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Frank Lampard is facing arguably the biggest challenge of his managerial career thus far as he tries to steer Everton away from the Premier League relegation zone, with a number of financial and political issues going on in the background.

It’s not helping matters that two of his star players, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison, are enduring a bad patch of form at a difficult, high-pressure stage of the season.

Richarlison is in a particular poor run, registering just two goals and one assist in all competitions since the start of 2022.

Despite averaging a solid 6.82 match rating across the season in the Premier League, the Brazilian has scored just four goals and created three more, working out at a scoring frequency of one every 365 minutes. That’s not good enough for a player worth £49.5m (as per Transfermarkt) who’s playing for a team fighting for their top-flight lives.

He can still be a hit with fans and critics, with journalist David Prentice once suggesting that the forward “makes things happen” for the Toffees.

Club and international team-mate Allan also heaped praise on him last month, saying: “He’s very hard-working and I try to pass on my experience as I get older to help and guide him. I’m sure he will have a great career here at Everton and for the Brazilian national team.”

However, Lampard’s patience with Richarlison must be running out after averaging a 6.45 Sofascore match rating in his last four Premier League games, failing to find the net and missing two big chances in total during that time.

In the Toffees’ last outing, a 5-0 humiliation at the hands of an inconsistent Tottenham, the 24-year-old completed just nine passes in 90 minutes, had zero shots on target, completed zero crosses and won just 43% of his duels.

Recently, there seems to be no fight in the Brazilian. By comparison, 21-year-old Anthony Gordon won 57% of his duels, completed two crosses, made four tackles and two key passes on Monday night despite ending up on the losing team.

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Everton need more fight, particularly up top, and more players need to take it upon themselves to follow in Gordon’s lead and give everything they have for the team. While Richarlison is failing to do just that, it might be time for Lampard to make a statement and axe the 24-year-old from the starting line-up for the time being.

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	Mushfiqur Rahim’s barren run with the bat has forced his ouster from the one-day squad © AFP

Bangladesh have omitted wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim from the 14-member squad for the three-ODI series against South Africa. The selectors have named four uncapped players in the squad, including Rahim’s replacement Dhiman Ghosh, middle-order batsmen Raqibul Hasan and Nazimuddin, and left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain.Since his unbeaten match-winning half-century against India in the World Cup last year, Rahim has struggled with the bat, scoring just four runs in his last five one-dayers. That lean trot includes three consecutive ducks, prompting the selectors to give Ghosh an opportunity. Syed Rasel, the left-arm medium-pace bowler who had missed most of the Bangladesh’s New Zealand tour due to a dislocated left collar bone, has also been recalled.”Rahim is out of form so we decided to give him a break,” said Rafiqul Alam, the chairman of selectors. “Dhiman is an aggressive batsman who is in good form. He has been playing for the A Team and Academy Team regularly and his wicketkeeping has also improved. We think he can be quite destructive as a batsman in the one-day form of the game.”Aftab Ahmed, the middle-order batsman, has also been ruled out after sustaining a head injury during the second Test in Chittagong. Aftab was forced to retire hurt after a miscued hook off Jacques Kallis struck him flush on the helmet. He was kept under observation and was unable to come out to bat in the second innings.”It will take Ahmed another four to five days to recover from the injury,” Alam said. “Nazimuddin’s style of batting is similar to Ahmed. He is also an attacking batsman so we decided to give him a chance.”We also considered Mahmudullah Riyad as an allrounder but Mosharraf Hossain got in through the sheer weight of his performance in the domestic, A Team and Academy matches.”The first ODI is on Sunday, while the next two will be played in Mirpur on March 12 and 14.Squad: Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Nazim Uddin, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Dhiman Ghosh (wk), Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Mosharraf Hossain, Syed Rasel, Farhad Reza, Raqibul Hasan.

