Mumbai, New South Wales to play biennial T20

Mumbai and New South Wales will play a Twenty20 match every two years on a reciprocal basis as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the cricket boards of the respective teams

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Nov-2011Mumbai and New South Wales will play a Twenty20 match every two years on a reciprocal basis as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the cricket boards of the respective teams. The first game has been planned for September 2012 in Sydney, and the boards have agreed on greater co-operation in the field of coaching at the junior levels and in women’s cricket.”We have been exploring the idea since 2008,” Dr Harry Harinath, chairman of Cricket NSW and a member of the board of directors at Cricket Australia, told ESPNcricinfo. “The whole thing came along to fruition also because the new NSW government is exploring the possibility of signing an MOU with the state of Maharashtra for the benefit of both states, so we thought cricket will form a link.”We looked at how strong the Mumbai Cricket Association is, and we have a similar history at New South Wales. We have a similar history in terms of the number of Test players, and we’ve won the domestic competition a similar number of times. We thought if we can get together and exchange ideas, not just in terms of playing cricket but in the training programmes, in the sports science field and the coaching field, then it will benefit both the states.”The trophy for the biennial event will be named after Mark Taylor and an Indian cricketer chosen by the MCA. “This is a complementary thing to give an opportunity to upcoming, young talented players who can make a mark. The nitty-gritty has to be sorted by the two CEOs.”We’d like to call them usually in the month of September in Australia, because in Sydney, at the time, there is a week-long festival called Parramasala. It’s held in a region of Sydney called Parramatta where a majority of Indians and South Asians live. It’s a week of Indian culture, drama, art; we get artists from India. We thought by playing a short game of Twenty20, it’ll fit in nicely to add colour to that.”

Corinthians negocia com atacante paraguaio do Real Madrid

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O Corinthians negocia a contratação do atacante paraguaio Sergio Díaz, que tem 20 anos e pertence ao Real Madrid (ESP). A conversa é para ter o jogador por empréstimo por uma temporada. A informação foi divulgada inicialmente pelo Uol.

Após ser contratado pelo Real Madrid, Díaz atuou pela equipe B e foi emprestado na temporada passada ao Lugo, da segunda divisão espanhola. Ele não está nos planos do Real Madrid para a próxima temporada.

Díaz já marcou contra o Corinthians. Em 2016, quando defendia o Cerro Porteño (PAR), anotou um gol na vitória por 3 a 2 sobre o Timão, em confronto válido pela Libertadores.

Até agora, o Corinthians contratou três reforços nesta janela de transferências: Danilo Avelar, Douglas e Jonathas.

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أيمن يونس بعد الفوز على سموحة: شخصية فيريرا عادت.. والزمالك قادم في إفريقيا

عدد المحلل الرياضي أيمن يونس، مكاسب الزمالك بعد الفوز على سموحة، اليوم الإثنين، في بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

الزمالك فاز على سموحة، بثلاثية مقابل هدف، على ملعب برج العرب، في الجولة 18 من بطولة الدوري المصري.

وقال يونس في تصريحات لفضائية “أون تايم سبورتس”: “أداء مباراة الزمالك اليوم هو أداء الموسم الماضي، شخصية البرتغالي جوسفالدوا فيريرا المدير الفني للأبيض عادت”

طالع أيضًا | ميتلاند يعلق عبر بطولات على حقيقة اقتراب إمام عاشور من الانتقال إلى الأهلي

وتابع: “مكاسب بالجُملة اليوم للزمالك أبرزها استعادة كرامته الكروية، واستعادة الجماهير لثقتها في اللاعبين بعد شعورهم بالقهر في المباريات الماضية”.

 وأكمل: “هناك تطور حدث لبعض اللاعبين، سيف وزيزو يدخلان لمنطقة الجزاء، وهناك حالة انسجام بين دونجا وسيف جعفر في وسط الملعب”.

واستكمل: “منطقة وسط الملعب هي السبب، هي التي أعطت الروح والاندفاع للزمالك، الخطوط كانت متقاربة، ليس الأداء الأفضل، ولكن أفضل من أوقات كثيرة سابقة”.

