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O Botafogo realizou o último treinamento no Estádio Nilton Santos antes de a estrutura ser completamente entregue à organização da Copa América. Nesta terça-feira, os comandados de Marcelo Chamusca fizeram uma atividade no campo anexo. A partir de quarta-feira, o Alvinegro ficará no CT da Saferj.

+ Aluguel, visibilidade e estrutura: os motivos do ‘sim’ do Botafogo para a Copa América no Nilton Santos

O clube divulgou, por meio da assessoria de imprensa, a programação envolvendo a semana. A equipe ainda fará um treinamento no Clube da Aeronáutica, na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro, na sexta-feira.

A partida diante do Remo, no próximo domingo, pela 3ª rodada da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro, que estava inicialmente marcada para o Nilton Santos, será no Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, às 16h.

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PROGRAMAÇÃO DO BOTAFOGO PARA A SEMANA:
Quarta-feira (09/06) – CT SAFERJ

Quinta-feira (10/06) – CT SAFERJ

Sexta-feira (11/06) – Clube de Aeronáutica

A delegação viajará após o treino de sexta-feira (11/06) para Volta Redonda, local da partida contra o Remo, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro.

O treinamento de sábado (12/06) será realizado no Estádio Raulino de Oliveira

Everton have conducted some questionable business in the transfer market in recent years, signing multiple players who have failed to make any impact at the club.

Morgan Schneiderlin joined the Toffees from Manchester United for £24m before struggling to prove any sort of worth for his hefty fee, before departing the club for a minimal fee just a few years after his move to Merseyside.

The club spent more than £100m on new additions during the 2019/20 season, with players such as Alex Iwobi joining for around £35m.

However, the club also purchased another talent who had huge expectations upon his move to England, but he's failed to take the Premier League by storm, with his time at Everton tarnished by injuries.

Andre Gomes's stats at Everton

After joining the club for £22m from Barcelona during the summer of 2019, midfielder Andre Gomes was viewed as a player who could catapult the Toffees back into the European places.

He initially joined Everton back in 2018 on loan before a permanent deal was secured. However, Gomes has failed to live up to the early promise he showed in a Toffees shirt over his lengthy current five-year stay.

His time at Goodison Park has been scattered with injury issues, with the Portuguese midfielder on the receiving end of a Heung-min Son tackle which left him with a serious ankle injury in 2019.

Gomes' injury problems at Everton

Season

Injury

Days missed

Games missed

2019/20

Bruised ribs

32

6

2019/20

Ankle injury

109

19

2021/22

Calf injury

75

10

2023/24

Fitness issue

112

16

Stats via Transfermarkt

Gomes has only managed 11 appearances in all competitions for Sean Dyche's side this campaign, with the Toffees boss preferring the likes of James Garner and Idrissa Gueye ahead of the 30-year-old.

The midfielder has managed to feature 111 times for Everton since he arrived on Merseyside, but with his injury record coupled with his contract which expires at the end of the season, the club may need to brutally get rid of the Portuguese playmaker to raise needed funds.

Andre Gomes' current market value

After joining the club permanently, the midfielder signed a contract worth £112k-per-week, as per Spotrac, making him the club's third-highest earner behind Abdoulaye Doucoure and Jordan Pickford.

However, his lack of game time has seen the 30-year-old's market value rapidly decline, with Gomes now only valued at £4.2m, as per CIES Football Observatory – a figure that is lower than teammate James Tarkowski, who is valued at £8.5m.

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That truly does put it into perspective considering that Tarkowksi is actually older, at 31, and was snapped up on a free from Burnley in 2022, in contrast to the £22m dished out on Gomes.

It's a real shame to see a player who had a lot of talent fade away, with injuries the main cause of the latter man's downfall at Goodison Park.

Despite his troubles, football is a ruthless industry and given the club's precarious position with the Premier League's strict PSR and FFP rules, Dyche needs to make the brutal decision to part ways with the Portuguese midfielder at the end of the campaign.

