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Scotsman
2 days ago
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- Scotsman
'Dear Scotland' - 155-cap icon pens emotional statement as retirement confirmed with 251-word statement
Scotland captain Rachel Corsie has officially brought an end to her glittering career. Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Scotland captain Rachel Corsie says represent her country has been her 'greatest honour' as she hailed the 'rapid evolution' of the women's game in an emotional statement to supporters after officially bringing down the curtain on her glittering career. The 35-year-old defender has won an astonishing 155 caps since making her debut against France in 2009, leading Scotland Women to their first two major tournament appearances, Euro 2017 and World Cup 2019, as part of a storied career that has spanned almost two decades. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The veteran defender endured a frustrating last season with WSL outfit Aston Villa, making just two appearances due to injury, and confirmed her retirement from the game just days before making her final appearance for Scotland in last Friday's 1-0 defeat to Austria at Hampden Park. Corsie was then named on the bench last night as new head coach Melissa Andreatta secured an impressed 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in their final Nations League of the year in her final professional game. Erin Cuthbert, Rachel Corsie and Martha Thomas during a Scotland Women's National Team training session at the Oriam on Monday. | SNS Group 'Dear Scotland, the time has come,' wrote Corsie, in a heartfelt statement made via the Scotland National Team social media channels. 'For now, it fills me with enormous pride to pass on the shirt for the legacy to continue. One of my stand out memories is joyfully playing on the grass at Pittodrie stadium, nearly 30-years ago, unaware of the significance it would hold in my heart, and the beginning of my first love. 'Since then, football has fulfilled many roles in my life. It has ben the escape of worry, and a reliable best friend, the offset of stress, the beginning of unsinkable dreams, in the introduction to some of my dearest friendships, and a place that has always felt like a sanctuary to my identity. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Beginning her career as a teenager with hometown club Aberdeen, the legendary women's captain represented Glasgow City, Seattle Reign, Kansas City Current, Birmingham City, Notts County, Canberra United and Utah Royals, before joining Aston Villa in January 2022, where she made 57 appearances for the Midlands side. 'Many days training on concrete car parks. Temporary goals made with left behind traffic cones. The rapid evolution of where the game is now excites me, and fuels my passion for seeing what bondless future exists for those now embarking on their own beginnings. It has been my greatest privilege to play for you for so many years, the memories precious. The sport we love, the country we love even more. Our pride's strength, our Scottishness, a shared bond that others speak of, but only we know.
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
'Dear Scotland' - 154-cap icon pens emotional statement as retirement confirmed with 251-word statement
Scotland captain Rachel Corsie has officially brought an end to her glittering career. Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Scotland captain Rachel Corsie says represent her country has been her 'greatest honour' as she hailed the 'rapid evolution' of the women's game in an emotional statement to supporters after officially bringing down the curtain on her glittering career. The 35-year-old defender has won an astonishing 155 caps since making her debut against France in 2009, leading Scotland Women to their first two major tournament appearances, Euro 2017 and World Cup 2019, as part of a storied career that has spanned almost two decades. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The veteran defender endured a frustrating last season with WSL outfit Aston Villa, making just two appearances due to injury, and confirmed her retirement from the game just days before making her final appearance for Scotland in last Friday's 1-0 defeat to Austria at Hampden Park. Corsie was then named on the bench last night as new head coach Melissa Andreatta secured an impressed 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in their final Nations League of the year in her final professional game. Erin Cuthbert, Rachel Corsie and Martha Thomas during a Scotland Women's National Team training session at the Oriam on Monday. | SNS Group 'Dear Scotland, the time has come,' wrote Corsie, in a heartfelt statement made via the Scotland National Team social media channels. 'For now, it fills me with enormous pride to pass on the shirt for the legacy to continue. One of my stand out memories is joyfully playing on the grass at Pittodrie stadium, nearly 30-years ago, unaware of the significance it would hold in my heart, and the beginning of my first love. 'Since then, football has fulfilled many roles in my life. It has ben the escape of worry, and a reliable best friend, the offset of stress, the beginning of unsinkable dreams, in the introduction to some of my dearest friendships, and a place that has always felt like a sanctuary to my identity. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Beginning her career as a teenager with hometown club Aberdeen, the legendary women's captain represented Glasgow City, Seattle Reign, Kansas City Current, Birmingham City, Notts County, Canberra United and Utah Royals, before joining Aston Villa in January 2022, where she made 57 appearances for the Midlands side. 'Many days training on concrete car parks. Temporary goals made with left behind traffic cones. The rapid evolution of where the game is now excites me, and fuels my passion for seeing what bondless future exists for those now embarking on their own beginnings. It has been my greatest privilege to play for you for so many years, the memories precious. The sport we love, the country we love even more. Our pride's strength, our Scottishness, a shared bond that others speak of, but only we know.
