Raúl Jiménez did not hold back after Mexico’s scoreless draw with Uruguay, calling out the Torreón crowd for repeatedly booing goalkeeper Raúl “Tala” Rangel and the rest of the squad. The Fulham striker said the atmosphere left the team “sad,” underscoring the growing disconnect between El Tri and its supporters.
West Ham United are now preparing the documents to sign a “special” attacker, who could be Nuno’s first signing.
Nuno still searching for first win as West Ham boss
After Graham Potter became the second managerial casualty of the Premier League season, West Ham thought Nuno would be the man to turn things around, but the former Nottingham Forest boss hasn’t made the greatest of starts.
The 51-year-old is still searching for his first win since replacing Potter in the dugout, with the Hammers losing their last three games on the spin in the Premier League, which leaves them in 19th place and four points adrift of safety.
The most recent result is likely to be the most concerning, with the Irons falling to a 2-1 defeat against Leeds United at Elland Road, in what could prove to be a real six-pointer come the end of the season.
It was a very poor performance from Nuno’s side, who recorded an xG of just 0.65, which suggests they need to bolster their forward line in the January transfer window if they are to stave off fears of relegation.
According to reporter Alan Nixon (via Caught Offside), West Ham are now preparing the documents to sign Barcelona attacker Dro Fernandez, with a major January recruitment drive now on the cards as a result of their very poor start to the season.
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Fernandez has now emerged as a serious target for the Hammers, and they are looking to be savvy by getting a deal done before his valuation goes through the roof, with the attacker in line to become Nuno’s first signing as manager.
However, the La Liga giants are well-aware of the 17-year-old’s potential, meaning he is likely to have a high valuation, which could potentially be prohibitive.
"Special" Fernandez could be destined for the top
It would perhaps be a surprise if Barca were willing to sanction the teenager’s departure, considering he clearly has a lot of potential, having received very high praise from former coach Javi Roxo in the past.
Roxo said: “Dro was always very special, he has a gift for touching the ball and has always been very creative.
“Dro is capable of everything and if Flick puts him on the wing he can also do well, it won’t be Raphinha but he can look like the Iniesta who played on the left. If he relieves himself of pressure and plays freely, he is capable of anything, his talent is infinite.”
Despite his age, the young Spaniard has already forced his way into first-team contention too, with scout Jacek Kulig left impressed after his recent display in the Champions League.
That said, it would be a gamble for West Ham to sign Fernandez in an effort to get them out of relegation trouble, given his lack of experience, and it may be a better idea to target proven Premier League players.
Manchester United look to be on an upward trajectory under INEOS and could now submit a sizeable bid for one of the world’s best attackers in January.
Man Utd summer signings deliver again in win over Brighton
Ruben Amorim has endured his fair share of criticism since arriving at Old Trafford. However, he will now feel vindicated in his decision not to change his complex 3-4-3 system after stringing together three consecutive Premier League victories.
Brighton & Hove Albion played some fine football at times at Old Trafford on Saturday. Nevertheless, this sometimes worked to their own detriment, and the Red Devils duly capitalised on a day where Bruno Fernandes and Bryan Mbeumo were unrelenting.
False dawns have been a frustration in recent years, though this time feels different. There is a togetherness that seems to have been forged after a £225 million transfer spend at the club, and Gary Neville believes Matheus Cunha and Mbeumo’s previous experience of top-flight football has helped drastically amid both making an instant impact since arriving in Manchester.
He told Sky Sports: “With Cunha and Mbeumo, the risk of those signings was removed because in the sense they had played in the Premier League before and they had the hunger to deliver at a different level.
“Mbeumo looks like he belongs. He looks hungry and that he wants to score goals. Manchester United have something to build on. Cunha and Mbeumo will win a lot of matches for Manchester United.”
While the summer arrivals take a lot of the credit, January will be just as important if Manchester United want to make a fist of continental qualification.
Amorim could raid his old club Sporting to sign Ousmane Diomande, though he may also have designs on making a headline signing at the other end of the field.
Man Utd preparing bid for Rafael Leao
According to reports in Spain, Manchester United are preparing a bid in excess of £87 million to sign Rafael Leao from AC Milan, while Liverpool and Manchester City are also lurking in the background, hoping to make their move.
Talks have been initiated with his camp, and the Serie A giants are unlikely to sell for any less than what the Red Devils are keen to put forward, and the final decision will be left with him to determine whether a transfer to the Premier League would be a smart move at this stage in his career.
Starting the campaign in fine form, Leao has scored four times in his opening five appearances across all competitions. Veteran AC Milan midfielder Luka Modric described him as a “truly fantastic” asset to the Rossoneri earlier this week, and it is easy to see why when you delve into his underlying numbers.
