Apart from the two Tests, and matches at world and Asian events, India will play 27 ODIs and 36 T20Is in this period

Vishal Dikshit16-Aug-2022India are set to play two Tests, both at home, in the 2022-25 women’s FTP cycle. The first, against England, will be in December 2023, and the second, against Australia, will be part of the tour from December 2023 to January 2024. England (five) will play the most Tests, in this FTP, followed by Australia (four), and South Africa (three). As such, these are the only four women’s teams playing Test cricket in this period.Related

BCCI marks window in March 2023 for inaugural women's IPL

Seven Tests, 135 ODIs and 159 T20Is in first women's international FTP

There’s also the resumption of the T20 Asia Cup after a gap in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The window for it is in the first half of October this year. The venue for it hasn’t been finalised yet. The last time the women’s Asia Cup was played, in 2018 in Malaysia, Bangladesh beat India off the last ball in the final.India have a total of four home series in 2023-24, which will feature a total of 23 international games. South Africa will kickstart India’s season in September 2023 with three ODIs and three T20Is, before New Zealand’s tour in October for the same number of fixtures in both formats. After more than a month’s gap, England will visit India in December for a Test and three T20Is, followed by Australia’s arrival for a Test, three ODIs and three T20Is over December 2023 and January 2024.England last played a Test in India in 2005, while Australia last visited India for Test-match cricket way back in 1984.After the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February 2023, there is a gap in the FTP from March to May for all teams, which is set to serve as a window for the inaugural women’s IPL as well as the FairBreak Invitational T20 tournament in Hong Kong. As of now, the BCCI is looking to hold the women’s IPL in March as a standalone tournament, prior to the men’s chapter starting in April. The women’s domestic season has been advanced by a month for the women’s IPL and is scheduled to end in February next year with the inter-zonal one-day competition.There is very little cricket scheduled for India in the entire 2024 calendar year•ICC via Getty ImagesOverall, the FTP includes 27 ODIs and 36 T20Is for India as part of their home-and-away bilateral engagements, and a T20I tri-series in the lead up to the 2023 T20 World Cup. India have already played three ODIs and three T20Is in Sri Lanka in June-July this year, which are part of the FTP. In effect, the FTP started in May 2022 and will run till the end of April 2025. India’s next assignment is a tour of England for three ODIs and three T20Is in September, followed by a home series against Australia for five T20Is to end the year.At the start of 2023, India will fly to South Africa for a T20I tri-series also involving West Indies before the T20 World Cup, which will also be held in South Africa in February. Then, in June 2023, India will tour Bangladesh for three ODIs and three T20Is before returning for their home season, where they host South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia.There is very little cricket scheduled for India in the 2024 calendar year. Once Australia leave India in early 2024, the next assignment will be a reciprocal tour of Australia at the end of the year for three ODIs, before they return home to host West Indies (three ODIs and three T20Is) in December 2024 and Ireland (three ODIs and three T20Is) in January 2025 in the lead up to the 50-over World Cup at home in April.

Mary Earps really is living the dream, with the Euro 2022-winning Lionesses goalkeeper sharing a "crazy" throwback post that proves as much.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

Keeper dreamt of turning out at WembleyHas won major silverware on that pitchA lot has happened in the space of 10 yearsFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Back in 2015, Earps was preparing to sever ties with Bristol Academy and could never have imagined how her professional career would take off. A decade ago, she posted an image on social media of Wembley Stadium alongside the message: "I’d love to play here one day."

AdvertisementGettyTHE BIGGER PICTURE

Little did she know that her dream would come true. Earps made her senior England debut in 2017 and has passed a half-century of caps for her country. She was a key figure for the Lionesses in their memorable European Championship triumph – which took place at Wembley.

DID YOU KNOW?

Earps – who won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 2024 before heading to Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent – has graced the home of English football on a number of occasions, at domestic and international level.

WHAT MARY EARPS SAID

The 32-year-old is still having to pinch herself – as a two-time winner of the FIFA Best Women’s Goalkeeper award – and said to her Instagram followers when reminiscing about her Wembley post from 10 years ago: "Posted 11th of March 2015. Wow. So grateful for this crazy life."

