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New Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch has officially confirmed his backroom team ahead of the Whites’ Premier League clash with Leicester City.

The Lowdown: Marsch prepares for Leeds bow

The American became Leeds’ new boss earlier this week, replacing Marcelo Bielsa after his emotional sacking last weekend.

Marsch has little time to grow into his new job, with the Whites finding themselves in a Premier League relegation battle with 12 matches remaining.

Leicester make the trip to Elland Road on Saturday lunchtime, with Leeds desperately hoping a new manager bounce comes their way.

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The Latest: Backroom team confirmed

There were plenty of rumours this week surrounding Cameron Toshack joining as an assistant coach, and Marsch’s full set-up has now been revealed.

On Thursday, the club’s official website confirmed that Marsch’s new backroom team is complete.

Franz Schiemer joins after being the 48-year-old’s Assistant Head Coach at RB Salzburg, while former Swansea City coach Toshack also comes in.

Meanwhile, Leeds Under-23s head coach Mark Jackson moves up to first-team level, having impressed in his previous role.

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The Verdict: All set…

This is another step in the right direction for Marsch, who needs to have everyone pulling in the same direction ahead of a pivotal period in Leeds’ season.

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He and his backroom team need to hit the ground running as much as the players, implementing their methods and ensuring a return to the Championship doesn’t happen.

For Jackson, it is a particularly heartwarming piece of news, having impressed so much with the U23s and proving to be a popular figure at Elland Road.

In other news, Phil Hay has confirmed one Leeds departure. Read more here.

	Shivnarine Chanderpaul wants more West Indians in the IPL to spark interest back in the Caribbean © AFP

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies batsman, believes the Indian Premier League (IPL), has a far superior foundation to Allen Stanford’s 2020 in the Caribbean. Chanderpaul, representing Bangalore but sitting out “after a decade”, also felt that more West Indian players needed to be brought over to foster interest back home.”The IPL is much better organised than Stanford 2020. Stanford 2020 is not paying anything. IPL is actually recognising the players and paying them,” he told the . “Without players, the sport cannot go on. This is a lot bigger with more international variety at the highest level.”Chanderpaul strongly advised more West Indian representation in the IPL. “You need people from everywhere. And to get the West Indian public more interested, you need these players out here and want them to be playing,” he said. “Right now, the West Indian public is not paying much attention to IPL. Even though they have a few players here, not all are playing.”Chanderpaul, who has played just two games for Bangalore, felt it was “strange” to be sitting on the bench. “I have been actually out to play cricket and am sitting out. This is happening after a decade,” he said. “You still have guys who have not played. One has to understand that everyone will have to get an opportunity.”Thought Bangalore have struggled to gain momentum, Chanderpaul said he was enjoying his time. “It has been an experience by itself. I never expected the tournament to be this big. We [Bangalore] have been struggling a bit but we have also been playing good cricket in the last few games and managed to pull one off on Saturday night. Winning is a habit as much as losing is. Hopefully, we can get into that habit of winning.”

Paul Collingwood is keen to inject a bit of oomph into England’s ODI side © Getty Images

