Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 500th club goal in AC Milan's game against Crotone in Serie A on Sunday.

His close-range finish after a neat one-two with Rafael Leao put the Serie A leaders 1-0 ahead on the half hour mark with his 13th league goal of the campaign.

- Serie A on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)

Ibrahimovic scored his second on 64 minutes before Ante Rebic netted in the 69th and 70th minutes to complete a 4-0 victory for Milan.

Ibrahimovic, 39, has played for nine clubs across seven leagues during his 24-year career.

The former Sweden international began his career with Malmo in 1999 where he scored 18 goals.

In 2001, he moved to Ajax where he stayed for three seasons and scored 48 goals. He also won two league titles and a Dutch Cup.

In 2004, he moved to Juventus where he won back-to-back Serie A titles -- though both were later revoked due to Calciopoli -- and scored 26 goals.

After Juve's relegation following the scandal, he moved Inter Milan in 2006 and scored 66 in three seasons as he won Serie A in each campaign.

He moved to Barcelona in 2009 and, while it didn't quite work out for him at Camp Nou, he still won a La Liga title, a UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, scoring 22 goals.

He first joined Milan in the summer of 2010 and stayed for two seasons where he won another Serie A title. He scored 56 in his first spell before he joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2012.

It is in the French capital where he made arguably his greatest contribution with 156 goals in four seasons and a Ligue 1 title in each. He also two Coupe de France titles and three Coupes de la Ligue. He won a domestic Treble in his final two seasons.

The 2015-16 campaign was Ibrahimovic's most prolific of his career when he scored 50 goals in 51 appearances.

He left to join Manchester United in 2016 and won the EFL Cup and Europa League as he scored 29 goals in his 18 months in the Premier League.

Ibrahimovic moved to Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy in 2018 and netted 53 times in two seasons.

He returned to Milan in 2020 and his strike against Crotone was his 26th of his second spell, bringing his total for the Rossoneri to 82.

He was the first player to reach the half-century mark for both San Siro clubs.

Ibrahimovic is one of only three active players -- after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi -- to have scored 500 goals at club level.

He also has 62 goals for national team Sweden.

Welcome to our live report of the third day of the first India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here

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5.00pm: Stumps - India 257 for 6 (Pant 91, Pujara 73, Bess 4-55) trail England 578 by 321 runs

That's stumps on another intriguing day with Bess claiming four wickets to cause some damage after Archer made early inroads with the wickets of both openers. Sundar and Ashwin are still standing determinedly on 33 and 8 respectively but the first-innings deficit remains 321 runs. Sundar survived a late, difficult chance off Leach when Archer, turning and running back from mid-on, got his hands to a skied slog-sweep but couldn't hold on.

4.25pm: Sundar, Ashwin dig in

England have burned two reviews in the space of three overs hoping to get Washington Sundar out, both for lbw shouts when he has left the ball alone outside the off stump. The first was nowhere near, missing the stumps by a long way, but the second was only just over the top of off. That might shift his approach a little bit, making him wary of leaving outside off.

3.45pm: Pant holes out

Huge moment! Bess has been hugely inconsistent in this spell, with too many short or full balls, but he gets the breakthrough as Pant holes out to Leach in the deep, running in off the cover boundary. Pant charged down, looking to go down the ground, but there was enough turn to take it away from the bat, and Pant lost his shape a little. Leach held onto the catch, and India are six down, still 154 short of the follow-on mark.

3.15pm: Pujara goes

India are halfway to the follow-on target and five wickets down. Dom Bess has the happiest knack that a spinner could ask for, picking up wickets in improbable ways. Here, he dropped too short, allowing Pujara the chance to rock back and pull. Pope took evasive action at short leg, tucking his helmet into his body, and the ball hit him on the upper back, around the first 'P' of the name printed on his shirt. It looped up towards midwicket, where Burns took a simple catch, and England suddenly have five first-innings wickets.

I thought I'd also share this tweet from Nathan Leamon, England's white-ball analyst, who is following from the UK. Pant's decision to attack wasn't just mindless slogging: it was a calculated assault.

