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Leeds United aren’t gripped with dread this summer that a whole host of their star players could be exiting Elland Road.

That was the overwhelming emotion last summer, however, after Daniel Farke’s Whites heartbreakingly lost the Championship playoff final to Southampton. Now, with a title success under their belt, the West Yorkshire giants don’t have that same level of worry to contend with.

Old wounds could soon be reopened by their emergence into the Premier League, though, as the likes of Georginio Rutter and Crysencio Summerville potentially line up against their former employers next season for Brighton and Hove Albion and West Ham United respectively.

Alongside that magic duo, ex-Thorp Arch product Archie Gray could also clash with Leeds, having also shone in glimpses for new side Tottenham Hotspur.

Gray's sad Leeds exit

Amazingly, the versatile 19-year-old has already collected silverware since donning Spurs white, memorably lifting the Europa League recently, which is some feat just one season into his North London adventure.

This would have been one key factor as to why he left his boyhood employers behind after just one mere season in the senior ranks, knowing he could cut it at an elite level already.

There was clearly a hunger to succeed up a level, whilst Farke and Co. were left to battle away again to try and finally get out of the unforgiving Championship.

Gray’s numbers for Leeds by position (23/24)

Position played

Games

Goals

Assists

RB

30

0

2

CM

10

0

0

DM

6

0

0

AM

3

0

0

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Still, there is a lack of visible bad blood on Leeds’ end as Gray gave everything across the 2023/24 season for the cause, with the teenage sensation lining up wherever needed and impressing under Farke’s stewardship.

The Whites would have at least been glad to get £30m out of Ange Postecoglou’s men, but there will be a worry that Gray left prematurely, and he will soon become even more of a classy talent for the Lilywhites, away from Elland Road.

History could unfortunately repeat itself too if Leeds were to sell an equally exciting youngster who has shown flashes of his obvious quality during their promotion-winning heroics.

£10m attacker may never play for Leeds again

Whilst Farke was the boss to gift Gray his first tastes of senior action in West Yorkshire, the German might not be prepared to be as charitable up a division when handing equally promising starlets more chances.

That might be why Mateo Joseph is eyeing up the exit door this summer, with a new report from French outlet L’Equipe stating that Liam Rosenior’s RC Strasbourg are keen on adding the raw Spaniard to their camp if he does fancy an exit route out of England.

Journalist Graeme Bailey has also weighed in on the speculation surrounding Joseph by exclusively revealing he is considering his options and is now ready to bid farewell to the Whites, despite looking at home in a Leeds starting lineup on occasion, especially when he bagged this quickfire brace against Chelsea last year.

He also showed off his clinical edge in the Leeds first team last season when sparingly handed minutes by Farke, with a standout tally of three goals and three assists coming his way in league action, despite only being gifted 11 starts.

Much like Gray, this is undoubtedly an impressive season for an academy product who had only experienced youth football before this big leap under the ex-Norwich City boss.

But, with £10m bids reportedly coming Leeds’ way for Joseph’s services from the likes of La Liga outfit Real Betis, Leeds could soon cash in on another of their top youth players before they have fully blossomed.

These added funds might well boost Leeds if they are keen on adding in some star quality for the Premier League, yet in the long term, Joseph could go on to establish himself as a top attacker elsewhere in another regrettable Gray-style repeat.

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Bess, Moriarty take four wickets each as Glamorgan face hefty deficit

