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Mark Boucher saying on Monday they will adopt a wait-and-see attitude when the first Test starts at Lord's on Wednesday. England have won their last four Tests under new captain Ben Stokes with an aggressive batting and bowling approach, nicknamed "Bazball", which helped them chase down big targets to beat both New Zealand and India in the last two months. Stokes is expected to stick to the formula for the three-Test series against South Africa.
Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy, on trial for rape and sexual assault, was a "predator" who callously pursued vulnerable women. Mendy, 28, is on trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England, facing eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, relating to seven young women. The Premier League star has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in a complex trial that is expected to last 15 weeks.
Indra Nooyi, the former chairperson at PepsiCo, who is currently serving as an independent director at the International Cricket Council (ICC), also happens to be on the board of Amazon and the company's audit committee as the retail-to-content conglomerate prepares to submit a bid for media rights of cricket's global events. In February 2018, Nooyi was appointed to the ICC board as the organization's first independent female director. In February 2019, she became the newest member to Amazon's 11-member board of directors. Consequently, she was also named to the audit committee of Amazon's board.
Lo Celso spent the second half of last season on loan at Villarreal and has returned after failing to win a place in Antonio Conte's side at the start of the new Premier League campaign.
Villa signed the 29-year-old defender from LaLiga side Sevilla for a reported fee of 26 million pounds ($31.38 million) in the close season transfer window. "The player sustained the injury during Saturday's 2-1 victory over Everton," Villa said in a statement.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp praised Darwin Nunez's physicality and technical ability, saying the striker's critics had not given him enough time to adapt to his new surroundings before judging his capabilities. Nunez, who was signed from Benfica for an initial fee of 75 million euros ($76.45 million), came under criticism after failing to impress in a 4-0 pre-season defeat by Manchester United. After his early struggles, the Uruguayan scored four goals in a pre-season friendly against RB Leipzig and found the net in Liverpool's 3-1 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield as well as their draw at Fulham in the league last week.
Glenn McGrath feels that playing a Test series in India, scheduled to be held next year, is going to be the ultimate challenge for Pat Cummins & Co. McGrath was also appreciative of Australia's recent performances in Test trips to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, saying that the side has started to understand sub-continental conditions. Australia will tour India as part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy tentatively in February-March 2023, with an aim to win the series in a country where they have never won after the 2-1 triumph in October-November 2004.
"I had a decent two weeks of training. There was nothing different, but courts in Japan tend to be on the slower side, so the focus was on endurance more," Prannoy, who will open his campaign against Austria's Luka Wraber, told PTI. "During the Olympics, the conditions were faster, but mostly, it is on the slower side.