2.45pm: Archer's IPL learnings

Root has thrown the ball back to Archer and Anderson, his opening bowlers, looking for a breakthrough after tea, and that provides the perfect opportunity to give you a taste of Andrew Miller's piece on Archer which will follow later in the day:

It's a sign of the strange times that we live in, that two fast bowlers whose records and reputations precede them in India are only right now playing in their first Test match in the country - and on opposing teams as well.

But in their contrasting but complementary styles, first Jasprit Bumrah and now Jofra Archer have been demonstrated an abiding truth about high-class fast bowling. It transcends time, place, formats and conditions - and it remains the most compelling factor in the game.

The Indian Premier League may be the stage on which both men have honed their crafts, but pace is pace, no matter where and how you use it, and pace with skill can be unplayable.

Bumrah's efforts ended up being rather buried beneath the mountains of runs that England piled up over the first two-and-a-bit days of this match. However, his ability to take the pitch out of the equation, unmatched in the contemporary game, were showcased by his three lbws on each day of the match - full, fast, inswinging and startling, as well as by arguably the single best ball of the match so far, a sensational late-dipping yorker that should by rights have unseated Ben Stokes before his vital 82 had got underway.

On the third day, on the other hand, Archer's efforts were front and centre of England's surge into the ascendancy, and what's more, they seized on the exact opposite approach to Bumrah, not to mention the exact same methods that earned him the accolade of MVP at the last IPL in November. Aggression to the fore, accuracy unwavering, and most importantly for England's burgeoning hopes in this campaign, a determination not only to embrace the uncompromising nature of the wicket, but to factor it actively into his methods.

Archer's first five-over burst yielded two priceless wickets - Rohit Sharma scalped in what in upshot looked like conventional Test-match new-ball fashion, as he hit the deck and kissed the edge through to the keeper, but the other was burgled with pure IPL trickery, as Archer ripped his fingers down the side of the ball, luring a pumped-up Shubman Gill into a fatefully early push through the line to a diving James Anderson at mid-on.

As Archer showed in bucking every conceivable fast-bowling trend at the latest IPL, he has more than a few skills to be transferred in either direction. All told, Archer claimed 20 wickets at 18.25 in Rajasthan Royals' campaign, but half of those came in with in his Powerplay overs, at a stunning economy rate of 4.34 that was a testament, as much as anything, to his sheer unplayability. It was widely noted at the time, in fact, that he was adapting a Test-match attitude to his white-ball game, consistently targeting the top of off with judicious use of the bouncer - allied of course to his cunning armoury of cutters and knuckle-balls that kept even his more confident opponents guessing.

And so it showed today, in a thrilling but shortlived joust with India's openers. Over the course of the past three IPLs, Gill and Sharma had faced 18 balls from Archer, with a palpable lack of success. Each had been dismissed twice, for a grand total of 11 runs, and Sharma's head-to-head was particularly bleak - he had dismissed by two of the first four balls that Archer had bowled to him, and made it three out of seven on Indian soil overall today, as he flinched at a perfect pacey cutter, one ball after flicking a rare loose ball off his toes.

2.05pm: Pujara, Pant reach 50s

It might sound unlikely if you've only been looking at the scorecard, but Leach has actually stuck to his plan pretty well against Pant. He has tossed the ball up on a length, looking to hit the footmarks outside off stump in the hope that the ball will spit, turn and bounce out of them, but Pant's attacking intent and near-perfect execution have seen him leak runs.

The additional consequence, however, is that Leach has lost sight of his plan to Pujara, and has strayed either too short or too full against him, allowing him to milk easy runs. Both men have now reached their half-centuries - Pujara's off 106 balls, Pant's off just 40. Bess, by contrast, has been allowed to settle into his rhythm, and has been treated with respect by both batsmen.

1.40pm: Pant counter-attacks

Jack Leach has come on, hoping to find the rough outside Rishabh Pant's off stump, and Pant has responded by skipping down the pitch to give the ball as little chance as possible to spin out of the footmarks. He deposited Leach for six over wide long-on, before just about managing to clear Lawrence on the deep midwicket rope. Pant is standing on off stump, and hitting it with the spin. Leach's task is to stay calm and keep putting the ball on a length: he will be happy for Pant to keep playing his shots and will expect him to miscue one before long.

