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Much of New Zealand’s plight today, when they conceded 329 runs for three wickets, was to be expected

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Nov-2010Much of New Zealand’s plight today, when they conceded 329 runs for three wickets, was to be expected. The bowlers were sure to struggle, and they did. Virender Sehwag, their chief tormentor, summed it up perfectly: “One bowler [Hamish Bennett] was on debut and the other [Chris Martin] was not experienced in Indian conditions. And it’s difficult for spinners to bowl in the opening session of the first day on an Indian pitch.”It was expected that New Zealand, even after such a hard day, would accentuate the positive. “India were looking like they would finish on 400 at the end of the day at one stage and to finish on 300-plus was [due to] some good work from us,” Jesse Ryder said.He also saw some hope in the pitch. “The pitch was two-paced and a bit up and down in the end[of the day],” he said. “Hopefully it looks like it will flatten out a little bit more. It shouldn’t be too bad; we have to see over the next couple of days.”Sehwag – again, perhaps as expected – sought to sow some doubts in the opposition minds by projecting real and imaginary fears. “The pitch will get slower as we go on. You have to be really patient as a batsman,” he said.It was expected, too, that Sehwag in the mood would upset any bowling and fielding plans. “We had our plans against Sehwag,” Ryder said. “We knew he would have a go at us. At times we didn’t bowl to our plans and we let him get away. It’s hard to stop a batsman who is going like that unless you stick to your plans, and we didn’t always do that. We wanted to tuck him up and not let him free his arms but we gave some width early on. That didn’t help us.”What wasn’t expected, though, was New Zealand’s catching – four chances were dropped. Rahul Dravid was dropped on 28 and 92 by Gareth Hopkins, who was up early in the first instance and couldn’t get his palms around the ball in the second. Sehwag was dropped on 144 and 155: Jeetan Patel offered the first reprieve- a very tough chance, he would have been happy to literally save his face – and the substitute Martin Guptill dropped an easy chance, running in from long-on to drop a skier.Ryder described the agony of it all: “You come here to play on their home turf and it’s been a long day on the field. And it’s really disappointing to drop those catches. Catches are always vital; if we had taken those the story might have been different.”Of course that’s without legislating for the unpredictable Sehwag, who made this game sound incredibly easy: “I just told myself I’d score a hundred if I survived the first hour.” He duly did both, and was then asked for his reactions to Sachin Tendulkar’s 50th hundred (he’s on 49). “Has the 50 happened? I will speak when it happens. (Don’t hex it!)”

Mickey Arthur, Mike Hussey’s coach at Western Australia, has backed the under-fire middle-order batsman and is adamant that “Australia would be wrong if they didn’t pick Hussey.”

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Nov-2010Mickey Arthur, Mike Hussey’s coach at Western Australia, has backed the under-fire middle-order batsman and is adamant that “Australia would be wrong if they didn’t pick Hussey.”Hussey battled his way back to some sort of form with a gritty, unbeaten 71 that stitched Australia’s middle order together in the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Melbourne. Though it was not the prettiest of knocks, it may help quieten questions over his worth in the Test side ahead of the Ashes.Hussey, 35, has scored just two Test centuries in the past 18 months and, most recently, had two indifferent series against Pakistan in England and India in India. Hoping for some first-class practice ahead of the first Test at Brisbane, he played in WA’s Sheffield Shield match against South Australia last week but was out first ball in the first innings and managed just three runs second time round.But Arthur, formerly South Africa’s coach, believes Hussey’s experience could prove crucial as Australia seek to regain the Ashes. “He has a wealth of experience,” said Arthur. “You need your experienced players in a Test match against England and the first Test match of a series, it’s really important.””I guess you’re always a little bit down if you don’t score any runs but he’s been fine. We did a bit of work and he’s hitting the ball exceptionally well. Technically, there’s nothing wrong with him. Mike will be fine and I expect him to play in that first Test match. He just needs a hit-out somewhere and he’ll get that in the one-dayers and he’ll be fine.”