وأضاف: “يستطيع الزمالك بأداء مباراة اليوم أن يعود به لإفريقيا ويُنافس من جديد”.

وأكد: “شيكابالا ما زال يتحدى بالمسؤولية والإنتاج والأهداف والصناعة، يتحدى في كل مباراة بأن يكون له دور”.

وأوضح: “دفاع الزمالك سر من أسرار فوزه، عكس دفاع سموحة الذي كان سر هزيمته”.

واختتم: “مباراة كانت فارقة في علاقة فيريرا مع جماهير الزمالك، وليس مكسب 3 نقاط فقط”. 

Afridi's five leads rout of Bangladesh

Pakistan’s spinners exploited the bounce and turn in the pitch to wreck Bangladesh. Their batsmen then made a mess of chasing a small target before victory was finally achieved

The Report by George Binoy01-Dec-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsPakistan’s battery of spinners used the considerable bounce and turn in the Mirpur pitch to exploit the inadequate temperaments and techniques of Bangladesh’s batsmen, routing them for 91 to set up what should have been a facile victory in the first of three one-day internationals. It wasn’t. Pakistan made a mess of chasing the small target, which Bangladesh defended spiritedly. They lost more wickets and took longer than they would have liked, as the match sparked to life before victory was finally achieved with plenty of overs to spare.To subdue and wreck Bangladesh, Misbah-ul-Haq used four spinners – Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik and Saeed Ajmal – for 22.3 out of 30.3 overs, and they had combined figures of 8 for 56. Though Afridi emerged the star, taking his seventh five-wicket haul in ODIs, the Bangladesh innings was rotting before he came on to bowl. Pakistan’s chase had also begun to rot when Afridi came to bat at 63 for 5 in the 18th over. His innings wasn’t pretty, but it cured Pakistan of the yips and secured the series lead.The match began with Mushfiqur Rahim wining the toss, but little went right for Bangladesh after that. It was inevitable that Hafeez would take the first new ball, especially with two left-hand openers, and he had immediate success. Tamim Iqbal, who returned to the team after recovering from a knee injury, moved across his stumps and was trapped on the back foot by a delivery that darted into him from round the wicket. Hafeez’s wicket maiden set the tone for the rest of the innings.Umar Gul had first use of the other new ball, and though there was little assistance from the pitch for the fast bowler, the Bangladesh batsmen couldn’t get the ball off the square. They had scored only 2 after 5.2 overs when Naeem Islam hit one past Gul to the straight boundary. He edged the next ball to slip.Against spin, Bangladesh were stagnant. Hafeez tormented Shahriar Nafees, who would score only 2 off his first 23 deliveries. He found the left-hand batsman’s outside edge three times – two fell short of Younis Khan at first slip, and one flew wide.Smart stats

Bangladesh’s total of 91 is their 13th score under 100 in ODIs. It is also their second-lowest total against Pakistan and fifth-lowest in Dhaka.

Bangladesh have now gone past Zimbabwe to become the ODI team with the most scores below 100. They now have 13 scores under 100 followed by Zimbabwe, who have 12. Pakistan and Sri Lanka are joint-third with eight such scores.

Bangladesh fell for their third sub-100 total against Pakistan. Only Zimbabwe have been dismissed under 100 more often by a particular team (Sri Lanka).

Shahid Afridi’s five-wicket haul is his 7th in ODIs and moves him second behind Waqar Younis among Pakistani bowlers with the most five-wicket hauls.

Afridi’s 5 for 23 is the third-best bowling performance by a Pakistani bowler in ODIs against Bangladesh. Abdul Razzaq and Umar Gul are above Afridi, with bowling performances of 6 for 35 and 5 for 17 respectively.

The score at the start of the sixth-wicket stand (31) is the lowest ever for Bangladesh against Pakistan and their seventh-lowest overall.

The 146 balls remaining at the end of the match is the second-highest number of deliveries remaining after a successful chase by Pakistan in ODIs against Bangladesh. The highest overall for Pakistan is 206 deliveries against New Zealand in 1990.

