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15 hours ago
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Porter stars as Essex in charge against Sussex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day one)Sussex 204: Coles 52; Porter 4-30, Thain 2-40, Ahmed 2-46Essex 152-4: Walter 47, Elgar 46; Carson 1-19Sussex (1 pt), Essex (3 pts)Match scorecard Essex produced an opening day performance against Sussex which belied their disappointing County Championship season to date, bottom but one in Division One, with just one victory. They bundled out Sussex – third in the table – for 204 in only 52.4 overs and at the close were powerfully placed at inability to pair up their opening attack of Jamie Porter and Sam Cook has been a major factor in their poor campaign. Cook has been involved with the England set-up and Porter, on paternity leave, missed the last championship match against though, they were back in tandem, both hitting a length on a relentless line of third or fourth stump and Porter, with 4-30, was the star of the show. Sussex, though, knowing the Kookaburra ball gets softer, and batting easier, showed a lack of won the toss and bowled on a grassy pitch, with a canopy of clouds also promising to assist their who had dropped Tom Clark for the fit-again Tom Alsop, and brought in Ari Karvelas for the rested Ollie Robinson, struggled to overcome the conditions but were also guilty of some indulgent stroke broke through in the ninth over when Daniel Hughes, going for a lavish drive, edged to keeper Michael Pepper. And it was 31-2 in the next over when Alsop, playing forward defensively, edged Cook relatively inexperienced Khaleel Ahmed replaced Cook at the sea end but there was no let-up for Sussex. Khaleel pitched one up to Tom Haines who went for the drive. But the ball nipped off the pitch and Simon Harmer took the catch at second slip. And it was 64-4 in the 18th over when Dan Ibrahim attempted an expansive drive against the same bowler and was caught behind. The players took an early lunch at 69-4 when a second, heavier shower swept over the in-form James Coles and John Simpson launched a mini-revival with a stand of 56. Coles showed some of the fluency that had brought him 150 against Warwickshire in his previous championship innings. When he played Cook to backward point for a quick single he had reached his half-century from 62 balls, with seven eye-catching fours. But then he played forward to Porter and edged to first slip, and four balls later Fynn Hudson-Prentice nicked off for a again Simpson was required to make the most of diminishing resources. He added 49 for the seventh wicket with Jack Carson, whose five fours included a straight drive off Noah Thain that might have been the shot of the introduction of fourth seamer Thain saw the first drop in the keen accuracy of the Essex attack. But he, too, was good enough to get among the wickets. Carson had made 25 when he edged to Pepper and next ball it was 169-8 when Simpson prodded only half-forward to Harmer and was caught at Karvelas flayed to cover for one Sussex had lost three wickets for two runs but last pair Henry Crocombe and Gurinder Sandhu put on Essex batted Dean Elgar was caught at mid-wicket, Paul Walter, half forward, was lbw to Carson, Tom Westley was yorked by Sandhu, and nightwatchman Cook was caught at leg slip. But they could still be in a very strong position by the second supplied by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
AFC Bournemouth Vitality Stadium plans go on show
AFC Bournemouth is holding a public exhibition to showcase its plans to expand Vitality club said the public exhibition at the stadium from 15:30 to 20:00 BST would show why it wanted to "significantly expand spectator capacity" and "improve the matchday experience".It recently released images of how the proposed redevelopments to increase the stadium's capacity to 20,000 would said supporters and members of the public were welcome, and key personnel would be present to answer questions. Visitors planning to attend have been advised to email the club in club said it would take on board the feedback from local residents and the public when shaping its agreed a deal to buy the stadium back from Structadene in April, 20 years after they sold it to the property company to avoid going into plans include demolishing the current South Stand and building a new grandstand with 7,000 seats, infilling the stadium corners to create an additional 1,440 seats, plus extending the North and East Stands to bring in another 2,900 are also plans to create a new fan zone in the south west corner of the ground, between the new South Stand and the current Main Cherries hope to have the stadium redevelopment completed for the start of the 2027-28 campaign. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Surprise absentee from Warrington Wolves squad for Castleford trip