Paul Collingwood, England’s new one-day captain, says he wants his new-look squad to “attack the opposition” during the upcoming series against the West Indies.Collingwood was among the favourites to replace Michael Vaughan, who stepped aside to concentrate on his Test role, more so after Kevin Pietersen – the only other real contender – said he did not feel ready for the responsibility of captaincy.”We have played our best one-day cricket when we have been aggressive and tried to take the attack to the opposition,” Collingwood said. “I’m not talking about going out there from ball one and trying to whack the ball all over the place. Hopefully we will approach it a bit more positively than in the past.”Collingwood has little experience of captaincy at any level but reasoned that his time at the top level will help him cope. By the end of the summer, if he remains fit, he will become England’s third-most capped ODI player.”I have got more than 100 caps experience in the one-day game and hopefully that will put me in good stead for what is going to come ahead,” he said. “We’ll have to wait and see what kind of a style I develop, but I’ll be allowing the players to go out there and express themselves. That’s when you play your best cricket.”England will hope dearly for any kind of upturn in fortunes. Since the 1992 World Cup final, when they were one of the most efficient ODI sides in the world, they have steadily regressed. Despite the odd shock triumphs – a 1997 tournament win in Sharjah and the CB series at the beginning of this year – as Collingwood acknowledged, “We haven’t been a great one-day side for some time now, so it is a great opportunity to take our game to the next level.”Collingwood’s role in the batting order and in the field has been vital to whatever England success there has been and he admitted he had yet to finalise with coach Peter Moores where he will bat. “I might bat high up or I might be more of a finisher” And whether he remains at backward point will also be looked at.”We’ll have to have a look at the fielding position as well. Backward point is quite a hard position to captain a side from because of the angles and things like that. I’ve had a little bit of a think about whether I go to extra cover and have people around the ground to help me out a little bit.”Collingwood’s appointment also means that England will split the captaincy of their Test and ODI sides again, following the Nasser Hussain-Vaughan arrangement after the 2003 World Cup and the Adam Holliaoke-Michael Atherton experiment in 1997-98.Collingwood was confident there would be no problems. “The Test captaincy is obviously a completely separate thing. Michael will go about that in his own way and I will go about the one-day captaincy in my own way. We will give advice to each other but we want to develop the sides as best we can in our own individual styles.”Michael is a close friend and we will support each other 100% and want each other to do well in each job. It won’t be a problem. It has worked for Australia in the past. We are both heading in the same direction. We want as good an England team as we can possibly get.”

Dravid: ‘Never did anyone come up and say that he wants to go home. Everyone is keen to play’ © Cricinfo Ltd

Rahul Dravid has said that India’s decision to remain in Sri Lanka following a bomb blast in Colombo on Monday was based on the assurances of safety given to them by the Sri Lankan government. While South Africa have pulled out of the Unitech Cup, India are staying back and will contest a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka beginning on Friday.South Africa’s decision to leave was made after the ICC’s independent security team assessed that “the current risk to the team” was at an “unacceptable level”. However, Dravid did not have any qualms about India staying on.”South Africa have gone by the recommendations of their people. We have spoken to the officials in the Sri Lankan board, the Sri Lankan government and the Indian High Commission,” Dravid told PTI. “We have full confidence and faith in what they have to say and made our decision based on that.”Dravid said that the team was keen to play and was “probably worried more about the weather than the security”.”We share a good relationship with Sri Lankan cricket. These are difficult times and we cannot blame anyone. Hopefully we can bring some joy to the people here and they will have something to cheer about. Never did anyone come up and say that he wants to go home. Everyone is keen to play. Hopefully the weather will hold out from now on.”Mohammad Kaif was suffering from a fever that forced him to miss Wednesday’s practice session but Dravid was confident that he would be fit for the first ODI on August 18. “He [Kaif] is good. He has two more days, I am confident he will be fully fit in time for the first match.”The second and third ODIs are scheduled for August 20 and 22.

Ponting will have plenty to ponder over the next couple of weeks© Getty Images

The Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of the first two Tests against India after an examination of his broken left thumb in Sydney. Ponting, who suffered the injury in the Champions Trophy semi-final loss to England, said the outcome was not unexpected and hoped to line up for the third Test at Nagpur on October 26.”Missing one Test is disappointing enough so I’m obviously shattered that I won’t be part of the series until at least the half-way mark,” he said. “Because of the delicate nature of the injury, there’s not a lot I can do until the bone is fully repaired. I’ll be watching closely from home and wish all the boys the best of luck for the first two matches and I look forward to rejoining the squad ahead of the third Test.”Dr Trefor James, Cricket Australia’s medical officer, said that Ponting’s thumb was repairing well but he would visit a specialist again on October 14.”With the injury progressing at its current rate, we expect he’ll be available for the third Test in Nagpur,” he said. For an Indian team in the doldrums, and missing Sachin Tendulkar, the absence of Ponting will be some respite.

