O Grêmio anunciou a contratação de Jemerson, agora ex-Atlético-MG, na manhã desta quarta-feira (22). O zagueiro de 31 anos assinará contrato definitivo com o Imortal, válido até o fim de 2026, após realização de exames médicos.
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Segundo nota publicada no site oficial do clube, o jogador será integrado ao elenco tricolor em 10 de junho. No entanto, Jemerson só poderá atuar pelo Grêmio um mês depois, a partir de 10 de julho, com a abertura da janela de transferências. Até lá, treina junto ao grupo de Renato Gaúcho.
Jemerson foi revelado pelo próprio Atlético-MG, após emprestimo ao Democrata, e foi vendido ao Monaco em 2016. Voltou ao Brasil em 2020 para atuar pelo Corinthians, antes de retornar ao Galo em 2022 depois de curta passagem no Metz, da França.
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Com Jemerson, o Grêmio chega a dez reforços na temporada. Além do zagueiro, o Imortal trouxe Marchesín, Dodi, Soteldo, Diego Costa, Mayk, Du Queiroz Pavón, Edenílson e Rafael Cabral para 2024.
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Tourists take honours on first innings but Bethell fails to press Test case
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James Rew led England home in their run chase•Getty Images
Jacob Bethell missed a chance to push for a spot in England’s top order, after failing to make an impression for the tourists in their win over a Prime Minister’s XI.With England’s Test players sitting out the match, Bethell had loomed as the most interesting prospect in what was effectively a Lions side on Sunday.But he was caught behind for 16 pushing at a ball outside off stump from South Australian quick Campbell Thompson, as the only tourist who batted not to pass 50.It came as England lost just two wickets as they chased down the hosts’ 308 for 8 declared in Canberra, shaking hands at 309 for 2 and claiming a first-innings victory.Openers Tom Haines and Emelio Gay both hit half-centuries against the pink ball, as did No. 4 James Rew and No. 5 Asa Tribe.The one concern for the tourists was a hamstring injury for Gay, who was forced to retire hurt in the first session on Sunday.Bethell, meanwhile, had arrived in Australia battling with Ollie Pope for a spot in England’s Test team.Pope was the preferred option and was close to England’s best batter in Perth, while Bethell has made scores of 3, 77 and 40 for the Lions in the past fortnight.The left-hander is still likely next in line if a tourist goes down, but a sizeable score in Canberra could have put pressure on if England’s batting fails again in the second Test at the Gabba.The Prime Minister’s XI used eight bowlers on Sunday with even Sam Konstas sending down one over, with Charlie Anderson taking 1-51 and Thompson 1-46.
كشفت تقارير صحفية رد فعل إدارة ليفربول واللاعبين بعد تصريحات محمد صلاح الأخيرة عقب مباراة الريدز أمام ليدز يونايتد ضمن منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي.
وخرج صلاح مساء أمس بعد انتهاء المباراة وتحدث لوسائل الإعلام وفتح النار على الجميع وعلى رأسهم مدربه آرني سلوت، بسبب جلوسه على دكة البدلاء لثلاث مباريات متتالية.
كان ليفربول قد تعادل أمام ليدز يونايتد بثلاثة أهداف لمثلها بعدما كان الريدز متقدمًا بنتيجة 2/0 في المباراة وكل الأمور كانت تسير بشكل إيجابي.
ووفقًا لـ”caughtoffside”، فإن مقابلة صلاح أحدثت صدمة في ليفربول ولزملائه في الفريق، الذين كانوا يعتبرونه قائدًا كبيرًا ولم يصدقوا تصرفاته الأخيرة.
وأشارت إلى أن هذا قد يفسر اختيار آرني سلوت لأندي روبرتسون نائبًا للقائد بدلًا من صلاح لأن روبرتسون، رغم استبعاده من الفريق الأول، التزم الصمت مما زاد من حدة التوتر.
اقرأ أيضًا | حكم مباراة ليفربول وإنتر ميلان في دوري أبطال أوروبا
وذكرت أن فريق انتقالات ليفربول يشعر بالقلق من أن مارك جويهي وأنطوان سيمينيو، اللذين كانا مرشحين للانضمام إلى الريدز في يناير، قد يُؤجلان أو يُغيران رأيهما في الانتقال إلى النادي بسبب الأزمة التي يمر بها.