Instagram

Alexander Isak's absence from Newcastle's squad to take on Liverpool on Wednesday night has been explained.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

• Isak missing Newcastle's game at Liverpool
• Swede has been in superb form
• Absence is explained

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Magpies announced their team for the Premier League clash with Isak nowhere to be seen. They then followed up by explaining that the striker as a minor groin injury.

Advertisement

• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Isak has been one of the star players across the entire Premier League, scoring 19 goals so far this season. He netted twice in Sunday's 4-3 win over Nottingham Forest and is key to Eddie Howe's sides chances of qualification for Europe and in next month's Carabao Cup final.

• WHAT NEWCASTLE SAID

  On X, Newcastle said: "Alexander Isak misses out through a slight groin problem this evening."

• Getty Images Sport
  

  WHAT NEXT FOR ISAK AND NEWCASTLE?

  Howe will hope to have his talisman back involved for Sunday's FA Cup clash against Brighton, before they head to West Ham in the Premier League the following Monday. The EFL Cup final is then on Sunday, March 16.

It is not just a new mindset on the field which is helping Eoin Morgan’s team, but signs of an enlightened approach in the dressing room and away from the game and a young squad is happier for it

George Dobell in Perth31-Jan-20150:48

‘Play the game, not the reputation’ – Buttler

Just over a year ago, the England team left Perth unable to deny the reality of their situation: the Ashes were lost and an era was over. They looked broken, in spirit and in mind. Several illustrious careers were ebbing away.They have returned an almost unrecognisable team. And, while they might not have players with the records or talent of Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann, they do not have the burden of their history and expectation, either. They are unscarred, by success or failure, and they are, with a few exceptions, relishing their first experience of a major global event. The schedule will, in time, weary them all. But for now, they’re living their dreams. These are their wonder years.It would be unfair to contrast the last days of Andy Flower’s period as coach with the relatively early days of Peter Moores second stint. There was a time, under Flower, when England harnessed enjoyment and excellence to play some of the best cricket in their history. His reputation is justifiably high.But, by the time England reached Australia a year or so ago, Flower was a changed man. England were tense, tired and tetchy. The joy and wonder had been lost and, in their place, was a relentless intensity ill-suited to a punch-drunk team with too many miles on the clock. It was time for a change.Moores, in partnership with his avuncular assistant Paul Farbrace, has revived England. He has identified players – characters as much as cricketers – who he feels can lead the rebuilding. Players with no baggage from the past and no agenda for the future other than to play to the best of their ability. The shoots of recovery are fragile at present but in Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler and James Taylor England should have the nucleus of a side that can serve them not just at this World Cup but at the next, as well.There are parallels here with Moores’ first period as England coach. Even in that largely discredited reign, he made key decisions that laid the platform for some of the success enjoyed later by Flower and co. It was, after all, Moores who made the decision to entrust James Anderson and Stuart Broad with the new ball; Moores who recalled Matt Prior; Moores who backed Swann. Whatever his failings – and he would be the first to admit he is a wiser man now – he was always a decent judge of a player.

A team that lives on the road as much as England needs to enjoy the journey. It needs to offer an environment which is relaxed but intense, personally ambitious but selflessly supportive, fearless but focused

