Cole Palmer stunned fans when spotted riding a scooter through New York's Time Square just the day before Chelsea's Club World Cup final with PSG.

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• Palmer rode an E-scooter through New York
• Fans questioned his preparations before the final
• Chelsea face PSG on Sunday evening

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Palmer was his best unbothered self as he was spotted manoeuvring between civilians with his hood up in one of the busiest parts of New York, report. A viral video taken by a fan surfaced on social media, prompting supporters to question the 23-year-old's preparation ahead of his Chelsea side's showdown with European champions PSG.

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  While fans can be quick to poke fun at Palmer's ways of unwinding before the game, his nonchalant, unconventional attitude has been well-known ever since his early interviews after he signed for Chelsea, highlighted by his tendency to be unapologetically himself and escape the constraints of regular media-trained expectations. This has never impacted Palmer on the pitch before and is unlikely to begin to do so now. If anything, his singularity in personality is probably something which helps him perform better when he steps onto the field.

• WHAT FANS SAID

  Fans had their opinions to give about Palmer's latest antics on social media nevertheless: "Cole mate you've got a final to win tomorrow lock in," one fan said.

  Another added: "Can someone tell bro we're in a final tomorrow, honestly??"

  A third fan wrote: "Bro let's focus on the final we have a match on Sunday."

  Another simply said: "He's just a big kid."

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  WHAT NEXT FOR PALMER AND CHELSEA?

  Chelsea's Club World Cup final against PSG will take place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA, at 20:00 BST and will be broadcast live on DAZN. The Blues come into the match as underdogs but that will be of no concern to Enzo Maresca, Palmer and their side, who hope to go toe to toe with the likes of the Parisians in the Champions League next season. There is reportedly a cash prize of £29 million at stake for the winner of the match.

يبدو أن مسلسل أزمة حارس مرمى فريق برشلونة، مارك أندريه تير شتيجن، سيستمر لفترة أطول، حيث تُضاف إليه حلقة جديدة، من حين إلى آخر، وهو الأمر الذي يعقد موقف بطل الدوري الإسباني في الوقت الحالي.

تعود بداية المسلسل إلى تعاقد برشلونة مع الحارس خوان جارسيا من صفوف إسبانيول، في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي، في خطوة تعني انتهاء مرحلة الاعتماد على تير شتيجن.

وأكد المدرب هانز فليك لـ تير شتيجن، في اجتماع سابق بعد صفقة خوان جارسيا، أنه لا ينوي الاعتماد على خدماته الموسم المقبل، حيث أن الحارس الجديد سيكون الخيار الأول، ويليه فويتشيك تشيزني خاصة بعدما جدد عقده.

ورغم ذلك، رفض تير شتيجن الرحيل وتمسك بالبقاء في صفوف برشلونة، مما وضع النادي في أزمة خاصة في ظل الظروف المالية الصعبة التي يعاني منها، مع عدم عودته إلى القاعدة رقم 1:1 الشهيرة.

ثم اتفق تير شتيجن مع برشلونة على خضوعه لعملية جراحية في الظهر، بسبب تفاقم مشكلة لديه في تلك المنطقة، ولكن الحارس الألماني تصرف بعدم احترافية بعدما أعلن بنفسه مدة غيابه والتي تبلغ 3 أشهر.

في حين أن برشلونة يحتاج إلى غياب تير شتيجن لمدة 4 أشهر حتى يتسنى للإدارة استغلال 80 % من راتبه لتسجيل خوان جارسيا بنجاح في قائمة الفريق.

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وخضع الحارس الألماني للجراحة بنجاح الأسبوع الماضي، ولكنه رفض التوقيع على التقرير الذي يخصه ويحتاجه برشلونة لإرساله إلى رابطة الدوري الإسباني، حتى تقوم لجنة طبية مستقلة بفحصه ومن ثم تحديد مدة غيابه بدقة.

