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Nepal scripted a seven-wicket win over Malaysia with Puja Mahato starring with ball and bat

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Jan-2025Pakistan signed off from the Women’s Under-19 World Cup with a win over Samoa as the winless teams from the group stage of the tournament played for ranking spots in Johor on Friday.The batters did it for Pakistan, though they were helped along by indiscipline on the part of the inexperienced Samoa bowlers, who conceded 21 extras, including 18 wides, after opting to field. The major contributions for Pakistan came from opener Maham Anees, who scored 28 in 42 balls, and Fatima Khan, who hit 25 in 14 balls with three fours and a six from No. 6. Three other batters also got in double-digits as Pakistan stopped at 136 for 8.For Samoa, Norah Salima, the medium pacer, picked up three wickets and only went at five runs an over, but some of the other bowlers were less effective.Samoa, who had scored 16 (against South Africa) and 40 (against New Zealand) in their two completed matches earlier, put up an improved show with the bat even though they had lost three wickets by the end of the third over. Haniah Ahmer, who ended with 4 for 17, picked up two of those wickets in the same over.Indeed, Samoa kept pace with the asking rate for the first half of their innings, but they got to the ten-over mark with five batters gone. But with contributions – none bigger than opener Verra Farane’s 19 – from around the batting line-up, they got to 84 before they were bowled out. A little more discipline with the ball, and it could have been much closer.Puja Mahato top-scored in Nepal’s chase•ICC/Getty Images

Nepal, meanwhile, made sure hosts Malaysia‘s campaign ended as it had gone all along as they eked out a seven-wicket win in the later match in Johor. Captain Puja Mahato was the standout performer for Nepal, first picking up four wickets with her medium pace and then top-scoring in the small chase.Malaysia, who came into the match after putting up scores of 23, 31 and 59 in the group stage, only managed 45 in 16.5 overs this time after being asked to bat. Nuriman Hidayah was the only batter to get into double-digits as she scored 15 from 23 balls, with Mahato (4 for 9) and left-arm spinner Rachana Chaudhary (3 for 5) doing most of the damage.The chase was straightforward, and Nepal got there in 11 overs for the loss on three wickets, with Mahato scoring a 32-ball 23 not out. Marsya Qistina Binti Abdullah, the left-arm spinner, picked up all the wickets to fall.

Mahidul Islam Ankon has received a maiden national call-up as the wicketkeeper-batter’s replacement

Mohammad Isam28-Oct-2024

Jaker Ali has been ruled out of Bangladesh’s second Test against South Africa with a concussion.Mahidul Islam Ankon has been named his replacement. Jaker suffered a concussion during training at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Sunday.”Jaker Ali suffered a concussion while batting in practice yesterday [Sunday],” Bangladesh’s physio Bayjedul Islam Khan said. “He has a history of concussions and is still showing symptoms. Given his previous concussion record, recovery may take some time. Based on the clinical findings, he has been ruled out of the second Test.”Wicketkeeper-batter Jaker made a fifty on Test debut in Bangladesh’s second innings in the first Test against South Africa.Related

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He has also played 19 T20Is, having made his debut in the format earlier this year.This is wicketkeeper-batter Mahidul’s maiden call-up to the Bangladesh side. He has played most of his first-class matches for Dhaka Division, hitting all three centuries for the NCL team. He has also played one game for Bangladesh A against Pakistan A in August this year.Mahidul comes into the squad on the back of good form, having struck 118 against Sylhet Division last week.Earlier the selectors also called up pace bowler Khaled Ahmed to replace Taskin Ahmed.

