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With no wins in South Africa or New Zealand, questions over two of their young but experienced batsmen and uncertainty over the bowling, India have plenty to sort out in their ODI side

Sidharth Monga in London23-Aug-2014

“India should play Tests in colours, and they’ll start winning.””Give Virat Kohli a white ball, and he will start getting those cover-drives right.””India will win the ODIs, and those three-day defeats will be forgotten.”Except, will India?The above sentiments, or similar such, expressed by Indian fans are a sign of resignation, and a statement of fact that if India do well in ODIs, the Tests debacle will be forgotten. It is, however, not as straightforward. India’s ODI form outside Asia and the West Indies – similar slow pitches as back home – has been awful except for the Champions Trophy win last year. Even counting those five wins, India have won eight and lost 13 of their ODIs in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand since the last World Cup.This includes tours of South Africa and New Zealand where their Test side actually looked better than the ODI one, which didn’t win a single game. Especially in South Africa, where you needed to do more than just the put the ball there, India looked hopeless. Their batting depth was exposed in both South Africa and New Zealand, something they haven’t yet addressed. India have these five ODIs and the tri-series in Australia to sort out a combination before their World Cup defence. Conditions in ODIs in India will be so different they may as well not play them.The two biggest questions India need to ask themselves are, if Rohit Sharma is still a viable ODI opener, and if Suresh Raina is the right man in the lower-middle order. The bowling, India can never figure out so far in advance. It has to be about whatever works on the day.The opening act India will need to sort out. It might sound strange to even doubt an opener who is only one of the three double-centurions in the game, but Rohit is a naturalised opener, and he has been having a tough time of it of late. It was just before the Champions Trophy last year that he moved to the top of the order. His first innings there was an 83, followed by two half-centuries in the Champions Trophy. An unbeaten 141 and that double-century in the high-scoring ODI series at home seemed to have bedded him into that role as an opener.However, the tours of South Africa and New Zealand raised question marks. He scored 182 in seven innings, including a chancy 79 in Hamilton, but his strike rate was a big problem. He begins slowly, faces a lot of dots, which puts pressure on himself and the rest. His technique is slightly too loose, in theory, for an opener. If he gets out after getting in, he almost always ends up owing the team a few balls. This will be an important series both for Rohit and the experiment. India haven’t quite hedged their bets there. If Rohit fails again, it leaves the team in trouble close to the World Cup, and Rohit with another new role in the team.Raina, much like Rohit the opener, is a valuable player in Asia. On tougher pitches he becomes a lesser player. His technique comes under scrutiny, and his part-time offspin becomes less effective. He still brings a lot of energy to the side, but he needs runs in tough conditions to justify being one of the top six batsmen – and India can play only six because the new fielding restrictions demand five proper bowlers. He will be under pressure because he was dropped after the New Zealand tour, and came back only as a captain in Bangladesh because all other experienced players were resting. That comeback has quietly continued, but will come under fire if Raina can’t score runs here.The bowling as usual will remain a bit of a hit and miss. India went to South Africa with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma as their lead bowlers, but soon realised they needed more forceful operators. In came Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma. By the time they reached New Zealand, India had gone to Bhuvneshwar, Ishant and Mohammed Shami. Varun Aaron made an appearance somewhere too. On this ODI tour, there is no Ishant or Aaron. The only constants are the two spinners, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, as much because of their batting as their bowling.This series is also important because India need a bigger roadmap to arrest their overseas free-fall. There is no guarantee Ravi Shastri and the new band of domestic assistant coaches will be effective, or if Shastri will remain with the team after the series. He has had a few informal one-on-ones with Duncan Fletcher and a couple of players. He is expected to address the team formally for the first time on Saturday evening. Just pep talk won’t do. He will have to come with solutions to the problems.These are uncertain, and interesting, times for the team. They still have time before the World Cup, but not a lot of it.

Somerset’s captain, Marcus Trescothick, was frustrated but generally satisfied with the progress of his side after the final day at Edgbaston was washed out

George Dobell at Edgbaston28-May-2014
ScorecardMarcus Trescothick was pleased with his side’s progress despite a washed-out final day at Edgbaston•Getty Images