Ryan Watson will renew old ties with his counterpart Graeme Smith © Ian Jacobs / Cricinfo Ltd

The phony war in St Kitts is ever so nearly at an end. One lastmismatch presents itself tomorrow, when the high-flying South Africanstake on the undaunting Scots, and then it will be time to focus on thereal business end of this group – next Saturday’s seismic clashbetween South Africa and Australia.For Graeme Smith, however, tomorrow’s fixture contains an unexpectedblast from the past. The leader of the world’s No.1-ranked side isabout to go head-to-head with his former club captain. Ryan Watson,Scotland’s stand-in skipper, was a contemporary of Smith’s during hisschool-days at King Edward’s in Johannesburg, and Smith admitted itwould be a surreal feeling when the pair walk out together for thetoss.”When we were at school together Ryan was a few years ahead of me,”said Smith. “It will be weird to walk out on the pitch and spin a coinwith a South African. We’ve been teasing him quite a bit since MontegoBay, because there are quite a few guys who do know him. He’s a reallygood man, so I guess part of you wants him to do well – but then thereis a big part that doesn’t.””Believe it or not, [Smith] used to fetch drinks for me and carry mybags,” said Watson. “I don’t know if he’ll do that tomorrow, but I’ll ask him. At school, hewas limited in terms of his strokeplay, he’s progressed a long waywith that. Mentally he was far better than anyone I saw as a youngkid.”He used to enjoy making big hundreds as a schoolboy, which is unusualwhen other guys are making 50 or 60. He got hundreds as a 15-year-oldagainst Premier League attacks, so everyone knew he was going to be aspecial player and he’s proved that.”Watson was under no illusions about the task his side facestomorrow – a task made all the more onerous by the shock victories ofthe past week. “They’re a quality side and they’re not going to becomplacent against the minor sides,” he said. “We were poor at thedeath against Australia, by our own standards, and that’s somethingwe’ve worked on. That’s a crucial part of the game and they’ve gotsome really clean strikers, so we’ll have to make sure we get it rightat the end.””The upsets earlier in the week in the other groups have kept everyoneon their toes,” added Smith. “It just shows that if you’re not up forit and don’t perform to your levels you can put yourself underpressure. We certainly will be on our toes – and the way we performedagainst Holland is the way we want to perform tomorrow.”Inevitably though, Smith had more than half an eye on next week’sbattle. “On everyone’s minds is the Australia game,” he admitted.”That is the big one everyone is looking forward to. I think bothteams have their fair share of strong hitters, but I think our lengthand power in our batting line-up is one of our strengths. We have agood variety in our bowling attack, which has been brilliant over thelast few years.”South Africa are expected to welcome Makhaya Ntini back into the foldfor tomorrow’s game, after he missed the opening fixture to attend thebirth of his first daughter. “He is huge variation for us,” saidSmith, “and Andrew Hall over the last two years has been the best’death’ bowler in world cricket. We have options; we’re very strong inthe bowling department. I’m pretty comfortable with our attack.”Scotland, for their part, are expected to introduce the SouthAfrican-born seamer Dewald Nel to replace their captain, Craig Wright,who has flown home to attend the funeral of his aunt. There may alsobe a recall for the middle-order batsman, Neil McCallum, who hasbecome something of a cult figure among the vocal Scottish fans inBasseterre.South Africa (probable) 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 AB deVilliers, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Herschelle Gibbs, 5 Mark Boucher (wk), 6Ashwell Prince, 7 Justin Kemp, 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Andrew Hall, 10Makhaya Ntini, 11 Andre NelScotland (probable) 1 Fraser Watts, 2 Majid Haq, 3 Ryan Watson(capt), 4 Neil McCallum, 5 Gavin Hamilton, 6 Dougie Brown, 7 ColinSmith (wk), 8 Glenn Rogers, 9 Dewald Nel, 10 Paul Hoffman, 11 JohnBlain

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How they were out

Makhaya Ntini has given South Africa a chance of sneaking victory © Getty Images

Both teams face a nervous wait for the conclusion of a pulsating final Test as Damien Martyn’s unbeaten 93 crept Australia to within 44 of their target with only four wickets remaining. Australia, who may not be able to use Justin Langer, seemed set for a comfortable chase during a brilliant 165-run partnership between Martyn and Michael Hussey, but when Hussey departed for 89 the side lost 4 for 39 to refresh a previously ailing South Africa over the last 90 minutes.Makhaya Ntini charged through Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne after Nicky Boje finally removed Hussey, and Jacques Kallis, a debutant captain under unfamiliar pressure, ended a dangerous drive from Andrew Symonds. The last three batsmen fell for nine runs in a dramatic turnaround as South Africa’s mood changed from one of impending defeat to hope of a first positive result in six Tests against Australia this summer.Through the chaos Martyn remained calm, like he had throughout an innings that was crucial to his career prospects, and Australia finished at 248 for 6. The reshuffled order meant Hussey was promoted to his preferred spot of opener and while his place was assured after his brilliant entry this summer, Martyn was at an important stage in a three-match comeback that was not convincing until today. Trevor Hohns, the chairman of selectors, picked Martyn’s experience for this type of uncompromising situation and by stumps he had repaid them. On Tuesday he will aim for a 13th century and an Australian victory.Playing with casual determination, Martyn deflected the fast men and spent a lot of time taking runs from Boje, often through cut shots. This was the version of the player who wooed audiences worldwide before the Ashes blip that he worried had ended his career. Given an unlikely chance, Martyn waited until the third Test to reconfirm his capabilities as a match turner.He hit 12 boundaries and looked unflustered in his 184-ball stay that was crucial throughout the final two sessions, and Australia were relived that he was unbeaten at the end with Brett Lee on 9. The second new ball is due in nine deliveries and Ntini, who picked up 3 for 60, and Pollock will be dangerous on a surface that offers the most when the ball is hard and shiny.