Jeetan Patel kept believing in himself even after leaking runs to Virender Sehwag on day one, and was rewarded with three wickets on day two

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Nov-2010Back in the land of his forefathers, Jeetan Patel will have a quiet Diwali evening. New Zealand need to bat well into the fourth day if they are to get so much as a draw from this game, and even the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar won’t be reason enough for excessive celebration. But five years after making his debut, and having been forever on the fringes of the Test side, Patel is finally getting used to the feeling that he belongs.His first 105 deliveries in this match had gone for 102 runs. On an opening day when Virender Sehwag wasted no time in declaring intent, he had seen both centurions dropped off his bowling. The caught-and-bowled chance that Sehwag offered could have rearranged his features had his palms not got in the way, while the thinnest of edges off Rahul Dravid’s bat didn’t stick in Gareth Hopkins’ gloves. When you’ve gone for six an over, such lapses are salt on an open sore.But with Hamish Bennett nursing a groin strain and no reverse swing on offer for either Chris Martin or Jesse Ryder, there was no less of a workload for Patel on the second day. What had he told himself before walking on to the field, knowing that Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, two batsmen in prime form, awaited him? “Just keep believing,” he said. “I’ve got to believe that I’m good enough to be here, and that I can take wickets at this level.”The first of those wickets was the one that silenced the sparse holiday crowd. Tendulkar shimmied down the track and got to the pitch of the ball, but the shot that followed was more a pitch than a drive. This time, Patel held on to the chance. “It’s always good to get a big scalp like that,” he said later. “For him to be on so many Test runs and pushing for his 50th Test hundred… it’s always exciting to get Sachin out. But my main focus was me today. I got a little bit away from that yesterday.”The sense of relief went hand-in-hand with new-found confidence. “Getting any wicket would have helped,” he said. “It could have been anyone, to be honest. I think it was a bit of payback for working so hard to get one. Maybe yesterday, I tried too hard.”You couldn’t really fault him for that. On the eve of the game, most were unsure whether he would play. The left-arm pace of Andy McKay offered one option, and Tim Southee was also in the mix. It wouldn’t have surprised many if New Zealand had gone in with three pacers, and left Kane Williamson’s off spin to play the supporting role to Daniel Vettori.Patel is now 30, while Williamson is a decade younger. Playing just his 12th Test in four years, Patel is well aware that his is not one of the first names on the team-sheet. “I’ve got to keep stepping up my game and try to get better,” he said. “There’s always someone on your tail. I’m hoping that the changes I’ve made will bring some success.”Those changes have included shortening his run-up. “I thought I needed a little less momentum,” he said. “I thought I was a bit too quick last year. This morning, I had a chance to look at the computer and see where I was going wrong. I had a chance to fix it and go back to what I know, which is to spin the ball hard. I thought I was getting a bit long in the delivery stride. At this level, you need to create bounce as well as drift and turn.”Including the wicket of Tendulkar, Patel’s last 11.3 overs saw him take 3 for 33. That both Tendulkar and Laxman are such exceptional players of spin would only have added to the satisfaction of a job well done.There was certainly appreciation from his opposite number. “Patel bowled well in the given conditions,” said Harbhajan Singh, who smacked him for a four and a six in one over. “He bowled on the first day and there was nothing much in the track. You would have seen my reaction after we won the toss. I was really thrilled and happy. I know what kind of wicket this is. It can get really tough for the bowlers on the first day. They bowled their hearts out and a lot of credit goes to Daniel and his bowlers.”Patel smiled when asked if he’d set up the Tendulkar dismissal. “We were trying to bowl as many dot balls as we could and it paid off in the end with those three wickets before lunch,” he said. “Dan bowled a lot of dot balls and that created opportunities elsewhere.”The first session where India could eke out only 63 runs gave New Zealand some belief, and despite Harbhajan’s cavalier 69, 487 was some way short of what India would have expected when they resumed on 329 for 3. The job is not even half done though and Patel admitted as much. “There wasn’t much turn out there for me, or Dan,” he said. “But as the Test match wears on, there should be a little bit more as it gets a bit dustier.”It’s starting to keep a little bit lower now. Tim McIntosh’s dismissal was off a short-of-length ball. That’s Test cricket in the subcontinent. You expect the ball to go up and down, so we have to deal with it.”Given how strokeplayers like Tendulkar and Laxman struggled to find a semblance of fluent on a slow pitch, it’s too much to expect that New Zealand will rattle along on day three. For now, survival is the first thing on their minds. “You’ve got to bat five sessions in every game, whether you’re trying to save a Test match or win it,” said Patel. “At the moment, we’re just trying to bat time and we’ll see what happens from there.”John Bracewell, New Zealand’s most successful offspinner of the modern era, went wicketless in two of his three Tests in India in 1988. In the other one, he took eight, including 6 for 51 in the second innings as John Wright’s side left Mumbai victorious. Patel, who now has 40 wickets at 43, knows that the breakthroughs won’t come easily. But unlike his better-known namesake, Dipak – forever associated with Martin Crowe’s innovative World Cup captaincy – he can at least boast of wickets in the mother country.