Fotmob shows that he has placed five of his nine shots on target in Serie A this season, providing evidence that his record in front of the target stems from acute awareness of his surroundings.
Ultimately, Leao is someone who could lift Manchester United into another dimension, though it remains to be seen whether they have the financial clarity to pull off such a move in mid-season.
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After missing out on an extra forward in the summer, BlueCo have now reportedly made their first approach to sign a Bundesliga attacker for Chelsea in 2026.
Maresca reveals Marc Guiu warning
Following a strong start on the transfer front in the summer, Liam Delap’s injury threw Chelsea’s final week into chaos. Nicolas Jackson’s move to Bayern Munich was off then back on again, Marc Guiu was recalled from his Sunderland loan before he could truly get going and a number of rumours emerged. Ultimately, however, Enzo Maresca was forced to settle for his current attacking options.
Guiu’s recall caused particular debate. From a likely starter at Sunderland, the young striker has since found himself forced to watch on from the bench at Chelsea in frustrating fashion. What’s more, it’s only in recent weeks that he’s had the chance to impress for the Blues again.
Having his say, Maresca revealed earlier this week that the forward simply was not training well enough to earn the game time that he desires at Stamford Bridge.
There have been rumours that Sunderland could yet return for Guiu in January, but that may depend on Chelsea’s own movements. Ahead of the winter window, a number of names have already been linked with a move to West London.
That includes both Guela Doue and Porto’s Samu Omorodion, who would certainly add more firepower to Maresca’s side. Whether BlueCo will be willing to spend big or look to hijack Barcelona’s move to sign a Bundesliga alternative is the big question ahead of 2026.
Chelsea launch approach to sign Asllani
According to reports in Spain, BlueCo have now launched their first approach to sign Fisnik Asllani for Chelsea in 2026. The deal would see them beat Barcelona to one of the most in-form forwards that the Bundesliga has to offer.
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In a formal move, the Blues have turned their focus towards the Kosovo international in an attempt to add further depth to their frontline behind one of their most expensive signings, Joao Pedro. After scoring five goals in eight games in all competitions for Hoffenheim so far this season, there’s little doubt that the 23-year-old has the quality to seal a big move.
Dubbed “clinical” by U23 scout Antonio Mango, Asllani is certainly one to watch. Whilst his name is not as well-known as Omorodion, his numbers speak for themselves and Chelsea have the chance to get one over on Barcelona by securing his signature. Whether they choose to do so as soon as January remains to be seen, however.
In our first batch of team report cards for 2024: Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ireland, the Associates
28-Dec-2024Englandby Andrew Miller
Ben Stokes once claimed his captaincy role model was Brad Pitt’s tank commander in the World War 2 film . At times in a tetchy 2024, he bore more resemblance to Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise’s slick sports agent, in the midst of a locker-room meltdown.”You don’t know what it’s like to be me out here for you!” Stokes more or less implored, as a distinct lack of gratitude greeted England’s one-team mission to make Test cricket fun again – including widespread criticism of their eight often-thumping defeats out of 17 Tests played, and the ICC’s intransigence towards their tardy over-rates, which left Stokes cocking a snook at the World Test Championship in response.And yet, with apologies to a low-key home summer against West Indies and Sri Lanka, and tours of Pakistan and New Zealand that were a little bit samey, given the thrills of Bazball 1.0 only 18 months earlier, this was primarily a year of repositioning for England’s teams – red and white alike.The Test squad’s major objective, victory in India, had gone south by the end of February, taking with it the careers of James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes, to name but three key casualties. Likewise, head coach Matthew Mott carried the can for a T20 World Cup defence that was considerably less inspired than England’s semi-final finish would suggest.The future looked bright from the get-go, however. Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith and Jacob Bethell were just some of the Test debutants who immediately seized their stage, while Harry Brook and Joe Root’s 454-run stand in Multan was the prelude to them taking turns at topping the ICC’s batting rankings.With a home rematch against India looming in the summer, and the 2025-26 Ashes thereafter, England’s sins of 2024 will be amply forgiven if 2025 turns out to be a year to remember.Much the same will apply to England’s women, with the Ashes awaiting in the new year. Their unbeaten home summer against Pakistan and New Zealand was swiftly forgotten thanks to their catastrophic failure at the T20 World Cup, where West Indies booted them out in the group stages. Heather Knight’s team did, however, end the year with a first Test win in ten years, to cap a successful multi-format tour of South Africa, and warm up for their main event in 2025.High point