وظهرت تقارير صحفية تفيد بأن برشلونة يفكر في إرسال التقرير المطلوب إلى رابطة الليجا بدون توقيع تير شتيجن، بسبب الموقف السئ للأخير، ولكن هذا الأمر غير متاح، حسبما ذكرت شبكة “كادينا سير” الإسبانية، مستدلة في ذلك على مصادر من رابطة الدوري الإسباني.

وأكدت المصادر أن برشلونة لا يمتلك أي مجال للمناورة، حيث أن الطريقة الوحيدة أمام الرابطة من أجل استلام التقرير وتحليله والتصديق عليه، هي توقيع اللاعب عليه بنفسه، ولا يوجد خيار آخر، ولا حتى قانوني.

ومن ثم، فإن رابطة الدوري الإسباني لن تراجع تقرير تير شتيجن إلا بموافقته الشخصية، وإلا، فلن يكون لها رأي في هذا الشأن.

من جهة أخرى، يحظى تير شتيجن بحماية بموجب قانون حماية البيانات، حيث أوضحت مصادر من رابطة لاعبي كرة القدم المحترفين في إسبانيا أن ذلك القانون يلغي أي إجراء إداري للنادي، وبالتالي إذا رفض اللاعب التوقيع، فمن حقه القيام بذلك.

وأوضحت أن تلك الرابطة ترى أن الإجراءت التأديبية التي يدرسها برشلونة لاتخاذها ضد تير شتيجن، غير قابلة للتنفيذ، حيث لا يمكن انتهاك حقوق اللاعب لتنفيذ أي إجراء إداري.

Rodrigues and Vastrakar’s quick half-centuries went in vain for India as the tourists romped home to a six-wicket win

Srinidhi Ramanujam28-Dec-2023

Ellyse Perry and Phoebe Litchfield made India’s above-par score of 282 look less threatening as Australia went 1-0 up in the first of the three ODIs at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Losing Alyssa Healy in the first over of the innings, Litchfield and Perry notched up 78 and 75 respectively, with Tahlia McGrath contributing a valuable unbeaten 68 as Australia recorded the second-highest run chase in women’s ODIs.This was after Jemimah Rodrigues’s classy 82 and Pooja Vastrakar’s fighting 62 not out at No.9 on a sultry Mumbai afternoon propelled India to their highest ODI total against Australia.Perry’s intent was clear from the beginning as she started off briskly to keep up with the required run rate of 5.66. The allrounder smashed nine fours and two clean sixes in her 72-ball innings while the left-handed Litchfield gave us a glimpse of the future of Australia’s batting with her calculative knock. She began the innings by just stroking to get accustomed to the conditions and once she got settled in, Litchfield began to find boundaries with the sweep, reverse sweep and punches off the back foot. Playing her 12th ODI, first in India, Litchfield scored eight boundaries and a six in her 89-ball knock. The left-right duo stitched together 148 off 150 balls, and by the time Perry was dismissed by Deepti Sharma in the 26th over, the foundation was well laid for the chase.Beth Mooney and McGrath capitalised on the start to put on another 88 runs off just 67 deliveries and made the chase look effortless as the wicket became better to bat on. Vastrakar cleaned up Mooney for 42 in the 42nd over, but it was too late for India to bounce back with little help from the bowlers in the second innings. McGrath, in her first tour as full-time vice-captain, stayed till the end to complete the formalities with six wickets in hand.Earlier, India fought back from early jitters after losing Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh and Harmanpreet Kaur early in the innings. The notable absentee from their XI was vice-captain and opener Smriti Mandhana, who was unwell and unavailable for selection. However, Yastika Bhatia, who opened in her place, chipped in with 49. Playing her fourth ODI of the year, she hit seven fours in her 64-ball knock before top-edging a sweep off a full toss from Georgia Wareham.Jemimah Rodrigues was busy at the crease•BCCI