Shafqat Rana, Pakistan’s associate manager, has said that Mohammad Amir’s age should have no bearing on possible punishment if the spot-fixing charges leveled against the 18-year old seamer are proved to be true

Cricinfo staff06-Sep-2010Shafqat Rana, Pakistan’s associate manager, has said that Mohammad Amir’s age should have no bearing on possible punishment if the spot-fixing charges leveled against the 18-year old seamer are proved to be true.”Even if he is so young, it doesn’t matter,” Rana said ahead of Pakistan’s second Twenty20 against England in Cardiff. “They [cricket fans] want everything in the best spirit of the game. I think it should be the same with everybody, if he breaks the law.”Rana’s remarks came a day after ICC chief Haroon Lorgat was quoted as saying of Amir’s case, “In my own honest personal view, yes I would think age would come into account in these matters. But that is something the independent tribunal will have to decide upon.”Amir is the youngest of the three Pakistan players suspended by the ICC following the NOTW sting operation centred around spot-fixing. Speaking in Cardiff ahead of the second game, England allrounder Stuart Broad said age should be no excuse in dealing with the guilty since the ICC provided adequate education on cricket corruption. “With the amount of books I’ve got from the ICC at home, full of information, there’s certainly no excuse as players,” Broad said.”As soon as you come into the England team, the ICC gets hold of you; you’re put through this video, which is very watchable, very clear – it takes you back to when you were five or six, that’s how clear it is. It outlines everything you’re not allowed to do, everything you are allowed to do.”Broad’s opinions were echoed by Nasser Hussain, the former England captain. “If it was a first offence maybe we need to be lenient,” Hussain wrote of Amir’s case in the , “but if there have been other alleged misdemeanours then the game needs to be very tough with him, too. He is old enough to know right from wrong.”Amir will be facing scrutiny not only from the ICC’s tribunal but also Pakistan’s tax authorities who will reportedly probe the finances of Pakistan’s cricketers, a move endorsed by both Rana and limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi. “It was there in their (the government’s) mind before we came over,” Rana said about the tax probe. “I think it’s a good thing, it will open things out so they (the players) will be very careful.”

Tottenham Hotspur are one of the clubs leading the race to sign Denzel Dumfries in the summer transfer window.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by Italian media outlet Sport Mediaset (via Sport Witness), who claim that both Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich are in the front row for the signing of the Inter Milan right wing-back, with Fabio Paratici said to be watching the 26-year-old extremely closely ahead of a potential summer swoop.

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The report also goes on to state that the Serie A side may be willing to cash in on the defender at the end of the current campaign, as long as they are to receive an offer in the region of €40m (£34m).

He’s perfect for Conteball

With Dumfries having been something of a revelation at the San Siro following the departure of Achraf Hakimi last summer, it is not difficult to see why Antonio Conte would be interested in a deal to bring the Netherlands international to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ahead of 2022/23.

Indeed, over his 29 Serie A appearances this term, the £34m-rated defender has been in electric form for the Nerazzurri, scoring five goals, registering five assists and creating five big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of one shot, making 0.8 key passes and completing 0.5 dribbles per game.

The £51k-per-week wing-back has also impressed in metrics more typical of his position, helping Simone Inzaghi’s side keep seven clean sheets, as well as making an average of 0.2 interceptions, 0.9 tackles, 0.6 clearances and winning four duels – at a success rate of 53% – per fixture.

These returns have seen the player who Fuad Alakbarov dubbed an “exciting” talent average an impressive SofaScore match rating of 6.86.