Two of England’s nine Test victories were truly astonishing, including their run-romp in Multan. But nothing could compare with the heist in Hyderabad in January, where Ollie Pope swept and reverse-swept his way to arguably the greatest innings by an England batter in Asia. He overturned a 190-run deficit to put England 1-0 up, and the Bazball effect seemingly knew no bounds.Low point
It wasn’t the most damaging defeat of the year, but it was the most roundly condemned. England’s attitude stank during their dead-rubber loss to Sri Lanka at The Oval, particularly in a slap-happy second innings that opened the way for Pathum Nissanka’s fourth-innings victory march. The team could have been gunning for a first home summer Test sweep for 20 years. Instead they got bent over Mother Cricket’s knee for an eight-wicket spanking.Results
Men
Tests: P17 W9 L8
ODIs: P8 W3 L5
T20Is: P17 W10 L5 NR2Women
Tests: P1 W1
ODIs: P15 W11 L3 NR1
T20Is: P22 W19 L3Pakistan marked a surprising resurgence in ODIs towards the end of the year with a 2-1 ODI series win in Australia•Getty ImagesPakistanby Danyal Rasool
If it wasn’t for the last couple of months, Pakistan’s 2024 would be about as bleak as a Kafka novel. There was disaster at the T20 World Cup, and an embarrassing 2-0 home Test defeat against Bangladesh. There was bedlam at the administrative level, where PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has held on to power but little else is stable. Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Mohammad Hafeez left their coaching positions in January, before Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie were appointed in April. Before the year was out, both had quit in frustration.The year was salvaged slightly by a surprising turnaround to defeat England 2-1 in a home Test series, and by Pakistan’s ODI form, which saw them win three away series in a row, over Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.There was little to cheer for Pakistan supporters in the women’s game. The side won just five of 25 matches across formats, failing to win a single ODI of the six they played. There were series losses to West Indies and England in ODIs and T20Is, and they struggled to break through in multi-team competitions too, running Sri Lanka close but failing to make the Asia Cup final. At the Women’s T20 World Cup, an impressive win over Sri Lanka was a false dawn, and they lost their next three matches heavily. Moreover, the women’s PSL that the PCB has frivolously name-dropped, appears further away than ever.High point
All of Pakistan men’s sustainable gains appear to have come in ODIs – decent timing, with a home Champions Trophy around the corner. They played no ODI cricket between last year’s World Cup and November this year, but they show signs of having stumbled into assembling a 50-over team that can take on the best, and a four-pronged pace attack put Australia to the sword in a thrilling 2-1 series win. Saim Ayub’s explosive form up top marks him as arguably the best ODI opener in the world currently, and Pakistan’s resurgence in the format is as unexpected as it is welcome.Low point
Perhaps the Test defeat at Bangladesh’s hands at home was a graver sign of decline, but what happened at the T20 World Cup trumps it for sheer shock value. Pakistan began with one of their worst ICC tournament performances in history, scraping to a tie with the USA before losing the Super Over. They followed up with a stutter of monumental proportions against India, when they somehow found a way of messing up a chase where they required 48 in eight overs with eight wickets in hand. Days later, they had marked their earliest exit in T20 World Cup history.ResultsMen
Tests: P6 W2 L4
ODIs: P9 W7 L2
T20Is: P27 W9 L17 NR1Women
ODIs: P6 L5 NR 1
T20Is: P19 W5 L14Chamari Athapaththu led from the front again to give Sri Lanka women their first Asia Cup title•Sri Lanka CricketSri Lankaby Andrew Fidel Fernando
For the first time since 2014, perhaps, Sri Lanka fans can reflect on a year of cricket and mark it down as “mostly good”. Both the men and the women crashed out of their T20 World Cups at the first opportunity, so let’s temper the good vibes with some hard truths. But still, there is reason to look to the future with optimism, for now at least.The men’s greatest triumphs came in the second half of the year. They beat India in an ODI bilateral series for the first time in 27 years, before triumphing in limited-overs series against New Zealand and West Indies (all at home). In Tests, their best performance was in the third Test against England, at The Oval, in which their four-pronged pace attack scythed through the home team in seaming conditions. There were, additionally, 2-0 wins against both Bangladesh (away), and New Zealand (home).The women lit up the early parts of the year. They won a T20I series in South Africa, before drawing the ODI series there. They then surged through the WT20 Qualifier before, in July, winning six T20Is in a row to lift the Asia Cup. Though the team are still heavily reliant on Chamari Athapaththu, who keeps dropping hints that she is retiring soon, 2024 was the year in which Harshitha Samarawickrama broke out, while teenager Vishmi Gunaratne also made strides.High point
