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The Gunners preserved their lead at the top of the table with a 1-0 win despite a wasteful performance

Gabriel Martinelli made the difference for Arsenal as they picked up a narrow 1-0 victory against Leicester on Saturday to protect their lead at the top of the Premier League.

The Gunners were the dominant force throughout the match, but had a hard time finding the net, with two goals being disallowed.

Martinelli recovered from a disappointing start to slot in the decisive goal early in the second half and proved tough for the home team to keep quiet, while captain for the day Oleksandr Zinchenko was brilliant for the visitors as he popped up everywhere.

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Aaron Ramsdale (6/10):

Had very little to worry about as Leicester did not have a single shot until the 72nd minute, which was from distance and went wide.

Ben White (5/10):

A poor performance on the right side of defence. He went wide and pushed up but his passing game was weak.

William Saliba (7/10):

Has faced criticism recently but looked good in this game. Strong defensively and played an important long pass to Leandro Trossard to help create the opening goal.

Gabriel (7/10):

Looked good at the back, making some tackles to prevent the Foxes from finding a way to threaten Ramsdale.

Oleksandr Zinchenko (8/10):

A quality display from the Ukraine star, who was captaining the team in this game. He was heavily involved in Arsenal's attack and tracked back to do the dirty work defensively.

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Martin Odegaard (6/10):

Always looking to create chances and pick out some runs from the attackers but not his most effective game for the Gunners.

Jorginho (7/10):

Made some excellent passes, keeping the ball circulating as Arsenal dominated and adding to their many attacking moves.

Granit Xhaka (6/10):

A decent performance from the Swiss star as he pushed forward and tried to help keep pressure on Leicester.

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Bukayo Saka (6/10):

A quiet game from the youngster by his standards. Put one in the net but it was flagged for offside.

Leandro Trossard (8/10):

Blasted a stunner into the top corner to open the scoring but it was disallowed for a foul in the box. Played Martinelli through for the opener and was lively all the way through this match.

Gabriel Martinelli (7/10):

Had a disappointing first half but started the second perfectly by scoring a fine opening goal. Sadly he got injured in the process but was able to tough it out. Thought he had set up Saka for a second but was offside.

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Eddie Nketiah (6/10):

Came on for Trossard to switch the shape of Arsenal's attack but did not get much time on the ball as Leicester soon started to push forward.

Thomas Partey (6/10):

A late substitution for Odegaard but did not have time to make much of an impact.

Takehiro Tomiyasu (N/A):

Brought on deep in injury time for Zinchenko.

Mikel Arteta (9/10):

The coach set his team up well as they dominated throughout the match but his side should have been more of a threat considering the possession and number of shots they had. He did try to alter his team's attacking style by replacing false number nine Trossard with Eddie Nketiah but they still could not find the second goal.

There's no crystal ball, but Goal makes a few bold statements – or at least educated guesses – about what El Tri will experience in the new year

Getty ImagesChicharito gets back on track at West Ham Mexico's all-time leading scorer is once again trying to convince manager David Moyes that he deserves Premier League minutes – a sentence he surely hoped to leave in 2014. Instead, after a move from Bayer Leverkusen to West Ham and a coaching change after the Hammers struggled early, Hernandez once again finds himself trying to win a spot. The difference is that this time the competition isn't as strong. Yes, Marko Arnautovic has emerged as an option and Andy Carroll is good for a few goals, but look for Chicharito to win back a starting spot as West Ham struggles to find the back of the net. That should see him roll into the World Cup in good form.AdvertisementGetty ImagesJonathan Gonzalez will make a late push for the World Cup squadThe soon-to-be-Mexico-eligible midfielder is in no way a shoo-in for the 2018 World Cup roster. That said, it's unlikely he would've made a decision to file a one-time switch now without thinking there's at least some chance to break into El Tri's squad for Russia. Our prediction is not fearless – it's not that Gonzalez will make the roster, but by playing for El Tri against Bosnia in late January and playing a position where Mexico is not deep, he will be given an opportunity to convince Juan Carlos Osorio and the coaching staff that he should be on the plane.Troy WayrynenOne ‘Angeleno’ misses the cut in the surprise of the roster Carlos Vela has completed a trio in some ways, becoming the third Mexican international to play in the Los Angeles region as he joins up with LAFC from Real Sociedad. The Dos Santos brothers already are calling Southern California home where they play with the Galaxy. Could one or more of them end up staying and soaking up the sun instead of taking off for Moscow? With Marco Fabian set to return to match fitness, Gio's position on the final roster seems the most precarious, Jona's the least, but any of the three may falter in the short window they have to convince Osorio.ENJOYED THIS STORY?

