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Liverpool arguably have the best full-back pairing in the world in Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold, who have both become an integral part of Jurgen Klopp’s team.

A pathway to the first team for Kostas Tsimikas and Neco Williams has thus far been difficult and limited to mere cup appearances and the odd game where one of the regular full-bacvs isn’t fit – so much so that the latter has gone out on loan to Championship leaders Fulham.

However, with the Reds still fighting on all fronts for the quadruple after winning the Carabao Cup a couple weeks ago, opportunities to impress Klopp could be available. Should that also prove to be the case in future seasons, the importance of having depth in the wing-back positions will soon be realised.

One player who has been tipped to become a Liverpool star in the future is left-back Callum Scanlon, who penned his first professional deal with the club this week after signing from Birmingham City as a 15-year-old in December 2020 for £500k.

An England youth international, the 17-year-old is described as ‘highly rated’ at the club, where he has nailed down a starting spot with the under-18s after making his debut last May. The youngster’s former academy coach James Atkins has hailed the starlet as “lightning quick” and “technically very good”.

Scanlon has also shown the ability to play in midfield, just like Alexander-Arnold, who himself graduated from the Reds’ academy.

What makes the 23-year-old such an important player in the Liverpool team, perhaps even more so than Robertson, is his ability to not just double up as a winger in attack, but also occasionally drift into the middle of the pitch to make things happen, much like Manchester City’s inverted full-back Joao Cancelo.

However, the West Derby native does this more because he has the technical ability to play in those areas, compared to Cancelo who also has that technical ability, but is a right-footed defender playing on the left, and cutting in is natural to him.

If Scanlon also has the technical ability to play in midfield, he could follow in the footsteps of Alexander-Arnold as opposed to Robertson. However, should he continue to develop at the same rate, but with his athleticism, aggression and strong delivery, he could perhaps play more like the Scottish defender, bombing up and down the left flank to good effect.

Klopp may already have a long-term successor to Robertson at his disposal on Merseyside, potentially saving the club a few million quid in the transfer market as they would be spared the need to splash out on a new left-back.

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Abbottabad held the advantage against Lahore Shalimar at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium after a career-best 7 for 70 by fast bowler Ahmed Jamal gave his team a 62-run lead. The Abbottabad batsmen then finished at 90 for 4 at stumps to extend the lead with enough resources still available to build it towards something substantial. Lahore had started the day on the back foot, at 9 for 2, and things quickly worsened with Jamal tearing through the line-up to reduce them to 42 for 7. But there was a resistance; Saad Nasim and Aamer Hayat struck half-centuries under pressure and put together a 122-run stand to rescue their team, which was eventually bowled out for 184. In the second innings, it was Fawad Khan, unbeaten on 43, who guided the innings amid the loss of four wickets and pushed the lead to 156 with six wickets still in hand.Khan Research Laboratories took control of their contest against Hyderabad, who are playing at the Niaz Stadium, their home ground. KRL began the day on 261 for 7 and folded for 291, with left-arm spinner Kashif Bhatti finishing with a career-best 6 for 73. But his batsmen failed to put up a competitive response, as none managed to score a half-century while seamers Yasir Arafat and Mohammad Irfan, both of whom have played for Pakistan, shared five wickets between them. Lal Kumar top-scored with 46 but was short of support from the rest and Hyderabad were bowled out for 167, conceding a lead of 124. In their second innings, KRL have begun well, with the openers adding 43 and still unbeaten.Karachi Whites dominated Quetta for the second successive day at the National Stadium in Karachi. Their batsmen, led by wicketkeeper Mohammad Hasan who reached his maiden first-class century, piled up 520 for 6. Karachi lost the other centurion, Wajihuddin, who had reached three-figures on the first day, and overnight batsman Asim Kamal in quick succession. But Hasan, with Mohammad Waqas, who hit a half-century, added 132 runs for the sixth wicket to ensure their team, barring a miracle, would not lose the game.Lahore Ravi surged ahead of Pakistan Television on the second day at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. Solid top-order contributions and an unbeaten 87 by Asif Raza at No.7, who led his team’s recovery from 172 for 5, took Lahore to 329 for 7 at stumps, a lead of 174. The start to the day was encouraging for Lahore with opener Mohammad Saad and Fahad-ul-Haq adding 139 for the second wicket, promising to take their team towards a strong lead. But the seam duo of Saad Altaf and Zahoor Khan bagged the next four wickets for just 32. The scare, though, was cast aside by Raza and captain Sheraz Butt, who struck one of 50-plus scores in the innings, to add 97 for the sixth wicket in a potentially decisive stand.State Bank of Pakistan and Peshawar finished things even at the end of the second day at the Sports Complex in Mardan. Starting the day on 283 for 4, SBP would have been disappointed at being bowled out for 376. Adnan Raees, on 94 at the end of the opening day, reached his century, his ninth in first-class cricket, but was eventually dismissed for 122. But there was not much support for the innings from the lower order, as the last five wickets fell for 28. Medium-pacer Riaz Afridi, who has played one Test for Pakistan, bagged his 14th haul of five or four wickets. Peshawar, in their reply, lost two early wickets but were steadied by Naved Khan, who, unbeaten on 63, steered his team for 141 for 4 at stumps. He was supported by Ashfaq Ahmed in an unfinished 34-run stand.

