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Leeds United moved up to third in the Championship table after they secured a superb 2-0 win against Sheffield United at Elland Road on Friday night.

Their opponents had kept six successive clean sheets in the second tier ahead of the clash but could not keep out Daniel Farke’s side, who won with relative ease.

Whilst it took until the 69th minute for them to open the scoring, through Pascal Struijk, the away side did not have a shot on target all game and did not create a single ‘big chance’.

Leeds, meanwhile, created three ‘big chances’ and had four shots on target in total, scoring from two of them, as they managed to break down a stubborn defence.

After Struijk opened the scoring, the Whites looked the more likely team to get the second in the game, rather than the Blades grabbing an equaliser, and Mateo Joseph made sure of the win with a composed finish in the 90th minute.

That goal from the academy graduate means that Joseph and Joel Piroe have now combined for six goals and six assists in the Championship this season, which means that Leeds are getting more than value for money from them.

Leeds United's highest earners

Per Capology, both strikers only earn £15k-per-week and are far from being among the top earners in the squad for the the 2024/25 campaign.

Only three players, Isaac Schmidt, Joe Rothwell, who is on loan from Bournemouth, and Alex Cairns are on less money, and all three of them are back-up options when all players are fit and available.

This means that Joseph and Piroe are the two lowest-paid regular starters, although Rothwell is currently enjoying a run of starts with Ethan Ampadu and Ilia Gruev out through injury.

Leeds United’s top ten earners

24/25 season

Weekly wage

Patrick Bamford

£70k

Junior Firpo

£60k

Manor Solomon

£60k

Dan James

£50k

Pascal Struijk

£50k

Brenden Aaronson

£45k

Ethan Ampadu

£40k

Joe Rodon

£40k

Max Wober

£35k

Wilfried Gnonto

£30k

Wages via Capology

As you can see in the table above, Joseph and Piroe do not rank within the top ten earners at Elland Road, and earn half as much as the tenth-highest – Wilfried Gnonto.

Meanwhile, the highest-paid player in the squad, per these figures, is Patrick Bamford on a staggering £70k-per-week, more than twice as much as the other two strikers combined.

Daniel Farke, who has been linked with a swoop for RB Salzburg’s Adam Daghim, must now ruthlessly ditch the English forward from the squad when the January transfer window opens for business, if there are any suitors.

Why Patrick Bamford should be sold

The one-time England international has simply not done enough on the pitch to justify his huge wages, and it has been reported that he is open to leaving.

Football Insider recently claimed that the left-footed marksman is considering an exit from West Yorkshire at the end of the 2024/25 campaign, despite having a contract through to the summer of 2026.

The 31-year-old attacker is said to have grown frustrated with his lack of minutes on the pitch under Farke, as he has only made four appearances as a substitute in the Championship this season, and the club are open to letting him go.

Bamford has been behind Piroe and Joseph in the pecking order, and rightly so given their combined 12 goal contributions, and struggled when he was getting regular minutes last term.

23/24 Championship

Patrick Bamford

Appearances

33

xG

9.52

Goals

8

Big chances missed

9

Key passes per game

0.4

Assists

1

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, the experienced forward let himself down in front of goal last season by missing nine ‘big chances’ and underperforming against his xG.

He also rarely contributed as a creator for his teammates with less than one key pass every other game and only one assist in 33 Championship games.

Bamford is not the only forward who should be brutally binned by Farke in January, however, as Joe Gelhardt should also be moved on by the German head coach, due to his lack of impact whilst earning as much (£15k-per-week) as Joseph and Piroe.

Why Leeds should sell Joe Gelhardt

The young attacker is now 22 and is still yet to establish himself as a regular for Leeds, having initially made his breakthrough in the first-team in the 2021/22 campaign, with two goals in 20 Premier League outings.

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Gelhardt showed plenty of signs of promise in the top-flight in his teenage years, with two goals and four assists in 35 matches in the Premier League under Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch.

