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A round-up of the sixth day of matches in the ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 2011

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Jul-2011Uganda crushed Kenya by eight wickets at the Kyambogo Cricket Ground, registering their sixth win of the ICC Africa Division One Twenty20 2011, to set up a final with table-toppers Namibia. Choosing to bat, Kenya limped to 74 for 9 in their 20 overs – just three of their batsmen managed to get into double figures with Kennedy Ochieng top scoring with 26. Deusdedit Muhumuza and Davis Arinaitwe picked up two wickets each, and three run-outs were effected in the innings.Despite losing opener Arthur Kyobe off the second ball of the chase, Uganda faced no real threat, with Abdulah Lubega and Arthur Ziraba putting on 69 for the second wicket and effectively sealing the match. The winning runs came in the 15th over with Lubega unbeaten on 36.Nigeria beat Ghana by a convincing six-wicket margin at the Lugogo Cricket Oval, to finish third in the points table. Choosing to bat, Ghana were off to an impressive start with a 44-run opening partnership, but the rest of the line-up failed to capitalise. Francis Bakiweyem fell soon after reaching his half-century, edging Kunle Adegbola to the keeper, but his knock was key to Ghana reaching 127 for 9 in their 20.Nigeria were solid in their reply. There were handy contributions from four of their top five batsmen with No. 4 Ramit Gill top-scoring with a run-a-ball 35. Adegbola, who had picked up three wickets, was unbeaten on 28 off 25 balls, as Nigeria finished the game with 15 balls to spare. While Ghana’s one win from eight games puts them at the bottom of the table, Nigeria have qualified for Friday’s third-place playoff in which they will play Kenya.

Craig McDermott has pipped his old pace rival Allan Donald and the little-known Allister de Winter to become Australia’s pace bowling coach, replacing Troy Cooley

Daniel Brettig12-May-2011

Craig McDermott pipped his old pace rival Allan Donald to be the man charged with shepherding Australia’s pace bowlers after they slipped to innocuous depths during the Ashes. The appointment of Troy Cooley’s replacement was announced in Brisbane on Thursday after Michael Brown, Cricket Australia’s head of cricket operations, had completed his final round of interviews.”It’s great to be back as part of the Australian team set-up again and I can’t wait to get started working with the bowlers and the rest of the team,” McDermott said. “We’ve got some challenging tours ahead in the coming months but I’m excited at the opportunity to be part of the group that helps get Australia back to number one in all forms of cricket.”McDermott wasted little time identifying the potentially explosive but more often wayward Mitchell Johnson as a key to the Australian team’s fortunes. Johnson maintained a very close relationship with Cooley, but the countless hours they spent together did not always result in fruitful spells on the field.”I thought Mitchell had his head in a really good space in Bangladesh,” McDermott said. “If he can get it together he’s like no other bowler we’ve got in the country. His arm speed is phenomenal and when he gets it right, he’s unplayable. He was working on a couple of things in Bangladesh and if he gets it right he will bowl well and he’ll be around for a long time.”In the 15 years since his retirement from international cricket in 1996, McDermott has tried various pursuits, not all of them successful. But in recent times he had worked as a pace bowling coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, and was taken to Bangladesh as interim pace bowling coach for Australia’s short tour in April, where he gelled successfully with the players.”Not everything is a quick fix. It’s a long-term thing. Certainly I’d like to put an emphasis on that part of our bowling,” McDermott said of encouraging Australia’s bowlers to pursue a fuller length. “If you pitch it up you’re a much better chance of getting lbws, caught behinds and clean bowleds.”We’ve got more than enough (bowling) depth for Australia to be top in all three forms of the game. It’s a challenging time but I enjoy a challenge.”McDermott was chosen out of an initial field that included Jason Gillespie and Andy Bichel in addition to Donald and the little-known Allister de Winter, with his previous involvement in the Australian system a major selling point. A long and successful Test career, in which he took 291 wickets across 71 matches and excelled in a wide variety of conditions, also helped.”His impressive record as an international player, during which he successfully overcame a number of setbacks, combined with his recent record at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence and with the Australia team in Bangladesh, all impressed us that he was the outstanding candidate for this role,” said Brown. “He will provide valuable support to the new Test Captain, Michael Clarke, coach Tim Nielsen, and the playing group.”Justin Langer, retained as batting coach the same day McDermott was appointed, quantified the Queenslander’s value.”He had an unbelievable work ethic when he played,” Langer told . “He played in an era with some great players and also a tough era. He went through the AB times and the Bobby Simpson times. That experience will be invaluable.”I think he’ll also bring quite a worldliness to the group, because he obviously went away from the cricket scene for some time and had varying degrees of fortune in his business life. He’ll bring that worldliness to the group, which I think is pretty invaluable in this day and age.”Often young professionals now, they gain this change-room existence where they come in and they become professional cricketers and all they really get to know is the change-room and their team-mates. I think any outside sources or influences who can talk to them about life after cricket and about being a good person off the field, or the different challenges that come with being a professional cricketer and the rewards that come with that, will be valuable.”Donald is now likely to remain with New Zealand where he had begun a fruitful relationship with the national side during the World Cup, while de Winter will go back to preparing the Tasmanian pace attack for their tilt at defending the Sheffield Shield title.