Until the eighth-wicket stand between Rodrigues and Vastrakar, Australia did not allow any pair to settle in. Six of the seven bowlers picked up at least a wicket each after they were asked to bowl first on a track offering turn.Rodrigues, who carried forward her Test form into ODIs, was visibly wilting in the heat, but she ran hard, swept hard and drove through covers to notch up her fifth fifty in her 25th ODI. After sharing 38, 39 and 45 runs with Bhatia, Deepti Sharma and Amanjot Kaur respectively, she found Vastrakar’s help to put on 68 runs – the only fifty-plus partnership of the innings – for the eighth wicket.Rodrigues’ 77-ball stay had seven fours while Vastrakar hit seven fours and two sixes in her 46-ball knock. After Rodrigues’ dismissal in the 47th over, Vastrakar blasted her way to her fourth ODI fifty off 39 balls in the penultimate over, yet again proving her batting credentials lower down the order.All four of Vastrakar’s ODI fifties have come while batting at No.8 or lower. No other woman has scored more than two fifties while batting at No.8 or lower in ODIs.It looked like India saved the best for the last phase, accumulating 82 runs in the final ten overs. However, it wasn’t enough to overcome Meg Lanning-less Australia. For the visitors, Wareham and Ashleigh Gardner were crucial in scalping two wickets each.

New Zealand aced a thrilling fourth-innings chase in the Dhaka Test, beating Bangladesh by four wickets. They leveled the series 1-1, as Glenn Phillips was once again in the thick of things, guiding the visitors with an unbeaten 40, the runs coming against the spinning and fizzing red ball. Phillips hit the winning runs with his fifth boundary.The match will be remembered as a low-scoring affair, with the two sides aggregating to face just 1069 balls, the seventh-lowest ever in a Test that had at least 36 wickets falling.The hosts dominated the contest when they reduced New Zealand to 69 for 6, before Phillips and Mitchell Santner took the visitors home with an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 70. However, New Zealand’s win was setup by Ajaz Patel’s 6 for 57 on the fourth morning. It was only the third time that three or fewer New Zealand bowlers took all ten wickets in an overseas Test innings, as Bangladesh were bowled out for 144 following a batting collapse in the second innings.Despite the low target, New Zealand fell into big trouble early. Shoriful Islam once again got Bangladesh their first breakthrough. He had Devon Conway lbw for 2 as the ball kept low, thus ending the opener’s struggle.Shortest Tests in Bangladesh•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Soon after, Taijul Islam removed Kane Williamson for the third time in the series, having him stumped only for the second time in his 13-year international career. Williamson’s dismissal brought a new life to Bangladesh’s defense, as they started to create more chances around the bat. That brought Henry Nicholls’ wicket, when he played forward but was trapped in front by Mehidy Hasan Miraz.The pressure went further up when Tom Latham completed his worst Test series against Bangladesh. He fell when Najmul Hossain Shanto took a good catch at slip, as Mehidy deceived Latham in flight. Taijul then ended Tom Blundell’s terrible tour, having him edge behind to Nurul Hasan. Blundell’s 14 runs is the lowest by any visiting top-six batter having batted at least four times in a series in Bangladesh.Daryl Mitchell was next to go, with Shanto again taking a brilliant catch at slip. He anticipated Mitchell’s reverse sweep to move slightly to his right, but then had to dive in front to complete the catch.Crucially, however, Shanto had dropped Philips on 1 earlier, although it was a sharp chance diving to his left. The over after Mitchell fell, Philips struck Taijul for two fours, both through the off side. Next over, Santner slapped Mehidy through mid-on for his first boundary. They had added an important 21 runs off just 19 balls before heading into the tea break.Ajaz Patel got his fifth Test five-for•AFP via Getty Images

