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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe:Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) needs 73 runs to complete 9000 ODI runs
Grant Flower (ZIM) needs 45 runs to complete 6000 ODI runs
Grant Flower (ZIM) needs 3 wickets to join the 100 ODI-wicket club
Marvan Atapattu (SL) needs 96 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Hashan Tillakaratne (SL) needs 117 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Grant Flower (ZIM) need 19 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Heath Streak (ZIM) needs 174 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) needs 10 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club
Heath Streak (ZIM) needs 5 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club
Aravinda De Silva (1028) needs 56 runs to become the second leading WorldCup run-getter, current second place record holder is Javed Miandad (1083)Australia v Kenya:Damien Martyn (AUS) needs 156 runs to complete 3000 ODI runs
Ricky Ponting (AUS) needs 165 runs to complete 6000 ODI runs
Andy Symonds (AUS) needs 36 runs to complete 1000 ODI runs
Hitesh Modi (KEN) needs 147 runs to complete 1000 ODI runs
Ricky Ponting (AUS) needs 162 runs to complete 1000 World Cup runs
Adam Gilchrist (AUS) needs 14 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Darren Lehmann (AUS) needs 178 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Steve Tikolo (KEN) needs 38 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Maurice Odumbe (KEN) needs 67 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Kennedy Otieno (KEN) needs 89 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Ravindu Shah (KEN) needs 128 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Thomas Odoyo (KEN) needs 192 runs to complete 500 World Cup runs
Glenn McGrath (AUS) needs 9 wickets to join the 50 World Cup wicket-club
Maurice Odumbe (KEN) needs 7 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club
Thomas Odoyo (KEN) needs 10 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club

Despite frequent interruptions for rain England manoeuvred themselves into a dominating position on the second day, only to find themselves once again dragged back into the mire by their old tormenter-in-chief Shane Warne.Five wickets for Warne, four of them late in the day, plus another high-quality all-round performance from Adam Gilchrist ensured that the Australians weren’t about to surrender their initiative in the series without a fight.At the close of the second day the home side, in their second innings, were on 144-6, leading overall by 139 runs, with 4 wickets in hand.Marcus Trescothick and Michael Atherton gave their side a solid platform by putting together a stand of 57 at the start of England’s second innings but then Warne struck in unusual fashion. Trescothick, on 31, struck the spinner firmly to leg but unluckily saw it rebound off the shin-pads of the close-in fielder Matthew Hayden. ‘Keeper Gilchrist threw himself forward to scoop up the catch.Mark Butcher made only one before Brett Lee trapped him lbw and the same bowler then had Mark Ramprakash caught behind off a no-ball. Lee, in a fiery burst, had earlier struck the grille on Atherton’s helmet with a delivery clocked at 91.8mph. Atherton also looked fortunate to survive a shout for lbw from Glenn McGrath, whose premature celebration took him beyond the striker.In the evening gloom Atherton and Ramprakash took their stand to 50, from 93 balls, with both batsmen hammering delightful shots through the offside from the bowling of Jason Gillespie. Atherton’s own half-century came with a push through the covers off Warne. On 51, though, it appeared as if he was given out incorrectly for the second time in the match. Replays seemed to indicate that he clipped his pad as he pushed forward to Warne but umpire Venkat gave him out caught behind.Having been very much on the ropes Australia bounced back with another wicket in Warne’s next over, as Alec Stewart chopped his second delivery onto his stumps.Ramprakash, still with something to prove at this level, had moved competently to 26 but then a rush of blood persuaded him to charge at Warne and Gilchrist completed the most routine of stumpings. The leggie had picked up 3-5 in nine balls and he collected yet another five-wicket haul in the final over as Steve Waugh dived to hold a bat-pad catch off Craig White.During the morning session Australia were again indebted to Adam Gilchrist, whose 54 ensured that the visitors picked up a narrow first innings lead. Bowling honours went to Alex Tudor who collected the last three wickets to fall, to finish with figures of 5-44, his first five-wicket haul in Tests.