Sri Lanka have started to rebuild for the 2007 World Cup with the selection of three uncapped players for the forthcoming five-match series against Zimbabwe.The 16-man squad includes Rangana Herath, a left-arm spinner who has played four Tests , Farveez Maharoof, a 19-year-old fast bowling allrounder, and Thilina Kandamby, a 21-year-old batsman who has starred for the A team in recent tours.The squad, captained by Marvan Atapattu, also includes Dilhara Fernando, who has recovered from a back injury and proved his fitness during the ongoing Sri Lanka A series in New Zealand.Mahela Jayawardene, as expected, has been named as the vice-captain. Changes are expected for the two-match Test series that follows. The first one-dayer will be played at Bulawayo on April 20. The squad is subject to ratification by the sports ministry.Sri Lanka squad Marvan Atapattu (capt), Mahela Jayawardene (v-capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Saman Jayantha, Thilina Kandamby, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando, Nuwan Kulasekera, Farveez Maharoof, Muttiah Muralitharan, Upul Chandana, Rangana Herath.

WEST INDIES "B" may be languishing rock bottom of the Carib Beer Series standings, but team coach Roddy Estwick is heartened by some of the emerging talent among the region’s territorial reserves.As the competition enters the final round of preliminary matches, the West Indies Under-23s have no chance of reaching the semifinals of the International Challenge, even if they beat newly-crowed Cup champions Barbados.They have lost three matches and drawn the other two but their six points might not be an accurate reflection of the quality of cricket they have displayed."There are a lot of encouraging signs. Most of the players have made contributions," Estwick told WEEKENDSPORT yesterday. "They are working hard, and the experience of having played first-class cricket is going to serve them in good stead."His major disappointment was the inability of the youngsters to press for victories when they were in positions to do so."I don’t think the boys are strong enough to bowl consistently well for two innings. That has been a disappointment, but hopefully, they can learn from this," he said. "They can go back to the drawing board and work on the areas of trying to get fitter and stronger."Estwick, a first-time West Indies "B" coach who is cricket master at Combermere School, identified Trinidad batsman Aneil Kanhai, Guyanese Narsingh Deonarine, Jamaican Carlton Baugh and Barbadian Jason Bennett as the players who have made the most strides."They performed well, but we didn’t perform well as a unit," the coach said. "We had good individual performances. We are working on it. We are trying to get them to be consistent; but at that age, consistency is the biggest problem."Kanhai, a tall, left-handed attacking batsman, has scored 397 runs (ave. 44.11) and is one of only two players in the competition with two centuries, while Deonarine, another left-hander who captained the West Indies Under-19 team at last year’s Youth World Cup in New Zealand, has 328 runs (ave. 36.44).Wicket-keeper Baugh has commanded the most attention because of his consistency in front of the stumps. He has five half-centuries in an aggregate of 370 runs (ave. 41.11) and some are even labelling him as a contender for imminent West Indies selection."I’m not prepared to go that far, but from what I’ve seen, he looks to be one of the better ‘keepers in the Caribbean," Estwick said. "If he keeps improving on his batting, I don’t see why in the near future he shouldn’t be playing."This is the third season the West Indies "B" have been playing at this level, but it is the first time one of the Under-23s has been asked to captain the side with a view to developing leaders for the future and the job was given to Kittitian opening batsman Shane Jeffers."He is doing a good job. He is making one or two mistakes, but we sit down after the game and we have a chat with him. We try to discuss the areas that he can improve on," Estwick said."We are allowing him to have his head and go out there and make decisions. All the time, you can see improvements."Bennett has been the most impressive of the three Barbadians, capturing 17 wickets in four matches after missing the team’s first game."He’s been a success. He has probably been our best bowler in the last three or four games," Estwick said. "He has bowled with a lot of control and he is moving the old ball around."Fellow Barbadians, Patrick Browne and Martin Nurse have had mixed returns.Teenager Nurse, who played two matches for Barbados last season, was dropped from the West Indies "B" after three matches in which he managed only 83 runs (ave. 13.83)."Martin has been a little disappointing. He is working hard at his game," Estwick said. "He is trying to improve all the time. People tend to forget he is only 17. He’s still learning the art of first-class cricket."Since replacing Nurse at the top of the order, Browne has had a few useful scores on the way to 251 runs (ave. 25.10) in his second successive season in West Indies "B".