Philips then started the third session with couple of fours off Nayeem Hasan, before Santner survived an on-field lbw dismissal, overturning it with a review. Santner and Philips struck a six each soon after, reducing the target to 12 runs, before striking struck a four each in the 40th over to complete the win.The fourth day had started positively for Bangladesh before they collapsed to lose 8 for 73. They had begun by adding 33 runs in the first seven overs, before Mominul Haque fell lbw to Ajaz, who pitched it a bit short as the left-hander missed his attempted pull shot. Just two overs later, Santner preyed on Mushfiqur Rahim’s uncertainty, getting a nick to land in Mitchell’s lap at second slip. Santner then trapped Shahadat Hossain lbw in his next over, as the inexperienced batter missed his forward press while playing down the wrong line.Ajaz then struck a double blow in the 25th over. Mehidy miscued a slog sweep to be caught at wide mid-on, before Nurul was given out lbw after he missed a lap-scoop second ball. Nurul had survived a lbw decision the ball before, so it made for a rather curious innings.Santner soon had Nayeem caught at slip before Ajaz completed his fifth five-wicket haul when he removed Zakir Hasan and Shoriful to end Bangladesh’s second innings.Zakir played Bangladesh’s best innings of this Test, mixing defensive play with some aggressive shots. Mostly stable, Zakir, when on 59, looked to attack as he kept losing partners at the other end. He struck six fours and a six in his 86-ball stay. Despite the left-hander’s best efforts, Philips trumped Bangladesh’s spin plan with two gorgeous innings, having cracked 87 in New Zealand’s first innings.

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez is waiting to discover if Napoli will increase their bid for him as he aims to leave Anfield this summer.

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Nunez eyeing Liverpool exitNapoli want strikerYet to meet Reds' asking priceFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Per Corriere dello Sport, Nunez is waiting to see if Napoli will increase their offer to sign him this summer, as he is prepared to leave Anfield in this transfer window. The Serie A club have thus far made an offer of €55 million (£47m/$64m) plus €5m (£4m/$6m) in bonuses. The report claims that the Reds want €60m (£52m/$70m), so the two sides are not far apart when it comes to their valuations.

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Nunez is reported to earn a salary of €5.5m (£5m/$6m) at Liverpool, which equates to around £91,000-per-week. The Uruguay international wants to improve that salary if he moves to Napoli, but it is currently unclear if Antonio Conte's side would be willing to meet both the club's and the player's demands.

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The 26-year-old struggled last season as he attempted to lead the line for Arne Slot's side. He scored five goals and provided three assists in the Premier League and was limited to just eight starts.

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The ball appears to be firmly in Napoli's court when it comes to the direction of this transfer. Nunez is willing to move, and Liverpool have set their price; it remains to be seen if the Serie A side take the steps required to get this deal done.

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O Corinthians está bastante animado para ter Pedro Raul no seu elenco em 2023. A direção do clube tem conversado com o estafe do atleta há algumas semanas e já formalizou o interesse pelo jogador. A estratégia adotada pelo clube alvinegro foi justamente a de sair na frente através do contato com os representantes do atacante para ganhar vantagem em relação a outros interessados.

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O Timão estava aguardando somente a definição do valor do atleta, que atua pelo Goiás por empréstimo, pois pertence ao Kashiwa ReySol, do Japão. O clube japonês estipulou o preço de 5 milhões de dólares (R$ 25,9 mi, na cotação atual) pelo atacante de 25 anos. O valor foi considerado acessível, principalmente por se tratar do vice-artilheiro do Campeonato Brasileiro, com 18 gols marcados.

De acordo com informações obtidas pela reportagem, equipes como Atlético-MG, Botafogo e Flamengo chegaram a buscar informações sobre Pedro Raul, mas quando isso ocorreu já estavam atrás da direção corintiana, que monitorava o centroavante. Essa agilidade da equipe alvinegra foi fundamental para estreitar relações com o estafe do atleta. Até mesmo o jogador se animou com a forma com que o Corinthians tem demonstrado interesse e está muito animado em vestir a camisa alvinegra na próxima temporada.

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A parte salarial, que poderia ser um problema, já foi conversada. Os corintianos ofereceram uma quantia bem superior à que Pedro Raul recebe no Goiás atualmente, mas ainda abaixo dos principais vencimentos do elenco. Hoje, a folha do Timão gira em torno de R$ 20 milhões por mês, com as principais estrelas recebendo entre R$ 1 e 1,5 milhão mensalmente.