His weekly wage would see the club save £6.2m each year, a figure that simply can't be turned down given the Toffees' battle to comply with the PSR rules in the future.

Related Everton struck gold offloading flop who lasted just 6 months at new club

He spent five years at Goodison Park.

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The opener showered praises on the NZ batsmen for handling Jasprit Bumrah well

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Feb-20202:04

We played Bumrah, spinners very well in first ODI – Guptill

Opener Martin Guptill believes the way the New Zealand batsmen handled the Indian spinners in the first ODI in Hamilton was some of the best they have done in a long time.In their four-wicket win, New Zealand hammered Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav for a total of 148 runs from 20 overs to chase down their highest ODI total of 348. Guptill said they will have to be “little more attacking” during the second ODI in Auckland on Saturday, given the short boundaries at Eden Park.”It’s completely different conditions, isn’t it? You have to be a little bit more attacking here I guess and have the confidence that the ball probably will not spin past your edge as much. You know the odd one might as it did the other night,” Guptill said on Friday.Guptill wants to be around for 2023 World Cup

Opener Martin Guptill has clarified that he wants to stick around for the next 50-over World Cup, to be played in India. Guptill will be nearly 36 by then but is confident that “pending body issues and form” he will be able to stay around for another three years.
“Absolutely,” he said. “Pending body issues and form and things like that, hopefully I can stick around and put enough numbers on the board to be in that squad.”
New Zealand are playing their first ODI series since losing in the World Cup final last year and will play another three in Australia next month, which Guptill wants to make the most of. “I don’t think one-day cricket is going anywhere, there’s still a World Cup to play for in three years’ time, and leading up to that there’s going to be a lot of ODI cricket. I enjoy the ODI format, so hopefully there’s plenty more to come.” Guptill has been part of the last three World Cups in which New Zealand have made it to the semi-final once and the final twice.

“I thought the way we handled the Indian spinners in Hamilton was some of the best we have done it in a long time. So we can take confidence from that going forward in the series.”Yadav’s figures of 2 for 84 were his most expensive in ODIs, and he was attacked particularly by the left-hand batsmen Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls on Wednesday. Latham struck him for 31 runs off 17 balls by using the sweep effectively, while Nicholls collected 18 runs off nine balls against the wristspinner. Nicholls and Latham weren’t as attacking against Jadeja, but Ross Taylor, who scored a century, made up for it by scoring 28 off 22 against the orthodox spinner.ALSO READ: New Zealand bounce back from sweep – with the sweepAnother threat New Zealand negated was of Jasprit Bumrah, who played a crucial role in India’s 5-0 sweep of the T20Is, by being more circumspect against him early on and not giving a single wicket in the game. Guptill said it was more about getting used to facing Bumrah than becoming “comfortable” facing him.”Don’t know [it ever gets] comfortable facing him,” he said. “But you certainly get used to him. He has got a unique action, he comes in and he is very good with his skills. I thought we played him well on the other night.ALSO READ: India must shake New Zealand off plan A to stay alive”He bowled very well with the new ball and when the time came to take boundaries off him I thought the guys in the middle did that really well and negated him and [did not allow him] to take early wickets.”Guptill also praised stand-in captain Latham for his 69 off 48 at No. 5. Returning from injury after sustaining a fractured finger during the SCG Test against Australia last month, Latham started slow by scoring only four runs off his first 14 balls before unleashing his sweeps against Yadav.”I thought Tom played brilliantly,” Guptill said. “He gave himself some time to get in and then flipped the switch when he needed to and took the pressure a little bit off Ross. It allowed Ross to settle into his own innings as well.”Then between 25 to 40 over mark, they just took the game away from India with that match-winning partnership.”Eden Park’s odd dimensions add a bit of uncertainty for the second ODI, Guptill said, where he and Nicholls would want to see through the first 10 overs to set a platform for the middle order.”This ground is different, isn’t it? You want to go out and start the way we can and stay as positive as possible. It could be 70 for no loss or it could be 40 for no loss. You just don’t know until we go out there and assess the conditions.”You want to go out there being positive. Unfortunately in the game of cricket if you lose couple of wickets early you have to rebuild. But if Henry and I can get across the 10-over mark then hopefully take it as deep as possible.”

