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O áudio de Whatsapp de Anderson Salles, zagueiro do Novorizontino, chamando o São Paulo de “carniça”, foi lembrado por Jucilei logo após a classificação do Tricolor para as semifinais do Campeonato Paulista. E o meio-campista fez questão de desafiar o defensor do time do interior a eliminar o Palmeiras, nesta quarta-feira.

– Agora só falta o Anderson Salles fazer a parte dele amanhã para enfrentar a gente na semifinal – comentou o camisa 8 do São Paulo, logo depois da vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o São Caetano, no Morumbi, nessa terça-feira.

No final de semana, vazou um áudio de Anderson Salles falando “no mata-mata, se a gente pega um São Paulo da vida, aí já era, é de igual para igual com aquelas carniça”. O jogador já avisou que não tinha a intenção de desmerecer o Tricolor.

Nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, o Novorizontino tem uma complicada missão. Jogando em casa, perdeu por 3 a 0 o jogo de ida das quartas de final para o Palmeiras. Agora, precisa golear no Allianz Parque para se classificar – vitória por até dois gols dá a vaga aos anfitriões e triunfo por três gols de vantagem para a equipe de Anderson Salles leva a decisão para os pênaltis.

A tarefa do Novorizontino é tão difícil que Jucilei, depois de sair dos vestiários do Morumbi, mais tranquilo, já comentava sobre um provável clássico pelas semifinais do Campeonato Paulista, com jogo de ida no final de semana (veja as possibilidades de adversários do São Paulo).

– Vai ser clássico, são dois times grandes. Temos de focar bastante, descansar e encarar como final – discursou o volante.

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Manchester City have been one of the deadliest teams in the Premier League in terms of scoring goals over the past few years.

Since Pep Guardiola’s first season in charge of the club back in the 2016/17 season, City have scored at least 80 goals in every league campaign, breaching the 100-goal mark on two occasions.

Now that the next summer transfer window is around the corner, it seems as though the reigning league champions have their eye on adding one of Europe’s most prolific goalscorers to their ranks.

What’s the news?

According to journalist and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano during his latest Here We Go podcast, talks between the Manchester club and Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland over a potential summer transfer move are progressing.

He said: “In the coming days we’ll have some final answer on Erling’s side. We know that Manchester City are progressing with talks but on Real Madrid’s side, they feel Man City are the frontrunner. They are in the process to sign him but it’s not a done deal. They are working on the details, the conditions and the payment.”

City fans will be delighted

Since joining the German club back in the 2020 January transfer window from RB Salzburg, the 21-year-old has been scoring goals for fun.

With 87 appearances under his belt, the striker has scored 85 times and delivered 23 assists for his teammates.

One of those assists came against Guardiola’s team in last season’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash.

Last season saw the centre-forward rack up 90 shots at goal in the Bundesliga, with 47 being on target, leaving only Robert Lewandowski (56) and Andre Silva (53) with more.

To further highlight what a hot commodity the Norway international is, only Kylian Mbappe (£144m) has a higher market value than Haaland (£135m) in world football according to Transfermarkt.

Having been reported earlier this month that the Manchester club have agreed terms on a potential deal for the striker, it certainly feels now like the Citizens are in the driving seat to eventually bring Haaland to the Etihad Stadium this summer.

Taking all of this into account, this will only be music to the ears of many City fans who will undeniably be over the moon with the prospect of seeing the Dortmund star firing in goals for their side.

Moving forward, if City can wrap this deal up as quickly as possible, this will surely put them in a good shape ahead of next season and keep their impressive record for scoring goals going.

In other news: Pep can blow supporters away as MCFC eye bid for “dynamic” £58m gem, he’s Gundogan 2.0