ECB Reporters Network04-May-2024

Yorkshire 295 for 2 (Bean 140*, J Root 92*) lead Glamorgan 221 (B Root 51, Bess 4-25, Moriarty 4-74) by 74 runs Spin duo Dom Bess and Dan Moriarty claimed four wickets apiece before pulsating knocks from centurion Fin Bean and Joe Root put Yorkshire on course for victory at the halfway stage of their Vitality County Championship clash with Glamorgan at Headingley.Glamorgan started day two on 109 for four and were bowled out for 221 during the early afternoon, with off-spinner Bess completing a superb four for 25 from 13 overs and left-armer Moriarty four for 74.Division Two promotion favourites Yorkshire then batted positively and serenely on a used pitch showing more signs of turn, reaching 295 for two from 49 overs when bad light stopped play with 12 to bowl.Unbeaten opener Bean hit a career best 140 off 145 balls and Root 92 not out off 90. They shared 201 unbroken for the third wicket.While current England star Root nears his second successive Championship century, former England spinner Bess performed in his first match of the season.These were his best first-class figures for Yorkshire since the opening game of 2023 when he claimed a second-innings five for 158 in defeat against Leicestershire here.Since then, he has been dropped by Yorkshire, been on two one-game loans at Warwickshire and Somerset and spent his winter playing domestic cricket in Zimbabwe, where he claimed a first-class haul of five for 99 for Southern Rocks.The Devonian, in the last year of his contract, started this summer in Yorkshire’s second team and behind Moriarty in the pecking order.But this display was a reminder of the significant talent which brought the 26-year-old 14 Test caps, the last of which came in early 2021.Bess and Moriarty started the day with one and two wickets respectively.Moriarty made the morning breakthrough when he had Chris Cooke well caught on the cut at cover by Harry Brook, ending a 65-run stand with Colin Ingram – 162 for five in the 56th over, the day’s 15th.Ingram was then trapped lbw by Bess with only his second ball of the day, for 48, leaving the score at 182-6.After lunch, both men had batters caught at short-leg.Moriarty had James Harris caught off bat and pad before Bess had Tom Bevan caught on the reverse sweep for 22, again by Bean, as the ball looped up off glove in the following over – 208 for eight.Bess then struck again when he had Jamie McIlroy caught at backward square-leg pulling.The following over, Mir Hamza top-edged a slog sweep at Moriarty and was caught behind to complete the innings in 79 overs.Six wickets fell in all during the afternoon, two of them in the early stages of Yorkshire’s reply, despite it advancing at pace to tea at 106 for two from 20.Adam Lyth was trapped lbw by Pakistani overseas quick Hamza before his compatriot Shan Masood, for 34, was caught at short-leg off Mason Crane’s leg-spin.Yorkshire then upped the tempo even further in the evening, with Bean – dropped on six by Harris off his own bowling – and Root in partnership.They took toll on a Glamorgan attack missing some key personnel through injury.On-loan Crane was put under particular pressure, going for 77 in only eight overs. Bean twice slog-swept him over long-on either side of reaching his second fifty of the season off 62 balls. Root followed him to that milestone off 44.Fifty one runs had come in the first five overs of the evening, and the third-wicket pair didn’t let up in a display which can be best summed up as men against boys.Belligerent Bean reached his century off 111 balls and hit two more sixes, while Root was all touch and timing. He would have got there but for the light intervening.

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O Red Bull Bragantino informou como será a venda de ingressos para os torcedores do Corinthians, em confronto válido pela primeira rodada do Paulistão, que será disputado no domingo (15), às 16h, noestádio Nabi Abi Chedid.

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Os ingressos para torcedores corintianos custam R$ 100 no setor Verde, enquanto a meia entrada custará R$ 50. A venda antecipada seráfeita exclusivamente através do site futebolcard.com.

Tanto o início da comercialização dos ingressos quanto a carga de entradas para a torcida visitante não foi informada pelo Massa Bruta.

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O acesso da torcida corintiana ao estádio Nabi Abi Chedid será pelo portão 6. A bilheteria 3 do estádio estará aberta para atendimento ao torcedor visitante apenas no dia da partida se ainda houverem ingressos disponíveis.

Na última temporada, Corinthians e Red Bull Bragantino se enfrentaram três vezes, e o Timão triunfou em todas com o mesmo placar: 1 a 0.

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O Corinthians está no Grupo C do Campeonato Paulista, ao lado de Ferroviária, Ituano e São Bernardo. O Red Bull Bragantino está no Grupo A, com Santos, Inter de Limeira e Botafogo-SP. Os dois melhores de cada grupo avançam e se enfrentam em jogo eliminatório.