There’s very little in cricket to match the fun of winning a multi-team tournament, and Sri Lanka Women’s Asia Cup triumph was especially sweet for having come in front of an adoring crowd in Dambulla. Packed stands and grass banks roared for Sri Lanka in their tough final against India. The images and emotions from that win will last those players – and many fans – a lifetime.Low point
While the women failing to win a single match at the World Cup was a shock, the men’s tumbling out of their World Cup within the first few days was especially facepalm-worthy. There was also the 42 all out in Durban – the lowest Test total Sri Lanka have ever made in Tests.Men
Tests: P10 W6 L4
ODIs: P18 W12 L3 T1 NR2
T20Is: P20 W10 L10 Women
ODIs: P9 W5 L3 NR1
T20Is: P23 W15 L8The 2024 T20 World Cup was New Zealand Women’s first global title in the format•Getty ImagesNew Zealandby Deivarayan Muthu
The year 2024 was one of unprecedented highs and lowly lows for New Zealand cricket. The Black Caps pulled off the unthinkable by not only securing their first-ever Test series victory in India but handing India their first-ever whitewash at home in a series of three or more matches. Hours after the men’s side had won the first Test, the White Ferns hit similar heady highs when they clinched their first T20 World Cup, toppling South Africa in Dubai.However, soon after conquering India, New Zealand men suffered back-to-back crushing losses at home against England’s Bazballers and eventually fell out of the race to make it to the World Test Championship final. Their 323-run drubbing in Wellington was their worst defeat at home in terms of margin of runs. Earlier in the year, in the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, New Zealand’s men failed to make it out of the group stage, with their prep – or lack thereof – coming into sharp focus.The women’s side did deliver a T20 World Cup title but there was no indication that success was coming. Before that tournament, they lost ten T20Is in a row, their longest losing streak in the format.It was also a year where the cricketing landscape changed in New Zealand, with Neil Wagner and Tim Southee retiring from international cricket and Trent Boult signing off from World Cups. Kane Williamson, Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne all gave up their central contracts to become freelancers. With the mushrooming of T20 – and T10 – leagues, the likes of Tim Seifert and Doug Bracewell even knocked back their domestic contracts to go the same route. Before the triumphant tour of India, Tom Latham took over from Southee as full-time Test captain and towards the end of the year, Mitchell Santner assumed charge as full-time white-ball captain.Speaking of changes, an unknown, uncapped domestic player, Bevon Jacobs, was plucked out from the Super Smash to turn up for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.High point
The New Zealand men’s side came to India with just two wins in 12 Test trips from 1955. In just six days in 2024, they turned that into five wins and swept India 3-0. “I think there’d be not many pundits around the world [who] would say that you would go to India and win 3-0 and probably deep down, I’m not sure if we even believed that it was possible ourselves to do this, considering it’s never been done in history before,” New Zealand coach Gary Stead said.The White Ferns staged a stunning turnaround of their own to hand New Zealand their first world T20 title.Low point
Though the women lurched from one defeat to another in the early half of 2024, and the men were walloped in Wellington towards the end of the year, the Black Caps’ T20 World Cup performance in the Caribbean in June was the performance that left them red-faced.Men
Tests: P12 W6 L6
ODIs: P3 L2 NR1
T20Is: P19 W9 L9 NR1
Women
ODIs: P11 W2 L9
T20Is: P19 W6 L13Ireland’s six-year wait for a Test win ended this year, in Abu Dhabi•ACB MediaIrelandby Andrew Miller
After seven defeats out of seven in their first five years as a Test nation, Ireland landed not one but two Test victories in 2024, against Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. They were made to toil, with crippling top-order collapses in each of their meagre chases, but at least the struggle was in keeping with the straitened circumstances that continue to dog the poor men of Europe.That latter contest, Ireland’s first home Test since 2018, came close to being canned due to the prohibitive cost of erecting temporary facilities. Australia’s planned white-ball stopover in August was abandoned instead, but not before an unseemly rumpus concerning the purchase of two costly Tesla cars for Cricket Ireland’s senior executives, one of which was subsequently returned.Ireland did manage a three-match home series against Pakistan in May, as preparation for their T20 World Cup campaign, but they subsequently outsourced their next “home” series, against South Africa in September, to the UAE. By then they had at least had the good news that their administrators had long been praying for: approval from the Irish government for the development of a permanent cricket stadium and High Performance Centre in Dublin.The cricket itself was hit-and-miss. The T20 World Cup – Ireland’s qualification for which had been their high point of 2023 – was a disaster: three heavy defeats included