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Real Madrid came back from two goals down to defeat Liverpool 5-2 at Anfield on Tuesday in a historic Champions League performance.

Los Blancos looked to be in big trouble in the early stages of the last-16 game, as Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah gave the Reds an electric start with two quickfire goals.

But a brilliant effort from Vinicius Junior set in motion a dominant turnaround for Real Madrid.

GOAL takes a look at all the records Real Madrid broke in Tuesday's eventual 5-2 victory…

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  First visiting European team to score five at Anfield

  Actually, Real Madrid became the first visiting club to put four goals past Liverpool at Anfield when Karim Benzema's shot was deflected in off Joe Gomez, and then they added another for good measure with Benzema rounding Alisson and shooting into an open net.

  It was also the second time this campaign that the Reds conceded at least four times in the Champions League after doing so against Napoli on September 7.

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• Benzema first to score six in European career vs Reds

  With his brace at Anfield on Tuesday night, Benzema has now scored more goals against Liverpool in European Cup and Champions League history than any other player (6). He entered play level with Didier Drogba for the record.

  Meanwhile, with his pair of strikes earlier in the game, team-mate Vinicius Junior is now in second place in that category (5).

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  Vinicius Junior youngest since Cruyff to score twice as Anfield visitor in Europe

  Vinicius Junior broke Liverpool hearts last year with his winner in the Champions League final, and he hurt the Reds again in the first leg on Tuesday.

  At 22 years old, he became the youngest player since Johan Cruyff to score at least twice as a visitor in a European match at Anfield.

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  The French forward was injured for much of the group stage, but after breaking through with his first goals of the European season, he has now netted in 18 consecutive Champions League campaigns.

  That's level with Lionel Messi for the all-time record.

Goal takes a look at each of the goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and attackers named in Gareth Southgate's side

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  1 – Jordan Pickford | GK | Everton

  Jordan Pickford recovered from a slow start to his Everton career to prove himself as one of the best keepers in the league.

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  2 – Kyle Walker | DF | Man City

  Kyle Walker has been a key player in one of the best Premier League teams ever as Man City hit 100 points this season.

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  3 – Danny Rose | DF | Tottenham

  Danny Rose hasn't featured much for Tottenham this season playing only 10 games in the league, but the class he has shown in previous season's has been enough to merit a call-up.

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Zaheer Khan has been appointed captain of the Delhi Daredevils franchise for the 2016 IPL season

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Mar-20162:13

Agarkar: Zaheer capable, but fitness a challenge

Zaheer Khan has been appointed as captain of the Delhi Daredevils for the 2016 IPL season.Zaheer joined Daredevils in 2015; he played seven of the team’s 14 matches, taking seven wickets at an average of 22.28 and an economy-rate of 6.45. He described his appointment as a “huge honour”.”It is a huge honour to captain Delhi Daredevils,” Zaheer said. “To get this responsibility is a way for me to give back to the game. I firmly believe that with the players currently involved we have the makings of a very good side, a young side that can surprise people. The potential of this group of players is immense and it is now up to us as players to turn that potential into consistent performances.”Daredevils’ team mentor Rahul Dravid was full of praise for Zaheer, and expressed high hopes for the bowler’s forthcoming stint as captain. “Zaheer has been a leader for a very long time. Anyone who has followed Indian cricket will know the impact Zak has had,” Dravid said. “Zak has a big personality, but it is the steel, focus and drive behind the outward confidence which I think he will bring to the captaincy and that I am sure will inspire the rest of the team. He has the respect of the dressing room and the franchise is proud to have him as our captain.”Zaheer had retired from international cricket last October, but he had last played for India in February 2014.