Whatever happens on Sunday, everyone in the England squad will have four days off following the match. There will be no training, no sponsorship engagements and no media opportunities.Instead the squad, many of whom have their partners here, will be encouraged to explore this fine country. To embrace the beaches and breweries; the valleys and vineyards; the creeks and the cafes. Moores understands that, however good the dressing rooms and hotels, they become prisons if inhabited for 300 days a year.It is unthinkable that Flower would have allowed his team such freedom. And perhaps, because of that, it became unthinkable that they would play free and fearless cricket. Whether they were jaded or fearful of the reaction a dismissal might provoke, they became a team adept at playing the percentages. It was enough to take them to the brink of the Champions Trophy, but such a team has never won a World Cup.A team that lives on the road as much as England needs to enjoy the journey. It needs to offer an environment which is relaxed but intense, personally ambitious but selflessly supportive, fearless but focused. Moores has gone a long way towards creating that environment in the last few months.Pietersen’s memorable description of Moores as “the woodpecker” – a maddening presence whose constant intrusion upon the players became an impediment – may have been true in 2007. But there is no evidence to support it now.It does not matter hugely who wins this match. While it is a final in theory, it is the coda that became the overture. England will take confidence simply from reaching it and both sides will know that conditions in Perth bear little comparison to conditions in Melbourne, where they meet again on February 14. All the pressure is on Australia.In a perfect world, England would like to see Ravi Bopara contribute a little more and Stuart Broad continue to improve following his comeback. But with runs from Taylor, Buttler, Eoin Morgan and Ian Bell, with good spells from Woakes, Anderson, Moeen and Steven Finn, they have probably already gained more from this tri-series event than they could have expected. They’re improving.There is a concern about the pitch, though. Facing Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc on the same surface upon which Axar Patel, the left-arm spinner, saw his deliveries spit to head height, is not just challenging, it is potentially dangerous. Nobody wants to see a player ruled out of the World Cup with a broken finger.The groundstaff have worked hard since the end of Friday’s match to improve the surface. The floodlights stayed on past midnight as the pitch has been rolled endlessly from every angle. But those cracks are a worry and add just a hint of chance to an encounter that should be decided on merit.

Tim Southee to take up captaincy duties; Mark Chapman called up as replacement

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Nov-2022New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the third T20I against India in Napier because of a pre-arranged medical appointment. He is expected to rejoin the team ahead of the three-ODI series that begins on Friday.Head coach Gary Stead said Tim Southee would lead New Zealand in the third T20I in Williamson’s absence, while Mark Chapman had been called into the squad as cover.Related

• India have series win in sight but still many questions to answer

• Stability or strike rate? Williamson finds himself in the middle of this dilemma

• Williamson wants to continue playing all three formats

• Sunrisers Hyderabad release Kane Williamson ahead of IPL 2023 auction

“Kane’s been trying to get this booked in for a while now, but unfortunately it hasn’t been able to fit into our schedule.” Stead said. “The health and well-being of our players and staff is paramount, and we look forward to seeing him in Auckland.”Stead said Williamson’s medical appointment had nothing to do with his elbow, a pre-existing injury the New Zealand captain has been coping with over the last year. He had missed games for New Zealand and in the IPL because of it.Williamson’s form in the T20 format has come under some scrutiny in recent times. While New Zealand made the semi-finals of the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, Williamson scored only 178 runs at a strike rate of 116.33. Last week, he was released by his IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad after he scored only 216 runs at a strike rate of 93.51 in their eighth-place finish in the 2022 season.After the first T20I in Wellington was washed out, India won the second match in Mount Maunganui by 65 runs, on the back of Suryakumar Yadav century. Though Williamson top-scored for New Zealand in the chase with 61 off 52 balls, he was unable to challenge the target of 192The third and final T20I will take place on Tuesday in Napier, before the teams head to Auckland for the first ODI on November 25. The second and third ODIs are in Hamilton and Christchurch on November 27 and 30.

While Shikhar Dhawan will be keen to prove his fitness, Karun Nair, Naman Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, and Varun Aaron will look to stake their claims for international matches later in the home season

