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Há dois anos, quando conquistou seu último título brasileiro, também na 28ª rodada, o sanguíneo Palmeiras de Cuca mostrou sua força vencendo o Santa Cruz, penúltimo colocado, no Recife, em uma suada vitória por 3 a 2. Naquela época, o Verdão líder tinha os mesmos três pontos de vantagem do time atual. Mas os comandados de Luiz Felipe Scolari mostram um autocontrole melhor, como ficou evidente no 2 a 0 que impôs sobre o São Paulo.

A equipe de Felipão sofreu somente uma finalização em seu gol no jogo em que encerrou um tabu de 16 anos sem vencer seu arquirrival no Morumbi. E ela aconteceu apenas aos 41 minutos do segundo tempo, quando Rojas apareceu diante de Weverton e parou na defesa do goleiro. Já estava 2 a 0. E foi um raro momento de distração de um time com absoluto autocontrole.

Segundo os números do Footstats, o São Paulo finalizou em outras quatro oportunidades no jogo, sem acertar a meta. O Palmeiras, por sua vez, concluiu cinco vezes na direção do gol e outras três para fora. Mais do que isso: já no primeiro tempo, abriu 2 a 0, e manteve as rédeas do clássico, mesmo atuando fora de casa, tanto antes como depois de balançar as redes. Não sofreu sustos.

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O Verdão chega aonde está sem ser uma equipe que chamou-se de “reativa”, como foi o Corinthians de 2017 do técnico Fábio Carille. No Choque-Rei desse sábado, os comandados de Scolari tiveram 40% da posse de bola, mas nem precisaram “saber sofrer”, como era um dos pontos mais elogiados do campeão brasileiro no ano passado.

Nem mesmo o Palmeiras adotou uma retranca. Aliás, pelo contrário. Moisés apareceu como segundo volante, o atacante e sempre esforçado na marcação Willian só entrou nos minutos finais e os volantes Thiago Santos e Jean nem saíram do banco. A postura fez o Verdão ocupar o campo adversário no primeiro tempo para impor seu ritmo no jogo e, no segundo tempo, até teve o rival em sua intermediária, mas quase sem condições de agredir.

O ponto forte do Palmeiras, neste momento, é seu autocontrole psicológico. Isso explica por que consegue chegar à casa dos adversários sabendo bem o que vem pela frente e sem temer nada, nem mesmo um longo tabu de 16 anos diante de um dos rivais históricos do clube. Por isso, também, o time já acumula 13 jogos consecutivos sem perder, a dois de igualar a sequência de 15 que o Verdão de Cuca estabeleceu no segundo turno do Brasileiro de 2016.

É completamente injusto fazer qualquer crítica ao sanguíneo time de Cuca que conquistou o Brasileiro com sobras, em um segundo turno quase perfeito. O próprio torcedor se acostumou a ver aquele time abrir vantagem e se manter sob algum risco de sofrer gol, mesmo que esse risco aparecesse, muitas vezes, unicamente pela tensão que o clube vivia por não ganhar o campeonato há 22 anos. Mas está claro que esse time de Felipão tem um controle psicológico que se transmite em controle dos adversários. E poupa mais o coração da torcida.

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Mahela Jayawardene said the struggles of the debutant Isuru Udana turned out to be a blessing in disguise as his replacement, Thisara Perera, altered the course of the game