However, he has not kicked on since that initial show of promise and it may now be time for the Whites to cash in on him in January, if there are any interested parties.

The 22-year-old was sent out on loan to Sunderland to play regular minutes in the second half of the 2022/23 campaign and only scored three goals in 18 Championship matches.

Despite his lack of production during his time with the Black Cats, Farke opted to keep the young attacker in his squad for the 2023/24 season, having arrived at the club in the summer to lead the team back to the Premier League.

Joe Gelhardt

23/24 Championship

24/25 Championship

Appearances

10

2

Starts

2

0

Goals

0

0

Assists

0

0

Key passes per game

0.2

0

Big chances created

0

0

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, Gelhardt has been rarely-seen at Championship level for the Whites since he returned from his loan with Sunderland in the summer of 2023.

The versatile forward has only played 12 times in the division and has not produced a single goal, assist, or ‘big chance’ created for the West Yorkshire outfit.

He is two years older than Joseph, who has already scored two goals and provided three assists in the league this season, and it seems unlikely, given their respective performances, that he is going to overtake the Spaniard any time soon.

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Therefore, Farke should look to cash in on the English dud when the next transfer window opens for business, and move him on alongside Bamford.

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O lateral Douglas Borel parece ter uma identificação especial quando o assunto são estreias. No primeiro jogo da equipe principal em 2022 na Arena Fonte Nova, diante do Doce Mel, o lateral foi decisivo. Ele saiu do banco de reservas e em uma linda jogada deuassistência para Luiz Henrique marcar o único gol do jogo válido pela segunda rodada do Campeonato Baiano.

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– Foi uma boa jogada, o professor me passou confiança, e falou para executar o lance que estávamos treinando. Fui feliz nos dribles e no cruzamento para o Luiz marcar. Isso nos dá confiança para os próximos jogos. Mas, o mais importante foi ajudar o Bahia a conquistar os três pontos – analisou.

Essa foi a segunda assistência de Borel jogando na Fonte Nova com o time principal. A primeira foi na estreia como jogador profissional, em 2019, quando tinha apenas 16 anos.

No ano passado, Douglas fez a sua primeira partida de Campeonato Brasileiro com a equipe de cima e, neste ano, espera receber mais oportunidades para seguir ganhando cada vez mais experiência com a camisa do Esquadrão.

– Venho trabalhando bastante não só na parte física, mas também no meu psicológico. Estou confiante para fazer uma boa temporada. Estou à disposição do professor. Podem ter certeza que vou continuar dando o meu melhor e não faltará vontade em campo – finalizou.

O Bahia volta a campo no próximo sábado (29) quando enfrenta o Campinense, em Campina Grande, pela Copa do Nordeste. Como a partida originalmente da primeira rodada frente ao Sampaio Corrêa foi adiada, o duelo na Paraíba valerá como a estreia dos comandados de Guto Ferreira na competição regional.

Tottenham Hotspur have been blessed with some extraordinarily talented stars over the years, the sort of players who can change games all on their own.

Unfortunately, these players haven’t necessarily translated into trophies for the North Londoners, but have often resulted in significant transfer fees.

For example, the likes of Gareth Bale and Luka Modrić put in countless sensational performances for the Lilywhites before moving to Real Madrid for huge sums of money in the 2010s, while Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Carrick moved to Manchester United in the 2000s.

However, the most recent seismic sale Spurs have made was, of course, Harry Kane.

Kane's Spurs career

Spurs picked up a young Kane all the way back in 2004, just three years after he was released by fierce rivals Arsenal, and over the next seven years, the youngster would work his way through the club’s junior sides before going out on his first loan to Leyton Orient in January 2011.

The next couple of years would see the Englishman go out on several more loans, and, following a few first-team appearances in the 13/14 season, he was finally given a proper run of games to prove himself the following year, and prove himself he did.

In his 51 appearances across all competitions, the Walthamstow-born phenom racked up an incredible haul of 31 goals and five assists, securing his place leading the line from that point onwards.

