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New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson lauded the pair of BJ Watling and Mark Craig for their battling partnership that denied West Indies an innings victory and took the Trinidad Test into the fifth day

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‘Fifth day play will frustrate WI’ – Williamson

BJ Watling’s unbeaten 38 led New Zealand’s lower-order resistance on the fourth day•WICBNew Zealand batsman Kane Williamson lauded the pair of BJ Watling and Mark Craig for their battling partnership that denied West Indies an innings victory and took the Trinidad Test into the fifth day, and hoped the pair could set up an awkward chase for West Indies.New Zealand were 193 for 7 and in danger of slipping to an innings defeat against West Indies but Watling and Craig played out 27.3 overs at the end of the fourth day to frustrate the opposition.”Obviously, there are some performances that, when we look back on, we are not entirely happy with but to bat a day like we did today, with BJ and Mark at the end, was fantastic,” Williamson said. “For BJ to bat four-and-a-bit hours, was a huge effort in these conditions.”We would have liked some big scores and sort of made the second innings our first innings but that wasn’t to be. Hopefully, the two boys out there can kick on a bit tomorrow and they can either set up an awkward chase or bat on a bit longer and put us in a good position.”Williamson said the resistance shown by the two batsmen was the sort of spirit the New Zealand team aspired to in all match situations. He also said the pitch could be expected to support the batsmen on the final day, despite the snorter from Sulieman Benn that accounted for Tom Latham’s wicket.”The wicket was still good,” he said. “Tom’s delivery was just one of those ones you can’t do much about. There is a bit of rough there for the spin. It is still a good pitch and hopefully the boys can keep going.”

Mark Taylor has said he intends to use his new position as a Cricket Australia board member to help build the national team’s leadership group

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Jun-2013Former Australia Test captain Mark Taylor has said he intends to use his new position as a Cricket Australia board member to help build the national team’s leadership group after their problems in India and England. Taylor has returned as a Cricket Australia director after losing his position on the board last year when it was restructured.He has been elected as the Cricket New South Wales representative on the CA board despite the fact that he is independent of Cricket New South Wales, a move that required the state organisation to amend its own constitution. Taylor has taken the position that had been filled temporarily by David Dilley, who in turn had replaced Harry Harinath, the former Cricket New South Wales chairman.Harinath claimed the state’s one guaranteed place on the CA board last year – controversially, for Taylor was considered a strong candidate – but Harinath stepped down earlier this year. Taylor had served on the CA board from 2004 to 2012, and his return to an official position within Cricket Australia raises the prospect of him playing more of a role in helping Michael Clarke’s side.A lack of leadership within the current team has been an issue since the retirements of Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting, notably at the time of the homework sackings in India and this week in England. Taylor said it was important that other senior players in the squad stood up to support Clarke now that Ponting and Hussey were gone.”What you really get when you lose two players of that stature is that all the other guys – the Watsons, the Siddles, the Haddins – it’s up to those guys to step up and form that leadership core,” Taylor told the . “That’s what I think Australia have got to get themselves to, and hopefully during this Ashes campaign. It’s not ideal preparation but I don’t want to blow it out of proportion either.”I’ll be doing whatever I can as a board director back here to try and instill that team feeling and build that leadership group. I know Michael [Clarke] very well and Michael and I have had a number of chats over the last three or four years. I hope that continues and I’m sure it will. Sometimes you need people who are outside that bubble to say to you ‘well, this is what we see’. Sometimes it’s good to have that input.”

A never-say-die spirit and a big-game temperament make Mumbai favourites for another Ranji title, but their captain Ajit Agarkar remains cautious