Pundit Frank McAvennie has now unleashed on Everton after they posted their financial accounts.

The Lowdown: Accounts published

The Goodison Park faithful have now published their official accounts for the 2020/21 season on their website.

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They have recorded a total loss of £120.9m, with some of that down to the financial impact of the global pandemic.

However, the Merseyside club have remained in a secure position thanks to Farhad Moshiri, who has given them more than £600m since he first bought shares in 2016.

The Latest: McAvennie reacts

Speaking to Football Insider, McAvennie has unleashed at the Toffees over their financial losses, and the 62-year-old added that relegation from the Premier League is now a ‘real worry’:

“You can spend all the money in the world but it’s the decisions that are letting them down.

“Hiring Benitez was such a huge mistake, no amount of money can help when you do that.

“A lot gets made of that hire but the transfers have been pretty bad too.

“Everton need to invest in people who make football decisions, people who know what they are doing because the current guys are clueless don’t know what they are doing.

“They are such a big club and I don’t want them to get relegated.

“But you look at the club’s position and it’s a real worry.“

The Verdict: Relegation catastrophic

If the Blues were to go down to the Championship, it would be nothing short of a catastrophe.

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They are already recording big financial losses, and without the security of wealth that the top flight brings through the likes of TV deals and sponsorships, they could be in real trouble come this time next term.

Of course, whether the pandemic will have as much of a financial impact is another question, but relegation still seems unthinkable at this moment in time, and so Frank Lampard and his team must push all the way to make sure that they stay up.

In other news, find out what ‘massive’ update will now have EFC ‘buzzing’ here!

Nottinghamshire 180 for 4 (Taylor 77, Franklin 3-26) trail Middlesex 374 (Malan 182*, Harris 73) by 194 runs
ScorecardBrendan Taylor led a steady Notts reply•Getty Images

The odds against Yorkshire retaining the title may be shortening every day but Middlesex ought not to be discounted as contenders just yet, even though Andrew Gale’s team clearly have some momentum. A win for Middlesex here would take them above Durham into second place, albeit having played a game more than the leaders.Yorkshire, moreover, would have a comfortable lead (assuming they go on to beat Warwickshire at Edgbaston). Yet if Middlesex can stay in touch there is the possibility that Yorkshire’s visit to Lord’s in the penultimate round in September could be a title decider. Yorkshire won by four wickets at Headingley in June but it was a close contest in which the champions needed another outstanding performance from Jonny Bairstow to give them the edge.Middlesex strengthened their first-day position by adding 62 runs before Nottinghamshire could claim the final three wickets. The eighth-wicket partnership that turned Sunday in Middlesex’s favour was broken in the eighth over of the morning by a Brett Hutton inswinger. Toby Roland-Jones fell to another swinging ball from Hutton to which he offered no shot but his runs and those of Tim Murtagh were valuable in helping Dawid Malan extended his career-best to 182 not out as Middlesex claimed a fourth batting point for only the second time this season.Nottinghamshire announced the highest membership numbers in the county’s 174-year history, revealing a 15 per cent increase to 8342 for 2015, during the afternoon. Those members need to show some forbearance at the moment, as their team struggles to recover from a poor couple of months in Championship cricket and Twenty20, which has clearly been a key driver in their popularity boom. The win over Worcestershire last week was a step in the right direction in their bid to avoid relegation in the Championship, which would clearly have negative consequences for membership next year. Yet the shortcomings that have undermined them in the last couple of months remain.Alex Hales, whose compelling start to the season brought him 639 runs from his first eight first-class innings, has only 90 from his last seven, the latest ending on 18 when he went to cut a ball from Harris but succeeded only in chopping it down on to his stumps. Michael Lumb, still feeling his way back after missing the first two months of the season following an arm operation, pushed tentatively at a ball from James Franklin and was caught behind.Franklin, the veteran former New Zealand left-armer, was the only Middlesex bowler who managed to make the ball swing to any noteworthy degree. It was the first over of his second spell, from the Pavilion End, that undermined Nottinghamshire’s progress towards a more substantial reply after Brendan Taylor and Steven Mullaney had added 71 for the third wicket. He bowled Taylor with an inswinger that the former Zimbabwean captain played all round and, two balls later, took a return catch in his follow-through as Riki Wessels tried to flick the ball away on the leg side.Taylor made 77, his second half-century in as many matches and his fifth all told in the Championship, three of which he has converted to hundreds. He has 742 runs for the season so far, which is a fair return given that his signing brought Nottinghamshire more criticism for importing another batsman at the expense of home grown talent, although with Jake Libby injured after his impressive introduction last season there were extenuating circumstances. Only Jonny Bairstow and James Hildreth have scored more Division One runs than Taylor.Speaking afterwards, Taylor said he felt he owed his team-mates some runs after putting down two chances in the slips on the first day. “I’ve been fairly consistent in the slips over the years but I’ve dropped a few too many this season,” he said. “It’s been a little different catching Duke balls to Kookaburra ones but they’ve been very catchable chances I’ve put down. There’s no excuses.”Samit Patel cannot cite unfamiliarity with the make of ball as an explanation for his two misses at point on Sunday, which between them cost 162 runs, nine to Harris and 153 to Malan. He had carefully cleared 12 of his personal deficit by the close, with Mullaney, who batted impressively under some pressure, unbeaten on 57, his second half-century of the season, although with 45 more needed to reach Nottinghamshire’s first target, of avoiding the follow-on, the two will need to work with equal diligence on the third morning.

