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West Ham’s relegation nightmare intensified dramatically as Wolves tore them apart 3-0 at Molineux this afternoon, with chants of “you’re not fit to wear the shirt” ringing from the away end.

Manager Nuno Espirito Santo watched helplessly as his former club finally ended their winless start to the campaign by ruthlessly exposing the Hammers’ defensive frailties inside a catastrophic opening 45 minutes.

Wolves needed just four minutes to pierce West Ham’s brittle backline when Hee-chan Hwang’s cross found Jhon Arias, who crashed home his first goal for the club to ignite raucous celebrations.

The nightmare worsened dramatically just past the half-hour mark when Soungoutou Magassa clumsily fouled teenager Mateus Mane inside the penalty area, allowing Hwang to dispatch his spot-kick past the helpless Alphonse Areola.

Mane himself twisted the knife four minutes before the interval with a spectacular long-range thunderbolt that flew inside the near post, leaving Areola rooted as the 18-year-old wheeled away to celebrate his first Premier League goal.

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West Ham had dominated possession with almost two-thirds of the ball yet created absolutely nothing, their impotence in attack matched only by their defensive chaos.

The absence of playmaker Lucas Paqueta, who’s attracting rumoured interest from Tottenham, exposed the glaring truth that Nuno simply lacks the quality needed to extract his struggling squad from the bottom three.

The Hammers have now extended their winless streak to nine Premier League matches, leaving them marooned four points behind 17th-placed Nottingham Forest with the situation growing increasingly desperate.

Tuesday’s crucial encounter against fellow strugglers Forest at the London Stadium has transformed into a must-win fixture for Nuno, whose expensive January recruits Pablo and Taty Castellanos watched powerlessly from the side.

Commentator takes aim at "horrendous" Max Kilman in West Ham defeat

Pressure mounting on the former Wolves boss has reached boiling point following this abject surrender against the division’s basement dwellers, and following reports that West Ham are considering Nuno’s future.

Nuno definitely wasn’t helped by his incredibly fragile backline, who were cut through like a knife through butter on a real afternoon to forget.

One of the major culprits, as he has often been this season, was £40 million defender Max Kilman.

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Taking to X, BBC commentator Sam Avery took aim at the Englishman, calling his signing “laughable” and potentially “the worst” in recent memory.

The 28-year-old has been subject to intense criticism this season, but Nuno’s lack of options means that West Ham have little choice but to rely on Kilman week in, week out.

After signing two strikers, there are widespread calls for the Irons to bring in a new defender as well, with relegation now staring them in the face.

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	Lining up for a spot: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, S Badrinath and Rahul Dravid will be in the reckoning when the selectors meet © AFP

The India selectors, while picking the one-day squad for the forthcoming tri-series, could face a dilemma between choosing from the present and planning for the future. Conditions in Australia might tempt them to pack their side with experience, but they will also know that it’s the best time to throw a few rookies in the deep end.Rahul Dravid has rediscovered some form in the Tests and would no doubt be an asset in the middle order, but whether the selectors want to look back at this point, having dropped him for the home series against Pakistan, remains to be seen. There’s a case for considering VVS Laxman too, considering the fine form he’s shown in the Tests, but that seems only a remote possibility at the moment.The selectors will also have to take a call on Sreesanth and Munaf Patel, the pair of injured fast bowlers who couldn’t make it for the Tests. Neither has resumed domestic cricket so far, but reported at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to Dav Whatmore on January 18. Any decision on their selection will not be made without taking into consideration their NCA report. At any rate, reinforcements will be welcome, as the attack has already been depleted with the absence of Zaheer Khan, ruled out because of a heel injury.Most who took part in India’s one-day series against Pakistan will be expected to retain their spots. Robin Uthappa and Rohit Sharma would be expected to make the cut – despite not doing much in the domestic circuit [Uthappa has scored 188 at 26.85, Rohit 191 at 27.28]. The selection of Gautam Gambhir, who has cracked three centuries in the Ranji Trophy [two of them match-winning ones in the semi-final and final] could well depend on the condition of his shoulder. Suresh Raina, S Badrinath and Cheteshwar Pujara could also be considered, especially given their good domestic run.Praveen Kumar, the debutant in India’s last ODI, boosted his chances with a fantastic bowling effort in the Ranji Trophy final, when he took eight wickets in an innings. Irfan Pathan should be the other allrounder while Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik will be the first-choice spinners. Piyush Chawla had made a good case of himself as an allrounder in the earlier half of the season, but has been ordinary in the semi-final and the final, especially with the bat.

