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Warwickshire have taken their retro kit to heart. Having won a quarter-final at Chelsmford for the second time in a month the treble is still on twenty years after the legendary 1994 side achieved the feat

Alex Winter at Chelmsford28-Aug-2014
ScorecardRikki Clarke top-scored with 68 and also bagged three wickets in a match-winning display•Getty Images

Warwickshire have taken their retro kit to heart. Having won a quarter-final at Chelsmford for the second time in a month the treble is still on twenty years after the legendary 1994 side achieved the feat.Having superbly defended their totals on NatWest Blast Finals Day, they were asked to bowl second again here – as they did in the T20 quarter-final – and put in another mean display with the ball. They have now won six of their last seven matches in all competitions. They are the form team in the country.This defence was primarily the work of the seamers who exploited conditions that offered some help far better than Essex. Having taller and certainly quicker bowlers was a major difference.But for a long while, they could not remove Jesse Ryder. He has produced his best form of the season in the Royal London Cup, with three half-centuries in the group stage, perhaps benefitting from a slot at No. 5 and not being asked for an immediate blitz. He kept his side’s chase alive by initially baulking at his stereotype, passing fifty in 63 balls. But when he cut Oliver Hannon-Dalby to point when 83 were needed in the final 10 overs, Warwickshire’s task was almost complete.Of course Ryder destructively seized upon anything loose: two cut fours off Hannon-Dalby, the first struck ferociously hard, and two straight blasts off Jonathan Trott down the ground. Later there was a slog sweep out of the ground and two sixes over long-on but his was a lone hand in a poor Essex chase.They were blown away early on, reduced to 58 for 4. Rikki Clarke took two wickets in his opening six-over spell; Tom Westley lbw and a yorker to bowl Greg Smith for a duck. Hannon-Dalby, who handled the pressure of finals day impressively, set up Mark Pettini to edge behind. Boyd Rankin then engaged Ravi Bopara in a tussle. Bopara surrendered quickly and meekly with a wild drive outside off that he edged to first slip.Essex only failed to make a successful chase once in five attempts from six completed matches in the group stage – 272 was well within their reach. At the interval, it appeared Warwickshire were light. Having hammered 197 in 20 overs in the T20 quarter-final a fortnight ago, it took the visitors 42.3 overs to reach the same score this time. But just enough acceleration at the back end of their innings proved more than enough for their fine bowling attack.Clarke made 68. He has top and tailed August with best scores in two formats. Having made his highest T20 tally – a game-changing 70 not out – in the Blast quarter-final on this ground at the start of the month. This time his innings was less dramatic but it was his best effort in the Royal London Cup this year. Save one straight six off Tom Westley, it was considered batting. He and Trott put Warwickshire in a solid position with a stand of 113 in 20.3 overs.Trott has found his grove again in the 50-over competition, with two hundreds in the group stage. Watching him calmly turning the bowling over and tucking into at times naïve bowling into his pads, gave no indication that anything had disturbed his cricket over the last year.He refused to yield to the grip Westley applied in six overs immediately after the Powerplay that cost only 20 and lured Will Porterfield – caught at short midwicket – and Varun Chopra – loosely driving to mid-off – into terminal errors.Trott was happy to use anything straight enough to take runs into the leg side but did play two reverse sweeps – the first a full stroke that went for four, the second a delicate paddle for two. They were the only shots lacking caution until the batting Powerplay.There, he bunted Napier over his head before giving himself room outside off stump to carve another boundary past point that brought his fifty up in 60 balls. A third boundary completed the 37th over, flicked backward of deep square. And there was time for David Masters to be whipped through midwicket before Essex finally bowled the correct line to Trott – outside off stump – and he edged behind reaching for a square drive.The Powerplay brought a modest 36 and as Warwickshire looked for a late burst, they lost too many wickets. Three of them went to Reece Topley, who finished the innings with six overs for 33 by primarily bowling very full, wide of off stump. Only Ateeq Javid, with 20 off 15 balls, managed to roll the innings forward at a decent pace until Pete McKay, playing in place of Tim Ambrose who injured a finger in the Blast final, slugged 20 off the final over including two sixes over cow corner.