A witty smile with a smart salute – this is how Shoaib Malik entered the press conference at Gaddafi Stadium after scoring a much-needed hundred. There were nearly two dozen journalists sitting in the room and Malik went to each, one-by-one, to shake their hand and acknowledge the presence of all those who had witnessed his eighth ODI hundred. With this utterly unprecedented gesture – instigated by Malik, not the journalists – he said a lot.Malik last played an ODI during the 2013 Champions Trophy and has been ignored over the past two years as he struggled for form. His name kept floating into discussions but he never made into the side. He was randomly selected for the 2014 World T20 but it was for him another international flop. His selection remained a dilemma as his last two comebacks had been accompanied by talk of political sway.His recent comeback was a surprising one; the Pakistan ODI team to play Zimbabwe was announced in the midnight hours, at a time when the mobile network around Gaddafi Stadium was jammed amid the security protocol of the Zimbabwe team, all set to return to the hotel after completing the second Twenty20 on Sunday. The PCB selectors offered no explanation why Malik was included – he had no extraordinary form to suggest he would be picked.In the past year, Malik was away from the cricketing limelight but continued to be in the spotlight for his commercial venture in India. Ahead of every team selection announcement he was mostly seen at the National Cricket Academy, training and warming up his Twitter account. Nothing made sense until he scored this match-winning 112 off 76 balls; it was difficult, though, to know the precise value of his innings.Over the years, Pakistan have spoken of blooding young players but it requires courage from the selectors. They made drastic changes to the ODI squad after the 2015 World Cup but lost 3-0 to Bangladesh, which forced them to back into their shell. Pakistan traditionally adheres to the nucleus of mainly senior players, with a few young players mixed in.Malik was initially handed an opportunity in his specialist format, Twenty20, where he failed to mark his international career revival. His technique looked poor and he played two of the uglier innings of his career. But coach Waqar Younis had faith in him, which proved a major difference according to Malik himself. He was meant to bat at No.5 in the ODI team but was suddenly asked to bat at No.3 with 23 overs left, allowing him to get settled with ample overs left.Malik has batted in every position except No.11 over the course of his ODI career. Here, he turned the tables and played a big hand to give Pakistan their highest total of 375 runs in Pakistan. The midas touch was back as his innings revived some old memories of his unbeaten 82 off 41 balls in 2003 at the same venue.Malik’s stroke-making and immense power with his sharp coordination makes him a shrewd batsman. He hit 12 boundaries and two sixes at a strike-rate of 147.36 to mark a valuable revival to his career. “These are the performances that extend your career,” Malik said after the match. “I needed that and it came with a lot of backing from the team management.”When Malik was out of contention he was still captaining his regional side, Sialkot Stallions, and led them to the T20 title this month. He himself finished as the third leading scorer at an average of 61.55 in five matches. “Before coming into the series I was playing in Faisalabad in domestic T20 where I played couple of good innings and that actually gave me the flow and confidence. Now I would like to keep it going and be consistent with my form.”Recalling his two years in the wilderness he said: “There has been an obvious disappointment but as a profession you always look for opportunity and you have to perform to get their attention. At the end of the day, it’s selectors’ prerogative to pick me or not as it’s up to them to pick whatever they require fitting in for their combination. Everyone set goals for themselves … I have some plans to contribute as a team and individually comes later.”The inclusion of Malik, 33, in the team might have discouraged one youngster waiting for a million-dollar opportunity, but after his century, his selection suddenly made sense, with a big vacuum to be filled following the retirements of Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq from the format.

Mahela Jayawardene has marked out allrounder Thisara Perera as a key man in Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign, labelling him a “match-winner” and a player that can bring balance to the XI.Sri Lanka have struggled to penetrate with the ball on New Zealand’s truer, bouncier surfaces, and have also been light on batting power at the death. Thisara is capable of alleviating those concerns, but has recently been underwhelming in both major disciplines. He played all seven bilateral matches against New Zealand, and collected four wickets and had a high-score of 20.Thisara’s form has subsided since his outings against Pakistan in August, when he was the player of the three-match ODI series. He had also been destructive with ball and bat in Australia, on past tours.”Thisara is a vital part of our team, and he still hasn’t come right in New Zealand,” Jayawardene told ESPNCricinfo. “If we can have Thisara batting well and bowling well, he’s a match-winner. He has proven that with the amount of man-of-the-match awards he’s won. Right now he’s trying to find that form.”Thisara was not picked to play in Sri Lanka’s tournament opener against New Zealand, and Sri Lanka have sought to bolster the middle order by batting Dimuth Karunaratne at no. 5. That position would seem a poor fit for Karunaratne, who is a Test opener by trade, but Jayawardene was wary of displacing men from the experienced top order for the purpose of batting Karunaratne at a more familiar position.”I don’t know if changing the line up is the solution,” Jayawardene said. “Dimuth has been given a role to play and he should have the confidence to do that. Lahiru Thirimanne going up the order did require a change, but if we try to patch that by moving batsmen around, we might have problems in a different area. The top four or five guys are batting really well, so we’ve been getting good starts, which are important. In the middle order, I thought Jeevan Mendis was batting well in the lead-up games, and he’s given us a little bit of balance.”Sri Lanka lost both warm-up encounters, including the game against Zimbabwe, before losing the tournament opener to New Zealand by 98 runs. Jayawardene conceded it had been a slow start to the campaign, but said Sri Lanka had the quality and the know-how to win the tournament, so long as they played well.”No one gives us any chance in any tournament,” he said. “Even back home, people don’t really rate us that high. We’ve come across that often, we’ve fought hard, and we’ve proven a lot of people wrong. We knew that playing these teams in these conditions was going to be tough. We will have our fair share of defeats – that’s a given. It’s not a tournament that you can completely dominate. But the idea is to win those crucial moments and crucial games and get to a position where we can strike.”We know handling big tournaments is about not panicking. It’s nothing crazy. It’s about building on the things we’ve been doing for years. In the crunch games, you just have to hold everything together. You shouldn’t put added pressure on yourself, because that restricts the way you play. We know we have handled tough situations in big finals, so that belief is there.”