Greg Chappell: ‘We can’t panic about what might go wrong, because if you panic you won’t play good cricket’ © Getty Images

It couldn’t have been easy for India’s cricketers to pick themselves up this morning after going down in their opening match against Bangladesh. Simply winning their next two games may not be good enough – India will also have to keep a close watch on the run-rate situation. It’s going to be one mighty climb uphill and coach Greg Chappell urged his side to approach the task fearlessly.”Being scared is not going to help us,” Chappell said after India’s two-hour practice session at Trinidad. “We must concentrate on playing good cricket, not worry about the outcomes.”He admitted that India had been outmanoeuvred by Bangladesh in their World Cup opener, going down by five wickets. “It was a disappointing defeat, I wouldn’t be much harsher than that,” he said. “Bangladesh played very well, they bowled and fielded brilliantly and batted with courage and flair. They were too good for us on the day. It wasn’t the kind of start we wanted, but it happened. Now, we face a challenge ahead of us. That was what the World Cup was always going to be. We knew that there might come a situation where we would encounter a lot of matches that were going to be must-wins. From our point of view, it has started too early.”Chappell did not rule out changes to either the batting order or to personnel. Indications are that Sachin Tendulkar, who has batted in the middle order since the start of this year, will join Sourav Ganguly at the top of the order, with Virender Sehwag dropping down. Anil Kumble, who wasn’t part of the opening game against Bangladesh, is also likely to be drafted in the place of fast bowler Ajit Agarkar.”There are some issues from yesterday that need to be discussed,” said Chappell. “We need to get back on track and start putting ourselves in the same frame of mind as in the last two series, which was being relaxed and confident. Yesterday unsettled it a bit. But we have been in such situations before and bounced back. This side has tremendous resilience, as we have seen in the past. If anything, the boys were perhaps too keen to do well. They knew that if they didn’t play to their potential, Bangladesh might hurt them. We can’t panic about what might go wrong, because if you panic and start worrying about the negatives, you won’t play good cricket.”

Dwayne Leverock: will he have a big day? © Getty Images

Chappell felt that Rahul Dravid’s decision at the toss was the right one, adding that the batsmen had not put up a good enough total. “It was the right decision at the time. Youcan’t blame the pitch for our defeat. Yes, it was better to bat in the afternoon than inthe morning, but it was not the deciding factor in the game. We thought it was important for us to get a good score to put pressure on them. We didn’t get a big score. Even so, I though we should have defended 191. But the openers came out with the desire to playaggressively and shock our bowlers. They did that.”Up against India will be Bermuda, trying to make some sort of impact in their maiden World Cup appearance. They were completely outclassed by Sri Lanka in the first match but Gus Logie, the former West Indies middle-order batsman who’s coaching them now, was in an upbeat mood. “It’s part of the learning exercise,” he said. “We’ve have set ourselves little goals. If we can bat out 50 overs against these teams, then that’s a plus for us.”Bermuda captain Irvine Romaine expected India to come out firing but added that Bermuda would take inspiration from Bangladesh and Ireland. “They can be very dangerous in their current position, but we are looking to take something out of the game. We have had a good three days training and we are working continuously on our fielding, which I think can make a difference to us. Some of the smaller nations are showing what they can do and we would love to join in the upsets.”TeamsIndia (likely) 1 Sourav Ganguly, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Rahul Dravid (capt), 6 Virender Sehwag, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Anil Kumble, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Munaf PatelBermuda (likely) 1 Clay Smith, 2 Oliver Pitcher, 3 Saleem Mukuddem, 4 David Hemp, 5 Irvine Romaine (capt), 6 Janeiro Tucker, 7 Dean Minors, 8 Lionel Cann, 9 Delyone Borden, 10 Kevin Hurdle, 11 Dwayne Leverock