Maxwell and Matthew Wade finished in a blizzard of boundaries after the equation came down to 43 off 12 balls

Sreshth Shah28-Nov-20233:33

Takeaways: Maxwell’s epic, Ruturaj’s blinder, Behrendorff’s magic

Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed an unbeaten 123 to lead India to an imposing 222 in Guwahati, but Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 104 stunned the hosts as Australia pulled off a miraculous come-from-behind victory to keep the T20I series alive at 2-1.Australia had kept pace with the asking rate for most of the innings courtesy a spunky cameo from Travis Head and Maxwell’s aggression. When it came down to Axar Patel’s 19th and Prasidh’s 20th, Maxwell and Matthew Wade feasted in dewy conditions, finding the boundary at will even when Australia needed 43 off 12 balls, 21 off six, and two off the last ball. Maxwell hit the last four balls for 6, 4, 4, 4, drilling Prasidh Krishna down the ground at the finish to silence the home crowd.Mathew Wade and Glenn Maxwell added 91 off 40 balls to take Australia to victory•BCCIMaxwell owns the night
Maxwell entered at 66 for 2 in the sixth over, after Avesh Khan had ended Travis Head’s boundary-laden 35 in 18 balls. He took an early liking to Prasidh, smacking two sixes and a four in the eighth over to race away to 25 in 10. But Ravi Bishnoi’s dismissal of Josh Inglis and Axar’s of Marcus Stoinis put a brake on Australia’s run rate.Still, 88 off 39 in tough bowling conditions was always game on. Maxwell would have known this himself, having conceded 30 in the final over of India’s innings. He started the charge towards the target by thumping Avesh for six and four in the 16th and launching back-to-back sixes off Arshdeep in the 17th.A tidy 18th from Prasidh put the pressure back on Australia, but an expensive 19th from Axar, culminating in an error from Ishan Kishan behind the stumps brought the equation down to 21 off six balls. Wade and Maxwell got right on top of Prasidh, whose plans went awry with India’s slow over rate necessitating that he bowl with an extra fielder in the 30-yard circle. Prasidh went short, full and wide, and short and wide across the over, and it didn’t seem to matter, particularly to Maxwell.Ruturaj Gaikwad finished on 123* off 57 balls•SportzpicsGaikwad breaks free after Behrendorff’s miserly start
After Australia chose to bowl, Jason Behrendroff impressed on his return to the side with 17 dots in his four-over spell of 1 for 12. But Australia leaked 210 across their other 16 overs, including 64 in four from Aaron Hardie: the joint-most expensive spell in T20Is for Australia.Gaikwad was on a run-a-ball 22 when Suryakumar Yadav fell for 39 in the 11th over, with India’s score 81 for 3. Australia had an opening to plug the run flow initiated by Suryakumar after Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan had fallen cheaply, but Hardie and Tanveer Sangha allowed Gaikwad to shift gears with some loose bowling. Gaikwad pulled them confidently when they dropped it short, and dispatched the full ones in the arc between long-on and deep extra-cover. This spurt of scoring enabled him to bring up his half-century in 32 balls.It was in the last three overs that the floodgates really opened, as India added 67 to their total. Gaikwad carted Hardie for three sixes and a four in the 18th over, before Nathan Ellis pulled things back slightly with a 12-run 19th. Wade went with Maxwell’s offspin for the 20th, however, and Gaikwad took full toll of the favourable match-up, clubbing three sixes and two fours in a 30-run over that took India to an imposing 222. Along the way, he brought up his century off 52 balls, and finished on 123 off 57.

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O São Bernardo já se planeja para a disputa da temporada 2023. Para entrar forte na disputa da Série A-3 do Campeonato Paulista, o Cachorrão renovou o vínculo de um dos seus mais promissores jogadores do elenco. Apesar de convites de duas equipes brasileiras, uma de São Paulo e outra de Santa Catarina, o meio-campo Luca Lantin optou por estender o seu vínculo com o clube da região metropolitana.

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Valorizado e com passaporte europeu em mãos, Luca também teve algumas propostas do exterior, mas preferiu seguir no EC São Bernardo após a confirmação de uma parceria entre o clube e uma forte empresa ligada ao esporte.

