Head coach Walsh believes that the tour will give West Indies an opportunity to test their depth ahead of the 2023 T20 World Cup
ESPNcricinfo staff17-Aug-2022
New Zealand will be touring the West Indies after a gap of eight years•Getty Images
West Indies Women are set to host New Zealand Women for the first time in eight years, for three ODIs and five T20Is in September-October. All the games will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.”I am very happy that we will be hosting New Zealand in the West Indies,” Courtney Walsh, West Indies head coach, said in a CWI release. “They are a very competitive team, and this will make for a great series for our team. As it comes just after we’ve had the Women’s regional tournaments and the Women’s CPL, it will be a great fillip for our players.Fixtures (all games in Antigua)
1st ODI: September 16 2nd ODI: September 19 3rd ODI: September 22
1st T20I: September 26 2nd T20I: September 28 3rd T20I: October 1 4th T20I: October 4 5th T20I: October 6
“We will also have an eye on the T20 World Cup [to be played in South Africa in February] around the corner. So, this will give the squad a chance to showcase all their skills, and also give us, the coaching staff, a chance to look at what depth we have.”West Indies are currently holding a specialist camp that includes some new players. There will be another camp in Antigua after the Women’s CPL.”In addition, the lead selector was with the West Indies U-19 Women’s team for their series in Florida and has identified some exciting prospects to consider,” Walsh said. “So, we should have enough cricket before the New Zealand series starts.”The last time New Zealand toured the West Indies was in 2014. The visitors lost the ODI series 4-0 before bouncing back to clinch the T20I series 2-1, winning the final game in Super Over.
Na tarde do próximo domingo, o Coritiba volta a campo pelo Campeonato Brasileiro e recebe o Botafogo, no Couto Pereira.
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O duelo agendado para o fim de semana enche o torcedor do Coxa de esperança, já que o fator casa tem sido fundamental para a equipe de Gustavo Morínigo.
Nas três vitórias no Brasileirão, o Coritiba obteve o sucesso dentro do Couto Pereira, onde não costuma dar chances aos rivais.
Dos triunfos conquistados, o mais emocionante ocorreu diante do Fluminense, quando ficou em desvantagem por 2 a 0 e conseguiu virar o marcador.
Com 10 pontos conquistados no torneio nacional, o Coritiba aparece na 8ª posição.
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A “really good” Everton player is now “most likely to stay” and extend his contract at Goodison Park this summer, according to journalist Graeme Bailey.
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The Blues are in FA Cup action on Saturday afternoon, hosting in-form Bournemouth side, in what has the potential to be an intriguing fourth round tie at Goodison Park.
Everton have been revitalised since David Moyes has returned as manager, winning three of their last four Premier League matches, staving off any real threat of relegation in the process. The Merseysiders haven’t won a trophy since 1995, however, and the FA Cup is the final chance to change that this season.
Everton managerDavidMoyescelebrates after the match
The key now for the Blues is continuing to kick on, enjoying an emotional last few months at Goodison before the move to Bramley Moore Dock this summer, and a huge home game against rivals Liverpool awaits next Wednesday in the league.
Everton transfer news has largely dried up for the time being, following the end of the January window, but the club are still sure to be looking at options heading towards the summer. West Brom midfielder Tom Fellows has been tracked for some time, and he is expected to be once again be a target next time around.
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Speaking to Everton News, Bailey said that Dominic Calvert-Lewin is more likely to stay put at Everton compared to others this summer, in a promising update regarding his soon to be expiring contract: “Dominic Calvert-Lewin – they want to keep, but I would not rule out Idrissa Gueye or Abdoulaye Doucoure, I think the former is most likely to stay.”
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Seeing the £100,000-a-week Calvert-Lewin sign a new deal remain at Everton beyond this season would be fantastic news, with Moyes hailing his importance upon his return as manager recently, saying: “People keep telling me he has not been getting many chances. Well, he has had his chances in the last two games, he has his goal.
“The biggest thing today is he played like a proper number nine at times today. He made the centre halves worried, he was a threat, he was challenging, winning a good percentage of his aerial duels. He got involved in everything, a lot of really good things today.”