an embarrassing loss to Canada, while their potentially diaspora-engaging clash with USA in Lauderhill was a long-foreseen washout.They did at least prove their mettle with a spirited T20I victory over Pakistan in Dublin – their first in the format – and two wins out of five across formats against South Africa, including a series-squaring ten-run win in the second T20I, in which Ross Adair crashed nine sixes in his 57-ball hundred, and his brother Mark faced down South Africa’s own big hitters with four wickets.Ireland’s women had a mixed time of it too. Scotland pipped them to a T20 World Cup place by winning their crucial semi-final at the Qualifier, but Ireland beat Sri Lanka in a home ODI series, then followed up with a pair of gripping wins (one in each white-ball format) over an admittedly under-strength England in September. A clean sweep followed on the T20I leg of their tour of Bangladesh – all the more impressive given that their tour had begun with a record 154-run thumping in the first ODI.High point
The debate will rage about the importance of Test cricket to Ireland’s future, but Andy Balbirnie’s emotional reaction to that first win in the format spoke volumes. It was good, he said, to “get that monkey off our backs”, after he steered his team over the line with an unbeaten half-century against Afghanistan. A chase of 111 hadn’t looked so straightforward when the first three wickets tumbled in the space of 4.3 overs, but the earlier dominance of Ireland’s own seamers, who claimed 19 wickets, did not go unrewarded.Low point
Fortunately for Ireland, the USA’s stunning win over Pakistan was the result that captured the imagination during the New York leg of the World Cup. However, 24 hours later, they too suffered the ignominy of being unseated by an Associate nation, as Canada held their nerve to win another low-scoring thriller by 12 runs. Ireland slumped from 26 for 0 to 59 for 6 in the space of seven overs.Men
Tests: P2 W2
ODIs: P5 W1 L4
T20Is: P14 W6 L8Women
ODIs: P12 W5 L6 T1
T20Is: P18 W15 L3Saurabh Netravalkar and Harmeet Singh celebrate USA’s milestone win against Pakistan•AFP via Getty ImagesUSA, Nepal, Netherlands, UAE, Namibia, Canada, Scotland, Oman, Kenyaby Ashish Pant
It was a year where USA cricket touched great heights. They won a T20I series against Bangladesh, their first series win against a Full Member team, and then outclassed Pakistan at the men’s T20 World Cup to qualify for the Super Eight, which also guaranteed them automatic qualification for the next T20 World Cup, in 2026.Nepal couldn’t quite replicate the highs of 2023, and weren’t as consistent this year as last, but they showed fight at the T20 World Cup, their first time at the tournament in a decade. They ran Bangladesh and South Africa close in the tournament. Elsewhere, Dipendra Singh Airee’s six sixes in an over against Qatar was a highlight.Netherlands, like Nepal, gave South Africa a scare at the T20 World Cup, but on the whole were unable to string together consistent performances like they did in last year. They did win more games than they lost: ten wins against nine losses in T20Is, and 7-5 in ODIs. And Sybrand Engelbrecht’s superhuman save against Sri Lanka got them some social media buzz.UAE had a contrasting year in terms of ODI and T20I results. They played 11 ODIs and managed just two wins, while in T20Is, they won 20 out of 26 matches, which included winning the ACC men’s Premier Cup and the men’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B.Namibia had a grand start to the year with Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton smashing the fastest century in T20I history at the time, against Nepal, but Namibia’s results nosedived as the year progressed. They secured a solitary win at the T20 World Cup, against Oman, and generally had a less than ideal time in ODIs and T20Is.Canada recorded their first win in T20 World Cups when they brushed aside Ireland by 12 runs in New York. Apart from that, it was a pretty average year, where they only managed five wins in 15 T20Is and eight wins in 15 ODIs.Off-field issues continued to plague Scotland’s cricket board, but on the field, the men’s and women’s teams fared well. The men’s team gave a good account of themselves in T20Is against England and Australia, while the women’s side made their maiden appearance at the T20 World Cup.Oman made it to the T20 World Cup but failed to win a single game and struggled consistently in both ODIs and T20Is this year.Kenya had a consistent run in T20Is this year, winning 14 of the 19 matches they played.High point
USA caused one of the upsets of the year when they shocked Pakistan at the T20 World Cup. The game went into a Super Over and the USA players held their nerve. They then also secured a Super Eight berth ahead of Full Member nations such as Pakistan and Ireland.The Nepal women’s team also chalked up a first when they beat UAE to claim their first win in the Women’s Asia Cup .Low point
Sandeep Lamichhane was sentenced to eight years in jail for rape and fined Rs 300,000 (about US$ 2255). Though he was acquitted of the crime a few months later for lack of evidence, Lamichhane was twice denied a visa to the USA for the T20 World Cup and only played the Caribbean leg of the tournament.More in our look back at 2024Stats current as on December 27, 2024