Afridi won his 27th player-of-the-match award in ODIs, which is second only to Saeed Anwar’s aggregate of 28 awards among Pakistan players.

Bangladesh doubled their score in the eighth over, which they began on 8 for 2. Gul bowled a high bouncer over Mushfiqur’s head for five wides, and was clipped towards deep square leg for three. The first proper forceful shot was in the tenth over, when Nafees cut Gul to the backward-point boundary. Bangladesh were 26 for 2 after the mandatory Powerplay.Misbah then made a double bowling change, bringing on the legspinner Afridi and the offspinner Malik. It was Malik who struck first, getting Mushfiqur to edge an attempted cut to the wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed; the extra bounce was the Bangladesh captain’s undoing. Afridi then struck twice. In his second over, the 13th of the innings, Afridi used the extra bounce to have Nafees caught at point while trying to cut off. Two balls later he bowled a legbreak that spun sharply and took the outside edge of Mahmudullah’s forward defence. Bangladesh were 31 for 5 and the world’s No.1 one-day bowler, Ajmal, hadn’t been used yet.Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain began to repair the substantial damage but they had miles to go to get the job done. They didn’t get far. Their partnership was worth 36 when Hossain attempted to pull a delivery from Aizaz Cheema that wasn’t that short. Hossain was unbalanced as he made contact and the top edge swirled towards square leg, where Sarfraz held it.Only Shakib remained for Bangladesh and he too fell to the cut, caught at point off Afridi. At 71 for 7, the end was only a matter of time. Afridi took two more to complete his five-for, and didn’t even stop to celebrate his success with his trademark star-man pose.There was little sign of the tension that would briefly grip Pakistan’s chase when their openers came out before the session break and added 36 in nine overs. Imran Farhat then played on to Nasir Hossain, beginning a phase in which four wickets fell in four successive overs for eight runs. Younis Khan was perhaps unlucky to be given caught behind but the rest fell to soft dismissals.Misbah then batted with the sole aim of steering Pakistan to the break without losing another wicket. He edged a couple but dead-batted most of his first 16 deliveries, remaining scoreless. And then he slammed Shakib for a huge six over wide long-on, easing the pressure as Pakistan went into a 40-minute interval on 58 for 4, needing 34 more.Umar Akmal was bowled by Shakib in the first over after play resumed. He was trying to cut as well. The crowd that had grown increasingly vocal as Pakistan slipped roared once more. For the final time, though, because Afridi silenced them. He made use of Nafees dropping him at slip off Shakib and hit three consecutive fours off the same bowler to drive Pakistan to the verge of victory. Afridi then edged Shakib wide of slip to finish the game as the highest wicket-taker and the top run-scorer. He had made only 24.

باتشيكو: حزين لغياب ثنائي بيراميدز أمام الجيش الملكي.. ونلعب على التتويج بالكونفدرالية

تحدث البرتغالي جايمي باتشيكو المدير الفني لفريق بيراميدز، عن مواجهة الجيش الملكي المغربي، في كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي بيراميدز مع الجيش الملكي، غدًا الأحد، في الجولة الأولى من دور المجموعات للمسابقة القارية.

وقال باتشيكو في تصريحات عبر المؤتمر الصحفي، إن مباراة الجيش الملكي المغربي مهمة للغاية كونها تأتي في بداية هذا الدور الصعب والقوي.

وأشار إلى أن البداية دائما ما تكون صعبة، والفوز يضع الفريق في القمة مبكرًا ويعطي رسالة مهمة لجميع الفرق أن بيراميدز يلعب على البطولة وحصد اللقب.

وأوضح أن المجموعة التي يلعب فيها بيراميدز قوية للغاية، ويرى أن جميع الفرق فيها مرشحة للعب على بطاقة الترشح إلى دور ربع النهائي.

وشدد على أنه يتوقع أن تستمر المنافسة على بطاقتي التأهل حتى اللحظات الأخيرة من مباريات المجموعات، ومن الممكن أن تحسم على نقطة أو بفارق الأهداف، لأن الفرق جميعها غاية في القوة.