أشاد عمر النجدي لاعب مصر المقاصة السابق، بمجهود المنتخب المغربي في كأس العالم، بعد الفوز على إسبانيا في المباراة التي أقيمت اليوم الثلاثاء. وانتصر منتخب المغرب على إسبانيا بركلات الترجيح 3-0، بعد انتهاء الوقت الأصلي والإضافي بالتعادل السلبي في دور الـ16 لكأس العالم قطر 2022. وتأهل منتخب المغرب لمواجهة البرتغال، في دور ربع النهائي للمونديال العالمي، وذلك يوم السبت المقبل الموافق 10 من ديسمبر الجاري. طالع.. فيديو | إنريكي يبدي انبهاره بلاعب المغرب: من أين جاء هذا الفتى وقال النجدي في مداخلة تليفزيونية عبر قناة “الحياة”: “المنتخب المغربي قدم مباراة كبيرة وأعطانا درسًا أن الكرة ليست استحواذ، واللاعبين كانوا رجالًا”. وتابع: “وليد الركراكي قدم مباراة كبير وأغلق المساحات على المنتخب الإسباني وعلى مفاتيح لعبهم”. وأضاف: “تشكيل منتخب المغرب أمام البرتغال سيشهد تغييرات عديدة بسبب إجهاد اللاعبين”. وأردف: “وليد الركراكي صنع طفرة في الوداد المغربي وحصد دوري أبطال إفريقيا بالروح المتواجدة في المجموعة، فعل نفس الأمر مع منتخب المغرب ويعطي ثقة للاعبين”. واستطرد: “إن شاء الله منتخب المغرب يدخل التاريخ ويكون أول منتخب عربي يصل لقبل النهائي”. وأتم: “البرتغال منتخب كبير ولاعبين كبار، على الورق المنتخب الإسباني أفضل من البرتغال، منتخب الكاميرون فاز على البرازيل والبطولة يوجد بها مفاجآت، أتمنى أن تكون المباراة في صالحنا”.

With four days to go until the start of the 2010-11 Ashes Graeme Swann has admitted he is climbing the walls in anticipation of the biggest match of his life

Andrew Miller in Brisbane21-Nov-2010

With four days to go until the start of the 2010-11 Ashes Graeme Swann has admitted he is climbing the walls in anticipation of the biggest match of his life, but believes that he and his team-mates will be able to channel all of their nervous energy into the daunting task of bearding the Aussies in their very own lair at the Gabba on Thursday.”When we first got over here I daren’t think of the first Test match, because I was like a kid on December 1, with an Advent calendar. I couldn’t wait for the 25th to come along,” said Swann. “It’s really building now, less than a week to go, and I go back to my room at night and I smile like a lunatic and bounce off the walls. It’s going to be amazing come Thursday – I just can’t wait.”Swann’s chirpy demeanour has been a key feature of his cricket ever since he burst back onto the international scene in 2007, and while his left-field humour and subtle disdain for convention has rubbed people up the wrong way in the past – not least the former England coach Duncan Fletcher – the current regime recognises his unquenchable optimism as an asset to be cherished every bit as much as his match-winning spin bowling.To that end, while Australia’s preparations centre around a spinner of their own – the left-arm debutant, Xavier Doherty, who is set to become their ninth specialist slow bowler since the retirement of Shane Warne four years ago – England’s main man is so comfortable with his form and role in the side that he has been passing the time by promoting a new dance craze that has been spreading through the dressing-room.Known as “the Sprinkler”, the dance involves moving an outstretched arm in the juddering motion of a garden sprinkler, with the other one tucked behind the head. It was first raised as a possible wicket celebration during England’s second warm-up game against South Australia at Adelaide, but it was given its first public airing during Swann’s weekly podcast on ECB TV, with several of the squad – most notably Tim Bresnan – strutting their stuff for the camera.”If someone’s stupid enough to give me a camera and let me have free rein with it, I’m going to do stuff like that,” said Swann, although there is a serious subtext to such frivolity, as he himself noted. “There’s a very good vibe in the camp,” he added. “For me, it did show what a good spirit there was – because it wasn’t hard to get anyone to do it. I know three or four years ago I might have tried that and got a couple of punches or got my head ripped off.”Even the Aussie media are finding it hard to frown on such antics. “Buoyant Poms start victory dance a little too early,” was how the Sun-Herald responded, and while it doubted that England would dare to unveil the dance on the field until the Ashes had been won and lost, it added: “It is refreshing to see a side having fun before such a pressurised series.”England’s current demeanour is a marked contrast both with the anxieties in the Australia camp at present, and perhaps more pertinently, those that dogged England’s own campaign four years ago, when they entered the Brisbane Test with doubts in every department, and were duly put to the sword from the moment that Steve Harmison bowled his infamous first-ball wide to second slip. The team bus, noted England’s then-spinner Ashley Giles, was as quiet as a morgue on that occasion. It’s hard to imagine a similar scenario this time around.Australia’s record in Brisbane is nevertheless formidable, with 16 victories in their last 21 matches dating back to 1988-89, and not a single defeat – a run of results that neatly encapsulates their two-decade march to the summit of world cricket. With that golden era now fading from view, however, England genuinely believe that they are the side who can capture the citadel and confirm the end of an era.”I think the team see Brisbane as a really big challenge and whenever we’ve come across these challenges, like not having won at Lord’s for 70-odd years, the guys really like facing things like that,” said Paul Collingwood. “Brisbane is one of them. It is difficult for teams to win there, Australia have been incredibly strong there, but that just makes it more exciting for us and we’d love to make history.”So far, England have hardly put a foot wrong in their preparation, recording handsome wins in two of their three warm-ups while securing invaluable batting practice at Adelaide. The decision to send Swann and his frontline bowling colleagues for early acclimatisation in Brisbane – where they practised with the academy squad and bonded as a quartet under the tutelage of their Aussie bowling coach David Saker – will be best judged in hindsight, but in their absence, England’s back-up bowlers still administered a ten-wicket defeat over Australia A.”We’ve played some excellent cricket over the last three or four weeks,” said Swann.”The acclimatisation couldn’t have gone better really. I think it just showed the strength and the depth of our squad that we could give Australia A such a good beating the other day.”On Sunday afternoon, however, the squad was reunited at the team hotel in central Brisbane, and from here on in, every man’s focus will shift to Thursday morning, as the crowds begin to gather around the Gabba and Ashes fever takes hold of the city. “It’s inevitable,” said Swann. “The intensity is going to be hyped up – the cameras in your face, the people in the street. Any player would be lying if he said you can’t feel it.”