أعطى رافاييل فاران رد فعله الأول على هزيمة منتخب بلاده فرنسا أمام الأرجنتين وخسارة لقب كأس العالم 2022.

فرنسا حاملة لقب النسخة الماضية خسرت بركلات الترجيح (4-2) أمام الأرجنتين في مونديال قطر 2022.

يأتي ذلك بعد مباراة مثيرة شهدت عودة فرنسا في النتيجة (2-2) بالوقت الأصلي، لتمتد للأشواط الإضافية (3-3).

وفي تصريحاته لـ “TF1” قال فاران: “نحن محبطون للغاية بالطبع، لقد قدمنا ​​كل شيء، كان علينا أن نواجه الكثير من العقبات أثناء المنافسة، ولم نستسلم”.

اقرأ أيضًا | سكالوني: على ميسي اللعب في كأس العالم القادمة.. والقميص 10 ملكه دائمًا

وأضاف: “لمدة ساعة، لم نكن في المباراة، كان من الممكن أن نفوز أيضًا، أنا فخور جدًا بهذه المجموعة وبكوني فرنسي، نحن نبقي رؤوسنا مرفوعة”.

وتابع فاران: “عدنا إلى هذه المباراة عندما كانت معقدة، لعبت بسرعة كبيرة، ثم كنا أفضل بدنيًا، دفعناها وآمنّا بها حتى النهاية، كدنا نقلب المباراة، التي بدأت بشكل سيء”.

وأتم: “ولكن كانت هناك قوة ذهنية في هذه المجموعة، الكثير من القلب، هذا سمح لنا بالعودة إلى المباراة، نشعر بخيبة أمل ولكننا فخورون أيضا”.

It was only a run-a-ball 27, but for Paul Collingwood it felt like riches and he hopes the innings at Adelaide will kick-start his search for career-saving form

Andrew McGlashan in Brisbane 27-Jan-2011It was only a run-a-ball 27, but for Paul Collingwood it felt like riches and he hopes the innings at Adelaide will kick-start his search for career-saving form. He has had an awful tour of Australia with the bat, making 83 runs in the Ashes before retiring from Test cricket, and lost his one-day place at the beginning of this series until Kevin Pietersen’s groin strain gave him an early return.When he came back into the line-up at Sydney he was bowled second ball by Xavier Doherty from a delivery that hardly spun, which confirmed the seriousness of his problems. It was his bowling that kept him in the team for the next match and he batted at No.7, but he at least managed to feel the ball on the bat during a vital 56-run stand with Michael Yardy.The fact England took the batting Powerplay also meant Collingwood had no choice but to try and free himself up rather than dwell on his troubles. “It was a nice situation for me to come in, I had to be positive,” he said. “It was just good to get past 20. I hadn’t done it for a while. It was a good feeling and obviously contributing with the ball later on. I was happy with my game.”I’m the first to admit that I haven’t been in great form and that’s my role in the side,” he added. “I’m trying everything possible to get back into good nick. I know from past experience that getting back into a good run of form can be pretty immediate. Maybe after an innings like yesterday when I hit a couple out of the middle of the bat it might just click. I’m really confident it is just around the corner.”There was one moment that reminded people of what Collingwood is capable of when he swung Brett Lee over midwicket for six. The strong bottom hand came in, as it has so often during his career, and Collingwood believes even just one shot can make a huge difference.”Things like that can click you back into form,” he said. “The mental side of the game is huge. David Boon, when he was at Durham back in 1998, he came out with a quote that international cricket is 90% mental and 10% technique and at the time I didn’t understand what he meant by it.”But the more I’ve played international cricket the more I understand that statement. Confidence is a huge factor, all the things that you take into your batting is very mental. Hopefully there will be less tension going out into the middle next time around and more confidence and that can do me the world of good.”Collingwood’s bowling, the main reason he was picked at Adelaide, was also vital to England’s 21-run victory as he bowled seven overs for 22 and claimed the wicket of Michael Clarke, who is struggling almost as badly as Collingwood. However, he doesn’t want his mixture of medium-pace and cutters to define the closing stages of his international career and is desperate to move himself back up the order to where he has scored most of his 5006 runs.”Hopefully I can get back into better form and gradually get back up the order. That would be the ideal team,” he said. “But whatever way you can contribute to England winning you go out there and do it. I guess I was just happy to be in the side, the way that the form has been going with that bat. I feel as though I can do a fifth bowler role, I have done in the past. I’m just happy to be in the side and contributing well.”