Siddarth Ravindran in Mumbai25-Jan-2013By no means have Mumbai had a smooth Ranji campaign. Qualification was a struggle, and even in the weather-disrupted semi-final against Services the lower order needed to score plenty to make Mumbai feel safe.Still, they have shown flashes of what makes them such a dangerous opposition. Against Punjab, what seemed a pointless final day after the first-innings lead had been conceded, suddenly turned into a nail-biter after a tumultuous session with left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan routing one of the strongest batting line-ups in the country. Against Bengal, Abhishek Nayar produced a magic spell that almost conjured a victory when Bengal’s openers seemed to have done enough to secure a draw. And they were at their dangerous best against Madhya Pradesh, when Zaheer Khan and Nayar pulled off a tense seven-run win.That combination of a never-say-die spirit and a big-game temperament make Mumbai favourites for another Ranji title, but their captain Ajit Agarkar remained cautious. “Any opposition in the final is dangerous because it is a one-off thing,” Agarkar said. “It is not like the league where there is a chance to come back, that’s why you have to be at your best on all five days.”And he said there was plenty of room for improvement. “We’ve still not had a perfect game [this season], hopefully we can. Baroda was the closest that we got to having an easy game really after scoring 600, apart from that we’ve had to scrap a little bit in most games, we hope we don’t have to do too much of that.”Agarkar underlined the familiarity with crunch situations as one of the reasons his team was confident. “You learn from experience, we have a few guys who have been in more than one final, that generally helps going into big games, plus we have the great man.”While Agarkar talked about not underestimating the opposition, Saurashtra captain Jaydev Shah repeatedly talked about the need to not get carried away by the pressure of a title clash. “Play the normal cricket that you have been playing all season,” he said, when asked what he had told the side ahead of the game. “I look at it as a very big opportunity for us, it is a big game for us, Mumbai is a very experienced side.”He spoke about what his team needed to do to compete against Mumbai. “Against Bombay you always need to score big runs,” he said. “When you make the big runs and then you put them in to bat … you put a little pressure at the start, if they don’t get a good start sometimes they collapse.”He also took heart from Saurashtra’s performance against Mumbai the last time the sides met at the Wankhede Stadium, when Shitanshu Kotak batted more than 13 hours to set up a first-innings lead. “If we would have got a home match … you always want a home advantage a little bit, but it is fine. You have to take the challenge up. Last time we played here we beat them on first-innings lead, let’s hope we take that thing with us.”The biggest drawback for Saurashtra is the absence of their two star players, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja. “Today is Pujara’s birthday, he gave us his best wishes for the game, wish he’d have been here, would have been much better for the whole team [to] fight against a good side. [But it is] good, youngsters are coming up and they will understand the pressure of a final.”

South Africa have won their last five completed T20s; they’ll want to carry that form into the World T20. Australia have lost their last five completed T20s; they’ll want to find form before the T20 showcase in India

The Preview by Firdose Moonda05-Mar-2016Match factsSunday, March 6, 2016