كما أفادت أن هناك اجتماعًا طارئًا يُعقد حاليًا لمعالجة تداعيات الخلاف بين سلوت وصلاح وهناك غموض حول مستقبل سلوت.
يرغب الجهاز الفني بقيادة الهولندي في استبعاد صلاح من قائمة مباراة إنتر ميلان في دوري أبطال أوروبا.
وفي ضوء ذلك، أكدت الصحيفة أن هناك تقارير أفادت بأن مايكل إدواردز وريتشارد هيوز منفتحان على التفاوض بشأن خروج صلاح من الفريق مبكرًا.
واختتمت أن صلاح لا يزال يرى نفسه لاعبًا في ليفربول، حتى مع المدرب الجديد، يبقى أن نرى كيف سيحل ليفربول هذا الوضع خلال الأسابيع القليلة المقبلة، خاصة في ظل معاناته الحالية على أرض الملعب.
O Brasil se prepara para enfrentar a Inglaterra no próximo sábado (23), e uma das indefinições no time titular é a posição de goleiro. Nesta quinta-feira (21), Bento, Rafael e Léo Jardim fizeram grandes defesas durante o treino da Seleção Brasileira. Assista ao vídeo acima.
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شارك محمد صلاح نجم ليفربول الإنجليزي بديلاً خلال اللقاء الذي انتهى شوطه الأول بين الريدز وبرايتون، ضمن منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.
وكان آرني سلوت قد بدأ بالنجم المصري محمد صلاح على دكة البدلاء، قبل أن يشارك بديلاً لجو جوميز الذي تعرض للإصابة وغادر الملعب في الدقيقة 26.
وذكرت “بي بي سي” البريطانية أن محمد صلاح تلقى هتافات مدوية من جماهير ليفربول مع دخول النجم المصري، بينما انتقل دومينيك سوبوسلاي لمركز الظهير الأيمن.
اقرأ أيضاً.. فيديو | محمد صلاح يشارك بديلاً أمام برايتون عقب إصابة لاعب ليفربول.. هكذا استقبلته الجماهير
وعلق ستيفان وارنوك نجم ليفربول وأستون فيلا السابق على مشاركة صلاح: “على صلاح استعادة ثقته بنفسه ومستواه المعهود، حيث يرى مشجعو ليفربول من هذا الموقف أن المدرب وصلاح توصلا لحل خلافاتهما وأن الوقت قد حان للمضي قدماً”.
وذكر صحفي “بي بي سي” آدم باتل حول لقطة دخول صلاح: “حظى بتصفيق حار وتقدير كبير من جميع أنحاء أنفيلد، وبعد أقل من أسبوع على تصريحاته المثيرة للجدل، عاد للعب مع ليفربول”.
O Vasco tem sido salvo por um herói improvável nos dois últimos jogos. Trata-se de Lucas Piton. O lateral-esquerdo marcou os gols para evitar as derrotas para o Água Santa e para o Nova Iguaçu.
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No entanto, Piton rejeita este rótulo de herói e prefere atribuir os resultados ao conjunto do Vasco. Foi neste sentido que o lateral-esquerdo falou após o empate com o Nova Iguaçu.
No próximo jogo a gente vai buscar a classificação para a final. Não me vejo herói porque é o time todo. Nosso time trabalha para vencer todos os jogos
pontou Lucas Piton
Lucas Piton não é um jogador alto, já que só tem 1,75cm. Só que o adversário não conta com que o jogador cruz-maltino vá aparecer como elemento surpresa dentro da zaga. Os dois últimos gols do lateral-esquedo foram marcados de cabeça.
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As grandes atuações de Piton com a camisa do Vasco geram até mesmo brincadeiras nas redes sociais. Os vascaínos costumam dizer que o lateral-esquerdo “não cruza, faz amor”.
Em termos numéricos, além de ser o vice-artilheiro do Vasco, Lucas Piton é o lateral-esquerdo da Série A com mais gols em 2024.