Granted, Calvert-Lewin has had his problems down the years, mainly consistent injury issues, but he is a top-quality striker when he is fit and firing. The 27-year-old has made a promising start to life under Moyes, and with his contract expiring at the end of this season, it is vital that the club tie him down to a new deal.
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There would be a risk element there, given his fitness woes in the past, but if the manager sees him as a key player during his tenure, he needs to be trusted.
Até o momento, o São Paulo arrecadouR$ 23,7 milhões brutos em renda com bilheteria. Ao todo, foram 18 partidas como mandante nesta temporada.
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Com o último confronto do Tricolor paulista, contra o Ceará, no Morumbi, o clube ultrapassou a marca de meio milhão de torcedores presentes nestas 18 disputas. Ao todo, foram 32.977 presentes no último sábado (28), chegando a511.744 espectadores este ano – ou seja, uma média de28.430 por jogo. Estes números foram informados pelo ‘GE’.
Com a renda arrecada com bilheteria beirando os 25 milhões de reais, o São Paulo já superou a marca total dos últimos dois anos, impactados pela pandemia da Covid-19.
A última temporada que contou com público em todos os confrontos foi em 2019, onde o Tricolor arrecadouR$ 38 milhões em 30 partidas. Em 2022, o jogo que contou com mais torcida, e consequentemente mais renda, foi a final do Campeonato Paulista.
Na vitória contra o Palmeiras por 3 a 1, no Morumbi, estiveram presentes60.383 torcedores, que geraramR$ 5,5 milhões. Agora, a equipe de Rogério Ceni embarca em uma sequência de duas rodadas fora de casa.
O Tricolor enfrentará o Avaí, em Santa Catarina, e o Coritiba, no Paraná. O time volta a jogar como mandante no dia 12 de junho, contra o América-MG.
أعلن المدير الفني الجديد لمنتخب البرازيل، كارلو أنشيلوتي، القائمة المستدعاة لخوض مباراتي فترة التوقف الدولي خلال شهر يونيو المقبل.
ويخوض منتخب البرازيل مباراتين في شهر يونيو ضد كل من الإكوادور وباراجواي، في إطار تصفيات قارة أمريكا الجنوبية المؤهلة إلى كأس العالم 2026.
وأصبح أنشيلوتي مدربًا رسميًا لمنتخب البرازيل بعدما خاض مباراته الأخيرة رفقة ريال مدريد، يوم السبت الماضي.
اقرأ أيضًا.. أنشيلوتي يراهن على لاعبه السابق لمساعدته في قيادة البرازيل
وشهدت قائمة منتخب البرازيل، الأولى في عهد أنشيلوتي، استبعاد لاعب ريال مدريد رودريجو الذي غاب عن الملاعب الفترة الأخيرة، رغم عدم إصابته، وسط شكوك متزايدة حول مستقبله.
في حين تم استدعاء لاعب ريال مدريد فينيسيوس جونيور ومواطنه لاعب برشلونة رافينها، بخلاف أليسون بيكر حارس ليفربول. قائمة البرازيل لمباراتي الإكوادور وباراجواي في تصفيات كأس العالم 2026
A round-up from the three WBBL matches taking place on Sunday which included Perth Scorchers laying down a marker
AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff16-Oct-2022
Sophie Molineux produced a fine all-round display•Getty Images
Sophie Molineux has continued her rich vein of form to help set up the Melbourne Renegades’ nail-biting four-wicket WBBL win over Adelaide. In a heart-stopping opener to a Mackay double-header, Renegades looked in control chasing the Strikers’ 7 for 126 before tightening up late. With three runs needed from the final two balls, Sarah Coyte proved the match-winner against her former team when she hit a Deandra Dottin delivery to the square-leg rope to claim victory with one ball to spare.It came after Molineux had starred with bat and ball with returns of 4 for 23 and 32 as she continues her comeback from a 10-month long injury. Ruled out of the Ashes, ODI World Cup and Commonwealth Games, Molineux is one of several players vying to fight their way back into a changing Australian team. She has done herself plenty of favours in the past month. She