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Tottenham have enquired over the future of a promising new attacker alongside their interest in Manchester City winger Savinho.

Spurs line up replacements for Johnson and Tel

Brennan Johnson has completed his £35million move from Tottenham to Crystal Palace. The Wales international, 24, has signed a four-and-a-half year deal at Selhurst Park.

Johnson, who fell out of favour under Thomas Frank at Spurs, despite being the north London club’s top scorer last season, is set to make his debut for Palace in their Premier League match against Newcastle at St James’ Park on Sunday.

Mathys Tel could also leave the Lilywhites having dropped down the pecking order under the former Brentford boss, which has reportedly led to a rift between the pair.

Spurs are set to allow Tel to leave on loan amid interest from Galatasaray, and have been linked with Savinho as a possible replacement for the outgoing duo.

The Brazilian has found playing time hard to come by at the Etihad due to the form of Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki, but having lost his place in Manchester he could also now lose his next move to one of his teammates.

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Posts 2 ByBen Goodwin Spurs eyeing Omar Marmoush in January

Indeed, according to TeamTalk, Tottenham have enquired about the availability of a different City star in the shape of Omar Marmoush, who is also attracting interest from Aston Villa.

Man City have shown no desire to lose the Egypt international mid-season, so it will be interesting to see how seriously Spurs try to test their resolve just 12 months on from his £63m move from Eintracht Frankfurt (add-ons included).

The winger/forward is currently away at AFCON, where he has scored once as the Pharaohs topped their group, but has seen a mixture of form and fitness issues limit his effectiveness at City this season.

Despite this, the numbers paint a much prettier picture for Marmoush than Savinho, with the former Frankfurt star scoring 0.46 non-penalty goals per 90 over the past 365 days.

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Savinho meanwhile has mustered up just 0.05 per 90, which is over 800 per cent less than his City co-star and in the bottom two per cent of all attacking midfielder/wingers in the big five European leagues.

Pep Guardiola was full of praise for Marmoush earlier this year, offering some insight into what he could add to Tottenham’s attack.

Marmoush is under contract at City until the summer of 2029.