Liverpool returned to the Premier League summit for a few hours at least following a hard-fought 1-0 victory over a reinvigorated Newcastle this afternoon.

The Reds’ hopes for an unprecedented quadruple are still alive, and Klopp and his side will surely be dreaming of holding all four trophies come the season’s end.

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The 54-year-old rested Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold following their European exploits in midweek as Newcastle started off at a hectic pace.

Naby Keita grabbed the only goal of the match in the 19th minute after some nice build-up play between him and Diogo Jota before rounding the Newcastle goalkeeper to finish.

The Portugal forward came close before half-time with a header, and he had further chances to extend Liverpool’s advantage in the second half. Nonetheless, a win will do, and one of Klopp’s selection gambles paid off.

Jota was bright throughout the game on Tyneside, but perhaps the real hero for the Reds was James Milner.

Milner was Liverpool’s hero

The veteran Englishman was excellent and received a rating of 8.4 on SofaScore, the highest of any Liverpool player, with Jota second on 7.6.

The 36-year-old won 70% of his duels during the contest to keep his team in with a chance of scraping the victory and played a joint-high four key passes, proving to be vital in both an attacking and defensive sense for the Reds.

The £150k-p/w hero also completed 86% of his passes, making one clearance and four tackles, and he was arguably Klopp’s key performer as they continue to go toe-to-toe with Manchester City in a fascinating title race.

It may well be Milner’s final season at Anfield, with his contract expiring at the end of the campaign, but whenever he is called upon, he does an excellent job, as he very much illustrated today.

His professionalism shines through and he has been an incredibly valuable servant for the club since joining from Manchester City in 2015. Performances like this will serve only to cement his hero status among Kopites everywhere.

AND in other news, Fabrizio Romano drops big transfer update that Liverpool supporters will love

أعلن الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا” عن طاقم حكام مباراة غانا وكوريا الجنوبية المقرر لها مساء الإثنين المقبل

ويصطدم منتخب غانا بنظيره الكوري الجنوبي في ثاني جولات دور المجموعات ببطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022، وذلك على ملعب استاد المدينة الجامعية.

طالع | الاتحاد الغاني يتقدم بشكوى إلى فيفا ضد حكم مباراة البرتغال

وكان منتخب غانا قد استهل المواجهات بهزيمة مثيرة على يد البرتغال بثلاثية مقابل هدفين.

وفي الوقت ذاته تعادل منتخب كوريا الجنوبية أمام الأوروجواي بهدف لكل فريق، وذلك لحساب المجموعة الثامنة.

  حكم مباراة غانا والكوريا الجنوبية 

ويدير الحكم الإنجليزي أنتوني تايلور اللقاء كحكم ساحة.

مساعد الحكم الأول: جاري بيسويك (إنجليزي).

مساعد الحكم الثاني: أدم نون (إنجليزي).

حكم رابع: كيفن أورتيجا (بيرو).

حكم فار: توماس كفياتكوفسكي (بولندا).