Saha has will turn out for Rashmi Medinipur Wizards in the Bengal T20 league which starts on June 11

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jun-2024Wriddhiman Saha is all set to return to Bengal for the upcoming Indian domestic season, and will also feature in the inaugural Bengal Pro T20 league that gets underway on Tuesday at the Eden Gardens.Saha, who represented Bengal for close to 15 years since making his first-class debut in 2007, moved to Tripura ahead of the 2022-23 domestic season as a player-cum-mentor. He had asked for his NOC after being hurt by comments by a senior administrator before the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. After two years at Tripura, Saha is now back at Bengal.He wasn’t on the initial draft list of the Bengal Pro T20 league but has been picked by the Rashmi Medinipur Wizards team as a replacement for the injured Abhimanyu Easwaran. Wizards will be led by Sudip Chatterjee in the league and also have former India U-19 fast bowler Ishan Porel in their ranks.There are a total of eight teams taking part in the Pro T20 league. Each team will play seven league-stage matches, followed by the semi-finals and the final on June 28 at the Eden Gardens.”We are very happy to have Wriddhiman back in Bengal. Also, his interest in playing at the Bengal Pro T20 League will add more glamour to the League,” Snehasish Ganguly, the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, said.Saha, 39, has played 136 first-class matches, scoring 7013 runs at an average of 41.99. So far, he has hit 14 centuries and 43 half-centuries. This includes 1353 Test runs in 40 matches at an average of 29.41.Saha was picked up by Gujarat Titans at the IPL 2022 auction and was part of the side that won the title in its inaugural season. He had an underwhelming IPL 2024, though, where he could only manage 136 runs in nine innings while averaging 15.11. His loss of form coincided with Titans’ slide as they finished eighth in the season.

Every part of his game is geared not just towards batting, but to the purpose behind it

Sidharth Monga20-Jun-2025

Yashasvi Jaiswal brought up his fifth Test hundred•PA Images/Getty Images

Yashasvi Jaiswal is insatiable. When he is training in Talegaon in Maharashtra at the Rajasthan Royals High Performance Centre, he can go through more than 100 overs of batting in one day. That’s sidearm, normal bowling, manual throwing, all by different people from different angles with little or no break. In a two-hour net session with teams he is with, he can hog one net for upwards of an hour. He has been talked into being more mindful of other players’ needs, which he has respected. So now he just waits for others to finish and takes the deliverers of balls back into the net at the end of the training.A day before the Headingley Test, after all the media work had been done, all the reels made, he was there in the corner net with net bowlers and one sidearm thrower from the team. Those who work with him worry they need to find ways to help him sustain this voracious appetite despite the lean frame, and a historic nutritional deficiency from when he grew up all alone, far away from home in Mumbai.With some batters, this obsessive nature can be detrimental, but Jaiswal has that balance right. He bats for the business of scoring runs not to perfect batting. He knows how to score runs. In a short career, he has played innings of markedly different tempo and method. As Rahul Dravid, the former India coach, told me once, Jaiswal says in almost every innings “I like scoring runs, I know how to score runs and I’ll do whatever it takes to score runs – sometimes bat aggressively, sometimes bat defensively, sometimes play from middle stump, sometimes play from outside leg stump”.Related

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By the afternoon drinks break on his first day of Test cricket in England, though, Jaiswal’s obsessiveness had begun to catch up with him. The support staff gave his arm under the arm guard a rubdown. His leading arm was cramping three hours into his innings on a pleasant day in Leeds.It had already been an innings in which he had had to change his method dramatically. Jaiswal was 67 off 112 then, but he had had spurts: 19 off 20, then just 12 off 39, then 26 balls in the 40s. England weren’t great with the brand-new ball, Jaiswal had no qualms flashing at them, but when they started bowling straight at his body, his limitations on the leg side showed up.In the first 20 balls that Jaiswal faced, only two balls swung or seamed in. He relished the room and the angle away. Then they started attacking the stumps more with a leg slip in place: 24 swung in or seamed in off the next 92. Add to it Josh Tongue’s angle from around the wicket, tucking him up, hitting him on the body.Jaiswal’s control percentage was 90 in the first 20 balls, it fell to 71 for the next 92 balls. One of the reasons for low control numbers was that he kept missing the cut, but he was going so hard at it that it is hard to see how an edge would go to hand. Otherwise, he just fought through the period, keeping the pull and fend away even as Ben Stokes moved to one of the Bazball fields.Yashasvi Jaiswal loves to bat and bat and bat•AFP/Getty ImagesAnd then came the cramps. Almost unnoticed, the intent went up as he realised he couldn’t keep fighting all day. The first ball after that drinks break was also the first ball of spin. You would imagine a forward-defensive to this full ball – 4.4m in front of the stumps – from almost any other batter, but Jaiswal hung back and managed to cut it for four. A flurry of runs, not visibly hurried, followed. Tongue was upper-cut for six, Shoaib Bashir lofted back over his head. By the time he reached the 90s, Jaiswal had had medical attention three times.The third of those came after a ferocious attempt at a cut that he missed. The umpires had a quiet word with him. Probably telling him he had to make a choice: play on without regular assistance or retire. Just like that, out came two dismissive shots through the covers to reach 99. Then the single to get to a hundred in his first Tests in the West Indies, Australia and England to go with an 80 in his first in India.It wasn’t a free-flowing innings. It had phases of brilliance, spells of knuckling down, and just the sheer physical battle with himself. Only ten of the 101 runs he scored came on the leg side. The limited range of his strokes on the leg side has always been a focus, but not to this extent. He completely shelved the pull and the hook, and sweated on any room. There were periods he was denied room, but he was prepared to wait it out.It was only when he began to cramp that an element of manufacturing shots appeared. It was just exceptional understanding of how to score runs and manage risk. Managing his body and his voracious appetite for hitting balls is an aspect he will still have to look at.