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Meia de origem, Luca disputou boa parte das partidas da Copa Paulista na lateral direita graças ao seu cruzamento preciso e qualidade na bola parada. O jogador de 24 anos celebrou a sua extensão de vínculo com o clube.

– Fico muito feliz por seguir no São Bernardo para a disputa da A-3. Aos poucos, tenho me identificado ainda mais com o clube e o futuro para a nossa equipe é promissor. A diretoria está trabalhando forte e um time extremamente competitivo está sendo montado. É uma honra para mim participar desse projeto – disse.

Antes de chegar ao Cachorrão, Luca passou pelo Juventus-SP e fazia parte da equipe sub-20 com apenas 15 anos de idade. Depois de vestir a camisa do clube da Mooca por um ano e meio, o atleta defendeu a Ponte Preta e o Sporting Orlando, dos Estados Unidos. Lantin ainda esteve no Extremadura, da Espanha.

كشفت تقارير صحفية سعودية، عن تفاصيل عقد إينيجو مارتينيز، صفقة النصر السعودي الجديدة، خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية.

وبحسب صحيفة الرياضية السعودية، فإن النصر سيمنح المدافع الإسباني إينيجو مارتينيز، القادم من برشلونة، 14 مليون يورو راتبًا سنويًا.

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وتابعت الصحيفة، أن مارتينيز خضع إلى فحص طبي في البرتغال، السبت، قبل أن يوقع عقدًا مدته موسمًا مع أفضلية التمديد عامًا آخر.

ووصل اللاعب صاحب الـ34 عامًا، إلى المعسكر النصراوي الإعدادي، مساء الجمعة، بعدما اتفق مع النادي، الخميس.

ويخوض النصر، صباح السبت، آخر تدريب له في البرتغال، ويغادر عصرًا إلى إسبانيا لملاقاة ألميريا، الأحد.

وسيدخل مارتينيز إلى قائمة أجانب الفريق بدلًا من مواطنه المدافع إيميريك لابورت، الذي تأكّد رحيله عن النصر، الصيف الجاري.

وفازت كتيبة المدرب البرتغالي جورجي جيسوس 4ـ0 على ريو آفي، في مباراتها التجريبية الثالثة، ضمن معسكر الإعداد الخارجي، الذي بدأ في الأراضي النمساوية، وانتقل قبل أسبوع إلى البرتغال.

وأسفرت المباراتان السابقتان في النمسا عن الفوز 5ـ2 على إس يوهان النمساوي، و2ـ1 على تولوز الفرنسي.

وبعد مباراة ألميريا، يعود الفريق إلى الرياض، التي يغادرها، 15 أغسطس الجاري، لخوض منافسات كأس السوبر السعودي في هونج كونج، بين 19 و23 من الشهر ذاته.

The wicketkeeper is set to be confirmed as Australia’s new captain in the coming days

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“I assume I’ll be out there [for the Test], they’re going to have to do a lot to stop me walking out there and catching the first delivery,” she said at the Kayo Summer of Cricket launch on Friday. “Everything’s going really, really well.”I started back in the nets the last week-and-a-half so I’m all on track to fly to India on Wednesday for a big series over there.”Healy will be confirmed as Australia’s new captain as early as this weekend after the Cricket Australia board met on Friday.The 33-year-old will step into the role full-time after long-time teammate Meg Lanning’s shock international retirement. Healy has filled in for Lanning as captain for extended spells over the last two years, including this year’s Ashes.”Obviously we leave on Wednesday so having some sort of clarity and assurance for the team before we fly out would be great,” she said. “If it was me, it’d be unbelievably exciting.  I feel like I’ve been warming the seat for 18 months for Meg to come back and obviously with Meg’s news it was a bit of a shock.”To go over to India and captain a multi-format series would be really exciting for whoever does get the job. If it’s me, then you beauty!”The match in Mumbai will be the first Test in India for the Australian women since 1984. The tour of India will also feature three ODIs and T20s, and run over the Christmas and New Year period.