The third-highest all-out score (381) in the domestic competition’s history proved too much for the visitors in Brisbane

AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff19-Sep-2025Matthew Wade’s powerful best and more Mitchell Owen fireworks have propelled Tasmania past Victoria in a One-Day Cup triumph that threatened the history books.Tasmania were all out for 381 at Brisbane’s Allan Border Field after No. 6 Wade (105) brought up a century off 65 balls and opener Owen made 53 off 21 and Beau Webster 81 off 95.The third-highest all-out score in the domestic competition’s history – only 17 short of South Australia’s benchmark 398 two years ago – proved too much for Victoria despite the late efforts of Sam Harper (88 off 51).Form batter Owen hit four sixes and five fours to post his half century in the fifth over before collecting 4 for 57 with his handy seamers. That included three wickets in one over, with Glenn Maxwell (0) the final scalp as he blazed away unsuccessfully two days after smashing a hundred of his own in a loss to Queensland.Wicketkeeper Harper was the last man out in the 41st over in a chase that never looked likely after Owen’s triple-strike.Earlier, Wade leaned back on anything short of a length to pepper the square boundaries and post a 10th List A hundred. The 37-year-old is retired from international cricket, doesn’t have a state contract and has been working with Australia as a consultant assistant coach over the past 12 months.Wade struck six sixes while Nikhil Chaudhary (67 off 49) provided the late fireworks as Mitch Perry (4-101) avoided conceding the most runs in a one-day cup innings by one run.NSW host South Australia in Sydney on Saturday before the Bulls host Western Australia on Sunday.

The Australia allrounder, who is tipped to be the most expensive buy, said he will be following the auction

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Do CSK even need Green? And at what cost?

Cameron Green has confirmed that he will be available to bowl in IPL 2026, blaming the fact he is listed as a batter rather than an allrounder in Tuesday’s auction on a “stuff-up” by his manager.Green, 26, has previously played for Mumbai Indians (2023) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2024) but was unavailable for the 2025 season as he recovered from back surgery. He initially made his return to international cricket as a specialist batter in June, but has since been cleared to bowl and been used as an allrounder by Australia in the ongoing Ashes series.Related

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Green is widely expected to be the most expensive player at Tuesday’s IPL auction in Abu Dhabi, with some suggestions that he could break the INR 27 crore (AUD 4.5 million approx.) benchmark set by Rishabh Pant at last year’s auction for the highest-ever bid. Kolkata Knight Riders are the favourites to sign him, with the biggest purse available.He has entered with a base price of INR 2 crore (AUD 333,000 approx.) and will be one of the first six players up for auction after registering as a batter. Green said that his manager had “accidentally selected the wrong box” when filling out his registration forms.”I’ll be good to bowl,” Green said before Australia’s training session in Adelaide on Sunday morning. “I don’t know if my manager would like to hear this, but there was a stuff-up on his end. He didn’t mean to say ‘batter’. I think he accidentally selected the wrong box. It was pretty funny how it’s all played out, but it was actually a stuff-up on his end.”Cameron Green has returned to bowling after his back surgery•Getty Images

Green’s first IPL season was a success: he hit 452 runs – including an unbeaten, 47-ball 100 – and took six wickets for Mumbai Indians in 2023. He was traded to RCB the following year and was briefly dropped mid-season, finishing with 255 runs and 10 wickets from his 13 appearances.He confirmed that he will be following the auction – which takes place the night before the third Test – and said that he was interested to see who his new team-mates would be: “I’m sure I will be [watching], with a few other guys. They’re always good fun to watch. It’s a bit of a lottery where you might go, but also who might be in your team, so it’s always been fun to watch.”Green became close friends with Will Jacks – who was recalled by England for the second Ashes Test in Brisbane – during their time together at RCB, and the pair will spend time together with their partners in Melbourne before the fourth Test.Green’s services are in high demand, and he knocked back a question about the prospect of signing a long-term, multi-year central contract with CA following recent changes to the board’s memorandum of understanding with the players’ union: “We try to stay pretty present, so I’m not trying to look too far ahead… That’s nothing I think about too much.”Three other members of Australia’s Test squad have registered for the IPL auction in Steven Smith, Josh Inglis (limited availability) and Beau Webster, while Jhye Richardson – who is training with them in Adelaide – is also on the long list. Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short and Riley Meredith are among the other Australians who could find buyers.Daniel Vettori, Australia’s assistant coach, was at training on Sunday but is due to leave for Abu Dhabi on Monday. Vettori is Sunrisers Hyderabad’s head coach in the IPL, where his squad includes Pat Cummins and Travis Head.Five members of England’s Ashes squad have registered for the auction, none of whom have previously played in the IPL: Gus Atkinson, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith, Matthew Potts, Josh Tongue. Other England players who are expected to attract interest include Jonny Bairstow, Jordan Cox and Liam Livingstone.

