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Tottenham Hotspur entered a new era last summer, having thrown an old narrative into the wastebin when defying the odds and beating Manchester United in Bilbao to lift the Europa League trophy.

But Thomas Frank has much to do if he is to succeed at the helm, with the general mood one of disgruntlement after reaching the midpoint of his first campaign in the hot seat down N17.

Those of a Spurs persuasion undoubtedly feel they are cut from the same cloth as those at the top of the Premier League pyramid, but there is a gulf in tangible success that needs to be bridged.

These things take time, but even Frank would admit that his side’s attacking play hasn’t been good enough this year.

Spurs lining up new forward

Tottenham have already waved goodbye to Brennan Johnson, who was sold to Crystal Palace in a £35m deal last week. It was Johnson, 24, who scored the winner in the Europa League final, but he has been well below standards this season, lacking energy and impetus and conviction in his play.

Now, with Mohammed Kudus having trudged off with a hamstring issue during the recent league draw to Sunderland, the need for wide quality has been accentuated. In the creative department, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are still out.

As per transfer insider Ben Jacobs, Tottenham are ready to battle a host of continental superpowers for RB Leipzig prodigy Yan Diomande, having learned that they will have to stump up a bid worth €100m (converting to about £87m) for his signature this month.

However, clubs feel a deal could be struck for a figure closer to €60m (£51m) during the summer transfer window.

Sky Sports reporter Lyall Thomas has since reiterated Spurs’ interest, stressing that those close to the Ivory Coast international believe he has surpassed the level of many current Premier League up-and-comers.

Why Yan Diomande would thrive for Frank

Frank left Brentford along with Bryan Mbeumo during the summer, though the Cameroonian forward wound up at Old Trafford after a prolific campaign in the Premier League.

The right winger has been one of the brighter sparks of Manchester United’s campaign, but he’s missing Frank’s system, so well-woven at the Gtech. Diomande could become the Danish coach’s new Mbeumo at Tottenham.

He may only be 19, but Diomande has been brilliant in the Bundesliga this term, arriving from Leganes in La Liga last year.

Not just clinical in front of goal, Diomande also ranks among the top 3% of positional peers across Europe for progressive carries, the top 12% for tackles won and the top 1% for ball recoveries per 90, as per FBref.

He’s still so young, but already there are similarities to be drawn between the teenager and Mbeumo, who scored 20 goals in the English top flight but provided Brentford with so much more.

Mbeumo (24/25) vs Diomande (25/26)

Stats (* per game)

Mbeumo

Diomande

Matches (starts)

38 (38)

14 (10)

Goals

20

6

Assists

7

2

Shots (on target)*

2.2 (1.1)

1.6 (0.9)

Big chances missed

9

2

Pass completion

74%

(83%)

Big chances created

17

2

Key passes*

1.8

1.0

Dribbles*

1.4

3.0

Ball recoveries*

4.1

4.1

Tackles + interceptions*

1.7

1.4

Duels won*

4.7

4.8

Data via Sofascore

Mbeumo has been a decent asset for Man United, but he hasn’t yet rekindled his level under Frank’s wing. At Brentford, he was a deadly finisher, but also a strong and unflinching team player down the right channel.

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Diomande shares attributes with him in this regard, capable of bringing the full package to his side. It is this mastery of completeness that he has been hailed as a “generational talent” by journalist Bence Bocsak.

Diomande is still so young. And yet, there is something special about this goalscoring, fleet-footed winger, who might just realise his potential in the Premier League if lifting Frank’s Tottenham set-up, becoming a talisman with a likeness to Mbeumo.

Currently plying his way through AFCON with Les Éléphants, and he has been immense, electrifying as he zips up and down the left wing.

Tottenham won the Europa League last season, but Frank needs to ensure that that victory, under Ange Postecoglou, does not become a millstone around his neck.

Diomande would be the kind of ambitious move to secure Tottenham’s future at the top of the tree, growing into a superstar and not only rivalling Mbeumo as Frank’s biggest star as a manager but surpassing him.

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Tottenham started 2026 with a draw against Sunderland in the Premier League, with home turf struggles continuing.

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Leeds United didn’t fall victim to a Christmas hangover whatsoever at Sunderland on Sunday afternoon.