hit scores of 56 and 113 for Victoria on return from injury in the WNCL, before being the Renegades’ best in their WBBL season opener on Sunday. The left-arm finger-spinner took two wickets in two balls early when she removed Laura Woolvardt and Bridget Patterson, both to smart catches from Josie Dooley and Eve Jones.Molineux returned to get the key wicket of Tahlia McGrath on 35 when she took her off-stump, before also getting Maddie Penna late for 36. And after spilling two catches of her own in the field, Molineux then rode her luck with the bat. She should have been run out on 16 and 22 and also stumped on 19 when she skipped past a Jemma Barsby ball.But still she was able to set the tempo for the innings early, helping launch the Renegades’ chase with her 35-ball knock. And while Megan Schutt and Amanda-Jade Wellington kept the Strikers in the match, Coyte was eventually able to seal the win late in her first game for the Renegades. Fast bowler Darcie Brown was clocked at 127.2kph in her first over which is believed to be the highest-recorded delivery in the WBBL.Sophie Ecclestone and Ash Gardner celebrate•Getty Images
Defending champions Perth Scorchers again showed they are a force as they thrashed the Sydney Thunder. Lilly Mills, Marizanne Kapp and Alana King each bagged two wickets and Maddy Green claimed the catch of the weekend at Blacktown.Only Tahlia Wilson (28) – who hit four of Thunder’s eight boundaries – and Anika Learoyd (26) reached double figures for the Thunder, whose score of 8 for 88 was the lowest in the club’s history. There were 68 dot balls in the innings. Sophie Devine struck an unbeaten 44 from 42 balls to help Perth chase down the target with 31 deliveries to spare to start the Scorchers’ campaign.
احتفى الإعلامي خالد الغندور بتتويج نادي بيراميدز بلقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا لأول مرة في تاريخه، موجّهًا التهنئة للفريق السماوي ومؤكدًا أن لاعبيه “ثأروا” للنادي الأهلي من صن داونز، الذي أخرج الأحمر من البطولة.
وظهر خالد الغندور في فيديو عبر صفحته الرسمية بموقع “فيس بوك” وهو يغني احتفالًا بالإنجاز التاريخي لنادي بيراميدز بعد تتويجه بدوري أبطال إفريقيا.
وكان بيراميدز قد كتب التاريخ، بعدما حقق فوزًا مثيرًا على صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي بهدفين مقابل هدف، في لقاء إياب نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، الذي أقيم مساء أمس الأحد على استاد الدفاع الجوي.
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وجاء التتويج بعد تعادل الفريقين في مباراة الذهاب 1-1 على ملعب “لوفتوس فيرسفيلد” بمدينة بريتوريا، ليُحسم اللقب لبيراميدز بنتيجة إجمالية 3-2، في إنجاز غير مسبوق للفريق الذي يحقق أول بطولة قارية منذ تأسيسه.
وقال خالد الغندور في تصريحاته بالفيديو: “أريد أن أقول شيء مهم جدًا، رمضان صبحي الطموح ابن النادي أخذ بثأر النادي الأهلي”.
وتابع: “رجال بيراميدز انتقموا للنادي الأهلي من صن داونز، وتوجوا بدوري أبطال إفريقيا، كلنا كمصريين يجب أن نُهنئ بيراميدز، وأنا قمت بالغناء لهم لأنني رجل إعلامي ومحايد، وسبق وغنيت للأهلي وللزمالك، إذًا يجب أن أغني لـ بيراميدز، ويجب علينا جميعًا أن نُغني لهم”.
واختتم: “مبروك لمصر، ومبروك لـ بيراميدز، مبروك الحصول على دوري أبطال إفريقيا وبقاءه في مصر، بعد أن توج الأهلي به في آخر موسمين، وبيراميدز أعاد لنا البطولة بعد أن خرج الأهلي أمام صن داونز”.
Aston Villa are in a good place at the moment. A finish in the Champions League qualification spots is still more than achievable. They are currently six points behind Chelsea in fourth, but a fifth-place finish could be enough to see them qualify too, depending on the coefficient at the end of the season.
In the Champions League, they have a Round of 16 clash against either Atalanta, Club Brugge, Borussia Dortmund or Sporting CP. Brugge and Dortmund hold first-leg advantages in their playoff clashes this week.