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Pedro PardoNo more than one domestic-based player will start World Cup matches …and that's a good thing. Take a look at Mexico's likely starting XIs in Russia and you'll see nearly all Europe-based players with a potential inclusion of a Dos Santos brother or Carlos Vela in MLS. From Liga MX? Nestor Araujo looks like a good bet to stay with Santos Laguna and compete for starting minutes. Tigres winger Javier Aquino could get on the field from the opening whistle. But expect to see only one in each game. It won't be a policy or anything, it just shows the success Mexico has had in exporting talent lately.

India will travel to the Caribbean later this summer to play a four-Test series, Dave Cameron, the WICB president, has confirmed

Nagraj Gollapudi29-Mar-2016India will travel to the Caribbean later this summer to play a four-Test series, Dave Cameron, the WICB president, has confirmed. The announcement puts an end to the uncertainty that has surrounded the series – listed on the ICC’s Future Tours Programme – ever since the BCCI suspended bilateral engagements as a penalty for West Indies’ abandoning of their tour to India mid-way in late 2014.Although no dates have been fixed, Cameron said the Test series would be spread over July and August. What that means, however, is that the tour would clash with, and disrupt, the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which is likely to begin in late June, and finish in the first week of August. “The official word is that the tour is on,” Cameron told Cricket Radio in Nagpur on Sunday. “We are just awaiting confirmation of the venues now. And once we have done that, we will send out a release with the dates, the venues and everything.”Cameron said it was unfortunate that the players featuring in the Test series will miss out on the CPL. According to Cameron, there was no choice left for the WICB but to agree to the dates despite the clash. “Yes, it will [clash with the CPL]. The unfortunate thing is that the international calendar is packed. And the only window for this tour to come off is during that time. So, there will be a clash, but we are working with CPL to ensure there is no clash of venues so times of the matches won’t be hampered.”In January the WICB had shortlisted 15 names for retainer contracts with the emphasis being on those players featuring in Tests. Some of the prominent names in that shortlist include Marlon Samuels, Jason Holder, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Bravo and Kemar Roach. Allrounder Carlos Braithwaite, who is not part of the contracted list but made his Test debut in Australia, the last bilateral long-format series West Indies played, will also miss out on the CPL along with the rest should he play India. “The [CPL] draft did not include the Test players simply because it was always anticipated it would clash with the Test series. So the players are already aware of that,” Cameron told ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday.So far, the CPL, which is into its fourth edition, has already organised the player draft, and even announced that six matches will be played in the USA, but it is yet to announce the dates. Unofficially, it is understood that the CPL will begin in the last week of June and run till the first week of August. According to the FTP, the India tour is scheduled to be played between the months of July and August.Cameron also took the opportunity to insist that the relations between the BCCI and WICB were absolutely cordial, and that he failed to understand where the reports of perceived differences came from. “You know, the truth is I am not sure where the talk of bad relations with the WICB and the BCCI have come from,” Cameron said. “We have always maintained good relations. Fortunately or unfortunately, the leadership of the BCCI has changed, and as you know, Mr Shashank Manohar is now the president, BCCI, and chairman of the ICC, and he has made some changes there as well, and we’ve been able to move forward in an efficient way.”