Instead, Daniel Farke’s Whites battled well throughout against the Black Cats, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin popping up with yet another Premier League strike to hand the West Yorkshire outfit a well-earned 1-1 draw on the road.

On another day, Leeds could well have picked up all three points to dish out a first home defeat of the season to Regis Le Bris’ stern side, with Calvert-Lewin thankfully in the right place at the right time to steer home Brenden Aaronson’s incisive pass to, at least, snatch a share of the points.

Although both the ex-Everton attacker and Aaronson stood out when combining for the crucial equaliser, there were also some underperformers in the Leeds ranks that would have worried the German, ahead of more fixtures to come across the bumper winter fixture schedule.

Notable Leeds underperformers vs Sunderland

Away from the Sheffield-born menace, collecting his blistering seventh league strike across his last six encounters, other performers failed to leave their mark on proceedings.

Jayden Bogle, in particular, would have trudged off at the end a little disappointed with what he offered up, as he was caught out for Simon Adingra’s opener, after Granit Xhaka cut open the Whites’ defence with ease with a killer through ball.

The Ivorian would then curl home this tremendous effort past Lucas Perri, with Bogle also failing to register a single accurate cross or key pass when marauding forward, as per Sofascore.

The aforementioned Perri might also feel somewhat flat about his individual display, as another clean sheet passed him by, with a second Sunderland goal nearly beating him when Brian Brobbey ran through with pace to burn at the end of a lively first half.

Thankfully, the bulldozing Dutchman wouldn’t put Sunderland two goals ahead, as the Brazilian breathed a mighty sigh of relief.

There is another out-of-sorts Leeds performer who surely must be in line to be dropped for the Whites’ next league clash on New Year’s Day away at Liverpool.

The Leeds flop who must be dropped

Farke will almost certainly have to replace Joe Rodon for the trip to Anfield to start 2026, with the Welshman having to come off during the first half with a nasty injury sustained to his ankle.

Joining him out of the starting XI could also be Noah Okafor, with the former AC Milan attacker going yet another league game without a goal or an assist for Leeds at the Stadium of Light, as his last goal contribution in Premier League action fell all the way back in early October versus Tottenham Hotspur.

It just isn’t working for the number 19 at the moment, lining up alongside Calvert-Lewin up top, with his 77-minute cameo against Crystal Palace – which saw Leeds storm home to a comprehensive 4-1 win – also seeing him register zero shots at a shaky Eagles goal.

He was equally inaccurate in front of goal against Le Bris’ hosts, with his three efforts all being blazed off-target. Moreover, Okafor would only complete one of his four attempted dribbles on the day, as his grip on a starting spot has surely gotten weaker.

Okafor’s performance in numbers

Stat

Okafor

Minutes played

77

Goals scored

0

Assists

0

Touches

38

Shots

3

Accurate passes

16/18 (89%)

Key passes

2

Accurate crosses

2/4

Successful dribbles

1/4

Total duels won

5/12

Stats by Sofascore

The table above doesn’t exactly show off the low-on-confidence 25-year-old in a better light, with Okafor weak when coming up against a combative Sunderland side, resulting in him losing seven of his 12 duels.

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This timid approach also saw Okafor only amass 38 touches of the ball, with Perri in between the sticks for the away side, even managing more, when finishing the match with a superior 54 touches next to his name.

With Wilfried Gnonto picking up an assist against Brentford when coming on for Okafor, it could be time for Farke to reintroduce the Italian into his starting XIs, rather than mainly utilising him as an impact substitute.

Moreover, there is Lucas Nmecha at the German’s disposal, who has four Premier League strikes next to his name, with the number 19 surely aware that he will be replaced soon, if he continues to offer very little.

All in all, Leeds do have plenty of positives to latch onto after this entertaining draw on Wearside, but when it comes to Okafor, he might soon be axed by his manager, as 2026 slides into view.

