Aaron Ramsdale was in attendance at Wembley wearing a hilarious Hagrid costume as he watched Leeds and Southampton in the Championship play-off final.

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Southampton beat Leeds in final Ramsdale in crowd at Wembley Arsenal keeper donned hilarious disguise WHAT HAPPENED?

The Arsenal goalkeeper appeared at Wembley in the funny 'Hagrid costume' as Southampton edged out Leeds United 1-0 to gain promotion to the Premier League, just a season after being relegated to the second tier of English football.

The Gunners star sported the iconic thick beard and the fuzzy wig of the legendary character from Harry Potter as he sat among the fans to watch the game.

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The England international has been linked with a move away from the Emirates Stadium in the summer amid interest from Newcastle United. Since the arrival of David Raya at the club last season, Ramsdale saw his game time drastically reduced, prompting him to leave the club ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.

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The 26-year-old has been named in Gareth Southgate's preliminary 33-man Three Lions squad for the Euro 2024. He will hope to make the final 26-man team and travel to Germany for the flagship continental competition next month.

Notts skipper Steven Mullaney makes defiant 74, Stuart Broad strikes early to dismiss Alastair Cook

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Recent form was the perfect pointer to how the opening day unfolded in Nottinghamshire’s County Championship match against Essex at Trent Bridge.Winless – and bottom of the table – Notts were bundled out for only 213 in 69.1 overs against a side that are playing with the momentum that sped them to the Division One title in 2017.Essex, second in the standings, will expect to secure a substantial first-innings advantage and reached the close on 72 for the loss of Alastair Cook, a deficit of only 141.The Essex attack shared the wickets around during the first two sessions, with Peter Siddle, Jamie Porter and Aaron Beard picking up three wickets apiece.Without a red-ball victory in more than 12 months – since beating Essex at Chelmsford last June – Notts shuffled their top order around, with captain Steven Mullaney making 74 after restoring himself to the top of the order after winning the toss.Ben Duckett’s season has been feast or famine so far and the left-hander was dismissed in the third over of the day for only eight. He stroked a couple of elegant cover drives before pushing firmly at a Porter delivery and deflected the ball into the waiting hands of Cook at first slip.Mullaney greeted the introduction of Simon Harmer by launching the spinner over deep midwicket for six and two overs later he gave the same treatment to a short-pitched ball from the returning Porter.Nick Browne got a hand to a firm Mullaney slash at backward point but the right-hander offered little else in the way of encouragement as he advanced to a 73-ball 50 with his sixth four.Aaron Beard, who took 3 for 62, ended a second-wicket partnership of 58 when Ben Slater, on 14, edged behind. The seamer followed that wicket with two more during the early stages of the afternoon, although both came from a touch of good fortune. Within the space of four overs he changed the complexion of the day when getting both Chris Nash and Mullaney caught down the leg-side.Nash went aggressively at a poorly-directed delivery and helped it through to Adam Wheater. His skipper also went to a ‘strangle’ to herald a collapse which saw Notts slip from 126 for 2 to 168 for 8.Joe Clarke hadn’t reached 30 in any of his previous eight innings and his barren streak continued when he was pinned lbw by Siddle for 15.Porter, who claimed 3 for 49, picked up two lbw decisions, removing debutant Ravi Ashwin for five and Luke Fletcher for a single.In between, Harmer had struck for the first time, bowling Tom Moores with a full-pitched delivery, for a duck.Siddle, who took 3 for 38, finished off the innings with the wickets of Samit Patel, who played nicely for 39, and Jake Ball for one, caught tickling to leg.Stuart Broad remained undefeated on 19 but gave his team-mates an early boost with the ball, by removing Cook cheaply. Cook’s knock produced only two runs before he snicked behind and had to walk off past the joyous celebrations from his former England team-mate.Browne and Tom Westley consolidated, adding 62 together, the highest stand of the contest so far.

Wrexham chief Humphrey Ker has used a bizarre “plastic nipples” story to explain why Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are different to other owners.