Start time 14.30 local (12.30GMT)Big PictureIt has reached the stage where South Africa want to time to speed up. They are on a hot streak that they will want to keep burning into the World T20 but may be secretly worried that it will fizzle out by the time they get there. They have peaked too early before.It has also reached the stage where Australia want time to slow down. They’re only just starting to figure out their plans ahead of the World T20 and they’ve still got some work to do. Who to open with? How many allrounders to field? And they’ve only got two more matches to get it right.In the middle of all that it has reached the stage where another series could be decided. South Africa are already one up and victory in Johannesburg will ensure they can add a third limited-overs trophy to their cabinet this summer. It’s not quite the cup they are really after but it will do nonetheless. Australia don’t have the same obsession with silverware – they have more than enough of it anyway – but have already lost a T20 series to India this year and are under pressure to take it to a decider in Cape Town next Wednesday.If South Africa want to give Dale Steyn reasonable game time before the World T20, they’ll have to play him in Johannesburg•Getty ImagesForm guideSouth Africa WWWWW (last five completed games, most recent first)
Australia LLLLLIn the spotlightIt’s rare for a player to be under scrutiny for two matches in a row but because Dale Steyn did not play in Durban, he will occupy the hot seat again. South Africa insisted Steyn was fit to play but the chose to bench to him to give the attack that has performed well for them over the last few months another chance and they did not disappoint. Now, Steyn has to play to determine his availability for the World T20 and it could prove more of a disruption than anything else… unless of course, Steyn is back to his destructive best.Peter Nevill made no promises about being able to offer anything more than good glovework ahead of the series and followed through with that in the first match. While he was nifty behind the stumps, he did not provide much in front of them and with Australia deep in the throes of a middle-order collapse, he only added to it. Nevill has been picked purely as a specialist wicketkeeper but the nature of T20 cricket will demand he also provides something with the bat and this could be his chance to show what that is.Team newsSouth Africa fielded what Faf du Plessis called their first-choice team in Durban and their success will make it difficult to make changes, but Russell Domingo’s request that Dale Steyn play in at least two matches in the series means they have to. Steyn could come in at Kyle Abbott’s expense. Hashim Amla could return to open the batting and Farhaan Behardien may displace one of JP Duminy or Rilee Rossouw in the middle order.South Africa (probable) 1 Hashim Amla, 2 AB de Villiers (wk), 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 JP Duminy, 5 David Miller, 6 Rilee Rossouw/Farhaan Behardien, 7 Chris Morris, 8 David Wiese, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Imran TahirIf Australia insist on David Warner at one-drop, Shane Watson is lurking in the wings to open the batting with Aaron Finch. James Faulkner and Josh Hazlewood both sat out in Durban and, with the series on the line, may return to the XI. Adam Zampa’s impressive T20I debut may mean Ashton Agar has to wait for his.Australia (probable) 1 Usman Khawaja/Shane Watson, 2 Aaron Finch 3 David Warner, 4 Steven Smith (capt), 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Peter Nevill (wk), 8 John Hastings/James Faulkner, 9 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 10 Josh Hazlewood/Andrew Tye, 11 Adam ZampaPitch and conditionsWhile Durban provided an almost subcontinent experience, Johannesburg could be the complete opposite. The altitude means the ball will fly through the air faster and the surface – traditionally packed with pace, bounce, and runs – is unlikely to feature as many cracks. At least it will match much of Indian conditions for heat, with temperatures in the mid-30s with no afternoon thunderstorm to cool things down.Stats and trivia The Wanderers has hosted more of South Africa’s home T20Is than any other ground. Of the 15 fixtures they played there, South Africa have won 11 Aaron Finch needs 86 more runs to reach 1,000 T20I runsQuotes”Playing in such big grounds and around big crowds always feels like a real honour. That definitely motivates me and probably gives me another 10% to do well.”
“We’ve been criticised over the last few months over our fielding in all formats. The effort we’ve been putting in over the last couple of weeks leading up to this tour has been huge, and I think it’s showing.”

