Jurgen Klopp has maintained Liverpool will keep their options open regarding recruiting a left-back as cover for Andrew Robertson during the summer transfer window.

The Scotland captain, one of the club's standout players during a remarkable 2018-19 season, underwent minor surgery on his hand after picking up an infection from an insect bite.

He will be back in training soon and will travel out to the United States with the squad, but Klopp is still deciding whether to scout the market for an understudy to the 25-year-old for the new campaign or to promote from within.

Liverpool lost Alberto Moreno to Villarreal on a free transfer this summer, while Yasser Larouci and Adam Lewis have both been given the opportunity to impress in the position during the preseason wins over Tranmere Rovers and Bradford City.

James Milner and Joe Gomez have also been stationed at left-back for the Reds and could be asked to fill in again.

"I said already, we have to think about everything, and in the end maybe we do nothing, but we will see," the manager said in the aftermath of the 3-1 friendly victory at Valley Parade.

"As you can imagine, we will have a look at all the things around us. Of course we have lost a left-back [Moreno], and today you saw two pretty young ones [Larouci and Lewis], while James [Milner] has played it and all that stuff."

In midfield, meanwhile, Klopp has utilised Adam Lallana in a deeper role and explained his thinking behind the tactical switch.

"He is this kind of player, he can play that, no problem," Klopp said.

"He enjoys it obviously a lot! It's about getting Adam the rhythm, bringing the things he is naturally good in: small spaces, keeping the ball, passing the ball and all that stuff, and then from time to time offering the runs in behind as well -- especially together with Millie [Milner] that's possible.

"For us it's another option to use. He just needs a bit of luck now [in terms of avoiding injury], that's true. We have to come through [preseason] without injuries, that would be cool, and we have a couple of 'new' players I would say, this season."

Craig Ervine and Sean Williams cracked fifties as Zimbabwe closed their European tour with an eight-wicket win over Ireland at Bready Cricket Club. Ervine hit four sixes in a career best 68 not out, while Williams equalled his top score in this format with 58. Together they put on 111 for the third wicket - a Zimbabwean record stand for any wicket in this format - in just over 10 overs to help Zimbabwe chase down Ireland's 171 for 9 with more than three overs to spare. Having lost the ODIs 3-0, Zimbabwe's victory levelled the T20 series 1-1.

The left-handers do it again

Zimbabwe were yet to win a game on tour until Sunday. The poor results weren't due to lack of runs from their left-handed duo, however. Williams' 153 runs in the ODIs were second only to Ervine's 156. Also, Ervine's innings on Sunday meant he also topped the T20 run charts.

Yet, the result could've been different for Ervine, who came in after Hamilton Masaksdza fell for a four-ball duck. He was caught behind off Mark Adair and should've been walking back, but for a no-ball because Ireland had only three men outside the circle. Five balls later, he offered another chance with a top edge, which wasn't taken. And the runs flowed thereafter.

Building on Brendan Taylor's rapid start to the innings, Ervine and Williams cruised through their partnership at 10-an-over. Ervine was first to his fifty, in the 13th over, Williams raising his own half century an over later. It was also Ervine who hit the winning runs, closing out the game on the same ground at which he opened Zimbabwe's Ireland tour with a hundred.

Zimbabwe claim the Powerplay

He was watching from the other end when Ervine hit the winning runs, but Williams played a first hand role in Zimbabwe's perfect start when he bowled Paul Stirling through the gate with the first ball of the match. Kevin O'Brien and Gary Wilson set about repairing the innings with a 44-run stand before a double strike in Kyle Jarvis' second over put Zimbabwe back in control.

O'Brien skewed a big shot high over the cover field to be well caught by Richmond Mutumbami, running backwards, for 22. A leg bye put Lorcan Tucker on strike, and Jarvis nipped a full one in to hit his pad in front of the stumps and dismiss him first ball. Having been in good shape at 44 for 1, Ireland ended the Powerplay at 45 for 3 and had to repair their innings once more.

Mind the windows, Gareth

Gary Wilson's 47 and Greg Thompson's 32 kept Ireland ticking, but it was Adair, Shane Getkate and Gareth Delaney's hitting at the death that gave the Irish innings some oomph. Adair belted four sixes, including back to back hits over the leg side boundary off Jarvis, before he was caught via a top edged hook for 38.

