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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their second goal with Luis Suarez and team mates against Liverpool on Wednesday. (Reuters/Albert Gea)
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their second goal with Luis Suarez and team mates against Liverpool on Wednesday. (Reuters/Albert Gea)

After Messi mauling Liverpool face reunion with Benitez

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Shaken by the brilliance of Lionel Messi and a 3-0 Champions League defeat in Barcelona, Liverpool know that anything but a Premier League win at Newcastle United tomorrow would leave their dreams of honours this season in tatters.

Latest Test and ODI rankings

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Latest Test and One-Day International rankings released by the International Cricket Council yesterday: TEST 1          India                    113 2          New Zealand        111 3          South Africa         108 4          England               105 5          Australia               98 6          Sri Lanka              94 7          Pakistan                84 8         West Indies            82 9          Bangladesh           65 10        Zimbabwe            16 ODI: 1          England              123 2          India                  121 3          South Africa       115 4          New Zealand      113 5          Australia            109 6          Pakistan              96 7          Bangladesh         86 8          West Indies         80 9          Sri Lanka           76 10        Afghanistan        64 11        Zimbabwe          54 12        Ireland               46 13         Scotland            40 14        Nepal                 19 15        UAE                  10 16        PNG                    6

Off-spinner Joel Spooner has so far taken 11 wickets in the match.

Demerara on the brink after Spooner’s 11-wicket haul

Demerara were  on brink of completing a resounding first-round win over Essequibo in the Hand-in-Hand sponsored Inter-County Under – 19 three-day tournament after the latter squandered a promising position to end day two on 155-9, with a lead of 23 runs heading into the final day at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, yesterday. 

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