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• Takeover completed in 2021
• Enjoyed back-to-back promotions
• Have the right people in place

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  A couple of Hollywood superstars arrived at SToK Racecourse in February 2021 when completing a stunning takeover. They have overseen a trip to Wembley, back-to-back promotions and numerous marquee transfer deals since then.

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  Reynolds and McElhenney are invested emotionally and financially in the Red Dragons, but are prepared to accept that they know little about running a professional football club. With that in mind, egos have been put to one side as the right people are found to fill certain roles.

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  That is not always the case when takeovers are completed, with executive director Ker telling : “One of the things that Rob and Ryan have been really clever about, really sensible about, is putting people who know what they are doing in place and letting them get on with it. Ultimately, when it comes to transfers, when it comes to tactics, when it comes to anything that is happening on the football side of things, that is left entirely to Phil Parkinson and Steve Parkin and all the people that know what they are doing and are qualified in that respect. We brought Shaun Harvey and Fleur Robinson in, people who had 50 years cumulative experience of working in football. We have been advised by Les Reed, who was the FA technical director. We were like ‘you know what you’re doing, please tell us what to do’. I think there is often that temptation when people buy football clubs like ‘well, I made millions of pounds making plastic nipples for baby bottles and therefore my understanding of plastic nipples is definitely going to stretch for me’. Without naming names, because we might want to loan some of their players, there are clubs where you see that happening.”

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  Wrexham are in the process of piecing together transfer plans for the summer of 2024, with Reynolds and McElhenney making more funds available. The intention is to ensure that the Red Dragons – who continue to star in their own documentary series – will be fiercely competitive in League One next season.

With first-match nerves out of the way, fast bowler is ready to help his side overcome loss to Pakistan

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Jun-2019With first-match nerves out of the way, Mark Wood is ready to play his part in England’s World Cup bounce-back effort starting with Saturday’s match against Bangladesh.Wood does not expect to necessarily keep his place in the team, despite taking two important wickets during England’s 14-run defeat at the hands of Pakistan on Monday. Nor does he think the hosts and tournament favourites will attempt to re-invent the wheel in response to their loss.Wood claimed 2 for 53 – including the wickets of Pakistan’s top scorer, Mohammad Hafeez, for and dangerous batsman Asif Ali for just 14 – in a less-familiar middle-overs role, bowling in tandem with Moeen Ali after Chris Woakes and Jofra Archer had led the pace attack. Woakes shone with three wickets and a staggering four catches, Moeen also claimed three wickets while Archer conceded 79 runs in his wicket-less 10-over spell. That’s not to say Wood escaped any tournament debut jitters, quite the contrary.”I cannot say for the others, but I was nervous,” Wood said. “First World Cup match. I was playing a slightly different role. I wanted to do well.”Liam Plunkett has taken a million wickets in the middle overs and I was thinking the first thing I have to do is get a wicket. And I didn’t get a wicket until the [43rd], and I was thinking, ‘he’s still the main man!’ Yes, I was nervous, but good nerves.”It was nice to have a couple of extra fielders out for a change. I’m used to bowling up top but this was a slightly different role. I felt Mo andmyself did really well as a partnership. He was keeping it tight as well which meant I could attack a little more … so a nice time to come on and show my value in a different role.”Wahab Riaz and Mark Wood pat each other after the game•Getty ImagesEngland will manage their fast bowlers’ workloads carefully, particularly for Wood and Woakes, who have had long-term injury issues, which means none of them are guaranteed a place against Bangladesh.”We’ll pick whichever team best suits the conditions,” Wood said. “I’m pleased personally that it has gone well. But for the next game, Cardiff is aplace with big square boundaries and Liam Plunkett has bowled well there in the past so he would probably come back in. It’s just who foror which bowler might be left out.”Avoiding the cliché of turning a loss into a positive, Wood gave the impression England were following Joe Root’s advice and not hitting the panic button based on one defeat, which ultimately came down to poor fielding.”It’s never nice to lose so, yes, there are lessons learned but we’ve been learning lessons for four years. This isn’t like a thing like we say we need to change the wheel,” Wood said. “We weren’t good enough in one area – the field – and that will be addressed before the next game. But I still think we’re in a pretty good place.”Maybe we will put it down as one of those days when we were beaten by a better team and we need to improve one aspect of our game … we needed 11 Chris Woakeses in every position and we would have been all right. Now we train really hard and do a lot on our fielding.”Whether it was the occasion, there were a lot of Pakistan fans, whether we got wound up by their batters, them smacking it, whether we just got tooheated in the moment, I don’t know. But it was unlike us, normally we are a really good fielding side.”And Wood backed his team to come back stronger against a Bangladesh team buoyed by their opening win against South Africa.”We have a huge target on our back because we are the favourites for the tournament, the home side, everyone wants to beat us,” he said. “Whatwe have done well over the years is bounce back well and I think we need that going into the next match regardless of what it was – Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, whoever. We need to bounce back with a bit of authority and say that we’re here to win it and put on a real show.”