Abhishek Purohit in Hambantota24-Jul-2012Isuru Udana, the left-arm fast bowler, had a forgettable ODI debut. His opening over contained five wides and two boundaries and went for 16. It was also the over that was to completely alter the course of the game. With India racing to 31 for 0 in three overs and Udana struggling to cope with the stiff breeze across the ground, Mahela Jayawardene handed the ball to Thisara Perera in the fourth. Perera started with three wicket-maidens taking out Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina in each. Three successive wicket-maidens. Almost unbelievable. He could have had a double-wicket maiden but for a dropped catch. Almost ridiculous. India managed 138.Jayawardene said Udana’s waywardness turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Sri Lanka. “Isuru strayed all over the place in the first over,” Jayawardene said. “I felt he was a bit too nervous trying to fight with the wind. He bowled really well at practice yesterday.”The other experienced bowlers I had were Thisara and Angelo [Mathews] so I just gave him the ball because the other day he bowled well from that end and did the job for us. He’s improved quite a bit in confidence and I think the consistency is the most important thing which he is striving for. He’s been consistent for us in the last six months to one year. Every day he keeps improving and he is putting his hand up to play Test cricket as well.”Increasingly, there is hardly anything that Perera cannot pull off on a cricket field. He slams sixes so effectively that he has already been compared to Lance Klusener and Shahid Afridi, by no less than his coach and captain respectively. Increasingly, defending sides, even if they are ahead, don’t feel a total is safe against Sri Lanka till Perera is dismissed.Increasingly, he is turning out to be that deceptive kind of bowler who can seem innocuous as he runs in, but can easily run through sides. He already has a six-for in ODIs. And he is a big asset in the field. Sehwag fell to the latter quality today, as Perera hung on to an acrobatic return catch.There was not much swing in the air, but Perera bowled a difficult length, got bounce with his height, and managed some seam movement. Just enough to take Kohli’s and Raina’s edges.Perera is having a memorable 2012. He has won games with his batting and bowling, he was Player of the Series in the ODIs against Pakistan and he has shared the new ball in a Test. What has done the trick for him? Tips from Shaun Pollock, the former South Africa fast bowler and Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach.”I think he is a good learner but I will be correct if I say he has worked closely with Shaun Pollock on his action during the IPL time because he wasn’t playing much,” Jayawardene said. “Polly has given him some good tips with his action. Polly is a great bowler to discuss those kinds of things with. I think [it is] a great opportunity for him so with that and with fast-bowling coaches he has been working hard to get his pace, to get his accuracy.”Something that he lacked was accuracy in hitting the seam in that good area. He is a tall boy. If he can hit that good area he is always going to create opportunities so I think that’s been the change and at practices he is with the ball doing something or with the bat, batting nets, throw downs. He wants to learn so good to see young guys doing that.”Perera said Pollock had asked him to be more upright in his delivery stride so that he could put more force into his bowling and hit the seam with more control. As Jayawardene said, “The IPL sometimes does help some of the players.”

استطاع فريق إنبي الفوز على نظيره البنك الأهلي بهدفين مقابل هدف، خلال المباراة التي انتهت منذ قليل ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وتواجه إنبي والبنك الأهلي، على أرضية ملعب بتروسبورت، ضمن مواجهات الجولة الـ22 من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

وسجل أحمد أمين “قفه” هدف إنبي الأول في الدقيقة 14 من عمر الشوط الأول، بعد تمريرة بينية من رفيق كابو من منتصف الملعب انفرد على إثرها أحمد أمين بالحارس محمد أبو جبل ثم سددها على يساره لداخل الشباك.

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وأدرك فريق البنك الأهلي التعادل في الدقيقة 31 من زمن المباراة، بعد تمريرة رائعة من إسلام جابر من خارج منطقة الجزاء قابلها كريم بامبو بتسديدة من لمسة واحدة من داخل منطقة الجزاء لداخل الشباك.

وفي الدقيقة 61 أضاف مروان داوود هدف إنبي الثاني، بعد مراوغة رائعة ثم سدد الكرة لترتطم في قدم أبو جبل وتمر لداخل الشباك.

بهذا الفوز، رفع إنبي رصيده إلى النقطة 23 محتلاً المركز الثالث عشر في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري، بينما يأتي البنك الأهلي في المركز السادس عشر ولديه 17 نقطة. أهداف مباراة إنبي والبنك الأهلي في الدوري المصري

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O Santos não pretende voltar a usar o sistema desenvolvido pela Redegol para seus associados. Para o jogo contra o Fluminense, neste sábado, na Vila Belmiro, mais uma vez a operação do jogo e a venda de ingressos será feita pela Futebol Card, incluindo as vendas para os sócios, com os devidos descontos do programa de fidelidade Sócio Rei. A tendência é que o Peixe faça concorrência entre empresas para decidir quem será sua parceira a partir de 2019. A expectativa é de que três ou quatro marcas entrem na briga.