Close England 393 and 297 for 3 (Cook 104*, Collingwood 36*) lead India 323 (Kaif 91, Hoggard 6-57) by 367 runs
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How they were out

Alastair Cook: England’s youngest debut centurion© AFP

A brilliant maiden Test century from England’s new boy-wonder, Alastair Cook, and a typically pugnacious – and decidedly fortunate – 87 from Kevin Pietersen set England up for a shot at an extraordinary Test victory, after a fourth day at Nagpur that exceeded the wildest expectations of even the most diehard member of the travelling Barmy Army.By the close England led by the small matter of 367 runs, with Cook leading the way and receiving a tumultuous ovation for his 104 not out on debut, an innings that had spanned the best part of six hours and included 243 balls of supreme application. It is extraordinary to think that he is just 21 years old, for this was a performance that Marcus Trescothick, the 69-Test veteran whom he has replaced for this match, could scarcely have bettered.Allied to his first-innings 60, Cook’s performance was the best by an England debutant since his opening partner, Andrew Strauss, made 112 and 83 against New Zealand at Lord’s in 2004. He too had been called up in desperate circumstances, when Michael Vaughan’s dodgy knee gave way in the nets, but even Strauss would admit that his own magnificent debut has to pale in comparison. Given the venue, the opposition and the strength-sapping heat, not to mention Cook’s own tender years, this was in a class of its own. England cricketers, we are led to believe, should not be mature enough at 21 for such jaw-dropping feats of endurance.But this is no ordinary youngster. Cook had been marked out for great things since his days at Bedford School where he spent his summers breaking batting records for fun, and you could well imagine that his self-confident and economical stance has hardly changed since the day he first picked up a bat.For much of his innings, Cook was content to bide his time and play every delivery on merit. Thanks to Matthew Hoggard’s six-wicket haul, which was wrapped up within seven balls of the resumption of India’s innings this morning, England had earned themselves a priceless 70-run lead. Cook and Andrew Strauss set about doubling this and more in a 95-run opening stand, seeing off the new ball with aplomb and repelling the best efforts of Anil Kumble who, on a desperate day in the field for India, remained a shining beacon of virtue and persistence throughout.

Kevin Pietersen rode his considerable luck as India toiled© AFP

Even when Irfan Pathan struck twice in two balls after lunch to remove Strauss for 46 and Ian Bell for 1, Cook’s resolve was unshakeable. He ploughed onwards and upwards with a resolve that Geoffrey Boycott could not have bettered, and somehow remained oblivious to the byplays accompanying Pietersen’s outrageous performance at the other end. The pair added 124 for the third wicket, but Pietersen enjoyed a charmed life amid some typically rabid hitting, the most extraordinary moment of which came when he had made just 36.With 15 minutes remaining before tea, Pietersen appeared to toe-end a half-volley straight back to the bowler, Kumble. The Indian players had absolutely no doubt they had their man, but Pietersen stood his ground and a lengthy delay ensued as the third umpire, I Shivram, studied the incident from all angles.In the opinion of most observers, the ball clearly bounced first on the turf, then looped up off the bat and into Kumble’s hands, but to the astonishment of the entire stadium, Sivaram decided otherwise. Even Pietersen was surprised in hindsight. “I have looked at it from a few angles,” he admitted to Sky Sports afterwards, “and I think I am very fortunate to get 87 today.”He compounded his good fortune when Sreesanth in the covers dropped a skier, again off the luckless Kumble, and not even his eventual dismissal could compensate for Kumble’s ill-fortune. Pietersen had smeared the previous over for 16 adrenalin-fuelled runs, and though two balls later he top-edged a sweep to Dravid at leg slip, Paul Collingwood somehow survived a stone-dead lbw appeal first ball, as a Kumble topspinner fizzed into his back pad. When Lady Luck turns against you, she really lets you know about it.But then again, the Indians did little to earn much luck either. As the innings progressed, Cook began to sense the need to lift his tempo to match his team’s needs, but Harbhajan Singh dropped the simplest of return catches when he had made 70, and then looked on aghast as Dravid at slip spilled a one-handed chance on 92. By now it was a race against the close for Cook, and he began playing as many shots as the circumstances would allow. A sweet cover-drive off Kumble took him to 96, but with Collingwood on hand to scamper the singles, he reached 99 with two overs of the day remaining.In the event, he needed just one more ball. Harbhajan offered some width outside off stump, and Cook was onto it like a flash, carving through point for four before haring down the pitch with his arms aloft in triumph. He had become just the 16th player to score a century on debut for England, and at 21 years and 69 days, he had ousted Peter May as the youngest of them all. If his efforts today go on to set up an extraordinary Test victory against the odds, you can be sure it will be recalled as one of the greatest as well.