Declan Rice has explained how Adam Wharton has impressed his England team-mates in training amid a message to fellow midfielder Kobbie Mainoo.

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• Rice, Wharton & Mainoo in England squad
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  Wharton, 20, was playing in the Championship with Blackburn Rovers at the start of this season and Mainoo, 19, was yet to make his breakthrough at Manchester United. Now the former has starred for Crystal Palace and the latter has been a key player for the Red Devils – which led to both getting selected for England's final 26-man Euro 2024 squad. Arsenal star Rice, 25, feels with these two in the Three Lions' midfield, the team's future is bright.

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  Rice told reporters: “I think we saw in the last camp against Belgium and Brazil what Kobbie could do. Obviously the last six months, all season really, what he’s done at Manchester United and he clearly deserves his place in the squad. Adam played his first half of the season in the Championship, came to Crystal Palace and has been outstanding. I think in training he’s impressed a lot of players – he is so composed and calm on the ball. He’s got a beautiful left foot, just a really down to earth boy, wants to learn. I think he’s one of those that doesn’t get fazed by big things. So they are two great additions and the future’s looking bright in midfield.”

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  England are aiming to win their first silverware since the 1966 World Cup and this squad may be their best chance to end that barren run. With young talent such as Wharton, Mainoo, and Rice, the Three Lions are primed to have a successful tournament in Germany this summer.

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This was the antithesis of Festival cricket. It was Division One cricket, it mattered and everybody knew it