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O São Paulo se reapresentou no CT da Barra Funda nesta terça-feira, dois dias após vencer o Fluminense por 2 a 1 no Maracanã, e não teve Antony no gramado. O jovem levou uma pancada na partida de sábado, teve diagnosticada uma inflamação no joelho esquerdo em exame realizado na segunda e iniciou tratamento no Reffis na companhia de Pablo, que segue em recuperação de lesão no tornozelo direito.

O retorno de Antony aos treinos depende da evolução da dor, portanto ainda não é possível saber se ele estará disponível para o próximo jogo do Tricolor, dia 10 de agosto, contra o Santos, no Morumbi. A expectativa, no entanto, é de que possa jogar.

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O zagueiro Anderson Martins, que ficou fora da última partida devido a uma tendinite na coxa direita, e o volante Liziero, que sofreu uma grave lesão no tornozelo direito no jogo contra o Bahia, em 19 de maio, deram piques intensos no gramado supervisionados por fisioterapeutas. Eles estão em transição e, se voltarem a treinar com os companheiros nos próximos dias, podem estar disponíveis para o clássico.

Everton Felipe, recuperado de tendinite no joelho, e Willian Farias, livre de dores musculares, voltaram a treinar com bola e participaram de todo o trabalho técnico em espaço reduzido comandado por Cuca. Os dois, porém, dificilmente são utilizados pelo treinador nos jogos.

O atacante Rojas foi outro que deu as caras no gramado ao lado de fisioterapeutas. Ele está em fase final de recuperação de cirurgia no joelho direito e ainda não tem data para voltar a jogar.

تحدث يورجن كلوب المدير الفني لفريق ليفربول الإنجليزي، عن الهزيمة أمام برايتون في الموسم الماضي، متحدثًا قبل مباراة الأحد بين الفريقين.

وتعرض ليفربول للهزيمة من برايتون بثلاثية دون مقابل في الموسم الماضي بالبريميرليج، و2-1 في كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي بعد أسبوعين، وسيلتقي الفريقان مجددًا في منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، يوم الأحد المقبل.

وقال كلوب في مؤتمره الصحفي اليوم الجمعة: “أيًا كانت الخيارات المتاحة لك، إذا لعبت بنفس الطريقة التي لعبت بها العام الماضي، فسوف تحصل على ضربة قوية مرة أخرى، هذا هو الحال”.

وأضاف: “لذلك يجب أن نلعب بشكل أفضل وأعتقد أنه يمكننا اللعب بشكل أفضل، وهذه هي الخطوة الأولى في الاتجاه الصحيح، وهذا ما يتعين علينا التأكد منه”.

وأردف كلوب: “أعتقد أن برايتون حقق بعض النتائج التي لم تكن في صالحه تمامًا، لكن هذا وضع طبيعي تمامًا في التطور، لقد أجروا الكثير من التغييرات، وخسروا لاعبين كبار، لقد حصلنا على أحدهم (أليكسيس ماك أليستر)، وما زالوا يقدمون كرة قدم رائعة”.

وأكمل: “يمكننا المشاهدة قليلاً قبل المباراة؛ لم نتمكن من رؤية الشوط الأول عندما كانوا متأخرين 2-0 (ليلة الخميس)، وشاهدت الشوط الثاني عندما وضعوا مارسيليا تحت ضغط كبير وحصلوا على نقطة هناك”.

اقرأ أيضًا | كلوب يعلن غياب 4 لاعبين عن مباراة ليفربول وبرايتون

وأكد كلوب: “لذلك، نتوقع مباراة صعبة حقًا، مباراة صعبة حقًا ضد أحد أفضل الفرق في الدوري، وأحد أفضل المدربين في الدوري، لقد قام جراهام بوتر بالكثير من الأشياء معهم، وهذه خطوة ذكية حقًا من جراهام بوتر إلى دي زيربي (مدرب الفريق الحالي)، لأكون صادقًا”.