Afghanistan Under-19s inflicted a 101-run defeat on Ireland Under-19s, after bowling Ireland out for 156 in the Under-19 World Cup warm-up match in Brisbane. Ireland were pegged back early by twin strikes from pacer Yamin Ahmedzai, who, with captain Javed Ahmedi, ended up with three wickets as Ireland were not allowed to get away. The only resistance came from middle-order batsman Shane Getkate’s innings of 45.Half-centuries by Hashmatullah Shaidi and Najibullah Zadran, and decent contributions by the middle-order enabled Afghanistan to reach a platform from where they launched an attack in the final overs. An unbeaten seventh-wicket partnership of 74 runs in the final five overs propelled Afghanistan to 257.Bangladesh Under-19s took just 58 overs to rout Scotland Under-19s by seven-wickets in a warm-up match played in Brisbane. Scotland, who were put in to bat, were under immediate trouble as right-arm seamer Abu Jayed struck thrice in his first spell to remove Scotland’s top three with only 23 runs on the board. Scotland staged a mini recovery as Ross McLean and Freddie Coleman strung together a fourth-wicket partnership worth 44 runs. However, the batsmen soon collapsed to the left-arm spin of Nasum Ahmed, who picked up four wickets, and Bangladesh were left with a relatively simple 107-run target to chase from 50 overs. Bangladesh took just 20.1 overs to complete the win with Salman Hossain (37 off 45 balls) and Asif Ahmed (16 off 25) sharing an unbeaten 51-run stand.England Under-19s edged out Pakistan Under-19s by five wickets in a high-scoring match, courtesy a 133 by Essex wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and a 91 by Daniel Bell-Drummond that helped them chase down 282 with six overs to spare. England’s innings revolved around two partnerships of 116 runs each- for the second and fourth wicket – both stands coming in quick time as Pakistan’s bowlers proved expensive. Left-arm pacer Ehsan Adil and spinner Zafar Gohar gave away 51 and 45 runs respectively in their six overs.Middle-order batsman Saad Ali, who scored 100, and Imam-ul-Haq, 79, were the bedrock of Pakistan’s innings as the duo scored 174 runs for the fourth wicket. An unbeaten stand of 54 between Salman Afridi and Usman Qadir in 5.3 overs at the end of the innings took Pakistan to 281. Right-arm seamer Jamie Overton registered the best figures for England with 3 for 22 in seven overs.India Under-19s bowlers played a strangled Sri Lanka Under-19 batsmen and pulled off a 33-run win after scoring 191 runs. Hanuma Vihari scored 64, putting on 98 for the fourth wicket with Vijay Zol, but India kept losing wickets as the next highest stand in the innings was an unbeaten 30 for the ninth wicket that took India close to the 200-mark. Sri Lanka’s opening bowling pair of Chamod Pathirana, who gave away 13 runs in his seven overs, and captain Sanitha de Mel started positively for their side, ending with two wickets each. India, however, came back well to regularly claim wickets and contain Sri Lanka, as apart from left-hand batsman Angelo Jayasinghe, who scored an unbeaten 64, none of the other batsmen lasted long enough to guide Sri Lanka to a successful chase.Australia Under-19s offspinner Ashton Turner picked up a five-for and then later gave West Indies Under-19s a scare with a hard-hitting 80 down the order, but it went in vain as West Indies won by 13 runs in Buderim. Chasing 236, Australia were almost down and out at 133 for 8 after a tight spell by left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein. But Turner took the attack to the bowlers and brought Australia close. West Indies, in their innings, lost six wickets to get to 235, five of them to Turner. The total was set up by opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who fell four runs short of his century in the last over of the innings.In Buderim, a four-wicket haul by fast bowler Curthbert Musoko helped Zimbabwe Under-19s to reduce Namibia Under-19s to 180, as they completed a comfortable seven-wicket win through half-centuries by opening batsmen Kevin Kasuza and Luke Masasire. The duo put on 112 to take Zimbabwe towards the target, which they reached with more than 16 overs to spare.Namibia stuttered throughout their innings, having been reduced to 112 for 7, before a 55-run partnership between Christopher Coombe and Zhivago Groenewald allowed them to briefly recover. Middle-order batsman Stephen Baard top-scored with 36.Seamer Chad Soper, who took five for 22, helped Papua New Guinea Under-19s to reduce Nepal Under-19s to 213, before a 106 from opening batsman Lega Siaka took them to a comfortable eight-wicket win. Siaka added 126 with No. 3 Christopher Kent as his team reached the target in the 41st over, as left-arm spinner Rahul Vishwakarma, who took two wickets, was the only wicket-taker.Nepal’s innings was based on a 90-run partnership between captain and opening batsman Subash Khakurel and middle-order batsman Hasim Ansari. Both scored half-centuries but batsman Pradeep Airee was the only other batsman who provided a resistance as all others scored departed for single figures, as Soper destroyed the middle and lower order.Quinton de Kock and Chad Bowes shared a 127-run opening stand to help South Africa Under-19s ease to a six-wicket win over New Zealand Under-19s in Brisbane. Chasing 185 to win, de Kock led South Africa’s reply with a 65-ball 80 and was well supported by Bowes’ sedate 36. Both batsmen retired when 58 runs were needed and South Africa cantered to the total with 20 overs still remaining. New Zealand had made a slow start in their innings, but Vincent Moore’s double-wicket blow in the eleventh over put South Africa firmly in control. Regular wickets never allowed New Zealand to increase their scoring rate as they finished with 184 in 50 overs.

New South Wales 3 for 172 (Katich 86*, Hughes 73) trail Tasmania 398 (Di Venuto 144, Paine 72, Krejza 65) by 226 runs
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	Simon Katich, the leading batsman in the Pura Cup this season, holds the key for New South Wales after reaching 86 not out © Getty Images