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Não é segredo dizer que o lateral-esquerdo Felipe Jonatan fez boas participações no meio-campo do Santos recentemente. O atleta citou a admiração no jogador Marcelo, do Real Madrid, além das dicas dos meias Carlos Sánchez e Evandro para dar certo no novo setor do Peixe.

– Sempre escuto um pouco a comissão técnica, peço orientações, mas também já pedi orientações do cara experiente do grupo, que é o Pato Sánchez, o Evandro, entre outros que jogam ali no meio. Um outro exemplo é o Jean Mota, que me ajudou nesta adaptação no meio-campo – contou Felipe Jonatan com exclusividade ao LANCE!.

– Eu me espelho muito no Marcelo, porque ele tem muita qualidade, um poder ofensivo tanto na lateral como também jogando pelo meio. É um atleta que, quando tem a posse, sempre joga pelo meio. É um atleta que eu me inspiro muito – completou o jogador.

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Há oito meses no Santos, Felipe Jonatan acredita que evoluiu rapidamente no clube. Ele ressaltou a necessidade em melhorar na parte defensiva para se tornar um jogador completo para o técnico Jorge Sampaoli.

-Foi importante o crescimento que eu tive no Santos. Um clube grande no cenário mundial. Sabia das dificuldades, sabia que teria de me adaptar o mais rápido possível, pois a diretoria e a torcida cobrariam. Estou me adaptando bem, tenho feito um bom trabalho. Eu tenho que aprimorar um pouco mais a parte defensiva. Venho apoiando bem no ataque e participando de gols no Santos. Agora preciso aprimorar mais a parte defensiva – declarou o lateral-esquerdo.

Felipe Jonatan briga com os ‘mentores’ Carlos Sánchez e Evandro por duas vagas no meio-campo do Santos contra o Athletico-PR, neste domingo, às 16h, na Vila Belmiro, pela 18ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O volante Diego Pituca deve ser o terceiro jogador do setor.

O Santos realiza o penúltimo treinamento na manhã desta sexta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé. Segundo colocado do Brasileirão, o Peixe tem a mesma pontuação do líder Flamengo, 36, mas perde no saldo de gols.

* Sob supervisão de Vinícius Perazzini

A chorus of former Australian captains stood staunchly behind the incumbent Michael Clarke after he faced questions about his leadership upon his return home from a dreadful Test series defeat