David Hopps at Scarborough02-Jul-2019Yorkshire 327 (Fraine 106, Clark 5-77) and 303 for 9 (Lyth 68) lead Surrey 362 (Stoneman 100) by 268 runsSurrey are back at Scarborough for the second successive season and those Yorkshire spectators who like their Championship cricket hard-bitten might be in the mood to book them in for the next decade. This was the antithesis of the Festival cricket that was once the soul of the town. It was Division One cricket, it mattered and everybody knew it. And a compelling finale could be in prospect as Yorkshire resume with a lead of 268 with the last pair at the crease.This match has felt too close to call from the outset, but at no time was the contest keener than in a wary fifth-wicket stand of 57 in 26 overs between Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Johnny Tattersall on either side of tea. Yorkshire’s lead when they came together was 133, Rikki Clarke having removed Adam Lyth, driving at one angled across him on 68, and Jack Leaning in successive overs.Spectators dwelt upon Leaning’s pair in the match – lbw this time to Clarke as he got too far across to one that swung back a shade – and wondered with good reason if his middle-order place might be vulnerable to Harry Brook. But while they chatted they watched intently, as they always watch. A Scarborough spectator on the popular banking can surreptitiously check their change at the bar and criticise a bowling change at the same moment.It while attention was at its height that Gareth Batty added his own personal brand of spice; he should come in a little jar with refills available. Batty is Bradford born, educated at Bingley Grammar, but that is no protection from occasional barracking and every time the crowd did so they sharpened him. They would have been better yawning with a faked lack of interest.Batty is so stingy at giving away the slightest advantage that if he managed one of the amusement arcades on North Bay you would be best advised to visit the one next door where you would lose your money more slowly. His return of 1 for 75 in 30 overs suggest that Yorkshire dealt with him competently enough, but it was a close-run thing.He possessed two warm-up acts in medium-pacers Ryan Patel and Rikki Clarke. Patel appealed for a catch at the wicket when there was daylight between the ball and Tattersall’s outside edge; the crowd’s derision was sparked. Clarke followed up with a series of oohs and aahs against the same batsman as he defended determinedly, the slips taking their cue and hamming it up in turn; the derision level went up a further notch.When the cricket is consequential, Batty comes alive. His face creases with exasperation, making use of every one of his 41 years, he puffs out his cheeks meaningfully in disbelief at a rejected appeal and he considers the minutiae of every delivery as if the world might suddenly end if he moved square leg in the wrong direction. The unsupportive umpire, Ian Blackwell, the same age as Batty, also a former spinner, but a considerably bigger figure than when he retired seven years ago, moved slowly to square leg at the end of the over as if in search of a bit of peace.”Tek ‘im off,” came the cry as the new ball loomed. But Batty wasn’t takken off. He negotiated two more overs and got his wicket, switching around the wicket to have Kohler-Cadmore stumped for 42 as his back foot strayed momentarily, a rapid reaction from Surrey’s stand-in captain and keeper Ben Foakes.The new ball came after 83 overs, at 242 for 5, and Tattersall fell three overs later, his 38 spanning 103 deliveries, as he fenced at Sam Curran and was caught at first slip. Yorkshire looked vulnerable, their lead 216, four wickets standing, but a foray from David Willey – 43 from 35 balls with eight fours against the new ball – swung the match again.Throughout it all, a low murmur could be heard around North Marine Road. The cricket is never incidental at Scarborough, but it is an excuse for conversation, including for some who are not by nature conversational. That conversation would extend into the evening in a town that mixes natural grandeur with the downbeat consequences of human failure, and which often appears to survive hand to mouth, but which for all that with the simple addition of a dual carraigeway the length of the A64 and a faster train route remains a place of huge potential, the prince of England’s seaside towns.

Ben Stokes believes he is in good shape with bat and ball for the “most important game” of his career.Stokes is no stranger to the big occasion having memorably played in a World T20 final, a Champions Trophy semi-final and numerous other high-profile international and IPL matches. But he feels the chance of reaching a World Cup final and beating England’s oldest cricketing enemy on the way, add up to make Thursday’s semi-final against Australia more significant than any of them.”Is this the most important game I’ve played? Yes, to date. Definitely,” Stokes said. “Playing against Australia is a big occasion in any sport. The rivalry goes way back. Beating them is that touch better than any other team. Losing to them at Lord’s was massively disappointing, so I think there will be a bit of redemption in knowing we have the chance to beat them and get to that final.”While Stokes has, at first glance, enjoyed a much better tournament with the bat than the ball, averaging 54.42 with the bat at a strike rate of 95.01, it is his bowling that has given him most satisfaction. For although he has bowled only 43.5 overs in the nine games to date and claimed a relatively modest seven wickets, he is conceding only 4.65 runs per over, making him England’s most economical bowler. The secret of that success, he feels, is understanding his role with the ball.”The thing I have been most happy with has been my bowling,” Stokes said. “I’m in a very good place with my batting. I have just continued to work on the same things but also tried to test myself. I’m not letting up because this is the crucial moment: lose this and we’re out. I think just having the confidence of being in lots of situations over the past four years has made it easier. Batting at No. 5, I either rebuild or have to get on with the game.”But the most pleasing thing has been my bowling. I had a chat with Eoin Morgan to get my head around my role. Being fourth or fifth seamer, I sometimes put too much pressure on myself to influence the game. So I spoke to them about not trying to take a wicket every ball and instead aim at going for five or six an over. I might get a wicket doing that anyway and it’s helped offer the team more. In the last couple of years, it’s probably where I have let the team down.”Stokes has made between 79 and 89 four times in the tournament so far, but insists he is not bothered by falling short of individual milestones. Instead, he is only motivated by contributing to team victories.”I’m not too fussed,” he says. “I won’t walk away disappointed if I don’t get a hundred – that’s not what I’m about. I think going into a semi-final knowing all of our top four have hundreds is a great place to be. Both openers have hundreds, Joe Root and Morgs have hundreds. It’s very impressive.”I’m massively proud [to be part of this team]. When our careers end we’ll be able to look back and say we have played with the world’s best, got to No. 1 but more importantly, played with a good bunch of people. I believe this team is the best at what they do and we’re trying to build a path for many years to come: this is what England stand for and how we want to play.”I don’t feel like I have to prove anything to anyone except myself. [The Bristol incident] opened my eyes to a lot of things, but I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. It’s just showing I can deliver on the biggest stage. Winning is the most important thing and if you can help the team out with an individual performance, that’s all that counts. People can say good things, bad things, it just won’t bother me.”