🗒️ VEJA MAIS NÚMEROS DE LUCAS PITON EM 2024: ⚔️ 11 jogos ⚽ 3 gols (2 de cabeça) 🅰️ 1 assistência ✅ 35% de acerto no cruzamento 🔑 22 passes decisivos 💨 19 dribles certos
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O Vasco volta a entrar em campo neste domingo (17). O Cruz-Maltino faz o segundo jogo da semifinal do Campeonato Carioca e precisa vencer o Nova Iguaçu para avançar à final. A bola rola às 16h, no Maracanã.
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy explains the recalls of Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze, saying they expect the two to excel in spin-friendly Indian conditions
Vishal Dikshit19-Sep-2025
Coach Daren Sammy is banking on his bowling attack to excel in India•AFP/Getty Images
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy believes the seam attack they have picked in the Test squad for the two-match tour of India next month has the “variety” to “operate in any conditions” and “pick 20 wickets”.The West Indies pace attack features Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Anderson Phillip and Jayden Seales, along with allrounder Justin Greaves. West Indies haven’t won a Test series in India in 42 years but Sammy said they would take inspiration from the way New Zealand blanked India 3-0 towards the end of 2024 and try to “emulate” that.”We have found ourselves in a position where our seam attack could operate in any conditions,” Sammy said in a press conference. “That six-to-eight-metre length works across the world. But in our fast-bowling department, we’ve got four different guys who have their own variety.Related
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“You have Shamar Joseph, who’s very skiddy, Jayden, who has a strong front leg and can swing the ball both ways, then you have Alzarri Joseph with his height and the bounce he could extract. So, again, we take confidence in that, especially the way they’ve been bowling over the last year. The ability to take 20 wickets, because that’s what you will need in India. If you can’t take 20 wickets in India, you are on the back foot and we have a bowling line-up of that, especially from the seam department, that could take 20 wickets.”The process remains the same. The lines and lengths don’t change in terms of that six-to-eight-metre length. Maybe it’s just adjusting whether it’s a touch fuller or touch further back into the pitch. I have full confidence in that and it makes me smile knowing that we go out bowling and we take 20 wickets. And that’s the first objective in the Test match.”Sammy, who is also the coach of St Lucia Kings in the ongoing CPL 2025, said he had utilised the last six weeks he had spent with Test captain Roston Chase in the Kings dressing room to discuss and plan for the India tour and their attempt would be “to continue instilling that belief matched up by the work we put in to bring the technical aspects of the game up to where we could compete and win matches”.He also said that they had looked at “a lot of data” to come up with the “best squad” to identify the players for specific roles with their skill sets.”From my end, the ten days leading up to the [first] Test match [in India], we’ll be drilling in all these things and planning very well as to how we’re going to beat India in India,” Sammy said. “We’re definitely going down there with the mindset to win. We’re not just going to go down there and think, “oh, it’s India”. No. New Zealand went there and did incredibly well and that we should take inspiration from. But again, it’s understanding the things that New Zealand did in those conditions and try to emulate it with our guys as well.”Sammy also said former captain Jason Holder was “considered” for the tour but “the role that we’d love for him to play is being played by Justin Greaves.” West Indies also took the big decision of dropping their former captain Kraigg Brathwaite from the 15-man squad and have brought back Alick Athanaze and Tagenarine Chanderpaul. Sammy said recalling Chanderpaul, who last played a Test in January 2024, was down to many factors, such as numbers, form, and the other options available to the selectors.Tagenarine Chanderpaul is back after last playing a Test match in January 2024•Associated Press
“Before Tage got injured in the 4-Day Championship, he was averaging, I think, 47 [42 in the 2024-25 season, batting well and just looking at our depth chart, who we have with the opening spot over the last few series, not really giving us the numbers and the results that we want,” Sammy said. “When we look at the role needed for one of these openers, Tage brings that sort of clarity of thought that we’re looking at in terms of the skillset and what that role requires. And his experience, the ability to play spin, he was probably right up there as one of the better contenders for that role. So [he’s a] young man, you speak about transitioning, he made a very strong case for the opening spot.”And in the absence of Kraigg, the next best person that played that type of similar role would have been Tage. And we’re hoping that the build-up before, what he’s been doing here in Guyana, preparation