Delhi Daredevils have not given the Feroz Shah Kotla a lot to crow about in 2015, but in their final home match at this ground in the IPL group stage, they gutted Kings XI Punjab’s top order, then blew past the opposition’s 118 for 8 by nine wickets

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Delhi Daredevils have not given the Feroz Shah Kotla a lot to crow about in 2015, but in their final home match at this ground in the IPL group stage, they gutted Kings XI Punjab’s top order, then blew past the opposition’s 118 for 8 by nine wickets. Zaheer Khan claimed a wicket in each of his first two overs to kick Daredevil’s most dominant performance of the season into gear, while JP Duminy and Nathan Coulter-Nile chipped in with scalps of their own. After 3.3 overs, Kings XI were 10 for 4 – their chance of rising above last place already on the rocks.Coulter-Nile returned to terrorise the middle-order later on, finishing with figures of 4 for 20. Daredevils’ openers Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer struck casual half-centuries in the reply, and the hosts raced home inside 14 overs.Zaheer had not played competitive cricket in almost a year, following the strain sustained in his back at last year’s IPL, but his impact at the Kotla was nearly immediate. Virender Sehwag was coming back to the Kings XI side himself, after a one-match layoff, but could find no end to his poor stretch of form against his former India team-mate. Sehwag aimed to push his second ball from Zaheer through the covers, but as the ball seamed away a touch, could only get a thick outside edge to it. Mathews took the catch at a close-in point.Duminy opened the bowling from the other end, and hit Shaun Marsh in front of the stumps with a slider first ball. Manan Vohra tried to blast Kings XI out of the mire, but a Zaheer short ball next over put paid to those ambitions, catching the advancing batsman’s outside edge en route to the keeper. Coulter-Nile bowled sharp outswing in his first spell. His reward was the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha, who drove loosely at one of those balls, and presented another catch to the keeper.David Miller and George Bailey threatened a recovery, before Bailey was out missing a sweep off Amit Mishra in the eighth over, to embed Kings XI in misery at 37 for 5. It wasn’t until Miller and Akshar Patel were joined at the crease that some semblance of a partnership materialised for the visitors. Those two shelved the more aggressive tenets of their game in the 59-run stand that gave Kings XI something to bowl at. Coulter-Nile had them both caught in the deep in the 19th over.From the second over, Delhi’s chase seemed a cakewalk. Shardul Thakur was wayward in his first IPL over, feeding Iyer two short wide balls to be cut over third man off successive deliveries. When he attempted to correct his line, he went too far the other way, first delivering a leg-side wide, then being clipped to the fence off the pads. There were quiet overs, and a tight spell from Sandeep Sharma, but the batsmen were largely untroubled in pursuit of such a meagre score. Iyer slammed the wayward Thisara Perera to the square-leg fence to reach his half-century in 38 balls, but he was caught at deep midwicket next over. Agarwal remained unbeaten with 52 from 40.

Alloy Lequay, former director of the West Indies Cricket Board and former president of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board, died on Sunday at the age of 90

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Mar-2015Alloy Lequay, former director of the West Indies Cricket Board and former president of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board, died on Sunday at the age of 90.Born in Port-of-Spain in 1924, Lequay had a distinguished career as a sports administrator and a Member of Parliament. He contributed to the setting up of a national cricket academy in Trinidad & Tobago – the Frank Worrell Cricket Development Centre, which opened in 2002 as a first-of-its kind facility in the region. He also led the national governing body of table tennis.For his contributions, Lequay was presented with the Gold Chaconia Medal of Trinity, T&T’s second-highest national honour, during the government’s 1988 national awards ceremony, and was also declared one of T&T’s 50 Sporting Legends during the country’s 50th independence anniversary celebrations.WICB president Dave Cameron extended his condolences and, through a press release from the board, praised Lequay’s contributions to the game.”On behalf of the directors, management and staff of the WICB let me pass on our deepest condolences on the passing of Alloy,” Cameron said. “His achievements in the board room were enhanced by his intuitive leadership and wide management skills, and we know that these feelings are shared by all who knew him and worked with him during his years with the T&TCB and WICB.”