THE squad news is in for Warrington Wolves' trip to Castleford Tigers on Sunday. And it shows only one change from the group that travelled to France to face Catalans Dragons last time out, with prop James Harrison dropping out. Head coach Sam Burgess did not declare any injury for the front-rower during his pre-match press conference on Thursday, but he will not feature at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle. In his place, young half-back Ewan Irwin is drafted into the squad and appears to be in contention to feature should scrum-half Marc Sneyd fail to recover in time from the groin injury that forced him off in Perpignan. Warrington Wolves 21-man squad vs Castleford Tigers, Super League Round 19 Jordy Crowther, Ben Currie, Matt Dufty, Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Zack Gardner, Ewan Irwin, Toby King, Tom McKinney, Joe Philbin, Sam Powell, Stefan Ratchford, Marc Sneyd, Sam Stone, Jake Thewlis, Josh Thewlis, Luke Thomas, Paul Vaughan, George Williams, Max Wood, Connor Wrench, Luke Yates Castleford Tigers opt against changes Last time out, Castleford became only the second team this season to lose to beleaguered bottom club Salford Red Devils, who ran out 26-22 victors on Sunday. Despite that, however, interim head coach Chris Chester has opted against wholesale changes as he names the same 21-man squad this week. The Tigers' on-loan Warrington prop Dan Okoro is eligible to play against his parent club.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Toronto faces Nashville after shutout win
Toronto FC (5-11-6, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (13-5-5, first in the Western Conference) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nashville SC -246, Toronto FC +606, Draw +343; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out San Diego FC 1-0, Toronto plays Nashville. Nashville is 8-1-3 at home. Sam Surridge leads the third-ranked scoring team in the Western Conference with 16. Nashville has scored 41 goals. Toronto is 3-4-2 on the road. Toronto is ninth in the league allowing only 29 goals. Saturday's game is the second time these teams square off this season. Nashville won the last meeting 2-1. TOP PERFORMERS: Surridge has scored 16 goals and added three assists for Nashville. Andy Najar has three assists over the past 10 games. Federico Bernardeschi has four goals and three assists for Toronto. Theodor Corbeanu has scored four goals over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 6-1-3, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.3 shots on goal and 4.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.9 goals per game. Toronto: 3-5-2, averaging 1.5 goals, 4.0 shots on goal and 3.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.3 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Maximus Ekk (injured), Jacob Shaffelburg (injured), Tate Schmitt (injured), Taylor Washington (injured), Tyler Boyd (injured). Toronto: Zane Monlouis (injured), Nickseon Gomis (injured), Henry Wingo (injured), Deybi Flores (injured), Jonathan Osorio (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. The Associated Press
Associated Press
5 days ago
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- Associated Press
Choupo-Moting leads the New York Red Bulls against Inter Miami
Inter Miami CF (11-4-5, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Red Bulls (9-8-6, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Harrison, New Jersey; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: New York +148, Inter Miami CF +157, Draw +265; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting leads the New York Red Bulls into a matchup with Inter Miami after scoring two goals against the New England Revolution. The Red Bulls are 7-6-4 in Eastern Conference games. Choupo-Moting leads the ninth-ranked scoring team in the league with 13 goals. The Red Bulls have scored 38. Miami is 9-2-4 in conference play. Lionel Messi paces the second-ranked scoring team in the league with 16 goals. Miami has scored 44. The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. Miami won the last meeting 4-1. TOP PERFORMERS: Choupo-Moting has 13 goals and one assist for the Red Bulls. Emil Forsberg has four goals and two assists over the last 10 games. Messi has scored 16 goals and added six assists for Miami. Luis Suarez has three goals and two assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Red Bulls: 4-3-3, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.0 shots on goal and 4.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game. Miami: 5-3-2, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.6 shots on goal and 4.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Red Bulls: Serge Ngoma (injured), Cameron Harper (injured), Lewis Morgan (injured). Miami: Obando (injured), Noah Allen (injured), Ian Fray (injured), Drake Callender (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