A vida de ingressos para o jogo contra o Tricolor Carioca começa justamente nesta quarta-feira, pelo site da Futebol Card. O sócio do clube poderá comprar o ingresso com desconto usando o cupom indicado pelo Peixe (número do CPF do sócio + dia e mês da partida). No clássico contra o Corinthians, a mesma empresa atou no operacional do jogo e teve o trabalho elogiado.

Para o jogo contra o Flu, a Futebol Card foi mais uma vez contratada já que não havia a certeza do cumprimento da liminar pela Redegol a tempo de realizar a venda de ingressos para os associados. Na última terça, a empresa recolocou o site Sócio Rei no ar, mas o mesmo segue inutilizado já que não há uma confiança interna na sustentação de sua atividade.

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Há uma espécie de consenso interno de que a nova empresa para atuar em conjunto com o Santos no próximo ano precisa ter experiência no mercado. Essa era uma das queixas em relação a Redegol, empresa contratada ainda pela gestão do ex-presidente Modesto Roma Júnior e com pouca experiência no mercado do futebol brasileiro. O estopim da crise entre clube e contratada aconteceu justamente por um descredenciamento da mesma junto à Federação Paulista de Futebol por falhas nos serviços apresentados.

O jogo contra o Fluminense será determinante para as pretensões da Futebol Card no clube. A empresa é conhecida no mercado nacional e atuou em vários clubes grandes do país, como o Palmeiras, Fluminense e Vasco, além do Vitória. Em todos, auxiliou no desenvolvimento do site de sócios.

Há um grande imbróglio envolvendo Santos e Redegol. No último dia 16, a empresa comunicou o clube sobre o rompimento unilateral do contrato de prestação de serviços referente ao programa de associados. O clube, então, acionou a Justiça e conseguiu uma liminar para que a página voltasse a ser colocada em funcionamento.

Confira as informações divulgadas pelo Santos sobre o jogo contra o Flu:

A venda de ingressos para sócios e não-sócios pela internet, nos postos autorizados e nas bilheterias para a partida do Santos FC contra o Fluminense terá início nesta quarta-feira (24). O jogo será no sábado (27), às 16h30, na Vila Belmiro, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro.Tanto sócios como não sócios irão efetuar a compra online dos ingressos exclusivamente pelo site www.futebolcard.com.

Sócios
A venda online de ingressos para Sócio Rei ocorrerá por meio do site FutebolCard. O associado utilizará um cupom de desconto para efetuar a compra do ingresso via internet com valor diferenciado. O cupom é composto por: número do CPF do sócio + dia e mês da partida. Exemplo: CPF 1234567890 + data da partida 27/10 = número do cupom é 12345678902710.

Os sócios também podem obter o desconto nas bilheterias da Vila Belmiro e Pacaembu apresentando a carteirinha Sócio Rei e um documento oficial com foto.

Donos de Cativas, Cadeira Especial e Camarotes Superiores (portão 23)
Os proprietários de Cativas, Cadeira Especial e Camarotes Superiores (portão 23) não precisarão reservar ingresso. Será necessário apenas a apresentação do cartão Sócio Rei e um documento original com foto no portão a fim de comprovar o acesso ao setor. O controle será feito nos portões 13/14, 15, 23 e 25.

Proprietários de camarotes
Donos de camarotes não precisam reservar ingresso. O procedimento para o acesso será mantido.

Acesso ao estádio
Existem três opções para acessar ao estádio da Vila Belmiro no dia do jogo:

1 – E-ticket (formato eletrônico do ingresso) pelo celular – Para acessar o E-ticket é só entrar no site FutebolCard através do smartphone, clicar em ‘Meus Pedidos’, localizar o pedido da partida e clicar no botão ‘E-ticket’ para que o ingresso seja exibido. No portão de acesso do estádio, aproxime o código de barras na leitora da catraca para liberar o acesso.