In all, the world-class centre-forward made 435 first-team appearances for the Lilywhites, in which he scored a ridiculous 280 goals and provided 61 assists for good measure, equating to a goal involvement once every 1.27 games.

This unreal level of output understandably made Kane one of the most-sought-after strikers on the planet, and after years of will he won’t he, the Spurs icon finally left the club, moving to Bayern Munich in a transfer that net Daniel Levy and Co a fee in the region of €100m, which was £86.4m at the time.

The mammoth fee was the one thing that made the blow of losing such an incredible player that bit more bearable. While it’s unlikely that Postecoglou has anyone as talented as the Englishman in his squad today, one of his players could eventually fetch a fee similar to his.

Spurs' next big sale

So, the player in question is Spurs’ inform sensation, Brennan Johnson. The Welsh international joined the club last summer from Nottingham Forest for around £47.5m, and while he had a slow start to life in the capital, he ended the campaign with a reasonably impressive haul of five goals and ten assists in 34 games.

He’s been even more impactful so far this season, and in just 15 games, has already scored seven goals, which is only made more impressive considering how he once again started the year in middling fashion.

This red-hot form has seen him compared to several talented wingers in England and beyond, including Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli, and while that might not be a comparison the Spurs faithful love, it makes sense.

For example, both players are particularly fond of running at opposition defenders with the ball at their feet and looking for ways to get a shot off or to get into the box.

However, it’s the winger from N17 who seems to be better at that this year, considering the Gunners ace has just two goals and three assists in as many games.

With that said, the comparison itself stems from FBref, which looks at players in similar positions across Europe’s top five leagues before creating a ten-man list of the most comparable players, and in this case, it considers the Brazilian to be the second most similar winger to the Welshman.

You can get a better idea of how they come to this conclusion by looking at the underlying statistics where they most closely align, which in this case includes metrics such as shots on target, non-penalty expected goals plus assists, goals per shot on target, passes into the penalty area, passing accuracy, live passes, successful take-on percentage, aerial duels won, carries and carries into the penalty area, all per 90.

Johnson & Martinelli

Statistics per 90

Johnson

Martinelli

Shots on Target

1.03

0.74

Non-Penalty Expected Goals + Assists

0.61

0.48

Goals per Shot on Target

0.44

0.40

Passes into the Penalty Area

1.95

1.47

Passing Accuracy

70.9%

71.9%

Live Passes

25.1

27.9

Successful Take-Ons %

35.3%

38.2%

Carries into the Penalty Area

2.64

2.35

Carries

21.6

24.4

Aerial Duels Won

0.80

0.88

All Stats via FBref for the 24/25 PL Season

The Spurs faithful might not be overjoyed by this comparison, but they could be in the future, as according to the CIES Football Observatory, Martinelli is worth a staggering €127m, which converts to about £107m, and if the pair are that similar on the pitch, there is no reason to think Johnson couldn’t also be worth as much in the future, especially as he’s outperforming the Brazilian this season.

Therefore, it’s the former Forest ace who could one day be the Lilywhites’ next Kane-esque sale.

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Knowing he was locked in as David Warner’s partner for the start of the Ashes put the Australia opener’s mind at ease