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دافع أسطورة نادي ليفربول، إيميل هيسكي، عن صفقة ليفربول الجديدة وذلك بعدما تلقى انتقادات عديدة في ظل تذبذب مستواه مع الريدز عقب بداية هذا الموسم.

وتعاقد ليفربول مع فلوريان فيرتز خلال فترة الميركاتو الصيفي الجاري، وذلك قادمًا من صفوف نادي باير ليفركوزن مقابل أكثر من 110 ملايين يورو.

لكن فيرتز تعرض إلى انتقادات عديدة، في ظل عدم ظهوره بشكل متميز مع ليفربول حتى هذه اللحظة.

طالع.. مفاجأة.. ليفربول يفتح الباب أمام محمد صلاح للرحيل بالتراضي

ويرى إيميل هيسكي، مهاجم ليفربول السابق وأسطورة النادي، أن فيرتز لعب بشكل جيد مع الريدز، وذلك في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “مترو”.

وقال هيسكي: ”بالتأكيد فيرتز سيصنع الفارق مع ليفربول، رأيت ما يكفي منه في المباريات التي شاهدتها”.

وأضاف: ”سيتعين عليه أن يأخذ وقته، أو علينا أن نمنحه الوقت، لأن الجميع ينسى عند دخول الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز أن رتمه سريع حقًا، أنت تأتي من دوري مختلف تمامًا، وحينها يتعين على اللاعبين الجدد تسريع وتيرة لعبهم”.

وأوضح: ”رتم المباريات في الدوري الإنجليزي يسير بسرعة 160 كيلو مترًا في الساعة تقريبًا طوال الوقت، نرى ذلك عندما نلعب في أوروبا، كيف نسحق الفرق الأخرى أحيانًا، بسبب حدة لعبنا، ثم نتوقع من اللاعبين أن يأتوا ويجدوا تلك الحدة فورًا”.

وأردف: “ربما نكون من بين الدوريات التي يسمح فيها بالتدخلات العنيفة، لذا، علينا التعامل مع هذا أيضًا، حيث يقترب منك اللاعبون ويتدخلون، ولا تحصل على ركلة حرة، عليك أن تجد حلًا لكل ذلك”.

وتابع: ”فيرتز يُذكرني قليلًا بفيليب كوتينيو، حيث يجد تلك المساحات الصغيرة، وهو أنيق جدًا مع الكرة، أنا معجب به كثيرًا، وأعتقد أنه سيكون صفقة تستحق ثمنها بالتأكيد”.

وواصل: ”كنت أتمنى اللعب بجانب فيرتز، لأنه يجيد الركض، هناك لاعبون تلعب معهم، وبمجرد أن تصل إليهم الكرة يعرفون كيف يصلون إليك الكرة”.

وأتم هيسكي عن فيرتز: “ستيفن جيرارد كان أحدهم، بول سكولز، لامبارد، لذا لاعبون مثلهم رائعون”.

Ex-governor of the Bank of England will take over in October

ESPNcricinfo staff01-May-2024

Mervyn King, who spent a decade working as the governor of the Bank of England, will take over from Mark Nicholas as president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Nicholas has been recommended to the club’s committee to take over as chair when his tenure ends in October, when King will replace him.”It is an extraordinary honour to be asked by our current president to serve as the next president of MCC,” King, who entered the House of Lords after his appointment as a life peer in 2014, said. “I look forward to serving the club and to promote the interests of our members and of the game so many of us love.”King and Nicholas were co-founders of the charity Chance to Shine in 2005, which works with around 600,000 children and young adults every year and aims to “reinvigorate” state-school cricket. King also served as president of Worcestershire in 2015 and 2016, describing his election to the role as “one of the proudest moments of my life”.Related