The merits of Pant's aggression will be questioned if he is out while attacking, with the deficit still more than 450 runs, but it might be more productive than sitting in and waiting for a ball that has your name on it with the pitch now taking plenty of turn.

1.10pm: And his breakthroughs follow

Bess had nailed his groupings to Kohli, bowling with the consistency that has at times eluded him in his Test career to date. The wicket ball pitched slightly wider outside off, drawing a hard-handed defensive push away from the body towards cover from Kohli, and spun sharply to draw an inside edge which Pope snaffled at short leg under the lid. A textbook offspinner's dismissal.

The second wicket, six balls later, was slightly more freakish: Bess overpitched slightly as Rahane skipped down the pitch to turn it into a low full toss, and Root stuck out a hopeful left hand at short cover, diving to his left, and clung onto a spectacular catch. Captain and vice-captain fall within the space of two overs, and India are in all sorts of trouble!

12.45pm: Bess' bright start

This has been a useful start from Dom Bess, who has drawn a mistake from both Kohli and Pujara. First, Kohli mistimed a clip into the leg side off a full ball, which fell just short of midwicket. And in Bess' following over, he found some extra bounce to surprise Pujara, who could only inside-edge into his pad. England's brains trust, Root and Stokes, have been speaking at length to hatch various plans, but the main positive from Bess' perspective to date is that he has been consistent: he is yet to concede a boundary and has hit a good length outside the off stump more often than not.

Bess has also been given a field with protection on both sides of the wicket, with men at deep point and deep square leg. I spoke to Graeme Swann in the build-up to this Test, who was critical of Root's decision to field a deep point whenever Bess bowls. "The only time you should have a deep point or a deep cover in a Test match is if a team are 500 ahead and it's about damage limitation," he said. "It's there for a bad ball, and I don't think it helps a bowler at all. Having protection is saying that the captain doesn't believe in you and that you don't believe in yourself. You wouldn't have a long-off in for an opening bowler, would you?

"Having said that, it's easier said than done. The fact that Dom is still young and hasn't bowled a great number of overs in his life means that he's not as consistent as he might be in the future. It's a tricky one, because Bess is a wicket-taker. He didn't bowl particularly well in Sri Lanka and I think he'd admit that, but he took 12 wickets and he does bowl wicket-taking balls."

It is a tricky balance to strike. Bess does drop short more often than he would like, and it is a bonus if his bad balls only go for one. "I want to be going at two and a half [an over]," he explained to Sky last summer, "and also if I have got deep point and they want to open the face and try and get one, it brings Stokesy [slip] into it, it brings Jos [keeper] into it; if it spins, actually brings Pope [short leg] into it as well. So, I see it as quite an attacking option. Also, if it is a bad ball, it can go for one, and again, I mean, it's one run instead of four runs. It's little things like that."

12.25pm: Archer shifts gear

The host broadcaster has put up a graphic showing Archer's average speeds, which have shifted down slightly from 141.5kph (88mph) into the mid 130s since lunch. Rather than looking to rush these two for pace, he has instead been looking to vary his lengths, alternating between full balls and hit-the-pitch, back-of-a-length ones. Kohli chipped a leading edge wide of cover three overs ago, but other than that, India have played him relatively calmly. Now a first look at spin for the session, as Dom Bess comes into the attack.

And here's a stat that will give England fans some added optimism: no team has ever lost in India after batting for 190+ overs in a single innings.

11.30am: Lunch - India 59 for 2 (Pujara 20*, Kohli 4*, Archer 2-25)

No doubt that this was England's session. Shubman Gill looked in fine touch throughout his innings of 29 but chipped an on-drive towards mid-on off Archer, where Anderson dived to take an excellent catch to leave India two wickets down before lunch. The spotlight this afternoon will be on Bess and Leach, and whether they can find the rhythm and consistency that will trouble Kohli and Pujara, but Root will play all of his cards, including short bursts from Archer, bouncer barrages from Stokes and Anderson bowling dry.

Stokes was briefly limping in his follow-through immediately before the interval, which is one to keep an eye on. It would be a significant blow to England's hopes for him to aggravate any injury.