Tampa Bay Rays fans were welcomed to George M. Steinbrenner field Thursday with a bobblehead of star third baseman Junior Caminero. He sent them home happy, too, as he scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning which gave the Rays a dramatic 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, he hit an RBI single to trim the Rangers' lead to one run. Then, with two outs, he made it home from second base on an infield single by Rays shortstop Taylor Walls to win the game. Walls hit a grounder to Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien who couldn't make the play at first because nobody was there to cover the bag.

The tying run scored from third, then Caminero bolted toward home from second and slid in head first for the walk-off run as catcher Jonah Heim's tag came just a touch too late. Caminero popped up, tossed his helmet in the air and pumped his fists excitedly as he ran to swarm with his teammates.

Caminero was responsible for the Rays' only run before the ninth inning as he hit a solo home run to center field in the second inning.

All in all, he ended the game with two hits, a homer and two RBIs, plus a savvy base-running move to catch the Rangers off balance, which resulted in a dramatic comeback win for the Rays. And fans got to go home with an awesome bobblehead of their team's hero.

The question is—what got Caminero more excited, his first bobblehead or the walk-off run?

Appointment of Washington Freedom director of cricket helps to strengthen ties at newly acquired franchise

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Oct-2025

Michael Klinger, the former Australia batter and current director of cricket at Washington Freedom in the MLC, has joined Welsh Fire in a senior management role and will also take over as head coach of their Women’s Hundred team.Klinger’s appointment, on a two-year contract, further strengthens ties between Glamorgan County Cricket Club and Washington Freedom, whose owner – Sanjay Govil, the US-based tech entrepreneur – acquired a 49% stake in Welsh Fire during the Hundred equity sale earlier this year.Klinger will retain his role at Washington Freedom, and will work closely with Fire’s general manager Mark Wallace to oversee recruitment for both the men’s and women’s teams.Gareth Breese, who oversaw the women’s squad in this year’s Hundred, will stay on as an Assistant Coach in the restructured team, while Mike Hussey – Klinger’s fellow Australian – retains his role as head coach of the men’s team.In the 2025 Hundred season, Klinger was head coach of Manchester Originals women’s team, and has also served in coaching roles at Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League in India, the Melbourne Renegades Men’s Team in the Big Bash League and the Sydney Thunder Women’s team.”I’m thrilled to be taking on an expanded role with Welsh Fire, leading list management for both the men’s and women’s teams, alongside being Head Coach of the Women’s side,” Klinger said.”I’d like to thank Manchester Originals for the opportunity to work with them last year. It was a fantastic and rewarding experience for which I’m very grateful.”This new role allows me to combine coaching with a broader strategic focus and to continue strengthening my connections with the Washington Freedom organisation, as well as with the current management and coaches at Welsh Fire.”Glamorgan and Welsh Fire CEO, Dan Cherry, added: “We’re thrilled to welcome Michael to the Welsh Fire family. From his career to date, Michael’s experience, pedigree and enthusiasm matches our long-term strategic vision of ambition and success for the franchise.”Michael adds real quality to our recruitment and coaching capabilities, while his arrival allows Mark to focus directly on implementing our wider cricket strategy. We are hopeful that Gareth Breese will stay on to support Michael after leading the team to the final in 2024.”It’s great also to continue our partnership with Mike Hussey. Mike is an outstanding leader who has made great strides with our Men’s team in recent years. We are all excited for this new chapter as we maximise our partnership with Sanjay Govil and his team to take progressive steps forward on and off the field.”