يتواجد فريق الكرة بالأهلي في المجموعة الثانية من بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا بجانب أندية صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي والهلال السوداني والقطن الكاميروني، عقب انتهاء مراسم القرعة التي أقيمت ظهر اليوم.

ويأمل الأهلي في تحقيق لقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا خلال الموسم الحالي، ومحو أثار خسارة البطولة لصالح الوداد في العام الماضي.

ومن المقرر أن تنطلق منافسات دور المجموعات بدوري أبطال إفريقيا يومي 10 و11 فبراير من العام المقبل، بمواجهة قوية أمام القطن الكاميروني.

ويتواجد الأهلي مع فريق الهلال السوداني بمجموعة واحدة للمرة الثانية على التوالي بعد نسخة الموسم الماضي. تاريخ مواجهات الأهلي والهلال السوداني في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وتصادم الأهلي امام الهلال السوداني 10 مرات من قبل، جميعها كانت في بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

المواجهة الأولى كانت في نهائي بطولة عام 1987 بمسماها القديم «كأس إفريقيا للأندية أبطال الدوري»، تعادل الفريقان ذهابًا بالخرطوم بنتيجة صفر – صفر، وفي لقاء العودة بالقاهرة فاز الأهلي بهدفين للا شيء، أحرزهما أيمن شوقي ومدافع الهلال في مرمى فريقه، وتوج الأهلي بكأس البطولة.

المواجهة الثانية كانت في دور الـ32 عام 2004، وفاز الهلال في مباراة الذهاب بالقاهرة بهدف للا شيء، وتعادل الفريقان بأم درمان بدون أهداف.

طالع | الأهلي وصن داونز.. خماسية تاريخية و3 ألقاب ترسم ملامح “الصدام المُعتاد” في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

المواجهة الثالثة كانت في دور المجموعات عام 2007، وفاز الأهلي ذهابًا بالقاهرة 2- صفر سجلهما فلافيو أمادو وأسامة حسني، وفاز الهلال 3- صفر في لقاء العودة بأم درمان.

المواجهة الرابعة كانت في دور المجموعات موسم 2019-2020، فاز الأهلي بالقاهرة بهدفين مقابل هدف للهلال، أحرز للأهلي حسين الشحات ورمضان صبحي، وتعادل الفريقان في لقاء أم درمان بهدف لكل فريق، وأحرز للأهلي محمد مجدي أفشة.