وواصل: “لكنهم خطوا خطوات كبيرة حقًا وتشكيلات متسقة للغاية ومختلفة ولاعبين مختلفين وتشكيلات مختلفة، في النهاية ترى دائمًا كرة قدم برايتون ولا يمكنني سوى احترام ذلك أكثر”.

وشدد كلوب “لكنني أتطلع حقًا إلى المباراة لأنه يتعين علينا وضع بعض الأشياء في نصابها الصحيح، لأنك يمكن أن تبدو سخيفًا مرة واحدة ولكن لا يجب أن تبدو سخيفًا مرة أخرى”.

وأتم: “لا يزال من الممكن حدوث ذلك لأنهم جيدون حقًا، ولكن يتعين علينا أن نفعل ما هو أفضل وسنحاول أن نفعل ما هو أفضل بالتأكيد”.

أعرب مروان عطية لاعب الأهلي، عن سعادته بتسجيل الثنائي الجديد موديست وإمام عاشور أول أهدافهما مع المارد الأحمر في مباراة إنبي التي أقيمت بنصف نهائي كأس مصر.

الأهلي انتصر على إنبي بثلاثة أهداف دون رد، في المباراة التي أقيمت أمس الأربعاء، في منافسات كأس مصر للموسم الماضي 2022-2023.

وقال عطية خلال تصريحات عبر الموقع الرسمي للأهلي: “سعيد بتسجيل إمام عاشور وموديست أول أهدافهما وتتويج مجهودهما مع الفريق”.

وأضاف: “الأهلي يستحق الوصول لنهائي كأس مصر بعدما قدم مباراة مميزة أمام إنبي، اللاعبون كان لديهم تركيز من بداية المباراة لتحقيق الفوز والصعود للنهائي”.

طالع | مصدر يكشف لـ”بطولات” قرار حكم مباراة الأهلي وإنبي بشأن احتساب هدف موديست

وأوضح: “نخوض تدريبات جادة ومراحل استشفاء متنوعة لمواجهة ضغط البطولات والمباريات وتقديم ما يسعد الجماهير دائمًا”.

وواصل: “سنغلق صفحة كأس مصر للتركيز فيما هو قادم، خاصة أن لدينا مباراة مهمة أمام الإسماعيلي ونسعى لتحقيق الفوز ومواصلة طريق الانتصارات”.

وأتم: “جمهور الأهلي من أول يوم لي في النادي الأهلي وهم باستمرار في ظهري ويساندوني، وأحاول أقدم كل ما لدي في الملعب لإسعادهم”.

ويلتقي الأهلي مع الإسماعيلي، يوم الأحد المقبل 8 أكتوبر، في إطار منافسات الجولة الثالثة من بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

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Na próxima quarta-feira, o Athletico-PR deixa o Brasileirão de lado e encara o Shonan Bellmare em jogo que vale a taça da J.League YBC Levain Cup/ Conmebol Sudamericana.

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Em mais de 24 horas de viagem, o departamento físico do clube trabalha incessantemente para que o elenco tenha o menor número de problemas possíveis para entrar em campo e dar conta do recado.

‘Nós não conseguimos chegar com tanta antecedência para se adaptar ao fuso horário do Japão. Então, já começamos a nossa preparação na viagem, dentro do avião, com algumas recomendações de hidratação, alimentação com comidas mais leves e uso de meias de compressão para ajudar na circulação. Além disso, tem a recomendação para eles dormirem no voo, principalmente no voo mais próximo à chegada (Frankfurt a Tóquio)’, explica Felipe Rabelo, coordenador da preparação física do Athletico.

‘Vamos chegar cedo no Japão, será de dia (manhã de domingo). Nosso cérebro estará com a sensação de noite do Brasil, mas precisamos nos adaptar ao fuso horário japonês. Temos uma programação para todos os dias para que os jogadores possam entrar o mais rápido possível na rotina do Japão e fazer com que o cérebro ‘seja enganado’ nesse sentido’, acrescentou.