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Harris made a century in the first Sheffield Shield match of the season against New South Wales, and though he failed twice in the return game at the MCG he is also coming into the Ashes on the back of a strong overseas campaign with Leicestershire.”I probably spoke to Bails [George Bailey] about a week before we went away to Sydney for the first Shield game,” Harris said. “We just had a really good conversation. It was just good to have some clear communication with a selector about what I was doing and what was in their thinking for me.”It’s good for your confidence as a player to know where you stand and having the backing of people is really good. It puts your mind at ease a little bit, your mind can run obviously coming into a big series on the Ashes with the amount of attention that’s brought to it, so to not have to worry about that for probably a month leading into the first game has been pretty good.”Bailey also said that Harris, who averages 23.77 from 10 Tests, would be given a run in the role as Australia look to cement an opening pair – at least for the remainder of Warner’s career. The duo had a rocky start against England in the 2019 Ashes when the round-the-wicket line of Stuart Broad caused a mountain of problems, but they added 89 in the second innings against India in Brisbane earlier this year.”David brings a lot of energy to the crease and to the partnership,” Harris said. “Obviously for a long period of time, he’s dominated world cricket. So he takes a lot of pressure off, you don’t feel any pressure to score. I know we had a tough series over in England but in the second innings against India we put on 80 or 90.”Anytime you can play with another player that takes a lot of pressure off you it makes your job a bit easier. Hopefully we can forge something pretty good – we’ll get through this summer first – but over the next period of time.”Harris feels better equipped for his latest run in the Test side after the challenges of the series in England two years ago where he replaced Cameron Bancroft after two Tests. It remains to be seen if England’s quicks can pose the same challenge in Australian conditions as they did at home, but Harris is confident he can respond.”It’s been a ploy that a lot of teams have employed against me now to come around the wicket,” he said. “I feel like I’ve worked really hard on the technical side of my game and tactically to try and combat that. The proof will be in the pudding come December 8 but feels like I’ve worked really hard on it’s gone well.”Harris had shown significant promise in his debut series against India in 2018-19 with two half-centuries and his averaged peaked at 37.75 after five matches before tumbling to its current level. He has always had the ability to bat time at domestic level – his maiden first-class century of 157 in 2011 came from 411 balls and shortly before his debut in 2018 he made a career-best unbeaten 250 from 403 – but he now feels he has struck a better tempo.”My initial idea of trying to get through the 20s was to dash as quickly as I could, but as I’ve got a bit older and more experienced I just let the game come to me a little bit more and let the bowlers come to me a bit more.”That probably comes back to just having a hunger for making a lot of runs, making big runs and having patience. In the first Shield game I think I’ve faced 360 balls so it’s not being satisfied with making 50 or 100. Through the off-season I had some really good innings where I made some big hundreds and over the last couple of years have made a couple of 200s. It comes back to having a bit of a bit of self-motivation and drive to do really well and lead from the front of your team.”

أعلن الجهاز الفني لـ منتخب مصر الأول بقيادة حسام حسن عن تشكيل لاعبيه أمام إثيوبيا، في المباراة التي تجمع بينهما ضمن منافسات تصفيات كأس العالم 2026.

وتقام المباراة بين مصر وإثيوبيا، على ملعب “العربي الزوالي” بالدار البيضاء بدولة المغرب، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الخامسة من المجموعة الأولى بالتصفيات الإفريقية المؤهلة إلى نهائيات كأس العالم.

منتخب مصر يتواجد بالمجموعة الأولى من تصفيات كأس العالم، مع منتخبات بوركينا فاسو، إثيوبيا، غينيا بيساو، سيراليون وجيبوتي.

ويحتل منتخب مصر، المركز الأول في ترتيب المجموعة الأولى بتصفيات كأس العالم، برصيد 10 نقاط، بعد خوض 4 مباريات، مُحققًا 3 انتصارات وتعادل وحيد.

طالع | بدلاء منتخب مصر أمام إثيوبيا

وكان منتخب مصر قد استهل مشواره بقوة بفوز ساحق على جيبوتي بسداسية نظيفة، ثم واصل تفوقه بالفوز على سيراليون بهدفين دون رد.

وفي الجولة الثالثة، تخطى بوركينا فاسو بصعوبة بنتيجة 2-1، قبل أن يسقط في فخ التعادل أمام غينيا بيساو بهدف لمثله. تشكيل منتخب مصر اليوم أمام إثيوبيا في تصفيات كأس العالم

حراسة المرمى: محمد الشناوي.

خط الدفاع: محمد هاني – رامي ربيعة – محمد عبد المنعم – محمود تريزيجيه.