It took until mid-afternoon to confirm what had been obvious to most at the crack of dawn: there would be no play at Edgbaston on the final day of the Championship match between Warwickshire and Somerset.But the desire – the desperation, even – to try to force into even a few minutes’ play was understandable. In 2010, Somerset finished equal on points with Nottinghamshire at the top of the Championship table. Had past regulations still been in use, the title would have been shared. As it was, Nottinghamshire took it on the basis of having won more games. For a club like Somerset, who have never won a Championship, such an experience left a scar.Both teams had an opportunity to earn another bonus point or two that could, come the end of the season, prove crucial. Warwickshire required six more runs for another batting bonus point and Somerset one wicket for another bowling point. With 17-and-a-half overs left of the period in which to gain bonus points – they are eligible in the first 110 overs of each side’s first innings – the possibility remained that each team could even gain two more points.It left Somerset’s captain, Marcus Trescothick, frustrated but generally satisfied with the progress of his side. “Our team is completely different to last season,” he said. “The way we’ve approached things and the performances we’re putting in: there is no comparison. Last year our batsmen were rolled over and our bowlers were going for plenty.”We’ve played good cricket. We’re pretty solid. Three of our games have been on pitches like this, but we’ve had a couple of victories and we’re pretty pleased.”Trescothick was not especially impressed by the slow pitch, though it had been under cover for several days due to the rain. “It’s pretty soul destroying when you get on these wickets,” he said. “It was pretty slow. There wasn’t a great deal in it for the seamers. There wasn’t a lot in it for anybody. It got slower and slower.”Warwickshire, meanwhile, hope that Tim Ambrose will have recovered from his calf strain in time for the T20 match against Lancashire on Saturday, while Jim Troughton is nearing a return after back surgery and will play second team cricket next week.”We’re stronger than we were last year,” Varun Chopra, the stand-in captain, said. “The younger players have moved up a level and some of the senior players just keep getting better. Boyd Rankin bowled really well on a docile wicket, Rikki Clarke is in the best physical shape I’ve ever seen him and Tim Ambrose is playing well.”I’m not surprised that Ireland have shown interest in Boyd. But I still believe he wants to play for England and I think he’s good enough to do so.”

كشفت صحيفة “ليفربول إيكو” البريطانية أن هناك قرارًا مهمًا من نادي ليفربول بعد طرد لاعبه، أليكسيس ماك أليستر، في مباراة بورنموث في الجولة الثانية من الدوري الإنجليزي.

وتحصل ماك أليستر على طرد في الشوط الثاني من مباراة ليفربول وبورنموث في الدقيقة 58 بسبب العنف ضد لاعب الخصم، كريستي.

وبحسب التقرير أن ليفربول قرر تقديم استئناف ضد الطرد على الأرجنتيني الدولي رسميًا، حيث كانت هناك اعتراضات من يورجن كلوب وبعض اللاعبين على القرار.

اقرأ أيضًا.. جيرارد يتفاعل مع كسر محمد صلاح لرقمه في مباراة ليفربول وبورنموث

وبهذا القرار، سيحصل ماك أليستر على إيقاف لمدة 3 مباريات مقبلة في الدوري الإنجليزي مع ليفربول ولن يشارك أمام نيوكاسل يونايتد، أستون فيلا وولفرهامبتون.

ولم يطلب حكام تقنية الفيديو سواء بول تيرني أو مساعده قسطنطين هاتزيداكيس من الحكم الرئيسي، توماس برامال، مراجعة الحالة وأكدوا على القرار.

وسيراجع الاتحاد الإنجليزي لكرة القدم الحالة بالطبع وفقًا لأدلة ليفربول ضد القرار، ويمكنه التأكيد أو إلغاء الطرد ضد ماك أليستر.

لكن من المؤكد أن يغيب الأرجنتيني عن لقاء نيوكاسل يونايتد المقبل يوم، الأحد، على الأقل حتى يصدر القرار في الأسبوع القادم وإذا تم رفض الاستئناف سيغيب اللاعب عن 3 مباريات أخرى بخلاف اللقاء القادم وفقًا للائحة.

Kusal Mendis has been named captain of Sri Lanka’s 15-member squad for the Under-19 World Cup, which begins next month in the UAE

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jan-2014Kusal Mendis has been named captain of Sri Lanka’s 15-member squad for the Under-19 World Cup, which begins next month in the UAE. Mendis captained the team during the recent ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, and scored 166 runs at an average of 41.50, including a century against Bangladesh and 52 against India.The squad contains one survivor from the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia in Anuk Fernando. The left-handed allrounder played only two matches, but has since assumed an important role for the side with his left-arm seam and his batting down the order.Hashan Ramanayake, Harsha Rajapaksha and Hashan Vimarshana have replaced three members of the squad for the Asia Cup, where Sri Lanka lost to Afghanistan in their group, but recovered to make the semi-finals. They then lost to eventual champions India.The team will be coached by Naveed Nawaz, who played for one Test and three ODIs for Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka, who have been drawn in Group D alongside New Zealand, England and the hosts UAE, will begin their World Cup campaign against New Zealand in Sharjah on February 14. The team will undertake a training camp in Dambulla before leaving for the UAE.Sri Lanka Under-19 squad: Kusal Mendis (capt), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Minod Bhanuka, Hashan Dumindu, Kavindu Kulasekara, Priyamal Perera, Thilaksha Malshan Sumanasiri, Hashan Ramanayake, Binura Fernando, Anuk Fernando, Hashan Vimarshana, AK Tyronne, Lakshan Jayasinghe, Ramesh Mendis, Harsha Rajapaksha

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Diferentemente da frustração por uma queda, o presidente do clube, Robinson de Castro fez questão de minimizar o resultado final e exaltou a capacidade de Lisca, por alcançar outra marca importante no comando do time cearense.