Daniel Brettig06-Nov-2014A chorus of former Australian captains stood staunchly behind the incumbent Michael Clarke after he faced questions about his leadership upon his return home from a dreadful Test series defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the UAE.Clarke’s appearance at an event to mark 100 days until the start of next year’s World Cup rather summed up the fact that few think he is going anywhere, and there was uniform support from Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh and Allan Border under the gaze of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.All Clarke’s recent predecessors, including the absent Mark Taylor, have faced periods when their captaincy was under threat – Border once even threatening to give up the job if his team did not rally behind him during a New Zealand tour in the dark days of 1986. So they spoke with authority about Clarke’s still vital role in consolidating the gains of last summer.”I think that was quite ridiculous to tell the truth, the team’s done some amazing things in the last couple of years and got themselves back up to No. 1 in two forms of the game at least and had some amazing series whitewashes,” Ponting said of Clarke’s captaincy being in question.”We know that out of the last couple of weeks the guys didn’t handle the conditions that well over there but at the end of the day it’s two Test matches and a bit of a blip on what’s been a pretty good copybook over the last couple of years. Hopefully they can learn from their mistakes over the last couple of weeks and move on and be a better team in Asia for coming tournaments.”Steve Waugh joked that Clarke did in fact have to go, before speaking more earnestly about the 33-year-old’s value. “I can’t understand it,” Waugh said. “Every player goes through a time when they’re not scoring runs but he’s had an incredible run, 5-0 against England last year, beating South Africa away was an amazing result for Australia.”So you’ve got to put it in context, he didn’t play well, it was two Test matches, so let’s judge the side after another 6-12 months and see how they’re going, but I think he’s done a fantastic job.”Border, who led Australia the last time the World Cup was hosted on these shores in 1992, concurred that Clarke needed to be assessed over a longer period than the past two Tests. “I’m very surprised anyone’s questioning that,” he said. “We’ve got short memories, a couple of weeks of poor cricket doesn’t change the quality of the captain, so I think he’s definitely the right bloke.”As for Clarke’s self-analysis, he has said that he still feels he has plenty to give and to achieve over the next 12 months or more, including the forthcoming series against South Africa and India, the World Cup and another Ashes tour.”We did pretty well to win the Ashes 5-0,” Clarke said. “I hope I’m doing the team justice as their leader, as captain, but I guess the selectors make that decision and the Cricket Australia board make that decision.”If they think there’s someone better for the job, if they think my time is up as captain, then I’m sure they’ll let me know. But, from my perspective, I feel like I’ve still got a lot to offer the team. My performances over the past five years have been pretty consistent and I think my captaincy’s been pretty consistent over that period as well, so hopefully I’m not judged just on two Test matches.”

A Multan-based woman’s cricketer Haleema Rafique was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her home. While Haleema’s family did originally state she had committed suicide, they went ahead with the funeral rites, neither registering a case against any individual nor reporting the matter to the police. The local police have begun to investigate the circumstances of Haleema’s death, with the Punjab government also taking notice, because Haleema’s name features in a prominent local case involving a former member of the Punjab provisional assembly.Haleema was one of five women cricketers of the women-only Multan Cricket Club (MCC), who faced a defamation suit of Rs. 20 million by their club president, Mulvi Sultan a former judge of an anti-terrorist court and a former member of Punjab’s provisional assembly. Sultan filed the defamation suit against Seema Javed, Kiran Irshad, her twin-sister Hina, Saba Ghafoor and Haleema because they had accused Sultan of sexual harassment in a television programme last year.The PCB and its women’s wing subsequently held an inquiry and dismissed the charges against Sultan. In October 2013 a two-member inquiry committee, which included national women’s coach Mauhtashim Rasheed and PCB women wing manager Ayesha Ashaar, banned all five cricketers, censured the Multan District Cricket Association and said it was keeping the MCC on a ‘watch’ list. Haleema was one of two cricketers not to attend the inquiry hearings.The PCB expressed shock at Haleema’s untimely death and said, “Pakistan Cricket Board Women Wing is shocked and saddened at Haleema Rafiq’s death, reportedly from suicide. The young woman cricketer from Multan was apparently under extreme stress after defamation notice for Rs20 million was served on her by the owner of the Multan Cricket Club, Maulvi Sultan Alam, for levelling allegations of sexual harassment against him last year on a private television channel.”The statement made it a point to say, the “Pakistan Cricket Board Women Wing had no contact with any of the five girls after it banned them for six months with effect from October 23, 2013.”Exclusive club cricket for women is rare in Pakistan and the MCC is one of the rare women’s only cricket clubs. Multan cricket has produced two international women’s cricketers, Asmavia Iqbal and Sania Khanare, who currently are the part of the Pakistan squad for the upcoming Australia tour and the 2014 Asian Games.

