كشف مصدر عن وجود مفاوضات بين نادي الزمالك وكريم هنداوي من أجل الانضمام لصفوف القلعة البيضاء خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية.
ويأمل مسؤولو الزمالك في تدعيم صفوف الفريق قبل الموسم الجديد من أجل تحسين نتائجه والمنافسة على البطولات المحلية والقارية.
طالع | رسميًا.. الزمالك يتعاقد مع مدرب برشلونة السابق لقيادة فريق اليد
وعلم بطولات، أن نادي الزمالك في مفاوضات متقدمة مع كريم هنداوي حارس منتخب مصر لكرة اليد ونادي الزمالك السابق من أجل العودة لصفوف الفريق خلال الموسم المقبل.
ويأتي ذلك بعدما انتهى عقد كريم هنداوي مع نادي الصفا السعودي بنهاية الموسم الماضي.
Chelsea have experienced plenty of ups and downs over the past few years, which is expected after winning the Champions League in 2021.
The Blues have had the pleasure of witnessing some of the world's best players come through the doors at Stamford Bridge.
In recent times, however, the club have orchestrated some of their worst exchanges of the Premier League era, shelling out extortionate amounts of money on supposedly world-class talent.
While the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Kepa Arrizabalaga steal the headlines in that regard, the arrival of Tiemoue Bakayoko is firmly up there on the list of bad buys.
When did Chelsea sign Tiemoue Bakayoko?
Following the close of the 2016/17 Premier League season, Antonio Conte had just experienced the jubilation of winning England's top title and was provided with a war chest of funds to continue delivering success.
The Italian decided to splash the cash across the pitch, coming across some top talent but also failing to hit the sweet spot in equal measure.
The acquisitions of Olivier Giroud from Arsenal and Antonio Rudiger from Real Madrid represented the former of the two, having gone on to have prosperous careers in west London.
On the other hand, Conte's spending took a turn for the worse with the record £58m signing of Alvaro Morata, Italian right-back Davide Zappacosta, central midfielder Ross Barkley and defensive midfielder Bakayoko.
Bakayoko, who was snapped up from Monaco for £40m, was one of the talents who arrived with high hopes after becoming a crucial cog in Monaco's Ligue 1 title-winning campaign, alongside Fabinho, Bernardo Silva and Kylian Mbappe.
How much did Tiemoue Bakayoko cost Chelsea?
Chelsea have become accustomed to acquiring talents that are a drain on the club's resources and Bakayoko was no different.
Initially, it looked as though the Frenchman was going to form a strong partnership with the exceptional N'Golo Kante in the engine room, although it quickly became apparent that Bakayoko wasn't up to speed with the pace of the Premier League.
Instead of focusing on his responsibility on the pitch, he came out and made a bold claim about his French teammate in an attempt to deflect the attention away from his own poor performance.
In a bitter response about being left out of the French squad, he said: ‘I feel [Adrien] Rabiot, Kante, [Blaise] Matuidi, [Corentin] Tolisso are not better than me. I respect the coach’s decision and I also respect the players who were called up – they are talented, some are friends of mine."
Despite making an arrogant claim about Kante, in particular, Bakayoko failed to use that arrogance as fuel on the pitch, featuring 43 times in his debut season but only managing to muster up six goal contributions.
Remarkably, Bakayoko was on the books of Chelsea for six years till his departure this summer to Lorient and earned £110k-per-week, as per Spotrac.
As a result of the conditions of his multiple loan moves, it meant the Blues were fortunately very rarely ever paying him the full package throughout that half a dozen years, but when you consider the sole full year he was at the club, it was a transfer that cost around £46m, without bonuses taken into consideration. Such a deal means he abysmally cost £15m per goal and £8m for every yellow card.
Soccer Football – Serie A – U.S. Sassuolo v AC Milan – Mapei Stadium – Citta del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy – May 22, 2022 AC Milan’s Tiemoue Bakayoko celebrates with a cigar after winning the Serie A REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
The 6 foot 2 dud failed to ever made the grade in London and during his time at AC Milan in 2018, Bakayoko earned mixed reviews for his performances.
Whilst sections of the Italian media brandished him as a "disaster", his manager at the time, Grenaro Gattuso, remarkably likened him to former Chelsea star Marcel Desailly for the role he played in their comeback victory over Parma.