المواجهة الخامسة كانت في دوري المجموعات موسم 2021-2022، تعادل الفريقان بدون أهداف في لقاء أم درمان، وفي القاهرة فاز الأهلي بهدف أحرزه حسين الشحات.

وبذلك استطاع أبناء القلعة الحمراء الفوز في أربع منها، وتعادل في أربع، بينما انتصر الهلال في مباراتين.

وسجل لاعبو الأهلي 8 أهداف في مرمى الهلال، مقابل ستة أهداف سجلها لاعبو بطل السودان أمام المارد الأحمر.

ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in Hamilton

The Preview by Siddhartha Talya06-Jan-2011Match factsFriday, January 7
Start time 11.00 (2200 GMT)Misbah-ul-Haq has helped his side punch above its weight since taking over as captain•Getty Images

Big PictureJust as two exciting Test series conclude on two different continents, New Zealand and Pakistan begin one of their own in Hamilton. But unlike the Ashes or the South Africa-India Tests which had massive build-ups, drew large audiences and captivated fans, this one is destined to be a sideshow. And that’s because the eyes and ears of the cricketing world would be transfixed on an event in Doha, where the three players suspected of being involved in the spot-fixing controversy will know their fate.As the ICC’s three-man tribunal examines the charges against Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, who won Pakistan a Test on their previous tour here, the former team-mates of the tainted trio will do well to retain their focus on the action at the ground. Instability, indiscipline and allegations of corruption have done enough in recent months to deflect attention from the efforts of a Pakistan team trying to rebuild.Under a new captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, and with a set of youngsters who’ve made an encouraging transition to international cricket, Pakistan punched above their weight when they held South Africa to a 0-0 draw, albeit in placid conditions, in the UAE in November. Conditions in New Zealand, traditionally favouring more swing and less palatable for batsmen, present Pakistan with a fresh challenge and an incentive, despite starting underdogs, to motivate themselves and repair some of the reputation sullied by events off the field.New Zealand, too, come in to the series on the back of a better-than-expected performance in their Test series in India, where they were beaten 0-1 in a three-match series. Though their woeful ODI form has prompted changes at the top, with John Wright replacing Mark Greatbatch as coach, their past performance in Tests, with Brendon McCullum’s success at the top of the order, the emergence of Kane Williamson and the reliability of Chris Martin, would give them plenty of hope in home conditions.Form guide(Most recent first)
Pakistan: DDLWL
New Zealand: LDDLL
Watch out for…Brendon McCullum’s promotion to the opening slot yielded a double-century against India and he warmed up for this series in ideal fashion, smashing Pakistan around in the tour game to make 206. Pakistan don’t have the services of Asif and Amir but Umar Gul, with his pace and ability to swing the ball, can be just as aggressive as McCullum. Who will win the battle?Misbah-ul-Haq took over the reins of the Test side in a time of turmoil but led by example in the series against South Africa in the UAE, scoring three half-centuries in four innings to save both Tests. He led the way again with an unbeaten century in the tour match. Much will depend on him and Younis Khan, the senior members in the side, to preserve the focus on the performance on the field. They did that well in the UAE, they’ll need to do it again.Pitch and conditionsThere is rain forecast for Friday, though the past few days in Hamilton have been quite warm. The possibility of overcast conditions on the opening day does provide the temptation of fielding first, but Hamilton, traditionally, has been among the better tracks for batting in the country.”I’d like to have a little bit in it but also in the back of my mind is that if it gets really humid, the ball can swing a lot, and it has been really humid here,” Karl Johnson, the curator at Seddon Park, was quoted as saying to . “I don’t want the wicket to swing and have a lot of zip and movement off the track, but obviously the bowlers would like that,”Team newsSaeed Ajmal, the offspinner, had to return home to attend his father’s funeral and is likely to miss the first Test. That leaves Abdur Rehman, the left-arm spinner, as the only slow-bowling option. Sohail Tanvir, the left-arm seamer who was a late addition to the squad and picked up four wickets in the tour game, could share the new ball with Gul.Pakistan (probable): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Taufeeq Umar, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Adnan Akmal (wk), 8 Abdur Rehman, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Sohail Tanvir, 11 Wahab Riaz.Andy McKay, the left-arm seamer, is out due to a side strain and Daryl Tuffey has been called in to the 13-man squad. Wicketkeeper Reece Young, picked in place of Gareth Hopkins, will make his Test debut. Jesse Ryder, who didn’t feature in the warm-up match, is expected to return.New Zealand (possible): 1 Tim McIntosh, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Jesse Ryder, 6 Kane Williamson, 7 Daniel Vettori (capt), 8 Reece Young (wk), 9 Tim Southee, 10 Brent Arnel/ Daryl Tuffey, 11 Chris Martin.Stats and triviaNew Zealand’s batting average over the last two years of 31.47 is much higher than Pakistan’s 26.40, but their bowling average of 44.34 is only marginally better than that of West Indies and Bangladesh.For a comprehensive statistical preview to the Test and the series, click here.Quotes”I think with Tim we’ve either done really well or we’ve not done well at all, so we’ve got to try and gain some more consistency between us.”
McCullum on his opening partnership with Tim McIntosh.”We are not thinking about what has happened in the last 12 months, we are just thinking about today and tomorrow and what is coming next. We are ready for that. We just have to forget everything else and focus on what is coming now.”
Misbah-ul-Haq insists his team his focused.