Times
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
No second chances for England outcasts as Bazball shows its ruthless side
It is funny how things turn out sometimes. There, attending to the grand old lady that is the County Championship in the latest round of matches, were Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy, the two players who formed England's greatest one-day international opening partnership and were critical to the World Cup triumph in 2019. Both were fine T20 international players too, although, bizarrely, they only opened together once for England in that format and both missed the 2022 World T20 victory, with Bairstow unfit after that horrible leg injury he suffered while playing golf and Roy omitted after a poor run of form. Bairstow, of course, was a fine Test player, with 12 centuries, and has been playing for Yorkshire in the championship all season, proudly
Times of Oman
07-03-2025
- Sport
- Times of Oman
"Worst format to play...": Moeen Ali blasts rule changes in ODI cricket, laments batter-friendly nature
London : Former England cricketer Moeen Ali opined that rule changes in the ODI format have made it the "worst format to play", saying that the 50-over-game has "completely died outside of ICC Cricket World Cup and the Champions Trophy" due to batting-friendly rules of powerplay and two-ball rule. Moeen was speaking to Talksport Cricket, as quoted by Wisden. Notably, England has not had the best time in ODIs recently, having massively fumbled on their ICC Cricket World Cup title defence in India back in 2023 with just three wins in nine matches. While they did huff and puff their way to the Champions Trophy somehow, they finished their campaign recently without any win in three matches. Speaking on Talksport Cricket, Moeen said, "The format has almost completely died out, apart from World Cups and Champions Trophy. It is the worst format to play and I think there are many reasons for that." Moeen said that the rule to have one extra fielder inside the circle (a total of four fielders outside the 30-yard-circle, reduction from five earlier, introduced in 2012) has been "horrendous" as it is not easy to build pressure on batters because of that. "I think the rules are terrible. To have that extra fielder in after the first powerplay, I think it is a horrendous rule for taking wickets, building any sort of pressure. Guys are averaging 60, 70 in ODI cricket now because of that. When you're bowling at somebody and you put a little bit of pressure, he just reverse-sweeps and it is not even a single, it is a four. It is just there's always that option available for the batters [to score]," said Moeen. Moeen also said that the usage of two balls from both ends in ODI cricket, a rule also introduced in early 2010s, has eliminated the reverse swing from the game, handing batters an advantage. "On top of all this, you have two new balls, you lose the reverse swing, you lose the art of trying to hit a softer ball. Everything is always in the middle and crisp and it is flying off your bat and stuff. I think for those reasons, the cricket's just died. 50-over cricket has died," Moeen continued.' The former all-rounder also said that the franchise cricket worldwide is also "eating up" ODIs. "The problem is the money that's out there and the money that's being thrown out there. It's so much that people just cannot turn it down. It is very difficult. There are guys who are probably going to retire in the next couple of years from international cricket earlier to play franchise cricket," Moeen added. Moeen, a World Cup 2019 winner with England, represented England in 138 ODIs, scoring 2,355 runs at an average of over 24 with three centuries and six fifties and picking up 111 wickets. He will be playing Indian Premier League (IPL) this season with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)."Worst format to play...": Moeen Ali blasts rule changes in ODI cricket, laments batter-friendly nature ANI | Updated: Mar 07, 2025 21:28 IST London [UK], March 7 (ANI): Former England cricketer Moeen Ali opined that rule changes in the ODI format have made it the "worst format to play", saying that the 50-over-game has "completely died outside of ICC Cricket World Cup and the Champions Trophy" due to batting-friendly rules of powerplay and two-ball rule. Moeen was speaking to Talksport Cricket, as quoted by Wisden. Notably, England has not had the best time in ODIs recently, having massively fumbled on their ICC Cricket World Cup title defence in India back in 2023 with just three wins in nine matches. While they did huff and puff their way to the Champions Trophy somehow, they finished their campaign recently without any win in three matches. Speaking on Talksport Cricket, Moeen said, "The format has almost completely died out, apart from World Cups and Champions Trophy. It is the worst format to play and I