مساعد حكم فار: أليخاندرو هيرنانديز (إسبانيا).

حكم أوفسايد فار: كيلي اتكينس (أمريكا).

دعم الفار: ريكاردو دي بورخو (إسبانيا).

Leaders Nottinghamshire produced a valiant fight back against Yorkshire but will still face an uphill task to avoid a defeat that will throw the County Championship Division One title race wide open

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ScorecardMark Wagh played a key role in helping give Nottinghamshire the lead but gave his innings away for 90•Getty Images

Leaders Nottinghamshire produced a valiant fight back against Yorkshire but will still face an uphill task to avoid a defeat that will throw the County Championship Division One title race wide open.After Andre Adams completed his third five-wicket haul in consecutive matches to bowl out Yorkshire for 264, half-centuries from Mark Wagh, Paul Franks and Adam Voges helped the hosts to reach 357 for 6 in their second innings.Makeshift opener Franks combined with Alex Hales to post Nottinghamshire’s first opening wicket partnership of 50 for the season on the way to 79, with Wagh hitting 90, including 14 fours and two sixes before falling to Adil Rashid (2 for 48). Ajmal Shahzad then removed Samit Patel and Ali Brown cheaply and the late wicket of Voges, caught behind off Oliver Hannon-Dalby for 72, could prove crucial, with Nottinghamshire 152 ahead at the close.After 18 wickets had fallen on day one, it only took 13 balls for Adams to wrap up the Yorkshire innings, trapping Hannon-Dalby lbw with the fourth ball of the day and then finding the edge of Moin Ashraf’s bat to be caught at third slip to finish with 6 for 82, leaving Yorkshire skipper Andrew Gale undefeated on 151.That left Nottinghamshire 205 behind but gutsy application from their top order meant they were able to go ahead of the visitors for the loss of only two wickets. While conditions did not offer the prodigious swing of day one, batting was far from easy in the early stages and both Hales and Franks had to dig deep to survive until lunch.Hales was eventually undone by the away-swing of Ashraf, offering a thin edge to wicketkeeper Gerard Brophy for 24. Franks and Wagh then added 131 in 36 overs before the arrival of Rashid’s leg-spin saw Franks caught at slip by Jacques Rudolph just before tea.With the pitch flattening out, Wagh and Voges pushed Nottinghamshire ahead with some excellent shots either side of the wicket until Wagh, in sight of his third hundred of the season, miscued a lofted drive off Rashid to mid-on, much to his disgust.Shahzad then produced a fiery spell to send Patel and Brown back to the pavilion, although both batsmen played loose shots outside off. When Voges fell four overs before the close to the new ball, Nottinghamshire had seen four wickets fall for 51, but Yorkshire may yet rue dropping Read on 7, with Brophy shelling the most straightforward of chances off Shahzad. Read will resume in the morning on 24, with nightwatchman Darren Pattinson on 20.

Aston Villa could have Marvelous Nakamba back in a matchday squad for the first time since December today, with the Zimbabwe midfielder back from a knee injury which has ruled him out for nearly four months.

The Villans host Tottenham Hotspur in the late kick-off and will look to return to the top half of the table with a victory.

Villa manager Steven Gerrard confirmed that the 28-year-old is in contention to feature today after playing for the under-23s last Friday, saying: “He has played for the under-23s. So you couldn’t rule out the possibility of him making the matchday squad soon. If not for the Tottenham game, then he’s certainly going to be available for that Leicester fixture.

“But he has an outside chance of being involved in the matchday squad this weekend, although it wouldn’t be a start.”

Although there are doubts regarding Nakamba’s fitness, Gerrard should definitely consider reintroducing the Zimbabwean back into his team if possible.

On the chalkboard

It’s fair to say that the Villans have endured an inconsistent campaign in 2021/22, although a top-half finish is still very achievable.

Therefore, the final eight Premier League games of the season should be taken seriously, with this stage of a campaign sometimes seen by players as an opportunity to take their foot off the gas when there seems little to play for other than pride.

Having as many players fit and available as possible will certainly be vital to ensure a strong conclusion to the season, and Nakamba’s return will be incredibly welcome.