Michael Hussey was back opening the innings and continued his fine form with 89 © Getty Images

The purpose of Hussey was on display as the zinc on his nose wore off when sweat dripped down his face. Despite gaining a trio of early reprieves, he uncovered some cracking pull shots and sweet cover drives mixed with determined defence during his 197-ball innings that included 12 boundaries. Hussey’s second half-century of the match came from 140 deliveries and he drove the chase again in the final session with his hard running and careful placement.His early performance was not a smooth one and he could have been dismissed to lbw appeals from Andre Nel on 0 and Pollock on 5. Both were rejected by Steve Bucknor, and Hussey was also lucky to escape an edge to Mark Boucher off Makhaya Ntini on 19. The mistakes were costly and South Africa finally got their man when Boje trapped him playing back with the score on 198 and the target less than 100.Symonds came in and thrashed a brutal 29 off 26 balls that reduced the aim further and just as a fast finish seemed likely he edged Kallis to Boucher. Hitting a six over cover, driving fours and pulling two more boundaries, Symonds eased the pressure on his team-mates before leaving as quickly as he arrived at 224. Gilchrist then fell first ball, Warne went with a similar edge to Ntini and the South Africans were back.After reaching 258 in their second innings, the home side’s push for victory started well when AB de Villiers took a sharp diving slips catch to a Matthew Hayden nick from Ntini before Ricky Ponting (20) collected a fine inside edge to an unconvincing drive off Kallis. With the score at 33 for 2, Kallis deserved to be pleased, but he was hindered by an illness to Nel, who was visibly struggling and able to deliver only two overs before leaving the ground for treatment.Australia also had their problems with Langer after he was hit in the head by Ntini with the opening ball of the first innings on Saturday. Reports ranged from him batting No. 4, which didn’t happen, to playing if the team really needed him or not at all. He turned up at the ground late in the day dressed in street clothes and as the wickets fell did not pull on his whites.There was no doubt about the performance of Lee as he finished off South Africa’s innings in only 15 balls this morning, knocking over Boucher for 63 and Ntini for 0. The smooth end gave Australia some useful momentum, but despite an impressive push by Martyn and Hussey the game had ebbed again by stumps.

Australia
Matthew Hayden c de Villiers b Ntini 0 (0 for 1)
Ricky Ponting c Boucher b Kallis 20 (33 for 2)
Michael Hussey lbw Boje 89 (198 for 3)
Andrew Symonds c Boucher b Kallis 29 (228 for 4)
Adam Gilchrist c Boucher b Ntini 0 (229 for 5)
Shane Warne c Boucher b Ntini 3 (237 for 6)
South Africa
AB de Villiers b Clark 4 (9 for 1)
Boeta Dippenaar c Hayden b Clark 20 (55 for 2)
Herschelle Gibbs c Martyn b Warne 53 (100 for 3)
Ashwell Prince c Symonds b Warne 9 (120 for 4)
Jacques Rudolph c Gilchrist b Clark 0 (140 for 6)
Shaun Pollock c Gilchrist b Lee 44 (186 for 7)
Nicky Boje c Symonds b Warne 4 (194 for 8)
Mark Boucher c Gilchrist b Lee 63 (258 for 9)
Makhaya Ntini b Lee 0 (258)