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Nicholas said: “Together we founded Chance to Shine in 2005. Since then, more than six million children, who would most likely not have played cricket have had the chance to do so. This makes us both so very proud. I can’t wait to stand alongside him again.”There are few better people to fulfil the role of MCC president. Mervyn’s love of cricket knows no boundary; indeed, his love of sport extends to an equally enthusiastic enjoyment of both football and tennis.”His calm authority and considerable wisdom carried the country through the global financial crisis of 2008 and now I feel sure that he will bring the MCC membership with him through a time of great interest and opportunity at the club.”King’s appointment comes at a time when MCC’s role in English cricket is changing. The club is likely to be given a 51% equity stake in London Spirit, the Hundred team which plays at Lord’s, by the ECB if current proposals to open the tournament up to private investment are approved by the first-class counties.

تحدث اللاعب البرتغالي روبن دياز، مدافع الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي مانشستر سيتي عن خسارة فريقه أمام توتنهام هوتسبير اليوم، السبت، في المباراة التي جمعتهما ضمن منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وواجه مانشستر سيتي نظيره توتنهام هوتسبير ظهر اليوم، السبت، في إطار منافسات الجولة الثانية من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز “بريميرليج”، على ملعب “الاتحاد” في تمام الساعة 2:30 ظهرًا.

وتعرض سيتي للخسارة الأولى له هذا الموسم بثنائية نظيفة أمام نظيره توتنهام بقيادة توماس فرانك، بعد أداء مخيب للآمال جعل مشجعو مانشستر قلقون بسبب تكرار سيناريو الموسم الماضي.

وشارك عمر مرموش، أساسيًا في المباراة وخرج في الدقيقة 53 من عمر اللقاء وقدم أداءً مميزًا وأهدر فرصة محققة من انفراد تام بالمرمى بالشوط الأول لكن فيكاريو حارس توتنهام تألق وتصدى لها ببراعة.

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وقال روبن دياز، لقناة تي إن تي سبورتس: “توتنهام فريق خطير للغاية، وقد بدأوا المباراة بشكل ممتاز، لم نكن على أتم الاستعداد للمباراة، الهدف الثاني مؤسف لا يُمكن أن يحدث، طاردنا المنافس لكن كان هناك الكثير من الأمور التي يجب تحسينها، لم تكن كل الأمور جيدة في مباراتنا الأولى، وليست سيئة الآن، لذلك علينا العودة إلى العمل”.

وأكمل: “هزيمة مخيبة للآمال أمام جماهيرنا؟ محبطة بالطبع، نريد تحقيق المزيد من الانتصارات على أرضنا أمام جماهيرنا في مباراتنا الأولى على أرضنا، هذا هو الواقع إنها كرة القدم التي نتطلع إليها”.

وعن تجديد عقده مع النادي أتم: “هذا يعبر عن طموحنا ورغبتنا في البقاء هنا والفوز بالألقاب، وهذه هي عقلية النادي، لم يتغير شيء”.

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Maior vencedor da Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, com 10 títulos, o Corinthians segue em busca do enea. Invicto nesta edição, com quatro vitórias em quatro jogos, o Timãozinho entrará em campo neste sábado (14), às 19h30, contra o Sport Recife, na Fonte Luminosa, em Araraquara. A partida terá transmissão exclusiva na TV fechada pelo SporTV.

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O estádio da Ferroviária tem sido a casa corintiana na Copinha até aqui. Foi lá que os meninos do terrão venceram a Locomotiva, o Zumbi, de Alagoas, e o Fast Club, de Manaus, na fase de grupos, e o Comercial, de Ribeirão Preto, na primeira eliminatória da competição.

O triunfo da última quinta-feira (12) foi registrado já nos acréscimos da partida, com um gol do atacante Wesley, que definiu o 1 a 0 favorável ao Coringão.

كسر المدير الرياضي لنادي بايرن ميونخ صمته، وتحدث عن احتمالية فشل تعاقد فريقه مع مهاجم تشيلسي، نيكولاس جاكسون، خلال فترة الميركاتو الصيفي الجاري.