Delaney dabbed the very first ball he faced, from Chris Mpofu, deftly to the third man boundary, while Getkate got going with a big hit that was parried over the midwicket boundary for six and Ireland were set to launch at 159 for 6 with an over to go.

But three wickets in that final over, bowled by Tendai Chatara, stalled Ireland's charge somewhat. Amid the carnage, Delaney still found time to biff Chatara for one of the bigger hits of the day, stepping back to smear a short one way over midwicket and straight through the window outside the clubhouse bar. Yet, these efforts didn't quite do it for Ireland on the face of the Williams and Ervine charge.

It was the first Super Over ever in ODI cricket, and it had to be - just had to be - in the 2019 World Cup final. At Lord's, of all places. A low-scoring contest, with absolutely nothing to separate the two teams on the field or on the scoreboard. It ended 241 for 8 v 241 all out. Fascinatingly, even the Super Over ended with the two teams on even terms, except that England had hit more boundaries (fours and sixes) in the game - 26 to 17 (including in the Super Over) - and that gave them the title.

Here's how ESPNcricinfo recorded the drama on our ball-by-ball commentary.

England innings

0.1: Boult to Stokes, 3 runs, full slower one on off stump, clears his front leg and slogs but doesn't get hold of it. Loops in the air between short third man and backward point, and lands out of reach of both. They can run three, but it leaves Stokes winded.

0.2: Boult to Buttler, 1 run, full on middle stump, swiped away along the ground to deep square leg. Didn't look like a particularly threatening ball, neither fast nor an obvious change of pace. Still, just a single.

0.3: Boult to Stokes, FOUR runs, full again, a bit of late inswing towards middle and leg, and that's a super shot from Stokes! Gets down low and sweeps with a roll of his wrists to beat deep midwicket throwing himself to his left on the boundary.

0.4: Boult to Stokes, 1 run, full-toss wide of off, was looking for the wide yorker. Sliced to the fielder at backward point, Ferguson.

0.5: Boult to Buttler, 2 runs, in the blockhole on off stump, makes a bit of room and jabs it away towards sweeper cover, where Nicholls sees it late and is slow coming in to attack the ball. That means they can run two.

Looks like Archer will bowl England's over. He's sitting by the edge of the boundary, ball in hand.

0.6: Boult to Buttler, FOUR runs, Buttler finishes with a boundary, and England end their Super Over with 15. Looks for the yorker again, but it's a low full-toss, and he whips it away firmly to the left of deep square leg

New Zealand innings

0.1 (wide): Archer to Neesham, 1 wide, looks for the wide yorker, ends up bowling a wide. Marginal, just beyond the tramline, but beyond it is, and Neesham doesn't even play at it.

0.1: Archer to Neesham, 2 runs, in the blockhole close to off stump, stabbed down towards long-off, rolls slowly through the outfield and they can take two.

0.2: Archer to Neesham, SIX runs, JIMMY NEESHAM, JIMMY NEESHAM, JIMMY NEESHAM! Full, but this time he doesn't nail the yorker. Clears his front leg and whips it over the deep midwicket boundary, over the shorter boundary.

0.3: Archer to Neesham, 2 runs, fullish outside off, swiped away to the left of deep midwicket, and Jason Roy, swooping down on the ball, gets up too early to throw, and ends up fumbling, allowing an easy second. New Zealand need five off three!

New Zealand require 7 runs off 4 balls.

New Zealand require 5 runs off 3 balls.

0.4: Archer to Neesham, 2 runs, full, pretty close to the blockhole, clipped to the right of deep midwicket this time, and they run two again! The throw at the non-striker's end is good, but Guptill beats it easy.

Williamson's padded up. Of course he is.

New Zealand require 3 runs off 2 balls.

0.5: Archer to Neesham, 1 run, digs it in short, gets it up to Neesham's front shoulder. Swings too early through the pull, and he only manages an inside-edge into his body. They sneak the single. Guptill is on strike.

Two to win off one ball. If it's tied, England win it. They're ahead on the boundary count: 26 to 17.

Two of one ball. Guptill gets just the one ball. What a final. What a crazy, beautiful final.