On the back of a five-wicket haul from off-spinner Glen Sulzburger(5/73) New Zealand ‘A’ brushed aside MRF and entered the semi-final ofthe MRF Buchi Babu Tournament. They now play Ranji finalists IndianRailways.On a day where the heat was intense in Chennai, the visitors heldtheir nerve as MRF set about chasing an improbable score of 473 forthe first innings lead. In doing so, the home side capitulated to 318all out off 99 overs.Starting the day on 113/2, the MRF side needed over 300 runs tooverhaul the New Zealand ‘A’ score. Unbeaten on 45 overnight, skipperS Sriram managed to add just 10 runs before he became the firstcasualty of the third and final day. Former India one-day cricketerHrishikesh Kanitkar troubled the scorers very briefly, before beingdismissed for 1. At this stage MRF were struggling at 128/4.Nightwatchman T Kumaran (11) fell soon after, becoming Sulzberger’ssecond scalp of the day.Rashmi Ranjan Parida provided the visitors with a scare, scoring apatient 106, but even his knock failed to take MRF close to the NewZealand ‘A’ first innings score. The 27-year old Orissa right handbatsman struck 12 boundaries and a six in his 273 minute stay at thecrease. He remained not out till the end of the day but alas, ran outof partners.Central Districts offie Glen Sulzberger mopped up the tail, claimingthe last three wickets to fall and was easily the pick of the bowlerswith 5/73 from his 25 overs. In all, 99 overs were faced by MRF, whowere knocked out of the tournament they sponsor.* Railways enter semifinals on first innings leadA better performance in the second innings did not help NationalCricket Academy much. And Indian Railways, by virtue of their hugefirst innings lead of 348 runs entered the semifinals of the MRF BuchiBabu invitation cricket tournament at the Southern Railway stadium inChennai on Wednesday.Resuming at 451 for nine, Indian Railways were all out for 506following a last wicket partnership of 68 runs off 22 overs betweenPrahlad Rawat and SD Kannan (28). Rawat remained unbeaten with 135. Hefaced 249 balls and hit 20 fours.With the result of the match a foregone conclusion, the NCA ladsbatted freely in the second innings and when the match ended, theywere 342 for five off 76 overs. Openers Vinayak Mane (80) and GautamGambhir (19) put on 43 runs off 11 overs. Mane and Gaganinder Singh(27) added 58 runs for the second wicket off 16.1 overs. Mane wasfourth out at 169 after facing 140 balls and hitting ten fours and asix. At this stage, NCA were in some danger of losing the matchoutright. But Deep Das Gupta (57 not out) and Ajay Ratra (78) with afifth wicket partnership of 129 runs off 23.5 overs made the issuesafe. Ratra faced just 92 balls and hit eleven fours while Das Guptafaced 75 balls and hit two fours and a six. In the closing stages,left hander Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan slammed an unbeaten 37 off only 19balls with three fours and two sixes.* CAB book berth in last fourCricket Association of Bengal (CAB) booked their berth in the MRFBuchi Babu invitation tournament semi-final after putting it acrossthe Karnataka State Cricket Asssociation XI at the Guru Nanak groundsin Chennai on Wednesday.The Bengal team who were 339 for 8 on Tuesday, lasted another 4.3overs in the morning before being bowled out for 355. NC Iyappa, thepromising Karnataka fast bowler, claimed one of the two wickets tofall to end up with a five-wicket haul. The first-innings lead of 123runs that they gained was what secured CAB the match at the end of theday.KSCA decided to bat out the rest of the day making 245 for 7 in 74overs before the two captains agreed to end play at the start of themandatory overs. Opener Mithun Beerala made an attacking 63 off 87balls with eight fours and one six. Sunil Joshi, the former Indianleft-arm spinner, also had fun while making 65 off 72 balls with fourfours and three sixes. No.7 Shyam Ponnappa was the other batsman whowas among the runs, making 54 off 115 balls. For Bengal, veteran leftarm spinner Utpal Chatterjee, was the most successful bowler, claimingfour for 51 in his 16 overs.* Jolly Rovers to meet CABThe All India Associate Banks batsmen dominated the final day’s playin the MRF Buchi Babu tournament quarter-final at the IIT-Chemplastgrounds on Wednesday but it was Jolly Rovers who made it to thesemifinal by virtue of their first innings lead. Rovers will now takeon CAB at IIT-Chemplast from August 24-26.In the morning, the Rovers last wicket pair of L Balaji (34) and JSathish (15) added 35 runs as their team, 269 for nine overnight,reached 304 before being all out, a first-innings lead of 57. Thebankmen decided to bat out the day rather than going for an improbablewin. No.4 Pankaj Dharmani made an attacking hundred, his unbeaten 111coming off 151 balls with fifteen fours and one six. This wasDharmani’s second hundred in the tournament. He had earlier made acentury against the Tamil Nadu Districts XI in their first roundmatch. Opener JP Yadav too was among the runs, his 71 off 88 ballsincluding ten fours and one six. S Mohan was not out on 42 off 102balls with four fours at the other end at close. AIAB at the end ofthe match were 281 for three in 71 overs in their second innings.