خط الوسط: مروان عطية – حمدي فتحي – أحمد سيد زيزو.

وفي الهجوم: عمر مرموش – محمد صلاح – أسامه فيصل.

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O fim de semana para os torcedores alagoanos certamente terá como grande atração o primeiro clássico da temporada 2022 entre CSA e CRB, válido pela terceira rodada do estadual. O confronto em questão acontecerá no próximo sábado, às 17h (de Brasília), no Estádio Rei Pelé.

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E, como se não fosse suficiente o simples elemento da rivalidade, algumas marcas importantes que foram obtidas pelas duas equipes nos primeiros jogos do ano serão colocadas à prova. Como, por exemplo, a invencibilidade do Regatiano.

Até o presente momento, o time dirigido pelo técnico Allan Aal não sabe o que é perder um jogo desde o dia 28 de novembro de 2021, data em que disputou a última rodada da Série B, contra o Operário-PR, no revés por 2 a 1. De lá pra cá foram três compromissos com um empate (Murici) e uma vitória no Alagoano (Cruzeiro) além do triunfo sobre o Sport no primeiro duelo da fase de grupos da Copa do Nordeste.

Já com relação ao Azulão do Mutange, se o time já foi derrotado na temporada como um todo para o Sousa, na estreia do Nordestão, no estadual a fase invicta está mantida com duas vitórias sobre Aliança e Jacyobá.

Com relação aos duelos por setor, certamente o que chamará a atenção é a capacidade de resistência do CRB diante do eficiente poder ofensivo do CSA no início de ano. Enquanto o Regatiano não sofreu gols em dois dos três jogos feitos no ano, o Marujo marcou (e muito) em todos os quatro jogos, somando 11 tentos feitos.

Nine-day tournament starts in Edgbaston on July 29 2022 with the gold medal match scheduled for August 7

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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Women’s cricket will debut at next year’s Commonwealth Games with a re-match of the 2020 T20 World Cup final. Australia and India are set to lock horns again on July 29 as a nine-day tournament kicks off in Edgbaston with the gold medal match scheduled for August 7.Seven of the eight teams in this competition were confirmed in April earlier this year. The final one will be determined through a qualifying tournament that will be taking place in January 2022. Their first match of the Games will be against England on July 30. The next day will feature a match that brings the entire cricket world to a standstill. India vs Pakistan.The teams have been split into two groups of four and the top two from each group will qualify for the semi-finals which take place on August 6.Save the date: It’s Australia vs India at the Commonwealth games on July 29 2022•Getty Images

England were an automatic pick into the Games as a result of their being the hosts. The other six teams were chosen based on their place in the ICC T20 rankings as of April 1 last year. Barbados became the West Indian representative on the basis that they won the domestic title in 2020. The 2021 competition had to be postponed.”We have seen tremendous growth of the women’s game over the past few years and the Commonwealth Games will undoubtedly be another major moment on that journey,” ICC acting chief executive Geoff Allardice said.This is only the second time that cricket finds a place in the Commonwealth Games, and it will be kicking off the 22nd edition of the event along with Netball.

أكد الإعلامي أحمد شوبير أن تركيز الأهلي ينصب حاليًا على البطولات القارية والعالمية، مشيرًا إلى أن الدوري المحلي لم يعد أولوية بالنسبة له بعد الأحداث الأخيرة.

وكتب شوبير عبر حسابه الرسمي على “فيس بوك”: “الأهلي لديه مباراة مهمة في الأول من أبريل في ربع نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، ثم لقاء العودة أمام الهلال السوداني، والفوز به يقربه من النهائي ثم التتويج بالبطولة بإذن الله”.

وأضاف: “الأهلي أيضًا يشارك في كأس العالم للأندية في يونيو المقبل، أي أن الحدث بات قريبًا، ولذلك لم يعد الموسم المحلي يهمني، خاصة بعد التخبط الذي نشهده في الكرة المصرية”.