Lembrando que, o jogo contra o São Paulo, marcado para este fim de semana, foi adiado para o dia 21 de agosto. Assim que retornar ao Brasil, o Furacão encara o Botafogo, no Engenhão, no jogo das 11h (Horário de Brasília), no próximo domingo.

Bangladesh offspinner Sohag Gazi will return to Dhaka with the limited-overs contingent, skipping the three-day practice match against St Kitts & Nevis which starts tomorrow

Mohammad Isam29-Aug-2014

Bangladesh offspinner Sohag Gazi will return to Dhaka with the limited-overs contingent, skipping the three-day practice match against St Kitts & Nevis which starts tomorrow. The BCB wants him to apply early for the UK visa as he has to go to the Cardiff Metropolitan University to have his action tested by September 19.The original plan was to keep him in the West Indies at least till the first Test but the BCB are not going to take a chance with any delay in his visa application. But now he will take the flight out of Basseterre with the limited-overs contingent which includes Mashrafe Mortaza, Taskin Ahmed, Abdur Razzak and Mohammad Mithun (although the BCB press release on August 22 announcing the Test replacements did not include his name). The replacements – Taijul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Shuvagata Hom and Robiul Islam – have arrived in the West Indies already.”Initially we wanted him to play the first Test and then return home to apply for the UK visa,” chief selector Faruque Ahmed said. “But it takes a lot of time to get the visa, so the board doesn’t want to take any chance. He will come back with the ODI players in a day or two.”Without Sohag, uncapped left-arm spinner Taijul Islam is the only specialist spinner in the Test squad, apart from allrounders Mahmudullah and Shuvagata Hom. It was learned that the selectors are satisfied with Shuvagata’s bowling abilities. They are mainly considering pace bowling allrounder Muktar Ali and left-arm spinner Elias Sunny, both having toured the Caribbean in May this year for Bangladesh A.Legspinner Jubair Ahmed has also popped into the discussion despite having never played first-class cricket. He was part of the preliminary squad that trained ahead of the West Indies tour. It is likely that Jubair will be picked against Zimbabwe A next month.

اعترف أوليفييه جيرو، لاعب فريق ميلان، أنه سيحتفظ بقميصه الذي ارتداه كحارس مرمى في مباراة الأمس ضد جنوى، في بطولة الدوري الإيطالي.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات الجولة الثامنة، حيث فاز ميلان بهدف دون رد.

وشهدت المباراة إثارة بعدما طُرد حارس مرمى فريق ميلان، مايك ماينان، في الدقيقة 98، واضطر جيرو إلى الوقوف بدلًا منه بعد انتهاء كافة التبديلات.

ونجح جيرو في التصدي لفرصة خطيرة من جنوى، كادت أن تحول نتيجة المباراة إلى التعادل في الوقت القاتل. جيرو يتصدى لفرصة هدف قاتل من جنوى

وقال جيرو في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “فوتبول إيطاليا” العالمية: “لم أشهد لحظة كهذه من قبل! أنا فخور جدًا بالفريق، لقد قاتلنا حتى النهاية، وقمت بالتصدي بشكل جيد!”.

وأضاف: “كنت محظوظًا أيضًا بالعارضة، لقد قاتلنا كالأسود وأنا سعيد للغاية من أجل المشجعين”.

وعندما سُئل عما إذا كان ذلك التصدي منحه نفس الأدرينالين الذي يشعر به عندما يسجل هدفًا، أجاب: “تقريبًا، لم أكن متأكدًا مما إذا كانت ستكون ضربة رأسية أم لا، لذلك فكرت أنه من الأفضل أن أكون هناك بدلاً من البقاء على خط المرمى”.

وأردف: “لا أمتلك حركات حارس المرمى، لكن هذا ما شعرت به، لقد تألمت ذراعي حقًا، لكن لا بأس، كنت أحب أن ألعب في حراسة المرمى عندما كنت طفلاً، ولهذا السبب تم اختياري”.

واختتم جيرو تصريحاته قائلًا: “أنا أحتفظ بهذا القميص الآن، سأضعه في إطار”.

