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Aaqib Javed, the former Pakistan fast bowler, has signed a three-year contract as head coach of United Arab Emirates. He is already in the UAE but will start the job full-time from April 1. Javed had emerged as a candidate for the position in February while he was still employed as bowling coach of Pakistan during their series against England in the UAE. Dilawar Mani, the chief-executive officer of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), said the board wanted to wait till that series was over before announcing Javed as UAE coach.”The ECB is delighted with Aaqib’s acceptance of its offer,” Mani said. “He signed a standard contract of three years that can be extended by mutual agreement. An earlier announcement would have been inappropriate due to Aaqib’s key role as assistant and bowling coach of Pakistan, and would have caused a distraction from his primary responsibility”He has played with distinction for Pakistan and performed most commendably as bowling coach. His contribution to Pakistan cricket has been most invaluable.”Javed had been involved in coaching in Pakistan for a decade, having started at the Lahore Regional Academy and then moved on to stints as Pakistan Under-19 coach and head coach at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. He had been involved with the Pakistan national team on-and-off since 2009, with stints as bowling coach as well as assistant coach.Javed landed in the UAE on Tuesday and observed UAE’s match against Scotland in the ICC World Cricket League Championship on Wednesday, in Sharjah. His first assignment will be the Intercontinental Cup tour of the Netherlands in July, followed by the ACC Elite Cup in October. UAE have been training without a coach since Kabir Khan resigned from the job to return to the job of Afghanistan coach, which he held before moving to the UAE.Apart from Kabir, former Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Mohammad, former Sri Lanka fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake and Madan Lal, the former India allrounder, have coached UAE. Madan Lal took UAE to their only World Cup appearance in 1996.Javed said his job would include planning the future of UAE cricket in conjunction with the ECB. “I shall dedicate myself to producing results and nurturing the talent in the UAE,” Javed said. “I shall work closely with the ECB management to strategise the planning process for the creation of a high-class squad.”Edited by Dustin Silgardo

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كشفت تقارير صحفية فرنسية، أن نادي باريس سان جيرمان ما زال يقاتل للتعاقد مع الدولي السلوفاكي ميلان سكرينيار من إنتر ميلان خلال فترة الانتقالات الشتوية الجارية.

المدافع السلوفاكي أكد من قبل أنه لن يوقع على عقد جديد مع إنتر ميلان، ومن المقرر أن ينتهي عقده الحالي في الصيف المقبل مع النيرازوري.

باريس سان جيرمان فشل في ضم ميلان سكرينيار في الصيف الماضي، بعدما تمسك النيرازوري باللاعب السلوفاكي، لكن يبدو أن الأمور تغيرت في بارك دي برانس.

طالع أيضًا.. رئيس إنتر ميلان يعلق على مستقبل لوكاكو وسكرينيار

صحيفة “فوت ميركاتو” الفرنسية، أكدت بأن الرئيس ناصر الخليفي قرر أن يتولى زمام الأمور ويقود المفاوضات بشكل شخصي مع إنتر ميلان.

وأشارت التقارير إلى أن الخليفي يحاول ضم اللاعب مقابل أقل من 20 مليون يورو لـ إنتر ميلان، مع 9 ملايين يورو للاعب السلوفاكي وهو ما يزيد بـ6 ملايين عن عقده الحالي في إيطاليا.

سكرينيار يحصل على 3 ملايين يورو في الموسم مع إنتر ميلان، بينما الخليفي يعرض على اللاعب 9 ملايين في كل موسم، وهو ما قاد اللاعب ووكيله إلى التوصل لاتفاق مع النادي الفرنسي.

وينتظر باريس سان جيرمان رد إنتر ميلان، الذي يرى بأن محاولاته يائسة في تجديد عقد سكرينيار مع اقتراب نهايته، لكن سيموني إنزاجي مدرب الفريق يريد الاستفادة من اللاعب حتى نهاية الموسم.