Cricket Scotland have announced that former England bowling coach Bob Cottam will be joining their coaching staff in the lead-up to the all important ICC Trophy competition to be held in Ireland in July 2005.Cottam has been in Edinburgh this week working with the Scotland’s players and it has been confirmed that he will spend a further 30 days with the squad both before and during the tournament which will decide qualification for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.In a 13-year first-class career Cottam took over 1000 wickets for Hampshire and Northants and played four Tests taking 14 wickets at an average of 23.35. After retiring he coached Warwickshire and Somerset before becoming England’s bowling coach from 1998 to 2001.Scotland coach Andy Moles said he was delighted at the prospect of teaming up with a former mentor from his days at Warwickshire. "I have personal experience of working with Bob from my playing days, and having spoken to some bowlers with whom he has worked it is clear he will be a valuable asset to the Scotland coaching staff,” he explained. “He has worked with many world class cricketers, and his appointment is further proof that Cricket Scotland is doing everything it can to ensure success in the forthcoming World Cup qualifying tournament".For his part, Cottam was “delighted to be renewing acquaintance with Andy and I have already been extremely impressed with the attitude of the players here in the short time I have spent with them. I am looking forward to helping the team meet their objectives over the coming season".

Hampshire have signed Michael Clarke, the up-and-coming Australian batsman, as one of their overseas players for 2004. Clarke will be joining up with his fellow Australian Shane Warne, who is Hampshire’s captain next year.Clarke, a former captain of the Australian Under-19 side, has played 10 one-day internationals for Australia, and already averages 65.40. He toured West Indies earlier this year, and also made a mark in the recent three-way one-day series in India. At home he plays for New South Wales, and has already hit seven centuries in 33 first-class matches to date.Hampshire’s chairman Rod Bransgrove said: “We are naturally delighted that Michael has agreed to be our overseas player next season. He is undoubtedly one of the brightest new stars of international cricket, and we are certain that his considerable playing style will prove highly popular at the Rose Bowl.”And Paul Terry, Hampshire’s manager, added: “Michael Clarke is a great signing for Hampshire cricket. He is an exiting strokeplayer, excellent fielder and also bowls left-arm spin. Michael has begun to make a significant mark already at the top level with Australia, and I’m sure the Hampshire supporters will warm to the brilliance of his play.”

MELBOURNE, Dec 28 AAP – Jason Gillespie looked mean and nasty.His figures at the end of the day looked great.Two lively spells from Gillespie and a marathon effort from Stuart MacGill helped Australia make short work of England on day three of the Boxing Day Test, keeping Steve Waugh’s side firmly on track for a baggy green sweep of the Ashes.Resuming at 3-97 in reply to Australia’s first innings of 6(dec)-551, England lost 3-7 in the first hour before being rolled for a paltry 270 – only 20 runs more than Justin Langer made in his epic knock.Allrounder Craig White made an unbeaten 85 carrying a torn side muscle that will prevent him bowling for six weeks and probably rule him out of next week’s Sydney Test.”It’s touch and go,” he said.Asked to follow-on, England openers Marcus Trescothick and Michael Vaughan made a better fist of it, putting on 67 runs only for MacGill to strike through a baffling LBW decision from Zimbabwean umpire Russell Tiffin.At stumps, England was 2-111, still 170 runs behind.Trescothick (37) attempted to sweep a leg break from MacGill that landed outside off stump.The ball hit his front pad still outside the line, but Tiffin raised his finger anyway as MacGill fell to his knees.He may have been in shock.Australia got its money’s worth from 31-year-old MacGill, who was filling the big shoes of injured Shane Warne.He bowled 36 straight overs during England’s first innings, finishing with 2-108, then resumed his work in the 10th over of England’s second innings and bowled out the day.He kept bustling in and landing his repertoire on a good line and length, proving less expensive than feared.He almost struck again in his final over, enticing England captain Nasser Hussain out of his crease as Adam Gilchrist whipped off the bails.It was close, but the video umpire said not out.”Stuart bowled really well, he was spinning the ball a lot and looked like he was going to get a wicket a lot of the time,” said Gillespie.”He bowled most of the day, I can’t speak highly enough of him, he bowled really well.”MacGill has sent down a total of 49 overs in the match, including 38 today.But it was Gillespie, snarling like always through his run-up, who did the real damage from the other end.He bowled fast and straight for the outstanding return of 4-25 from 16.3 overs in England’s first innings and picked up 1-20 in the second.Waugh says Gillespie never bowls badly, but sometimes he doesn’t get the rewards.He got his just desserts today.He took care of Mark Butcher (six) in the second innings when Martin Love continued his dream debut by taking a screaming one-handed catch low to his left at first slip.Fiery Brett Lee (2-70) and ever-reliable Glenn McGrath (1-41) joined the wicket-taking action in the first innings, while Waugh gave himself four overs, trapping James Foster LBW to take 1-13.Waugh’s men remained firmly on course for the first Ashes whitewash since Warwick “The Big Ship” Armstrong led his Australian side to a 5-0 triumph in 1920-21.The only bright spot for England was opener Michael Vaughan (55no) beating Dennis Amiss’ record for the most runs by an English batsman in a calendar year – on the same day and ground Matthew Hayden broke Bob Simpson’s Australian record a year ago.Vaughan has made 1,391 runs this year, more than any other Test player except India’s Sachin Tendulkar (1,392).Hayden has been Australia’s most prolific with 1,159.