11.05am: Funky fields

Joe Root has often displayed his willingness to get creative with bowling plans in the last 12 months or so, and he has set an intriguing field for Stokes' first over. There's no slip in place for Pujara, but there is a leg gully, a short leg, and two midwicket fielders, as Stokes goes round the wicket looking to bang the ball into the pitch and possibly hit some of the rough outside leg stump. For Gill, the leg gully moves out, but there are three men out in the deep on the leg side on the pull.

Root has often used Stokes in this 'enforcer' role, asking him to toil away bowling short. Archer might have one or two more overs left in his first spell before we see spin for the first time in the innings.

10.40am: Archer strikes

England have the early wicket that they would have craved so desperately. Jofra Archer, operating around the 87mph/140kph mark, beat both Gill and Rohit inside his first seven balls with legcutters which moved appreciably away from the bat, and a similar ball accounts for Rohit. Back of a length, in the channel outside off stump, and enough movement away off the seam to take the outside edge of Rohit's back-foot poke on its way through to Buttler.

10.10am: England 578 all out

Anderson lines up a sweep off Ashwin but is bowled, as the final wicket eventually falls. Ashwin bowled a whopping 55.1 overs in all, the most in an innings in his Test career, and finished up with 3 for 146. Bumrah and Ishant's figures were both creditable too, but Nadeem and Sundar's combined figures - 70-6-265-2 - tell the story of the innings. England were able to milk them, picking up boundaries far too often and rotating the strike at will. England will be hoping desperately that Bess and Leach don't suffer the same problems.

9.55am: Where was the new ball?

India take the third new ball after 185.2 overs - 24.2 overs after it was due - and Jasprit Bumrah strikes immediately, trapping Dom Bess lbw with a ball that nipped in appreciably off the seam. The obvious question that follows is: what took them so long? The old ball was reversing at times, and perhaps they were worried about the ball coming onto the bat, but neither Bess nor Leach is particularly attacking by the standards of tailenders.

9.15am: England bat on

Just in case you thought you might be tuning into India's first innings shortly, Ben Stokes rubbished that idea overnight. "No thoughts of a declaration tonight," he said. "That would be stupid after winning the toss. In India you get as many runs as you can. If we can bat an hour tomorrow, we'll be happy." As a result, Dom Bess and Jack Leach will resume their partnership shortly.

Cheteshwar Pujara is enjoying his budding new partnership with Rishabh Pant. The two batsmen have made timely interventions for India in three consecutive Tests so far, the latest coming on day three of the Chennai Test. Pant joined Pujara when the hosts fell to 73 for 4, 505 behind England, and put up a 119-run stand powered by Pant's decisive six-hitting against Jack Leach.

Pujara said batting alongside Pant almost makes batting easier. "It does. When a batter is going after the bowlers from one end and I'm around, I can always have a chat. There's a good left and right combination which also frustrates the bowlers.

"[...] the way Rishabh bats, especially against spinners, I think he likes to take them on and that's the way he will go about it. It's been a crucial partnership for us and I hope it continues, I love batting with him. And if I can be of any help and I can just speak to him - what are the shots he can play and what to avoid at times. I'm really happy overall with the way he's playing. He still has to learn a few more things - he still has to put the team in a commanding position because he is capable of that and he's missing out on hundreds. I'm sure that he will learn from this. It's good that he's in form," Pujara said.

Their 119-run stand came off just 145 balls as Pant took a liking to Leach, who had gone for 59 off six overs at one point. Pujara also benefited from this assault, picking some boundaries up himself as India kept a decent scoring rate through their innings. That was until an attempted pull from Pujara off a Dom Bess half-tracker ricocheted to midwicket off Ollie Pope's shoulder at short leg.

On the day, it was one of four wickets that India lost playing an attacking shot, but Pujara said there wasn't really a plan to be aggressive.

"It wasn't part of the game plan. [...] when we're playing in India, the scoring rate is always on the higher side. And we were getting loose balls. And Rishabh always bats the way he bats. He likes to take the bowlers on. So he just wanted to bat in a natural way, which is fair I think. That's his game and that's the way he should play.

"I think we could have still batted a bit better. There were some soft dismissals which didn't go in our favour, like the way I got out, the way Jinks [Ajinkya Rahane] got out. I felt that those wickets were crucial for us. At the same time, we are still very confident because Ash [R Ashwin] and Washington [Sundar] are batting really well. We'll just have to move on from here and tomorrow I think will be the most crucial day for us."