he’s been putting in would be would be good enough to be executed in India.”Explaining the recall of Athanaze, Sammy said, “The return of Alick, again, looking at the conditions, looking at what we’ll face, Alick, we knew before Australia that Alick was always going to come back into the set-up, based on the conditions that we will face and the skillset that would require us to be successful. So again, we don’t just stay there and just pick and pluck players from nowhere. We do a lot of information, a lot of data collected, and we try to come up with the best squad in terms of the roles and the skillset required.”West Indies’ spin attack features Jomel Warrican, the uncapped Khary Pierre and Chase. They have rested left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie keeping in mind his workload in the lead up to the T20 World Cup early next year as he recently played the full CPL season. But Sammy said, “Motie is a very strong contender in all formats.”‘Durability’ brings veteran Khary Pierre rare opportunityExplaining the inclusion of Pierre, who will turn 34 next week and has never played Test cricket, for his maiden tour of India, CWI’s senior talent manager Jamal Smith said, “This year, Pierre was able to average just 13.56 and [had an] economy of 2.37 [at the WI Championship],” Smith said. “He’s actually topped the West Indies Championship list, followed closely by Joshua Bishop. I want to say here or insert here that Pierre, obviously, I like to title these cricketers as journeymen, who has been around for first-class domestic set-up for quite a while.Khary Pierre is a familiar face in T20 line-ups, but has never played Test cricket for West Indies•Getty Images
“He’s always been a consistent enough performer in terms of the areas that he bowled. Then he’s been afforded the opportunity to play just a level above the A team or I think the solitary ODI tour. He’s always just shown just enough. But last year in particular, or this season, I should say, we felt that he bowled really, really well.”Pierre has so far played 35 first-class matches for 111 wickets at an average of 22.81, with four five-fors. His last red-ball outing was for West Indies A against the touring South Africa A side in June earlier this year.”You take the extra spin in Khary Pierre because of his experience, first of all, and his durability, his consistency,” Smith said. “If you have managed to watch some CPL last night, for instance, you’ll be seeing him when they’re on the field, quite expertly, to be honest, taking the safest catches as well, to augment with the way that he struck the ball and also how he bowls. He’s the kind of guy that you can give the information to, especially on a tour to India.”Hopefully, he will be able to execute, basically back on his experience, his durability over a long first-class career. You’re hoping that he can put all those things together. At this stage, you’d prefer to go with a guy like Khary Pierre as opposed to probably a youngster.”The series will start on October 2 in Ahmedabad, with the second Test scheduled from October 10 in Delhi.
Sitting to the side of the Bernabeu during Arsenal’s triumphant night inside the Bernabeu last season, Rio Ferdinand was left in awe of an 18-year-old strutting his stuff.
“I’m sorry, is Lewis-Skelly really 18? His date of birth is right, isn’t it?”
It’s a fair question to ask. Myles Lewis-Skelly made enormous strides during the 2024/25 campaign. At the start of he was playing U21 football. By the end of it he was nominated for PFA Young Player of the Year, was a full England international and had helped guide Mikel Arteta’s team to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Not bad at all, is it? While Ethan Nwaneri and Max Dowman continue to be spoken about as generational talents, the most complete Hale Ender we’ve seen in years is Lewis-Skelly.
However, is everything now starting to unravel? It’s been a difficult campaign for the teenager to date.
Why Lewis-Skelly has struggled for game time at Arsenal
Arsenal’s injury problems last term were well-documented. To the benefit of Lewis-Skelly, Oleksandr Zinchenko could barely get a game and Riccardo Calafiori spent more time on the treatment table than on the field of play.
Such a sequence of events meant that even Kieran Tierney enjoyed something of a career revival at the Emirates Stadium.
For Lewis-Skelly, however, he was the biggest winner of Arsenal’s lack of depth throughout 2024/25. He enjoyed a phenomenal season as a result, featuring on 39 occasions for the senior team, assisting two goals and scoring that strike against Manchester City.
The celebration summed up everything the Hale Ender is about. He’s a jovial, unique and confident character. He’s certainly cemented himself as one of the finest young players on the planet.
2025/26 has been more challenging. Now 19, he is yet to start in the Premier League and has enjoyed just 86 minutes of top-flight action.
While the Champions League has seen the teenager start twice, he missed out on a spot in the starting XI last week when summer arrival Piero Hincapie was selected ahead of him in Prague.
