Club America's new youth system director Raul Herrera believes that there is more talent in Mexico than there is in Europe.

The Spain native took over at the Mexico City club earlier this month, after spending 17 years in Villarreal's youth setup, and was attracted by the raw potential in the CONCACAF country.

"What got my attention was the talent," said Herrera in an interview with TUDN. "I believe there is a lot of talent that can be structured, taught to play and [taught] habits and discipline.

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"In Spain, Germany or France we don't have so much talent, we are more ordered when we play, we are more demanding, but that ability to dribble, to feint, to strike the ball, to play out [from the back] that the Mexican player has is more difficult for us," he said.

Herrera stressed the technical ability of Mexican players, but said that tactically it can be difficult when exports go from Liga MX to Europe's top leagues.

Mumbai Indians 195 for 5 (Rohit 80, Suryakumar 47, Mavi 2-32) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 146 for 9 (Cummins 33, Karthik 30, Pattinson 2-25) by 49 runs

A clinical Mumbai Indians played true to form to shrug off their opening game loss in IPL 2020 with a 49-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders. Put in to bat, Mumbai put on an above par 195 for 5 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, built around Rohit Sharma's 54-ball 80 at the top of the order. Sharma batted deep into the innings, falling only in the 18th over, with the sapping heat playing its part in a tired shot, but his effort was enough to give Mumbai's bowlers a total that was proof against the Knight Riders' power-packed middle order.

Mumbai's pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, James Pattinson and Trent Boult then bowled to plans, with Bumrah particularly sensational as the Knight Riders' chase spluttered and faltered, without ever kicking into top gear. Bumrah bowled one over in the powerplay, but Sharma saved him for the Knight Riders' big guns thereafter, and he made a second appearance only in the 13th over, when Andre Russell had joined Eoin Morgan in the middle with the asking rate touching 14.75. By the time he had completed his third over, the chase was buried, with Bumrah snaring both Russell and Morgan within four balls and Bumrah's figures reading 3-0-5-2. Rather anti-climatically, Bumrah conceded a whopping 27 runs in his final over to spoil his figures somewhat, but by then, the task was beyond the Knight Riders, who eventually ended up on 146 for 9.

The win also broke a sequence of six consecutive defeats for Mumbai in the UAE, dating back to when they lost five out of five games in 2014.

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The Rohit-Suryakumar partnership

The Knight Riders had begun well, after springing a surprise of sorts in selecting Sandeep Warrier and Shivam Mavi as their two Indian pacers, ahead of Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Prasidh Krishna. Warrier bowled a probing first over, spoiled only by a wide and the resultant extra ball going for six, while Mavi was superb - quick, hostile and coming away with Quinton de Kock's scalp in a wicket-maiden. It would have been easy for Mumbai to go into rebuilding mode, but Suryakumar Yadav was fluent from the start and allowed Mumbai to shrug off de Kock's dismissal.

He hit four boundaries off his first six balls, sumptuously in control of some and not so much of others, but what that did was ensure Mumbai were back to chugging along at a good rate. Suryakumar's initial flurry also meant Sharma could afford to bide his time. The Mumbai captain exploded when Pat Cummins was introduced into the attack, two short balls being dispatched over deep midwicket in regal fashion.

The pick of the shots in a 90-run stand though, was Suryakumar skipping down the track to Kuldeep Yadav's left-arm wristspin, reading the googly correctly and hitting imperiously with the turn over extra cover.

A tightening of bowling by the Knight Riders and a misjudgement brought an end to the partnership. Sunil Narine and Kuldeep combined to give up just 15 runs in 2.5 overs, and Suryakumar chanced a risky second to be caught short of his crease by a good throw. He had set things up for Mumbai though, outscoring Sharma with 47 off 28 in the partnership, while the captain made 41 off 30. Mumbai finished well, with cameos from Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard ensuring 90 runs came in the last eight overs, despite three wickets falling. Their eventual total was less than what they seemed poised for, but still substantial on a big ground.

Mumbai, and the short ball attack

The defence of the target was going to rest on how Mumbai's pace trio operated. Their planning and execution was spot on, with a majority of the Knight Riders' batsmen susceptible to a short-ball attack. According to ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball data, off the 15 overs bowled by the seamers - including three overs by Kieron Pollard - only 16 balls were full, or about one per over.