Kings XI Punjab have another chance at making their first IPL final while Chennai Super Kings are chasing their sixth in seven seasons

The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran29-May-2014Match factsFriday, May 30, 2014
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Agarkar: Maxwell’s slump affecting Kings XI

Glenn Maxwell tormented Super Kings in both games. Can he do it again?•BCCIBig PictureChennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab have contrasting IPL histories. While Super Kings have made it past the group stage in all seven seasons – and five finals – Kings XI are yet to make a final. Their best showing was reaching the semis in 2008. The difference is stark though Kings XI, with their revamped squad, look formidable.Kings XI was the one team Super Kings failed to outclass in both attempts in the league stages. They have one more chance to rectify that – in the second playoff. Super Kings’ weak link – the bowling – was highlighted in both games as Kings XI posted 200-plus scores. The teams had contrasting fortunes on Wednesday, with Super Kings riding on momentum after brushing aside Mumbai Indians comfortably.Super Kings could have been chasing in excess of 190, had it not been for the control shown by their bowlers, stifling the batsmen with variations in pace, and careless batting by Mumbai towards the end of their innings. MS Dhoni blamed poor catching as one of the reasons for their sudden three-match blip ahead of the playoffs. They had managed to set that right in their last two games and approach their second knockout game feeling more positive. Batting was never going to be Super Kings’ worry. If their bowling can hold it together, Super Kings are likely to be in their sixth final in seven seasons.Having exhausted a lifeline, Kings XI have their second shot at the final. A listless performance with the bat against Kolkata Knight Riders might have indicated they were running out of steam, but if they weren’t compelled to keep an eye on Duckworth-Lewis, the script could have been different. The batsmen were flustered by the threat of a washout and the need to keep up with the par score and yet preserve wickets, but with every passing over, Knight Riders’ superior bowling pinned them down. Consistency has been the hallmark of Kings XI’s campaign and they have not lost two games in a row. Having come this far, they cannot afford another bad day for it will thwart their first final appearance.Form guideChennai Super Kings WWLLL
Kings XI Punjab LWWLWLeague meetingsIn the first meeting, in Abu Dhabi, sixties by Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum powered Super Kings to 205 but the target was cut down to size in spectacular fashion by Kings XI’s Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell’s switch hits and reverse sweeps stunned Super Kings as he smashed 95 off 43 balls, David Miller made a clinical 54 as Kings XI coasted with an over to spare. It wasn’t the last Super Kings saw of Maxwell.In Cuttack, a “home” game for Kings XI, Maxwell carried on from where he finished, pounding 90 off 38 balls to lift Kings XI to the season highest 231. Super Kings never threatened the target but still managed 187.Watch out for…Sixty-four runs off 24 balls at a strike-rate of 266.67 – that’s Maxwell v Ashwin in IPL 2014. R Ashwin is yet to dismiss him and as those figures suggest, it has been one-way traffic. Ashwin has compulsively bowled round the wicket to the right-handers and bowling on the pads to create an awkward angle but Maxwell so far has made a mockery of it. But after Super Kings’ win over Mumbai on Wednesday, Ashwin had a message for Maxwell on camera. Though the interview had finished, Ashwin alerted the interviewer for a postscript. He said he would bowl over the wicket to Maxwell, as if throwing open a challenge.Parvinder Awana has had a stop-start IPL campaign and in his five games, has taken a wicket in each except the first qualifier. However, Kings XI’s Sandeep Sharma is still among the top five wicket-takers for the season but has been benched in the last few games. With the game in Mumbai, swing could be a factor. Mumbai Indians’ Praveen Kumar troubled Dwayne Smith at the Wankhede earlier this month with his swing. That could encourage Sandeep’s inclusion, for he is a bowler in the Praveen mould.Stats and trivia Kings XI and Super Kings have the most successful bowling attacks in this IPL (in terms of wickets taken). Super Kings have taken 85 wickets while Kings XI’s have taken 93 wickets. All other teams have taken less than 80 wickets Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith have scored 513 runs while batting together in 12 innings in this IPL (average 42.75) – more than any other pair. David Miller and Glenn Maxwell have only batted together in half the number of innings (6), but have scored 385 runs (average 64.16) – the third highest for any pair.Quotes”We have handled pressure well in the last seven years of the IPL. When you have a skipper like MS Dhoni at the helm and Stephen Fleming as your coach, we learn to handle pressure well.”
“We did not bat the way we’re capable of and not many of our batsman got a score of 40, I think that led to our downfall.”
Kings XI coach Sanjay Bangar on what went wrong against Knight Riders