Surrey seamer keeps focus on County Championship despite impending qualification for adopted country

Andrew Miller21-Mar-2025″I might just announce my international retirement … then you can all go home!”We’re not even into April, and the line of questioning at Surrey’s pre-season media day is getting a touch samey, to say the least. But Dan Worrall is taking it all in his stride, much as he has done with every step of his remarkable second coming as a professional cricketer – a renaissance that could, with a fair crosswind and a bit of grass on the wicket, result in an England Test debut at the age of 33.That was certainly the impression that Rob Key, England’s director of cricket, gave in September last year, when he name-checked a bowler who had just claimed 52 wickets at 16.15 to help propel Surrey to a hat-trick of County Championship titles. “You can’t not notice Dan Worrall,” Key said. “He’s got brilliant attributes to be an international bowler.”Worrall, himself, however, could scarcely be less moved by the speculation. “There’s some things that take space in my head, but this is not one of them,” he said. “I’m just not interested about what anyone else is saying or thinking. I’m just trying to do my best for the team that I’m representing. And to be honest, with two kids under three, that keeps me busy most of the time anyway. So the other stuff doesn’t matter.”Almost nine years have now elapsed since Worrall’s first foray as an international cricketer: he played three ODIs for Australia, against Ireland and South Africa in September and October 2016. Those yielded one wicket and a sense of a box ticked in his career, as he turned his thoughts to a relocation to England and a chance to build a new life, with or without the sport at its centre.”I always thought I’d be getting the tube to work in London, but I never thought I’d be coming to a cricket ground,” Worrall said. A UK passport, courtesy of his Nottingham-born father, had encouraged him to take the plunge and uproot his young family but, after an initial haul of 43 wickets at 22.53 for Gloucestershire had confirmed the effectiveness of his fast-medium methods in English conditions, his switch to The Oval has since sent his career into overdrive.”We just thought it was a great challenge to take on, to have a bit of life experience, and challenge ourselves a little bit on the other side of the world with no family around. But, luckily, I’ve played at an amazing club, and we’ve won three championships, and the Hundred’s just come about. And being able to access leagues around the world is another benefit of moving over.”The bread-and-butter of Worrall’s new career, however, has been his red-ball form. In the space of those three triumphant seasons, he hoovered up 139 first-class wickets at 21.17, and with England having moved on last summer from James Anderson, a potential vacancy has opened up for, as he put it, “sweat-band seamer” in the Test attack – for the home series against India at the very least, if not for the tour of Australia that follows.”As a bowler, coming from Australia to England, there’s a lot more variables to play with,” he said. “You’ve got to swing it. Sometimes it bounces, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it’s raining … sunny, there’s grass on the pitch. There’s the Kookaburra [ball] now, so there’s a lot more variables that can make your worst day a lot worse than in Australia, I suppose.Related