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Com o desligamento de Danilo Avelar no Corinthians, após o jogador escrever uma frase uma racista durante um jogo online, o Corinthians poderá ter a saída de três zagueiros em um intervalo de uma semana. Além de Avelar, Bruno Méndez foi liberado por empréstimo ao Internacional e Jemerson tem contrato com o clube do Parque São Jorge até a próxima quarta-feira (30) e não foi procurado até agora para renovar o vínculo.

>> Confira a tabela do Brasileirão e simule os jogos do Corinthians
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Essas baixas gerarão uma grande lacuna no sistema defensivo corintiano, além de uma dor de cabeça para a comissão técnica e diretoria.

A premissa do Timão para essa temporada é segurar a mão no quesito contratações. Com um total de dívidas próximo a R$ 1 bilhão, o presidente Duílio Monteiro Alves e os homens fortes do futebol, Alessandro Nunes e Roberto de Andrade, estão com um discurso alinhado de que reforços só serão trazidos em condições extremamente vantajosas ao clube do Parque São Jorge.

Porém, agora Sylvinho terá nas mãos apenas quatro zagueiros: Gil, João Victor, Raul Gustavo e Léo Santos. Os três primeiros têm jogado regularmente, já o último tem voltado a atuar aos poucos, pois ficou dois anos parado, por conta de duas cirurgias do joelho.

Desde que foi liberado pelo Departamento Médico, em abril, o camisa 13 entrou em campo três vezes e apenas nos minutos finais de partida, totalizando apenas 10 minutos em campo. Recentemente, o atleta foi integrado também ao elenco de aspirantes do Corinthians, para ganhar mais tempo de atuação.

Ainda que Danilo Avelar estivesse machucado desde de outubro, quando rompeu o ligamento cruzado anterior, em um jogo contra o Santos, pela 14ª rodada do Brasileirão do ano passado, estimava-se que no segundo semestre ele retornasse aos gramados e aumentasse o leque de opções de defensores para a comissão técnica.

Caso o Timão realmente perca todas essas peças defensivas e não consiga ir ao mercado para repor, a base tende a ser o setor de garimpo para que Sylvinho componha o elenco.

حذر جلين جونسون مدافع ليفربول السابق، المصري محمد صلاح من فكرة الانتقال إلى الدوري السعودي في الوقت الحالي.

وينتهي عقد محمد صلاح مع ليفربول بنهاية الموسم الجاري، ولم يبدأ النادي مفاوضات تجديد العقد معه.

وسيكون لمحمد صلاح حرية التفاوض مع أي نادٍ آخر خارج إنجلترا بداية من شهر يناير المقبل، إذا لم يجدد عقده مع ليفربول.

وسجل الجناح المصري ثمانية أهداف وساهم بـ6 تمريرات حاسمة في 11 مباراة مع ليفربول هذا الموسم.

وفي حديثه إلى “Betfred”، قال جونسون: “لقد أظهر محمد صلاح أنه لا يزال لديه الكثير ليقدمه على أعلى مستوى”.

اقرأ أيضًا | محمد صلاح يسخر من روبرتسون بسبب واقعة في تدريبات ليفربول

وأضاف: “إذا رحل، فسنعرف السبب، ما زلت أعتقد أنه يمكنه البقاء لبضع سنوات أخرى في ليفربول أو فريق آخر كبير، لكن الشخص الوحيد الذي يعرف ما سيحدث بعد ذلك هو محمد، أعتقد أن الانتقال إلى المملكة العربية السعودية مبكر بعض الشيء بالنسبة له”.

وأفاد: “لا أعتقد أن النادي يجب أن يدفع للاعب ما يريده لأنه يشكل سابقة سيئة للجميع، لكنني لا أعتقد أن محمد هو ذلك النوع من الأشخاص على أي حال الذي قد يفرض مطالب مجنونة”.

