Shubman Gill hits century but Ben Stokes fires England's attack with early wicket against India
The series-leading run-maker's 103 was finally brought to an end when he was caught by Jamie Smith off Joffra Archer, ending his near seven-hour stand over two days. Gill is now on 722 for the series and his partnership with KL Rahul (90) made a contest of the test, which had looked to be slipping away from India.
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Richard Hughes knows Liverpool's next signing is OBVIOUS
Liverpool have an enormous call to make in the transfer market before the summer window closes. A significant amount of money has been spent already - nearly £300m - and the club's biggest transfer of the lot is still on the shopping list. Whether we make a formal move or not will be season-defining. 🔴 Shop the LFC 2025/26 adidas home range 🚨2025/26 LFC x adidas range🚨 LFC x adidas Shop the away range TODAY LFC x adidas Shop the home range today! LFC x adidas Shop the goalkeeper range today LFC x adidas Shop the new adidas range today! Of course, I'm talking about Alexander Isak at Newcastle and the British transfer record fee that it would take for the Magpies to part with him, even though relations with the player have soured completely since he now has his eyes firmly set on a move to Liverpool before the summer ends. 🔴 Shop the LFC 2025/26 adidas away range Given he was the best striker in the Premier League last season, it makes sense that he would be an expensive aquisition. Liverpool also find themselves in need of another talisman and so the saga between the club and the player certainly makes sense. But would signing him be the right move? Well, the fanbase is split and last week Jamie Carragher gave his perspective on it all, which caused a lot of debate. After all, Liverpool will most certainly know what they're doing, even if everything has started to look a bit messy as of late. I'm going to be considering all the claims to try and provide a bit of clarity. © IMAGO - Jamie Carragher Sky Sports Carragher thinks Isak move is 'not Liverpool' On the latest Overlap fan debate, we finally got a bit of insight into what the Reds' leading football pundit has to say about the club's business and the perspective he gave was fascinating to hear. He said: "I don't want Liverpool to spend spend £150m on Isak, there's something about Liverpool buying another striker for £80m and he's back-up. There's something about it doesn't quite feel right. "I look at Isak and he's obviously threw his toys out the pram once Arsenal have signed a striker and Liverpool have signed a striker and I'm thinking, you know from him and his agents point of view, did they not tell Newcastle months ago they wanted to move on, because it just feels a little bit messy. "When I think of Liverpool, it doesn't look planned. I don't think the plan is to go and buy a striker for £80m and then be looking at to buy another one for £120m... it doesn't feel Liverpool-like, to me." Of course, it feels only natural to give Carragher the benefit of the doubt here, since he will have known the impact of Diogo Jota's passing on the club - not just in an emotional sense, but also through a sporting perspective. Liverpool probably never intended to have to buy two strikers. Darwin Nunez's departure was expected and Hugo Ekitike has replaced him in a deal worth up to £79m (£69m plus £10m in add-ons), but the Frenchman being our only striker wasn't in the plans. Jota isn't mentioned in his perspective, but we're all well aware of the circumstances. As such, we'll assess Carragher's concerns regarding a possible Isak move solely on their own individual merit. One initial problem is that he uses two different price tags for Isak - £150m once and £120m later in his quotes. The amount it costs for strikers has risen dramatically this summer. Ekitike for £79m felt to me like an overpay, although he's certainly more dynamic than some others in his price range. Manchester United are paying a similar fee for Benjamin Sesko, Victor Osimhen's move to Galatasaray will cost around £65m, Viktor Gyokeres' move to Arsenal is around £64m and Joao Pedro moved to Chelsea for £60m. Finding someone available for their market value is really hard. Isak is probably worth a British transfer record fee which would be over £115m - he's 25 years old, he delivers consistent goal returns and he's Premier League proven. You're buying guaranteed goals. So while spending £200m on two strikers is mind-blowing, purposefully turning down the chance to sign Isak - when he's named you as his ideal destination - is a decision that very few clubs could make. Without Isak, we're left with one senior striker and that is a disaster waiting to happen. We already got a glimpse of what it's like when Ekitike's not on the pitch when he was taken off against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield on Sunday. Every team needs at least one focal point in attack. Once Carragher's thoughts had been posted online, he interacted with some Liverpool fans who failed to understand his point and he revealed more about how he thinks the club should proceed. In a number of posts on X, he said: "When you have a top striker, like Isak, Haaland and Kane, it's very difficult to have quality back-up as they always play. Spurs never had any back-up for Kane, Newcastle had an injury prone Callum Wilson and Man City has to sell Alvarez because they couldn't keep him happy. "80m is too much to pay for a back-up. Where does Ekitike get his minutes in HIS position, not fudging it by putting him on the left. Hard to play together when you've spent £115m on Wirtz. And yes, we do need to buy attackers." Let's break this down. You'll likely