بايرن ميونخ كان قد توصل إلى اتفاق مع تشيلسي من أجل التعاقد مع جاكسون، وذلك على سبيل الإعارة حتى نهاية الموسم مع وجود خيار الشراء النهائي للنادي الألماني.

لكن إصابة ليام ديلاب، لاعب تشيلسي، خلال مواجهة فولهام اليوم السبت بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، جعلت إدارة البلوز تعرقل إتمام صفقة جاكسون إلى بايرن ميونخ.

تابع | مفاجأة.. إصابة ديلاب تجبر تشيلسي على إيقاف صفقة انتقال لاعبه إلى بايرن ميونخ

واعترف ماكس إيبرل، المدير الرياضي لنادي بايرن ميونخ، بغضبه الشديد من فكرة فشل انتقال جاكسون إلى صفوف فريقه.

وقال إيبرل في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “سبورت بيلد” الألمانية: “لا تحسم صفقات الانتقال إلا بعد توقيع العقود، جاكسون موجود في ميونخ، وسنرى حينها، سندقق في الأمر بعد المباراة ونتخذ الإجراءات اللازمة، الأمر واضح، تفاوض، وتتوصل إلى اتفاق، ثم يأتي الفحص الطبي، وتحدث أمور استثنائية، لا أستطيع الجزم بما يحدث الآن”.

بايرن ميونخ يلعب في الوقت الحالي مع نظيره أوجسبورج، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري الألماني الممتاز.

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O Palmeiras iniciou na manhã desta terça-feira a venda dos ingressos para o clássico contra o São Paulo, que acontece no próximo domingo, às 16h, no Allianz Parque, pela terceira rodada da fase de grupos do Campeonato Paulista. Por enquanto, apenas sócios-torcedores Avanti podem comprar as entradas. Até o momento, 7,3 mil palmeirenses já adquiriram seus bilhetes para o Choque-Rei.

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Atenção: para esee jogo, o novo sistema de reconhecimento facial para acesso ao Allianz Parque estará em funcionamento no setor Central Leste somente para sócios Avanti e torcedores comuns. Os demais que utilizam outro serviço para entrar na arena alviverde não passarão pela biometria facial. Nos outros setores do estádio, o acesso ocorrerá com o e-ticket ou o ingresso impresso.

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Os ingressos para o duelo terão o valor mínimo de R$ 80 e estão à venda exclusivamente para os sócios-torcedores Avanti por meio do site www.ingressospalmeiras.com.br até as 10h da próxima quinta-feira (19), quando começa a venda geral. Vale lembrar que os clássicos em São Paulo são realizados com torcida única.

A venda para os sócios Avanti será dividida de acordo com a pontuação do rating de cada associado, classificados de zero a cinco estrelas. Para este jogo, não haverá o Setor Família, que geralmente oferece gratuidade para crianças de 0 a 5 anos de idade.

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Caso ainda haja disponibilidade de ingressos, a venda física no Allianz Parque acontecerá nos dias 20 e 21 de janeiro, das 12h às 18h, nas bilheterias do Portão B (Avenida Francisco Matarazzo). Já no dia 22, data do jogo, também se ainda tiver entradas disponíveis, os palmeirenses poderão adquirir os seus ingressos nas bilheterias dos portões A (Rua Palestra Italia) e B, das 12h até o intervalo da partida.

A comercialização de entradas para associados e donos de cadeiras cativas acontecerá a partir de quinta (19), às 10h, até sábado (21), às 10h, somente pelo site www.ingressospalmeiras.com.br. O setor de cobrança, localizado no 1º andar do prédio administrativo do clube social, não realizará mais a venda de ingressos físicos.