Gattuso said: "With my assistant we said he reminds us of [Marcel] Desailly, even if maybe Bakayoko is even more technical."
To describe Bakayoko as technically better than the Chelsea legend beggars belief considering how his career at Stamford Bridge unravelled into a nightmare.
ظهر كيليان مبابي قائد منتخب فرنسا في مؤتمر صحفي اليوم الخميس، للحديث قبل مواجهة البرتغال ببطولة كأس أمم أوروبا “يورو 2024”.
ويلتقي منتخب فرنسا مع البرتغال غدًا الجمعة في ربع نهائي كأس أمم أوروبا “يورو 2024”.
مبابي سيواجه قدوته كريستيانو رونالدو قائد البرتغال، وتطرق للحديث عن النجم البرتغالي الذي كتب تاريخًا في صفوف ريال مدريد، نادي مبابي الجديد.
ونشرت شبكة “RMC” تصريحات مبابي في المؤتمر الصحفي، وقال: “إنه لشرف كبير، الجميع يعرف مدى إعجابي برونالدو، ما زلنا على اتصال، سيظل أسطورة اللعبة ولكننا نأمل في الفوز غدًا”.
اقرأ أيضًا | نونو مينديز قبل مباراة فرنسا والبرتغال: رونالدو مر بلحظة صعبة.. ومستعد لـ مبابي
وتابع: “عليك أن تقدر ما هو عليه وما كان عليه، إنه لاعب فريد من نوعه، سيرته الذاتية تتحدث عن نفسه، لدي كل الاحترام له”.
وواصل: “لدي الفرصة لبدء حلمي باللعب لريال مدريد، وآمل أن أكتب التاريخ، لكن قصة كريستيانو في ريال مدريد كانت فريدة من نوعها، أتمنى أن أفعل شيئًا فريدًا”.
وشدد مبابي: “رونالدو فريد من نوعه! هناك رونالدو واحد فقط، أريد فقط أن أتبع طريقي، آمل أن أكتب صفحة كبيرة في ريال مدريد لكنها ستكون مختلفة (عن تاريخ رونالدو مع ريال مدريد)”.
Arsenal are reportedly in a "very strong" position to sign one star, and he is believed be a "huge fan" of them as well.
Who will Arsenal sign in January?
Securing six wins from a possible eight in the Premier League this season, Mikel Arteta's side are flying at the division's summit and currently sit joint-top with north London rivals Tottenham: Summer signing Declan Rice has come in to give Arsenal some-much needed physical presence and leadership in midfield, while the likes of captain Martin Odegaard have flourished so far this term.
The Gunners are also unbeaten in the top flight, maintaining their impressive streak with a 1-0 win over league champions Man City at the weekend. However, while things are looking rosy on the pitch, it is believed that sporting director Edu and co are already thinking of January.
Indeed, Arsenal are reportedly eyeing a new striker for 2024, with the likes of Brentford star Ivan Toney, Napoli's Victor Osimhen and Feyenoord forward Santiago Gimenez all linked recently. The north Londoners may be enjoying brilliant early-season form, but they were forced to dig deep for a fair few of them – clinching wins against the likes of Crystal Palace, Everton and Nottingham Forest by narrow one-goal margins. This could emphasize their need for more firepower up front, with media sources claiming a world-class centre-forward transfer is certainly possible for the new year.
Ivan Toney news
Toney, who Arsenal have been heavily linked with since the end of the summer transfer window, scored 20 league goals last season and before his ban for alleged gambling breaches. The Englishman's been subject to praise for Brentford boss Thomas Frank, who called him a "remarkable" striker.
“Ivan is amazing in many, many aspects,” Frank said. "The way he copes with pressure and distractions is amazing. He’s been scoring goals, performing for the team and driving the team.
"He’s remarkable. I can only talk about the Ivan that I see every day around the place and he’s a fantastic person around the group. He’s got that unique emotional intelligence to be aware of all the players, and every staff member."
The Bees boss also valued him at around £100 million earlier this year, and while it is debatable that Arsenal would pay anywhere near that extortionate price tag, a report by TEAMtalk has shared quite a promising Toney transfer update. Indeed. Arsenal are in a "very strong position" to sign the 27-year-old who is believed to be a "huge fan" of the club himself. This has apparently "put Arsenal on the front foot in discussions" to sign Toney, ahead of rivals Chelsea, and sources believe Gunners chiefs are prepared to make a "huge push".