In the 28-year-old’s absence, the regular midfield trio of John McGinn, Douglas Luiz and Jacob Ramsey has borne fruit on occasion, but there is a lack of competition in the middle of the park.

After Nakamba and those three, Morgan Sanson is the only other senior central midfielder in the squad, with 18-year-old Carney Chukwuemeka being slowly integrated into the first team. The Frenchman has disappointed this term and could well depart in the summer, with Nantes reportedly interested in him.

Moreover, Luiz was poor against Wolves last week, with SofaScore handing the Brazilian a 6.4/10 match rating.

Although the Zimbabwean – who has previously been described as “outstanding” by former Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor – may not start every game until the end of the season, his presence should certainly encourage the other midfielders to remain consistent in order to avoid losing their place in the team.

Prior to his injury, Nakamba had started all of Gerrard’s first five games in charge and certainly has an admirer in the 41-year-old, who was a world-class midfielder as a player.

His is a timely return, even if it is to be from the bench this evening as the manager has hinted, and Aston Villa should certainly benefit from having the £34k-per-week midfielder back in action as they look to secure a first top-half Premier League finish in 11 years.

In other news: Aston Villa’s “crazy” £22.5m-rated talent could now leave, fans will surely be fuming

The January transfer window has just under two weeks left to run and Newcastle United have been active in bringing players to the club this month.

They have already signed Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood on permanent deals and have been linked with a number of new additions to further strengthen their squad.

Eddie Howe’s side are 19th in the Premier League table and in desperate need of new signings, given that the current squad has them in such a perilous position as it stands.

Replace Lascelles

One player who could be replaced in the final two weeks of the transfer window is centre-back Jamaal Lascelles, with Joe Rodon recently being linked with a switch to St James’ Park.

Some Newcastle fans took to Twitter over the weekend to criticise the club captain for his performance against Watford, as he lost his aerial duel to allow Joao Pedro to score the equaliser.

The defender has started 16 of the club’s Premier League matches this season and the Magpies have the second-worst defensive record in the division. He has also averaged a modest WhoScored rating of 6.48 for his individual performances, which suggests that he is far from smashing it in recent months.

This indicates that Newcastle need to improve in this area of the pitch, and the prospective signing of Rodon could allow Howe to brutally axe Lascelles from the team.

Ex-Chelsea forward Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink lavished the £24k-per-week Tottenham centre-back with praise last term. He told Sky Sports, via Wales Online: “He looks like a proper Spurs player, a centre-half, nothing fazes him, he put his head in when needed. You have to be comfortable on the ball because you want to control the game.

“I like that he gets up straight away and gets on with it because that tells me he is hard enough.”

Earlier this year, journalist Ian Mitchelmore hailed Rodon as “flawless” and a “special player” following an excellent showing for Wales at international level. For Spurs last season, he averaged an impressive SofaScore rating of 6.97 in the Premier League as he won a whopping 73% of his duels.

At the age of 24, he also has the majority of his career ahead of him. This means that he would not come in as a short-term fix and could instead be a long-term solution to Newcastle’s problem with Lascelles in the centre-back position, with Howe able to axe his current captain by signing Rodon and helping him develop over time.

AND in other news, Fabrizio Romano claims Newcastle could seal third January signing by “Thursday”, fans will love it…

MatériaMais Notícias

O promotor Paulo Castilho formalizou o pedido do MinistérioPúblico para que os jogos da Ponte Preta contra Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos e São Paulo, além dos clássicos com o Guarani, tenham torcida única.A expectativa é de que a CBF e a Federação Paulista de Futebol acatem o pedido.

O documento foi enviado nesta quarta-feira, depois dosrecentes acontecimentos relacionados à torcida da Ponte. Vale lembrar que na última partida do Campeonato Brasileiro, no jogo contra o Vitória, torcedores destruíram o alambrado do Majestoso e invadiram o gramado,entrando em conflito com policiais.

As datas das partidas entre Guarani e Ponte Preta não estão definidas, já que a CBF ainda não divulgou o calendário da Série B do Brasileiro. No Paulistão, a Ponte enfrenta Corinthians (17/1), no Pacaembu, e recebe Santos (25/1) e Palmeiras (18/2) no Moisés Lucarelli. Como está no grupo do São Paulo, o time só pode enfrentar o Tricolor nas quartas de final.