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Bhargav Bhatt’s four-for dismantled Tamil Nadu•Sivaraman Kitta

Baba Aparajith’s half-century was the sole innings of prominence for Tamil Nadu as they were dismantled for 176 by Andhra’s bowlers in Chennai. Bhargav Bhatt and Y Prithvi Raj shared seven wickets between them to run through TN’s batting line-up, while Bandaru Ayyappa and Shoaib Md Khan picked the rest.TN’s India players, M Vijay and R Ashwin, were both dismissed for single-digit scores, making 4 and 9 respectively. Vijay was the first wicket to fall, in the seventh over, and in the next over, Prithvi Raj dismissed Abhinav Mukund to leave the score at 15 for 2. Kaushik Gandhi and B Indrajith attempted to steady the innings with a 26-run partnership for the third wicket, but Bhatt thwarted them by dismissing Indrajith. Aparajith, meanwhile, anchored one end to take TN to 140, after which the tenth-wicket pair of Rahil Shah and Krishnamoorthy Vignesh helped lift them to 176.Andhra ended the day at 8 for no loss, with Prasanth Kumar (1*) and Srikar Bharat (7*) at the crease.A 199-run fifth-wicket partnership between Devendra Bundela and Shubham Sharma propelled Madhya Pradesh from 69 for 4 to a solid 268 for 5 against Baroda in Indore. Bundela was dismissed on 99 by seamer Atit Sheth off the last ball of the day.Madhya Pradesh were in the midst of a wobble after losing openers Waseem Ahmed (4) and Rajat Patidar (4) within the first ten overs, and slipped further when Naman Ojha (24) and Harpreet Singh (32) were dismissed before lunch. A middle-order charge from Bundela and Shubham made Baroda’s bowlers toil without reward until the end of the day, when 40-year old Bundela was caught by wicketkeeper Pinal Shah, thus missing out on his 27th first-class hundred.The first day’s play between Odisha and Tripura was washed out without a ball being bowled in Cuttack

Omar Henry, who has Test match and international one-day cricket on his CV as well as the captaincy of Scotland, has been appointed convener of the South African selectors in what amounts to an almost total clean-out of Rushdi Magiet’s discredited previous panel.Of Magiet’s six selectors, only Haroon Lorgat remains on the new five-man panel named on Wednesday. Along with Henry and Lorgat, Pat Symcox, Hugh Page and Douglas Maku, the black African representative, will pick South Africa’s national teams in a season that will culminate with next year’s World Cup.According to United Cricket Board chief executive Gerald Majola, the UCB general council wholly endorsed the recommendations of the newly-constituted National Cricket Committee. Although there was a slight delay in announcing the new panel, this was largely the result of the time it took to inform the axed former selectors that their services were no longer required. Along with Magiet, Morris Garda, Graeme Pollock and Peter Bacela did not win re-election. Mike Procter, who is now an ICC match referee, was not available to be re-elected.The most striking feature of the new panel is that it possesses far greater credibility than its predecessor. Given the performance of the previous panel, it could be argued that this is no great feat, although, in fairness, the previous selectors tended to be hamstrung by the inept and muddled Magiet.Along with Henry, who will relinquish his position as Boland coach, Symcox has also played post-isolation first-class and international cricket and will be a popular choice among the wider South African public. Within cricketing circles, the appointment of the genial Page, who played for South Africa during isolation, will also be welcomed and his brings to the new panel his knowledge of South African junior cricket as convener of the national under 19 panel.Lorgat provides continuity with the former selectors while Maku, a Border selector, is unlikely to be a dominant influence in his first season on the panel, but will remind the selectors of the UCB’s commitment to transformation.It is Henry, though, who will attract the most attention. A left-arm spinner and handy lower-order who played in the 1992 World Cup, he started his career under the old South African Cricket Board before switching to the SA Cricket Union. He remains the oldest player to have made his Test debut for South Africa – he was 40 years and 295 days old when he played against India at Kingsmead in 1992.More significantly, Henry’s appointment signals the end of some of the old grudges and suspicions that have lingered on in South Africa cricket. Because he crossed the floor from black to white cricket, he was at one point viewed as a sell-out. His new appointment, however, indicates a softening of some previous hard-line attitudes. With the performance of the selectors bound to be closely monitored ahead of the World Cup, Henry’s credentials should go a long way towards satisfying most of the sometimes disparate elements that make up South African cricket.The first tasks facing the new panel would seem to be resolving the question of the nationally contracted players as well as naming a training squad with the World cup in mind. As selection convener, Henry will remain on the National Cricket Committee, but Symcox and Lorgat will have to drop off. It is not entirely clear when and by whom they will be replaced.