طالع أيضًا | الأهلي يتظلم ضد عقوبة “حارس الأهلي” وإيقاف شوبير

واختتم رسالته قائلًا: “مساندة الأهلي الآن مطلوبة أكثر من أي وقت مضى، نحن نتحدث عن رقم قياسي جديد في إفريقيا، وعن مشاركة عالمية اعتاد الأهلي تمثيل مصر والعرب فيها بأفضل صورة، وعن القوة الناعمة الوحيدة لمصر في كرة القدم، نحن نتحدث عن الأهلي”.

ويأتي حديث شوبير في ظل الأزمة المشتعلة بسبب انسحاب الأهلي من مباراة القمة أمام الزمالك، والتي كان من المفترض إقامتها الثلاثاء الماضي، حيث رفض الأحمر خوض اللقاء اعتراضًا على تعيين طاقم تحكيم مصري.

ومن المنتظر أن تصدر لجنة الانضباط بالاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم قراراتها اليوم السبت بشأن تداعيات الانسحاب، وسط توقعات بفرض عقوبات على القلعة الحمراء وفقًا للائحة المسابقة.

Liverpool’s move for an “irreplaceable” Real Madrid player could now happen in the January transfer window, according to a new update.

Liverpool produce huge fightback vs Brighton

For a large chunk of Saturday, it looked as though the Reds would be suffering a damaging defeat in the Premier League, trailing Brighton at Anfield and producing an awful, not capitalising on Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle United.

Instead, Liverpool staged a spirited and vital recovery in the final 20 minutes or so, equalising through a Cody Gakpo cross that went all the way into the net, and a trademark Mohamed Salah curler that sent the home crowd wild.

Arne Slot’s side held on to secure a priceless 2-1 triumph and three points to their tally, and if Arsenal’s loss earlier in the day was a bonus, Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat away to Bournemouth was even better, in what proved to be a perfect afternoon for the Reds.

It means that they are now two points clear at the top of the Premier League table, building a seven-point advantage over the Gunners at the same time, which feels significant. In terms of potential transfer business at Anfield, an exciting update has now emerged.

Liverpool could sign "irreplaceable" Real Madrid ace in January

According to a new update from TEAMtalk, there is now a chance that Liverpool could sign Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni in January, as FSG look to splash the cash.

The report states that the Reds are “still keen to build upon their great start and add more depth to their side” midway through the season, and Slot “has asked for new legs in midfield”, potentially paving the way for the Frenchman to come in.

Tchouameni is valued at around £100m, and it is added that FSG will saction a ‘huge spend’ for the correct target, with the Real Madrid man ticking boxes due to being under 25, and orevious claims have suggested the Reds are leading the race.

After the joy of Saturday’s win over Brighton, supporters will also be buoyed by this claim, with plenty still feeling that another more defence-minded midfielder is needed at the club.

At times in the first half against the Seagulls, Liverpool were run ragged in the middle of the park, with the visitors too easily finding gaps and exploiting Slot not having a proper No.6 in the mould of Rodri, even though Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister are enjoying strong seasons.

In Tchouameni, the Reds could have a perfect option in that more defensive role, with the 24-year-old a player who is admired by Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, who said of him recently: “He has shown all his qualities. He is very young, little by little he will learn to play the ball at the right times. Defensively he is an irreplaceable player.”

The France international may still be relatively young, but he already has so much experience under his belt, too, winning the Champions League last season.

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The fact that Liverpool showed a genuine interest in signing Tchouameni prior to his move to Madrid also suggests that they have rated him for some time, so Slot could be delighted to have him added to his squad, further increasing the level of competition for places.