أعلنت اللجنة المنظمة لبطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022 عن حالة وفاة جديدة أثناء إقامة المسابقة وتحديدًا في مباراة الأرجنتين وهولندا يوم الجمعة الماضي، في الدور ربع النهائي.

وبحسب شبكة “سكاي سبورتس” أن حارس الأمن جون نجاو كيبو، قد توفى بعد سقوطه في استاد لوسيل، في ساعة مبكرة من صباح السبت الماضي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. مودريتش: أتمنى فوز ميسي بكأس العالم لأنه أفضل لاعب في التاريخ

Qatar World Cup organisers announce a security guard, John Njau Kibue, has died after suffering a serious fall at Lusail Stadium early Saturday after the Argentina-Netherlands game.
He died on Tuesday after being in the intensive care unit for three days. — Rob Harris (@RobHarris) December 14, 2022

ظل كيبو في العناية المركزة لمدة 3 أيام وتوفى يوم أمس الثلاثاء، كما أكد التقرير الصادر من اللجنة المنظمة لمونديال قطر.

هذه ليست أول حالة وفاة أثناء البطولة في قطر، حيث هناك 3 حالات أخرى ولكن لصحفيين، هم روجر بيرس، المخرج الفني لشبكة “ITV” البريطانية وجرانت وال صحفي أمريكي في شبكة “CBS” الأمريكية، وخالد بن سيف مراسل قنوات “الكأس” القطرية.

بيان عن اللجنة العليا للمشاريع والإرث. pic.twitter.com/UlwueMuLfV — SC News (@roadto2022news) December 14, 2022

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O técnico da Chapecoense, Gilson Kleina, indicou, nesta quarta-feira, a provável escalação da equipe alviverde para o duelo com o Figueirense, pela final do Campeonato Catarinense. A partida decisiva está marcada para domingo, às 16h, na Arena Condá.

A dúvida no time é no meio-campo. Luiz Antonio, Márcio Araújo e Elicarlos devem disputar a titularidade. O comandante deve contar também comJandrei; Eduardo, Thyere, Bareiro e Bruno Pacheco; Amaral e Canteros; Guilherme e Paulista.

Com a melhor campanha na primeira fase da competição, a Chape garantiu o jogo da final dentro de sua casa. É vantagem jogar em seu gramado, diante de sua torcida, já que em caso de empate, o campeão será decidido nas penalidades.