The MCC committee has turned down a revised £75m offer for a downgraded development at the Nursery End at Lord’s.

ESPNcricinfo staff23-May-2013The MCC committee has turned down a revised £75m offer for a downgraded development at the Nursery End at Lord’s.The MCC committee received a report from the chief executive, Derek Brewer, into a new proposal from the Rifkind Levy Partnership, from whom MCC leases a strip of land at the Nursery.A club statement said that the committee rejected the development proposals for four reasons: The visual and environmental impact would damage the character and ambience of Lord’s; Loss of operational space essential for the running of Lord’s on major match days; MCC would lose control of about 10% of the ground to third parties It would inhibit the MCC Masterplan – the preferred proposal which includes moving the Nursery Ground towards Wellington Road and therefore onto the leasehold land proposed for development.
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On a fine cricket wicket which has rewarded excellence in every major department of the game, Somerset’s bowlers were quite outstanding

Paul Edwards at Old Trafford03-Jun-2014
ScorecardPeter Trego took wickets in both innings•Getty ImagesWhen a batting side is in abject disarray, it is easy to overlook the excellence of their opponents. On the afternoon when Lancashire were forced to follow-on at Old Trafford for the first time in nearly a decade, there were more than a few home supporters ready to let loose their anger on batsmen who have collected seven bonus points in as many games this season.Indeed, quite a few of those watching this game from the grand old pavilion probably regretted that the players now return to the plush new facility at the Statham End of the ground. No longer do Lancashire cricketers have to climb the famous steps and feel either the silent contempt or vehement disgust of members.However, it is also a shame that relatively few West Country members were present to salute the performance of Marcus Trescothick’s attack in this match. On a fine cricket wicket which has rewarded excellence in every major department of the game, Somerset’s bowlers were quite outstanding. So uniformly disciplined and skilful were they that it was difficult to identify any individual as the leader of the pack; what shone out far more clearly was the glorious efficiency with which that pack hunted down and tore apart their often hapless prey.The best figures were returned by Peter Trego, Craig Overton and George Dockrell, each of whom took three wickets as Lancashire were dismissed for 203 in their first innings, 217 shy of the total diligently accumulated by Somerset’s in-form batsmen in the first four sessions of this game. Trego then followed his penetrative 16 overs in the first innings by removing the first three home batsmen second time around as Somerset pursued an innings victory.To search for that goal in 33 overs before the end of the third day would have been deemed absurdly fanciful against any Division One batting side other than Lancashire; against Glen Chapple’s men at the moment, it was worth a shot.By the close of play both Paul Horton and Alex Davies had been trapped lbw on the front foot and Ashwell Prince had edged Trego to third slip where Alex Barrow took a fine catch. That left Lancashire on 43 for 3 and the only speck of comfort for home supporters was that Andrea Agathangelou and Karl Brown appeared to be finding some form as they added another 52 runs without alarm before stumps.Nevertheless, the home side’s best hope of avoiding an innings defeat, when batting second, for the first time since 2001 still seems to rest in the accuracy of the gloomy weather forecast.The afternoon session was Somerset’s best of the day. At lunch, Lancashire had added 118 runs to their overnight score for the loss of Prince, who played on for 45 when cramped for room by Overton, and Brown, who was lbw playing no shot to the accurate, thoughtful Dockrell. However, in barely 100 minutes of cricket Somerset took 6 for 58 to wreck any hopes the home side harboured of achieving parity.Steven Croft, who had been tormented by Dockrell before lunch, was utterly flummoxed by the left-arm spinner’s wiles and was stumped for 20; Davies, having resisted nobly in compiling 62, the second half-century of his first-class career, seemed to be caught in two minds and slapped Trego to the substitute fielder Jamie Overton at mid-on.Chapple was trapped on the crease by a full length ball from Trego and Kyle Hogg edged Dockrell’s arm ball to Trescothick at slip. The procession was in full swing when Overton returned to remove both Tom Smith and Kabir Ali.This was excellent, aggressive cricket by Somerset and captain Trescothick must have been delighted with the way his bowlers responded to his quietly skilful management. By contrast, Lancashire’s captain and coaches probably recognise that some players may be getting their last chances in County Championship matches for some time. Quite what can be done at this stage of the season if they pass up those opportunities is a question worth much pondering.

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Irfan was picked for the final T20 against South Africa in Dubai despite carrying niggles, ESPNcricinfo has learned

Umar Farooq07-Dec-2013Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Irfan was picked for the final T20 against South Africa in Dubai despite carrying niggles, ESPNcricinfo has learned. He was to be rested for that game, but ended up injuring his hip and is now likely to miss the series against Sri Lanka in the UAE. The PCB responded quickly by sidelining the team doctor and local trainer and recruiting a foreign physiotherapist to deal with fitness issues.Pakistan had been without a professional physiotherapist since June, after Faisal Hayat left to work in a hospital in Dubai. Since then the PCB had a doctor and a trainer with the team. ESPNcricinfo understands the doctor wanted to rest Irfan for the T20s against South Africa in the UAE, but the team management led by former wicketkeeper Moin Khan wanted Irfan to play because Junaid Khan was not fit. The spinner Abdur Rehman was available for selection but he was not chosen.Irfan’s fitness has been a talking point since he made his debut in 2010 and he played his longest international streak in the UAE. He bowled 65.5 overs in two Tests against South Africa and 13 overs in a game against UAE. Irfan played all five ODIs, bowling 48 overs, and it is understood that he needed adequate time off. In the first T20, Irfan was able to bowl only two overs, and in the second he bowled 1.4 before having to go off the field with a hip injury. Irfan had been rested from the Tests in Zimbabwe in August and was picked only for the limited-overs series, before making a comeback to all formats against South Africa in the UAE.Pakistan suffered several injuries in 2013, with Taufeeq Umar and Harris Sohail returning from South Africa at the start of the year. Umar Gul missed the Champions Trophy with a knee injury and is yet to make a comeback. Allrounder Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq suffered injuries during the South Africa series in the UAE. However, they travelled to South Africa for the series in November but had to return to Pakistan after failing to recover.

