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Home , Athletic Bilbao, Ernesto Valverde, Trevor Bayliss, Wayne Parnell

SPORTS Tuesday, May 30, 2017 23

Barca appoints Valverde as new head coach Barcelona studded squad containing Lionel Winners’ Cup and the Copa del Rey. panish coach Ernesto Valverde Messi, and Luis Suarez. However, Valverde has is the man charged with reviving signed off his three consistently got the best out of SBarcelona’s fortunes after being seasons in charge with a ninth the resources at his disposal as a confirmed as the Catalan giants’ trophy of his reign in Saturday’s coach in two spells at both Athletic new boss on a two-year deal Copa del Rey final against Alaves. and Olympiakos and stints with yesterday. However, the daily grind of Espanyol, Villarreal and Valencia. “Valverde has the ability, the the pressure at the Indeed he inflicted Luis Enrique’s judgement, the knowledge and forced him to announce back in joint heaviest defeat as Barca boss the experience. He promotes the March he would leave at the end with a 4-0 thrashing of the then youth players and he has a Barça of the campaign even before Barca European champions on the way way,” club president Josep Maria missed out on both and the to winning the Spanish Super Cup Bartomeu said at a press conference. Champions League this season. with Athletic in 2015. Valverde, whose contract will Despite not being a household And he also won three Greek titles include an option for a third season name outside of Spain, Valverde in three seasons at Olympiakos. in charge, will be officially unveiled has a wealth of coaching experience Moreover, Valverde’s calm and on Thursday. having taken charge of over 500 composed nature was favoured Valverde, 53, a former Barca games. by the Barca board over the more player who left Athletic His only honours as a player came fiery approach of the other leading after four years in charge last week, in a two-year spell at Barcelona candidate Jorge Sampaoli, who is replaces Luis Enrique with the task under Johann Cruyff between 1988 expected to leave Sevilla to take over of getting the most out of a star- and 1990 where he lifted the Cup as Argentina boss. (AFP) Rabada sparks England slump agiso Rabada sparked a dramatic England collapse as South Africa Kwon by seven to record a consolation win in the third one-day international at Lord’s yesterday. England slumped to 20 for six -- the first time in an ODI that six wickets had gone down in the first five overs of an innings -- after losing the toss. ’s fine fifty helped England recover to 153 all out. But it never looked like being enough and South Africa finished on 156 for three, JP Duminy sealing victory with a four off David Willey. England took the three-match series South Africa’s 2-1 but this was a morale-boosting Kagiso Rabada (4R) success for the Proteas ahead of this celebrates with team week’s start of the Champions Trophy mates -- a tournament featuring the world’s top eight ODI nations. Fast bowler Rabada took four England batsmen to make South Africa wickets for 12 runs in his first three double figures were Willey Q. de Kock b Ball 34 overs on his way to four for 39 in nine. (26) and number nine H. Amla b Roland-Jones 55 New ball colleague Wayne Parnell Toby Roland-Jones, who JP Duminy 28 F. du Plessis c Buttler b Ball 5 took three for 43 in eight. made an impressive 37 AB de Villiers not out 27 “There was something there for the not out on his ODI debut, Extras (lb1, w6) 7 bowlers today that all of us could in a match played on the Total (3 wkts, 28.5 overs) 156 capitalise,” said Rabada. paceman’s Middlesex Did not bat: D Miller, C Morris, W Parnell, K “There was a bit in the in the home ground. Maharaj, K Rabada, M Morkel first 10 overs and a bit of a bounce, (55) and Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Amla), 2-95 (De Kock), which bodes well for the Champions (34) put 3-101 (Du Plessis) Trophy.” on 95 for the first wicket Bowling: Willey 4.5-0-43-0 (1w); Ball 10-0-43-2 but both openers fell on (5w); Finn 7-1-35-0; Roland-Jones 7-2-34-1 Result: South Africa won by seven wickets ‘Big heads’ that total. Man-of-the-match: Kagiso Rabada (RSA) England coach Trevor Bayliss Amla became Roland- Series: England win three-match series 2-1 added: “We didn’t play too well today Jones’s first ODI wicket Man-of-the-series: (ENG)

but a 2-1 series over South Africa... when he bottom-edged a Scoreboard we’ll take that every day. We probably pull onto his stumps and, didn’t read the conditions as well as we three balls later, de Kock could have done but credit to them on was yorked by Jake Ball. The consolation for England was Takuma Sato of Japan, driver of the #26 Andretti Autosport Honda, a wicket which had a little bit in. But Duminy (28 not out) and South their inept batting display had come celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the 101st running of the “Today’s result ensures we go into Africa AB de Villiers (27 not before the Champions Trophy, which Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on Sunday in the Champions Trophy without big out) wrapped things up in a match they launch across London against Indianapolis, Indiana (AFP) heads,” the Australian said. where only 60 overs out of a scheduled Bangladesh at The Oval on Thursday. Bairstow apart, the only other 100 were bowled. (AFP)