طالع أيضًا.. خاص | بيراميدز يفشل في إغراء المقاولون العرب لضم “جبنة”

وأكد على أن الفريق المغربي قوي ويتصدر قمة ترتيب الدوري هناك، ويتوقع أن تكون المواجهة قوية أمامه، ولكن كل ما يمكن تأكيده على أنه يثق كثيرًا في المجموعة التي يضمها بيراميدز، وقدرتها على الفوز ومواصلة المشوار حتى النهاية.

ويرى باتشيكو أنها مجموعة قوية ومتجانسة وتمتلك خبرات اللعب على البطولات القارية، ويتعهد بأن الفريق سيظهر بصورة قوية في بداية المشوار القاري، وهدفه هو حصد الثلاث نقاط واعتلاء القمة مبكرا.

وأشاد باتشيكو بمجموعة النجوم الذين يضمهم النادي والذين كانوا سببًا رئيسيًا في انسجامه المبكر والسريع مع الفريق وتقديم صورة طيبة في اللقاءات الماضية، ومشيدًا بالإدارة والاحترافية الشديدة في التعامل داخل النادي والتي ستكون سببًا مهمًا من أسباب اللعب والتنافس على البطولات في المرحلة المقبلة.

وشدد على أنه للأسف الشديد سيفقد الفريق لجهود الثنائي المغربي وليد الكرتي ومحمد الشيبي بسبب الإصابة في مواجهة الجيش الملكي، وللأسف برغم ضغط المباريات إلا أن هناك غيابات مستمرة في الفريق خلال لقاءات الدوري والكأس والبطولة الكونفدرالية، ورغم ذلك فإن الفريق يقدم مباريات قوية وكله ثقة في لاعبيه وقدرتهم على تعويض الغيابات ومواصلة المشوار في جميع البطولات.

Com grandes clubes brasileiros na disputa, edição paulista da IberCup busca desenvolver jovens atletas

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Pela primeira vez no Brasil, a IberCup, um dos principais torneios para jovens jogadores de futebol no mundo, vem chamando a atenção dos grandes clubes do país. Em sua primeira edição em São Paulo, a competição atraiu diversas equipes que buscam não apenas levantar o título nesta semana, mas desenvolver atletas.

Voltada para as categorias do Sub-8 ao Sub-12, a edição paulista que acontece no Centro de Práticas Esportivas da USP, entre os dias 19 e 22 deste mês, reúne equipes como Palmeiras, Santos, Flamengo, Atlético-PR, Corinthians, entre outras, que usam a IberCup como “porta de entrada” para a realização do sonho de muitos jovens no Brasil: ser jogador de futebol.

– Esses torneios são muito importantes para criar uma identidade com o clube, principalmente nessa idade, pois eles passam a se enxergar como atletas importantes com futuro no futebol. Competições para categorias de iniciação criam experiências que ajudam no desenvolvimento dos jovens – afirmou o coordenador das categorias de base do Palmeiras, João Paulo Sampaio, antes de completar:

– Essa é nossa primeira disputa de IberCup e, pela organização e as pessoas que estão à frente do projeto, não podemos esperar nada menos do que uma ótima organização. Que seja a primeira de muitas que iremos participar.

Apesar da seriedade das partidas, os clubes encaram o torneio como a melhor forma de identificar talentos e auxiliar no desenvolvimento de crianças e jovens, visando um futuro no futebol. A edição em São Paulo, por exemplo, tem como intuito classificar equipes às disputas mundiais da IberCup, que acontecem em 2019 em Porto Alegre, Cascais, em Portugal, Dallas, nos Estados Unidos, e Esbjerg, na Dinamarca.

Entre as 120 equipes de oito estados brasileiros que brigam pelas quatro vagas em São Paulo, a chance de disputar as competições novamente em 2019 trará um ingrediente a mais, visto que os próximos torneios contam com a presença de gigantes mundiais, como o Manchester City, o Paris Saint Germain e a Internazionale de Milão.