ESPNcricinfo looks back at previous tours that were abandoned

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Oct-2014

West Indies in England 1939
The outbreak of the Second World War saw the last seven matches of the tour cancelled. The tourists boarded the from Greenock to sail back to the Caribbean shortly before the War of the Atlantic began.England in Pakistan 1968-69
Political upheaval saw the East Pakistan leg of the tour – where the second Test was scheduled for Dacca – initially cancelled but the Pakistan cricket board persuaded England to stay. The tour got as far as the third Test in Karachi before rioters stormed the ground on the third morning and England were on the first flight home.India in Pakistan 1984-85
The assassination of Indira Gandhi saw India brought home for 13 days of national mourning; the final three matches were cancelled.
New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1986-87
The tour was touch and go to begin with but New Zealand were persuaded to travel. However, during the first game of the tour, an explosion in Colombo killed 100 people and New Zealand quickly departed.New Zealand in Pakistan 2002
A bomb blast outside the team’s hotel shortly before the start of the second Test in Karachi saw the tour immediately abandoned. It remains the last time New Zealand toured Pakistan.Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2004-05
The Boxing Day tsunami initially saw the tour only suspended for five days of mourning but the Sri Lankans soon wanted to return homeSouth Africa in Sri Lanka 2006
Two Tests were played on the tour but a bomb exploded outside the tourists’ hotel before the start of the one-day series and the matches were subsequently called offSri Lanka in Pakistan 2008-09
Terrorists opened fire on the Sri Lankan team bus en route to the second Test in Lahore, injuring six members of the tour party. The tourists were whisked home and international cricket in Pakistan was suspended.West Indies in Sri Lanka 2010-11
Persistent wet weather saw the five match one-day series abandoned after three rubbers and rescheduled.

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Com boa campanha na Série C, o Náutico está na 2ª colocação do grupo A com 24 pontos, a seis do líder Sampaio Correa, próximo adversário da equipe. O zagueiro Diego Silva acredita que não será um jogo fácil, mas é uma chance de se aproximar da liderança.

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‘Será um jogo difícil, confronto direto na parte de cima da tabela, mas temos que aproveitar o mando de campo para nos aproximarmos da liderança’, disse.

Faltando apenas três jogos na primeira fase, o Timbu tem duas partidas nos Aflitos e o camisa 3 da equipe crê que é preciso aproveitar para avançar à segunda fase e lutar pela liderança.

‘Temos dois jogos em casa e se conquistarmos duas vitórias, podemos nos garantir em uma colocação melhor para a próxima fase e quem sabe até brigar para ser líder’, analisou o defensor.

Diego também comentou ressaltou a importância da torcida nessa reta final da Série C.

‘Nesses dois jogos em casa, a presença da nossa torcida é muito importante. Fizeram a diferença em todos os jogos e não tenho dúvidas de que podem ajudar a gente a conquistar essas duas vitórias na reta final’, concluiu.

O Náutico recebe o Sampaio Correa na segunda-feira, às 20h (Horário de Brasília), nos Aflitos.

For the second Test running, young Tom Latham provided the long, patient batting effort New Zealand wanted from the top order

The Report by Abhishek Purohit17-Nov-2014
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Latham century puts New Zealand in command

Smart Stats

22 Tom Latham’s age. He is the youngest non-Asian opener to make two hundreds in Asia. He made 103 in the first Test at Abu Dhabi, and a century in New Zealand’s first innings in this Test.

77 The opening stand between Latham and Brendon McCullum in the first innings, New Zealand’s best in 2014. New Zealand had three better opening partnerships in each of the last two years, 2012 and 2013.

5 Number of 50-plus scores made by New Zealand openers in 2014, all five by Latham. He made three such scores in West Indies, and two in the ongoing series in UAE.

10 Number of years since New Zealand have had three back-to-back 30-plus opening partnerships in away Tests, excluding Tests against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. New Zealand’s opening partnerships in this series are 57, 33 and 77. The last such string of 30-plus partnerships was in England in 2004.