Preços dos Ingressos:
Arquibancadas Superiores (Portões 1/2, 7/8, 17 e 24):
– R$ 30 (inteira),
– R$ 15 (meia) e
– R$ 7,50 (sócio)

Cadeira Coberta de Fundo (Portão 22):
– R$ 48 (inteira),
– R$ 24 (meia) e
– R$ 12 (sócio)

Cadeira Coberta Lateral (Portão 25):
– R$ 60 (inteira) e
– R$ 30 (meia)

Venda nas bilheterias:
– ESTÁDIO URBANO CALDEIRA – VILA BELMIRO | GUICHÊS DA BILHETERIA PRINCIPAL, PRÓXIMO DA PORTARIA 6 E DOS PORTÕES 7 E 8

Rua Princesa Isabel, s/n – Vila Belmiro/Santos
Horário de atendimento: De 24 a 26/10, das 10h às 18h. Dia 27/10, das 10h até o início do segundo tempo.
Formas de pagamento: Dinheiro, cartões de crédito e débito.

– Professor, diretor, coordenador pedagógico, supervisor e titular do quadro de apoio escolar da rede pública estadual e municipal de ensino – Lei Estadual 10.858/2001 – Lei Municipal 14. 729/2012 – Lei Estadual 15.298/2014: Possuem o benefício da meia-entrada. Para compra, retirada e acesso ao estádio, é obrigatório apresentar o holerite referente ao mês vigente ou a Carteira Funcional emitida pela Secretaria Estadual de Educação e Documento de identidade original (RG) ou cópia autenticada.

James Fuller hit his highest first-class score to help Gloucestershire to a handy first-innings lead over Leicestershire

20-Jul-2012
ScorecardJames Fuller’s maiden Championship half-century helped Gloucestershire into a promising position on the third day against Leicestershire at Cheltenham. The home side were in disarray at 137 for 7 in reply to 162 before a stand of 95 between Fuller and Ed Young guided them to 229 all out and a lead of 67.In Leicestershire’s second innings, openers Greg Smith and Michael Thornely wiped out all but one run of the deficit before both fell, and when Ned Eckersley was bowled by left-arm spinner Young it was 89 for 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan and captain Josh Cobb added 42 to give Leicestershire hope before Fuller had Cobb caught behind for 15. Leicestershire closed on 142 for 5, 75 runs in front.Young, who had Robbie Joseph caught off bat and pad in the penultimate over, extracted some turn from a sporting pitch, which has kept the bowlers interested throughout and Gloucestershire will not want to chase more than 200.The hosts began the day on 40 for 2 and, having progressed to 67, were plunged into trouble by Wayne White, who took three for 11 in the space of 21 balls from the Chapel End, removing nightwatchman David Payne, Alex Gidman and Jon Batty. All three fell to balls that nipped back off the seam, Payne being bowled and the other two falling lbw.Hamish Marshall looked in good form and Ian Cockbain helped add 38 before he was caught at second slip by Greg Smith to give Joseph a wicket. But Gloucestershire were still 30 runs behind when Marshall played a loose shot against Nathan Buck and was picked up in the slips by Cobb.That brought in Fuller to join Young and together they lifted home supporters with some positive shot-making, Fuller passing his previous best first-class score of 24, made for Otago in 2009. His maiden fifty came off 58 balls, with seven fours. Young fell to a slip catch off Thornely, who then held a good low return catch to dismiss Ian Saxelby first ball.Forced to hit out, South Africa-born Fuller, who was brought up in New Zealand and has a British passport, was caught at deep square of Buck, but not before helping his side to a handy first-innings advantage.

يتواجد المحترف التركي كانسين أوجباي لاعب طائرة الزمالك ضمن قائمة الفريق التي ستخوض مباراة مصيرية أمام طلائع الجيش مساء الخميس في نصف نهائي الدوري.