Sunderland dug out an injury-time winner through Nathan Broadhead as they beat Shrewsbury Town 3-2 at home in League One on Saturday afternoon.

The Everton loanee ended up grabbing two goals, with Elliot Embleton scoring the other, as Alex Neil’s team were forced to dig their heels in after losing a two-goal lead.

It is safe to say that some of the players were not at their best at the Stadium of Light, and so The Transfer Tavern have now used statistical experts SofaScore to analyse who the three worst performers (to have played at least 45 minutes) were for the hosts on the day – could any of these men be looking over their shoulders regarding their place in the first XI?

Lynden Gooch

Given a 6.5 overall rating, Gooch ranked as the Black Cats’ third-worst player.

The 26-year-old lost out on four of his duels, while he was also off target with both of his shots.

Defensively, Gooch did not manage to block any shots or make any interceptions, while he was also dribbled past and lost the ball a total of 21 times, the most out of any of his teammates.

Bailey Wright

Wright ranks in second here as he was given a 6.3 rating.

The captain lost six of his duels, while he also failed to record a single clearance, interception or tackle, giving the ball away on 14 separate occasions.

Anthony Patterson

As he conceded two goals, it is perhaps unsurprising that Patterson ranked as SAFC’s worst performer with a 6.2 rating.

The goalkeeper only managed to make one save in the entire match, while he was also guilty of losing possession six times from his 28 touches of the ball.

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A valiant 71 not out from Australian Adam Voges was not enough to prevent Nottinghamshire Outlaws from slipping to their third Clydesdale Bank 40 defeat to dampen their hopes of reaching the semi-finals

29-Aug-2010
ScorecardA valiant 71 not out from Australian Adam Voges was not enough to prevent Nottinghamshire Outlaws from slipping to their third Clydesdale Bank 40 defeat to dampen their hopes of reaching the semi-finals. In a nail-biting finish, Voges could only drive the last ball from Josh Cobb weakly to mid-on for none as Leicestershire sealed a four-run win at Trent Bridge.Voges received little support from his Nottinghamshire team-mates, with captain Chris Read (32) the only man to offer more than a cameo, while Leicestershire captain Matthew Hoggard led the visitors’ bowling attack in picking up 3 for 43. Matthew Boyce’s 60 and 58 from James Taylor had helped Leicestershire to reach 219 for 7 from their 40 overs, with England Under-19 seamer Jacob Ball picking up 3 for 32 in his first appearance of the season.After Luke Fletcher had made the early breakthrough with James Benning caught at cover, Ball picked up two wickets in his second over, with Jacques du Toit playing on and Cobb bowled by a beautiful off-cutter. And the Notts Academy graduate’s day got even better in his following over when Greg Smith chased a wide delivery to edge behind to wicketkeeper Read.But a partnership of 114 in 21 overs between Boyce and Taylor recovered the situation as the pair worked the field and scampered singles, hitting only seven boundaries between them. The batting powerplay yielded 45 of those runs and also saw Boyce dismissed lbw by Samit Patel, while an unbeaten cameo 33 from Tom New, featuring four fours and a six, provided a timely boost at the death, with Taylor yorked by Ryan Sidebottom and Jigar Naik run out.Voges only arrived from Australia at 7.00pm yesterday but seemed free of jet-lag when he arrived at the crease in the 15th over, after Alex Hales, Akhil Patel and Matt Wood had all fallen.And while Samit Patel also returned to the pavilion two overs later, clipping a full toss from James Benning to a diving Naik at midwicket, Voges found the gaps with nudged singles in accompaniment with Read to keep Notts in sight of the required run-rate.Benning’s medium-pace proved particularly hard to get away, and with Notts forced to up the pace in the last 10 overs, wickets began to fall. Read pulled Hoggard to deep square leg and Steven Mullaney edged behind in the former England star’s next over to expose the tail.Despite Voges’ best efforts, his bowlers were unable to contribute with the bat, Graeme White bowled by Naik, Fletcher lbw to Hoggard and Ball stumped off Cobb in the final over. Notts will now need to win both their remaining group matches – concluded by a trip to Edgbaston next weekend – to overtake Warwickshire and claim a semi-final spot.