وأتم: “يبدو وكأنه شاب جيد وصادق ولا أعتقد أن الأمور المالية ستكون مشكلة بالنسبة له، إذا أتيحت لليفربول فرصة الاحتفاظ به لمدة 18 شهرًا أو عامين آخرين، فيجب عليهم ذلك”.

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Em partida válida pela 9ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro 2021, Sport e Palmeiras se enfrentam neste domingo (04), às 16h (horário de Brasília), no Estádio Ilha do Retiro, em Recife-PE.

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O Verdão está na terceira colocação do torneio nacional com 16 pontos conquistados e vem de uma vitória sobre o Internacional no Beira-Rio. Já o Sport, por sua vez, ocupa a 15ª posição com 6 pontos e na última rodada, empatou com o Santos na Vila Belmiro.

O lateral-direito Patric testou positivo para Covid-19 e ficará afastado do elenco por 10 dias, seguindo os protocolos de isolamento e acompanhado pelo departamento médico do clube. O retorno do atleta está previsto apenas contra o Ceará, pela 13ª rodada do Brasileirão.

>> Veja a tabela completa do Brasileirão

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As atividades do Palmeiras em preparação para o confronto contra o Sport pelo Campeonato Brasileiro foram recheadas de novidades. Dudu e Pedrão retornam após empréstimos e seguem cronograma especial para ficar à disposição do técnico Abel Ferreira. Os atletas, inclusive, já foram liberados pela FIFA para atuarem pelo clube.

Mayke e Rony, desfalques na vitória sobre o Internacional, participam normalmente dos treinos e devem ser relacionados para a partida em Recife. Já o atacante Gabriel Veron, que participou de 45 minutos do jogo-treino de quinta (01) contra o XV de Jaú, cumpriu cronograma no centro de excelência e deve seguir fora.

Horário, transmissão, arbitragem, prováveis escalações: os dados de Sport x Palmeiras

Data: 04 de Julho de 2021, domingo
Horário: 16h (horário de Brasília)
Local: Estádio Ilha do Retiro, em Recife-PE
Árbitro: Caio Max Augusto Vieira – AB/RN
Assistentes: Jean Marcio dos Santos – AB/RN e Lorival Candido das Flores – AB/RN
VAR:Daniel Nobre Bins – AB/RS, Lucio Beiersdorf Flor – AB/RS e Paulo Jorge Alves – CBF/RJ

Transmissão:
–REDE GLOBO (TV aberta para São Paulo e Pernambuco, com narração de Cleber Machado, comentários de Caio Ribeiro e Grafite (por vídeo), Central do Apito com Sálvio Spinola e Sabrina Rocha e reportagens de Lucas de Senna);
–PREMIERE(TV por assinatura e pay-per-view para todo o Brasil, com narração de Júlio Oliveira, comentários de Cabral Neto (por vídeo) e Paulo Nunes, com reportagens de Juan Torres);
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SPORT:Mailson; Hayner, Rafael Thyere, Sabino e Júnior Tavares; Marcão, José Welison e Thiago Neves; Neilton, Everaldo e André. Técnico:Umberto Louzer

Desfalques: Patric (Covid-19);
Suspensos:Ninguém;
Pendurados:André, Trellez, Paulinho Moccelin, Gustavo, Iago Maidana e Rafael Thyere;
Voltam de suspensão: Ninguém;

PALMEIRAS: Jailson; Marcos Rocha, Luan, Renan (Felipe Melo) e Victor Luis; Danilo, Gustavo Scarpa e Raphael Veiga; Rony (Breno Lopes), Willian e Deyverson.Técnico:Abel Ferreira

Desfalques: Weverton (Seleção Brasileira), Gustavo Gómez (Seleção Paraguaia), Matías Viña (Seleção Uruguaia), Gabriel Veron (transição física);
Suspensos:Kuscevic (Vermelho Direto) e Patrick de Paula (3º Amarelo);
Pendurados:Abel Ferreira (técnico), Jailson, Breno Lopes, Marcos Rocha e Renan
Voltam de suspensão:Ninguém;

Aston Villa have surpassed expectations this year in the Premier League, and even looked like title challengers at one point.