وكان “بطولات” أكد أن الزمالك نجح في التوصل لاتفاق مع اتحاد كرة الطائرة المصري بشأن قيد اللاعب ليصبح جاهزًا للمشاركة للمرة الأولى بقميص النادي الأبيض أمام الجيش.

اقرأ أيضا.. مصدر بالزمالك يعلن عبر “بطولات” حل أزمة قيد محترف فريق الطائرة

ويجيد أوجباي اللعب في مركز 4 وهو ما سيمنح الزمالك خيارًا مميزًا في الجانب الهجومي في مواجهة طلائع الجيش.

وكان الزمالك خسر 3-0 أمام الجيش في أولى مواجهات نصف النهائي لكنه سرعان ما استعاد عافيته وفاز في ثاني الجولات أمام الجيش بنتيجة 0-3 ليتم اللجوء لمباراة فاصلة بين الفريقين اليوم الخميس.

وينتظر الأهلي الفائز من مواجهة هذا المساء بين الزمالك والجيش في نهائي الدوري لموسم 2022-2023.

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Para se afastar da zona de rebaixamento do Campeonato Brasileiro, o elenco da Chapecoense espera conquistar o segundo triunfo seguido. A oportunidade será contra o Vitória, neste domingo, na Arena Condá. Segundo o atacante Júnior Santos, os mandantes vão procurar fazer um jogo perfeito para levarem os três pontos, mas ressalta dificuldade.

– Vamos enfrentar um adversário que vem buscando a recuperação na Série A e que tem qualidade. Temos que ter o máximo de atenção para vencermos dentro de casa novamente. Vai ser uma batalha pela necessidade de triunfo dos dois lados. Para nossa equipe é vencer ou vencer – afirmou.

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Para o jogador, o Índio Condá tem tudo para sair de perto do Z4 nas próximas rodadas da Série A. Além disso, o atleta busca a evolução dentro de campo para conseguir o principal objetivo.

– Vamos continuar trabalhando para que a equipe possa se afastar do Z4 nas próximas semanas. O grupo está focado e muito motivado na conquista deste objetivo. Só depende da gente. Queremos evoluir nas próximas semanas – concluiu.

Dentro de casa, a Chapecoense enfrentará o Vitória, neste domingo, na Arena Condá, às 11h, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. O Verdão se encontra na 16ª posição, com 31 pontos somados, e os três pontos seriam essenciais para momento do time.

حقق كريستال بالاس فوزًا هامًا ومثيرًا على نظيره وست هام، برباعية مقابل ثلاثة أهداف، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما ضمن الجولة 34 من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

مباراة مثيرة ومجنونة جمعت بين الفريقين في ديربي لندني، على ملعب سالهيرست بارك.

الهدف الأول جاء عن طريق توماس سوتشيك لـ وست هام في الدقيقة 9، قبل أن يتعادل جوردان أيو في الدقيقة 15 لأصحاب الأرض كريستال بالاس.

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وبعد 5 دقائق، سجل ويلفريد زاها الهدف الثاني لـ كريستال بالاس بعد خطأ دفاعي لـ وست هام، قبل أن يستغل جيفري شالوب تباطؤ سوتشيك في تمرير الكرة لينقض ويحصل على الكرة ويسجل الهدف الثالث لأصحاب الأرض.

قبل نهاية الشوط الأول، تمكن ميشيل أنتونيو من تسجيل هدف تقليص الفارق، لينتهي الشوط 3/2 لـ كريستال بالاس.

في الشوط الثاني، ضاعف إيزي النتيجة لـ كريستال بالاس بركلة جزاء ووسع الفارق مجددًا لهدفين في الدقيقة 66.

ولكن في الدقيقة 72، تمكن المغربي نايف أجرد من إعادة وست هام بهدف ثالث للهامرز، لكنه توقف عند هذا الحد، بعدما دافع روي هوديسون على النقاط الثلاثة حتى النهاية، في حين كانت تغييرات ديفيد مويس غير مجدية بالنسبة للضيوف.