If any one person symbolises the new era into which England cricket is walking – stumbling, some might say – then it is James Tredwell.Tredwell is an admirable cricketer. He bowls his offspin with good control and pleasing flight, he is reliable under pressure, he catches well and his batting is far better than some of his rivals for the spin-bowling position. Crucially in the current environment, he is also low maintenance off the pitch.It will never prove difficult to be James Tredwell in the dressing room – but it might sometimes prove tricky on the pitch. Tredwell is not a spinner in the class of Graeme Swann. He will never have that dip, that drift, that pace or that arm ball. He will never keep left-handers up at night fearing him.Just as Gary Ballance and Jonny Bairstow are fine young batsmen with exciting careers ahead of them, neither of them has the level of genius possessed by Kevin Pietersen. And, just as England turned in vain to many decent all-rounders – from David Capel to Chris Lewis – in search for a replacement for Ian Botham, so they will find that replacing the greatness of Pietersen and Swann is all but impossible. After a few wonderful years by England’s standards, the future looks uncertain. Expectations should be managed accordingly.Tredwell knows all this. He knows that his record for Kent in recent times has been modest – he claimed only 17 Championship wickets at a cost of 56.76 apiece in 2013 and stood down as captain to concentrate on his England opportunities – and he knows that, having been unable to retain his place in the limited-overs side in Australia, that he has far from secured the chance to be Swann’s long-term successor.But Tredwell, who celebrates his 32nd birthday on Thursday, has an opportunity over the next few weeks. He knows that England’s spin-bowling cupboard is arguably as bare as it has ever been at present – a bowler of the quality of Vic Marks or Eddie Hemmings would be an automatic pick at present – and he knows that, on pitches, both in Antigua and in Bangladesh, that are expected to provide some assistance to spin bowlers, he will be relied upon to deliver his full allocation of overs more often than not.If things go well, he could help England to only their second global trophy and book himself a spot in the World Cup that will be in progress this time next year. He might even go some way to earning himself a Test place.This is, in many ways, an odd tour. Not only are England and West Indies preparing for a World T20 with a series of ODIs – like preparing for a sprint by running a marathon – but England, at least, are fielding a team of T20 specialists in both formats.James Tredwell can expect to trundle into a new era•Getty Images

Not only that, but England’s coach, Ashley Giles, knows that his hopes of securing the role of England coach in all formats is bound to be judged partially by a result of what happens over the next few weeks. Losing so heavily in Australia – England won one and lost seven of the limited-overs matches – has hardly strengthened his hand, though being asked to lead something close to a B side, some of whom were already bruised – literally and metaphorically – from their thrashings in Australia, hardly gave him the best chance.But now the excuses have to stop. Swann has gone and there seems, for now, little prospect of an imminent return from Pietersen. Tredwell and co. represent the future.”It does feel like a new era,” Tredwell said as rain washed out training in Antigua on Wednesday. “That is not only because of the personnel change but equally due to what has gone on before and the need to draw a line under that and move on. It certainly does feel as though that is taking place.”You could see that last summer when Simon Kerrigan played at The Oval that there will be opportunities not only for spinners but for all players over the next couple of years. That’s great.”I guess it’s in the back of my mind that I could become the No.1 spinner but I try not to think too much about that. I try to just concentrate on the day to day process and if I do that there will be opportunities.”I’m a pessimistic sort of fella, but maybe that is a bit of a strength because it drives me on to try to keep on getting better and putting in performances.”Part of Tredwell’s plan will be to bowl round the wicket and prevent the batsmen playing him through the off-side. The fielding restrictions do not make life easy for an offspinner in ODIs but at least the evidence of the warm-up – he took 3 for 39 – suggested he will benefit from some assistance from the surface and, unlike Kerrigan and Scott Borthwick, who looked out of their depth as bowlers on Test debut, Tredwell at least has the experience and temperament to cope with the inevitable setbacks that will come his way.England cricket may need such phlegmatism in the coming months.