our commentators

Andrew Miller and Andrew McGlashan04-Jan-201660.2 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, on the pads, flicked firmly through the vacant midwicket. Sweet timing and good patience62.5 Piedt to Stokes, FOUR, tossed up and walloped. A rank loopy full toss and Stokes dropped to one knee to smoke it through midwicket64.6 Piedt to Stokes, SIX, spanked. Stokes treats that ball with the disdain that his detractors deserve. Butchered into the midwicket stands!69.4 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, thumping drive, Perfect weight transfer, and that travelled… all along the ground with minimal followthrough. Timing69.6 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, more bat behind the ball, another boundary. Timing and placement, through the covers this time72.6 van Zyl to Stokes, FOUR, that’s lovely, brings his bottom hand through the shot as he whips this from outside off wide of mid-on80.1 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, what a way to greet the new ball! Full outside off and Stokes responds with a textbook-perfect on-drive80.2 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, and now he flashes one over the slip cordon…all action. Some width outside off, Stokes threw his hands through a cut shot and it skimmed over the catchers to third man. Fifty for Stokes from 70 balls80.5 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, another edge, another boundary! Just the two slips in place now, Stokes drives at a full delivery outside off and the edge races through where a wide(ish) third slip would have been and beats third man82.1 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, he’s not slowing down, he tried to do this last over, this time picks up a delivery that was a touch short outside off and pulls it wide of mid-on84.1 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, another short ball, Stokes pulls it fine of long leg…was in the air for quite some time but well wide of the fielder87.3 Morkel to Stokes, FOUR, no loitering from Stokes! A touch of width and despite the change of angle, no compunction about flogging it to the fence!Stokes’ innings was replete with powerful strokeplay•AFP87.5 Morkel to Stokes, FOUR, width again and Stokes flings his hands through the line, pierces the cover field and brings up the hundred stand. He’s in a busy mood this morning…88.2 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, too wide, too full, too tempting for Stokes not to cash in. Another confident stride onto the front foot, and battered through the covers. Three fine shots88.3 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, he’s done it again! This was even wider, still nice and full for the drive. And Stokes just reached it and timed it. Dreadful start from South Africa, and Stokes is motoring88.6 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, short, wide, uppercut through third man! What on earth is going orf out there?! Stokes is one blow from a hundred and we’ve had just 12 balls this morning …90.4 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, dabbed through backward point but just look at the timing on that! Nothing more than a steer but Bavuma at third man merely ends up in a tangle of boundary sponges90.5 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, short, spanked through backward square leg. Dreadful bowling but what outstanding asset-stripping from Stokes91.4 Morkel to Stokes, FOUR, … but this time he offers just a modicum of width from a fuller length, and Stokes has nine-ironed him to the fence at long-off!92.3 Rabada to Stokes, FOUR, short … no, no, no, no, no, you can’t bowl there to a man in this sort of a mood. Battered through wide mid-on94.6 Rabada to Stokes, FOUR, whoomph! Just a modicum too short, and Stokes leans back and flogs this one violently through midwicket. Fetch that!98.2 Piedt to Stokes, FOUR, reverse swept, and superbly so! Turned full circle at the crease to deposit the ball through third man. Shot98.3 Piedt to Stokes, SIX, walloped, high and tantalising, over long off … there’s a man on the rope, backpedalling, will he get there ..? Will he heck! All the way, with the wind helping it over the line100.2 Piedt to Stokes, SIX, he just keeps going, this a wonderful lofted straight drive and what a way to reach 150 off 135 deliveries…takes a few steps down the pitch and drills him perfectly straight102.2 Piedt to Stokes, SIX, brute force! Took a stride down the pitch on a line outside leg stump and plundered through the line…wasn’t even that close to the ball. Over wide long off, with a little wind assist104.4 Piedt to Stokes, FOUR, down the pitch, heaved into the leg side and splits the gap between deep midwicket and deep square…neither moved very quickly. Stokes nowhere near the pitch again. It doesn’t matter104.5 Piedt to Stokes, SIX, this is into the crowd! Extraordinary batting from Stokes. Down on one knee and slog-sweeps into the stands at deep midwicket…100 runs in the session for him104.6 Piedt to Stokes, SIX, and now it’s straight down the ground! Brilliant stuff, skips towards the bowler and just effortlessly deposits Piedt into the stand behind him105.6 Rabada to Stokes, SIX, into the stands again! Running out of words to describe this innings, picks up a short delivery from outside off and pulls it over deep square legStokes celebrates his third Test hundred – but he wasn’t finished there•AFP107.1 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, plundered by Stokes! It’s a full ball outside off which he dismisses from his presence with a crunching drive over mid-off107.3 Morris to Stokes, FOUR, he didn’t really get hold of this but that hardly matters, a short delivery is butchered from outside off over mid-on108.6 Morkel to Stokes, FOUR, there it is! What a double hundred. The second fastest in Test cricket. He hammers a short delivery wide of mid-on, a trademark of the innings, and he jumps for joy for the second this morning. We have seen something incredible today114.2 Morkel to Stokes, SIX, utterly pumped into the stands at long-on! A decent full length, but Stokes extended his levers and powered through the line of the ball!114.3 Morkel to Stokes, FOUR, on the hip, and sweetly placed in the gap at square leg – two fielders converge but the timing is too true. That is, incredibly, the 300-run partnership!116.6 Elgar to Stokes, FOUR, down on one knee, one bounce through the gap at midwicket. The runs just keep on pouring120.2 van Zyl to Stokes, SIX, up, up, up, up, up and away! Tonked from outside off way over wide long-on, with the sweetest of followthroughs!121.4 Rabada to Stokes, FOUR, steam-engined through midwicket! Not a desperately bad length, but Stokes has forearms like pistons and that choo-chooed into the distance121.6 Rabada to Stokes, FOUR, outside off, climbing further from the bat, so Stokes leans back and wafts it through third man to bring up the 350 partnership!125.1 Rabada to Stokes, SIX, that’s 250…a short ball is pulled over deep square leg, that’s now the highest score by a No. 6 in Test cricket125.2 Rabada to Stokes, SIX, that’s humongous! He has thundered this length delivery almost out of the ground over long on with a golf-style swing of the bat125.3 Rabada to Stokes, OUT, chaos! Another catch is dropped but Stokes is run out as he’s ball-watching! He mowed this miles into the air, de Villiers, of all people, shelled the chance coming in from mid-on but then had the presence of mind to throw down the non-striker’s stumpsBA Stokes run out 258 (338m 198b 30×4 11×6) SR: 130.30

Nat Sciver, who led England in the Commonwealth Games, is expected to be captain for the upcoming India series at home

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Aug-2022Heather Knight has undergone surgery on her injured right hip and will continue to be out of action for the foreseeable future. The England women’s captain tweeted that she would miss the home series against India in September as well as the WBBL in October-November. She said she was hoping to return to the field by the end of the year.Knight is already missing the Hundred, where she was expected to lead London Spirit for a second season.

Surgery

I’ve had a little clean out of my hip to get me back and running soon. Unfortunately it rules me out of the India series and the WBBL, but I’m aiming to be back by the end of the year . Time to make the most of a bit of time away and bring on the rehab! pic.twitter.com/4Mcwjs2nwN

— Heather Knight (@Heatherknight55) August 19, 2022