England set a target of 398 in 97 after a day of leather-chasing at Edgbaston as bowling attack runs out of steam

The Report by Andrew McGlashan04-Aug-2019

For the second time in four days Steven Smith wrote himself a place in Ashes folklore, while Matthew Wade completed a comeback story of his own as Australia enjoyed utter dominance with the bat to leave them as the only team with a chance of victory at Edgbaston.Smith became just the fifth Australian to hit twin centuries in an Ashes Test as his match took on even greater proportions of greatness. Wade then cantered to a career-best 110, his third Test hundred and first for six-and-a-half-years, to set up Australia’s declaration late in the evening session, after some fun from James Pattinson and Pat Cummins, leaving England needing a notional 398 in 97 overs.Rory Burns and Jason Roy made it through seven demanding overs under gloomy skies with Nathan Lyon given the new ball on a responsive surface. There was more than enough to put a smile on his face at the potential of what’s on offer. Meanwhile, by surviving to resume in the morning, Burns put himself on the list of players who will have batted on all five days of a Test barring a washout. England would probably take that, but the forecast was largely fine.Well before the openers emerged a draw was England’s best hope before heading to Lord’s, which was a quite remarkable change of fortune from midway through the opening day when Australia were 122 for 8 and starring at another Edgbaston horror show. It was Smith, with help from the tail, who turned the tables then and on Sunday it was Smith who pulled Australia into a strong position before Wade made it impregnable.Smith did the groundwork alongside Travis Head, who made a compact half-century, in a stand of 130 for the fourth wicket which took Australia from 15 behind to 115 in front. However, when Head edged Ben Stokes, England having waited 23 overs for a breakthrough on the fourth morning, there was still plenty of work to do. The stand of 126 between Smith and Wade deflated England’s depleted attack. Stuart Broad had started promisingly, but Moeen Ali had a day to forget, which gave Joe Root a massive problem as he lacked control and wicket-taking threat on a surface aiding spin.Moeen had been handed the first over of the day and it included the opening delivery grubbing at Smith as well as a full toss that flew over his head that he tried to swat away and seemed annoyed that he hadn’t. There was the occasional promising sign, such as when one spun sharply to beat Head, but Moeen couldn’t string together consistent overs.Root and Joe Denly bowled 26 overs between them, with Denly’s legspin at times looking the most threatening of England’s options and he should have had Head stumped on 46 but Jonny Bairstow couldn’t stay low in his stance to gather the ball. That was not overly costly in terms of runs, but with the ball not swinging and the pitch slow England lacked inspiration.Chris Woakes only bowled seven overs in the day but was the man to finally dislodge Smith for 142, driving at the second new ball to leave his match tally 286 runs – just the fourth time a batsman has made two scores over 140 in a Test. Having started the day on 46 the half-century arrived early and any thought England would have found a magical formula overnight went out the window. He went to lunch on 98 and in the second over after the break drove Broad imperiously through the covers. This time the celebrations were a touch more subdued: he was just back doing what he loves.When Smith fell Australia’s lead was 241 and England might have had one final hope if the new ball had scuttled the lower order, but there was not enough left in the tank of the seamers. Root was back on with the ball six overs old, which allowed Wade and Tim Paine to pretty much do as they pleased.Where Smith had been methodical in everything he did, Wade was more attacking from the outset – the method which has served him so well during prolific domestic and Australia A form. He took advantage of some friendly half-volleys from Denly to get his innings going and did not have to contend with the swing that troubled him on the first day. Early in his innings he was bringing out the reverse sweep although Root did beat him on occasion, which rather went to highlight Moeen’s problems.On 69, Wade was saved by the DRS when given lbw to Broad, another poor decision from Joel Wilson given it was the hard new ball and had struck Wade above the pad. It was fitting that such an enterprising century was reached with a reverse sweep and Wade embraced his captain, and Tasmania team-mate, Paine in a moment of significance for both men who find themselves in positions they could scarcely have imagined.The pair added 76 in 13 overs as England largely abandoned hope of bowling Australia out. Stokes hurled himself into a big-hearted seven-over spell and eventually had Wade caught at deep backward square leg, then Paine fell in the next over to a ripping offbreak from Moeen that spun through the gate. While that was a boost for Moeen, it probably did more good for the Australian dressing room.The leather-chasing wasn’t over either as Pattinson avoided a pair and enjoyed the freedom to play his shots. One, in particular, will have given him great satisfaction when he launched Nottinghamshire team-mate Broad high over long-on and he also clobbered the last ball of the innings into the stands. It was a chastening day for England, but what happens on Monday could have an even greater bearing on the series.