The caribbeancricket.com website has reported that most of the West Indies squad had to spend an extra two days in the UK waiting for flights back to the Caribbean.The team flew back to London after their game in Dublin on Saturday but flights for the onward journey home were not immediately available, so since then those players who have not gone on to join counties have been at a hotel at Gatwick airport.A spokesman for the board said that all the players had left on a flight earlier today. “The travel arrangements for the team were made a long time ago in order to secure business-class seats on the flights. It is a stipulation of the industrial agreement that the team travels business class. The original schedule for the Ireland leg of the British Isles tour was scheduled for Belfast with a completion date of July 16, 2007. The organizers shifted the tournament to Dublin with a completion date of July 16, 2007. Every effort was made by the WICB to have the players fly home on July 16 or July 17. However, British Airways were unable to accommodate the WICB’s request as business-class seats were not available. BA advised the WICB to keep the original bookings.”The website estimates that this administrative glitch could cost the West Indies board somewhere in the region of US$15,000 in accommodation, expenses and meal allowances.

Justin Langer is looking forward to his time at Taunton © Getty Images

Justin Langer is eager for his first taste of Twenty20 action after joining up with Somerset for a six-week stint. He is standing in for Dan Cullen, the offspinner, who is heading back to Australia for the Top End series in Darwin and Cairns.Langer, 35, has not played any cricket since the end of Australia’s tour of South Africa in early April following a blow to the head from Makhaya Ntini during the final Test at the Wanderers. He pulled out of the Bangladesh tour following medical advice.”I’ve never played any Twenty20 cricket so it’s going to be nice to play with some freedom,” he told BBC Bristol. “I watched the Australia-South Africa game last year and I can understand why people really enjoy it.”Langer spent three seasons with Middlesex from 1998 to 2000 and is credited with playing a significant role in the development of Andrew Strauss. He begins his latest county stay with Somerset’s C&G clash against Ireland, in Belfast, on Sunday and his first Twenty20 match follows two days later against Gloucestershire.Langer is following in the footsteps of Ricky Ponting who spent a period at Somerset two ago. “Ricky is one of my closest friends and that was one of the carrots for coming here because I know how much he enjoyed it,” added Langer. “To follow in his footsteps here is a real thrill for me.”