As such, with the 26-year-old evidently being a player who is as effective at the back as he is in the final third, Dumfries would very much appear to be a perfect fit for Conte’s right wing-back role next season, leading us to believe that Paratici must do all he can to get a deal for the defender over the line ahead of Bayern Munich this summer.

Considering they are leading the race, it would very much appear that they are on course to land the Dutchman in a few months’ time.

AND in other news: Spurs now plot bid for “devastating” £40m prodigy, he’d be a “game-changer” for Conte

Tom Smith produced a sparkling all-round performance and Steven Croft weighed in with a career-best 93 not out to help Lancashire seal an eight-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 victory over Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay

08-Aug-2010
ScorecardTom Smith produced a sparkling all-round performance and Steven Croft weighed in with a career-best 93 not out to help Lancashire seal an eight-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 victory over Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay.Smith followed up figures of three for 49 with a fine half-century as Lancashire registered their fourth win in the tournament by chasing down 212 to win. Croft’s effort from 90 balls hastened Lancashire’s victory charge as they won with 16 balls to spare.Their chase was rather bigger than it might have been with Glamorgan finding themselves 29 for 5 before Ben Wright (79) and Robert Croft (53 not out), helped the Welsh county to 211 for 9. Having conceded a record score of 386 on Wednesday in their defeat to Surrey at The Oval, Glamorgan seemed to be heading for more embarrassment when their top five were dismissed inside 10 overs.They were immediately on the back foot when Mark Cosgrove was bowled by Smith attempting an attacking shot. Will Bragg then had his off stump pegged back by Sajid Mahmood, while Tom Maynard was adjudged lbw to Smith.James Allenby also went lbw playing across the line and then David Brown holed out to deep midwicket. All the top five failed to make double figures. But with Mahmood (2 for 16) and Smith (three for 26) going out of the attack after six overs each, Wright and stand-in captain Mark Wallace were able to set about rebuilding the innings in a partnership of 80 in 15 overs.The home recovery was briefly halted when Gary Keedy broke through Wallace’s defences. Wallace went for 38 with Glamorgan 109 for 6 in the 25th over. Wright, who reached his half-century from 66 balls, added a further 59 in 11 overs with Croft as Glamorgan took 46 from the four batting powerplay overs.But halfway through that powerplay Wright was run out off the finger tips of the bowler Smith from a no-ball. That left 40-year-old Croft to lead the tail and he struck two straight sixes on his way to an unbeaten 53 from 44 balls.In reply, Lancashire looked at ease throughout their chase with Smith and Karl Brown putting on 74 for the first wicket in 11 overs. Their surge for victory was held up briefly when Croft had Brown caught at cover by Cosgrove and Dean Cosker then bowled Smith for 61.Steven Croft then took up the attack and took 19 off an over from Cosker, including two successive sixes, as Lancashire breezed to the winning post.

Wahab Riaz enjoyed a debut to remember at The Oval with 5 for 63 as the hosts were bowled out for 233