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“As a professional, the feather in my cap would be getting to the point where I don’t really surprise anyone with how I perform … to get to the point where your worst day is not that much worse than your best day.”Can those attributes succeed on an Ashes tour, however? Despite the recent success of Scott Boland in Australia’s home summers, Worrall’s own assessment is candid.”You want my honest answer? Probably not!” he said. “There is a role – we saw Jimmy for 20 years go on numerous Ashes tours – but as a swing bowler, you’re not going to perform that role in every Test with the Kookaburra ball. There have been opportunities in the last couple of years in Test matches in Australia, [when it’s been] a bit more seamer friendly, but whether that happens again in an Ashes series, that’s yet to be seen. Maybe there’s a job to do as a sweat-band swinger, but we’ll wait and see.”In his former life, Worrall claimed 184 wickets at 29.03 for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield, so he clearly has the pedigree to do that job Down Under. But, whether or not he’s doing himself out of a job for the coming winter, he also has no doubts about which attributes England should be doubling down on as they seek to win a series in Australia for the first time in 15 years.”In Australia, there’s not a lot of variables to play with. It’s more about being tall or fast or accurate,” he said. “The way that England are setting up their fast-bowling cartel is the way forward to win in Australia.”We’ve seen success from Gus [Atkinson], Brydon Carse, Mark Wood, and I think they’re trying to get to Jofra [Archer] up and about for that Ashes series. There is the necessity for pace and bounce in Australia, and I don’t think that’s a secret for anyone.”The way the Australian team has taken wickets consistently for the last decade has been with the guys that are over 6 ft 2, bowl fast and don’t really miss the spot. Naturally, there’s a challenge for English bowlers going over to Australia because of that difference, but the way that the guys are setting up now, it gives them the best chance to perform.”None of that, however, means Worrall will be turning down the England call, should it end up coming at any stage this year.”Yeah, of course, I’ve said it before,” he said, when asked if he would like to play for his adopted country. “I haven’t thought about it. Everyone else keeps talking about it. I’m just going to go out and do my best for Surrey and hopefully enjoy another successful season at The Oval.”It doesn’t faze me too much. It’s just one of those things where, as a professional athlete, there’s always someone with an opinion and someone that wants to get the next headline, or they want to figure out the next thing that’s going to happen in their career.”But I think as a player, as soon as you start thinking about that and letting that enter your thinking, it just detracts from your potential as a player and a professional and as a person. So as far as I’m concerned, I’m not that bothered. Whatever happens will happen. I’ll try my best wherever I am.”

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West Ham are reportedly interested in signing Sunderland’s top scorer Josh Maja on a permanent deal before sending him back to Wearside on an 18-month loan, as reported by The Sunderland Echo.

What’s the word, then?

The 20-year-old has been in exquisite form for the Black Cats so far this season, scoring 15 goals in 23 League One starts and 16 in all competitions – as per Transfermarkt – for Jack Ross’ side, who are hopeful of an immediate return to the Championship following their relegation last term.

Maja’s rejection of a new contract offer at the Stadium of Light has left them in a perilous position though, seeing as the youngster’s current deal is set to expire in the summer.

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Sunderland must now sell Maja this month to attain a significant sum for their prize asset, or risk losing him for a mere compensation fee at the end of the season.

Would he suit West Ham?

In a year or two, yes. Maja is a powerful striker with a fantastic eye for goal, but he would perhaps struggle to make the jump from League One to the Premier League immediately. Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini currently has Marko Arnautovic, Javier Hernandez, Andy Carroll and Lucas Perez at his disposal, so the youngster would struggle to continue his development in east London through regular game-time.

The aforementioned deal, which would see Maja sign for the club and then return to Sunderland for 18 months, seems an ideal move for all parties, especially for the reported £3m fee being touted by The Sunderland Echo.

West Ham would secure Maja’s services in the long run at little cost but keep him at a level where he is clearly thriving and learning by the game, while Sunderland wouldn’t lose a key figure in their promotion push mid-season.

As reported by Spanish outlet Don Balon, Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane has told Mauricio Pochettino that if he is to ever leave the club, he wants it to be to Real Madrid.

What’s the story?

The kind of goalscoring impact Harry Kane has brought to the English Premier League in recent seasons is bound to attract attention and a big fear for Tottenham fans is that he leaves the club at some point, leaving them without his talisman presence.

A worry then that Don Balon report Zinedine Zidane is ready to welcome him with open arms at Real Madrid, with the player privately revealing to Mauricio Pochettino that if he does leave London, his first choice destination is the La Liga giants.