There are several reasons for his lack of action, not least Calafiori’s improved fitness but also from a tactical point of view. There is a feeling that the Italian’s defensive discipline is stronger, while Hincapie’s overlapping ability, more aligned with the inverted Leandro Trossard’s skillset, is perhaps a stronger dynamic.
While Arteta is right to manage the youngster’s minutes, it did set off alarm bells, not just among supporters but also England boss Thomas Tuchel.
Lewis-Skelly has been a regular feature in Tuchel’s squads since he was given the Three Lions gig and the full-back even scored on his international debut towards the beginning of the year.
But, the German made it abundantly clear that he needed more minutes during October’s break. “Being a good citizen isn’t enough,” he warned the teen.
Lo and behold, he was left out of the fixtures for the November break. Tuchel stated that “Myles simply needs more starts, more minutes.”
Such news sparked fear regarding the academy graduate’s future at Arsenal. Sky Sports reported this week that he was being monitored by Premier League clubs, although the Gunners are not keen on selling anyone in the January transfer window.
Lewis-Skelly is still young but there may well be another figure in the defensive ranks growing more concerned about what the future holds.
£50m signing should be worried about his Arsenal future
Cast your mind back to the beginning of Arteta’s tenure in north London. The defensive ranks were not pretty at all.
Who can forget that day in August 2021 when Manchester City beat the Gunners 5-0? Their back five that day included Cedric, Rob Holding, Calum Chambers, Sead Kolasinac and Kieran Tierney.
How far they have come since. Arsenal now boast the best defence in the league having shipped just five goals. William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes are easily the best centre-back partnership in the division, while they arguably have the two best full-backs in the form of Jurrien Timber and Calafiori.
All of that means that a certain Ben White has endured quite the downfall at Arsenal, not necessarily due to his own faults but the north Londoners have simply improved significantly.
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A big issue for White has been his fitness. Last season he missed a large portion due to injury which meant he only started 13 league fixtures.
This term, while he has improved his fitness and fought hard to put himself back in the reckoning, Arteta has preferred Timber. Understandably so, too.
The Dutchman has cemented his spot and in the words of the Standard’s Simon Collings, he is “the best right-back in the Premier League right now.” There is no escaping that for White, and his lack of game time proves it.
The full-back started the win over Manchester United on the opening weekend of the season but since then he has not played a single minute of Premier League football.
He has been an unused sub on eight occasions and is struggling to earn minutes in any other competition as well. The 28-year-old has just 82 minutes of Champions League football under his belt and while he has started the League Cup wins over Port Vale and Brighton, has only managed the best part of 70 minutes in both of those games.
Ben White’s Arsenal career
Season
Games
Goal involvements
2021/22
37
0
2022/23
46
7
2023/24
51
9
2024/25
26
2
2025/26
6
0
Stats via Transfermarkt.
When White signed in a £50m deal from Brighton back in 2021, journalist Tom Barclay wrote that the Gunners had acquired “one of the best prospects in English football.”
That much was certainly true. Despite his price tag, he proved to be an inspired pick-up, perhaps one of Arteta’s best since becoming Arsenal manager.
Signed as a centre-half, he quickly became the number one choice at right-back and was an England regular for a period of time under Gareth Southgate until that alleged fallout.
He only missed one league game during his debut year at the Emirates, played 46 matches the following season and then reached over half a century of appearances in 2023/24. Indeed, in the words of one content creator, he was Arsenal’s “most reliable player.”
Not just a rock-solid defender, he had attacking quality in abundance, registering 16 goal involvements between 2022/23 and 2023/24. His link-up and combination play with star man, Bukayo Saka, was a huge weapon for Arsenal.
Now, however, he’s made to settle for a place on the bench and unlike Lewis-Skelly, he doesn’t really have time on his side.
Linked with Manchester City in recent weeks, Arsenal may not want to get rid, but it would not be a surprise if White forced Arteta’s hand next summer if he continues to be omitted from the starting lineup.
لا يزال مستقبل آرني سلوت مدرب ليفربول في تدريب الفريق محل خلاف في ظل سلسلة النتائج السيئة هذا الموسم الحالي.
ومن المتوقع أن يقود آرني سلوت ليفربول خلال مباراة وست هام يونايتد غداً، ولكن قد يتغير الأمر في حال خسارة الريدز في هذه المباراة.