There’s a popular line in Australian cricket that goes “it’s harder to get into the Test team than out of it”. Usually it has applied to the batsmen and the current top six, which falters almost as often as it purrs, is benefitting from almost untouchable status.Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, is not plotting any changes to the line-up for the two Tests in India in October, and would be happiest if the order didn’t alter until after the Ashes. That’s despite a couple of batsmen – Ricky Ponting and Marcus North – losing power since being defeated by England last year, Michael Hussey edging closer to the end, and Shane Watson being employed as an out-of-position opener.In the early 1990s, the Waughs were sometimes called the koala brothers (not to their faces!) because they were seen as protected species. Back then Mark and Steve were in their 20s and their best was in front of them. Instead of being on the endangered list over the past year, Marcus North, a 31-year-old, remains in the top tree. Admittedly he is clinging on, but every time he is on the verge of tumbling his powerful admirers prop him up.Hilditch wants North to be a long-term player and he will be given a chance in India to secure an Ashes role. “He’s a very experienced cricketer and we’re going to lose some experience in the next six months to two years, so if he was playing really well and gave us some experience, that would be our ideal outcome,” Hilditch said. “But Marcus would be aware, as any cricketer is, that he needs to perform well and obviously his consistency is something that we’d be looking for him to improve.”For a professional batsman who has impressed for more than a decade, North has a rare ability to hit or miss. But it’s not just his tendency for small scores – he has 21 or fewer in 19 of his 28 Test innings – that is a concern. It’s also the times when he makes runs. After a fabulous Ashes series, North has registered only four half-centuries against the weaker opponents of West Indies, Pakistan and New Zealand.Most tellingly, those successes came when Australia’s innings were already set up. He entered at 4 for 253 to score 79 against West Indies and his 68 in the same series came after starting at 3 for 277. In New Zealand, where he excelled under immense scrutiny, he walked out at 4 for 176 to post an unbeaten 112, while his 90 in the next game began at 4 for 247. Apart from the century in Wellington, the runs were at the easier end of the Test scale.With Australia’s batting line-up showing regular brittleness – 160 at The Oval, 150 against West Indies in Perth, 127 in Sydney and 88 at Headingley – they need the No.6 to be capable of stability. In those four innings North scratched 8, 1, 20 and 16.Against Pakistan in England he displayed the flail and fail method, appearing more like a nervy rookie than a senior pro with four hundreds in 17 Tests. “He’s proved he can play international cricket,” Hilditch said. “We’ve been preparing for this Ashes since we lost them last time, that’s why Marcus has been in the side, he has been part of our longer-term planning for this Ashes series coming up.”Watson’s aggressive approach is made for the middle order and he is the logical choice to drop down whenever a middle-order space appears. After starting with seven fifties and a century in his first eight matches as opener, Watson’s life has become tougher and he is less comfortable when the new ball swings, which is something England do well.Hilditch is reluctant to shuffle the order, even though he sees Phillip Hughes as a long-term opener, but is confident a double switch to the top six can be done smoothly – if absolutely necessary. “You can make changes, I don’t think you need to go away and say you can’t,” he said. “But the reality is we don’t see changes being made. Shane Watson has been extremely successful at the top of order, he averages very close to 50 opening, which is a marked increase of where he was down the order.”Hilditch also does not want to break up Watson’s partnership with Simon Katich. The pair averages 54.95 runs an innings, which currently places them behind only the Lawry-Simpson and Brown-Fingleton combinations in Australia’s history. “It’s been a very good partnership,” Hilditch said. “Obviously Shane can bat anywhere in the order, but he certainly seems to be grabbing the opening spot.”One person returning after a long-lay who has a place waiting for him is Peter Siddle. Siddle has not played since a stress fracture was diagnosed in his back in February and is planning to return with Victoria at the Champions League in September. If that goes smoothly he will be expected to face England at the Gabba on November 25.”He’s certainly part of our Ashes plans, and has been since the last Ashes,” Hilditch said. “He’s got to be back bowling well and performing, nobody automatically comes back in. Certainly fully fit, we see him in the top echelon of fast bowlers.” This is a panel that keeps faith in those who have served them ably in wins and losses.