India finished the day on 257 for 6, still 122 away from avoiding the follow-on. But in Pujara's view, this is still a good batting surface, albeit one that has begun to take some turn. He said India had expected a little more assistance for their bowlers on the first two days, but have moved on from that and believe they are still very much alive in the Test match.

"When we spoke before this series started - what happened in Australia, whether we were able to achieve our goals as a batting unit - we felt we were able to achieve our goals. And same thing applies here," Pujara said as part of a response to a question about how Bess' bowling compared to Ashwin's. "This is the first innings which has just started, and we are still in a decent position. I would still say the way Ashwin and Washi are batting, we can put up a decent total. So we want to achieve our goals as a batting unit rather than focusing on what the opposition is doing."

Free your mind and the runs will surely follow.

That's the message South Africa's coaching staff gave their batsmen as they set out in search of the highest successful chase in Pakistan.

"We've encouraged the guys to be themselves and just play. We've done a lot of work in terms of clearing their minds and playing within their own characters," Enoch Nkwe, South Africa's assistant coach said. "And when the opportunity is there to speed up the game, do that and if it's not there, absorb pressure as well as we can."

Nkwe confirmed that the magnitude of the task has not put South Africa off pushing for victory, especially as a draw would give Pakistan the series anyway. But they plan to be cautious about how to go about getting the 243 runs they need to level the two-match series. "We've spoken about making sure we keep up the intensity, we stay in the moment and we don't get carried away. But we are not going to go in waiting for 5 o'clock. We are going to play and let's see how far we get," Nkwe said.

South Africa will face 98 overs on the final day, light-permitting, which means they need to score at less than 2.5 runs an over. More importantly, for Nkwe, they need to make sure they bat well in pairs. "There's a lot of belief, and guys backing themselves a bit more and freeing themselves up. We want to win this. We want to build big partnerships."

Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen's second-wicket stand is worth 94 and has been almost incident-free. Crucially, they saw South Africa to the close of day four without any late-in-the-day wobbles, as was the case in Karachi. There, South Africa were 175 for 1 towards the end of the third day, Markram and van der Dussen had put on 127 runs together and the team were 17 runs in the lead before they lost three wickets for 10 runs and the momentum. Their remaining six wickets fell for 58 runs on the fourth morning and Nkwe does not want to see a repeat of that.

"In the last Test match right at the close of play, we lowered our intensity. That was an area we looked at and it's good to see the guys responding. It's good that the same two (Markram and van der Dussen) that were in the situation in the first Test are taking full responsibility to make sure the team doesn't fall into that again," Nkwe said. "Hopefully they can build on this partnership because that is going to be key. We know in the subcontinent wickets can fall in clusters and that's something we are trying to avoid."

South Africa have already collapsed once in this Test, losing five wickets for 37 runs in the first innings and have suffered similar fates over the last few seasons. Many reasons have been mooted for the line-ups frailty, including loss of confidence due to overly spinner-friendly conditions on tours to Sri Lanka and India and overly seamer-friendly conditions at home and loss of experience after the retirements of AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla in the last three years.

Chances are that the root cause of the problem is a combination of those factors and only a change in form and results will suggest the corner has been turned. Nkwe said South Africa know that. "The batting unit know they haven't done as well as they wanted to. We wanted to score more hundreds, so hopefully tomorrow we can have a hundred or two, if all goes well. Hopefully tomorrow we can look to take a step forward as a batting unit. That will give us a lot of confidence for future series. The wicket is playing quite well and the guys just need to apply themselves."

Asked if the team knew about or would take inspiration from West Indies' successful chase of the highest total in Asia, Nkwe said the team hadn't been keeping too close an eye on the Chattogram Test but would get up to speed before the final day in Rawalpindi. "We haven't been following that. We've been focusing on our game and we need to really stay connected in terms of what we are looking to achieve. But I'm sure tonight when we watch some highlights or go through Cricinfo guys might find some sort of motivation," he said. "We also have enough cricketers in our changeroom that have been role models and are really encouraging the guys. Every individual understands how important it is that we chase this down."