Otago Volts completed their victorious run in the Champions League T20 with their third comprehensive win, against Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Report by Vishal Dikshit20-Sep-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBrendon McCullum stormed to a fifty off 33 balls•BCCIOtago Volts completed their victorious run in the Champions League T20 qualifiers with their third comprehensive win, against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both teams had already made the main draw of the tournament. Otago’s bowlers first stifled the Sunrisers top order before JP Duminy took them to 143, and then their deep batting line-up was barely stretched as they won with 22 balls to spare.The victory was set up by the McCullum brothers: Nathan dismissed both Sunrisers openers during an economical spell with the new-ball and Brendon’s 33-ball fifty spurred Otago to their 13th consecutive T20 win, which brought them joint second with Surrey, behind Sialkot Stallions’ 25 successive victories.Otago were given a brisk start by openers Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom, who attacked Ishant Sharma in his first over. Dale Steyn, however, kept it tight from the other end and had Broom caught behind for 16 in his second over. Sunrisers’ introduction of spin in the fourth over did not work, with Rutherford taking Karn Sharma for consecutive fours. Darren Sammy was introduced next and Brendon McCullum pulled him for six first ball.Rutherford’s brisk innings was also ended by Steyn, as he tried to pull down the leg side and gloved to the keeper. Amit Mishra gave Sunrisers hope when he bowled the in-form Ryan ten Doeschate with a googly, but No. 5 Jimmy Neesham eased the nerves by attacking the two legspinners over midwicket, bringing the required run rate under six.Sunrisers were running out of bowling options as Ishant, Karn Sharma and Sammy were being carted around the ground.After surviving a stumping, Brendon McCullum virtually ended the chase in the 15th over, when he clobbered Ishant for 22, reducing the equation to 8 from 30 balls. Both Brendon McCullum and Neesham were later dismissed but an Otago victory was a formality.Though they were without frontline quicks Ian Butler and James McMillan, Otago had ended Sunrisers’ prolific batting form in the tournament. Nathan McCullum opened the bowling and stifled the openers Parthiv and Shikhar Dhawan, aiming for the stumps from round the wicket. He trapped Dhawan twice in front of the stumps in his first two overs but the umpire turned both the appeals down. He was rewarded later, bowling Parthiv for 12 and getting Dhawan caught at mid-on as the batsman tried to clear the in-field.Biplab Samantray also survived two appeals, off successive deliveries, when Neil Wagner struck him in front of the stumps. He soon holed out against Michael Bracewell at long-on, where Bracewell caught the ball, threw it up, stepped over the boundary and back into play to catch it again.Sunrisers were 45 for 3 and JP Duminy and Cameron White, who came in for Thisara Perera, revived the innings with a 40-run stand. Duminy found gaps regularly and rotated the strike with White, who departed for 25 before Sammy gave them another push with two sixes in the 17th over.Duminy made a 35-ball fifty, and helped score 52 from the last five overs, but Sunrisers needed a lot more to challenge Otago.

In his postgame press conference, USMNT head coach boss Gregg Berhalter criticized Sergino Dest over his 'inexcusable' red card.

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USMNT boss Berhalter rips into Dest over red cardFullback sent off for two yellows within 20 secondsUSA lose to Trinidad & Tobago but still advanceWHAT HAPPENED?

In a true moment of madness, Sergino Dest was sent off against Trinidad and Tobago after picking up two yellow cards in 20 seconds for dissent. The fullback was even pulled away by teammates after the first, but he refused to listen, and was removed from the match. U.S. boss Berhalter spoke on the incident postgame, saying he's disappointed in the 23-year-old, but doesn't want the issue to develop into a "witch hunt" either.

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Berhalter has already had one major player-coach incident during his tenure with the USMNT, after the Gio Reyna situation following the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Now, the last thing the U.S. needs is another top young player suffering a similar incident with the head coach. However, after the antics from Dest – including his inability to listen to his teammates and essentially insult them – Berhalter clearly has a lot of thinking to do over the fullback's future with his program.

WHAT BERHALTER SAID

The USMNT boss said: "It is concerning because that's not what we want to represent. That's not who we are as a group. We pride ourselves on staying mentally disciplined, battling through any type of conditions, whether they're good decisions or bad decisions. We're supposed to keep going and respond in an appropriate way, and that obviously wasn't the right response from Sergino. He apologized to the group. He said it's not going to happen again. As a team, players, the staff, we need to hold him accountable because it's inexcusable. It really is and we were very firm with our words after the game. He put a number of guys in jeopardy and made a number of guys do a lot of extra work in this weather and it's inexcusable.

“I've been asked three or four questions about Sergino already and I don’t want this to become a witch hunt. He’s a young player, he’s a fantastic part of this team. He's going to learn and grow. He made a dumb mistake and he knows that. He apologized to the team and we will move forward.”