Sydney Sixers suffered a 44-run defeat in the rain-shortened match despite Josh Philippe’s 46-ball 72

Tristan Lavalette11-Dec-2021

Matthew Wade walks off after being dismissed for a 46-ball 93•Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Matthew Wade’s rapid 93 and D’Arcy Short’s unbeaten 73 fuelled Hobart Hurricanes’ statement victory over two-time defending champions Sydney Sixers and helped open their account in the 2021-22 BBL season.Wade, one of the architects of Australia’s title-winning 2021 T20 World Cup campaign, set up Hurricanes’ massive 2 for 213, which proved too much for Sixers despite the efforts of in-form opener Josh Philippe.Sixers were left aggrieved when a 10-minute rain break early in their innings meant their target was reduced to 196 off 18 overs and, crucially, they lost a Power Surge over.But Hurricanes ran out convincing winners and gained sweet revenge after losing to Sixers in Launceston on Wednesday.Red-hot Wade re-writes Hurricanes historyShort has carved a reputation as a belligerent short-form batter, but he was intent on scurrying for singles on the rare chances he had strike in the early overs. It was a wise strategy given the mood of white-hot Wade who smashed a 19-ball half-century – the fastest-ever fifty by a Hurricanes player.With two left-handers at the crease, experienced spinner Steve O’Keefe was overlooked in the powerplay with Tom Curran preferred, and Wade’s eyes lit up. He pounced on a hapless Curran, who generally is more comfortable bowling in the middle overs, for five fours in the second over prompting desperate Sixers skipper Moises Henriques to rotate his quicks.On a batting-friendly pitch and lightning-quick outfield, Wade feasted on pace as Henriques finally turned to O’Keefe in the sixth over. The wily spinner tempered the run rate and so too experienced Dan Christian, who smartly focused on slower balls in a bid to halt the one-man ‘Cane train.Wade took the Power Surge in the 10th and 11th overs in a bid to reignite the momentum. Rollicking to his team’s century, Wade again eyed Curran and promptly smashed him for six first ball before finally miscuing to fall just short of a deserved century.Hurricanes stacked with firepowerHurricanes missed the playoffs last season but have been tipped as a title contender this edition. After Wade was dismissed, Hurricanes did not relent, with Caleb Jewell keeping the momentum going in a whirlwind knock marked by inventiveness to thwart Sixers’ plans at bowling a full length.Hurricanes could mount a deep run if Short can recapture the dizzying heights that once made him a T20 sensation. He had a tough start to the season with a dawdling 21 off 36 in the opener against Sixers after having moderate success as a middle-order batter in domestic cricket for Western Australia.But it was a mature knock from Short who expertly played a supporting role to Wade before putting the foot down in the latter overs highlighted by a huge six over midwicket to bring up Hurricanes’ 200.Josh Philippe guides the ball towards point•Getty Images

Brief rain delay causes ‘harsh’ recalibrationNo one was writing off Sixers given their deep reservoir of batting as they showed off in the season-opener against Melbourne Stars with 4 for 213, albeit batting first.Philippe, who whacked 83 against Stars, and James Vince kept pace but rain halted play with Sixers 0 for 42 in the fifth over.There was only a 10-minute break but it was enough to reduce Sixers’ chase to 196 runs off 18 overs and they lost one power surge over in a recalculation labelled as “harsh” by Alyssa Healy on the broadcast while Sixers bowling coach Andre Adams said it was “disappointing”.Sixers struggled to regain momentum and lost Vince as the run rate needed quickly ballooned to 14 an over after Tim David – whose accurate offspin opened the innings – bowled flat and quick in the ninth over.Wade marshals the troops superblyWade capped off his stellar match with astute captaincy as he juggled his bowlers well and they repaid the faith by executing a full length.He inserted his talisman Sandeep Lamichhane in the 10th over and it should have brought instant reward only for outfielder Jordan Thompson to drop a sitter to reprieve Philippe.The spinner bowled superbly in the middle overs to lead a disciplined attack which never gave Sixers a sniff. They were, however, let down by sloppy fielding with Philippe having more lives than a cat until his dismissal by the impressive recruit Joel Paris in the 14th over effectively ended the contest.