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AL WAKKRAH, Qatar: For a team that beat Germany and Spain in the group stages, Japan's three horrendous misses in Monday's (Dec 5) penalty shootout defeat by Croatia underline how the Samurai Blue still lack the nerve to make a deep World Cup run.
Warren Gatland says he is "under no illusions what the expectations are" after signing on for a second coaching stint with Wales to mastermind next year's Six Nations and World Cup campaigns. And the 59-year-old New Zealander also delivered a short response to questions about speculation linking him with England's top job, adding: "Don't believe everything you read in newspapers". A Rugby Football Union review is currently assessing England's poor Autumn Nations Series amid uncertainty surrounding head coach Eddie Jones' future.
AL WAKKRAH, Qatar : For a team that beat Germany and Spain in the group stages, Japan's three horrendous misses in Monday's penalty shootout defeat by Croatia underline how the Samurai Blue still lack the nerve to make a deep World Cup run.
Dominik Livakovic saved three penalties to send 2018 finalists Croatia into the World Cup quarter-finals and inflict more knockout heartbreak on Japan.
Fast bowlers Ollie Robinson and James Anderson took four wickets apiece as England pulled off an exciting 74-run win over Pakistan Monday in the first Test in Rawalpindi. Anderson took 4-36 and Robinson 4-50 on a placid Rawalpindi Stadium pitch to dismiss Pakistan for 268, with the stadium floodlights glowing as daylight faded. Pakistan's last pair of Naseem Shah (six) and Mohammad Ali (nought) defied England for 35 minutes and 8.5 overs before spinner Jack Leach trapped Naseem leg-before, leaving England players ecstatic. The win -- giving England a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series -- embellished England's newly adopted "Bazball" cricket, an aggressive style taken from the nickname of head coach Brendon McCullum.
Wales have reappointed Warren Gatland as head coach after parting ways with Wayne Pivac.
:Wales have reappointed Warren Gatland, their most successful and longest-serving coach, to replace Wayne Pivac after a review of the Autumn internationals, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said in a statement on Monday.
Wales have appointed former boss Warren Gatland as their head coach to replace Wayne Pivac after a review of the Autumn internationals, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said in a statement on Monday.