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GettyWHAT NEXT FOR USMNT?

Berhalter's squad have no remaining matches on their 2023 calendar, so 2024 now awaits the group, with three major tournaments on the horizon: The CONCACAF Nations League, the Copa America and the Olympics, although the latter will see the U-23 squad, coached by Marko Mitrovic, play at the games.

More managers have been sacked this season than in any previous campaign, but plenty of others have thrived in the Premier League jungle.

The Premier League has gone sacking crazy this season, with 14 managers in total losing their jobs during the 2022-23 campaign. Some of the dismissals came as a surprise, others were long overdue, while one or two came close to breaking the internet.

This churn of head coaches shows little sign of slowing down next season, either. The financial rewards for remaining in the Premier League or qualifying for Europe are so massive that clubs will do anything to earn a few more precious points.

With so many different sackees to keep track of, you might need your memory jogging to recall some of the coaches that have taken charge of top-flight sides over the past nine months. So, we've decided to provide a valuable public service by assessing the jobs done by all 34 Premier League managers this season.

A quick disclaimer before we get going: There is a really crowded field at the top of the list that were hard to separate, with a whole of host of candidates thriving in wildly different conditions this season. Picking an order for the bottom end of the list wasn't much easier. A variety of factors including pre-job expectations, budget and player quality, all influenced each manager's final position.

A few of the rankings might change when the final round of fixtures is complete, too. Anyway, enough stalling, let's get underway…

(C)GettyImages34Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard nearly dragged teams into the relegation dogfight this season. That's enough to earn bottom spot, surely? After being sacked by Everton with the Toffees languishing in the drop zone, James Corden (apparently) convinced Todd Boehly to give his mate another shot at the Chelsea job on an interim basis.

Many predicted that Lampard's return would go badly – and they have been proved right. The Blues went perilously close to failing to win any of Lampard's games in charge, with a narrow victory over Bournemouth sparing them that particular dishonour.

Although the Blues are dysfunctional on and off the pitch, their caretaker manager has done a poor job since taking over. His team selections have often been bizarre, he's failed to impart any sort of identity on his players, and he's refused to take responsibility for his failings when dealing with the media.

Going back to the Bridge was supposed to be a free hit for Lampard. However, after flopping so spectacularly, he will leave at the end of the season with his managerial reputation in the gutter.

AdvertisementGetty33Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones, we will never forget you. He may have essentially condemned Southampton to relegation by losing six of his seven Premier League games in charge, but he did provide a long list of all-time great press conference quotes.

Some of his greatest hits included claiming Wolves were at an advantage after being reduced to 10 men, starting beef with Havant & Waterlooville manager Paul Doswell, having a pop at his own fans after a 3-0 defeat to Brentford and boldly stating that he was the best coach in Europe during his time at Luton Town.

Oh yeah, and this beauty of course: "I could have stayed in a mining community, been a PE teacher and had a nice life, married a nice Welsh girl. I don’t. I want to test myself on every level & that’s nothing against Welsh women. I want to test myself."

Jones was scarily out of his depth at the top level. The only reason he's not bottom? Well, he stopped Man City romping to a potential quadruple by knocking them out of the Carabao Cup!

Getty Images32Steve Davis

Steve Davis provided Wolves with the anti-new-manager bounce this season. Drafted in as a short-term solution when Bruno Lage was let go, Davis ended up staying in the dugout until the World Cup break. He only managed one Premier League victory – when his side squeaked past Nottingham Forest courtesy of a Ruben Neves penalty – with a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Leicester marking a particular low point.

In short, Davis showed little to suggest he belongs in the Premier League, which is probably why Nantwich Town, Crewe Alexandra and Leyton Orient are the other clubs on his managerial CV.

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Getty Images31Brendan Rodgers

The thing that irked Leicester fans so much about Brendan Rodgers wasn't necessarily the Foxes' poor results. Instead, it was his complete inability to hide the fact that he had grown tired of life at the King Power Stadium that really wrangled.

Rodgers was sacked with his previously top-four contending side deep in the relegation mire. His poor recruitment and odd selection decisions were a big reason why.

Although he worked wonders in the East Midlands before it unravelled, his final months as Leicester manager were properly grim. Simply put, that squad of players should have been doing better and Rodgers must shoulder a significant portion of the blame for their abject failure.