RESULTS & FIXTURES
2ND TEST, Perth
Australia 277-6 (Harris 70, Head 58, Finch 50) v India
3RD ODI, Sylhet
West Indies 198-9 (Hope 108 no, Mehedi Hasan 4-29) v Bangladesh 202-2 (Tamim Iqbal 81 no, Soumya Sarkar 80). Bangladesh won by 8 wkts
SCOTTISH OPEN, Glasgow, Quarter-finals
S Murphy (Eng) bt S Baird (Eng) 5-0, M Allen (NIrl) bt A Burden (Eng) 5-0
PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, 1st Round
M Barnard (Eng) bt J de Sousa (Por) 3-2, A Tabern (Eng) bt R Smith (Aus) 3-2, K Burness (NIrl) bt P Nicholson (Aus) 3-0, D Noppert (Hol) bt R Lam (Hkg) 3-0 2nd Round
J Lewis (Wal) bt C Harris (Nzl) 3-2
THE ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP, South Africa, 2nd Round (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72)
136 D Lipsky (USA) 70 66
137 M Warren 70 67, S Jamieson 71 66
138 D Drysdale 69 69, D McGuigan 72 66
139 O Bekker (Rsa) 66 73, O Wilson 70 69, B Stone (Rsa) 69 70, D Fichardt (Rsa) 69 70, D Frittelli (Rsa) 69 70, D Papadatos (Aus) 67 72
140 B Evans 70 70, E Els (Rsa) 73 67, N Lemke (Swe) 72 68, L Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 69, Z Lombard (Rsa) 71 69, E Van Rooyen (Rsa) 70 70, S Crocker (USA) 72 68, K Koivu (Fin) 75 65 WOLVES boss Nuno Espirito Santo says his new hero is a womanising trickster who conned himself a 20-year career without playing a game.
Huge dollops of fake news make the Molineux manager appreciate that his Premier League new boys are the genuine article.
And Nuno revealed that he is brushing up his English by watching TV shows and reading the extraordinary story ‘Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football’.
The book chronicles the ‘career’ of Brazilian Carlos Raposo who conned clubs into taking him on and then got injured in his first training session.
Nuno said: “I’m trying to make my English better, so I watch only English TV shows to try and get things right and learn some slang. Also I am reading ‘Kaiser!’. It’s brilliant.”
Wolves are proving to be 100 per cent the real deal going into today’s home clash with Bournemouth.
Back-to-back wins against Chelsea and Newcastle see Wolves up to 10th in the table, just four points outside the top six.
Nuno said his men did not come into the top flight with an inferiority complex and that is what is shining through as they find their feet.
“Sometimes, people forget we are new, just up from the Championship,” he said. “It’s the first season for everybody here, including me and we can’t afford to forget where we came from.
“We are having to prove ourselves every day of our lives but it’s about taking the challenges as they come and we want to compete with the best.”
Nuno revealed that Wolves have first option to buy four-goal Mexico striker Raul Jimenez from Benfica, who will lead the line against Eddie Howe’s men.
And he has been reading up on the Cherries boss too, adding: “I am aware of the big picture of what Eddie has done there and it’s fantastic. They are a very good team and he’s an excellent manager. The job he has done there is amazing.
“We know it will be a tough game but to go into it with two straight wins is massive for us and we want to continue with it.
“Every game that comes your way in the
Premier League is a big, tough challenge.
“But we are ready and that is the most important thing.”