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ENGLAND SEAL SERIES VICTORY OVER SOUTH AFRICA
England managed to seal series victory over South Africa despite losing the third and final ODI at Lords on Monday. In the last ODI, seamers Kagiso Rabada and Wayne Parnell wreaked early havoc to set the platform for an easy South African victory. South Africa won by seven wickets but lost the series after defeat in the first two games as both countries prepared for the start of the Champions Trophy this week. Rabada and Parnell decimated the English top order in the opening five overs and rendered the contest effectively over with England teetering at 20 for six. It was the first time six wickets had been taken inside the opening five overs of an ODI. England, who rested Ben Stokes and made four other changes after Saturday's narrow victory in Southampton, were eventually dismissed for 153 after 31 overs to which the South Africans replied with 156 for three. Hashim Amla scored 55 before being bowled by debutant Toby Roland-Jones and Quinton de Kock (34) fell in the next over to Jake Ball. But, JP Duminy (28 not out) and AB de Villiers (27 not out) saw their side through to victory. South Africa's bowlers used the seamer-friendly conditions to maximum effect as England's batsmen fell like skittles, the first six wickets all
coming from pitched up deliveries. Rabada had out-of-form Jason Roy caught in the slips by Amla in the opening over and Joe Root, Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler followed in quick succession to catches. Jonny Bairstow's 51 saved England from the possibility of a worst-ever ODI score. Ben Stokes struck century In the second ODI in Southampton, Ben Stokes struck a century before pacemen Josh Ball and Mark Wood helped England seal a series-clinching two run-win over South Africa. Victory put England 2-0. Stokes made South Africa pay dearly for dropping him off both first and
second balls after the all-rounder had been passed fit to play following a knee injury. Yet in a match where the Proteas dropped six chances in all, they were still on course for a morale-boosting win ahead of the start of next week's Champions Trophy. South Africa, the world's top-ranked ODI side, needed 20 off the last two overs chasing a target of 331. That became 10 off 10 balls when David Miller (71 not out) struck Jake Ball for a six and a four off successive deliveries. But South Africa - often accused of 'choking' in pressure situations - saw Miller and Chris Morris (36 not out) fail to score the runs they required as Ball and fast bowler Wood held their nerve.
Bangladesh script first overseas ODI win Riding on half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal and Sabbir Rahman, Bangladesh beat New Zealand by five wickets in the final match of the ODI tri-series. The win pushes Bangladesh to sixth position in the ICC rankings. Chasing a challenging target of 271, Bangladesh got off to a strong start, despite losing an early wicket. Tamim and Sabbir added 136 runs for the second wicket to lay a solid platform. The two got identical scores of 65. After Tamim’s dismissal in the 27th over, there was a flurry of wickets but the experienced duo of Mushfiqur Rahim (45*) and Mahmudullah (46*) arrested the slide and took the team to victory. This was Bangladesh’s first overseas win over New Zealand. Earlier, Bangladesh bowlers fought back to restrict New Zealand to 270 for eight. When the Black Caps were 208-3 in the 39th over they were on course for a total of 300, but the dismissal of the
dangerous Corey Anderson triggered a collapse - they lost three wickets for two runs in 11 balls - and it needed Ross Taylor to hold the innings together. The former captain finished 60 not out from 56 balls with just six fours, with wickets falling around him as New Zealand failed to build on a secondwicket stand of 133 between skipper Tom Latham and Neil Broom.
Luke Ronchi lasted only five balls after Bangladesh won the toss with Mustafizur Rahman breaching his defence in the second over. Latham, on the back of his century against Ireland in their big victory, picked up where he left off and found the boundary 11 times in his 92 ball-innings of 84. Brief scores: New Zealand 270/8 (50 over); Bangladesh 271/5 (48.2 over)
Danny Simpson urges players to stay with Leicester City Danny Simpson of Leicester City has urged his team-mates to stay with the club as there is much more to come from the squad, while speculation has already begun that City's key players could be the subject of transfer bids this summer. Riyad Mahrez has been linked with a big-money move to France and Kasper Schmeichel with a switch to a Champions League club. Reports claimed that Schmeichel was on Manchester United's shortlist to replace David de Gea should the Spaniard go to Real Madrid this summer. However, Simpson hopes all his team-mates return for pre-season training in July as he feels they can realistically push for European qualification in the next campaign. Simpson has been part of the most successful squad in the club's history, winning the Premier League and reaching the quarter finals of the Champions League, and the full-back does not believe it is the end of the era. "It's a special club, every team is going to have other teams interested in their players and rumours of interest, but as far as I'm concerned it's a good dressing room, a great squad, and I still think there's a lot more to come from this group," he said. "It's the same for other clubs. We hope everyone stays and builds on this experience, and it will be nice to go again next season to try to get into Europe again. "It's down to individuals. All you can do is focus on yourself. We'll go away and have a break, and get ready for pre-season." Simpson certainly does not believe City should be written off next season, despite initially facing a relegation battle in this campaign. City eventually recovered to finish 12th but Simpson feels they are a much better side than their league finish suggests. "It's Leicester, anything is a possibility," he said, when asked if they could qualify for the Champions League again. "Playing in Europe this season, we want that again. We'll have a good break and come back in pre-season, and see what squad we've got. "I'm pretty sure that's something we'll be trying to get again, and I'm sure that's what we want and the owners want." Reports from Manchester claimed that manager Jose Mourinho had Schmeichel and Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak on a two-man shortlist to replace de Gea. Mourinho is said to favour the City keeper because of his Premier League experience, which would see him quickly settle in at Old Trafford. The United boss is still hopeful that de Gea will stay at Old Trafford. However, any interest is likely to be fought off by City as Schmeichel is on a long-term contract and Leicester have no need, or desire, to sell their popular goalkeeper after his outstanding season. Schmeichel was the player of the year and the players' player of the year at the club's end-ofseason awards evening.
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