Sidharth Monga26-Sep-2015While other batsmen in the nets around him have been going hard at the white ball in India’s pre-season preparatory camp, Shikhar Dhawan has faced only throwdowns with a red ball and bouncers with wet tennis balls dug into a wet cement pitch. Before Dhawan can get into the first T20 against South Africa, there is a small matter of playing Bangladesh A in a three-day match in Bangalore. Dhawan injured his right hand in the first Test in Sri Lanka, which forced him to miss the rest of the tour. This is the same hand he had injured in the nets in Brisbane late last year. Dhawan might have been selected for India’s limited-overs squad even before his fitness was assessed, but this three-day match is his fitness test.If this match is important for Dhawan to test his fitness, at least four other players will be looking to stake their claims for international matches later in the long home season. Arguably Karun Nair, Naman Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Aaron have more at stake than the others. Ojha was 32 years old when Wridhhiman Saha injured himself in Sri Lanka. The Madhya Pradesh wicketkeeper could have been forgiven for not being too optimistic about his international future at that point, but the injury to Saha has now given him a brief opening. Ojha’s Test debut showed he had worked on his wicketkeeping, and there were brief glimpses of a batsman who can counterattack.Jadeja, about whom it was said clearly in an earlier press conference that he had been dropped, has been handed a brief opening too. In the past Jadeja has shown that on a turning track he is well more than a handful. He has exceeded any expectations those outside the team had of him, but he has also had his worst time in international cricket since the Lord’s Test last year that he helped India win. It all began with the dropped chance on the first morning in the next match, which arguably cost India the Southampton Test. A shoulder injury followed and culminated in total loss of form with the ball and confidence with the bat. An in-form Jadeja, though, can more than fill that third spinner’s vacancy in Tests. He will have to show the selectors he is close to that form.If Jadeja is looking to rediscover his accuracy, Aaron is looking to discover it. Among those who have bowled a minimum of 350 balls in Test cricket, Aaron has the worst economy rate. Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri like him, but he will have to show he is more than just a few really good and quick deliveries. That he can string together good spells. With Ishant Sharma banned and Mohammed Shami not sure he will be back by then, Aaron could stake solid claim for the Mohali Test here. Aaron plays domestic cricket for Jharkhand, but Chinnaswamy Stadium is spiritually his home ground, and unfortunately because of all the injuries the adjoining NCA almost his home.Aaron has been with the Indian team for a while now, but he has spent more time on the bench than in the XI. Karnataka batsman Nair experienced being on that bench when he was sent in as cover for an injury-ridden side in Sri Lanka. He now knows the selectors have some faith in him. He will want increments in that faith. For the others, too, there is no better time than just before the start of an international season to start putting in reminders to the selectors. Bangladesh A are no small opposition either.Shastri, India’s team director, will have a close half an eye on this match. “I am going to have a chat with Rahul [Dravid, India A coach] at some time today to find out because he is in the best position to actually know who are the guys who can come through the ranks,” Shastri said two days before the start of the A game. “With the amount of cricket he has played he will understand very quickly who is the bloke who can bridge the gap [between A level and international cricket]. It’s all very well getting heaps of runs in domestic cricket, but there is also a talent, which comes with experience. Where you know that that guy might have got fewer runs but he will be ready for the top level because of certain things he does.”On a lazy Sunday morning, a day after most of the laidback city of Bangalore will have struck work, 11 of the 15 best Indian cricketers outside the limited-overs squads will look to do those “certain things” that India are after.

Australia’s captain says “2023 is going to be a big year,” with a Test tour of India following the final match against South Africa

Andrew McGlashan03-Jan-2023Pat Cummins expects there to be a “huge connection” between the conditions for the Sydney Test against South Africa and what Australia will face on the upcoming tour of India, with their focus on the present but also the challenges ahead.Through a combination of factors, Australia have some tricky decisions to make over the balance of their side for the SCG. Allrounder Cameron Green, who provides a natural balance, is injured for a match which is pushing selectors hard to include Ashton Agar as a second spinner, but reverse swing is also likely to be a factor.They are similar conversations that will need to be had during the four-Test tour of India which begins in early February and where Australia are aiming to win for the first time since 2004.Related

• With Labuschagne as third seamer, there's a very un-Australian Australia at the SCG

• Hazlewood on injury layoff: 'It just happens to be at the wrong time of the year'