Big picture

The headline is that Afghanistan absolutely to win in order to make the Super Four, or else Bangladesh get in ahead of them. Sri Lanka merely have to avoid being handed an all-time thrashing.If Sri Lanka bat first and make 150, for example, Afghanistan would have to chase that target down in 11.4 overs in order to knock Sri Lanka out and have Bangladesh accompany them to the Super Four. If Afghanistan bat first and make 150, Sri Lanka would have to score 84 or fewer for Bangladesh to qualify.Essentially, Afghanistan need to win. Bangladesh would ideally like Sri Lanka to win. But if Sri Lanka lose, Bangladesh need them to lose by a gargantuan margin.Related

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This is what cricket is like midway through the third decade of the 21st century. India and Pakistan won’t shake hands after a match, but organisers insist on them playing each other at every major tournament nevertheless. This Asia Cup is structured to give them the best chance of having at least two meetings. Everyone else has little choice but to accept that competitive equilibrium must now be laid on the altar of capitalism.Sri Lanka, for the record, are very capable of collapsing. They almost lost against Hong Kong on Monday, their middle order entering a familiar nosedive following another Pathum Nissanka fifty. You only have to look back to about three weeks for an occasion in which they were all out in double figures – Zimbabwe rolling them for 80 in Harare. Afghanistan are also a team they have lost to three times in their eight T20I meetings.Both teams’ strengths over the last several years, however, have been their bowlers. Afghanistan have Rashid Khan, and Sri Lanka Wanindu Hasaranga – both excellent legspinners who add plenty with the bat. Both teams also tend to rely on allrounders and have flexibility built into their T20 play. There is also fragility to both batting orders and suspicions over whether their lower middle orders are up to scratch against the best teams in the world.Rashid Khan has been one of Afghanistan’s biggest strengths•Asian Cricket Council

The pressure to win, though, is on Afghanistan. Sri Lanka will be fine just muddling through. If they get through to the Super Four, they will back themselves to regroup as they did in 2022, when they won this tournament. Afghanistan scrambled mighty tournament charges even more recently, though, when they got to the semi-finals of last year’s T20 World Cup.

Form guide

Sri Lanka: WWWLW (last five T20Is, most recent first)
Afghanistan: LWLWW

In the spotlight

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has hit 248 runs at a strike rate of 172 against Sri Lanka in six T20I matches. These are outstanding numbers, but perhaps unsurprising ones when you consider that he has been a regular player in the Lanka Premier League, often playing in the more successful teams. He has played alongside the likes of Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, and Binura Fernando, so he has a better idea than most about the challenges Sri Lanka’s bowling unit will present. Given his stats against Sri Lanka, his team-mates will probably pay attention.Dushmantha Chameera has been Sri Lanka’s most dependable fast bowler•Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Dushmantha Chameera has, in his most recent run in international cricket, begun to carve out a niche as Sri Lanka’s most dependable fast bowler. He still pushes 145kph when in good rhythm, but importantly, he has learned to combine that pace with excellent control. The yorkers at the end of the innings are in especially good shape at the moment, and there are death overs when he bowls full and wide, almost exclusively, and has found success with that method. Sri Lanka’s strategy, generally, is to use him to take wickets with two overs in the powerplay, then have him shut out scoring options with two overs at the death.

Pitch and conditions

Abu Dhabi tends to be one of the higher-scoring venues in the UAE, although slower bowlers have still got purchase there in this tournament.