The website say that while Kane is happy at Spurs at the moment, his ambitions could change after next year’s World Cup.

Destined for greatness?

While Harry Kane’s reputation is growing all the time at Spurs, to truly reach his potential perhaps he needs a move to one of the giants of world football and Real Madrid of course fit that description. A move to another English Premier League outfit seems unlikely, meaning the list of super-clubs he could join is small indeed.

Surrounded by the creative superstars of Real Madrid, his goalscoring contribution could be taken to new levels, which would be remarkable considering he’s already scored 112 goals in 175 appearances for Spurs.

If he stays at Tottenham for the rest of his career, he’ll likely always been a prolific talent, but to truly have a stellar career full of trophy wins, does he need a club like Madrid?

Tottenham Hotspur star Eric Dier has revealed that he wants to emulate Arsenal legend Tony Adams, according to reports from the London Evening Standard.

Dier joined Spurs from Sporting Lisbon last summer as a defender, but the Englishman has been recently deployed in a central midfield role by manager Mauricio Pochettino early in the season.

It seems that Dier’s rather unconventional upbringing of being born in England but growing up in Portugal has helped him play in a more advanced position, however the 21-year-old admitted that he wants to become a great leader like former Arsenal centre-back Tony Adams.

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Adams is one of the Gunners’ greatest icons, so Dier’s admiration for the ex-Arsenal man could displease Tottenham supporters given the hatred between both sets of fans.

“Tottenham fans might not be happy with me for this, but I met Tony Adams quite a few times. He came away with us when I played for England when I was younger and it was great to be around him.

“I think it was when I was with the Under-19s. One day in training we were a player short so he trained with us – and it was great.

“It was unbelievable. I don’t know how old he was at the time by his body was past it, yet he managed to cope because he could read the game so well and just talked non-stop.

“I hope leadership is something I grow into more. It is something that comes naturally as you become more cemented in a team. I have only been here a year but hopefully I can become one.”

The Lilywhites managed to grab their first win of the season in a 1-0 victory over Sunderland on Sunday after three successive draws, pushing them up to 12th in the table.

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Sections of the Sheffield United support are expressing their discontent with the ominous sound of boos, despite their recent run of good form launching the Blades into a lofty 5th place, six points off the top and firmly in playoff contention.

The signing of Dean Hammond will add stability, and Che Adams appears to be finding form in League One. After the disappointment of Nigel Clough’s second season in charge, could the Blades finally be on the up?

It’s been difficult for Sheffield United fans, where Clough was supposed to be their saviour, he largely filled the squad with mediocre players – even at League One level. With Nigel Adkins now in charge, the Blades are well suited to at least challenge for promotion.

After Fleetwood disposed of seemingly imperial Burton, only to be subsequently tanked 3-0 by Adkins’ side, a feeling that anybody can beat anybody in this league is starting to form.

However, the club need to shift some of the deadwood out of the club after the last few transfer windows.

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PAUL COUTTS

It’s been less than a year since the Scot arrived at Bramall Lane, but it simply isn’t working out for the former Derby County man.

The 27-year old can’t seem to find a starting place in the side, amid suggestions he continually gives the ball away in good positions. With even Jamal Campbell-Ryce available in wide areas, Coutts’ departure is unlikely to cause huge upset in the squad.

MICHAEL HIGDON

Higdon has recently been loaned out to Oldham, hoping to rediscover some of the form that saw him become a mainstay at Motherwell a few years ago.

The former NEC man has suffered with injuries since arriving back in England from Holland, and the Blades look well stocked in forward positions. Connor Salmon already backs up the likes of Billy Sharp and Matt Done.

Likely to garner some sort of fee, if Higdon impresses and proves he is injury fee, Adkins should sell up.

FLORENT CUVELIER

The Belgian ace has been seriously unfortunate with injuries, having picked up an ACL tear during a brief loan spell with Port Vale last year.

Moving then to Burton on a similar deal, the former Stoke City youngster impressed during the club’s title run towards the end of last season. Scoring against Hartlepool to secure a crucial win, the player once again picked up an injury and played no further part in the title run in.