The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan18-Aug-2010
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsWahab Riaz made a great start to his Test career with five wickets on the opening day at The Oval•Getty ImagesThis series isn’t doing much good for batsmen’s averages and on this occasion it was England’s top order that crumbled as Wahab Riaz enjoyed a debut to remember at The Oval with 5 for 63 to help remove the hosts for 233. Even that represented riches after they’d crashed to 94 for 7 with Matt Prior, one of the few batsmen to show consistent form, and Stuart Broad adding 119 for the eighth wicket to give the total some respectability before James Anderson struck in the final over of the day.Yasir Hameed’s positive strokeplay, in his first Test for two-and-half years, was a complete contrast to Pakistan’s static approach in the previous match and it looked like they would survive without loss until Anderson found Imran Farhat’s inside edge. The visitors, though, can reflect on their best day of the series. Mohammad Asif played his part with three wickets while Pakistan were much improved in the field with the only blot being Mohammad Yousuf’s late drop off Prior but the innings finished next ball. Kamran Akmal also held four chances and although all were regulation that hasn’t always made them certainties.However, there was no doubt over the star performer. Riaz was drafted in as a replacement for Umar Gul, who injured his hamstring at Edgbaston and, despite not having any match practice after the Worcestershire tour game was hit by rain, posed a major threat to England with his skiddy pace. During the previous Pakistan domestic season he only managed 14 wickets at 40 and never took more than two in an innings.After one morning of Test cricket he’d managed more than that by removing Andrew Strauss, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen before lunch then he added Eoin Morgan shortly after the interval. He tired as the day wore on – his lack of recent action playing its part – but claimed his fifth when he ended the recovery by trapping Broad lbw with a full slower ball.The fightback led by Prior was an impressive effort as he and Broad added England’s best eighth-wicket stand since Phil DeFreitas and Darren Gough combined for 130 against New Zealand, at Old Trafford, in 1994. Prior once again showed his class as a batsman following the hundred he made at Trent Bridge – and his innings will no doubt fuel the debate of him batting at No. 6 in Australia – and Broad passed 30 for the first time since the final Ashes Test, on this ground, last year as he threw the bat in productive manner.Still, their efforts can’t disguise a lacklustre performance from the top order and it began in predictable style with the early departure of Alastair Cook. He was always going to be under the microscope after a Test season which had brought 100 runs in seven innings and it didn’t take long for Asif to work him over when he was caught on the crease and edged through to Kamran. The squad and selectors will continue to back their man, but at some point a major decision will have to be made regarding the Ashes series.That, though, is for the future and Cook wasn’t the only England batsman to struggle during the morning Mohammad Amir struggled to control the swing during his first spell but Asif was outstanding. Strauss has looked in decent form throughout the series without converting into a major score and this time was undone by a good ball from Riaz which grazed the outside edge to Kamran. However, initially umpire Tony Hill said not out and Strauss stood his ground as Pakistan reviewed, but there was clear evidence of an edge, both to the naked eye and on Hotspot, so Strauss was soon back in the pavilion.Trott had again looked compact at the crease but didn’t adjust to the more slingy style of Riaz and drove at a ball that was wide and edged to second slip where Hameed dived to his right behind third slip and held a superb catch. Yet Trott also stood his ground as Pietersen approached him, having kept his eye on the front line and noticed Riaz was close to a no-ball, but his foot had landed just behind the line.Paul Collingwood, so often the man to bail England out of a hole, played on against Amir and Pakistan’s outstanding morning was capped off when Pietersen got a thin edge against Riaz. He claimed his fourth shortly after the break when Morgan’s uncertain innings ended with another scalp for the Riaz-Kamran combination and again it was Riaz’s extra pace and bounce which brought success.Graeme Swann has had other issues on his mind in recent days and, after a couple of boundaries, edged to third slip where Umar Akmal held a sharp catch as the visitors continued to snaffle everything. Pakistan probably thought they were through England at 94 for 7, but Prior was already looking in good touch and Broad started to find the middle of the bat.Saeed Ajmal couldn’t settle on a consistent line as both batsmen played the sweep with good effect and when the sun came out the ball started to do much less. Prior reached his fifty from 82 balls and when Anderson collected another duck he was 24 short of a ton with Finn for company. In the first Test the No. 11 had seen him to the landmark, but on this occasion couldn’t see off Ajmal.

The Athletic’s Aston Villa correspondent Gregg Evans has provided an update on Villa’s pursuit of highly-rated 19-year-old Aaron Hickey.

What’s the story?

According to Evans, the West Midlands club are unlikely to sign the Bologna left-back this window, but will still look to sign a full-back and keep tabs on the Scotsman.

Taking to Twitter, he issued the following disappointing eight-word update: “Aaron Hickey to AVFC is unlikely this month.”

A product of Celtic’s youth system, Hickey joined Hearts in August 2019 and a year later swapped Scotland for Italy as the then-18-year-old joined Serie A outfit Bologna.

Villa fans will be gutted

Having broken through last season, it’s this campaign where the Scotsman has really started to shine, playing all but one of the Italians’ 20 Serie A games as he missed their first game of 2022 against Inter with a virus.

However, it’s the goals tally and versatility that has been particularly impressive, scoring four league goals whilst playing both at left-back and (more frequently) left-midfield.

The Villans have been linked with the left-back for the majority of the window, however, this update from Evans has ultimately put an end to Villa fans’ hopes of their club landing the youngster this month.