Toney strengths
Toney weaknesses
Aerial duels
Offside awareness
Direct free-kicks
Passing
Through balls
Finishing
Club insiders apparently believe they're only missing a proper striker as the missing piece of Arteta's jigsaw at the Emirates.
Richard Johnson will take on Scott’s role for the remainder of the Championship campaign with Daniel Vettori already in position to be coach for T20 Blast
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Middlesex have found it tough going in Division Two•Getty Images
Middlesex’s head coach, Richard Scott, has left his role with the county, who are mid-table in Division Two of the County Championship and failed to qualify for the knockouts in the Royal London Cup.Richard Johnson, the assistant coach, will take on Scott’s role for the remainder of the Championship campaign. Daniel Vettori is already in position to be coach for T20 Blast, which starts this week, although since winning the T20 title in 2008 they have underwhelmed in that format.Scott took the head coach position in 2009 and guided Middlesex to promotion in 2011 before they won the Championship on a thrilling final day of the 2016 season when Toby Roland-Jones (who has been ruled out for this season with a back injury) claimed a hat-trick.The following summer, however, they were relegated and their attempts for an immediate return to Division One have not been convincing this season with two wins in seven matches. In their most recent match against Kent they were bowled out for 56 and 124.”On behalf of Middlesex Cricket I would like to thank Richard for all that he has given the club as head coach during the past 10 years; he has been a loyal, hard-working, committed and high quality coach,” Angus Fraser, Middlesex’s managing director of cricket, said.”As with every coach in professional sport we have shared highs and lows but to play a leading role in a side winning the County Championship is a triumph very few coaches can claim. Under his guidance more than a dozen cricketers have gone on to gain international recognition.”A process to recruit a new head coach for 2019 will commence immediately.”
Na noite do próximo sábado, São Paulo e Goiás medem forças no Morumbi pela 20ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro – a primeira do returno. Enquanto o Tricolor pensa em vencer para colar nos líderes e se consolidar na briga pelo título nacional, o clube de Goiânia, o lanterninha da competição, tenta os três pontos para respirar na tabela.
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O São Paulo do técnico Fernando Diniz terá o desfalque de seu camisa 10, o meia Daniel Alves. A tendência é de que Tchê Tchê volte a atuar como volante e Igor Vinícius fique com a vaga na lateral-direita. No mais, a equipe do Morumbi estará com a equipe titular completa para enfrentar o Goiás.
A equipe esmeraldina tem problemas maiores. O meia Shaylon, emprestado justamente pelo São Paulo está impossibilitado de entrar em campo por questões contratuais. Fabio Sanchez e Daniel Bessa estão entregues ao departamento médico, mas em contrapartida, o técnico Enderson Moreira poderá promover a estreia do zagueiro Chico.
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FICHA TÉCNICA SÃO PAULO x GOIÁS Local:Estádio do Morumbi, em São Paulo (SP) Data e horário:7 de novembro de 2020, às 19h (de Brasília) Árbitro: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior (PE) Assistentes:Clovis Amaral da Silva (PE) e Ricardo Bezerra Chianca (PE) Onde acompanhar:Premiere e Tempo Real LANCE!
SÃO PAULO Tiago Volpi; Igor Vinícius (Juanfran), Diego, Bruno Alves e Reinaldo; Luan, Tchê Tchê, Gabriel Sara e Igor Gomes; Brenner e Luciano. Técnico: Fernando Diniz
Desfalques: Liziero, Walce, Lucas Perri e Rojas (departamento médico) Suspenso: Daniel Alves (terceiro cartão amarelo) Pendurados: Diego Costa, Igor Gomes, Luan, Vitor Bueno, Igor Vinicius, Tchê Tchê, Fernando Diniz e Brenner
GOIÁS Tadeu; Juan Pintado, Chico, David Duarte e Caju; Ariel Cabral, Gilberto Júnior (Salazar) e Breno; Douglas Baggio, Fernandão e Vinícius.Técnico: Enderson Moreira
Desfalques: Shaylon (emprestado pelo São Paulo ao Goiás e, portanto, impossibilitado de jogar), Edilson (negocia saída do clube), Fábio Sanchez e Daniel Bessa (departamento médico) Suspensos: Keko Villalva (terceiro cartão amarelo) eJefferson (cumpre suspensão do STJD) Pendurados: Heron, Vinicius Lopes, Caju, Ratinho e Luiz Gustavo Volta de suspensão: Juan Pintado
A seleção brasileira de Tite começa as Eliminatórias para a Copa do Qatar de 2022 com o melhor desempenho de uma seleção desde 1981, época da geração mágica de Zico, Sócrates, Falcão e Júnior, entre outros. São três vitórias seguidas nos três primeiros jogos, 100% de aproveitamento, 10 gols marcados e apenas dois sofridos. Olhando assim, ainda que não seja possível estabelecer qualquer parâmetro de comparação entre o time atual e aquele que encantou o mundo nos anos 80, parece que está tudo bem. Mas cuidado! Esse é um caso típico de que os números enganam. E pouca coisa vai bem na verdade.
