Innholdsfortegnelse for 2024-11-01 i Daily Voice

MANCHESTER United was in rude form on Wednesday night, scoring an onbeskofte FIVE goals in their 5-2 League Cup in over Leicester. What made the win over the Foxes so remarkable was that it was the first game since the club fired coach Erik ten Hag, with former Red Devils striker Ruud van Nistelrooy leading the team in the interim. With Ruben Amorim expected to come in as the main man in the new couple of weeks, Van Nistelrooy is expected to once again take charge of the team for Sunday’s big Premier League match against Chelsea at Old Trafford at 6.30pm. United have scored only eight goals in nine league matches to date, leaving them down in 14th on the log. And after finding their scoring boots under assistant…

WESTERN Province allrounder Mihlali Mpongwana has earned a first call-up to the Proteas T20I team for their series against India. South Africa play world champions India in the first of four T20Is at Kingsmead next Friday and coach Rob Walter won’t be bang to druk op die nommer of the Province star. Walter says of picking the 24-year-old, who bagged 12 wickets at an average of 14.08 and also scored 129 runs in eight matches for Province at an average of 21.50: “From my point of view, it is great to see the growth of him over the winter. “He was included in our 50-over squad against India [last year] and it’s great to see his T20 game grow. What’s been impressive has been his wicket-taking ability with the ball……