IndiaSreesanth lbw b Hoggard 1 (323 for 10)
Wicket-to-wicket delivery, struck in lineEnglandAndrew Strauss c Dhoni b Pathan 46 (95 for 1)
Nipped off the pitch, grazed edge, low catch for keeperIan Bell c Dhoni b Pathan 1 (97 for 2)
Cut across bows, thin edge to keeperKevin Pietersen c Dravid b Kumble 87 (221 for 3)
Sweeping out of the rough, top-edge to slip

Inzamam-ul-Haq: two appeals too many© Getty Images

Inzamam-ul-Haq has had his second run-in with the ICC match referee, Chris Broad, in the space of a fortnight, after receiving a reprimand for his reaction to being given out in the second one-day international against India at Visakhapatnam.After the third Test in Bangalore last month, Inzamam was suspended for one Test and fined 30% of his match fee for showing dissent against umpiring decisions. This time, he has escaped with just a slap on the wrists, after reacting angrily to his run-out in a match that Pakistan went on to lose by 58 runs.Inzamam pleaded guilty to an "abuse of cricket equipment" when throwing his bat towards the pavilion after being dismissed. He was found to have breached Level 1.2 of the ICC Code which relates to "abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings".The hearing took place when players and officials arrived in Jamshedpur for the third match in the series."As captain, Inzamam must learn to set the example for his team to follow," said Broad. "The player has apologised for his actions and I hope that we will not see this repeated." All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50% of a player’s match fee.

Matthew Hayden believes his world record score won’t be enough to stop Ricky Ponting winning the Allan Border Medal next week. Hayden, the 2002 winner of Australia’s highest cricketing honour, said, Ponting had done enough in both forms of the game to walk away with the award.”I think Ricky’s the foregone conclusion,” said Hayden, who blasted a world record 380 in the first Test against Zimbabwe last year. “He’s been the standout player through the summer, throughout the winter and throughout the last summer as well – in both forms of the game.”Ponting, who was last year’s Test player of the year, scored 1503 runs at an average of 100.20 in 2003. He also struck three double-centuries to become the first player since Don Bradman to score three double tons in a single year.Ponting was also Australia’s leading run-scorer in one-dayers with 1154 runs including his World Cup-winning innings of 140 not out, making him a strong contender for the one-day player of the year – an award he picked up in 2002.While there are individual awards for the Test and one-day player of the year, the overall award – the Allan Border Medal – is decided by votes earned in both forms of the game. No player has won both the Test and one-day award in the same year.Past winners of the Allan Border Medal have been Glenn McGrath (2000), Steve Waugh (2001), Hayden (2002) and Adam Gilchrist (2003).

Clyde Butts and Ezra Moseley, members of the West Indies Cricket Board’s junior selection panel, will join senior selector Joey Carew in scouting for talent during the Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series.Butts, a former Guyana captain and West Indies off-spin bowler, now chairman of the junior panel, and Moseley, a former Barbados and West Indies fast bowler, will assist Carew in the absence of Sir Vivian Richards and Gordon Greenidge.Sir Vivian will be attending the Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya in his capacity as chairman of the senior selection committee, while Greenidge has made himself available to help Bangladesh prepare for the same competition.The Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series opens on Friday with matches in Kingstown, The Valley and Pointe-A-Pierre.