0.6: Archer to Guptill, 1 run, OUT, full, angling into the pads, and he clips it towards deep midwicket, who has to run in off the rope, but not too far. It's a risky second, but they have to take it to win it. A tie isn't good enough, given the boundary count. The throw's at the keeper's end, and Buttler has to take it in front of the stumps. Guptill dives, Buttler dives to break the wicket. It isn't a photo finish. Guptill is well short. England have won the 2019 World Cup. Can't say New Zealand have lost, though.

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TORONTO, Ontario – Kyle Kirkwood claimed a hard-earned third Indy Pro 2000 Championship presented by Cooper Tires victory of the season on Sunday.

The win was his third in as many starts at the unforgiving 1.786-mile Exhibition Place street circuit.

Kirkwood, who also won last year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 championship, was pushed every inch of the way by Canadian favorite Parker Thompson. Championship leader Rasmus Lindh finished close behind in third for Juncos Racing.

The top three were separated by no more than a few car lengths throughout a gripping 30-lap race, which was interrupted only briefly by an incident on the opening lap in Turn Four involving Saturday winner Danial Frost and local driver Antonio Serravalle.

The crash ended with Serravalle’s car making solid contact with the wall.

Kirkwood, who defended his pole position perfectly on the run toward turn one, maintained his lead at the restart but was never able to eke out any breathing room at all.

The top five cars – driven by Kirkwood, Thompson, Lindh, Sting Ray Robb and Frost – remained in a snarling high-speed train for the first 20 laps, with each of them trading fastest laps on a consistent basis.

All five were clearly very closely matched, but with overtaking no easy task on the Toronto streets, each of the protagonists knew they would require a mistake from the driver in front in order to make a pass for position.

The pace continued to intensify, with Lindh finally recording a new lap record of 1:07.0213 (95.934 mph) on the penultimate lap, but Kirkwood was flawless and his victory – and RP Motorsport’s third PFC Award of the season – was assured.

A last-ditch effort by Lindh to find a way past Thompson on the final lap saw Kirkwood cross the line with his biggest margin of the race, 1.7233 seconds over Thompson, whose fourth consecutive podium finish enabled him to move back to second place in points.

Frost finally found a way past Robb for fourth after 20 laps.

Guatemalan Ian Rodriguez couldn’t find quite the same pace as yesterday but still finished a solid sixth ahead of Jacob Abel, who earned his second Tilton Hard Charger Award in as many days after starting 12th on the grid.

TORONTO, Ontario – Oliver Askew claimed his fourth race win of the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires season Sunday for Andretti Autosport on the streets of Toronto.

Askew was perfectly positioned to take advantage when pacesetters Aaron Telitz and Rinus VeeKay tangled in turn three on lap 25 of the 40-lap Cooper Tires Grand Prix presented by Allied Building Products.

The Floridian now leads the chase for a scholarship prize which includes a guaranteed three starts in the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series, including the 104th Indianapolis 500, by a relatively comfortable 25 points with seven races remaining.

Englishman Toby Sowery finished second for BN Racing/Team Pelfrey, while local favorite Dalton Kellett secured his best finish of the season in third for Juncos Racing.

“I didn’t get a good jump at the start so I was pacing myself early on. I probably used more push-to-pass than I should have, but I did save enough for the finish,” said Askew. “I saw Aaron make a few mistakes and Rinus had a few opportunities in turn three – and I was having flashbacks to two years ago in USF2000, when a couple of cars crashed in front of me in that corner and I got taken out with them. It’s so easy to go wide and hit the wall there. I’m sorry for them but that’s what happens when you push the issue in that corner. I’m just glad I was far enough back to avoid them. Sometimes patience pays off, and it definitely did today. To come away with a big points jump is great.

“I’m also really glad to finally get a win for my engineer, Doug Zister – this is his first win on his home track … so I’m going to give this trophy to him.”

After extending a slender three-point championship lead over VeeKay to six points with a runner-up on Saturday, one place ahead of his primary rival, Askew added another point to his tally by claiming the pole during qualifying Sunday morning.

At the first corner, however, Askew had little option then concede to an aggressive outbraking move from Saturday winner Telitz, who is competing on a race-to-race basis for Belardi Auto Racing.

VeeKay also took advantage by nipping through into second place ahead of Askew, with Kellett slotting into fourth.