CONFIRA A TABELA DAS ELIMINATÓRIAS
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Basta olhar a tabela para perceber que as três vitórias do Brasil foram contra simplesmente os três últimos colocados na classificação. Peru, Venezuela e Bolívia, em ordem decrescente, não chegam a ser uma ameaça para ninguém. Nenhum confronto, portanto, tivemos com as forças principais do futebol continental. Nenhum dos três jogos que a seleção já fez pode ser considerado um teste efetivamente produtivo.
Mas há outras razões para preocupações.
O futebol apresentado na sexta contra os venezuelanos esteve bem longe de ser digno do que se espera de uma Seleção que lidera as Eliminatórias e busca reconquistar seu prestígio no mundo da bola. Foi um futebol covarde, armado com dois volantes para enfrentar um time reconhecidamente muito mais fraco, sem nenhuma tradição e que não costuma sequer incomodar os goleiros adversários. Foi um futebol burocrático, absolutamente nulo em criatividade, com pouquíssimas opções de variação tática e que passou o jogo inteiro resumido a uma penca de cruzamentos na área para tentar vencer a barreira armada pelo time do português José Peseiro.
O Brasil teve 74% de posse de bola, mas nem por isso mostrou-se produtivo. Só Everton Ribeiro se destacou – como aliás têm acontecido também em vários jogos do Flamengo. Honrou a camisa 10 e teve participação decisiva na jogada que resultou no gol de Roberto Firmino e garantiu a magra vitória canarinho. Sem dúvidas muito pouco, todo mundo concorda. E ainda pior quando se viu uma surpreendente e quase inacreditável pressão venezuelana no final da partida, quando a Seleção chegou a correr o risco de tomar o empate, a ponto de os reservas pedirem ardentemente o apito final do árbitro.
Tite reconheceu as dificuldades de vencer a retranca Vinotinta. Falou da falta de entrosamento, de apenas dois treinos antes da partida no Morumbi. Tudo bem que Neymar foi cortado, que o treinador perdeu outros nomes importante de sua lista original como Philippe Coutinho e Rodrigo Caio, por exemplo. Mas foi sem Neymar que o Brasil ganhou a Copa América no ano passado e entrou em campo em 13 de suas últimas 25 partidas. Tudo bem que estamos apenas no começo da briga pela vaga na Copa, que esse é um ano atípico de pandemia, com quatro meses perdidos pelo caminho. Mas esse não é um problema só nosso, é de todos – da Venezuela inclusive.
Nesta terça, para pegar o Uruguai em Montevidéu o Brasil vai ter de ser outro. Vai ter de jogar muito mais bola, subir de patamar. Afinal, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani e companhia tocam em uma banda bem mais afinada do que os venezuelanos, bolivianos e peruanos. Enfrentar a Celeste Olímpica será o primeiro desafio real da Seleção nesta Eliminatória. É aí, vendo o que vai acontecer no estádio Centenário, que a gente vai começar a entender de fato se a balança de Tite pesa para o prato da tranquilidade ou o da preocupação com o futuro.
Glasgow Rangers return to Europa League action this evening as they take on Sparta Prague away from Ibrox in their third group stage outing.
The Light Blues have one win and one defeat from their opening two matches in the competition and will now be hoping to strengthen their hopes of progressing through to the knockout stages.