Are we in for a one-sided contest? © Cricinfo Ltd

The Test series between Sri Lanka and West Indies, the first international cricket to be played on the island since the tsunami disaster, has lost much of its lustre as the West Indies will be fielding a depleted side, and elicited a strong response from the media and the cricketers involved. The series, which begins on Wednesday in Colombo, will not feature Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Fidel Edwards, among others, as they were left out in the aftermath of the contract impasse.Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies captain, is the only player in a squad that includes six debutants to have played more than 10 Tests. “Chanderpaul and his cricketing babes face what appears to be a mission impossible,” Tony Cozier, the West Indian broadcaster, told AFP. He described the contracts issue as “a senseless and self-defeating squabble” and added, “The players are inexperienced and unprepared for the sudden challenge that has come their way.”Marvan Atapattu, the Sri Lankan captain, was disappointed that the West Indies were without their star players. He acknowledged the importance of the series in the light of the recovery after the tsunami. “Cricket was the last thing on our minds in December, but now we are keen to get on with the game,” he said, referring to the Sri Lankan tour of New Zealand that was postponed in December 2004 and rescheduled to April 2005.”It does not matter whether it is the first Test or the 150th, we have to do our best,” said Atapattu. “The team will be motivated enough even though we are disappointed we will not be playing the best West Indian team.”The absence of Lara in particular will disappoint Sri Lankan fans who were enthralled when he plundered a mammoth 688 runs in the three Tests in 2001. His missing the series will deny him the chance of surpassing Allan Border as Test cricket’s highest run-scorer. Lara, with 10,818 runs from 117 Tests, is just 356 runs short of Border’s 11,174 from 156 matches.However, there are other milestones to look forward to: The first Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club will mark Sri Lanka’s 150th Test. Muttiah Muralitharan, the Sri Lankan offspinner who has 532 Test wickets, will return to international cricket after a shoulder injury sidelined him for 11 months. He will aim to close in on Shane Warne’s world record of 583 wickets. It will also be Tom Moody’s first assignment as the Sri Lankan coach.

India won by an innings and 52 runs and lead the three-match series 1-0ScorecardDay 5Bulletin – India clinch an historic win
Verdict – Aspiring to greatness
Roving Reporter – An hour to remember
Pakistan View – Time to start afresh
Quotes – ‘The boys can be justifiably proud’ – Dravid
Quotes – ‘We should look at our weaknesses’
Day 4Bulletin – India on the verge of history
Verdict – Triumph and defeat
Quotes – ‘It felt like Sydney again’ – Kumble
News – Zaheer out of second Test
Day 3Bulletin – Pakistan struggle against determined Indians
Verdict – Wanting to win
Quotes – ‘Do we need a spinning coach as well?’ – Inzamam
Roving Reporter – Give us some Milo
Comment – Ghost stadiums
Feature – The battle-scarred boy – Parthiv Patel
Day 2Bulletin – India high on Sehwag’s 309
Verdict – Departures from the past
Quotes – ‘I was taken by surprise’ – Sachin
An appreciation – Watching Sehwag bat
Day 1Bulletin – Sehwag’s unbeaten 228 rocks Multan
Verdict – Breaking away
Pakistan view – Listless and helpless
Roving Reporter – Alexander’s lung
Quotes – Sehwag: ‘I would like to go for 300’