The horrible scenes of pitch invasions at various venues during the NatWest Series not only destroyed the charm of the game but also brought shame on the conduct of Asian origin immigrants in England and even tarnished the performance of the team they were supporting. It is generally felt that such behaviour by a small group of miscreants can turn into mob violence if not properly dealt with. This may have been one reason for the British police and the ground authorities showing undue generosity towards the intruders.

The crowd invade, the security staff attempt to cope and the players flee the field Photo © CricInfo

The ugly scenes at Headingley, in a Pakistan – England contest, which Pakistan was comfortably winning, had to be abandoned when Pakistan was only 4 runs short with 6 wickets in hand due to intrusion by an over-excited mob of Pakistan supporters. An otherwise glorious victory for a Waqar Younis led Pakistan team turned into a ‘courtesy win’ because Alec Stewart had to ‘concede the match’ and earn, possibly an unwanted distinction, of the first captain in international cricket history to concede a match.Setting aside that Pakistan was to win easily anyway, the media and Alec Stewart’s statement “it had to be done purely on the grounds of players and umpires safety” took a lot away from the win and more so from Waqar’s 7 wicket performance. It was a brave but a sad decision for English cricket but all due to the stupid ground invasion by the local Pakistan supporters. Worse, in an effort to control the situation a steward was injured and taken to hospital.

An injured security guard is carried from the Leeds pitch after being assaulted Photo © CricInfo

The media made little noise about the fact that these ‘fans’ were local citizens and subject to British law, albeit their ancestors may have come from Pakistan. A sad example of rowdyism – Asian style!Trent Bridge, Nottingham, where Waqar Younis sent the Aussies reeling off with a magical haul of 6 wickets and carved a 36 run morale boosting victory for Pakistan, was the next theatre of miscreant activity. Their thrust on the ground and the use of firecrackers suspended play with the Australians walking off the field for safety.A repeat of ‘enthusiasm violence’ occurred again after the conclusion of the final at Lords when the Australians were celebrating their golden victory. Everyone should have accepted, with grace, the fact that Australia convincingly won the trophy but the miscreants did not. Someone hurled a beer can that hit Michael Bevan in the face, spoiling the joy of a victory that Australia had earned through a superb display. To utter disappointment of the spectators the remains of a grand ceremony had to be shifted inside. Again an example of a few ‘people’ spoiling the fun of cricket for the masses.The incidences of rowdyism witnessed during the NatWest Series are likely to have serious repercussions on the conduct of international matches, specially in countries having a sizeable population of Asian immigrants. The situation has already put the cricket authorities on the alert. Rightly so, considering the players’ safety as supreme, the ECB is thinking of shifting the award ceremonies indoors and showing it to the spectators on the giant TV screen.

Serious crowd disorder breaks out at Trent Bridge Photo © CricInfo

The game cannot flourish unless it is played in a safe, cordial and conducive atmosphere. The safety of players and umpires necessitates foolproof security measures. The above move may not be good for the real fans but a compulsion to safeguard against untoward incidents. Some other measures can also be considered. In Australia people are fined heavily for going on the field of play. Why can’t the same be done in England?England is a well-disciplined society because the people are subjected to strict rule of law. Although the British police do not carry weapons but I have often seen them carrying batons. If the stewards carry the same on the ground rather than being empty handed, it will certainly have a deterrent effect on the miscreants and law-breakers. There is also a move to legislate a change in British laws to allow for greater powers in crowd control to the authorities.Let us not stretch basic human rights too far just to allow the mischief mongers spoil the entertainment of thousands of spectators who not only spend money but also leave their work aside to come watch a cricket match. The troublemakers need to be dealt with an iron hand rather than the courtesy being presently shown to them.In the sub-continent we are well used to seeing fans behind steel fencing with a huge presence of police. Even these measures do not entirely succeed as we have witnessed fires breaking out, hurling of stones and other missiles. Fencing may not be quite the kind of scene one would want to see adopted in England but certainly something to ponder, lest more serious incidents occur.These incidents have already sounded danger bells in South Africa. The Organizing Committee of the World Cup 2003 has therefore decided to adopt a policy of ‘zero tolerance’ towards pitch invasion. Among measures under consideration are: the use of dogs as a visual deterrent, erection of temporary moats and the use of swimming pool netting to entangle the invaders.I am glad they are not as generous as the British.