The plan started with targeting Narine, the opener. He hardly got anything in his half, and while he has smashed short bowling at the top of the order in the past, it was rather more difficult to do against high pace. Predictably, a slog across the line to a short ball resulted in Narine's dismissal. The Knight Riders had decided to send captain Dinesh Karthik in at No.3 and Nitish Rana after him, which meant Rohit pressed his other bowlers into service, getting overs out of Rahul Chahar, Pollard and Krunal Pandya.

Morgan had come out in the 11th over, but when the fourth wicket fell and Russell walked out, Sharma immediately went back to Bumrah, Pattinson and Boult, and the short-ball tactic was once again on display to both men. Bumrah sealed the deal in the 16th over of the innings. The Knight Riders needed 96 off 30 at the start, and they ended it with the equation reading 94 off 24 and their two best batsmen gone.

Pat Cummins' strange day

Bought for INR 15.5 crore, and ending his quarantine just before the game, Cummins had a strange day. He had a forgettable outing with ball, and a memorable one with bat. The Knight Riders had also tried to use the short ball, making the Mumbai batsmen target the longer, square boundaries, but they were nowhere near as effective. Cummins banged them in on a hard length, but Sharma, Tiwary and Hardik Pandya all peppered the square boundary with sixes and fours. He ended up not completing his quota, going for 49 runs in three wicketless overs. However, he got some of his own back when he blasted Bumrah for four sixes in a whirlwind knock that helped shorten the margin of defeat somewhat. His 33 off 12 balls was scored at a marginally faster rate than the runs he gave up while bowling.

Somerset 119 for 4 (Byrom 51*, Davies 19*) v Essex

It's one of the great ironies of the season that the first-class competition should be named in honour of Bob Willis.

While Willis was, without doubt, a passionate supporter of the game in England, he wasn't necessarily a supporter of the county game. There were, he thought, too many first-class counties, playing too many games. He had long recommended a significant restructuring.

So it may prove a fitting legacy if this year's competition provides the precedent for change. Certainly it appears as if next year's competition, which will be recognised as a county championship, is set to feature three conferences instead of the two divisions to which we have become accustomed over the last couple of decades. This final, and the Bob Willis Trophy, may well become a fixture of the summer.

You suspect, however, that Willis would think such change did not go far enough. And as his face smiled down on Lord's throughout much of the first day of this match - the scoreboards here featured a picture of him whenever rain intervened - you could almost imagine him passing judgement on what he saw. "Unacceptable, Charles. Of course it's raining. It's winter."

This was not, it must be admitted, a vintage day of cricket. Rain flirted throughout and the temperature was so low a polar bear wouldn't go out without a muffler. And while this season of all seasons, it is hard to criticise - this competition has been an elegant solution to a horrendous challenge - the game has some thinking to do if it continues to plan for showpiece events at this time of year. We are, it might be remembered, still 10 days away from Finals Day at Edgbaston.

That Somerset have a foothold in the game is largely due to Eddie Byrom. Perhaps, had the likes of James Hildreth been fit and Tom Banton available, Byrom might have missed out. He went into this match averaging 17 in the competition this season, after all, and with a top score of 30. He had not made a Championship half-century since June 2018.

But here he looked compact, patient and, having played himself in, surprisingly fluent. After taking 25 balls to make his first 11 runs, he hit six fours in 17 balls as Aaron Beard, in particular, strayed just a little full and just a little towards the leg stump. His ninth four, the one which brought up his half-century - a glorious straight drive that flew back past Sam Cook - was the shot of the day. He resumes on day two just five short of career-best score against a first-class county; his two centuries have come against Cardiff MCCU and Bulawayo Metropolitan Tuskers.

Essex will be the happier of the sides, though. While there was just a little assistance from the overcast conditions and this fresh surface - they are playing on the pitch last used for the 2019 Ashes Test; the one where Steve Smith sustained the blow to the neck from a Jofra Archer bouncer - it was relatively benign by comparison with many of the tracks used in the competition this season.

Against an attack featuring Sam Cook and Jamie Porter, Somerset's challenge will be no easier on day two. While neither are blessed with great pace, they bowl an immaculate line and length and, in conditions offering just a fraction of assistance, test the technique and temperament of any batsman. Here both men delivered six maidens each and conceded just over two an over. The pressure on the batsmen rarely relents.