MELBOURNE, Feb 16 AAP – Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath believes team-mate Shane Warne brought his potential cricketing downfall upon himself and should have known the risks of taking a pill containing unknown substances.McGrath said the Australian team was always kept well-informed about drugs and that given his experience, Warne was naive about accepting a pill from his mother.As Warne awaits his hearing with the Australian Cricket Board’s anti-doping committee after testing positive to a banned diuretic, McGrath endorsed captain Ricky Ponting’s comments that Warne had acted without thinking.”As much as the boys are right behind Warney 100 per cent, for someone of his experience, he should have known the risks,” McGrath wrote in a News Limited column.”I’d have to agree Shane was a little naive not to get the tablet checked.McGrath said the Australian players were well aware of the penalties for taking banned substances and knew to thoroughly check anything they took.”Given what’s happened in the past with (state cricketers) Graeme Rummans and Duncan Spencer both being suspended (for banned substances), you should know the consequences of anything you are taking,” he said.”We talk about drugs before the start of every season and a guy from ASDA (Australian Sports Drug Agency) comes out and has a bit of a chat so it isn’t like we aren’t all well informed.”Getting things checked is just part and parcel of what we do.”At the end of the day and as much as the whole team is 100 per cent behind him, Shane has brought this on himself.”McGrath said Warne was lost for words when he told his team-mates he had tested positive and that the team was in “shock and huge disappointment” on receiving the news.Warne has been charged by the ACB with using a prohibited method and faces a possible two-year suspension if found guilty.His hearing will be held in Melbourne this week.

“It is going to be a tough tour,” began Indian captain Sourav Ganguly,stating the obvious. “New Zealand and Sri Lanka are both especiallygood One-Day sides and we have to play well to beat them,” hecontinued, in the same vein, talking to pressmen at the ‘Le Meredien’hotel in Chennai. Shortly before the team departed for Sri Lanka, thecaptain, coach and manager held a joint press conference on Monday.As expected, the fact that Sachin Tendulkar would not be with the teamfor the first part of the tour held more attention than anything else.”Obviously we’ll miss Tendulkar. A player of his class is tough toreplace, but at least I’m happy he’ll be back by the middle of thetour,” said Ganguly. Talking about the injury, Ganguly went on to add,”these things happen in cricket and there’s nothing you can do aboutit. One has to learn to play without any player, whether it’sTendulkar or someone else. That’s the challenge.”The fact that Tendulkar played the final of the Coca-Cola Cup inZimbabwe and soon after announced his injury raised a few eyebrows.Why was the injury not disclosed earlier, asked a few people. “He justscored a century in the game before the final and felt confidentenough to play. Tendulkar is an experienced player and he felt goodenough to play despite his niggling injury,” answered Ganguly.If Tendulkar’s omission was a hot topic, his replacement AmayKhurasiya was another talking point. The flashy Madhya Pradeshsouthpaw makes a return to the team almost out of the blue. Gangulyhowever did not see things that way. “He’s been doing very well indomestic cricket. Moreover I feel he’s a more attacking player thaneither Shiv Sunder Das or Sadagoppan Ramesh and that is what you needin the One-Dayers,” explained Ganguly. At the same time, Ganguly had aword of praise for Hemang Badani, “He’s a good player and a brightprospect for Indian cricket. A great future investment for the team,”said the skipper of his ward.After taking over as the coach of the Indian team, John Wright will beup against his home side New Zealand for the first time in theforthcoming Coca-Cola Cup in Sri Lanka. For the former Kiwi openerhowever, it was business as usual. “I don’t think playing New Zealandwill be any different from playing someone else. I’m more interestedin seeing India beat New Zealand and Sri Lanka,” said the coach.”After all, it’s my job to help India win,” ended Wright. When it wassuggested that the Indian team lacked consistency, Wright was quick toreply. “I don’t think you should look too much at individualperformances. If the team keeps winning, then that’s the mostimportant thing. I don’t really accept the statement that the Indianteam is inconsistent,” said Wright, putting an end to that line ofquestioning.On the whole, the press conference was a routine affair, with captainand coach answering questions in a matter of fact way and withoutcontroversy. The one factor that gave the whole affair a formal airand even tension was the large number of policemen uniformed andotherwise hovering about the Indian captain. Ganguly, who was recentlygiven Z-category security after threats from a militant group wasescorted everywhere he went. With walkie-talkies buzzing and metaldetectors all over the place one wondered if the security arrangementsput additional pressure on the leader of the Indian side. “I’m underno pressure at all on account of the threats to my life,” said Gangulyfirmly. With Tendulkar out of action and Ganguly showing a glimmer ofhis old self, one certainly hopes he’s right.