وقد ترددت عدة أسماء لتحل محل المدرب آرني سلوت في تدريب ليفربول، بما في ذلك تشابي ألونسو مدرب ريال مدريد الحالي، ودعا مشجعو ليفربول بعد الخسارة أمام نوتينجهام فورست للتعاقد مع أوليفر جلاسنر.
أقرأ أيضاً.. بسبب لاعب ليفربول.. هنري يهاجم الدوري الألماني ويوضح الفارق بينه وبين البريميرليج
وتألق جلاسنر مع كريستال بالاس حيث قاد النادي للفوز بكأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي ضد مانشستر سيتي، قبل حصد لقب الدرع الخيرية على حساب الريدز في 2025.
ووفقاً لصحفي سكاي سبورت البريطانية “مارك يانكو” فقد ذكر :”ربما ينبغي على أوليفر جلاسنر أن يفتح هاتفه لأنني أتوقع أنه قد يتلقى اتصالاً قريباً”.
وقد انتقل المدرب صاحب الـ51 عاماً إلى سيلهرست بارك في فبراير 2024 وقاد الفريق منذ ذلك الوقت لتحقيق مسيرة تاريخية في الدوري الانجليزي، وخلال 82 مباراة فاز في 40 وتعادل في 23 وخسر 19 ويقود جلاسنر الفريق حالياً في دوري المؤتمر الأوروبي.
The defending champions suffered a warm-up defeat to England but coach Shelley Nitschke feels the team are well placed
Andrew McGlashan29-Sep-2025
Sophie Molineux will be pushing for a spot in the starting XI•Getty Images
Australia head coach Shelley Nitschke is prepared to face some “tough” selection calls ahead of the team’s opening ODI World Cup match against New Zealand on Wednesday.The defending champions completed their preparations with a four-wicket defeat against England in Bengaluru, but Nitschke was not too concerned by the result as Australia utilised a rejigged batting order. At 127 for 2 in the 16th over, they were on course for a huge total. But when Ashleigh Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield, who raced to 71 off 48 balls, fell in the space of four balls to legspinner Sarah Glenn, the middle order stumbled.The match saw left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux in action for the first time since last December after she sat out the series against India to complete the final stages of her recovery from knee surgery. She made 5 off 10 balls and claimed 1 for 37, but prior to heading to India captain Alyssa Healy had indicated that Molineux would be a first-choice pick if she proved her fitness.Related
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That would leave a likely decision to be made between the two legspinners, Georgia Wareham and Alana King, when it comes to the final XI against New Zealand in Indore.”Just to see her [Molineux] out there was fantastic,” Nitschke said. “It’s been close on 12 months, but just to have her out there bowling again, that’s a really good thing for us and our squad.”I guess we’ll sit down in the next couple of days and assess everything and see how we line up. I think we’re going to be faced with some pretty tough calls throughout the whole tournament. We’ve got a really good squad here. You know, everyone’s sort of at some point played really well, so we’ve got some decisions to make for sure.”The selectors will also need to make a call on the make-up of the pace attack. Nitschke praised an “excellent” performance from Darcie Brown, who took 1 for 30 in six overs against England after returning from a back spasm, but Megan Schutt and Kim Garth would appear the first-choice pair.Georgia Voll, who is averaging 63.50 across her first five ODIs, appears likely to be the frontline batter to miss out. Allrounder Heather Graham, who has replaced the injured Grace Harris, neither batted or bowled against England.Georgia Voll might be the top-order batter to miss out•Getty Images
Nitschke conceded Australia had not played Glenn “particularly well” but that it was a question of shot selection rather than needing to temper the aggressive approach which has been a hallmark of the team’s recent ODI batting.Having faced India in three full ODIs earlier in the month, Nitschke believed Australia, who only opted for one extra warm-up match rather than the two they could have had, would go into the World Cup battle-hardened.”I think the bilateral series against India was a hard-fought series in some tough bowling conditions and a real challenge. So I thought that was excellent prep,” she said. “We come out here tonight, [in] slightly different conditions, a red-clay pitch as opposed to some black soil that we were playing on in the bilateral, so certainly have been exposed to some different conditions and learnt a lot and have to adapt to that.”I’d like to think that now we’re in a good place and had enough exposure. We’ve been here for long enough to acclimatise… and just looking forward to getting into it.”