– É uma experiência única, ainda mais nessas idades em que estamos participando, Sub-11 e Sub-12. Poder vivenciar clubes de outros estados como adversários e ter a chance de participar de um evento grande como é a IberCup, trazem diversos aspectos positivos na formação das crianças, seja no campo esportivo ou na vida – disse o coordenador técnico do Flamengo, Rodrigo Nunes, com opinião semelhante a de outro colega que também participa do torneio:

– Ter a possibilidade de jogar um torneio como a IberCup é essencial para as crianças nessa idade, por proporcionar um intercâmbio cultural com outros clubes, cidades e estados. A competitividade e o modelo do torneio trazem intensidade aos jogos, e é importante ter esse estímulo para o desenvolvimento a médio prazo. É muito importante para nós, brasileiros, termos esse torneio aqui – completou o treinador da equipe Sub-11 do Santos, Bruno Silva.

O evento acontece no Centro de Práticas Esportivas da USP (Cepeusp), entre os dias 19 e 22 de julho, com o início das partidas às 8h, e a entrada é gratuita. Em janeiro, a edição mundial acontecerá em Porto Alegre.

New Zealand XI top order clicks in draw

While the three-day tour match in Gisborne ended in an expected draw, the New Zealand XI top order that had failed in the first innings came good this time round, scoring freely against the Zimbabweans

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Jan-2012
ScorecardFile photo: Kane Williamson was one of the three top-order New Zealand XI batsmen to score a half-century on the final day of the tour match•AFP

While the three-day tour match in Gisborne ended in an expected draw, the New Zealand XI top order that had failed in the first innings came good this time round, scoring freely against the Zimbabweans. Most significantly, Kruger van Wyk, who is in a race for wicketkeeper’s spot in the Test XI with BJ Watling, scored a half-century. Watling, who is the favourite to make the XI, had made 84 in the first innings.Apart from van Wyk, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor also made half-centuries before retiring, while Daniel Vettori remained unbeaten on 41 as New Zealand finished on 274 for 5. The only Zimbabwean bowler to strike was Graeme Cremer, who bowled opener Michael Bracewell with his legspin. All the other bowlers were on the expensive side – only Brian Vitori and Shingi Masakadza managed to maintain an economy rate of under four an over.Earlier in the day, the New Zealand XI took three overs to pick up the one remaining wicket in the Zimbabweans’ innings. Sam Wells, the Otago medium-pacer who has been added to the squad for the one-off Test, claimed the wicket. He had Ray Price caught, as the Zimbabweans finished on 329 with Regis Chakabva stranded on 87.

Apesar do revés em casa, objetivo principal do Juventude segue próximo

MatériaMais Notícias

A derrota por 3 a 0 para o Fortaleza jogando no Alfredo Jaconi foi um duro golpe para o então ascendente Juventude vindo de duas vitórias seguidas no Campeonato Brasileiro da Série B. Porém, matematicamente a situação do Papo continua plenamente acessível pensando na zona de acesso a elite.

Com 24 pontos ganhos, mesmo estando na 13ª posição, são cinco pontos de distância pensando no Figueirense, hoje o ocupante do quarto lugar e que já cumpriu seu jogo da 19ª Rodada ficando no 0 a 0 contra o CRB.

Comentando sobre o próximo adversário do Juventude, o vice-líder CSA, o volante Diones espera que a equipe aproveite a oportunidade de tirar pontos de um concorrente direto pela chegada no G4.

-Estamos a quatro pontos do G4 e em condições de aproximarmos novamente deste grupo dos quatro primeiros colocados. Este será o nosso primeiro objetivo agora. Temos que encostar mais uma vez neste bloco da frente. O elenco está muito motivado para isso e sabe do seu potencial. Vamos lutar muito por isso – afirmou o jogador.

-O CSA tem uma grande equipe e vem fazendo um ótimo campeonato. Jogar contra eles lá é sempre muito difícil. Temos que ter o máximo de atenção para sairmos de lá com um resultado positivo. Enfrentaremos um adversário que vive um ótimo momento – completou Diones.

ميدو: سموحة يستحق ركلة جزاء أمام الزمالك بنسبة 100 %.. ولكن!