South Africa do not have any more Test cricket scheduled this summer after Australia postponed their series in South Africa which was due to be played in March. Discussions are ongoing about lining up winter opposition and confirming fixtures for next season, when South Africa hope to be able to compete more strongly in the World Test Championship. They will finish this tournament in sixth place.

Ramifications, analysis and criticism will be the predictable aftermath of Bangladesh's three-wicket loss against West Indies in the Chattogram Test. But at the forefront of Bangladesh failing to defend a target of 395 in the fourth innings was the lengths bowled by their spinners on the fifth day.

Nayeem Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam bowled a total of 120 short of length deliveries that fetched West Indies 119 runs, including 16 fours and a six. On a day that began with survival being most crucial for the batting team - the odd ball was keeping low or bouncing sharply from a length - the loose deliveries released pressure.

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque said that he hadn't expected such a result, and while he didn't blame anyone in particular, he admitted that the bowlers could have bowled better lengths.

"It is an unbelievable result," Mominul said. "But that's how the ball rolls sometimes. This wasn't an expected result. Our bowlers didn't bowl in the right areas, and their batting pair (Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner) did really well. We dominated them for four days but lost at the last hurdle. At no point did I think that we'd lose this game.

"You can't really blame anyone in particular after a loss. A team losing means everyone has lost, and vice versa when we win. Those who bowled today are capable match-winners, but if they had bowled better lengths (we could have seen something different). Maybe we are coming back to Tests after a long time, or we lacked belief."

It was starkly evident that Bangladesh missed Shakib Al Hasan's bowling, the premier allrounder not able to bowl having sustained a left thigh strain on the second day. But Shakib looked quite active on the fifth afternoon, even giving the team a pep talk before they headed out for the third session, and at times spoke to Miraz and Mominul near the boundary. Mominul said that Shakib's presence could have meant a whole different story for his team.

"We would have bowled tighter if Shakib bhai was in the field. He is a senior bowler, who would have helped the other bowlers. We did miss his bowling but we also had Taijul, Nayeem and Miraz.

"Taijul is an experienced bowler who bowled well in this game. Miraz took eight wickets in the match and batted well too," he said.

Bangladesh also missed four chances in total, including Mayers dropped on 49 at slip and Bonner reprieved on a stumping chance on 79. Two reviews for lbw that could have helped Bangladesh were also not taken, when Mayers was on 47 and Bonner on 25. On both occasions, replays showed the ball was hitting the stumps.

"There were enough opportunities on this pitch. We should have grabbed the chances when the bowlers were doing well. Both batsmen had lives, so if we got them out, the momentum would have certainly changed," Mominul said.

He also praised Mayers for his outstanding innings, with the batsman unbeaten on 210 on debut. "It is the sort of pitch where it is hard to get a batsman out when he is set. He batted outstandingly. It wasn't easy to chase almost 400 runs. He made a double-hundred in that situation."

One of the many people watching Kyle Mayers bat on his dream Test debut was his father Shirley Clarke, who was up all of Sunday night following the match in Chattogram.

As a special surprise, CWI arranged for Clarke to congratulate his son in a Zoom call ahead of the post-match press conference. Shirley said that he had tears in his eyes seeing Mayers make the unbeaten 210 helped West Indies to a memorable win.

"I want to congratulate Kyle and the rest of your team-mates," Clarke said. "This morning was very special for me. It brought tears to my eyes. I just want to wish you continued success to you and the rest of the team. Continue to work hard. We will stay connected as usual."

Mayers thanked his father who had been his coach for much of his life. Clarke had played 12 first-class matches and five List-A games for Barbados and Combined Campuses and Colleges between 1999 and 2008. He has since become a Level-3 coach.

"You know how hard I was working when I was preparing for this tour in Barbados. You know how I felt about this opportunity. I just want to give you thanks for the help, coaching and making sure I was prepared for this series," Mayers told Clarke.

Mayers said that he was always in touch with Clarke, whether it was to talk about his batting stance or any personal matter. He said that he was lucky to have a coach at home during the pandemic when everyone else was struggling to find time in the nets.

"Lockdown was difficult but I have been fortunate to have my dad, who is a Level-3 coach, throughout the lockdown days. I had my dad working with me. So we worked on various stuff," he said.