Preston Mommsen has been preferred to Kyle Coetzer as Scotland’s captain for the World Cup. Coetzer, who was relieved of the job in September ahead of the acclimatisation tour of Australia and New Zealand in September, will be Mommsen’s vice-captain.Grant Bradburn, the Scotland coach, took the decision to allow Coetzer to focus on his batting earlier this year after a difficult season for Northamptonshire. The move paid dividends as Coetzer was Scotland’s leading batsman on their pre-World Cup trip with 333 runs at 55.50 including the only hundred of the tour.Although Mommsen’s tour was less impressive, with 182 runs at 26.00 from seven matches, he has had a productive year including being Player of the Tournament at the World Cup Qualifiers in New Zealand in January and he was named ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year.”It’s a huge honour to be leading the Scotland team into the 2015 Cricket World Cup,” Mommsen said. “This group of players have been together for a couple of years now, and this has always been the dream.”The preparation over the past couple of months has been hugely productive, with the squad fully focused and committed to delivering on the World Stage. It’s an exciting time for everyone involved in Scottish Cricket and hopefully our performances in Australia and New Zealand will help promote the game, and inspire the next generation in Scotland.”Bradburn said: “We have a strong squad line up and excellent leaders in Preston and Kyle, as we prepare to play some international cricketing giants on the world stage next February in New Zealand. We don’t underestimate the challenge but we have been training hard and will be bringing our absolute best to this hugely important global event.”

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England took the first honours in the Twenty20 series with a comfortable nine-wicket victory at Chelmsford having restricted South Africa to 89 for 4. The chase was dominated, as has so often been the case, by Charlotte Edwards who struck a 47-ball fifty which gave a sold out 5000-strong crowd plenty to cheer after an insipid effort by the visitors.For Edwards, it was a continuation of the form she showed in the one-day series against India where she made 57 and an unbeaten 108 to lead England to a 2-0 success after the dispiriting loss of the Test match at Wormsley. Her tenth boundary, clipped through the leg side, secured victory with a handsome 39 deliveries to spare.South Africa’s innings never found any significant tempo; their Powerplay score was 23 for 1 and throughout the 20 overs they managed just seven fours. Dane van Niekerk top-scored with 36 but it took her 54 deliveries although, especially early in the innings, it was less about the quality of stroke for South Africa but more about placement as they regularly picked out the tight off-side field.The boundary was out closer to the 65-metre limit – they can be in as far as 55 metres – which was perhaps a tactic from England who were out-powered at the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh this year when they did not hit a single six. Coupled with accurate bowling, South Africa’s batting was stymied.Katherine Brunt made the first breakthrough when she found the edge of Trisha Chetty and though the next wicket did not come for 12 overs England never lost control of the scoring. Arguably the biggest scare came when Sarah Taylor, attempting one of her premeditated grabs off a reverse sweep, almost took a ball in the face to suggest it would be wise for her to wear a helmet when standing up to the stumps even though she has previously found it uncomfortable.With the innings creeping along, van Niekerk was bowled attempting a reverse sweep, Lizelle Lee was run out and captain Mignon du Preez was well caught by Lydia Greenway.The only wicket to fall in England’s chase was Lauren Winfield who was run out in a dismissal that did not leave either her or Edwards overly impressed. Edwards had dabbed the ball into the off side and as Winfield reacted to the call, the bowler Moseline Daniels ran across from her follow-through towards the off side, cutting in front of Winfield. The momentary interruption meant Winfield could not make her ground to beat a direct hit. Daniels, however, was well within her rights to try and field the ball and Winfield had to accept her frustration.The rest of the match was a canter for Edwards and Taylor. South Africa tried eight bowlers with little impact as Edwards put on a skilful display of strokeplay – regularly picking the gaps through the leg side, both through and over the field – but even she may hope that her team are tested a little more in the remaining two outings.