Team news

Although licking their wounds after the loss to Bangladesh, Afghanistan may keep the same XI.Afghanistan (probable): 1 Saqidullah Ataq, 2 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 3 Ibrahim Zadran, 4 Gulbadin Naib, 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Karim Janat, 8 Rashid Khan (capt.), 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 AM Ghazanfar, 11 Fazalhaq FarooqiSri Lanka will also likely ride with the same crew. Theekshana went wicketless against Hong Kong, but maintained a good economy rate. Matheesha Pathirana and Fernando may have to sit out.Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Kamil Mishara, 4 Kusal Perera, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt.), 6 Kamindu Mendis, 7 Dasun Shanaka, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Nuwan Thushara

Stats and trivia

• Gurbaz’s strike rate of 172.22 against Sri Lanka is his highest against any opposition.
• In 2025, Chameera has taken 11 wickets in five innings, and maintained an economy rate of 6.40, although he is frequently called upon to bowl in the powerplay and the death.
• Since 2020, these teams have played seven T20Is. Sri Lanka has won four of those matches, and Afghanistan three.

أعلن نادي الجيش الملكي المغربي عن قرار مفاجئ يخص مباراته المرتقبة أمام الأهلي، ضمن منافسات دور المجموعات لبطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا 2025-2026.

وكان الأهلي قد ضمن تأهله إلى دور المجموعات بعد تجاوز فريق إيجل نوار البوروندي في دور الـ32 ذهابًا وإيابًا، ليصبح على رأس المجموعة الثانية التي تضم أيضًا الجيش الملكي المغربي، شبيبة القبائل الجزائري، ويانج أفريكانز التنزاني.

ويبدأ الأهلي مشواره في المجموعة برغبة قوية في تحقيق انطلاقة مثالية تعزز مسيرته نحو التتويج بلقبه القاري الثالث عشر، حيث يواجه شبيبة القبائل الجزائري على استاد القاهرة الدولي قبل التوجه إلى الرباط لمواجهة الجيش الملكي في الجولة التالية.

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وكشف الجيش الملكي، في بيان رسمي عبر صفحته بموقع “فيس بوك”، عن نقل مباراة الفريقين إلى ملعب آخر بدلًا من الملعب الذي كان مقرّرًا إقامتها عليه.

وأوضح النادي أن ذلك يأتي في إطار عملية تأهيل وترميم أرضية الملعب “بمركّب مولاي عبد الله” استعدادًا لاحتضان المباريات الافتتاحية لكأس أفريقيا، وبالتنسيق مع السلطات، لتُقام المباراة على أرضية ملعب “مولاي الحسن” بالرباط. موعد مباراة الأهلي والجيش الملكي في دوري أبطال أفريقيا

ومن المقرر أن تُلعب المباراة يوم الجمعة الموافق 28 نوفمبر، في تمام التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت مصر، العاشرة بتوقيت السعودية.

تحدث مدرب ليفربول آرني سلوت، عن معاناة الفريق من خمس هزائم في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، هذا الموسم، وتقييمه لسباق اللقب، بعد الهزيمة من مانشستر سيتي.

وتعرض ليفربول للهزيمة بثلاثة أهداف دون مقابل أمام مانشستر سيتي، ضمن مباريات الجولة الحادية عشر للدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز “البريميرليج”.

وفي تصريحات نشرها موقع ليفربول الرسمي، قال سلوت عن الأجواء في غرفة الملابس بعد المباراة: “بالطبع الجميع يشعر بخيبة أمل، كانت بداية الأسبوع جيدة جدًا، بالفوز على أستون فيلا وريال مدريد”.

وأضاف: “ولكن إذا كنت تعتقد أنك واجهت بالفعل خصمين قويين، فإن مانشستر سيتي سيواجهك خارج ملعبك، وهذا أمر صعب على أي فريق، بما في ذلك نحن، لقد كانوا الفريق الأفضل بكثير في الشوط الأول”.

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وعن معاناة ليفربول من خمس هزائم في الدوري هذا الموسم وتقييمه لسباق اللقب، أردف: “نعم، أشعر أنها كثيرة جدًا، وآخر ما يجب أن أتحدث عنه الآن هو سباق اللقب، يجب أن نركز أولًا على تحقيق النتائج، نتيجة تلو الأخرى، قبل أن نفكر في ذلك، والحقيقة هي أننا في المركز الثامن الآن”.