New head coach Philippe Clement made his dugout debut against Hibernian last weekend and enjoyed a terrific afternoon as his side ran out 4-0 winners on home soil in the Scottish Premiership.
Rangers XI vs Hibernian (21/10/2023
Position
Jack Butland
GK
James Tavernier (C)
RB
Connor Goldson
CB
John Souttar
CB
Borna Barisic
LB
Nicolas Raskin
DM
John Lundstram
DM
Scott Wright
RW
Sam Lammers
AM
Abdallah Sima
LW
Cyriel Dessers
ST
The Belgian tactician will now manage in Europe for the first time since his move to the Scottish giants and will be hoping for more success than Michael Beale and Steven Davis, who took interim charge against Aris, managed earlier this season.
Rangers were dumped out of the Champions League after a 7-3 aggregate play-off defeat to PSV under Beale, whilst they lost their most recent Europa League clash in a 2-1 defeat to Aris under Davis.
The latest Rangers team news
Clement, however, looks set to be without a senior left-back available for selection after a double injury blow this week ahead of the trip to Prague.
Borna Barisic was forced to leave the field during the opening stages of the win over Hibs and it has been reported that the Croatia international was not in training on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Dujon Sterling, who has filled in at left-back at times this season, was also absent and that suggests that the summer signing from Chelsea will not be in contention to feature.
Rangers defender Ridvan Yilmaz.
Ridvan Yilmaz came on to replace Barisic last weekend but the Turkey international is not eligible for selection this evening as he was not registered as part of the club’s Europa League squad.
There are no other fresh injury issues that have been disclosed by the manager and this means that left-back may be the only enforced change for the Belgian chief.
Whilst Clement could look to use a central defender or an experienced midfielder in that position to fill a gap for this game, the Belgian boss must finally unleash academy starlet Adam Devine from the start.
Adam Devine's statistics for Rangers
The 20-year-old dynamo has racked up 11 first-team appearances for the Light Blues since he made his debut for the club under Giovanni van Bronckhorst towards the end of the 2021/22 campaign.
Devine started one of his two Premiership outings under the Dutchman during the top six split matches of that season and struggled to catch the eye.
He lost 62% of his individual duels and was dribbled past one time per game on average, along with 1.5 tackles and interceptions and zero key passes per clash.
These statistics show that the Scotland U21 international was bullied by opposition players as they found it far too easy to get the better of him, which is not a trait you want in a defender as the manager should want his backline to be strong and able to keep the other team at bay.
Rangers defender Adam Devine.
The talented youngster, who is a right-back by trade, was then provided with an opportunity to play under Beale as Barisic and Yilmaz were both unavailable after the break for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Devine made six Premiership appearances and started three games for the former Gers head coach throughout the 2022/23 league campaign.
The "powerful" runner – as he was dubbed by former reporter – and now Rangers content executive – Craig Vickers – improved upon the performances he displayed under van Bronckhorst the previous season.
In those six outings, the dynamic ace created two 'big chances' for his teammates and was only dribbled past 0.3 times per game, to go along with a duel success rate of 55%.
These statistics show that Devine learned from his first couple of appearances at first-team level and was able to give a better account of himself under Beale, as he showcased his ability to make an impact at both ends of the pitch.
The academy graduate carved open the opposition to create huge opportunities for others and maintained a strong duel success rate, which shows that the other teams were not able to muscle him out of the way as easily as before.
Borna Barisic's statistics this season
Rangers' 30-year-old left-back has been the first-choice in his position so far this season and has started eight matches across the Premiership and the Europa League.
However, he will not be named in the starting XI this evening as Clement has already confirmed that the Croatian ace is expected to return to action next week, which also rules him out of the game against Hearts on Sunday.
The experienced defender has been solid enough at league level for the Light Blues. Barisic has created one 'big chance' in six Premiership starts and came out on top in 55% of his physical contests.
He has also been dribbled past 0.4 times per game and this suggests that Devine's performances last term were on a par with the Croatia international's this season.
Rangers defender Borna Barisic.
They are both defenders who are rarely dribbled past and win the majority of their duels, whilst the 20-year-old ace actually created 'big chances' for his teammates at a more impressive rate.
Therefore, Rangers may not be significantly weakened by using Devine at left-back in place of the injured Barisic and that is why Clement must finally unleash him from the start this evening, for the first time this term.