Unai Emery's side currently sit in the lofty heights of fourth, though in order for a Champions League place to be secured, they'll need to avoid injuries to key men and continue to maintain the gap between them and Spurs.

With that in mind, Football FanCast is here to keep you updated with the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Saturday's evening clash with Chelsea.

Latest Aston Villa injury news

Unai Emery has six squad members unavailable ahead of Chelsea's visit to Villa Park this weekend. The player to return to the squad will be Douglas Luiz, who has served his yellow-card suspension. Otherwise, the clash against the Blues comes too soon for Nicolo Zaniolo and Alex Moreno, who both have minor problems and could return next week.

Long-term absentees Jacob Ramsey, Tyrone Mings, Emiliano Buendia and Boubacar Kamara are all out until the start of next season at the earliest.

Player Name

Injury/Suspension

Date Injured

Expected Return Date

Nicolo Zaniolo

Unknown

April

Unknown

Alex Moreno

Calf injury

April

May

Jacob Ramsey

Foot injury

2nd March

Next season

Tyrone Mings

Knee Injury

12th August

Next season

Emi Buendia

Knee Injury

9th August

Next season

Boubacar Kamara

ACL rupture

11th February

September-October

Nicolo Zaniolo – unknown

Nicolo Zaniolo missed the midweek win over Bournemouth through injury, and while Emery was hopeful that the Italian wouldn't be on the treatment table for long, he will not be fit enough to take part this weekend.

Whether he is fit for next week's Europa Conference League semi-final first leg against Olympiacos remains to be seen, but he appears to be the Villa player closest to a first-team return.

Alex Moreno – calf

Alex Moreno has been out recently with a calf issue, with Unai Emery previously claiming that it would see him out for around 2-3 weeks. This weekend's game against Chelsea was unlikely to mark his comeback, but he could return in time for next week's clash away at Brighton, with the Europa Conference League semi-finals also coming up.

Jacob Ramsey – foot

Jacob Ramsey is set to be out for the remainder of the season after suffering a foot injury, with Emery confirming he will play no further part in the campaign earlier this month.

Tyrone Mings – knee

Tyrone Mings suffered a significant knee injury on the opening day of the season against Newcastle United, and Villa quickly confirmed that he would require surgery to resolve the issue.

The defender is making progress in his recovery, with a comment coming out of Aston Villa:

"When they are injured for a long time, it's the worst in football. It's more difficult for the player, as a person, when they are injured. We've had two injuries for a long time, for all the season, with Buendia and Mings."

He still hasn't made an Aston Villa squad, but he can't be far away now.

Emi Buendia – knee

Aston Villa confirmed that Argentine midfielder Emi Buendia had suffered a 'significant knee ligament injury' in training a day before the season started.

Similarly to Mings, he can't be too far away now, though there's been no timeline given by Emery, with him clearly not wanting to rush the midfielder back to action.

Boubacar Kamara – ACL

Boubacar Kamara last featured for Villa in their defeat to Manchester United, with it later confirmed that he had suffered an ACL rupture.

Emery has insisted that a likely return date won't be until September or October at the earliest.

Aston Villa latest suspensions

There are no suspensions for Aston Villa this weekend. Douglas Luiz missed the clashes against Arsenal and Bournemouth after picking up his 10th yellow card of the season. Luckily, it seems like Villa did not miss him after winning both matches, and they will have him available for selection against Chelsea this weekend.

كشفت تقارير صحفية عن موقف محمد صلاح من انتقال مواطنه عمر مرموش إلى ليفربول الإنجليزي، بعد أن قدم زميله المصري أداءً رائعًا في الدوري الألماني هذا الموسم.

مهاجم آينتراخت فرانكفورت البالغ من العمر 25 عامًا، الذي تألق في الموسم الحالي، سجل 14 هدفًا وقدم 10 تمريرات حاسمة في جميع المسابقات، ويحتل فريقه المركز الثالث في الدوري الألماني.