The best example of this came with the wicket of George Bartlett. Five maidens in succession saw Bartlett, with 12 runs from his first 46 balls, tempted by one outside off stump which he might have been best to let go. Instead he attempted a drive which resulted in an edge to first slip; Sir Alastair Cook made no mistake.

By then, Sam Cook had already dismissed both openers. Tom Lammonby, playing across a full one which may have swung a fraction, fell to Cook's third ball before Ben Green was bowled through the gate by one that may have come down the slope a little.

That left Somerset in some trouble at 52 for 3, with Tom Abell's promising innings ended by an outstanding catch by Essex keeper, Adam Wheater. Diving down the leg-side, Wheater clung on to the ball millimetres above the grass after it appeared to brush Abell's glove and thigh on its way.

"When me and Porter bowl in tandem we like to keep it tight," Cook, who took his 100th first-class wicket with the dismissal of Lammonby, said later. "Especially on days where there might not be much assistance in the pitch.

"It is important to build pressure through the run-rate and force the batter to make false shots. We set out to keep the run rate below 2.7 an over and we did that well."

Earlier Somerset had stuck with the side that secured their place in the final with victory at New Road, which meant no place for Dom Bess in his final match before departing for Yorkshire. Essex, meanwhile, recalled Nick Browne in place of Feroze Khushi. Bowling first was the obvious choice for either side winning the toss, with Tom Westley the lucky captain.

After play, Ben Green reasoned that 250 was probably a par score. But you suspect that Essex batting line-up may think it is somewhere higher. Seven of this Essex side average in excess of 35 in first-class cricket; only one of those to have played more than 10 first-class games in the Somerset side averages even 33. Byrom has kept his side in the game, but they have some batting ahead of them if they are to give their admirable bowling attack a fighting chance.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says he hasn't considered whether there should be a minimum number of games required to qualify for the College Football Playoff.

Rather, Sankey said Wednesday that he has reviewed the selection criteria and anticipates a "number of challenges" facing the CFP selection committee as conferences play disparate schedules this season and games are canceled due to COVID-19 testing.

"We're going to trust them with that," Sankey said of the committee.

The SEC intends to play a 10-game, conference-only schedule beginning Saturday. The Big 12 and ACC are following a plan for an 11-game schedule with 10 conference games and one nonconference opponent.

Last week, the Big Ten announced that it would seek to play eight games in eight weeks beginning Oct. 24.

Sankey referred to the CFP selection committee's use of "data points" in making evaluations.

"It suggests to me the more games that are played, the better one is under this selection criteria," Sankey said.

However, throughout a teleconference with reporters, Sankey sought to emphasize the fluidity of the season. He said getting to game week "seemed a bit of a mountain to climb," but he cautioned, "I still am in the hold-my-breath moment a little bit."

Sankey said he thinks Saturday's start to the SEC season will be an "emotional moment" for him.

"Then we have to reset ... and focus on doing it again next week," he said.

The North Texas-Houston football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, the fourth season opener the Cougars have been unable to play due to the coronavirus pandemic.

North Texas said in a statement Wednesday that four positive COVID-19 tests this week, and subsequent contact tracing, left the Mean Green unable to field a team for the game. Both schools are looking to reschedule if possible.

Houston has previously had opening games against Rice, Memphis and Baylor postponed or canceled. In all four cases, Houston's opponents had coronavirus issues that did not allow them to play.

The Baylor game was quickly scheduled for Sept. 19 after Memphis was forced to postpone, only to have the Bears encounter their own issues and cancel the day before kickoff.

"We understand this COVID-related decision North Texas has made to not play Saturday's game and appreciate the consistent dialogue with our program by UNT athletics director Wren Baker, his administration and medical staff during this week," Houston vice president for athletics Chris Pezman said in a statement. "I am disappointed for our student-athletes who have continued to focus on competing this season and were ready to play this Saturday. We will continue to work to adjust our schedule with the hopes of playing as soon as we can."

In addition, Houston also had a scheduled game against Washington State on Sept. 12 canceled last month when the Pac-12 decided it would not start the fall season on time. So with that game included, Houston has had five September games either canceled or postponed.

On Monday, Houston coach Dana Holgorsen was asked about all the game postponements and cancellations, saying, "Unfortunately, those games weren't played, but it's 2020, and we're used to this crap. So we're gonna get ready to go play North Texas."

Two days after making those comments, Houston found itself without an opponent.