When sports teams travel, it is with the intention of taking something away from the place they are visiting. Most of the time, that something is tangible like a trophy. Sometimes it is something much more.”I have learnt the most from India – just from general respect and treating people the way you do. Indian people, as a culture, are the friendliest people around,” Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s T20 captain said. “I have mentioned it to the team and said to them, ‘Really open your eyes and try and listen because there is so much you can learn from people here.”Du Plessis has been to India at least five times, only once (2011) as an international cricketer. Every year since then, he has been part of the IPL and his experience at Chennai Super Kings has shaped his idea about the country and by extension, the cricket.Du Plessis has previously credited the tournament with South Africa’s success in the subcontinent and now he hopes they can draw from it both in preparation and over the course of their 11-week tour of India. “From a skill perspective, I have learnt a lot from batting in these conditions and practising every day against the world’s best spin bowlers,” du Plessis said.Ultimately, the spin factor will have a say in whether South Africa leave India with more than just a cultural education. How their batsmen play it, will be as important as how their bowlers deliver it.For the first time, South Africa have reason to believe they can match up in both departments thanks to their growing spin resources. Their Test squad includes three specialist spinners and their limited-overs’ sides two, although JP Duminy provides a handy part-time option as well. “I suppose they know we have got spinners who can win us games. Imran has proven it right across the world and he has changed the way we have played in the white-ball format. We have always relied on pace to strike first and now our success in the one-day or T20 team lies heavily on his shoulders,” du Plessis said.Tahir is South Africa’s leading bowler in ODI cricket this year and lies fourth overall with 30 wickets from his 17 matches at an average of 22.46. He has only played one T20 in 2015, in order to manage his workload, but was South Africa’s most economical bowler in that match and is certain to play a part in the World T20. Tahir has combined control in the middle overs with the ability to attack, and that has meant South Africa have a genuine means of keeping batting line-ups under pressure during passages of play where they have sometimes let things drift, after the seamers had bowled their opening spells.He will be particularly important in the T20 series, because that is the format in which South Africa are fielding their least experienced pack. In the absence of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada and Marchant de Lange will carry the load. Luckily for them, they are starting on what du Plessis has called “probably the quickest wicket in India”, but will be aware that it will only get more difficult after Dharamsala.That’s not to say anyone is going to find playing at the picturesque ground easy. A surprising amount of dew greeted South Africa during an evening training session, which du Plessis expects will make things tricky for the fielding side but could mitigate against the spin factor. “Dew is never a nice thing for a bowling team or fielding team because the ball gets slippery but the wet ball takes away a little bit of challenge from the spinners.”Ordinarily, that would be seen as advantage for South Africa, who are perceived to be susceptible to spin. But these days, a more well-travelled South African outfit – 10 of the current squad of 15 have played in the IPL and all of them have been to India before – embrace the turn and Du Plessis has promised it has not made them any less aggressive in their intent to leave India with tangible and intangible trophies.”It doesn’t take away the edge to win or the competitiveness on the field. The boundary of right and wrong doesn’t get crossed as much anymore. But when I am batting I am trying to hit you for six or four every ball and I am trying to win the game. It’s just that balance is really good at the moment.”

	South Africa’s win in Cape Town might have been dampened by a fine for a slow over-rate © Getty Images

The South African players were fined 5% of their match fees – Graeme Smith, their captain being fined 10% – for a slow over-rate during the second Test against West Indies in Cape Town.Roshan Mahanama, the match referee, imposed the fine after South Africa were ruled to be one over short of its target after time allowances were taken into consideration.In accordance with the ICC Code of Conduct regulations governing over-rate penalties, players are fined 5% of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount.South Africa won the match by seven wickets to square the series 1-1. The next Test, to be played at Kingsmead in Durban, begins on January 10.