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Overlooked for West Indies series, opener sets up 202-run win at Northampton
ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay08-Aug-2025Pakistan international Imam-ul-Haq struck a superb, classy 159, his highest List A score to set up a comprehensive Yorkshire victory over Northamptonshire by 202 runs in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at Wantage Road.Imam, 29, averages 47.04 across a 75-match ODI career, with nine hundreds, but has been overlooked for Pakistan’s three-match series against West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, which starts on Friday night. His 159 was a reminder of his talent to their selectors.His innings propelled Yorkshire to a mammoth 374 for 5, their highest ever team total against Northamptonshire in List A cricket – and just five short of their highest against any first-class county. It also helped inflict the highest ever home defeat on Northamptonshire by any team in List A cricket.Facing 130 balls, Imam hit 20 fours and two sixes, passing 5,000 career List A runs and beating his previous highest score of 151 against England in 2019. It follows his half-century to steer Yorkshire to victory against Warwickshire at Scarborough on Tuesday.While Imam cashed in against a frequently wayward Northamptonshire seam attack, his innings was full of delicate timing, perfect placement and silky cover drives before growing more aggressive. He was well supported in stands of 83 with Will Luxton (41), 158 with James Wharton (66) and 75 with a belligerent Matt Revis who smashed 69 from just 33 balls, his highest List A score. Liam Guthrie’s bowling figures suffered in the run-fest but he picked up 3 for 87.In reply, Northamptonshire were never in the chase, a tight spell from Yorkshire opening bowlers Matt Milnes and Ben Cliff setting the tone. While the hosts will count themselves unlucky to have lost two early wickets, they scored at just 4.4 an over throughout the innings. While George Bartlett (30) and Justin Broad (24) forged an enterprising partnership of 49 in eight overs, no-one else contributed anything of substance. Dan Moriarty was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 38.Earlier, Guthrie struck quickly when Adam Lyth slashed straight to cover, but Northamptonshire’s seamers strayed in line and length, allowing Yorkshire to rattle along at over six runs an over, Luxton driving consecutive wide deliveries from Guthrie for boundaries.Imam played a beautiful straight drive and a couple of stylish backfoot punches, but Northamptonshire missed a chance to remove Luxton when Luke Procter dropped a sharp catch at point.Bowling in tandem, spinners Rob Keogh and Yuzvendra Chahal stemmed the flow of runs but the breakthrough came via a mix-up between the batters. Imam cut square and started to run before sending Luxton back, Bartlett and Keogh affecting the runout.Imam reached 50 off 58 balls before playing two silky cover drives off Dom Leech to take Yorkshire to 142 for 2 at the halfway stage. A pull off Leech perfectly bisected the field as he moved into the nineties before reaching 100 off 95 balls.Dan Moriarty (file photo) was the pick of the Yorkshire attack•Getty ImagesAt the other end Wharton grew becalmed, his first boundary not arriving until the 53rd ball he faced when he hooked Guthrie for six. Shackles released, he made up for lost time, powering Guthrie down the ground, while Imam went through the gears too, slog-sweeping Chahal for six. Chahal finally broke the stand, tossing one wide, Wharton reaching for it and slicing to cover.Imam targeted Leech, taking 15 off one over including six down the ground. Revis was severe on former Yorkshire bowler Leech too, garnering two legside boundaries off short balls and swinging Procter for six.Imam’s long innings finally ended thanks to a stunning bit of boundary fielding off Guthrie when Tim Robinson held a brilliant boundary catch, throwing it up before he crossed the rope and holding on as stepped back in.Revis tucked into Guthrie, smashing two sixes over the infield before carving square for six more. His wicket was scant consolation for Guthrie when he holed out in the deep.Northamptonshire’s first powerplay was positively sedate, just six boundaries shared equally between Ricardo Vasconcelos (23) and Lewis McManus (25) as they reached 41 after 10 overs.The hosts then lost two wickets in an over as McManus was adjudged caught behind off the inside edge off Ben Cliff, although the ball looked to have hit his pads. Next Aadi Sharma’s List A debut ended in a runout at the non-strikers’ end, Cliff deflecting the ball onto the stumps in his delivery stride.Yorkshire picked up a third when Moriarty beat Vasconcelos, bowling him as he advanced down the pitch, attempting to force the pace. George Hill then nipped one back sharply to knock back Robinson’s stumps.With the required rate above 10, Bartlett and Broad looked to score against the spinners, Bartlett striking a straight six off Dom Bess. But the drinks break brought two wickets, Broad chipping Bess to Revis at mid-on after the resumption, before Bartlett skied Moriarty to long-on.Rob Keogh and Luke Procter both made starts, but after Procter was bowled by Bess, Moriarty had both Leech and Guthrie caught in the deep, while Keogh (23) was bowled by Cliff.