They will just have to hope that Steven Gerrard goes back in for the Bologna player in the summer.

Aston Villa are in desperate need of more options in the full-back department with Matt Targett, Ashley Young and Matty Cash the only senior full-backs in Gerrard’s squad.

Moreover, Young has been deployed in a variety of positions this season, meaning that an injury to either Targett or Cash would prove a major issue for Villa.

The addition of Hickey may not have been the major, big name signing that the West Midlands outfit are hoping to sign on a regular basis, such as Philippe Coutinho who joined on loan this week, however, he would’ve filled a gaping hole.

As well as that, the Scotsman would’ve provided a long-term option and clearly possesses plenty of potential, meaning that if a deal can still be struck in 2022, the Villans may find themselves coming away with a bargain.

For now, however, their fans will understandably be gutted that their pursuit of Hickey is likely to drag on further into the year.

In other news: Aston Villa interested in highly rated midfielder

Steven Finn has been rewarded for his man-of-the-match winning performance in the first Test at Lord’s with an incremental England contract for 2009-10

Cricinfo staff04-Jun-2010Steven Finn has been rewarded for his Man-of-the-Match performance in the first Test at Lord’s with an incremental England contract.Finn, 21, took nine wickets in the victory at Lord’s and receives a contract after making his Test debut in Bangladesh in March, before starting the home series against the same opposition in good form. Contracts are awarded automatically on a points-based system, with each Test earning a player five points. Finn, now in his fourth Test, has the required 20 points in a 12-month period to qualify.Andy Flower, the England coach, will now be able to manage Finn’s workload directly and withdraw him from county games for Middlesex as and when the England management see fit.

With Services 54 for 5 in their chase of 113, Soumik Chatterjee hobbled and went on to play the most significant innings of his career

The Report by Abhishek Purohit in Indore08-Jan-2013Over time, when they look back at the history of the game for inspiration, they would do well to consider Soumik Chatterjee’s unbeaten 34, made on one leg and with plenty of bravado. Unable to walk, the Services captain had been carried off by four of his team-mates from the dressing room to the team bus on day one, after he’d badly damaged his left knee while fielding. He’d dragged himself out to the middle to bat at No 11 in the Services first innings, and lasted one delivery. In the second, with Services 54 for 5 in their chase of 113, Chatterjee hobbled in again and went on to play the most significant innings of his career, which led to what he called the biggest achievement of his life.”This match is my life’s biggest achievement,” Chatterjee said of Services’ Ranji Trophy quarter-final win over Uttar Pradesh. ” [I won’t come back without winning it for the team]. Yes, I was injured but I knew that if I made up my mind, I could win the game for the team.”It was a matter of having a partnership for five-six overs. When that happens, the other side loses the advantage. I knew that if I and Rajat [Paliwal] could play out five-six overs, the game would be ours.”Chatterjee was asked whether he had thought about the chance of aggravating his injury when deciding to come out to bat. Scans had revealed serious clotting around the knee. “There was no risk. Even if I lose my life, I will always be there for team,” he replied in the emotional aftermath of victory.When Chatterjee came out to bat, the immediate reaction among journalists watching the game was that with his perceived inability to run, he would end up squeezing out any remaining momentum from the chase. But to everyone’s disbelief, he soon started limping and then, unable to bear the pain, hopping on his fit right leg for singles.Wing Commander Deepak Bhaskar, the Services manager, said it was a collective decision by himself, the coach and Chatterjee to send in the captain at No 7. “We were not sure whether he would be able to run,” Bhaskar said. “It was all down to him, how he felt out there when he started batting.”While Chatterjee was sure he would be able to recover in time for the semi-final starting on January 16, Bhaskar was more realistic. “It is a call we will have to take,” Bhaskar said. “We will see how his treatment goes.”There is still more than a week left for the semi-finals, and for the moment, Chatterjee was grateful to all his team-mates. “All 11 players of the side are special and I give credit to all of them,” Chatterjee said. “We won because of all of them. Not only the 11, but all the 15 (in the squad) and the 17, including the coach and the manager, and also the four who have sat out, I credit them all. We won because of all their hard work.”