Derbyshire bounced back from their miserable Twenty20 campaign by thrashing Hampshire by 136 runs in the opening Group A game of the Royal London Cup

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ScorecardWes Durston made his highest one-day score•Getty ImagesDerbyshire bounced back from their miserable Twenty20 campaign by thrashing Hampshire by 136 runs in the opening Group A game of the Royal London Cup on a record-breaking day at Derby.Centuries from Wes Durston and captain Wayne Madsen carried Derbyshire to 340 for 5, their highest one-day total against another first-class county, and although Hampshire started well, they collapsed to the spin of David Wainwright and were bowled out for 204 with 15.4 overs remaining.Durston, who made his best one-day score of 134 from 129 balls, shared Derbyshire’s highest third-wicket stand in limited-overs cricket of 222 in 36 overs with Madsen who scored 138 off 127 balls, his maiden one-day hundred.Hampshire were going well, with Glenn Maxwell smashing four fours and two sixes, but his exit for 35 proved a turning point and although Michael Carberry made 55, Wainwright took four for 34 as Hampshire’s last six wickets tumbled for 40.Such an outcome looked a long way off after Hampshire’s decision to put Derbyshire in appeared to be justified as Billy Godleman and Scott Elstone went in the space of seven balls. Godleman was smartly caught low down at square leg when he turned Chris Wood off his hip and Matt Coles got some movement to knock out Elstone’s off stump, but that was as good as it got for Hampshire for the next 46 overs.Durston and Madsen played superbly but they were helped by some poor bowling which gave the batsmen too much width, and only some tigerish fielding denied Derbyshire an even bigger total.Durston reached his 50 from 55 balls and the 100 stand came up in 18 overs as the pair moved through the gears, with Durston launching Liam Dawson over midwicket for the first six of the innings in the 25th over. Neither player offered a chance although Durston was fortunate when he chipped Maxwell short of mid-off on 99, but that was the only luck he enjoyed as his century came up from 106 balls.The 200 stand came up in 34 overs and although Durston was lbw trying to slog-sweep Will Smith, Madsen kept his foot firmly on the accelerator. He reached his century off 107 balls with a top-edged hook over the wicketkeeper for his 12th four and he lifted Sean Ervine over long leg for six before top-edging to cover.A target of 341 was a daunting one but Hampshire got off to a flier, with 50 coming from the first five overs before James Vince drove Tom Taylor to cover to give the seamer his first one-day wicket.He was driven back over his head for six by Maxwell, who was threatening to take the game away from Derbyshire as the visitors raced to 101 at the end of the first Powerplay. But the decision to take the second straight away backfired as Maxwell was caught at cover reverse-sweeping Tony Palladino, who had Jimmy Adams caught at fine leg in his next over.Only 14 came from those five overs and after Carberry swept Wainwright to deep square leg, the innings subsided leaving head coach Dale Benkenstein to concede: “That was a proper hiding, there were some basic things lacking.”Fifty overs is a long stint and all round, I wasn’t very happy. We didn’t create enough pressure to break that partnership [between Durston and Madsen], although they played really well. And with the batting, over the last six to eight weeks we have made some poor decisions.”Despite the win, Derbyshire have no points after starting with a two-point penalty for a poor pitch last season. But performance director, Graeme Welch, said: “We had a chat the other day and put a few things in place and we stuck to them for those first 10 overs when we were disappearing. It was great batting by Wes and the captain and then we came out and picked wickets up at regular intervals. Our lads played it really well.”