Confira os preços dos ingressos:

Gol Norte – R$ 80
Superior Norte e Sul – R$ 90
Superior Leste e Oeste – R$ 100
Gol Sul – R$ 120
Central Leste – R$ 140
Central Oeste – R$ 160

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PRÉ-VENDA AVANTI

Todos os sócios adimplentes têm direito a comprar ingresso na pré-venda Avanti, sendo os acessos priorizados de acordo com o plano e o rating:

1ª Pré-venda
Início: 17/1/2023 – 10h
– Sócios 5 estrelas (10 a 9 pontos)
– Sócios do Plano Diamante
– Sócios que também são associados do clube

2ª Pré-venda
Início: 17/1/2023 – 13h
– Sócios 4 estrelas (8 a 7 pontos)
– Sócios do Plano Platina

3ª Pré-venda
Início: 17/1/2023 – 16h
– Sócios 3 estrelas (6 a 5 pontos)
– Sócios do Plano Ouro

4ª Pré-venda
Início: 18/1/2023 – 10h
– Sócios 2 estrelas (4 a 3 pontos)
– Sócios do Plano Prata Superior

5ª Pré-venda
Início: 18/1/2023 – 13h
– Sócios 1 estrela (2 a 1 ponto (s))
– Sócios do Plano Prata

6ª Pré-venda
Início: 18/1/2023 – 16h
– Todos os sócios

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Matt Henry has been confirmed as his replacement for Welsh Fire

Matt Roller and Danyal Rasool04-Jun-2024

Shaheen Shah Afridi is in talks to join Canada’s Global T20 league, after pulling out of the Hundred citing a desire to spend time with his family. The two leagues are set to clash directly in 2024 and Afridi’s withdrawal is a significant blow to the Hundred’s standing.Afridi played in the Hundred for the first time last year, taking six wickets in six appearances for Welsh Fire. He was retained by mutual agreement on a contract worth £100,000 – the second-highest salary band in the league – for the 2024 season, but has now pulled out of his deal. The ECB confirmed his withdrawal on Monday.”I’m sad to miss out on playing for Welsh Fire this year,” Afridi was quoted as saying in a press release. “I enjoyed the Hundred a lot last season, and I was excited about being back in Cardiff. I wish Mike [Hussey, Welsh Fire’s coach] and the team the best of luck for 2024.”Related

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Pakistan men's players to get landmark central contracts

ESPNcricinfo understands that Afridi’s official explanation to the ECB was that he is reluctant to commit to spending four weeks away from his family. The Hundred starts on July 23 and ends on August 18, with players expected to report a few days before their opening match.Pakistan players are only permitted two No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to play in foreign leagues per season, as per the terms of their central contracts with the PCB. Afridi is already locked into a long-term deal with the Avram Glazer-owned Desert Vipers in UAE’s ILT20.Rather than using his second NOC on the Hundred, Afridi will instead consider playing in the Global T20, a privately-run league in Canada, which is set to return for a fourth season in 2024. The league’s organisers are yet to announce a schedule but it is expected to run from July 25 until August 11 – a slightly shorter window than the Hundred.The first two editions of the Global T20 were in 2018 and 2019 but it was postponed indefinitely during the Covid pandemic. It returned unexpectedly in 2023, attracting a strong cast of overseas players including Andre Russell, Mohammad Rizwan and Shakib Al Hasan, running at a similar time to the inaugural Major League Cricket (MLC).The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) has received reports of late or non-payment issues with the Global T20 in the past 24 months. As a result, FICA recommends on its leagues hub that “any participating players request advanced payment”.Matt Henry, the New Zealand seamer, has been confirmed as Afridi’s replacement at Welsh Fire in the Hundred. He could miss the start of the tournament if San Francisco Unicorns, his MLC franchise, reach the play-offs, with around half of the men’s overseas players signed up for the Hundred in a similar situation.The ECB’s desire to compete with salaries on offer in other leagues is among the reasons underpinning their decision to open the Hundred up to private investment. Four other Pakistan players are under contract in the men’s Hundred for 2024: Naseem Shah (Birmingham Phoenix), Haris Rauf (Welsh Fire), Imad Wasim (Trent Rockets) and Usama Mir (Manchester Originals).