وقد أبدى مرموش اعتزازه بالتأكيد على أنه زميل لصلاح في المنتخب الوطني، مما يجعله أقرب لمشاركة غرفة الملابس مع أسطورة ليفربول، وفقًا لتقرير من صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية.

وذكرت “ميرور” البريطانية نقلاً عن تقرير “بيلد”، أن صلاح كان قد أبدى رأيًا شخصيًا لدعم انضمام مرموش إلى ليفربول، وأشارت إلى أن فريق بايرن ميونخ لن ينافس ليفربول على التعاقد مع اللاعب.

ويأتي ذلك بعدما تراجع بايرن ميونخ عن دفع المبلغ المقدر لشراء مرموش، والذي يصل إلى 50 مليون جنيه إسترليني (60 مليون يورو).

وأضافت “بيلد” أن مرموش يتسم بمرونة تكتيكية ستجعله يناسب أسلوب لعب ليفربول بشكل جيد.

اقرأ أيضًا | مرموش يستهدف تجاوز رقم ميسي في مباراة فرانكفورت وفيردر بريمن

صلاح نفسه كان قد تحدث بإعجاب عن موهبة مرموش، داعيًا الجمهور إلى التوقف عن المقارنات بينهما.

وصرح صلاح: “عمر مرموش لاعب موهوب للغاية، وهو عنصر أساسي في فريقه والمنتخب، لكنني آمل أن يبعده الجمهور عن المقارنات لأنها ستضغط عليه بشكل غير مبرر”.

وأضاف: “أتمنى ألا يتم مقارنته بي، وتوقفوا عن تسميته ‘صلاح الجديد’، لا يساعده ذلك بل يزيد من الضغط عليه”.

في حال انتقال مرموش إلى ليفربول، سينضم إلى مجموعة مهاجمين قوية في الفريق تضم كل من لويس دياز، كودي جاكبو، داروين نونيز، دييجو جوتا، وفيديريكو كييزا.

Only two Mzansi Super League games have seen a bowling team close out a close game in the final over

Firdose Moonda19-Feb-2020

The absence of proper pressure in South Africa’s domestic competitions is leaving bowlers ill-equipped to handle similar situations on the international stage, according to bowling coach Charl Langeveldt.Speaking three days after Mark Boucher assessed his bowlers’ skill levels as not being good enough following South Africa’s failure to defend totals in two out of the three T20 matches in the recently completed England series, Langeveldt said more practice at franchise level is essential for his young pack.ALSO READ: Hamstrung Bavuma out of first T20I”It was disappointing, especially with the scores we had. I thought we could have defended that but in saying that, not a lot of guys get into that position in domestic cricket,” Langeveldt said. “It’s a concern for me. It’s not good enough. In World Cups, you are going to get a lot of games like that. And if I look around the country, domestic cricket, the close games aren’t like it used to be.”The evidence from the Mzansi Super League (MSL), South Africa’s flagship T20 competition, supports Langeveldt’s claim. In 54 completed matches across two editions of the tournament, only three matches have reached their stage where the fielding team needed to defend fewer than 15 runs to win off the last over. On two occasions, they were successful, once in 2018 when Andrew Birch of the Tshwane Spartans ensured they beat the Paarl Rocks and then in 2019, when Sri Lanka’s Isuru Udana gave Paarl Rocks victory over the Cape Town Blitz. While Udana has been in action against India recently, Birch has never played for South Africa despite a strong domestic record.Instead, it is a new crop of quicks that Langeveldt has been tasked with moulding into death bowlers and the one he sees as best-placed to do the job is no longer in the squad. “A guy like [Sisanda] Magala, from seeing him in the nets, he is the most confident,” Langeveldt said. But uncapped Magala was dropped from the squad having spent the England series working to pass a fitness test that would see him debut. He has returned to his franchise, the Warriors, and was named in their team to play a domestic one-day cup match on Tuesday, which was rained off.Magala is due to continue working with South Africa’s fitness trainer to meet the team’s requirements and remains a candidate for the T20 World Cup but for now, Langeveldt is looking at Lungi Ngidi and Andile Phehlukwayo to do the job and the latter, specifically. “has gone a bit backwards.” Phehluwayo’s changes of pace used to be key to South Africa’s ability to contain but he has struggled with his consistency.One of the only ways to improve on that is repetition and Langeveldt is trying to emphasis that. “It’s training. The same way you train bowling length every day, with yorkers you have to train it,” he said. “It’s when to release the ball.”But even then, bowling in the nets is entirely different to pulling it off in a match, when eyes and expectation are on you and that is something Langeveldt can’t teach. “The big thing is to land it under pressure. You can execute it in the nets but it’s when you are in the game, you need to be able to,” he said. “It’s sometimes difficult to coach that to a guy because he needs to figure it out for himself, once he is out in the middle. You can give him the tools, it’s what he does with them.”Dale Steyn celebrates dismissing Jos Buttler•Getty Images