The captain Simon Katich led from the front again as New South Wales chased two first-innings points that could prove vital for hosting the Pura Cup final. With two rounds to go the Blues need more points than Victoria, who share the lead on 33, and Katich gave them hope of moving ahead with an unbeaten 86 against Tasmania.New South Wales were 3 for 172 at stumps on day two and require another 227 to overhaul the home side’s first innings. Katich entered at the difficulty of 2 for 27, but he steadied the situation with the opener Phillip Hughes, who returned from Australia’s Under-19 World Cup campaign after they lost in the quarter-finals. It was a successful decision as Hughes reached 73, his highest first-class score, before edging Brett Geeves to Tim Paine.Paine had a successful day with bat and gloves, accepting the early catches of Phil Jaques (4) and Peter Forrest (8), but the Tigers could not remove Katich. His pulling was strong during his stay of 123 balls and he picked up 11 fours. He has the double incentive of points for his team and improving his chances of posting a domestic record after reaching 1245 runs for the season, 219 short of the mark held by Michael Bevan.The morning started with Paine and Jason Krejza combining in an important stand of 129 after resuming at 6 for 291. The partnership was a great help to Tasmania and Paine was rewarded with 72 – he went to a run-out from Forrest – while Krejza scored 65 before he became the second of Dominic Thornely’s two wickets. Mark Cameron finished the innings on 398 and collected 3 for 111.

Glenn McGrath is keen to remind England of his powers in what could be his last game against them © Getty Images

Glenn McGrath believes Australia should defeat England comfortably when the teams meet in their Super Eights match in Antigua on Sunday. However, Australia will need to keep their momentum up after an eight-day break between games, which McGrath said was “too long”.McGrath has faced England in 32 ODIs and 30 Tests but Sunday’s game will be his last encounter against his old rivals unless the two sides meet in the semi-finals or final. Following on from his correct tip that Australia would win the Ashes 5-0, McGrath said Australia deserved to be favourites in Antigua.”The way England have been playing and the way we have been playing, we should win this game pretty well,” McGrath told . Australia are unbeaten from five games in the West Indies, while England have lost to New Zealand and enjoyed less-than-convincing victories over Canada, Kenya and Ireland.McGrath said England’s surprise win in the CB Series in February meant little as lifting the World Cup was the ultimate goal. “They played well to finish off the summer in Australia, we probably let our guard down a bit,” McGrath said. “Since we’ve been over here we’ve prepared exactly the way we wanted to prepare and we’ve played some awesome cricket. To be honest, no team has really got close to us.”I have always enjoyed playing England. Potentially, it could be the last time I come up against these guys before I hang the boots up so it would be nice to finish on a good note.”McGrath is Australia’s leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 12 and has also broken Wasim Akram’s record for the most victims in World Cups. However, he might require extra focus to keep up that form as Australia’s last match was on Saturday, meaning by the time they face England they will have had more than a week off.”It’s good you can get around the islands and have a bit of a break,” McGrath said. “But when you are in a tournament like this and playing well, you want to keep the momentum up. Eight days off in between games, that’s probably a bit too long.”After the England clash, Australia will have four days’ rest before taking on Ireland in Barbados. They then travel to Grenada and wrap up their Super Eights campaign against Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

Roger Brathwaite played a major part in acquiring funds for the WICB © ICC

Roger Brathwaite, CEO of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday announced he will be leaving the position effective April 28.On making the announcement Brathwaite said: “I am extremely happy with the contribution I have made to the Board and to West Indies cricket on a whole during my tenure with the WICB. The Board, over this period has been able to generate a profit of US$1.3 million in 2003 and US$ 3.6 million in 2004, stemming three years of losses. The recent securing of a multi million dollar loan facility for the Board to assist with its cash flow crisis will allow it to operate the day to day business of the Board through until March 2007.”The past four years have been quite challenging, and now I leave having done the best I could within the organisation framework. I received outstanding support from my staff and management team, directors and committee members, both past and present for which I will always be grateful,” he added.Brathwaite took up the post of Chief Marketing Executive with the Board in May 2002 and was later promoted to the position of CEO in April 2003.Commenting on Brathwaite’s decision, Ken Gordon, the WICB president said: “The Board recognises Roger’s contribution first as Chief Marketing Executive and then as CEO. I have relied on his sound knowledge of the business of cricket, his absolute integrity and his tireless commitment to West Indies cricket. As he moves on to a further phase of his career we wish him well. In fact there are avenues in which we may well continue to work together to assist in the resurgence of West Indies cricket.”The Board thanks Roger for his contribution and the commitment he has demonstrated to the organisation.”