South Africa Under-19s came from behind to steal victory over England Under-19s by the narrowest of margins, winning off the last ball with one wicket remaining

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jul-2011
ScorecardJames Price scored 58 off 37 balls in South Africa Under-19s chase•Getty Images

South Africa Under-19s came from behind to steal victory over England Under-19s by the narrowest of margins, winning off the last ball with one wicket remaining. South Africa were almost out of the huge chase at 148 for 6 in the 32nd over but doughty knocks from the lower order ensured they scrambled home to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series with two games to go. James Price and Calvin Savage added 48 off 35 deliveries for the seventh wicket while Prenelan Subrayen and Savage put on 66 off 50 for the eighth. England continued to chip away though and when Subrayen fell for 48 off 33, South Africa needed 16 from nine balls. Duanne Olivier applied the finishing touch, slamming two sixes in his unbeaten 22 off 12 balls to take South Africa home with almost nothing left in the tank.England had reason to celebrate when Jamie Overton reduced South Africa to 18 for 2 but the visitors recovered through fifties from Shaylin Pillay and Price after which the lower order took over.England’s best batting performance of the series so far had earlier been built on the back of a 133-run opening stand between the impressive Daniel Bell-Drummond (72) and Sam Wood (57). Sam Kelsall and Aneesh Kapil consolidated with half-centuries before some late hitting carried England to 300, a total that almost proved to be enough.

Graham Onions, the England fast bowler, feared his cricket career could have been over when he was told he needed surgery on his back last year

Andrew McGlashan18-May-2011

Graham Onions, the England fast bowler, feared his cricket career could have been over when he was told he needed surgery on his back last year. He didn’t play at all during the 2010 English season, but returned earlier this summer and made such strides that he will appear for England Lions against the Sri Lankans this week.The last time Onions played a match for England he staved off the final over from Morne Morkel in Cape Town, the second time in three Tests he performed that match-saving feat, having survived Makhaya Ntini in Centurion. He was controversially overlooked for the final match of that series at the Wanderers, and when the Test squad reassembled in Bangladesh last February, Onions began getting pain in his back.He flew home from Bangladesh, and after three attempts to battle through and recover by resting, he had to go under the knife. It left him with a titanium pin in the left side of his back and, understandably for such a major operation, Onions admitted to “dark times” in the immediate aftermath.”There have certainly been times where I’ve doubted whether I’d get the ball back in my hand – whether I’d still be able to bowl quickly, and be the same bowler,” he said on the eve of playing for the Lions. “All those things go through your mind. There were times when I didn’t think I was going to play again.”There have been tough times, and dark times. But I’m sitting here today with an England tracksuit on and with a great opportunity to play against a very good Test side.”Onions has been carefully managed by Durham during his return to action and he wasted no time in making his mark with a five-wicket haul in his first match back, against Yorkshire. Despite the seriousness of his injury, Onions is confident he will suffer no lasting effects.He has now set his sights on adding to his eight Test caps, although he knows others are ahead in the pecking order after his absence. A possible opening had emerged with Tim Bresnan likely to miss the Sri Lanka series because of a torn calf, but Onions isn’t getting carried away. Ajmal Shahzad and Steven Finn are the more likely candidates.”I’m playing professional cricket again for Durham, bowling as fast as I can, and I’ve had no reaction from it at all,” he said. “I am 99.9% sure I will be absolutely fine for the rest of my career.”My aspirations have never changed. I like to think I am good enough to play for England. A few people have leapfrogged me, and I appreciate that. It has been bitterly disappointing to be able to do nothing while my place in the England side is taken by someone else. But I am looking forward to challenging those guys who are ahead of me now – getting back into the side, whether it is next week or later in the season.”Onions is immensely grateful to the help he received from the ECB during his recuperation, especially psychologist Mark Bawden, and he also had phone calls from team-mates on the Ashes tour.”The ECB have been absolutely fantastic. I cannot thank them enough,” he said. “Mark [Bawden] has done so much to keep me on the right track. I’ve relied on the ECB to keep in touch when I’ve needed someone to talk to – and Andrew Strauss, Andy Flower and Mark Bawden have all been absolutely brilliant.”When they were at the Ashes in Australia, on the opposite side of the world, they had a job to do. I appreciated that, but once they did have five minutes or so they would give me a call to ask how I was.”And that help ensured he could see a light at the end of the tunnel. “I suppose I did honestly believe I was going to get back, prove myself and pull that England shirt back on. I feel very much ready now.”