Of course, Unai Emery will need his squad to perform to an incredibly high standard for the rest of the season to achieve their goals. Ollie Watkins will be crucial, and he is an excellent example of a proven transfer strategy for the Villans in the last few seasons.
Aston Villa’s best Championship signings
Something that has worked incredibly well for the Villans over the past five or so seasons is signing players from the Championship. Watkins is a shining example of this. After a fantastic performance in the second tier for Brentford, he moved to Villa for £33m including add-ons, where he has been a huge success.
The England international has been simply sensational in a Villa shirt. In 202 games for the club, he has scored 81 goals and registered 35 assists. He is well on his way to joining the Premier League 100 club, with 69 goals to his name so far.
However, it is not just in attack that Villa have had success buying from the Championship. Defenders such as Ezri Konsa, who also signed from Brentford, and Matt Cash, who joined from Nottingham Forest, are also players who have thrived.
Centre-back Konsa has played 219 games for Villa so far, managing to score eight goals in that time. He has also become a full England international. Cash has made 161 appearances for the club, and has 21 goals and assists. He is also an international footballer, representing Poland.
As good as these three players have been, there is arguably an even bigger success story when it comes to moving from a Championship side to Villa Park.
Aston Villa’s success story from the Championship
Has there been a more exciting player to watch this season than Villans attacker Morgan Rogers? He has been on fire throughout the campaign, described as an “unstoppable” force earlier in 2024/25 by Jamie Carragher.
The 22-year-old has only been at Villa Park for just over a year, meaning he joined under the tutelage of Emery. He made the move from Championship outfit Middlesbrough for a fee initially said to be £8m, but one that could rise to £15m with add-ons.
It is hard not to think at least some of those unnamed add-ons will have been met already, considering how well the attacker has played in a Villa shirt. He has played 50 games for the club in total, with 14 goals and seven assists in that time.
This season, the former Manchester City academy star has been excellent. He has played 33 games across all competitions for the West Midlands outfit, finding the back of the net on 11 occasions, and assisting his teammates six times.
Rogers’ record by competition this season
Stat
Premier League
Champions League
FA Cup
Games
24
8
2
Minutes
1998
690
180
Goals
6
3
2
Assists
4
1
1
Mins per G/A
199
172
60
Stats from Transfermarkt
Perhaps Rogers’ best moment of the season was his fantastic hattrick in the Champions League against Scottish giants Celtic. Within five minutes, he had two goals but had to wait until the 91st minute to cap off a wonderful treble.
Given how well the Englishman has performed this season, it might be unsurprising to learn his value has risen so much from the £15m Villa spent on him just 12 months ago. According to CIES Football Observatory, he is now worth a whopping £67m.
That is a huge increase on the price Emery’s side paid last January. It has risen by an outrageous 349% in total, suggesting this was an excellent investment from Villa. It seems unlikely they will want to sell him anytime soon, but the West Midlands side would be in for a huge profit if they did.
As it happens, signing Rogers was a brilliant decision by the Villans. Not only is he worth millions more, but he is performing superbly well and does not show any signs of slowing down at the moment.
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A manhã desta terça será decisiva para o Flamengo. Afinal, Dorival Júnior comandará a primeira e única atividade com o grupo completo visando o jogo contra o Atlético-MG pela Copa do Brasil, nesta quarta. O curto tempo é motivo de preocupação para o técnico, que avaliou a situação após o revés para o mesmo rival, no domingo, no Mineirão.
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O curto intervalo e a logística escolhida pelo clube – que retornou de BH após o jogo de domingo e volta à cidade após o treino desta terça – obrigará o técnico a fazer as orientações e mostrar as soluções por meio da conversas e vídeo, e não com treinos com o time em campo.
– É mostrar o que fizemos de errado e buscar as correções. No período de treino que teremos, que será apenas um, e depois mostrar a execução no campo. Não podemos só lamentar, temos que buscar soluções para dois dias depois ter uma partida muito diferente da que tivemos – afirmou Dorival, após o revés no Mineirão.