Telitz set a torrid pace from the outset, quickly establishing a small but appreciable advantage over VeeKay, but it wasn’t long before the Dutch teenager was into his stride and closing the gap down to just a few car lengths.

After a failed attempt to wrest away the lead at turn three on lap 11, VeeKay settled back for a few laps before redoubling his efforts. On lap 24, Telitz made an error under braking for turn eight and only narrowly averted disaster.

VeeKay realized this might provide his best opportunity to make a move for the lead, and indeed he did just that on the fastest part of the track, Lake Shore Boulevard. VeeKay nosed alongside on the outside line, but in doing so left his braking just a fraction too late for turn three.

Angling toward the apex and trying desperately to scrub off speed, VeeKay barely clipped the front of Telitz’s bright red Dallara before nosing into the tire barrier on the outside of the turn.

Telitz, too, was unable to make the corner, but Askew, who had been following around 1.5 seconds behind, had no such trouble.

Once into the lead, Askew reeled off the remaining laps without incident to score a comfortable win by 6.8331 seconds over Sowery, who had overtaken Kellett at turn three in the early stages.

Kellett finished a delighted third after holding off a determined late challenge from Ryan Norman, who started eighth. Norman fell to last place on the opening lap, then worked his way through nicely to claim the Tilton Hard Charger Award.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – The first segment of our annual Midwest racing trip happened to visit a group of tracks that fell into one general category.

Each track was either saved by someone or built to keep a city from having no track.

The first stop was in Norfolk, Neb., for a visit to Off Road Speedway. This facility was built on the property of Off Road Ranch and much of the work was done over the winter, thereby avoiding a large break in local racing.

Racing since 1965, Riviera Raceway closed after a long run following the 2014 season. Off Road Speedway replaced it the following spring and Norfolk was not without a track.

Some of the dirt from Riviera was used in the construction of Off Road, a track that is now in its fifth season.

Off Road is a very nice facility with something that is too often lacking in short track grandstands: leg room. They are an IMCA-sanctioned track, running primarily on Saturday with late models as their top class.

Sprints make an occasional appearance and a strong car count makes for a full evening.

The following night was spent at U.S. 30 Speedway, just west of Columbus, Neb. This facility did not close only because it was saved by the present owner.

When he found out it was going to be closed, he negotiated with the owner to buy it, and strangely enough, the seller was his sister.

U.S. 30 was built in 1985 by Abe Lincoln and his family. The track has been run within the family since and Abe’s son, Bobby, will keep that going. It was Bobby getting his change in a Texas diner that helped keep the track open and a family operation.

Abe passed away Aug. 24, 1997 and one of Bobby’s daughters was born two days later.  In the following years, when they found a penny, they would use it to talk to grandpa. Pennies would play a part many years later.

The track was going to be closed following the 2017 season and become soybeans. Land value had risen and a race track was not considered a good use of the property.

Bobby got the news of this sitting in a diner in Texas, the result of his weekly trucking run to that area.

The waitress brought his change and apologized about having to give him 15 pennies.  When Abe raced he ran the No. 15. Fifteen coins with the picture of Abraham Lincoln on them had Bobby thinking, “OK Dad, you got my attention. Speak to me.”

Bobby was part of the effort to build the track and “it was everything to me when I was in high school.”  He bought it and with the help of two daughters and a son-in-law, U.S. 30 remains a family track.

Now in his second year, Bobby noted that car count is up, with accompanying growth in the crowd size. Columbus has four large manufacturing plants that have a four-day, 10 hour per day work schedule, so Thursday night is like a Friday night.

U.S. 30 has raced regularly on Thursday for years and will continue that plan.

Abe’s son is putting every penny earned back into improving the facility. His only regret is not taking it over sooner. He is doing what he is in memory of his father as well as his love of the sport.

Sunset Speedway, located on the Northwest outskirts of Omaha, was appropriately named when considering the west facing grandstands. Housing was encroaching on the track and October of 2000 ended a history of racing going back to 1957.

The track now known as I-80 Speedway already existed, having opened in 1994, and it served as a facility to replace a venue lost closer to Omaha.

One of the widest tracks in the Midwest, I-80 regularly offers five-wide racing for its mostly stock car and late model-focused schedule.