Rangers slipped up again in the Premiership on Sunday, surrendering a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at Ibrox. 

Quickfire goals from Alfredo Morelos and Fashion Sakala seemed to put the Gers in command, but second-half strikes from Motherwell’s Jordan Roberts and Kaiyne Woolery saw the home side miss the chance to close within a point of the league leaders, who had dropped two points earlier in the afternoon.

It was the fifth time in eight league matches in 2022 that Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team had failed to win.

Here at The Transfer Tavern, we look into the three worst-rated starters for the Light Blues as per statistical specialists SofaScore, with players required to feature for at least 45 minutes for ranking.

Allan McGregor – 6.2

McGregor appeared to have made the number one spot his own at Ibrox, with this his 17th straight league start after rotation between the sticks earlier in the season, but could this shaky performance lead to questions about his place in the team?

While the 40-year-old completed all of his 18 passes, he conceded two goals from just three shots on target.

Scott Arfield – 6.6

Arfield is also enjoying a prolonged run in the team, making six consecutive league starts, but you could argue that he failed to repay Van Bronckhorst’s faith on Sunday.

The Canadian misplaced 11 of his 51 passes (22%) and lost possession 15 times overall. He also won only just three of his eight duels on the ground and in the air, while none of his four shots hit the target.

Joe Aribo – 6.9

Aribo is one of the first names on the team sheet at Ibrox, having been selected for 25 out of 28 league matches so far this season, but this was one of the Nigerian’s more difficult outings.

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He came off second best in four duels and surrendered the ball 10 times in total. Also, while he has been averaging 1.8 key passes per game over the season as a whole, he wasn’t able to create a chance against Motherwell yesterday.

In other news, this blogger fumed over one moment from Sunday’s match

	Vikram Solanki: ‘I’m no expert on legal matters but it seems like restraint of trade’ © Getty Images

Former England batsman Vikram Solanki, who was in effect forced to withdraw from the Indian Cricket League or risk being barred from playing in England, has warned that such sanctions constitute a restraint of trade.Joining in the escalating debate on English cricketers’ role in the two leagues, Solanki also called on the Professional Cricketers’ Association to demand clarification from the England board as to why players are being prevented from playing in India when it does not conflict with existing contracts.”Sport in general is a short career for most people and you must take opportunities to maximise your earning potential,” Solanki told PA Sport. “I haven’t spoken to anyone in the England camp recently but I can see no reason why they wouldn’t be tempted by the sums of money that are being offered.”It’s unreasonable to place sanctions, restrictions, rules without giving good reason. I’m baffled by the reasoning offered sometimes for some of the sanctions and us as a group of players and the PCA should demand some clarity on the matter definitely. I’m no expert on legal matters but it seems like restraint of trade.”It remains to be seen what happens but in the next year or so, the face of cricket could change totally. People will find it hard to resist the money and that might be the big point that makes the changes to the traditional formats and seasons that we’ve grown accustomed to.”As for his own career, Solanki told PA Sport that he hoped his ICL involvement would not mean the end of his England chances. “I’d like to think if I had a reasonable year I’d have as good a chance as anyone of playing for England. This is what I mean about there being some reasoning behind if myself playing in the ICL should hinder my opportunities to play for England. If that is the case, then I haven’t quite figured that out yet.”