Offering an opportunity to a promising academy graduate, who has proven – with his displays last season – that he has the quality to play at senior level, instead of playing a player out of position could be a shrewd move by Clement to excite supporters.
Fans may like to see that the manager is willing to trust and rely on youth when the chance is there to do so, rather than blocking their pathway by moving a senior star out of their usual slot.
سخر نجم منتخب إسبانيا، لامين يامال، من نظيره لاعب منتخب فرنسا أدريان رابيو بعد مباراتهما مساء يوم الثلاثاء في بطولة كأس أمم أوروبا.
وتلاقى المنتخبان في إطار منافسات نصف نهائي يورو 2024، حيث فازت إسبانيا بهدفين لهدف.
وتمكن لامين يامال من تسجيل هدف التعادل لصالح إسبانيا، بطريقة خرافية، ليصبح أصغر من يسجل في تاريخ البطولة.
اقرأ أيضًا.. لامين يامال بعد تأهل إسبانيا إلى نهائي يورو 2024: لم نتوقع هدف فرنسا السريع.. وأحاول ألا أفكر كثيرًا
وشهدت أجواء ما قبل المباراة توترًا بين لامين يامال وأدريان رابيو بسبب التصريحات التى أدلى بها الأخير في المؤتمر الصحفي الخاص بمنتخب فرنسا.
وصرّح رابيو: “من الواضح أنه قد يكون من الصعب عليه (لامين يامال) التعامل مع الدور قبل النهائي في بطولة كبيرة، للوصول إلى نهائي بطولة أوروبا، عليه أن يفعل أكثر مما فعل حتى الآن”.
ولجأ لامين يامال إلى حسابه الشخصي بموقع إنستجرام من أجل الرد على رابيو بشكل غير مباشر، حيث كتب: “تحرك في صمت، وتحدث فقط عندما يحين وقت قول كش ملك”.
ويبدو أن وقت “كش ملك” قد حان بالنسبة لـ لامين يامال الذي شوهد بعد المباراة وهو يتحدث إلى الكاميرات ويقول: “تحدث الآن، تحدث الآن”.
وعندما طلب الإعلام تعليق منه عن تصريحات رابيو، قال يامال: “كلمات رابيو؟ ليست هناك حاجة لإعطاء أهمية لذلك”.
🤫Mensaje de Lamine Yamal a Rabiot: “Habla ahora🤌🏻”. pic.twitter.com/bWNQJzub03 — La cara B del futbol (@lacarabfutbol_) July 9, 2024
Fakhar Zaman and KL Rahul became the new No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, while Babar Azam, Colin Munro and Glenn Maxwell slipped to occupy the spots right below the top three
ESPNcricinfo staff09-Jul-2018Australia T20 captain Aaron Finch has jumped three places to vault to the top of ICC T20I rankings for batsmen, while Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman and India’s KL Rahul rose to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots respectively. Finch also became the first player ever to break the 900-point barrier in the T20I rankings but ended the series with a final tally of 891 points.The new top three in the ICC rankings for T20 batsmen•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Babar Azam, Colin Munro and Glenn Maxwell all slipped, occupying the three spots below Finch, Zaman and Rahul.Finch had a prolific run in the tri-series against Pakistan and hosts Zimbabwe, piling on 306 runs in five games at a strike rate of over 200, which included a world record 172 off 76 balls.Zaman moved up 44 places on the table and reached 842 points following his own incredible form in Zimbabwe, which featured a career-best 91 off 46 balls in the final that helped Pakistan seal a record chase against Australia in Harare.Rahul touched a career-high 854 points following the first match of the T20I series in England – which the visitors won 2-1 – where he scored a match-winning 101, but a dip in the next two games saw him finish with 812 points.D’Arcy Short, Finch’s opening partner, entered the top 10 rankings for the first time. He made 165 runs at an average of 41.25 in the tri-series, including a 53-ball 76 in the final. The others who garnered career-best rankings following the two series were Jason Roy (No. 15 with 641 points), Jos Buttler (No. 17 with 614 points) and Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mire, who rose a staggering 202 spots to 25th place on the table.Among the bowlers, legspinners Rashid Khan and Shadab Khan retained the top two positions but there were movements down the table. Andrew Tye rose 41 places to seventh spot and Adil Rashid moved up four places to ninth.