بهذه النتيجة، يصبح كريستال بالاس في المركز 11 برصيد 40 نقطة، متفوقًا على تشيلسي، بينما وست هام لا يزال يعاني في المركز 15 برصيد 34 نقطة. أهداف مباراة كريستال بالاس ووست هام في الدوري الإنجليزي

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O objetivo final do São Paulo em 2018 é terminar o Brasileirão no G4, algo que já aconteceu em outras nove temporadas desde a adoção dos pontos corridos, em 2003. Nenhum outro clube ficou tantas vezes entre os quatro melhores da competição.

Curiosamente, o segundo colocado nesta lista é o Grêmio, que disputa a quarta posição deste ano com o Tricolor Paulista. Os gaúchos ficaram no G4 em sete edições do Brasileirão por pontos corridos. Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Santos e Palmeiras (já contando 2018) vêm logo atrás, com seis.

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A última vaga disponível no G4 do atual Brasileirão será decidida neste domingo, a partir das 17h, na última rodada. O Grêmio tem os mesmos 63 pontos do São Paulo, mas está em quarto por ter uma vitória a mais. Para passar à frente e ir direto à fase de grupos da Libertadores, o time paulista precisa pontuar mais contra a Chapecoense, na Arena Condá, do que o Tricolor Gaúcho contra o Corinthians, na Arena do Grêmio. As partidas serão às 17h deste domingo.

Desde 2003, quando o Brasileirão adotou a fórmula por pontos corridos, o São Paulo foi campeão três vezes (2006, 2007 e 2008), vice-campeão uma vez (2014), terceiro colocado três vezes (2003, 2004 e 2009) e quarto colocado duas vezes (2012 e 2015).

Já o Grêmio foi vice-campeão duas vezes (2008 e 2013), terceiro colocado três vezes (2006, 2012 e 2015) e quarto colocado duas vezes (2010 e 2017).

Em tempo: nem sempre os quatro primeiros colocados do Brasileirão vão direto para a fase de grupos da Libertadores. Em 2012, por exemplo, o São Paulo ficou em quarto lugar e se classificou para a fase preliminar do torneio sul-americano.

Quem mais ficou no G4?

São Paulo – 9 vezes
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015

Grêmio – 7 vezes
2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017

Palmeiras – 6 vezes
2004, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018

Corinthians – 6 vezes
2005, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017

Santos – 6 vezes
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017

Cruzeiro – 6 vezes
2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014

Internacional – 5 vezes
2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2018

Flamengo – 5 vezes
2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018

Fluminense – 4 vezes
2007, 2010, 2011, 2012

Atlético-MG – 3 vezes
2012, 2015, 2016

Atlético-PR – 2 vezes
2004, 2013

Goiás – 1 vez
2005

Vasco – 1 vez
2005

Botafogo – 1 vez
2013

The BCCI is looking to establish a “prime season” for the Indian cricket team at home much like it is in England and Australia, thus reducing the team’s touring commitments in the winter