Having secured loan deals for Philippe Coutinho and Robin Olsen as well as a permanent deal for Lucas Digne worth a reported fee of £25m, Aston Villa have been rather proactive in the January transfer window this season.

With the window set to close in a matter of days, it seems as though the Midlands club are preparing themselves to make another big move and bring in another player on a potentially permanent basis.

What’s the news?

According to a recent report from Football Insider, Villa have not given up their hopes of signing Liverpool defender Joe Gomez this month and will make a move to secure his signature before the end of the month.

Since joining Liverpool back in the 2015 summer transfer window from Charlton Athletic, Gomez, who is currently picking up a weekly wage of £85k-per-week according to Salary Sport, has gone on to make a total of 133 appearances across all competitions, winning a Premier League and Champions League title along the way.

Villa need him

Given how Villa only have three senior centre-backs at their disposal at the moment in the shape of Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa and Kortney Hause after Axel Tuanzebe had his loan spell at Villa Park cut short earlier this month, there is certainly space in Gerrard’s squad to add a player like Gomez to it this month.

However, with the experience and pedigree that Gomez has, it would be hard to see him come in and not compete for a place in the starting XI rather than just be on the bench for most of the time like Tuanzebe was after Gerrard arrived in mid-November.

Taking into account how the Liverpool centre-back, who Jurgen Klopp has called “sensational” in the past, has only made four appearances for the Reds in the Premier League so far this season with all of them seeing the Englishman coming off the substitutes bench, a move to Villa to play under Gerrard on a regular basis could be very tempting for the 24-year-old.

With that in mind, Villa could end their January transfer window on a massive high note by adding yet another player to their ranks that has experience of playing in the top-flight like their three previous incoming transfers. Digne came from Everton Olsen also had time there and Coutinho having spent a considerable part of his career at Liverpool.

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A four-wicket haul from David Masters and Ravi Bopara’s first half-century ofthe season put Essex in a strong position to force their first victory in theCounty Championship since the opening game of the season