أكد أحمد حسام ميدو المدير الفني للإسماعيلي، أن فريق سموحة يستحق ركلة جزاء أمام الزمالك في المباراة التي جمعت الفريقين أول أمس الإثنين في بطولة الدوري المصري.

الزمالك واجه سموحة، في إطار مواجهات الأسبوع الـ 18 لبطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز، وحسمها الأبيض بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف.

وكان لاعبو سموحة قد طالبوا بركلة جزاء بعد عرقلة من محمد عبد الغني مدافع الأبيض لمهاجم الفريق السكندري حسام حسن، ولكن إبراهيم نور الدين حكم اللقاء لم يحتسب شيء.

وقال ميدو خلال تصريحات لبرنامج الريمونتادا على قناة المحور: “فوجئت بأن الدنيا اتقلبت بعد ركلة جزاء سموحة التي لم تحتسب”.

طالع | جمال الشريف يكشف مدى صحة ركلة جزاء الزمالك وأحقية سموحة في أخرى

وأضاف: “أرى أنها ضربة جزاء صحيحة بنسبة 100%، عندما عدت للحالات السابقة لأندية مختلفة في لعبة مشابة لذلك، وجدت أن نفس الإعلاميين لم يتحدثوا عنها، كأن هذه الأندية ليست مصرية أو جماهيرها غير مصرية، الأمر لم يصبح تناولًا إعلاميًا ولكن بجاحة إعلامية”.

وواصل: “رسالتي لإدارات القنوات، لا يوجد عدل في التناول الإعلامي للحالات التحكيمية”.

وأتم: “الحالات التحكيمية يتم الحديث عنها بالكيف وإذا استمر الوضع كذلك، سيتم إلغاء الفقرات التحكيمي”.

Anjum Chopra named India women's captain

Anjum Chopra has been appointed captain of the India women’s team after being out of international cricket for nearly two years

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Feb-2012

Anjum Chopra has not played international cricket since March 2010•Getty Images

Anjum Chopra has been appointed captain of the India women’s team after being out of international cricket for nearly two years. She will lead the team on their tour of the West Indies in February and March, taking over from Jhulan Goswami, who has been captain since 2008. Chopra, a left-hand top-order batsman, last captained India in February 2003, and has been in and out of the side since 2007.”I’m humbled by the faith shown in me,” Chopra said. “But it comes with a lot of responsibility. Leading the side anywhere is a challenge.”Chopra’s recall comes after India finished bottom of the table in both the ODIs and Twenty20 internationals in the NatWest Women’s Quadrangular series in England last summer. They will play five Twenty20 games, with the first on February 18, and three ODIs in the West Indies and Chopra said the focus would be on preparing for the Women’s World Twenty20, in September 2012 in Sri Lanka, and the Women’s ODI World Cup, which will be played in India in 2013.”The first target is the West Indies tour. Then we all know there are World Cups both home and away coming up. We’re moving towards that. This tour provides us with the perfect chance to go out there and work on our shortcomings ahead of the T20.”The make-up of the team has changed since Chopra was last captain – the current India coach, Anju Jain, was once her opening partner – but she said it would not feel strange returning to the role. “The only difference would be that the woman sitting next to me [Jain] was once my fellow opener but now she dons a different role. Back then Jhulan and Mithali [Raj] just about got into the team, but now things have changed.”Chopra has supplemented her cricket career with television appearances – she was a pundit on the IPL’s official pre and post-match shows in 2011. She said, however, that she never stopped focussing on playing. “I’ve never been away from cricket. I’ve never forgotten the fact that I’m doing commentary because I’m a cricketer. I never went away from playing the sport. Since I’ve been doing television for almost 10 years, people think I’ve retired. ‘You’re still playing?’ they ask. I don’t know why that happens. And I can’t be worried about what people think.”When West Indies toured India in January 2011, both the ODI and Twenty20 series went down to the last game, with India winning the ODIs 3-2 and the Twenty20s 2-1. Chopra said she anticipated another hard battle. “It’s definitely going to be a good series. Last time, when they were here, the games were pretty close. West Indies have improved a lot in the last year or so. There will be good competition.”

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