Houston-North Texas wasn't the only game postponed. Arkansas State postponed Saturday's game against Tulsa because it did not have enough players at a specific position group to play the game safely.

"This is a result of a combination of positive tests on Monday and other players still displaying symptoms, as well as having time to safely re-acclimate prior to the game," Arkansas State athletics director Terry Mohajir said in a statement. "This decision is based on the ability to safely field a two-deep at the position group rather than the total number of players unavailable. We are taking all precautions as our student health and safety remains our first and foremost priority."

Arkansas State said it would be able to play its Oct. 3 game against Coastal Carolina.

A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted one police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Breonna Taylor's death.

A grand jury in Louisville announced that Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in connection to the police raid on the night of March 13.

Neither the grand jury nor the presiding judge elaborated on the charges. Bond was set at $15,000 for Hankison.

Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Taylor's family, tweeted that the charges involved "NOTHING for the murder of Breonna Taylor. This is outrageous and offensive!"

The WNBA dedicated its season to Taylor and the Say Her Name movement. Before the opening game of the WNBA season in July, the New York Liberty and Seattle Storm held a 26-second moment of silence. Taylor was 26 at the time she was killed. Her name is on the back of team jerseys, and has been inked on shoes in both the WNBA and NBA. NFL players were allowed to wear a helmet decal with her name during season openers.

"We are dedicating this season to Breonna Taylor, an outstanding EMT who was murdered over 130 days ago in her home," Liberty player Layshia Clarendon said in July.

Clarendon was among athletes from the WNBA, NBA and NFL to express frustration about the grand jury decision.

"This is why police need to be defunded and ultimately abolished!" Clarendon posted on Twitter. "We time and time again hope for a sliver of justice but why would we get that when the system is designed to protect the very folks that are murdering and terrorizing us. This isn't a bad apple, it's a rotten tree."

This is why police need to be defunded and ultimately abolished! We time and time again hope for a sliver of justice but why would we get that when the system is designed to protect the very folks that are murdering and terrorizing us. This isn't a bad apple, it's a rotten tree.

— Layshia Clarendon (@Layshiac) September 23, 2020

After a $12 million civil settlement was reached between Taylor's estate and the city of Louisville last week, WNBA players again pushed for the officers' arrest.

NBA players dedicated their postgame interviews to Taylor, and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James also saying in July that he wanted the officers "who committed that crime" to be arrested.

"The cops that murdered Breonna Taylor knew this is how it would play out from the moment it happened," Brooklyn Nets guard Jamal Crawford posted Wednesday on Twitter. "They were never worried about justice being served."

Posted LA Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell: "These are the charges you actually come up with? ������‍♂️ Nothing to say but WOW SPEECHLESS!"

The cops that murdered Breonna Taylor knew this is how it would play out from the moment it happened. They were never worried about justice being served.

— ? Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) September 23, 2020

I lived in the VILLE for three years of my life and it became another home to me, but wow what's happen? These are the charges you actually come up with? ???‍♂️ Nothing to say but WOW SPEECHLESS!

— Montrezl Harrell (@MONSTATREZZ) September 23, 2020

I don't have many words right now.... but all I can say is I'm praying for the city of Louisville right now!!! ??

— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) September 23, 2020

Wow...can't even say I'm surprised on how they ruled the Breonna Taylor case...?

— Davontae Harris (@wichkid) September 23, 2020

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson said he heard about the ruling from his teammates.

"Just crazy," Watson said. "... And I'll just speak more about that with my teammates and the people like that, because right now this is definitely a football interview. But, yeah, it was just something that ... it's just crazy, honestly."

At a news conference Wednesday, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Hankison and the two other officers who entered Taylor's apartment announced themselves before entering the apartment and did not use a no-knock warrant.

"According to Kentucky law, the use of force by Officers [Jonathan] Mattingly and [Myles] Cosgrove was justified to protect themselves," Cameron said. "This justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges in Miss Breonna Taylor's death."

Protesters have consistently pressured the attorney general to act, and celebrities and pro athletes had joined them in calling on him to charge the police who shot Taylor. At one point, demonstrators, including Houston Texans receiver Kenny Stills, converged on his house and were charged with felonies for trying to intimidate the prosecutor. Those charges were later dropped.

Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical worker, was killed at approximately 12:40 a.m. on March 13 after police served a search warrant on her apartment for a narcotics investigation. Taylor, who is Black, was not the target of the investigation and had no criminal record.

Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, opened fire when police burst in, and his shot hit Mattingly. Walker later said he was afraid that assailants were breaking in. Three officers responded with multiple shots, with six hitting and killing Taylor in her hallway.

Hankison was fired, and Mattingly and Cosgrove were assigned to administrative duties. Joshua Jaynes, the detective who sought the warrant, also was reassigned. The police contend that they announced their presence before breaking in.

"The decision before my office as the special prosecutor in this case was not to decide if the loss of Ms. Taylor's life was a tragedy," Cameron said. "The answer to that is unequivocally yes."

Added Cameron: "I understand that Breonna Taylor's death is part of a national story, but the facts and evidence in this case are different than others" involving police shootings.

"If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there is no justice," Cameron said. "Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice. It just becomes revenge."

He added that the FBI is still investigating potential violations of federal law in the case.

On Sept. 15, when the city settled the lawsuit against the three officers brought by Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, it agreed to pay her $12 million and enact police reforms.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Major League Baseball is making the independent Atlantic League its first "partner league," a distinction awarded as the expiration nears for MLB's agreement with the affiliated National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.

On Wednesday, MLB said it will meet regularly with the Atlantic League to discuss joint marketing and promotional opportunities. The sides extended their agreement through 2023 to stage experiments in the Atlantic League, which tested an automated ball-strike system to call pitches in 2019 and has used other innovations such as limits on defensive shifts and mound visits, larger bases and shorter breaks between half-innings.

"The Atlantic League clubs and players have been great partners to us as we jointly test ways to make our game even more interesting and engaging to fans," Morgan Sword, MLB's executive vice president of baseball economics and operations, said in a statement.

MLB and the National Association have spent much of the past year in acrimonious negotiations for a new Professional Baseball Agreement to replace the deal that expires late this year. MLB proposed cutting guaranteed minor league affiliations from 160 to 120 and eliminating the National Association office in Florida in favor of operating the minors out of the commissioner's office in New York.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — After winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona Int’l Speedway in February, Noah Gragson noted “the stress of making the playoffs just melted away.”

That lack of stress was evident on Tuesday morning when Gragson addressed reporters during Xfinity Series Playoff Media Day, as the 22-year-old carried a big smile into his press availability and cracked several jokes along the way.

Chief among Gragson’s humor was his readily-apparent “playoff beard,” which Gragson told SPEED SPORT was “partially from spending time with (Bass Pro Shops CEO) Johnny Morris” recently.

“I have to start my playoff beard about two years in advance just to get a little bit of a shadow going there,” Gragson quipped. “I can’t really grow a beard that well, so I have to start it early.

“I just kind of had some fun with it, you know? Johnny and Bass Pro Shops, Rusty Sellers at True Timber and Mat (Best, EVP) and Evan (Hafer, CEO) from Black Rifle Coffee … they all really allow me to be myself and have fun with it; they don’t put a ton of guidelines or restrictions on me in that regard,” Gragson noted. “I’m lucky to have them as great partners and it’s been a lot of fun to work with them this year.

“I don’t know if it’s a playoff beard, if I’ll keep it or have to shave it the day before the race and start growing it, but I like hockey and they grow beards and stuff. I don’t know; we’ll see where it goes.”

Gragson was a two-time winner during the regular season, scoring at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in June and at Daytona. He accrued 19 top-10 finishes in the first 26 races.

Not having to worry about his playoff eligibility through the summer months and building his team’s consistency has Gragson as relaxed as he’s ever been heading into a potential championship run.

“We’re really confident in ourselves right now and these tracks at the start of the playoffs,” Gragson noted. “The races leading into the playoffs were pretty decent for us, but I feel like now that we’re getting into the playoffs, there’s a lot of really good race tracks for myself and our team. I have full confidence in Dave Elenz, my crew chief, and the rest of the team.

“We’re closer than we’ve ever been, like a family, and it’s really showing,” Gragson continued. “I feel like we have a lot of confidence in each other and a lot of confidence in our race cars. Everyone is working really hard … and overall, I think we’re ready to go after a couple of weeks that maybe haven’t been up to our standards. We know that we can turn it around, though, when times have been rough.

“I’m as excited as anyone on our team and ready to get to the track to show what we’re worth.”