Mayers, who was briefly caught up in Dominica during Hurricane Maria in 2017, said that the shift from Windward Island to Barbados has been a gamechanger for his career, as his playing role became more refined.

"From Windward Islands to Barbados, it was a tough process for me. I was actually injured and then I got prepared to play for Barbados in the next season. I had a different role. I wasn't getting a lot of opportunities with the bat for Windward Islands.

"It changed from being a bowling allrounder to becoming a batting allrounder, representing Barbados. For me that is a big change, to get more batting opportunities to show people my batting capability. It was a massive difference."

The Houston Texans continue to tell any team that calls that they are not trading Deshaun Watson, league sources told ESPN, as the standoff between the team and its franchise quarterback continues.

Watson still wants out of Houston and has asked the Texans to trade him, according to sources. But no matter how many calls they receive on Watson, the Texans insist they will not trade him, according to sources.

Other teams around the NFL have gotten that message and now they are waiting to see whether the Texans' stance will change, but sources within and around the organization told ESPN that their position will not change.

As speculation continues to swirl regarding Watson, the Texans have moved ahead by making sweeping organizational changes. This past week, they dismissed director of football administration Kevin Krajcovic, equipment manager Mike Parson and his staff and another longtime employee, Doug West.

Parson was said to have a close relationship with Watson, and these changes aren't sitting well with players.

Mike Parson and his entire equipment staff are incredible people who went above and beyond to help every player in the locker room every single day.

A great man and a great staff who shouldn't be out of work for long.

Anybody would be lucky to have them. pic.twitter.com/66hSlVlIpq

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 7, 2021

One player privately commented to ESPN that the Texans are weeding out employees who were not hired by executive vice president Jack Easterby and new general manager Nick Caserio, replacing them with employees who will be indebted to them for their work.

These changes are not expected to help the situation with Watson.

Watson, who signed a four-year, $156 million contract extension in September, is under contract through the 2025 season. He has a no-trade clause, but given the length of his contract and the possibility of franchise-tagging him for three years, the Texans could choose not to trade him and would have control of his rights through the 2028 season.

The trade request comes after Watson was reportedly unhappy with the process used by the team to hire Caserio in early January.

Just as Tom Brady had lured free agents to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Matthew Stafford is expected to do the same for the Los Angeles Rams.

Shortly after the Rams and Detroit Lions agreed to a trade that would send Stafford out west, the quarterback began receiving texts from players who wanted to come join him in Los Angeles, per sources.

It is very similar to what happened last March, after Brady and the Bucs reached an agreement. Players began reaching out to Brady and the Buccaneers, expressing their interest in relocating to Tampa to be around a great quarterback and great weather. They wanted to be a part of an organization that has now become the first team in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium.

Stafford had a similar experience last weekend, and the Rams will try to become the second straight team to play in the Super Bowl in its home stadium. Super Bowl LVI will be held at SoFi Stadium.

One of those players expected to be interested in joining Stafford in Los Angeles is Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr., per sources. Jones is scheduled to be a free agent this winter, and he grew up in Fontana, California, and later attended Cal. The Rams and Jones seem like a natural fit even before free agency begins March 17.

There will be others as well. The Rams will have a recruiting advantage over some teams with the city they play in, the stadium they boast and the quarterback they have.

Quarterback trade talks across the league already have heated up, and multiple teams have reached out to the New York Jets to express interest in trading for Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall pick in 2018, per league sources.

The Jets haven't turned away the calls, sources said, but they also haven't made any firm decisions about their future at quarterback.

They could trade Darnold, 23, use the compensation they get back in return for another quarterback, or draft a quarterback with the second overall pick. All options are being explored and are on the table, per one league source.

Contacted Saturday, the Jets would not confirm they received any trade calls on Darnold.

Looking back to the first quarterback trade agreement last weekend should provide a glimpse at the potential market for Darnold.

Teams who made calls on Matthew Stafford, who was traded from the Detroit Lions to the Los Angeles Rams last weekend, included the Washington Football Team, the Indianapolis Colts, the Carolina Panthers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Chicago Bears and others.

The Jets aren't ready to make a trade yet, but with Stafford off to Los Angeles and the Eagles nearing a deal for Carson Wentz, they're not expected to be far behind in making a quarterback decision that will have leaguewide ramifications.