10 Number of years since each of New Zealand’s top-three batsmen made 30-plus scores in an away Test innings, excluding games against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. The last time this happened was also during New Zealand’s tour of England in 2004. Apart from Latham’s century in New Zealand’s first innings, Kane Williamson made 32 and McCullum 43.

For the second Test running, young Tom Latham provided the long, patient batting effort New Zealand wanted from the top order. Pakistan’s four-man attack, in the absence of the injured Mohammad Hafeez, persevered through the day but Latham was solid in combating the challenges of reverse swing and spin. At 22, he became the youngest non-Asian opener to make two Test hundreds in Asia, and also the third New Zealand opener to do so after Bert Sutcliffe and Glenn Turner.Brendon McCullum was keen on batting first in Dubai, having seen Pakistan rack up 450-plus totals in the first innings in their three successive previous Test wins in the UAE. Misbah-ul-Haq finally lost the toss, and McCullum had what he wanted on a largely benign batting surface.New Zealand lost two of the three wickets to soft dismissals. McCullum pulled Ehsan Adil straight to deep midwicket close to lunch after a strong opening partnership, and Ross Taylor pushed Yasir Shah straight to silly point. At the stroke of tea, Kane Williamson pushed cautiously inside the line to a Zulfiqar Babar delivery that pitched middle and hit off.It was Latham who battled through the day till bad light ended play three overs short. He was certain of whether to go forward or back against the spinners, and sure of where his off stump was against the fast bowlers. He drove superbly down the ground and through the midwicket, and used the sweep liberally, especially against the left-arm spinner Babar.Latham was at ease right from the start. There was next to no swing or seam with the new ball for the fast bowlers Rahat Ali and Adil, chosen ahead of Imran Khan, and the spinners Babar and Yasir were introduced within the first hour.McCullum too reined himself in unless the ball was loose. Both fast bowlers did not give too many full deliveries, and when they did, the openers drove them straight. McCullum also walloped Rahat for a big six over deep midwicket.Adil bowled a tight line, targetting the stumps and bringing the odd one in. In the eighth over, McCullum drove Adil on the up, and the ball fell just short of mid-on. Pakistan reviewed for leg-before two deliveries later against Latham, but the on-field umpire’s call stayed as the ball was shown to be just about brushing the top of middle stump.Yasir beat the left-hand Latham with straighter ones outside off and tested McCullum with lots of flight and some turn. McCullum responded by skipping out to loft a straight four, and also stepped out to launch Babar for six.Adil was brought back around 20 minutes before lunch, and McCullum pulled him for four off the last ball of that over. First ball of Adil’s next, McCullum pulled again, and picked out the lone man on the leg boundary to depart for 43 off 69.Latham started sweeping often after lunch, picking up boundaries off Babar through midwicket. With the circumspect Williamson at the other end, scoring slowed down, although both batsmen were not troubled much. Williamson played safely, and it was only off his 58th delivery that he picked up what was to be his only boundary, that too when Adil strayed down the leg side.Rahat was brought back in the 48th over and right away, he found Latham’s outside edge with one that kicked away, but neither the keeper nor Younis Khan at slip reacted as it flew between them. Latham almost played on in Rahat’s next over, and the fast bowler then beat Williamson off successive deliveries leaving the batsman. But it was Babar who was rewarded with Williamson’s wicket in the very next over.Taylor struck a few pleasing cover drives off the spinners, but he never looked really comfortable. He edged the spinners often past the close-in fielders, and Azhar Ali could not hold on to a sharp chance at silly point off Babar.In the same over, Latham had stepped out to loft for a straight six, and swept for four more to move to 96. He reached his hundred with a push to midwicket in the next over.Eventually, Taylor’s approach of reaching out with his hands to play the spin ended up in another push to silly point, and this time Shan Masood juggled a successful take.This was a couple of overs before the second new ball was taken, and Latham was up for more endurance as he did not hit a boundary for his last 43 deliveries. The only real chance that Latham offered, on 103, had been put down by Azhar at gully off Adil, and Pakistan weren’t able to break the opener’s resistance on the day.