What was an excellent season on the field for Tama Canning was spoilt after a late-night drinking session left him red-faced and out of pocket.Canning allegedly urinated over a bar in an Auckland nightclub last week. He told an Auckland Cricket Association (ACA) meeting that he had no recollection of the incident, but accepted that his behaviour at the bar was inappropriate due to his heavy consumption of alcohol on the night.After discussion of the alleged incident Canning acknowledged he was in breach of his Domestic Playing Agreement, and that his actions were clearly not in the best interests of the ACA or himself.As a result, he was fined an undisclosed amount by the ACA, while a support programme will be put in place to ensure there is no repetition of the incident.”This is an extremely unfortunate incident that reflects very badly on Tama after he had enjoyed a successful season on the field,” said Andrew Eade, the ACA’s chief executive. “He deeply regrets his behaviour and understands that it is totally unacceptable if he wishes to remain part of Auckland cricket in the future.”Canning and the ACA have both apologised to the nightclub.

England could face Jermaine Lawson, the West Indies fast bowler, in the first match of their tour next week.Lawson has not played a Test since May last year, in which he took 7 for 78 against Australia. He has since been out of action because of a suspect bowling action, on which he has been having remedial work, and back problems.However, Jamaica’s selectors are reportedly considering picking Lawson, 22, for a three-day warm-up match next week after watching him back in practice. “He bowled with some pace, the only problem was his accuracy,” Robert Haynes, the coach, told the . “But he hasn’t bowled for a long time so these things are expected. Once he is fit enough and the doctor gives the go-ahead, and the West Indies development coach Phillip Service agrees that he should play, I believe that he definitely should.”Dr Akshai Mansingh, the board’s orthopaedic specialist, also sounded encouraging. “So far, he has done very well,” Mansingh said. “He has prepared well in the nets and will have further sessions this week for us to see how he does.”Wavell Hinds, the top-order batsman, who was forced to return home during the recent tour of South Africa with a groin strain, could also make his comeback in that match.

Worcestershire CCC can confirm the recent speculation concerning South African fast bowler Nantie Hayward. Nantie will be joining the County for the 2003 and 2004 Seasons as one of the County’s two Overseas Players along with Andrew Hall.Nantie will join the County once his contract runs out with the United Cricket Board of South Africa in a few months time. He says “I am really looking forward to playing County Cricket with Worcestershire. I want to perform the best I can and to help the team achieve increased success. I am confident that if I do well it will help the team do well and that we will be competing for trophies.”Chief Executive Mark Newton expressed the Club’s delight with the signing. He says “Nantie is an experienced Test Match opening bowler as he has proven recently against Pakistan. He will give our opening attack pace and hostility as we strive for First Division status in the Frizzell County Championship.”