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Além de fazer as correções necessárias no setor defensivo e ofensivo, Dorival Júnior definirá na atividade desta manhã, às 10h, quais jogadores estarão à disposição para o confronto pelas oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil. Baixa do domingo, Thiago Maia é retorno certo.
Fabrício Bruno e Santos já treinam com o grupo, mas suas participações ainda não estão definidas. O zagueiro se recupera de uma lesão no pé esquerda, sofrida em março, que o fez ser operado em maio. Já o goleiro está fora por lesão muscular desde 4 de maio.
As baixas de peso e certas ficam por conta de Bruno Henrique e David Luiz, que se lesionaram no jogo contra o Cuiabá, no dia 15.
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Faf du Plessis says in his new autobiography that there was a communication gap between the South African team management and himself late in his career•AFP via Getty Images
Faf du Plessis has said that a breakdown in his relationship with outgoing national men’s head coach Mark Boucher led to his retirement from Test cricket. In his autobiography , du Plessis claimed that Boucher, Graeme Smith, CSA’s former director of cricket, and convener of selectors Victor Mpitsang ghosted him when he made himself available for the T20 team following his Test retirement in February 2021.In the book, du Plessis reflects on a difficult childhood, a career that started in shadow of his best friend AB de Villiers, South Africa’s 2015 and 2019 World Cup heartaches, his elevation to national captain, and his eventual exit from the role, driven by what he terms a lack of soft skills from Cricket South Africa (CSA), particularly in the latter stages of his career.In a chapter titled, “The Ghosts of Insecurity”, du Plessis begins to document his final phases with the national side, which started when Boucher took over for a series against England in December 2019. Du Plessis writes that the series “felt different” to previous ones because he did not feel backed by Boucher when he faced a media barrage.Before the second Test, du Plessis, who was out of form at the time, was asked why Temba Bavuma – that team’s only black African batter – had been dropped and, in his response about Bavuma’s lean run, he remarked that the national side did not see colour. The comment caught fire and du Plessis was severely criticised for not understanding the nuances of South Africa’s segregated past, even as he struggled to score runs. He wrote that he did not feel Smith or Boucher provided him with the support he needed then, which set the tone for the rest of their relationship.”I needed someone to back me up in the media, and Graeme and Mark were best positioned to clear the air and show public support for their national captain who was dealing with head- and tailwinds simultaneously. When Mark attended a press conference while this storm was raging, he didn’t do that,” du Plessis writes.Related
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Later in the series, Boucher asked du Plessis about his future with the national team and du Plessis committed to all three formats. However, he opted for a break in ODIs and, with the 2023 World Cup more than three years away, to stand-down as ODI captain. Boucher also asked du Plessis if he would give up the T20 captaincy but du Plessis writes he was “not convinced that relinquishing the T20 captaincy was the right decision”. Du Plessis went on to assume Boucher’s idea that he step down as T20 captain was only a “suggestion.” Du Plessis spent the rest of the series “concerned that Mark and I weren’t connecting on a deeper level as a captain and coach”, and felt their relationship was “somewhat cold and distant” and that he “increasingly noticed how close he was with Dean (Elgar) and Quinny (de Kock)”.Later, du Plessis discovered that Smith and Boucher “felt strongly about appointing Quinny (as captain) in both white-ball formats”, which is what subsequently transpired. He finished the England series with a sense that he was “losing that connection with my purpose as a leader in the team”.After the series, du Plessis took the decision that since “Mark and I didn’t click” it would be “better for the team to have a new captain than someone who couldn’t connect with the coach”. He resigned from the Test captaincy on February 17, 2020, but opted to stay on as a player and thought of himself as “leading without a title”.That is the header of his next chapter, where du Plessis looks at the year between stepping down as captain and retiring from Test cricket, which was sandwiched between the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Du Plessis writes that in that time, when South Africa played Test series against Sri Lanka at home and away in Pakistan, his relationship with Boucher had become “purely transactional” and that he benefited from Boucher’s technical expertise. He went on to a career-best 199 against Sri Lanka but struggled in Pakistan, where he discovered “my desire and joy to play Tests for South Africa weren’t what they used to be”.Du Plessis highlights an incident that