Jacob Oram said his running catch to dismiss Jacques Kallis and Martin Guptill’s run-out of AB de Villiers were the two key moments that propelled New Zealand to victory in their quarter-final against South Africa

Osman Samiuddin at the Shere Bangla Stadium25-Mar-2011At the centre of a magnificent fielding performance that won New Zealand their quarter-final against South Africa were two moments. The first was an exceptional running catch on the boundary by Jacob Oram that saw the back of an unperturbed and ominous looking Jacques Kallis. The other was Martin Guptill’s run-out of AB de Villiers, a few overs later and just two balls after JP Duminy’s dismissal, in a short passage of play in which was crystallised South Africa’s collapse.Kallis was progressing in typically Kallis-like fashion on 47 when, in the 25th over, he pulled Tim Southee towards deep midwicket. Oram, Man of the Match for his 4 for 39, ran to his left and back towards the boundary rope, and with a little skip, held on to the catch face-high, still running. It looked far more impressive live than on the TV screens. It was the kind of catch that wins a quarter-final.Oram’s only thought when he saw the shot was to run. “The beauty of it was that it wasn’t in the air that long. If it was a real skier where I had 5 or 10 seconds to think about it, I probably would’ve got a little bit scared underneath it.”My only thought was just run, because he did hit it so well. What helped me was just the angle the ball was coming at; with a pull shot like that, it almost curls back into the angle I was running on. So I was running back and across. Thankfully I am 6’6″. I replaced Kane Williamson out there who is about 4’6″; maybe it would have been a one-bounce four if he was out there.”Guptill’s intervention came from midwicket, exploiting a tiny moment’s hesitation between Faff du Plessis and de Villiers. The catch and Guptill’s effort, which ended the most fluent knock of the match, were, Oram said, moments that turned the entire game.Jacob Oram’s running catch of Jacques Kallis started a South African collapse•Getty Images”My catch [was a turning point], and I’m not just pointing that out because it’s me, but because it broke a partnership that looked like it was starting to build. And the second moment which galvanised us to another level, and put the skids on them, was Martin Guptill running out AB de Villiers. That just seemed to make us all grow a foot taller, and you could see them getting a little worried.”There was a sustained level of excellence in the field throughout the match, from both sides. Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, thought the fielding allowed them to keep the pressure up.”We got a little bit of luck with the Hashim Amla wicket, and there was a great piece of work with Guptill running out de Villiers,” Vettori said. “Those two things, combined with some great bowling and great fielding, allowed us to attack the whole game. The way we bowled and particularly the way we fielded, led by Guptill, probably got us through to the victory.”Another semi-final spot for a side that was stuttering until recently may have surprised others, but not Oram, who believes this is not the end of New Zealand’s run. “Did we ever think we could make it to the semis? Of course we did and we’re not finishing here, hopefully. We didn’t come across here to defeat the minnows in our pool and then lose the quarter-final and go home. Why not go on and win the semi-final and take on the winner of the other semi in Mumbai in a week’s time?”If that eventuality does occur, Oram wouldn’t mind facing Pakistan. “That’s not because we’re scared of India,” he said. “It’s because we’ve played Pakistan in a six-match series at home and we’ve defeated them in Pallekele. So we know them very well, even though they defeated us at home. But if it’s India, bring them on as well.”

West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo is certain of his team’s qualification for the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup

Sharda Ugra in Delhi22-Feb-2011The group in which the West Indies finds themselves in this World Cup is not quite the football-esque Group of Death, but it could well be called a Cluster of Calamity. Where on any given day, a team that is highly-favoured, generously-rated, strongly-supported could find its plans, dreams and ambitions, upended. To whittle down the company that West Indies keep along with India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands into four quarter-finalists is tougher than getting Sreesanth to separate his bowling from his bravado.West Indies’ allrounder Dwayne Bravo, though, has a different point of view, “I have no doubt in my mind we are going to qualify for the second round. And obviously, take it from there.” It is a declaration through which Bravo has painted a target on his back two days before he gets out on the Ferozshah Kotla to play West Indies’ first World Cup match against South Africa. Bravo did so by dismissing the idea that his team’s group was tougher than the one made up of Sri Lanka, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada. “It’s an open tournament and both groups have teams who can spring surprises and that’s what the World Cup wants – one of the big teams being surprised by one of the under-rated teams.”West Indies are one of those under-rated teams, particularly since the last time they beat a Test team in an ODI was in June 2009. Since then, they have been beaten in their last two series at home by Bangladesh (0-3) and South Africa (0-5), both of whom they will meet in this group. It is as if the Gods are mocking the form book, destiny and whatever else can be mocked.The series against South Africa, says Bravo, could have been “4-1 in the West Indies’ favour” and in hindsight, it spelt out his side’s biggest flaw: “We had a lot of opportunities, a lot of key moments that could have won us the games. But it was simple mistakes that cost us. We have identified those mistakes. We have to come up with good game plans as to how if those those situations do occur again, we will be more prepared to facing them.”Bravo’s own form in the run-up to the World Cup has been iffy, with only one fifty in his last ten games, but he said he was now “confident and happy” after his brief run in the rain-drenched ODI series in Sri Lanka. “I am waiting for the tournament to begin, it will be a long one and I have a big role to play with bat and ball.” Two days ago, Chris Gayle said Bravo was a factor because he brought “fireworks” to the team. “He get that buzz around and bring that energy… Regardless of what is happening, I’m not too worried about him, he will be ready to go when the umpire says play.” For his part, Bravo says, “We can’t wait for Thursday to come.”Gayle and Bravo make up two of the trio who turned down central contracts offered to them by the West Indies Cricket Board, giving themselves the opportunity to be freelance Twenty20 players in leagues mushrooming around the world. They may be in the same corner of a debate, but Bravo believes they must also share a common load in the World Cup. Not just because they are IPL regulars but also due to their all-round abilities. “Allrounders are very important in this part of the world and we have four top-quality allrounders. The captain Darren Sammy is one, Kieron Pollard, myself and Chris Gayle. On any given day if two of us out of the four have a good day, the West Indies will be in a good position to win games.”The IPL’s insider information was not going to be enormous, Bravo said, because “it’s the same information that Graeme Smith or J P Duminy will have.” What could give the West Indians a slight advantage was the similarity of the conditions in the sub-continent to their home pitches, but this, too, only when compared to “some of the other teams who play on hard bouncy surfaces.”Once we play properly and execute our plans properly, that obviously is going to come into play… knowing India, spin and slow-medium play a big part and we will also take that into consideration.”The West Indies’ recent form and rankings were dismissed as ‘history’ with Bravo distilling the news, the noise and the predictions into one simple idea: “This is a new tournament in a different setting. Each team starts with zero points and every team has an opportunity to win the World Cup.”The match against South Africa will be the first ‘marquee’ contest of the World Cup not featuring any of the home teams. The West Indies would want to light a few fires under a few chairs in their group, “because we have to begin well…we don’t want to be in the middle of the tournament where we are trying to play catch up cricket. We are not in a position where we can take it easy at the moment as we are rebuilding and trying to get back into winning ways… this tournament is important to us and the people of the Caribbean.”The people of the Caribbean will no doubt also keep Bravo’s promise of a quarter-final spot in mind.

Australia’s Ashes situation is so perilous that the hosts will look anywhere for a good omen. After another day of being dominated by England, Michael Hussey peered back four years to the WACA match when Australia wrapped up the urn on the way to a 5-0 cl

Peter English at the WACA16-Dec-2010Australia’s Ashes situation is so perilous that the hosts will look anywhere for a good omen. After another day of being dominated by England, Michael Hussey peered back four years to the WACA match when Australia wrapped up the urn on the way to a 5-0 cleansweep.On that occasion the local unit was jammed with world-beating talent and could win from any situation. The current outfit, which was dismissed for268 after being 4 for 36, has only three players – Hussey, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke – from those all-conquering days and is experiencing the country’s worst slump in 25 years.Despite all the troubles, Hussey remained publicly confident of Australia’s chances in the game, which could determine whether England retains the urn. “I don’t think it’s as below par as some people would think,” Hussey said of the score. “I’ve played in quite a few Test matches here where the first-innings totals have been in the mid-200s.”Tomorrow will tell the tale if we’re below par or not. Even four years ago we were out for a similar total and were able to bowl England out for less than us. It will have to be the same again.”On that occasion Australia were dismissed for 244 and gained a 29-run lead on first innings before running away with the contest with hundreds to Hussey, Clarke and Adam Gilchrist. This time they will rely on a bowling attack with six serious operators but only one spinner after Ponting decided to conscript a pace army.The tactic might have been more successful if Ponting had won the toss, but instead Andrew Strauss chose to bowl and his men benefited from the bouncy, seaming conditions. The first wicket went to Chris Tremlett (3 for63) in the second over of the day and by the time Steven Smith was dismissed shortly after lunch the hosts were 5 for 69.Michael Beer, the left-arm spinner, was not handed a debut in a strange move and Ponting will have to rotate his quicks as Australia desperately chase their first wicket. “The selectors decided to go the fast-bowler option and we just need to back that 100%,” Hussey said. “There’s certainly enough there for the fast bowlers and it’s good we’ve got a good artillery of them.”England finished at 0 for 28 and had few troubles against Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Ryan Harris. “It was a great last half an hour,” Tremlett said. “The guys fought hard to fight off the new ball, which is key, so we’ll look to bat time, get a healthy lead, and look to go out and bowl them out again.”Australia have managed only 16 breakthroughs in the series and Hussey is hoping for a quick turnaround. “I’m quietly confident, we’ve certainly got a pitch that will aid us,” he said. “If we can bowl well at both ends and get the ball in the right area there’s enough there for us. There’s enough grass on the wicket and enough movement off the seam.”Hussey posted a hard-working 61 when the conditions were at their toughest and it continued his impressive streak since he saved his career with a domestic hundred for Western Australia last month. He has 401 runs for the series but is not getting much top-order help. Mitchell Johnson (62) and Brad Haddin (53) were the other major contributors on another troubling day.