وواصل: “يتقدم فريق بفارق كبير، على الرغم من أن مانشستر سيتي يتواجد خلف آرسنال بأربع نقاط، أما البقية فهم متقاربون جدًا، وقد قلتُ مرارًا في الموسم الماضي، حتى عندما كنا متصدرين في البداية، إن أفضل طريقة لتقييم جدول الدوري هي بالطبع بعد 38 مباراة”.

وأتم: “ولكن أفضل شيء بعد ذلك هو تقييمه بعد 19 مباراة لأننا جميعًا سنواجه نفس الخصوم حينها، يجب أن يكون تركيزنا الأول على تحقيق النتائج، وآخر ما يجب أن نركز عليه هو سباق اللقب، وهو أمر كان بإمكاننا تحقيقه في الموسم الماضي، ولكن ليس في الموسمين السابقين، لكننا بحاجة إلى التحسن، وهذا واضح”.

Everton decided to go all-out in the summer transfer window to back David Moyes with a host of new recruits to bolster the squad for the Premier League season.

Jack Grealish arrived on loan from Manchester City, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was signed from Chelsea, and Thierno Barry was snapped up from Villarreal.

The most expensive addition of the summer transfer window, though, was the £35m rising to £40m move to bring 19-year-old right winger Tyler Dibling in from Southampton.

Why Everton have paid £35m to sign Tyler Dibling

Everton did not splash that level of money on the teenage star because he was the finished article and ready to hit the ground running at the Hill Dickinson, though, because he still has a lot to prove.

Dibling produced two goals and zero assists in 33 appearances in the Premier League for the Saints in the 2024/25 campaign, along with two goals in two outings in the FA Cup, per Sofascore.

This shows that the young winger is in the very early stages of his development as a first-team player, which is why patience is needed with the forward, who started in the 2-0 defeat to Wolves on Tuesday night.

At the age of 19, Dibling has racked up 34 appearances in the Premier League and been capped three times by England at U21 level, which shows that he is a promising young talent, as he has emerged as an option at the top level at a very young age.

Whilst it remains to be seen whether or not Everton invested their money well with Dibling, the Toffees will regret releasing a star who would have been a homegrown version of the English forward, Mohamed-Ali Cho.

Why Everton should regret releasing Mohamed-Ali Cho

The Toffees signed the young attacker from Paris Saint-Germain in 2015 and he spent more than four years at Goodison Park before being released in 2020.

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Everton had talks with the teenager over an extended deal with the club, but the two parties were unable to reach an agreement and he was allowed to leave for nothing to sign for Angers, partly due to the perceived lack of a pathway through to the first-team.

The club should, now, regret not doing more to convince Cho that there was a chance for him to progress into the senior side, because he has developed into a top talent in Europe.

After four goals in 55 matches for Angers, Real Sociedad snapped him up in 2022. Cho scored two goals in 40 matches for the Spanish side before his move to Nice in 2023, per Transfermarkt.

U23 scout Antonio Mango claimed that the forward has an “unbelievably high ceiling”, and his form in the 2024/25 campaign suggests that he may have an even higher ceiling than Dibling.

As you can see in the table above, the 21-year-old star outperformed the £35m man at league level last season, with 12 goals and ‘big chances’ created combined.

A 19-year-old Cho had also outperformed current age Dibling, with five goals in Europe’s major leagues, compared to the two that the Englishman has managed so far.

Like Dibling, the France U21 international is also a left-footed right winger, cutting inside from the right flank to cause havoc in the final third, which means that they are similar players from a tactical perspective.

Cho, therefore, could have been a homegrown, and potentially better, version of Dibling if Everton had managed to keep him in 2020, instead of releasing him to join Angers.

Worse than Dibling: "Sloppy" Everton flop showed why he should never start

This Everton flop who was even worse than Tyler Dibling just showed why he should never start again.

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Dan Emery

Sep 24, 2025

This means that the Toffees could have saved themselves £35m to £40m on the former Southampton man, as they would already have had an exciting young talent on the right wing to call upon.