he said took place during the first Test and underlined his decision to retire. It was on the third day, with South Africa having built up a slim lead in the second innings after having conceded a 158-run first-innings deficit. The day’s play was drawing to a close and Keshav Maharaj was padded up as nightwatch. The South African team had an unsaid rule, du Plessis writes, that they would send a nightwatch in if a wicket fell within 30 minutes or seven overs of play left in the day. But Boucher, he writes, told Maharaj he would not be needed because a nightwatch only goes out 15 minutes ahead of the close. Du Plessis, who says he told Boucher about the 30 minute precedent, had to get ready to bat and go out when Rassie van der Dussen was dismissed 25 minutes before the end of the day. Du Plessis lasted 20 minutes and was dismissed with five minutes left to play.”I was furious when I left the field. We had just lost a main batter because of an avoidable tactical error. I said to myself that I was too emotional to address this with Mark immediately and that I should go to bed, sleep on it, and discuss it with him the following morning,” he writes.South Africa went on to lose the game the next day, having set Pakistan a target of 88. “At our post-match review session, I said I did not agree with the way we had handled the situation. For the past ten years, the batter had had the option of a nightwatchman, and I wanted us to discuss this. I said that I wanted to share my opinion but I was happy to be challenged on my stance. I felt that the nightwatchman was a trump card to be used tactically when required but, if the team felt differently, I’d go with what they wanted,” du Plessis writes. “The vast majority of our batting unit said they preferred having the option of a nightwatchman. Mark tried to push back, saying that in his day the norm was fifteen minutes prior to the end of play, but that’s not how I remember it. I had also played with Graeme, [Jacques] Kallis and AB, and they used to love the option of not having to bat in the dark.”This went on to leave a sour taste in both du Plessis and Boucher’s mouths. “Mark brought this conversation up again a few months later while we were still discussing my involvement in the [2021] T20 World Cup, and he said that he didn’t like the way I had challenged him on the nightwatchman. Personally, I always appreciated it when someone challenged me on something I did or believed in, especially if it came from someone who wasn’t necessarily a friend. But that’s just me,” du Plessis writes.Du Plessis informed Smith of his decision to retire from Test cricket on his return home from that series and sent Boucher a message asking if they could meet to discuss an important matter. “He never responded to my message, nor did he contact me after the announcement had been made… His silence confirmed to me that I had made the right decision to retire from Tests.”At the time, du Plessis was also negotiating a continuing role in the T20 side, with the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cups in mind. Du Plessis wanted to continue playing T20s for the national side, on a contract deal, and be allowed to compete in T20 leagues outside of his national commitments. In essence, du Plessis was asking CSA to go somewhere it had not gone before: issue a T20I-only contract. Smith assured du Plessis he would look into the possibility. CSA’s board eventually decided it would not award T20I-only contracts but was still exploring the possibility of using du Plessis at the 2021 T20 World Cup, if he played in 65% of the national fixtures.Du Plessis, wary of clashes between leagues and international fixtures, and with an IPL contract that “wasn’t enough to cover all my financial commitments” wanted a “formal offer that would enable me to play in fewer leagues”. He claims Smith never got back to him on this, which led to him accepting more league opportunities. But, du Plessis says, he did not leave it there and on May 11, 2021, “sent Graeme, Mark and Victor Mpitsang an email asking for better two-way communication. I said a breakdown in communication had led to AB not playing in the 2019 World Cup, which became a media mess. I wanted us to prevent a repetition of that. So what did they expect of a player who was not contracted but was in contention for the World Cup?” Du Plessis said he did not get a reply from any of them and that Mpitsang “had not had a single conversation with me since he’d been appointed to replace Linda Zondi in October 2020”.He writes that “dealing with CSA during this time was like being in a relationship with someone who doesn’t value you as much as you value them. That complicated matters, and I had to work much harder than should have been necessary to get them to communicate efficiently. Their actions made it easier for me to accept that going to the World Cup was not meant to be.” Du Plessis did not go to the 2021 or 2022 T20 World Cups but remains in form in league cricket around the world.CSA has yet to see a copy of du Plessis’ book and told ESPNcricinfo it will reserve comment until it has been through it.