think there are many reasons for that." Moeen said that the rule to have one extra fielder inside the circle (a total of four fielders outside the 30-yard-circle, reduction from five earlier, introduced in 2012) has been "horrendous" as it is not easy to build pressure on batters because of that. "I think the rules are terrible. To have that extra fielder in after the first powerplay, I think it is a horrendous rule for taking wickets, building any sort of pressure. Guys are averaging 60, 70 in ODI cricket now because of that. When you're bowling at somebody and you put a little bit of pressure, he just reverse-sweeps and it is not even a single, it is a four. It is just there's always that option available for the batters [to score]," said Moeen. Moeen also said that the usage of two balls from both ends in ODI cricket, a rule also introduced in early 2010s, has eliminated the reverse swing from the game, handing batters an advantage. "On top of all this, you have two new balls, you lose the reverse swing, you lose the art of trying to hit a softer ball. Everything is always in the middle and crisp and it is flying off your bat and stuff. I think for those reasons, the cricket's just died. 50-over cricket has died," Moeen continued.' The former all-rounder also said that the franchise cricket worldwide is also "eating up" ODIs. "The problem is the money that's out there and the money that's being thrown out there. It's so much that people just cannot turn it down. It is very difficult. There are guys who are probably going to retire in the next couple of years from international cricket earlier to play franchise cricket," Moeen added. Moeen, a World Cup 2019 winner with England, represented England in 138 ODIs, scoring 2,355 runs at an average of over 24 with three centuries and six fifties and picking up 111 wickets. He will be playing Indian Premier League (IPL) this season with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)."Worst format to play...": Moeen Ali blasts rule changes in ODI cricket, laments batter-friendly nature London [UK], March 7 (ANI): Former England cricketer Moeen Ali opined that rule changes in the ODI format have made it the "worst format to play", saying that the 50-over-game has "completely died outside of ICC Cricket World Cup and the Champions Trophy" due to batting-friendly rules of powerplay and two-ball rule. Moeen was speaking to Talksport Cricket, as quoted by Wisden. Notably, England has not had the best time in ODIs recently, having massively fumbled on their ICC Cricket World Cup title defence in India back in 2023 with just three wins in nine matches. While they did huff and puff their way to the Champions Trophy somehow, they finished their campaign recently without any win in three matches. Speaking on Talksport Cricket, Moeen said, "The format has almost completely died out, apart from World Cups and Champions Trophy. It is the worst format to play and I think there are many reasons for that." Moeen said that the rule to have one extra fielder inside the circle (a total of four fielders outside the 30-yard-circle, reduction from five earlier, introduced in 2012) has been "horrendous" as it is not easy to build pressure on batters because of that. "I think the rules are terrible. To have that extra fielder in after the first powerplay, I think it is a horrendous rule for taking wickets, building any sort of pressure. Guys are averaging 60, 70 in ODI cricket now because of that. When you're bowling at somebody and you put a little bit of pressure, he just reverse-sweeps and it is not even a single, it is a four. It is just there's always that option available for the batters [to score]," said Moeen. Moeen also said that the usage of two balls from both ends in ODI cricket, a rule also introduced in early 2010s, has eliminated the reverse swing from the game, handing batters an advantage. "On top of all this, you have two new balls, you lose the reverse swing, you lose the art of trying to hit a softer ball. Everything is always in the middle and crisp and it is flying off your bat and stuff. I think for those reasons, the cricket's just died. 50-over cricket has died," Moeen continued.' The former all-rounder also said that the franchise cricket worldwide is also "eating up" ODIs. "The problem is the money that's out there and the money that's being thrown out there. It's so much that people just cannot turn it down. It is very difficult. There are guys who are probably going to retire in the next couple of years from international cricket earlier to play franchise cricket," Moeen added. Moeen, a World Cup 2019 winner with England, represented England in 138 ODIs, scoring 2,355 runs at an average of over 24 with three centuries and six fifties and picking up 111 wickets. He will be playing Indian Premier League (IPL) this season with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