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s seventh ODI century was the cornerstone of West Indies’ victory © Getty Images

Inspired by another outstanding century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies levelled the three-match one-day series with a 61-run win at Edgbaston. Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 116, and a third-wicket stand of 175, formed the backbone of an impressive total as West Indies’ final 10 overs brought 102 runs. England’s chase never got off the ground with Ravi Rampaul claiming the key wickets of Kevin Pietersen and Owais Shah.It was an impressive resurgence from West Indies after their drubbing at Lord’s, especially after they’d been asked to bat in overcast conditions and a day after the ground was soaked by torrential downpours. They assessed the situation early on, forming a solid platform before the late assault from Chanderpaul and Samuels launched them to a strong total. Chanderpaul’s seventh ODI ton was a perfectly paced innings off 114 balls and showed the importance of not panicking if early momentum is tough to come by.No-one could produce a similar performance for England as wickets fell at regular intervals. Alastair Cook and Matt Prior are still getting used to their opening partnership, and the styles they need to play, but Cook made a positive start with three flowing boundaries in his 19 before inexplicably carving to mid-off where Fidel Edwards produced a well-timed leap. However, Ian Bell can feel unlucky with his dismissal after the ball struck him high on the back leg and would have carried over off stump.Kevin Pietersen hasn’t quite seemed at his peak since the end of the Test series and his failed whip across the line, against the impressive Rampaul, ended a brief stay and left England with an uphill struggle. Prior and Owais Shah were in the tricky position of needing to ensure against further loss, while also keeping an eye on the Duckworth-Lewis figures with showers never far away from Birmingham.Prior again mixed solid defence with some fine attacking shots including – amazingly for a batsman renowned for his power-hitting – the first six of his ODI career when he pulled Powell over mid-on. He went to his first ODI fifty off 71 balls, then in the following over spooned a limp chip shot to midwicket with his job only half done.England suffered from not having a wicket-taking option in the middle overs – relying on medium-pace throughout – but, sensing the kill, Chris Gayle was able to recall the hostile Edwards at Paul Collingwood. After one searing bouncer, Edwards aimed at the stumps and trapped Collingwood plumb and proceeded to give Shah a working-over too.

Matt Prior’s 52 wasn’t enough for England in the run chase © Getty Images

Shah, though, kept England’s hopes alive in a 54-run stand with Michael Yardy. He had a dip against Dwayne Smith, taking two fours and a swivel-pull for six. However, in the space of four balls Yardy picked out deep square-leg with a pull and Shah got a thin-edge on a similar shot, as Rampaul collected a career-best haul, to ensure the series goes to a decider in Nottingham.The result vindicated the long-awaited move of making more of Chanderpaul’s prolific form. After a tour of walking to the middle with his side in trouble, Chanderpaul was finally shifted up the order to No. 3 and was able to build on a 50-run opening platform from Gayle and Devon Smith. His runs came with a sense of inevitability, although for large sections of his innings he didn’t set the world alight with the scoring rate.Chanderpaul flicked and squirted his way to an 85-ball fifty, against accurate but unthreatening bowling, but needed only 29 more to move to three figures. He raced into the 90s by taking 19 off Ryan Sidebottom’s eighth over – including a disdainful six over long-on – and he went to 98 with a brazen sweep off Anderson.Chanderpaul’s chief ally was Samuels – normally eager to launch the ball into neighbouring streets – who reined himself in until given licence to thrill in the final 10 overs. After collecting a golden duck on Saturday he found it difficult to force away the medium-pacers and didn’t hit a boundary until his 21st ball. Then he was put down by Collingwood – off his own bowling – on 14, a simple catch by Collingwood’s standards, before slowly expanding his strokeplay and reached fifty off 83 balls.Samuels ignited the final 10-over charge by sending James Anderson’s eighth over for 18 and was finding his full range when he cut to short third man. Chanderpaul, though, ended in style as Anderson finished with his most expensive ODI figures, including a final four overs that were dispatched for 50. The charge had been timed to perfection and there is still a chance of West Indies leaving the tour with some silverware at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

Former TV-AM presenter Nick Owen has been appointed as the next president of Derbyshire, succeeding Trevor Bowring in March next year.Owen, who currently works for the BBC in the Midlands, is a vice-president and honorary life member of the county.”I am thrilled and very honoured,” he said. “When I first started following Derbyshire in the days of Gladwin, Jackson and Morgan, I never dreamed that one day I would be asked to become president.”My mother, Buxton born and bred, and other relatives who still live in Derbyshire are extremely proud. I very much look forward to becoming even more involved with the club.”