‘Ele conseguiu mais um feito. Nunca tínhamos vencido o Corinthians lá dentro. Ano passado ele fez isso contra o Flamengo. É um estrategista. Até mandei uma mensagem para ele, não sei se já leu’, disse à Rádio Bandeirantes.

Agora o Ceará volta a campo no próximo fim de semana quando encara o Náutico, nas quartas de final da Copa do Nordeste, na Arena Castelão.

England may have struck an important blow in future Ashes series after Sam Robson qualified to represent England.Robson, the Australian-born opening batsman, is currently the leading run scorer in Division One of the County Championship and is considered one of the brightest batting prospects in England or Australia.A right-handed opening batsman much in the style of Mike Atherton, it had been thought that Robson would qualify for England early in 2014 but his status was recently reviewed by Middlesex and the ECB have confirmed he is now eligible to play for England or England Lions in all formats.He was born in New South Wales and represented Australia Under-19s but, taking advantage of a UK passport courtesy of his Nottingham-born mother, he moved to England as a teenager in 2008 and has now completed the requisite residency period.Now aged 24, Robson has become a regular at the top of the order in the Middlesex team and must be considered a candidate for the Test side. While England’s top three appears settled, Robson’s temperament and technique combined with his heavy run scoring may prove hard to ignore.While Robson has always been somewhat equivocal about his allegiances – he has dismissed talk of a call-up to either England or Australia as “unrealistic” and suggested he would cross that bridge when he came to it – he is committed to Middlesex and declined opportunities to play first-class cricket in Australia. His status as an England-qualified player will enable Middlesex to gain performance-related fee payments from the ECB each time he represents them.”England is where it is at for me,” Robson told ESPNcricinfo earlier this season. “I came to London as soon as I finished school. I love living here and I love playing for Middlesex. There have been opportunities to play first-class cricket in Australia but it would jeopardise my future with Middlesex and I can’t do that.” Robson would have to play as an overseas player if he represented an Australian state in first-class cricket.His brother, 21-year-old Angus Robson, is also involved in the county system and is currently playing second XI cricket for Leicestershire. Their father, Jim, played second XI cricket for Worcestershire in 1979.Robson’s qualification does not rule him out of playing for Australia and, until he actually represents a full England side, he will remain eligible for the nation of his birth. It is believed that Australia’s selectors have followed his progress closely but were only recently made fully aware of his eligibility – an oversight considering his background in the Under-19 team – and have done little to compete with the opportunities offered by county cricket.That will be a concern to Cricket Australia. In a country that is currently struggling to produce batsmen who thrive on occupying the crease for long periods of time, losing a player of Robson’s calibre to the old enemy may create a certain amount of soul searching.But while the top Australian players earn more than their England counterparts, normal county players enjoy far more playing opportunities in England and greater job security. Had he remained in Australia, Robson may have struggled to break into his Shield team or develop his career so quickly.The 18-year-old Sam Hain, who has been described as the best young batting talent in Australia, has also utilised his UK passport to sign a contract with Warwickshire.

عاد مستقبل نجم فريق باريس سان جيرمان، كيليان مبابي، إلى الواجهة مرة أخرى بعدما فجرت صحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية مفاجأة قوية، مساء أمس الإثنين.

وكانت الصحيفة الشهيرة قد أكدت أن مبابي لا ينوي تفعيل بند التمديد في عقده الحالي مع باريس سان جيرمان، مما يعني رحيله مجانًا في صيف 2024، وهو ما يرفضه النادي الفرنسي.

وتسبب قرار مبابي في إعادة ربطه من جديد بإمكانية انتقاله إلى صفوف ريال مدريد، خاصة وأن الأخير يسعى إلى ضم مهاجم جديد لتعويض الفرنسي كريم بنزيما الذي رحل إلى اتحاد جدة السعودية.

واهتمت صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية بالأمر، حيث ذكرت أن ريال مدريد يظهر حاليًا في السيناريو الخاص بمستقبل مبابي مع باريس سان جيرمان.

وأوضحت أن ريال مدريد سيكون المرشح الأبرز والأفضل للتعاقد مع كيليان مبابي هذا الصيف، حال استقرار باريس سان جيرمان على عدم رحيله مجانًأ الصيف القادم.