31-May-2010
ScorecardA four-wicket haul from David Masters and Ravi Bopara’s first half-century ofthe season put Essex in a strong position to force their first victory in theCounty Championship since the opening game of the season.Masters picked up 4 for 48 to bowl out title-chasing Nottinghamshire for217, giving Essex a first-innings lead of 112, which Bopara took beyond 250 inpartnership with Matt Walker in the visitors’ second innings.Nottinghamshire, looking to overhaul Yorkshire at the top of the table,collapsed to 88 for six before half-centuries from Steven Mullaney and ChrisRead gave them a solitary batting point. Bopara, who finished unbeaten on 57, then put together an unbroken partnership of 82 for the third wicket with Walker (46no), as Essex closed on 152 for 2, 264 ahead.Having begun their season with four straight victories, Nottinghamshire wentdown to an exciting defeat by Hampshire in their last Championship fixture andhave struggled with the bat in this game, as a flurry of wickets came beforelunch.Beginning the day on 33 for 2, first Mark Wagh was bowled by an off-cutterfrom Maurice Chambers, then Samit Patel played away from his body to edge ChrisWright to second slip. Chambers then picked up his second wicket with a vicious bouncer which Neil Edwards could only fend weakly back to the bowler and, when Ali Brown was lbw to Ryan ten Doeschate on the eve of the lunch break, Nottinghamshire had lost fourwickets for the addition of just 23 runs.Mullaney and Read counter-attacked after the interval with some fine back-footshots on either side of the wicket. A leg-glance for four gave Mullaney his 50 from 66 balls and also brought up the century partnership from just 109 deliveries, but the former Lancashire allrounder then immediately edged Chambers to third slip for 53, includingseven fours and a six.Read pulled two sixes off Graham Napier but straight after reaching 50, edgedMasters for a fine diving catch by wicketkeeper James Foster. Andre Adams and Paul Franks both perished with wild slogs but did at least secure a batting point for Nottinghamshire, who got one early wicket when Tom Westley edged Adams to Edwards at second slip.But Bopara bedded himself in with Jaik Mickleburgh in an extended eveningsession, before Mickleburgh departed lbw for 25. Bopara and Walker were untroubled for the remainder of the day and Nottinghamshire may need the weather to prevent a second consecutive defeat.

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Depois de trocas de farpas por vários anos com torcedores do Palmeiras na internet, Lucas Lima agora respondeu à provocação de um santista.

Vaiado no jogo amigos do Nenê x amigos do Caio Castro, em Jundiaí (SP), o novo meia do Verdão rebateu um perfil alvinegro no Twitter, que colocou um vídeo com a seguinte legenda: “Lucas Lima sendo vaiado em jogo beneficente é o meu presente de Natal para vocês”. O jogador escreveu: “Tô nem aí, meu coração é verde”.

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Tô nem aí ! Meu coração é verde ! 💚😉 https://t.co/BYvNE7PmHp

— Lucas Lima (@lucaslima) 26 de dezembro de 2017

Enquanto defendia o clube da Baixada Santista, Lucas Lima travou longos embates com palmeirenses nas redes sociais. No período, muitos deles foram bloqueados pelo meia, que ao se aproximar de um acordo com o Verdão, passou a desbloqueá-los.

Antes deste amistoso do fim de semana, Lucas falou sobre esta relação e justificou que nunca desrespeitou seu atual clube. Segundo ele, a torcida já tem lhe dado demonstrações de carinho desde que foi o acordo por cinco anos com ele foi anunciado.

– Pelas redes sociais acompanho o carinho deles por mim. Era uma brincadeira, nunca faltei com o respeito, como naquela época eles me zoaram muito. Agora estou do lado deles e vou fazer o melhor por eles – disse o meia, ao Sportv.

Matthew Hayden and the Mongoose combined in a deadly manner as Hayden smacked 93 off 43 to almost singlehandedly chase down Delhi Daredevils’ 185