• Agar, Renshaw, Morris: Australia's Sydney balancing act

“It’s a huge connection to India,” Cummins said, while not revealing the final XI for the SCG Test. “Fast bowling and reverse swing is going to come into it, which we can expect in India. Probably get more spin overs here, our batters are probably going to face more spin here as well. So it’s a really good connection.”Even personally captaining here might be a little different to the last few Test matches. So it’s a really good prep. Whatever you do there’s going to be strong connection to India, which is nice. It’s not by purpose, it’s just worked out that way.”If Agar does play, having last appeared in the format in 2017, it will be the first time since 2016-17 that Australia have included two frontline spinners for a home Test. He can expect to be part of the squad for the India tour alongside Nathan Lyon which will also include more spinners, potentially Mitchell Swepson and the uncapped Todd Murphy.There has been an effort to return SCG pitches to something more akin to what they were traditionally known for, where spin would play a major part, although this year the nature of the surface – which was last used for Shane Warne’s final Test in 2006-07 – has also been determined by the weather and volume of cricket played. In the one Sheffield Shield match played on the ground this season, 23 of the 40 wickets fell to spin.”We’re hoping for a traditional SCG pitch,” curator Adam Lewis said. “It’s not quite what we’ve seen in the past few years. A few of the players have told me it looks like a wicket from about 10 years ago, which gave me a bit of confidence. It’s thin on grass, a bit patchy and probably not the best-looking pitch that we’ve seen, but we’re looking forward to it and we’ve done the best we can.”The combination of conditions and injuries has provided Australia with a chance to explore various options within their squad at the beginning of a year that includes 11 Tests – if they make the Test Championship final – between now and the conclusion of the Ashes in late July.”In T20s and one-dayers think [opportunities] happen organically, Test cricket it’s a bit harder,” Cummins said. “Don’t wish [injuries] upon anyone but…we speak a lot about having a squad of 15 plus players to get through a really busy 12-month schedule. It’s not going to take 11, it will take 15 or 16 and if that means one or two guys get their opportunity they may not have got before heading over to a place like India in that hot furnace it’s only a good thing.”However, having narrowly missed out on the first Test Championship final because of docked points for over-rate – and also slipping up at crucial moments in the previous cycle – there has been a laser focus to ensure there is no repeat.”That was always going to be a big goal,” Cummins said. “I think we’ve been playing fantastically, we’ve put ourselves in that position to earn that spot early which is a huge driver for us.”On the verge of a summer clean sweep against what has been largely underwhelming opponents in West Indies and South Africa, the next seven months will likely define how this Australian Test team is remembered. If they complete a hat-trick of winning in India (which will be a monumental task) taking the Test Championship title, and securing an Ashes in England, Cummins’ side will need to be ranked very highly.”We’ve got a huge year ahead,” he said. “I think even in these three weeks it might be a good time to pause and think about what a great 12 months it’s been for this team. Pakistan and Sri Lanka were two really good subcontinent tours with a third one in India to come. 2023 is going to be a big year.”

انضم اللاعب الإيطالي، جورجينيو، إلى صفوف إحدى الفرق المشاركة في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية، نسخة 2025، حسب إعلان رسمي اليوم الجمعة.

وتستضيف أمريكا منافسات كأس العالم للأندية في الفترة بين 14 يونيو و13 يوليو، في النسخة الأولى من نظامها الجديد بمشاركة 32 فريقًا.

ومن ضمن الفرق المشاركة في كأس العالم للأندية نادي فلامينجو البرازيلي الذي تعاقد مع جورجينيو، في صفقة انتقال حر.

وكان من المفترض أن ينتهي عقد جورجينيو مع آرسنال في 30 يونيو الجاري، ولكنه توصل إلى اتفاق مع النادي الإنجليزي من أجل إنهاء صفقته بشكل فوري.

اقرأ أيضًا | منافس الأهلي.. رئيسة بالميراس: لدينا فريق قوي وسننافس على كأس العالم للأندية

وبناءً على ذلك، انضم صاحب الـ33 عامًا إلى صفوف فلامينجو بشكل مجاني تمهيدًا لمشاركته في كأس العالم للأندية.

كان جورجينيو قد انتقل إلى الدوري الإنجليزي في 2018، من بوابة تشيلسي، قادمًا من نابولي وفاز بدوري أبطال أوروبا، الدوري الأوروبي، كأس السوبر الأوروبي وكأس العالم للأندية.

وانضم جورجينيو إلى آرسنال في يناير 2023 وشارك في 78 مباراة.

ويلعب فريق فلامينجو في المجموعة الرابعة بكأس العالم للأندية رفقة أندية تشيلسي والترجي وليون.