Despite the fact Gragson has been shut out of victory lane since June 1, he’s riding a streak of four consecutive top-eight finishes into the playoffs and believes his squad is finding its stride once again.

“There’s some things that we need to clean up as a team and a few things we really need to focus on, but I’m very, very confident in this team — like I said earlier — and I believe we have the capability to be a contender (for the championship),” Gragson explained. “I know where we’ve been, and I know who we are. With that being said, this team is becoming who we need it to be. Obviously, we can be better, and we always strive to be better, but right now I’m pretty happy with where we’re at.”

Gragson knows his JR Motorsports No. 9 team has experience winning Xfinity Series titles — having done so with Chase Elliott in 2014, William Byron in 2017 and Tyler Reddick in 2018 — but he also knows that winning a championship isn’t the only thing that will define his season.

He’s approaching the playoffs one race at a time and taking a big-picture approach for the next seven weeks.

“I’d consider a successful playoff for us to be winning races and doing the best job we can,” Gragson said. “It comes down to (having) no mistakes on our end, as a race team. Whether that’s myself as a driver, not making mistakes on the race track, or not taking ourselves out of contention with mistakes on pit road, we just have to execute all the way around. The guys have a lot of experience, Dave Elenz is a great leader and a great mentor for myself, and I’m fully committed to this race team.

“If we do everything possible to be the best ourselves, we can’t do any better,” Gragson continued. “I’m not really results-driven, I’m more execution-driven and making sure things are perfect on that side.”

The NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs begin Saturday at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway, Gragson’s home track.

The 22-year-old is a native of Sin City and grew up racing at the three-eighths-mile short track known as The Bullring across the street from LVMS.

Ansu Fati's release clause has automatically increased to €400 million after Barcelona officially promoted him to the first team for the upcoming season.

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Fati, 17, burst onto the scene last season, scoring eight goals in all competitions, but remained registered to the B team, despite never actually playing for them.

His performances earned him a new contract in December until 2022, with his release clause initially rising from €100m to €170m.

However, the terms of that deal stipulated that once he was officially given first team status, the clause would more than double to €400m.

Fati will inherit the No.22 shirt which was vacated this week by Arturo Vidal, who joined Inter Milan. He grew particularly close to the Chilean midfielder during his debut season at Camp Nou.

It completes a whirlwind 12 months for Fati, who has broken records for Barca and Spain since making his competitive debut against Real Betis in 2019.

He became Barca's youngest ever scorer in La Liga when he scored a header against Osasuna aged 16 years and 304 days last August.

Three months later, a goal against Inter Milan at the San Siro made him the youngest player to ever score in the Champions League, aged 17 years and 40 days.

Those feats earned him an international call up and he became the Spanish national team's youngest ever scorer when he netted against Ukraine earlier this month.

West Indies win toss, bowl vs England

West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second of five T20Is against England in Derby.

Both sides were unchanged from the first match, won by England comfortably after 47-run margin following Tammy Beaumont's 62 off 49 balls from her favoured position as opener.

Deandra Dottin scored a half-century of her own with 69 in a losing cause in that match and West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor said the allrounder - who is yet to bowl in the series as she makes her way back from a shoulder injury - led the way.

"We need to come to the party if we're going to beat Enlgand," Taylor said at the toss. "Deandra did what we should have done, I thought she batted really well."

England counterpart, Heather Knight, was pleased with her side's performance in the series opener and she called for them to "be really aggressive" again, citing the latter stages of the innings as an area to improve after their batting fell away following a commanding start.

"That back end of the innings didn't quite go as we wanted," Knight said. "The intent was there, it was just the execution."

Play was set to get underway in chilly conditions with rain forecast later in the evening.

England: 1 Danni Wyatt, 2 Tammy Beaumont, 3 Nat Sciver, 4 Heather Knight (capt), 5 Fran Wilson, 6 Amy Jones (wk), 7 Katherine Brunt, 8 Anya Shrubsole, 9 Mady Villiers, 10 Sophie Ecclestone, 11 Sarah Glenn

West Indies: 1 Hayley Matthews, 2 Deandra Dottin, 3 Stafanie Taylor (capt), 4 Shemaine Campbelle (wk), 5 Chinelle Henry, 6 Britney Cooper, 7 Lee-Ann Kirby, 8 Aaliyah Alleyne, 9 Afy Fletcher, 10 Shamilia Connell, 11 Shakera Selman