The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga19-Mar-2010
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Matthew Hayden and the Mongoose combined in a deadly manner•Associated PressIndia, say hello to the Mongoose, the shorter, thicker bat with the longer handle. You already knew Matthew Hayden, but might have forgotten him momentarily after his ordinary start this year. On Friday, the two combined in a deadly manner. Hayden smacked 93 off 43 balls to almost singlehandedly chase down Delhi Daredevils’ imposing target. Delhi’s innings featured a similarly dominant effort. If Hayden scored 93 of the 142 while at crease, Virender Sehwag pummelled 74 out of 103.That Hayden’s effort was longer meant Chennai Super Kings prevailed in the battle of superb fielding. Three good catches from Chennai’s stand-in captain, Suresh Raina, and a spectacular effort at the boundary from Justin Kemp, a near replica of his ICL catch, kept Delhi under 200. Tillakaratne Dilshan took a blinder charging in from long-on to deny Hayden a century, and Chennai a jitterless finish.Delhi, and their new captain Dinesh Karthik, will wonder if they brought Dirk Nannes back too late – in the 13th over – and why the bouncer was not tried against the Mongoose. It was not as if Hayden necessarily needed the new bat to cause wreckage.By the time he called out for the Mongoose, Hayden had already smashed four boundaries off his first nine balls. That may have given him the confidence to call for the newest beast in town. It was not as if Hayden necessarily needed the new bat to hit the five fours and seven sixes that followed in the next 34 deliveries he faced.His hitting was so clean that it perhaps didn’t need the rumoured 20% extra bat power on most of the occasions. Only the second of three sixes in Dilshan’s over – the eighth of the innings – was mis-hit, but the ball managed to sail over wide long-on. That six also brought up his fifty, off 24 balls, and by the end of the over, he had reached 61, and Chennai 85.More down-the-ground carnage followed in the next four overs, and Hayden had reached 87 off 37 with Chennai needing just 57 off 48, when Nannes was called back. A tight over later, Hayden hit Amit Mishra powerfully down the ground, and Dilshan ran in and caught it inches off the ground. Would it have carried had it been hit with a normal bat?Albie Morkel and Justin Kemp failed to contribute much, and the onus fell on Raina after Chennai lost three wickets for 27 runs. However, he kept picking up boundaries – six of them – whenever the equation started to look tricky, and his unbeaten 49 carried Chennai home with five balls to spare.With the way Sehwag was going, though, Raina’s team was looking at a much bigger target. His 38-ball 74 came as easy as his strolled singles, but Chennai managed to create and latch on to more catching opportunities to slow down Delhi just about enough in the last eight overs.Sehwag’s innings took about as much time as it took David Warner and Dilshan to struggle and get out, managing 21 off 32 between them. Sehwag was in the scoring zone right from the first ball he faced, flicking it neatly to midwicket. He found the middle of the bat and the gaps started appearing from the second ball on. In the first eight overs, he displayed almost the whole array of effective Twenty20 shots: hits down the ground, through extra cover, over wide long-on and midwicket, and the square-cut.The first over he faced from Muttiah Muralitharan, though, was the highlight. He came down the track first ball, Murali bowled flat, he checked his shot. Anticipated a flat delivery next up, he stayed back and opened the face to beat short third man. The standout shot came later in the over when he waited even more and took the ball from in front of stumps, guiding it to the left of short third this time. By the end of that over, eighth of the innings, Sehwag had scored 61 off 28, out of the team’s total of 79.Just in time, Kemp produced the moment of inspiration, jumping at the right time and taking a one-handed catch behind his body at the long-off boundary. Immediately before and after that, Raina produced two good catches to get rid of Dilshan and AB de Villiers.With 7.3 overs still to go, there was time enough for either side to win or lose. Although the balance was retained, the 78 that Karthik, Mithun Manhas and Rajat Bhatia added proved to be inadequate when compared to Hayden and his Mongoose.

Victoria gained the early advantage in their age-old rivalry with New South Wales after breezing to the inaugural women’s domestic Twenty20 title

Cricinfo staff23-Jan-2010Victoria 5 for 127 (Villani 29) beat New South Wales 75 (Andrews 15, Hunter 2-7) by 52 runs
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Elyse Villani top scored with 29 off 27 balls for Victoria•Getty ImagesVictoria gained the early advantage in their age-old rivalry with New South Wales after breezing to the inaugural women’s domestic Twenty20 title in Adelaide. After winning the toss, Victoria finished with 5 for 127 before dismissing their opponents for 75 in 16 overs for a comprehensive success.New South Wales’ reply started terribly when they were 4 for 8 – Alex Blackwell, Sarah Aley and Alyssa Healy all failed to score – and they couldn’t stop the fall of wickets. Julie Hunter and Clea Smith, the opening bowlers, collected two victims each while Briana Binch grabbed the key wickets of Lisa Sthalekar (9) and Kate Blackwell (7) to eliminate any chance of a recovery.The opener Elyse Villani gave Victoria a strong start with 29 off 27 balls while Jess Cameron’s 27 and Kelly Applebee’s 21 off 15 kept the rate up. Next Saturday the teams have a re-match of sorts as they contest the 50-over-a-side Women’s National Cricket League final at the MCG, where Victoria will look to end New South Wales’ streak of four consecutive titles.”Today was very disappointing,” the captain Sthalekar said. “We were out-played by the Victorians, but we have to move on. The WNCL Final is seven days away and now that becomes our focus.”