يستعد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي اتحاد العاصمة الجزائري لمواجهة نظيره يانج أفريكانز التنزاني، في نهائي بطولة الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.

اتحاد العاصمة يواجه يانج أفريكانز، على ملعب 5 يوليو، في إياب نهائي الكونفدرالية.

وكانت مباراة الذهاب قد انتهت بفوز اتحاد العاصمة بثنائية مقابل هدف، على الملعب الوطني مكابا، يوم الأحد الماضي. موعد مباراة اتحاد العاصمة ويانج أفريكانز اليوم في نهائي الكونفدرالية

تنطلق المباراة في تمام العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت مصر والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة اتحاد العاصمة ويانج أفريكانز في نهائي الكونفدرالية

تنقل مباراة اتحاد العاصمة ويانج أفريكانز عبر فضائية Bein sports hd 4.

ويمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة عبر مركز المباريات من هنا.

Michael Vaughan, the former England captain who led them in regaining the Ashes eight years ago, believes that the current side have “a great chance” to win back-to-back series against Australia in 2013. England will fine-tune their preparations for the Ashes with home and away series against New Zealand and Vaughan suggested the strength in depth at Alastair Cook’s disposal makes them strong favourites against an Australia side in transition.Vaughan’s England beat Australia 2-1 in 2005 for a first Ashes triumph in 18 years. That epic contest came against the likes of Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne but current captain, Michael Clarke, is now the only Australia survivor from the series. Their plans were further disrupted by the retirement of Michael Hussey last month and while there are also questions over the make-up of England’s best side, Vaughan feels that Cook has a significant advantage in being able to pick from a pool of “20-22 players that are good enough to play international cricket”.The Tests against Australia will provide the bulk of the England narrative in 2013, alongside an ambition in 50-overs cricket to win the Champions Trophy, and Vaughan said Cook’s side were capable of extending their run of Ashes success into a fourth consecutive series.”This year is all about winning these two big Ashes series,” he said. “You’ve got to look at this year as an England player, and Alastair Cook as captain, and think ‘I’ve got two great chances of winning two Ashes’. You won’t get a better chance – you do not get a better chance of beating an Australian side than this. They’re decent, they’re strong, they’ve got positivity because Clarke’s a very, very good captain and leader. But you look down from one to 11, probably one to 20 with the England side, and think ‘I’d fancy that’.”Look at Australia’s top six – Hussey, Ponting gone. That top three is going to be got at, especially in these conditions. Clarke, can he keep playing the way that he’s played for the last 12 months? You’d think not. England have got a great chance. In England I’d expect England to win comfortably, in Australia, it’ll be tight but England should still win.”While only a single ranking point separates second-placed England and third-placed Australia in Tests, there has been anxiety Down Under about the team’s overall strategy. Player rotation has become a key issue in Australia but England’s gradual movement towards a squad game has caused less of a ripple. James Anderson and Stuart Broad were rested from the Edgbaston Test against West Indies last summer, while rotation in the limited-overs set-up has become commonplace, as both countries try to marshal their resources ahead of two eagerly anticipated series.”I think rotation is a must in the modern game,” Vaughan said. “I think you’ve got to very clever with the way that you manage the players to make sure they stay fresh for the big moments, the big series. I think where England are very lucky is that they have such a big pool of players to choose from now – there’s probably 20-22 players that are good enough to play international cricket for England.”If we’d tried to do that six, seven years ago it would have been difficult because you’d have been replacing players and rotating them and bringing players in who weren’t necessarily ready to play and then the performance levels would drop. I think that’s what’s happening with Australia, I don’t think they’ve got a big enough pool of players to be able to rotate but they have to rotate because you want to keep the best players fit for the big series.”Before Australia, England’s focus is on New Zealand, with the T20 series starting on Saturday. Although Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann have been rested, with Pietersen sitting out the ODIs as well, England will be at full strength again for the three Tests. Nick Compton is likely to resume as Cook’s opening partner, with Joe Root the man in possession at No. 6, and Vaughan said that pinning down their favoured batting order for the Ashes will be a priority on a tour that should provide useful challenges.”New Zealand at home won’t be as bad as people think they will be,” he said. “I think it will be a series that England will win but New Zealand will put up a fight, they’ve got one or two decent bowlers. You lose a toss in New Zealand, you can get behind the eight ball quickly, the pitches can do all sorts in those first two or three hours. It’s a tour England will certainly fancy winning 3-0, you’d expect, but you can’t take any opposition at home lightly.”Yorkshire Tea is now the official brew of England cricket. The Little Urn and the Brew Crew will be entertaining fans during the Yorkshire Tea Break at Investec Test matches this summer – yorkshiretea.co.uk

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.”