Persistent rain in Sydney has ensured that the Pura Cup match between New South Wales and South Australia has been abandoned without a ball being bowled. Any last hope of scheduling play in the match was scrapped this morning when the same drenching rain that has fallen on the Bankstown Oval to wash out the previous two days of this game continued into a third.It has been nearly twenty-eight years since the last occasion (the Queensland-Victoria match in Brisbane in 1972-73) on which the entirety of an Australian domestic first-class match was surrendered to poor weather. But there was never really any chance of avoiding this unpleasant fate once Sydney’s weather became the hostage of a series of low pressure systems early on Monday morning.The two sides accordingly leave the ground with no points to show from a contest that had offered plenty in the way of excitement. The outcome will represent a particularly significant blow to the Blues, who would have been hoping to capitalise on the last state appearances for the season of a number of their international representatives. Similarly, though, the South Australians would have been optimistic about their chances in the match in view of their excellent recent record against the Blues when the two teams have been at full strength.New South Wales remains in second position on the Pura Cup table (with eight points from three matches), while the South Australians continue to occupy fifth place (with no points from two matches).

Wolverhampton Wanderers right-wing-back Nelson Semedo could face a longer spell on the sidelines than originally feared after the Portugal international picked up a hamstring injury in Wolves’ 2-1 defeat away at Arsenal last month.

What’s the story?

According to injury expert Ben Dinnery, the 28-year-old may be unavailable for selection until mid to late April as he continues rehabilitation.

Speaking to Football Insider, Dinnery said: “My understanding is that it will probably be slightly longer. It is extremely optimistic to expect a return to play within that month. I would expect that it’s more likely to be mid to late April, in all honesty.

“I presume that Bruno Lage was maybe hoping for a return after the international break. It might well have been a case of wishful thinking. But my understanding is that it will more likely be around the six to eight-week mark, so it’s a significant setback.”

Wolves will suffer as a result

With Wolves still within a good shout of finishing in a European place, manager Bruno Lage will be desperate to have every one of his players available, with Semedo’s absence a harsh blow.

The right-wing-back has played in 23 of the Wanderers’ 28 league matches this term and is a major asset for Lage’s squad.

Having joined from Barcelona in September 2020 for a fee believed to be around £37m, the Portuguese has been vital for Wolves, racking up 61 appearances already.

Lage’s side have been rightly applauded all season for their solidity at the back with the West Midlands outfit the top-flight’s fourth-best defenders, having conceded just 23 goals in 28 games. Semedo has proven to be a major contributor to that feat.

What makes the predicament even more frustrating is the fact that reserve right-wing-back Ki-Jana Hoever is also sidelined with a hamstring injury, meaning that left-sided wing-back Jonny Otto has to make do on the right.

Sat in eighth ahead of their trip to Everton this afternoon, Wolves can go seventh with a victory after Tottenham’s 3-2 defeat to Manchester United yesterday. Moreover, if West Ham lose to Aston Villa and Lage’s side win at Goodison Park, the Portuguese manager will see his team break into the top-six.

Yet, a defeat in the continued absence of Semedo could see them continue to lose their grasp on European football; a dire consequence for everyone at Molineux.

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There is still so much to play for as the Black Country club look to secure a European spot, however, with the trip to Everton the first of their final ten matches of the season.

Wolves still have to play the current top-three in Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, however, the trio are the only sides from the current top-eight Lage’s side still have to face, meaning that the remaining fixture run certainly favours the Golden Boys which could arguably make the Semedo blow softer.

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