USA Cricket Association chief executive Darren Beazley has resigned after just 14 months in the role. USACA announced in a press release on Tuesday that Beazley was stepping down in order to return to his native Australia where he will take up a position as the chief executive of Swimming Western Australia.Beazley’s initial contract was for three years, but his tenure was six months shorter than his predecessor Don Lockerbie, who lasted 20 months before being fired in November 2010 for reasons USACA has never stated.”I wish all involved with US cricket the very best for the future and look forward to watching the progress of the sport in the coming years at all levels,” Beazley said.Sources have indicated that the lack of support from the USACA board of directors to implement sweeping governance changes to USACA’s administrative structure played a role in his seeking to leave USACA and return to Australia. Beazley went on a nationwide tour in October 2013 along with ICC global development manager Tim Anderson to campaign for support to back recommendations from an independent governance review by TSE Consulting.Key recommendations from the review were to reduce the size of the current USACA board, cut their power in half and give that 50% to independent directors. There were also recommendations for establishing term limits for board members, redefine membership categories and introduce athlete representation on the board.However, a decision was taken at USACA’s AGM in November to postpone any move to implement the changes. Instead, a governance implementation committee was announced with any changes being delayed until at least the summer of 2014.Beazley’s resignation also comes in the wake of damning financial data made public last month that USACA was more than $3 million in debt at the end of the 2012 tax year. The returns showed a 47% decline in membership revenue from 2011 as member leagues revolted after the controversial 2012 USACA elections in which 32 out of 47 member leagues were disenfranchised.USACA is also under increasing pressure from the American Cricket Federationn (ACF), which was formed in the wake of the 2012 election. Many member leagues have defected for the ACF including the largest league in America, New York’s Commonwealth Cricket League.Beazley had strong ties with Anderson and ICC top brass in Dubai but his departure may be the last straw for USACA in a series of administrative missteps. USA now faces the very real threat of a third administrative suspension by the ICC in the last decade.

Junaid Khan bowled a tight last over to help Abbottabad Falcons prevail in a see-saw contest against Lahore Lions in Rawalpindi. Lahore needed nine runs to win in the last over with two wickets in hand, but could only score six runs in the over. Junaid didn’t get a wicket, but ensured there were no boundary balls in the last over.Lahore needed 57 runs to win in the last five overs, but made a dash towards the target in the 17th over as Wahab Riaz hit Khaled Usman for a six and a four. Lahore took 17 runs came in that over and added a further 23 in the next two, but faltered against Junaid.Lahore had won the toss and opted to field. Aizaz Cheema gave them a good start, striking with the second ball of the innings to dismiss Hammad Ali. But Abbottabad’s innings was propped up by an unbeaten half-century from Younis Khan, who held one end together and scripted crucial partnerships. Abbottabad finished at 136 for 4 in their innings.The win helped Abbottabad overtake Lahore in the group D table. Both teams are tied on points, but Abbottabad have a better net run rate.Fakhar Zaman scored a 63-ball 86 to guide Karachi Zebras to a five-wicket win over Rawalpindi Rams in Rawalpindi.Zaman, the left-handed opener, struck 12 fours and a six and was at the crease for the bulk of Karachi’s innings as they chased 140. When he was caught behind off Sohail Tanvir, they only needed 17 from 23 balls, with seven wickets in hand. They wobbled a bit, with left-arm seamer Nasir Malik striking twice, but got home in the end with three balls remaining.Rawalpindi, who elected to bat, were in trouble as fast bowler Tabish Khan struck three times to have them 22 for 3. Umar Amin and Sohail Tanvir rescued them with a 61-run stand for the fourth wicket, before legspinner Shahzaib Ahmed triggered a collapse from 83 for 3 to 106 for 7. It was left to an unbeaten 14-ball 27 from Yasim Murtaza to lift Rawalpindi’s score to an eventual 139 for 8, with Tabish coming back to dismiss Mohammad Nawaz with the last ball of the innings.