already know that Julian Alvarez played two seasons after he won the World Cup with Argentina and he made 103 appearances, excelling with 53 goal contributions in that time, despite playing second fiddle to Erling Haaland. That pairing helped City win the treble. Of course, Carragher has already attempted to refute this claim by suggesting that his move to Atletico Madrid in 2024 meant Alvarez was unhappy, but if Liverpool were offered £82m for one of their main back-up players, then it would be difficult to turn down. I doubt the player wanted out. Furthermore, we've seen Omar Marmoush sign for City this year for £65m, who is a striker by trade, yet he's often deployed on the left-hand side or in midfield as a No. 10, in Phil Foden's main role. And then you've got to consider whether Ekitike playing down the left is 'fudging it' as he calls it, since we know he can excel in that other role and if we had signed a winger instead of him, then we'd be calling for Isak and another striker, instead of Isak and a winger. We need more attackers. Teams have depth and the reality is that Liverpool don't have any right now, if we're really honest. Over at Chelsea, their main front three is Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer, with Jamie Gittens, Liam Delap and Estavao covering them. This is ignoring the likely signings of Xavi Simons and Alejandro Garnacho, as well as countless other forwards that remain on their books in the shadows. At Arsenal, Leandro Trossard, Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke act as cover for Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyokeres and Bukayo Saka, with young talents such as Ethan Nwaneri also in their squad. Furthermore, Spurs have Wilson Odobert, Mathys Tel, Richarlison, Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Mohamed Kudus and Dejan Kulusevski in attack, with City's Savinho also now being considered for a move. Whereas, Liverpool currently have Cody Gakpo, Hugo Ekitike, Mohamed Salah and then Rio Ngumoha, Federico Chiesa and Ben Doak available, with the latter two likely to depart this window. There's no depth and signing Isak would help us to solve that. Of course, this is just the club's plan to replace Darwin Nunez, while a youngster is promoted instead of replacing Luis Diaz as well. Since it appears that Arne Slot trusts Ngumoha to make a difference this season, despite his youthful age of 16, a new winger signing doesn't appear to be on the cards, although it would be ideal. But our main striker target is available and he'd make a significant difference to the squad if he joined. What gave me particular food for thought was the Dutchman's quotes in an interview conducted recently where he said: "It's hardly possible to bring a player in who is good enough to play for us for a small amount of money because every player who is playing for us, that won the league for us, is probably worth 100m or more... If we want to improve the team, or if we want to bring players in that are good enough to play for us, then spending this amount is 'normal'." Liverpool have spent £300m this summer and brought in £200m from sales. Our net spend being a reasonable £100m matters to me. I don't know why, but I care about us being financially responsible. But in the end, it's not me in charge. Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards have been overseeing everything and if they think Isak is a good move, then the correct decision is obvious, it's theirs. The amount of money that would go on the Swede is unsettling for Carragher. It's understandable, since it's a huge fee. But Liverpool need a striker and the eventual decision will be out of his control.
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Warner was caught down the leg side off England seamer Josh Tongue with 38 needed from 15 and Baker returned to dismiss Australia international Ashton Turner for 13 - a deserved reward for a fine spell that cost only 22 runs. "He was outstanding," Salt told Sky Sports. "Jimmy had a rest today but that is the closest to what he did, if not better. It will be hard to pick seamers for the next match." Anderson also praised the highly-rated Baker, who was awarded an England development contract earlier this year despite having never played a County Championship match at that stage. "I have seen a lot of footage of Baker but not seen a lot of him live," Anderson told Sky Sports. "I have been so impressed. "Tonight he bowled outstandingly well. He has got pace, skill, swings the ball both ways. He has a lot going for him." Earlier another talented youngster, 20-year-old Durham batter Ben McKinney, crashed three sixes in a 12-ball 29 on debut to give the hosts a fast start. From there, contributions of 31 from Phil Salt, 46 from Jos Buttler and 24 by Heinrich Klaasen helped the Originals post 163-6. 'The closest thing to Jimmy' Having missed last year's competition through injury, Baker took 2-26 in the Originals' opening match of the tournament. His performance on Monday night again showed why he is so highly rated - and why he was retained by the Originals despite having only 10 T20 Blast matches to his name at the start of this season. Though others have higher top-end pace, Baker has the second-highest average speed in this year's Hundred at 85.6mph. He was around and above that mark to Warner early on, while also finding significant movement to beat the left-hander with each of his opening three deliveries. After conceding 10 from his first 15 balls, all that was missing from his spell was a wicket. That came when he bowled quickly into the pitch, Turner was hurried and the right-hander skewed a catch into the leg side. 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