The Sri Lankan board (SLC) has revealed its unease with the growing crisis over West Indies’ squad.The two-Test series is due to start on July 13, with the side arriving early next week. But so far, only five players are thought to have signed the West Indies’ board’s match/tour contracts, with the remainder locked in a dispute between the players’ association and the board.””We would obviously be very disappointed if the West Indies were unable to send a full-strength side,” Adel Hassim, an SLC board member, told Reuters. “The likes of Brian Lara and the other West Indies players are a huge attraction amongst the cricket-loving public in Sri Lanka and we all want to see the full team here.”The financial ramifications of a weak West Indies side are a major concern to the Sri Lankans. Were West Indies to scrap the whole trip, then they would have to pay around US$2 million compensation to SLC. But as long as they fulfill their obligation to send the strongest side available to them, then there would be no comeback for the Sri Lankans.SLC are expected to meet to discuss the problem further. “We are watching the situation very closely,” Hasim said. “The interim committee will discuss the issue at its meeting later this week, but we hope that an amicable solution is reached.”

Muttiah Muralitharan: a victim of his own mindgames?© Getty Images

Muttiah Muralitharan does not have a new delivery, and has been bowling his doosra for over five years, according to Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka’s new chief executive and former captain and coach of the national team.Muralitharan was reported to the International Cricket Council by Chris Broad, the match referee during the recent Australia series. Broad said that Muralitharan’s action was possibly suspect when “when he bowls his ‘new’ delivery that turns away from the right-handed batsman.”But Mendis insisted that Muralitharan has been bowling the same delivery regularly for at least five years, but during the recent tour of Sri Lanka by England the media started to make references to a “new” or “special” delivery. Muralitharan was indeed working on a new ball, but that was a back-spinner, which he has still not yet been bowled in a match.”There is no such thing as a new delivery,” Mendis told reporters. “Murali has been bowling this ball in international cricket for over five years now. The only difference between then and now is that he has now perfected the delivery, making it more effective and accurate.”Nevertheless, the board, although surprised and disappointed by Broad’s decision, has already started stage one of the ICC’s new two-stage process for dealing with suspect bowling actions. A Bowling Review Committee will meet on Monday evening, and an ICC-approved human-movement specialist will be appointed shortly after consultation between Mendis and Dave Richardson, the ICC’s cricket operations manager.The specialist will analyse the doosra and work with the Bowling Review Group to prepare a report for the ICC within the stipulated six-week period. The board hopes to “do everything possible as early as possible”, but the report is unlikely to be ready for Sri Lanka’s first one-dayer in Zimbabwe on April 20.There is no suggestion, though, that Muralitharan will not play, or be discouraged from using his doosra in the interim period, unless there is scientific evidence that proves that there is a problem. Mendis remains very confident that Muralitharan will be cleared once and for all.Mendis met with Muralitharan on Monday morning at the board headquarters in Colombo. “Murali is obviously disappointed, but he is a born fighter,” he said. “Having spoken to him, I am sure he will fight his way through this – I was pleased to see him in this mood.”Murali himself confirmed: “I am very disappointed by what has happened as I thought this matter was behind me. I have been bowling this delivery for over five years now and I am naturally upset because I feel there is nothing wrong with it.” And, he told reporters on Monday, he is hopeful that the fourth set of rigorous scientific tests on his action in his career will finally put an end to the controversy. “I am very confident that these assessments will prove, once and for all, that my bowling action is perfectly legal.”Muralitharan’s bowling action was first assessed by the University ofWestern Australia in 1996, using six cameras shooting at a thousand framesper second. They concluded that his unique bent-armed action created theoptical illusion that he was throwing. Further voluntary research was carried out by the University of Hong Kong the same year, and in England in 1999.Sri Lanka’s Bowling Review Committee was chaired by Roshan Mahanama, who will now have to be replaced after being appointed as an ICC match referee. The other members include Lalith Kaluperuma, the current chairman of selectors; Champaka Ramanayake, the board’s fast-bowling coach; KT Francis, Sri Lanka’s first ICC-appointed umpire; and Roger Wijesuriya, a former Test left-arm spinner.