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Hampshire 293 (Middleton 79, Weatherley 62, Taylor 5-55) and 139 for 2 (Gubbins 55*) lead Worcestershire 249 (Libby 100*, Hose 82, Baker 5-72) by 183 runsSonny Baker’s five-wicket haul and a Nick Gubbins half-century helped drive Hampshire into the ascendency on Day Three of the Rothesay County Championship clash against Worcestershire.Baker’s morning burst of three wickets saw him to figures of 5 for 72, as Jake Libby’s 100 not out could not see Worcestershire into the lead despite early promise, as his side were bowled out for 249.With a lead of 44, the visiting side batted through the day with relative comfort on a flattening wicket, as Joe Weatherley and Fletcha Middleton made early progress for their side.Gubbins then scored an unbeaten 55 to see his side to 139 for 2 at the close, with the away side well in the hunt for a third County Championship victory of the season.With a lengthy delay to the start of proceedings on the third morning of the match, Hampshire enjoyed an excellent start to the day as Baker produced an eye-catching three wicket burst to reduce Worcestershire to 189 for 5.The visitors welcomed a stroke of luck in the second over of the day when Adam Hose feathered a strangle down the leg-side, to depart without adding to his overnight score, before Baker picked up the wickets of Brett D’Oliveira (1) and Ethan Brookes (0) as the hosts reeled under the clouds at Visit Worcestershire New Road.Searching for their first Rothesay County Championship win since mid-May, Hampshire began the afternoon session in similar vein to the morning, with Libby watching his side fall behind in the contest.Matthew Waite helped add 34 with the Worcestershire opener, before he nicked off to James Fuller for a cautious 21 as the Division One strugglers watched another promising position fall away beneath them as they limped to 223 for 6.Part-timer Nick Gubbins was thrown the ball in the 80th over of the innings as the visitors looked to move things on before taking the new ball but were overjoyed when Tom Taylor was pinned LBW in an innocuous over as the home side slid further behind the eight-ball.Hampshire tightened their grip on the match, as Kyle Abbott (1 for 27) and Baker removed Ben Allison and Adam Finch, with Libby 98 not out and his side still trailing by 46 runs.Libby added the two runs required to reach a gritty century off 235 balls, registering the first century by a Worcestershire player at Visit Worcestershire New Road this summer.Baker capped a fine individual performance as he returned in the next over to secure his five-wicket haul and ensure his side took a healthy lead of 44 runs into their second innings, with Worcestershire all-out one run short of a batting bonus-point.Hampshire lost Joe Weatherley in the 11th over of their reply, when he was LBW to a full ball from Waite but marched on unfazed to pass fifty with comfort.Middleton got in and showed signs of extending his good form from the first innings but was unable to capitalise on his positive start as he was caught behind off an Adam Finch delivery, with his side 120 runs in front.Gubbins made his way to a comfortable half-century as the evening drew to a close, as he and Tilak Varma batted through to stumps with Hampshire in total control at 139 for 2, with a commanding 183-run lead heading into the final day.
Just a few weeks ago, the mood around West Ham United was as dour as it had been in years, and yet now there is a genuine sense of optimism surrounding the club.
This quite dramatic change in sentiment is, of course, down to Nuno Espírito Santo’s side finally putting in performances worthy of the badge, beating Newcastle United and Burnley 3-1 and 3-2, respectively.
On top of the wins, the fans have also seen Freddie Potts given a genuine chance in the first team, and so far, he’s looking every bit the future star so many thought he’d be.
So, supporters should be seriously excited about another player in the academy who could be the next Potts.
Why West Ham fans should be excited about Potts
Now, the headline from the last couple of gameweeks is, and should be, the fact that West Ham have picked up six points from six.
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However, it’s impossible to ignore the side story of Potts finally getting his full first-team debut and then earning a second start in as many games.
The Englishman was utterly impeccable against the Toon. He delivered quintessential all-action central midfield performances and was more than deserving of his Man of the Match award.
He was once again bossing the midfield against the Clarets on Saturday afternoon before going off with what looked like a leg injury, although thankfully it has since been revealed to have only been a dead leg.