Journalist Pete O’Rourke has provided an update regarding the future of Tottenham Hotspur full-back Sergio Reguilon. 

The lowdown: Spanish links

Recently reputable transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claimed Barcelona were among a host of European clubs interested in the 25-year-old, whilst Real Madrid could also trigger a clause involved in the deal that saw the left wing-back move to N17 for £32million in 2020 (Sky Sports).

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Meanwhile, Spurs have recently been linked with a number of alternative left-back options including Genoa ace Andrea Cambiaso as Antonio Conte attempts to put his own stamp on the squad in north London.

Now O’Rourke has shed some light on the situation from a Spurs perspective…

The latest: Changes afoot…

Speaking to GiveMeSport, the journalist has stated that Conte and transfer chief Fabio Paratici will be in the market for reinforcements in the position.

He explained: “There’s a real possibility that Reguilon could return to Spain this summer. Real Madrid have a buy-back clause and there’s interest from Barcelona, so I think Conte will be in the market for a left wing-back to try and improve the squad.”

The verdict: Improvement needed

So far this season Reguilon has provided five direct goal contributions from 31 outings across all competitions from a combination of a favoured wing-back role and as a conventional left-back.

Hailed as ‘absolutely pivotal’ to Conte’s plans by pundit Noel Whelan and ‘quality’ following a Man of the Match display against Leeds United earlier this season, the Spanish full-back missed out as 21-year-old Ryan Sessegnon started the goalless draw with Brentford on Saturday.

As the Italian head coach attempts to build a squad capable of successfully operating in a preferred 3-5-2 formation, the end could well be nigh for the six-cap ace at Tottenham.

Despite links to Cambiaso and Besiktas starlet Ridvan Yilmaz, when using the Fbref comparison tool the closes match to the marauding wideman return as Chelsea ace Ben Chilwell, Borussia Monchengladbach defender Stefan Lainer and Villarreal’s Alfonso Pedraza – all of whom would represent a worthwhile replacement for Reguilon.

In other news: Tottenham officials dispatched to club as they allegedly eye ‘unbelievable’ £33m man for Conte! Find out more here.

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Netherlands slipped to their seventh defeat in nine Clydesdale Bank 40 matches as Northamptonshire beat them by 32 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Rotterdam. Interruptions by rain meant Northamptonshire were restricted to 27 overs and they posted a competitive 150 for 5, Alex Wakely top scoring with 35. Further breaks meant Netherlands’ target was revised to 139 from 22 overs, but it was a task they never looked like coming close to completing.Mal Loye and Rob Newton put on 36 for the first wicket before Bernard Loots removed them both, and Wakely then added 59 for the third with David Sales (28). With both partnerships interrupted by rain stoppages, some late runs were needed and Nicky Boje provided them, hitting an unbeaten 24 off 15 balls.Elton Chigumbura removed both of Holland’s openers in the second over of their reply, and by the time the weather struck again the hosts were 69 for 5. Bas Zuiderent straddled the stoppage with his 35, but when he was the sixth wicket to fall, bowled by Andrew Hall, Netherlands had nothing left to offer and their innings closed on 106 for 9.Chigumbura, Hall and Lee Daggett each took the two wickets, the latter for the cost of just 11 runs in four overs.