A shame really, just as he was getting going. Adkins could be wise to sell the 23-year old, if he can.

JAY MCEVELEY

Seem rather odd to sell your captain mid-season, right? Wrong.

The former Scotland international seems to have been hampered by his appointment as team captain earlier this summer, and has put in some shaky performances. Particularly the 3-1 reversal at the hands of Bury last month.

Where he is now out injured, the backline look far more assured and a decent run of results have followed. Unfortunately for the former Blackburn youngster, his injury has only highlighted that the defence is better off without him.

MARC MCNULTY

Perhaps it could be risky, selling a young striker who appears to be blessed with decent potential. The former Livingston man has shown in glimpses he has the potential to be a decent frontman, but his departure could be managed pretty easily.

Matt Done and Billy Sharp look to be the first-choice front line, with Connor Salmon and Che Adams able to provide – even Jose Baxter could be deployed up top.

A return to Scotland may be wise for all parties.

Whilst the Gunners may have admittedly slipped up in the Premier League in their last two outings – against the respective powerhouses of both West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City – Arsene Wenger’s side have still performed rather well across their domestic duties this season.

Yet because Claudio Ranieri’s overachieving Leicester City have nonetheless maintained their impressive form right among the upper echelons of the league table, Arsenal seemingly haven’t performed quite well enough. If the Foxes can continue to dominate their individual matches on an almost week-to-week basis, then surely the Gunners must as well…

In a subsequent turn of events for fans of both sides this season however, Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez has recently seen his name linked with a whole host of clubs in 2015/16, including Arsenal. The pressure is on for the long-term Emirates boss in what could very well turn out to be one of the 66-year-old’s last major seasons on the top-flight managerial scene.

So then, could Riyad Mahrez really turn out a success at the Emirates, or does this loose paper talk simply represent nothing more than curious headline making at best?

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Well, although this particular transfer story would have likely been laughed off quickly had it been raised a mere matter of months ago, Mahrez is a player who is certainly on the up. The 24-year-old Algerian international has enjoyed a campaign to remember so far, consistently providing fans with a fair few goals and an abundance of assists to match.

The rapidly emerging Foxes man has been in dazzling form all season to be fair. His technical skill in front of goal has been effective to say the very least, the partnership formed between he and Jamie Vardy has proved too much to handle on occasion this term, and as the flying wide-man is looking more and more hungry with every passing match, maybe the good times have only just begun for Riyad Mahrez.

At 24-years-old, the Algerian star still theoretically has enough left in the tank to really make a name for himself in the Premier League. If he had been playing for a more technically gifted side – an outfit obviously superior than the determined Foxes – then perhaps the quick-footed no. 26 could have sparkled even brighter this season.

Arsenal could therefore arrive as the perfect destination for the current Leicester favourite. Although Mahrez is obviously highly valued by his current employers, the lure of the Emirates often proves tempting – especially for the many foreign imports who come to sample the notorious management style of a certain Arsene Wenger.

That said, although Arsenal would arguably suit the Algerian international down to the ground this January – do the Gunners even need him? Mahrez is a good player for sure, but question marks still surround his overall quality.

This is a talent who has only really just started to impress in the Premier League after all. It should arguably take a lot more achievement than that to be signed at the Emirates, especially for the kind of fee Leicester City will likely be asking for. The Premier League has become entirely unbalanced when it comes to genuine valuation over transfer fees recently, so even if Arsene Wenger was in-fact interested in the Foxes play-maker this January, it remains hard to imagine the Gunners spending over the odds in their pursuit of the reported target.

Although the Emirates faithful currently pay witness to a rather lengthy injury list at the moment – especially concerning several of Wenger’s most prominent attacking options – Mahrez is ultimately not the man to improve their season. Arsenal already pay host to a succession of players in a similar mould anyway, so perhaps some good old fashioned leadership quality should be sourced at the Emirates this January above all else. Lord knows the Gunners need it…

Riyad Mahrez has certainly looked good this season – but as we are yet to see how well he responds when the going gets tough down at the King Power Stadium – now is not the time for Arsenal to be making desperate panic buys in the January transfer window.