Despite being on the pitch for just 62 minutes, the 22-year-old played three key passes, took 56 touches, won 66% of his tackles, made six clearances, won six of nine ground duels and made four recoveries.
It was another showing that demonstrated just why fans are right to be excited about the academy gem.
The Barking-born monster, who, according to one analyst, is blessed with a “supreme confidence and ability to create time and space on the ball”, looks like he could develop into the perfect central midfielder for a Premier League side looking to climb the table.
So it’s good news that the academy may have already produced another prospect who could be Nuno’s next Potts.
West Ham's next Potts
While the first team has been largely disappointing over the last couple of years, the academy has continued to produce exciting prospects for West Ham. One of those talents, and someone who could be the next Potts, is George Earthy.
Now, while the youngster can and has played in several positions across the pitch, he is primarily an attacking midfielder. However, where he plays on the pitch has very little to do with the comparisons to and why he could be another Potts.
Instead, one of the main points of comparison is that, while he hasn’t had many first-team chances, the 21-year-old is viewed as one of the most exciting prospects at the club and has a youth record to prove it.
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For example, in 60 appearances for the u18s, totalling 4804 minutes, he scored 25 goals and provided 18 assists, which comes out to an average of a goal involvement every 1.39 games, or every 111.72 minutes.
Then, in 53 appearances for the u21s, totalling 3573 minutes, he scored 17 goals and provided 13 assists, which comes out to a goal involvement every 1.76 games, or every 119.1 minutes, and was enough for him to be named Young Hammer of the Year at the end of the 2023/24 season.
With it clear that the “priceless” gem, as dubbed by coach Steve Potts, was too good for academy football, the club sent him on loan to Bristol City last season, where he once again won another young player of the year award.
Now, in addition to being very highly rated from a young age, something else the Havering-born gem shares with the Hammers’ current man of the moment is a love for the club.
Yes, on top of being one of their own, having graduated from the academy, the 21-year-old is a West Ham supporter and even travelled to Prague to watch the side lift the Conference League as a fan.
Ultimately, while they play different roles, Earthy shares a lot in common with Potts, and his impressive record in the academy and with Bristol should see him earn his first competitive start for West Ham sooner rather than later.
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Planning for a career after football is always wise, but that usually comes in the form of punditry or coaching. Gary Neville famously did one far more successfully than the other, whilst Mikel Arteta is now one of the best managers in the world.
Alfie Whiteman has done neither after leaving Tottenham Hotspur, however.
The 26-year-old has retired from football to pursue an entirely different dream. The goalkeeper was part of Ange Postecoglou’s Europa League-winning squad just last season, providing backup for Guglielmo Vicario and Antonin Kinsky, but failed to get a single minute on the pitch.
In fact, the goalkeeper’s last senior appearance came on loan at Swedish side Degerfors IF in the 2021/22 campaign. Playing 21 games in the Allsvenskan, Whiteman kept just two clean sheets and conceded 40 goals in a difficult spell.
Life as a goalkeeper and as a professional footballer, Whiteman admitted, was not the dream that he had imagined. The goalkeeper, who left Spurs as a free agent in the summer, recently told The Athletic: “I signed for Spurs at 10 years old. Then I left school at 16 and went straight into this full-time life of football.
“When I was around 17 or 18, living in digs, I just had this feeling inside of, ‘Is this it?’ Getting on the mini bus, going to training, doing the Sports Science BTEC (he also did an A Level in Economics) and going home to play video games. I realised, ‘Oh, I’m not happy here’ from quite a young age.
“The stereotype of a footballer is generally quite true. It’s the golf, washbag culture. I was that young footballer. I wanted the Gucci washbag and I drove the Mercedes. You all just become a reflection of each other. You’re a product of your environment. It’s the way football is in this country; it’s so shut off from anything else. You go to training and then you go home, that’s it.”
Unfulfilled and released from his boyhood club, Whiteman has since gone in pursuit of happiness in the film industry.
Whiteman swaps the football for the camera in stunning change
After earning £1.5m in wages at Spurs, Whiteman has retired from football at 26 years old to become a film director and photographer. The former goalkeeper now works for Somesuch – an award-winning production company – where he plans to take a much more fulfilling career path.
It’s been a long time coming too. During his time sitting on the Spurs bench, Whiteman was working as a runner for directors, photographers and producers in preparation for his dream role. Although the expectancy is for footballers to retire in their 30s, he didn’t wait until then to make the jump.
Although many goalkeepers can boast careers at the highest level, you’ll struggle to find a shot-stopper who’s got his hands on a European trophy and an Oscar, but that’s the dream for Whiteman.
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