USMNT star Gio Reyna shared the news of his engagement on social media with a heartwarming post.

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Reyna shared a life update on social mediaGot engaged to partner Chloe OrtolanoSpent the last six months on loan at ForestWHAT HAPPENED?

The Borussia Dortmund winger took to Instagram to let the world know he got engaged to long-time partner Chloe Ortolano. The heartwarming social media post contained a couple of photographs of the couple who posed on a beachside while Ortolano was showing off her engagement ring.

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In the caption, the 21-year-old wrote, "Forever" and added three emojis, infinity, a ring and a heart.

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Reyna moved to Nottingham Forest on loan from Dortmund during the January transfer window, however, he did not get enough game time in England as he appeared in just 10 matches across all competitions and clocked only 230 minutes on the pitch where he scored once.

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Despite appearing in the Champions League for only 20 minutes for the German side this season, the American player could get a winners' medal if Edin Terzic's side manages to beat Real Madrid in the final at Wembley on Saturday.

Bangladesh captain says team didn’t do justice to Shakib’s performances as he reflects on their tournament

Mohammad Isam at Lord's05-Jul-2019Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh captain, underlined their poor bowling in the first 20 overs and fielding as the main reason for their World Cup exit.Statistically, Bangladesh were the worst bowling side in that phase of the tournament. In addition, they also dropped eight catches. A reason for these lapses was their miscalculation of ground dimensions, which didn’t help cut down angles.As he sat down to address his last World Cup press conference, an apologetic Mashrafe felt the team didn’t do justice to Shakib Al Hasan’s. The allrounder finished the tournament with 606 runs along with 11 wickets.Watch on Hotstar (India only) – Mustafizur’s stunning reflex catch”Little things made a huge difference,” Mashrafe said “Shakib (Al Hasan) was absolutely beautiful. Batted at three, did what he could do. I really feel sorry for him. The way he played, the team could have been standing in a different zone. I think he is one of the best World Cup performers of all time. Still, we couldn’t make the semifinals.”Then he got down to the specifics. “Bowling has not been up to the mark, starting from me and the others, especially the first 10 or 20 overs,” he lamented. “We needed to pick wickets. Some matches the fielding really cost us, ground fielding especially. It helps the bowlers when fielders back you up. Catches were dropped, it happens, but when it keeps happening questions will of course be asked.”Mashrafe felt fielding had been a concern all along, calling it the single-biggest difference between Bangladesh and the semifinalists. “I think players tried their best. We could improve in a few areas. We knew our weaknesses. But we could not prove that weaknesses could be improved.”But the way we played, we could have finished a little better. If we could have finished the match on a good note, we could have said luck wasn’t with us. A few things we have been really good, but few has not been with us.”Going forward we need to be concerned – if you ask me for this tournament, bowling is a big issue. If we play in Asia, we are a far better bowling side. Fielding has been a concern throughout my career. When someone gets partnerships, we go down and down. We have to improve in fielding.”