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Whilst nothing can quite be taken for granted within the modern game, the 2015/16 campaign looks like it will continue to haunt Aston Villa and their newly installed manager, as they aim to avoid the ever looming threat relegation.

No sensible Villa fan needs reminding of the current plight their team faces in the Premier League – but Remi Garde’s new side have only picked up one solitary win to their name throughout the entirety of the current season, subsequently suffering ten painful losses as a result of their poor form.

The January transfer window could therefore offer the Midlands-based club a way out of the dreaded relegation zone before the situation becomes truly unworkable. In light of Aston Villa’s reported interest in QPR’s in-form striker – Charlie Austin – last summer, Remi Garde has since seen his side linked with the 26-year-old Englishman once again this season, acting as a potential light at the end of the tunnel for the Villa Park faithful.

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However, could Aston Villa really get their hands on the rapidly emerging centre-forward this January, or have the Villans already missed the boat on signing Charlie Austin.

Well, if his most recent form is anything to go by, the current Queens Park Rangers hit-man really could help out Remi Garde’s team rather dramatically in 2015/16.

Austin certainly knows how to find the back of the net on the basis of what he achieved in the Premier League last season – and although he may look like a somewhat outdated traditional English striker of yesteryear, the 26-year-old also has a decent amount of technical ability under his belt.

When it comes to effectively holding up the ball in the final third, linking up with the rest of his teammates across the pitch, and entertaining his respective fan-base with some really well taken finishes, Charlie Austin rarely seems to disappoint. He is also just as useful on the deck as he is in the air, successfully proving able to marry the physical side of the English game with some impressive technical skill at times.

Although QPR had somewhat unrealistically set a £15million price-tag on their widely coveted striker last summer, the London club currently find themselves without much bargaining power, languishing in 15th place in the Championship. Aston Villa could well prove the ones to tempt Austin this January then.

Yes, he may be a tad over-rated, and he wouldn’t likely act as an overnight success at Villa Park should he eventually make the move, but could the current Loftus Road favourite serve to improve Remi Garde’s options in 2015/16? There’s ultimately not much doubt.

However, whether or not Aston Villa will remain in the Premier League beyond the realms of this season remains up for debate. The Midlanders haven’t yet been relegated from the English first division, but that rather trivial fact simply fails to help the struggling Villans out of their current predicament.

The club have already spent a fair amount on transfers throughout the summer, and as very few Aston Villa players have actually done their fans justice this term, maybe the writing is well and truly on the wall.

Charlie Austin himself probably wouldn’t be overly excited about the prospect of joining the worse placed team currently operating in the Premier League. Put in no uncertain terms whatsoever, Aston Villa look utterly hopeless at the minute – and although Remi Garde does in-fact seem to offer a fair amount of promise in the dug-out, the problems at Villa Park evidently run way deeper than poor managerial decision making alone.

Therefore, unless the Villans somehow manage to improve their fortunes out on the pitch sooner rather than later, it remains difficult to picture Charlie Austin turning out at Villa Park in the New Year.

Both West Brom and Newcastle have subsequently been linked with the in-form striker of late, which simply doesn’t bode well for Garde’s luckless outfit when all is said and done.

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A new cult hero appears to be emerging on Merseyside, and it sure isn’t Jurgen Klopp.

Across Stanley Park from the German lies a 21-year old Bosnian midfielder entering his second season as an Everton player.

His name is Muhamed Besic.

Amid the array of exciting names plying their trade at Goodison Park, the former Ferencvárosi  man has largely gone unnoticed since his arrival in 2014.

While the likes of John Stones, Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku take many of the plaudits in the national press, diehard fans on social media have not missed the Bosnian international’s recent performances.

A household name he may not be, but Toffees fans on Twitter are sweet on their £4m midfielder, believing him to be one of their most exciting players.

He had an eventual first few minutes, creating the first real opportunity of the game by pressing forward with a direct run before hitting the post.

However,, his game was curtailed by a recurrence of his hamstring issue, much to the dismay of the Everton faithful.

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