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The ICC Tribunal’s statement on the spot-fixing sanctions

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Feb-2011The ICC tribunal announced a sanction of ten years’ ineligibility for Salman Butt (with five years suspended); seven years for Mohammad Asif (with two years suspended) and five years’ ineligibility for Mohammad Amir. The sanctions follow investigations of their role in spot-fixing, along with Mazhar Majeed, a players’ agent, during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010.The tribunal released a statement after announcing the decision. The full text is reproduced below:’The independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal which has been hearing the cases of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif under the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel had adjourned on Tuesday 11th January 2011 after a six day hearing. ‘The Tribunal reconvened today for further submissions and thereafter announced the following decisions.’The Tribunal found that the charge under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that Mr Butt agreed to bat out a maiden over in the Oval Test match played between Pakistan and England from 18 to 21 August 2010 was dismissed, whereas the charge under Article 2.4.2 that Mr Butt failed to disclose to the ICC’s ACSU the approach by Mr Majeed that Mr Butt should bat a maiden over in the Oval Test was proved.’The Tribunal found that the charges under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that (respectively) Mr Asif agreed to bowl and did bowl a deliberate no ball in the Lord’s Test match played between Pakistan and England from 26 to 29 August 2010, Mr Amir agreed to bowl and did bowl two deliberate no balls in the same Test, and Mr Butt was party to the bowling of those deliberate no balls, were proved.’We impose the following sanctions:’On Mr Butt a sanction of ten years ineligibility, five years of which are suspended on condition that he commits no further breach of the code and that he participates under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a programme of Anti-Corruption education.’On Mr Asif a sanction of seven years ineligibility two years of which are suspended on condition that he commits no further breach of the code and that he participates under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a programme of Anti-Corruption education.’On Mr Amir sanction of five years of ineligibility.’No further sanctions are imposed on any player and no orders are made as to costs. ‘The Tribunal has recommended to the ICC certain changes to the Code with a view to providing flexibility in relation to minimum sentences in exceptional circumstances.’The Tribunal note that it is for the ICC, whether and if so when, the fully reasoned decision in respect of the breaches of the Code and of the sanctions imposed in consequence should be published.’It is our strong and unanimous view that it is in the interests of all concerned in the world of cricket that publication should take place as soon as possible.’

In the immediate aftermath of the opening Twenty20 international Chris Woakes had been calm enough to suggest the chase was always “under control” at the Adelaide Oval

Andrew McGlashan in Melbourne13-Jan-2011In the immediate aftermath of the opening Twenty20 international Chris Woakes, the England debutant who hit an unbeaten 19 to secure a one-wicket victory, had been calm enough to suggest the chase was always “under control” at the Adelaide Oval.After having a day to reflect on his achievement, which included pulling Shaun Tait for six, he admitted he was still trying to digest the game but didn’t seem overawed by the new attention and said he had more nerves with the ball than the bat.”It was a matter of trying to stay calm,” he said. “I knew we batted all the way to No. 11. It hasn’t really sunk in yet. I was just happy to make my debut, it was a huge honour for me. It was a great achievement for myself and the team to win the game.”I was a bit nervous before my first ball but I think it would be wrong not to have a few nerves on your debut. I thought I did okay, I could have gone a bit better, but overall I was pretty pleased.”Woakes was even laid back about his strong blow off Tait which reignited England’s chase after the loss of Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy in consecutive deliveries from Shane Watson. “He’s one of the quickest bowlers in the world so I was just trying to watch the ball out of his hand,” he said. “There wasn’t much going through my mind except to get bat on ball.”Although one Twenty20 performance doesn’t make a career, it was an impressive beginning for a player who wouldn’t have been selected if Stuart Broad was fit and was a surprise selection ahead of Chris Tremlett for the opening match against Australia. But not for the first time in recent months England’s selectors made the right call.Woakes joined the tour in the wake of England’s Ashes success and the afterglow of that victory has helped make life easier for the 21-year-old. “The lads have been really welcoming,” he said. “Winning the Ashes was a great achievement so the lads are full of confidence and it’s a great changing room to be in at the moment.”Although unlikely, there remains a chance that Woakes could push himself into contention for a World Cup berth. The squad has to be named by January 19, three days after the opening one-day international in Melbourne. Most of England’s final 15 are secure, especially if Broad regains fitness, but one spot could be up for grabs and, even if Woakes doesn’t make the cut, he’s will be one of the first reserves.”I don’t think too far ahead,” he said. “Before Christmas I was with the academy here in Australia so was just focussing on that. Anything else that came was just an added bonus. There are guys out injured who will come back into the side so I can’t think about that [World Cup] right now.”