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Dec-2012

The BCCI is looking to establish a “prime season” for the Indian cricket team at home much like it is in England and Australia, thus reducing the team’s touring commitments in the winter.BCCI president N Srinivasan said: “We are starting to look at and define our prime season, and during your prime season you should be playing at home.” Speaking exclusively to ESPNcricinfo, Srinivasan said formalising the Indian season would mean a structured calendar of teams touring India. “We want to have possibly one or two visiting teams during our domestic season, starting in September all the way up to March, and we’ll see the extent to which we don’t tour outside. Given the FTP that is there, we are going to see how we can adjust.”Domestic cricket would also be rescheduled to make home Tests the centre piece of the season, and encourage more international players to take part in the Ranji Trophy. Srinivasan said: “This year we also encouraged our big players and stars to play domestic cricket. This is a change from the last several years.” The Ranji format has been changed to three groups of nine teams each, the BCCI had been told by first-class players, that they wanted to play more cricket.The BCCI’s measures over the last few years, Srinivasan said, had sought to improve the quality of cricket particularly of the longer form of the game. “That is where the emphasis is. An uncapped player who has not played for India cannot play in the IPL unless he plays 60% of the Ranji Trophy games. So in more ways than one, we are pushing a player to the longer version.”In a wide-ranging interview, which will appear in full on ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday, Srinivasan spoke about issues concerning Indian cricket, the BCCI’s financial power in world cricket, its refusal to accept the mandatory application of the umpire’s Decision Review System (DRS), and the IPL’s growing influence on players all over the world and the longer form of the game.Srinivasan denied that the BCCI had taken an ‘obstructionist’ approach to the DRS. “We have not taken an obstructionist policy. We don’t believe in it, so after discussion members have agreed it should be bilateral. I don’t want to dictate to other people… our position has been clear from start. We don’t believe the technology is good enough.”He said the ICC’s statement that the DRS technology had “improved further” was in a way “acceptance that it was not good enough then” referring to the India tour of England last year. “But it was touted as being good at that point in time. Our problem is that when they say it is all right, then they say it’ll get better tomorrow, or an improved version now. So we concede the fact that there was less than adequate perfection. Which is our point, if you want to use technology it must be perfect.”Srinivasan also said that restricting the DRS to two referrals was in some ways a contradiction in itself. “If you don’t have faith in the umpire, which itself is a contradiction as in cricket the umpire’s verdict is final, if a player shows dissent you fine him. But now you’re saying that I have two attempts to question your decision. So the reconciliation between that is difficult. So if you take it to the end point of it, then you have two lampposts with coloured lights red, yellow and green, you don’t need an umpire at all, as you refer every decision, so let an automatic reply come from there after a review and you say red or green.”India’s unwillingness to use the DRS means that there are two officiating systems at work in world cricket, to which Srinivasan said: “It doesn’t bother me at all because, apart from all this, there is a cost to DRS and there are only one or two people involved. It’s a monopoly-area situation, which I am not going in to here. It doesn’t bother me if two other countries use DRS, they are happy, that’s okay.”The ICC he said had the right to use DRS in its own events, but the BCCI was very clear in its stand on its usage in any bilateral series featuring India. “We are clear in our mind, but I hope, slowly, people will see our point of view.”The IPL, the BCCI’s “showcase event” did not, he said, have a negative bearing on international cricket and the BCCI’s refusal to ask for a window for the event, was based on the acceptance of the overseas players’ packed international calendars. “The IPL management, the BCCI, franchise owners are aware that all the players won’t be available all the time, and we’ve sort of settled down with that.”The IPL he said was not putting “a strain” on other boards. The event’s popularity amongst overseas players were a reflection that, “it’s a free world. People and players make their choices and we can’t compel a person… I don’t think that it is all-consuming.” While the IPL attracts cricketers from all over the world, he said, “there are only so many players who can play in the IPL, because we have a cap on the number of players in the team. And from what I have seen, players may not be happy to sit out as we have a cap on foreign players. So squad size and the number of franchises have a limiting effect.”The BCCI he said was aware that there was “no real window” available on the international calendar for the IPL. “The BCCI has recognised that today you have ten Full Members, they play each other home and away once in four years. The number of ICC events has increased from ten years ago, so there’s a lot of clutter. So the BCCI accepts the fact that there is no real window and that whoever is available plays.”The BCCI’s reputation as a bully on the ICC board he said, was “not fair” – and denied that other boards would be wary of going against the BCCI’s wishes. “That is not a fact. In the ICC all members are sovereign. The ten full members are sovereign.”Despite India’s 8-0 defeats in England and Australia, Srinivasan said it was not fair to say that India got exposed when travelling abroad. “It’s not that we get exposed when we go abroad. Every country is used to its own conditions, whether it is England, South Africa, Australia, so they tend to play better in home conditions, which is what we also do.”He said the media in the other teams did not end up “berating their players for not doing well [abroad]” and that there had to be an acceptance and recognition of the “advantage of home conditions… So I don’t think we should run down our players by saying we did not do well abroad. Other teams don’t do well when they come to India. In the past, we have had teams that have done well both here and abroad, when players were possibly younger.”