Venue Event Event Day Capacity AttendanceBoland Park, Paarl12-Feb Holland vs India Pool A Match 9014 367419-Feb Canada vs Sri Lanka Pool B Match 9014 329825-Feb Holland vs Pakistan Pool A Match 9009 5508Buffalo Park, East London16-Feb England vs Holland Pool A Match 13428 484027-Feb Canada vs South Africa Pool B Match 13428 9279De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley16-Feb Namibia vs Pakistan Pool A Match 6055 292826-Feb Bangladesh vs New Zealand Pool B Match 6055 371204-Mar Kenya vs West Indies Pool B Match 12110 4587Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein10-Feb New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Pool B Match 13894 376622-Feb Bangladesh vs South Africa Pool B Match 13894 767203-Mar Holland vs Namibia Pool A Match 13894 2939Harare Sports Club, Harare10-Feb Namibia vs Zimbabwe Pool A Match 7357 389913-Feb England vs Zimbabwe Pool A Match 0 019-Feb India vs Zimbabwe Pool A Match 7326 5800Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban11-Feb Bangladesh vs Canada Pool B Match 19884 1048226-Feb England vs India Pool A Match 20010 1835303-Mar South Africa vs Sri Lanka Pool B Match 19993 19744Nairobi Gymkhana Stadium21-Feb Kenya vs New Zealand Pool B Match 0 024-Feb Kenya vs Sri Lanka Pool B Match 6036 6000Newlands, Cape Town08-Feb The Opening Ceremony 23591 2416909-Feb South Africa vs West Indies Pool B Match 23076 2418015-Feb Canada vs Kenya Pool B Match 22985 1259022-Feb England vs Pakistan Pool A Match 23097 2279628-Feb Sri Lanka vs West Indies Pool B Match 23020 19382North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom12-Feb Kenya vs South Africa Pool B Match 10169 736420-Feb Australia vs Holland Pool A Match 10169 437627-Feb Australia vs Namibia Pool A Match 10169 5966Pietermaritzburg Oval14-Feb Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Pool B Match 7093 290023-Feb India vs Namibia Pool A Match 7088 4805Queens Sports Club Ground Bulawayo24-Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Pool A Match 6469 500004-Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pool A Match 6469 400028-Feb Holland vs Zimbabwe Pool A Match 6469 4860St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth13-Feb New Zealand vs West Indies Pool B Match 18106 965919-Feb England vs Namibia Pool A Match 18106 975602-Mar Australia vs England Pool A Match 18131 15987SuperSport Park, Centurion15-Feb Australia vs India Pool A Match 21156 1769423-Feb Canada vs West Indies Pool B Match 21156 1163001-Mar India vs Pakistan Pool A Match 21156 19679The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11-Feb Australia vs Pakistan Pool A Match 30488 2708116-Feb New Zealand vs South Africa Pool B Match 30568 3130501-Mar Bangladesh vs Kenya Pool B Match 30623 17897Willowmoore Park, Benoni18-Feb Bangladesh vs West Indies Pool B Match 9812 432303-Mar Canada vs New Zealand Pool B Match 9812 5114Grand Total for matches in SOUTH AFRICA 569253 399435

The Indian cricket selectors would meet in Mumbai on August 2 to pickthe Test squad for the three Test matches against Sri Lanka fromAugust 14.The Indian Cricket Board executive secretary, Sharad Diwadkar, toldPTI in Mumbai on Thursday that four to five changes are likely fromthe squad which is playing in the on-going triangular series with NewZealand as the third team.The three Test matches would be played at Galle (from August 14 to18), Kandy (from August 22-26) and at the SSC in Colombo (from August29 to September 2).