ScorecardArun Harinath: a career-defining season?•PA Photos

The boisterous rendition of Surrey’s team song – a legacy of Mark Butcher’s time as captain – spoke of a deeply contented squad. They had much to be contented about. Surrey had just won their fourth consecutive game, lifting themselves 54 points clear of third-placed Glamorgan with four games left to play.Although three late wickets gave Surrey’s run chase an ostensible tension, they chased down 313 with a palpable swagger befitting a vibrant young team who will soon leave Division Two cricket behind.In a side not lacking for razzmatazz, Arun Harinath and Gary Wilson are two undemonstrative cricketers, eschewing histrionics but identified by dependability. They rarely feel compelled to match more belligerent teammates stroke-for-stroke, but, as they proved here, it is not because they are entirely incapable of doing so.Harinath has enjoyed a career-transforming season. First given an opportunity when Rory Burns was knocked unconscious during a horrific collision with Moises Henriques at Arundel, Harinath responded with a pair of centuries against Glamorgan.His progress – adhesiveness married with newfound assertiveness – has delighted many, Kumar Sangakkara included. In , Sangakkara recently praised Harinath’s aggression as befitting “a good, old-fashioned Sri Lankan brand of cricket”, lamenting “what an opportunity it would be for Sri Lanka if he was over there and playing.”Building his innings diligently after Surrey lost Burns and Davies in consecutive overs, Harinath’s 87 provided ample evidence of his shot-making ability. When he crunched Jamie Porter to the point boundary he did not even deign to move. The nimbleness of his footwork as he lofted the ball down the ground against spin was also delightful.Together with Gary Wilson, Harinath forged the decisive partnership of the match: 92 in 16.5 overs. Wilson oozed intent from his arrival, his cries of “push, push” booming around Castle Park whenever a gap was located. He was particularly adroit against Monty Panesar, heaving him for an emphatic six over long off and then deftly reverse-sweeping for four in the same over.”I just knew that when it got down to a one-day scenario that we could probably put on the gas with him, because he does tend to bowl at that one pace and when we got a few shots away off it he might not be able to have the change-ups that perhaps the others guys might,” Wilson reflected.After 750 runs at 46.87 apiece last year Wilson would not have been the first to take umbrage after not being retained as captain (partly due to his Ireland commitments), but he is not the sort to do so: his fourth half-century of the season lifted his average above 45 once more.As Surrey built their chase upon another innings from Burns that oozed assurance, it had seemed as if their chase was set up for Jason Roy, who promptly slog-swept Tom Westley for a four and six in consecutive balls. With Surrey needing 150 from the final session with seven wickets in hand, Roy gave note of his intensions by thumping a straight boundary in the first over after tea. “He’s going for it,” Essex’s Jamie Porter could be heard muttering.So Roy was, and, as he followed a pristine offdrive off Panesar with a late cut of finesse for another boundary three balls later, Essex has good reason to fear. He smeared another slogsweep off Westley to the square leg boundary, but this time Matt Salisbury parried the ball, tumbled over the boundary edge and then returned to pluck the ball out of the air.It was the sort of moment that deserved to be match turning, but Surrey hurtled over their target with the force of a runaway train, even promoting Sam Curran from No 10 to No 7 to speed up the time before they could bring out their team song.Division One is coming, and Surrey think they are ready. “Division One cricket is a step up but it’s still Championship cricket and we’ll be confident that we can step up,” Wilson reflected. “The good thing about this team is it’s a really young squad. There’s going to be years of learning but we’ve got so many players that have got to be on the England radar.”That the game finished with 17 scheduled deliveries remaining was testament to the outstanding work done by the ground staff at Castle Park. While the pitch did not deteriorate in the way some envisaged – after day two Burns said that he would not like to chase more than 250 – it produced four days of engrossing cricket.Ultimately the superiority of Surrey’s spinners proved decisive. While Panesar had bowled encouragingly in the first innings, he was too predictable, too fast and too flat on the final day, until a rank longhop to Gareth Batty was dispatched to secure Surrey’s win.It did not speak well of Panesar’s performance that he was out-bowled by not only Aron Nijjar, a 20-year-old left-arm spinner, but also Westley, who had not taken a Championship wicket all season until this game. Panesdar finished with 1 for 88 and went at nearly five an over. Nijjar and Westley took 6 for 158 and conceded 3.5.”We never really got control of the game,” admitted Essex coach Paul Grayson. “We were leaking runs a bit too easily and couldn’t really sustain pressure for any period of time.”In many ways Essex’s day was defined in the first over of the day. Westley, who had the capacity to dominate Surrey’s attack, was dismissed to his second ball of the day, a flick to the legside freakishly ballooned off Roy at short leg, who caught the ball on the rebound.”Above all, he believes in getting things done,” wrote the journalist Simon Heffer of ‘Essex Man’ when he christened the term 25 years ago. For much of Essex’s second innings Heffer might have thought that his opinion needed revising.Essex failed to even score at three an over which, even allowing for the nous of Surrey’s spin twins, seemed to betray a curious lack of urgency considering the side began the match 56 points behind Surrey. and a win was essential. Besides Westley, who failed to add to his overnight 90, Essex’s top order gave the impression their feet were chained to he ground.At several occasions on the final morning all 13 players on the pitch were united in looking up towards the pavilion to see if James Foster was calling his team in. But Essex batted on and then batted some more – and rather lethargically in the circumstances – even as their lead cleared 300.Still, Gareth Batty was not complaining, his perseverance and skill rewarded with a five-wicket haul to match Ansari’s in the first innings: Surrey’s two spinners shared 15 wickets in the match, the last coming from a superb Jade Dernbach catch at fine leg, catching a ferocious sweep from Kishen Velani on the rebound.