While Langeveldt’s focus is on “mentally preparing” his bowlers, he also hopes the inclusion of experienced players like Dale Steyn and Kagiso Rabada will bring belief into group. Rabada was rested for the white-ball games against England, after being suspended from the final Test, and spent his time at NBA All-Star game in Chicago. He arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday, “refreshed and ready to get straight back to work,” which is exactly what Langeveldt hoped would happen.”Renewed focus is a good thing. As 24-year-old playing for your country all the time, you’re always under pressure,” Langeveldt said. “He was our leading bowler for a couple of years and probably still is so hopefully he brings that energy back.”One thing that is certain is that Rabada will bring intent, especially against Australia. His most recent history with them involved a shoulder-brush with Steve Smith which almost saw him banned for a match in the 2018 Tests series but he successfully appealed the charge. He has since earned a further demerit point for an aggressive send-off which included screaming at Joe Root and entering his space during the Port Elizabeth Test and has promised to contain his passions for the good of the team in future.But Langeveldt hopes not too much. “KG will always bring that competitiveness. He is competitive by nature. He wants to take wickets and we will definitely use our bumpers,” Langeveldt warned. “But he also needs to control the aggression. Be controlled with your lines, lengths and your bouncer.”

Twelve members of squad set out to run 26 miles a day for ten days for Lord’s Taverners

ESPNcricinfo staff06-May-2020

England’s Physical Disability cricket squad is aiming to complete a marathon a day to help raise funds for the Lord’s Taverners.The squad, which finished as runners-up in the Physical Disability World Series last summer, has pledged to complete 26 miles of running every day for at least ten days, as part of the #TwoPointSixChallenge fundraising drive.Twelve members of the side are sharing their training efforts online as they look to complete their challenge of more than 260 miles.Callum Flynn, a member of England’s PD squad, said: “Like all athletes, we wish we could be outside playing right now, so while we wait to return the pitch, we all wanted to put our energy into something positive.”We decided to raise funds for the fantastic work of the Lord’s Taverners and hopefully raise the profile of disability cricket at the same time. We are looking to run at least 260 miles collectively over the next 10 days. “We know from our own experiences what cricket can do for people with a disability – how it can improve your confidence, your health and ultimately your life. It would be amazing if we could raise some money to support the Lord’s Taverners and their life-changing work.”Tom Harrison, ECB Chief Executive Officer, said: “Our disability squads consistently amaze us with what they achieve both on and off the field. These guys are exceptional cricketers and individuals and we are incredibly proud of what they are doing to support the Lord’s Taverners. I hope their considerable efforts will raise a significant sum of money for the charity.”Their efforts are the latest in a series of charitable endeavours from England’s cricketers since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. Last month, Jos Buttler auctioned his World Cup-winning shirt for more than £65,000, while Ben Stokes this week ran his first half-marathon in a time of 1 hour and 39 minutes to raise funds for the NHS, after being inspired by three amateur cricketers who ran the full distance in their back gardens.