It’s been a mixed start to Premier League life for Ipswich Town this season.

Kieran McKenna’s side have only lost five of their opening ten games, which is quite impressive for a newly promoted side, but they have also failed to win a single one.

The Tractor Boys’ most significant weakness at present is undoubtedly their defence, as evidenced by the fact that they have conceded the second most goals so far, but they’ve also been sloppy in attack at times.

It’s too early to say with any certainty whether Ipswich will beat the drop this season, but if they continue to let in goals at the rate they are and miss the chances they are, their chances don’t look great, and it’s times like this that it would be great to have a former loan player whose valuation has since exploded back at the club.

Ipswich's attacking form this season

So, if we’re going to examine Ipswich’s attacking form in the league this season, the logical place to start is with how many goals they’ve scored in their ten games and where they rank compared to the rest of the league.

The good news in this regard is that McKenna’s side are not the worst, but their tally of just ten goals is better than only Southampton, Crystal Palace and Manchester United, who have all been struggling massively this year.

Moreover, the underlying numbers don’t paint a particularly rosy picture either.

According to Understat, the Suffolk side have only created an expected goals figure of 11.09 in the league, so not only are the chances few and far between, but when they do come, the team are still slightly underperforming when it comes to their finishing.

The saving grace at present is Liam Delap, who has scored his five goals from an expected goals figure of just 2.81, and while that level of overperformance is unstainable for the long-term, it’s a sign that he has the ability to singlehandedly get the Blues out of trouble in certain games.

However, as impressive as the 21-year-old’s goalscoring exploits have been this season, a former Ipswich loanee is outscoring him at the moment, whose valuation has skyrocketed since his short stint at Portman Road.

Ipswich's former loan star now worth millions

So, the former Ipswich loanee in question is current Nottingham Forest talisman Chris Wood, who has been enjoying a spectacular campaign this year.

The “outstanding” New Zealander, as dubbed by pundit Stephen Warnock, joined the Tractor Boys on a six-month loan deal from Leicester City in February 2015.

However, just over a month later, following 8 goalless appearances, he returned to the King Power before being sold to Leeds United that summer.

The next nine years would see the Auckland-born poacher move from the Whites to Burnley to Newcastle United and then to Forest on a short-term loan with an obligation to buy in January 2023.

Since moving to the City Ground, the 74-capped international has taken a step-up, and this season, in particular, he has been unreal, scoring eight goals in just ten appearances and from an expected goals figure of 5.41, highlighting just how clinical he has become.

Unsurprisingly, his impressive career and recent form have seen his valuation balloon, and according to Transfermarkt, it now sits at around €7m, which is £5.3m or 598% more than the €1m – £800k – it was during his time at Portman Road.

Ultimately, while his stint in an Ipswich shirt was less than successful, we’re sure that McKenna would love to have Wood by his side now to compliment and help Delap continue to develop into a top-class forward himself.

Ipswich flop now cannot be trusted to play for McKenna again

The experienced veteran has hit another wall at Ipswich.

By
Jack Salveson Holmes

Nov 6, 2024

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Aug-2015Morne van Wyk was a bit slower, making 58 off 100 balls, but his innings kept South Africa together on a slightly difficult Durban pitch•Getty ImagesNew Zealand’s bowlers were quite skillful, but they fluffed several chances. Doug Bracewell dropped van Wyk in the ninth over for 17•Getty ImagesGrant Elliott, with his accurate medium pace, took 2 for 41, incuding van Wyk, to keep the game even heading into the final overs•Associated PressBut AB de Villiers struck a 48-ball 64 to become the fastest to 8000 ODI runs. His innings was followed by a 28-ball 40 from Farhaan Behardien to lift South Africa to 283 for 7•Getty ImagesMartin Guptill departed early in the chase to Dale Steyn, but his opening partner Tom Latham made 54•Associated PressKane Williamson and Latham put on 84 for the second wicket in 19.1 overs•Getty ImagesImran Tahir broke through when he bowled Williamson for 39. New Zealand were not able to build any partnership of note after that and were dismissed for 221 to cede the series 1-2 to the hosts•Getty Images