Two-Test series unsatisfactory – Sangakkara

On the eve of his 100th Test, Kumar Sangakkara has called on the ICC to do away with two-Test series, describing such scheduling as “unsatisfying”

Daniel Brettig in Colombo15-Sep-2011

Kumar Sangakkara believes Sri Lanka don’t have to look overseas for coaching talent•Associated Press

On the eve of his 100th Test, Kumar Sangakkara has called on the ICC to do away with two-Test series, describing such scheduling as “unsatisfying”. The third Test against Australia at Colombo will offer Sangakkara and his team the chance to pull back a 1-0 deficit, but they have not always been so fortunate.As a stylish batsman, successful captain and articulate statesman for Sri Lankan cricket, Sangakkara said he had taken part in too many series where the narrative felt unduly clipped due to the lack of a third Test.One of his imponderables is the 2007 series in Australia, where the under-prepared visitors lost in Brisbane but then, through Sangakkara’s own majestic 192 in the second Test, pushed the hosts far further. The prospect of a third match might have made a significant change to the script.”It is unsatisfactory to play so many two-Test series,” Sangakkara told ESPNcricinfo. “As a country, to be measured up as a Test country, you need to keep playing three to five Test match series as much as you can.”I don’t think five Test series are attractive anymore to TV networks, but I think Test series should be a minimum of three matches. I hope the ICC can stipulate that, I don’t know if they can.”Among forthcoming series, Australia’s visit to South Africa has been cut to two Tests to accommodate the Twenty20 Champions League, a move that has already been heavily criticised for marginalising Test cricket.”Test cricket is still, to my mind, the most important form of the game out there,” Sangakkara said. “There’s nothing like it, there’s nothing that comes close to it. This is the only arena where you can really make your mark as a cricketer. If you are successful at Test cricket, that is all that matters I think.”Sri Lanka’s success since Sangakkara’s debut in 2000 has been charted largely under overseas coaches, including Tom Moody and Trevor Bayliss. However Sangakkara is fervent in his desire for a home-grown mentor to take the role full-time, and cited the former opening batsman Chandika Hathurusingha as an ideal candidate.”I think we have a great opportunity to have a completely Sri Lankan coaching unit. That will be amazing if we can do it,” Sangakkara said. “And we’ve had candidates the calibre of Chandika Hathurusingha, who is now the assistant coach for New South Wales. He has been a great loss to us.”He made an amazing contribution to our cricket, and he is an extremely capable coach. Rumesh Ratnayake has also been exemplary, unfortunately he has come at a time when we’ve had quite a bad series, but these two people have shown we have the quality in Sri Lanka to have a completely local coaching unit which we can be proud of, and second to none in the world.”At the same time if the administration and the captain also think a foreign coach is the way to go, that is also no problem, because there are many excellent coaches around the world … There is Graham Ford, Geoff Marsh and a lot of other coaches in the running for this job, they’re fantastic people, they’ve got great records and have proven themselves all over the world.”Any one of them would be a great addition to our cricket, but on a personal level, and it’s not a sentimental thing, I think we have the quality in Sri Lanka as well, unfortunately not in Sri Lanka now. One of them is outside coaching NSW, but we have the Sri Lankans capable of also being national coaches and doing a great job.”

Ricardo Drubscky confirma procura do América-MG por reforços

MatériaMais Notícias

O técnico do América-MG, Ricardo Drubscky, reconheceu que existem lacunas no time alviverde que podem ser preenchidas com contratações. Com a parada do Brasileirão, por conta da Copa do Mundo, o clube busca novos jogadores para integrar o elenco.

O treinador deixou claro que quer mais qualidade na equipe, mas que está satisfeito com o plantel atual. Drubscky, também revelou que o Coelho está enfrentando dificuldade no mercado para encontrar peças que agradem.

– Estamos trabalhando para isso (reforços). Queria deixar de mensagem para a torcida americana que nós estamos muito satisfeitos com o elenco que temos. Sinceramente, acredito que temos um elenco de muito bom nível. Mas, por outro lado, temos uns espaços e sempre teremos como melhorar alguma posição. Então, estamos desde o início da parada correndo atrás. Muitos nomes já surgiram nas nossas reuniões, mas não é tão simples contratar. Os jogadores que estão disponíveis, normalmente são os que não nos interessam. Os que nos interessam não estão disponíveis para sair – disse o comandante.

O próximo compromisso oficial do América-MG é dia 19 de julho, contra o Cruzeiro, pela 13ª rodada do Brasileirão. O time alviverde tem 14 pontos na competição e ocupaa 13ª colocação.

Pakistan thwarted by Sangakkara, dropped chances

Five dropped catches and four wickets summed up a profligate day for Pakistan on which their bowlers toiled to create numerous chances only for their fielders – led by Mohammad Hafeez – to spill them

The Report by Abhishek Purohit21-Oct-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsKumar Sangakkara made his 26th Test century•AFP

Five dropped catches and four wickets summed up a profligate day for Pakistan, on which their bowlers toiled to create numerous chances only for their fielders – led by Mohammad Hafeez – to spill them. Kumar Sangakkara’s fighting century was the only positive for Sri Lanka, and his continued presence their only hope of saving the match.The bowlers created pressure and some panic but Sri Lanka emerged relatively unscathed, with Sangakkara and Pakistan’s fielders taking the match into a fifth day. After four catches had gone down during a 153-run second-wicket partnership that was beginning to hurt Pakistan, they were given an opening via Lahiru Thirimanne’s suicidal attempt at a second run. Thirimanne and Sangakkara had survived for more than 50 overs; Sri Lanka then lost three batsmen in little over ten, before an astonishing fifth let-off kept them afloat.Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan, who had both been denied by the slippery hands of Hafeez, took the fielders out of the equation, bowling Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan respectively for single-digit scores. An inside edge off an attempted cut against an offbreak accounted for Jayawardene while Dilshan drove loosely at one that sneaked through the gap between bat and pad.It was a characteristic burst from Pakistan after a period of frenzy before lunch when their fielding fell apart in a rush of squandered catches. It allowed Thirimanne and Sangakkara to survive a testing first session as the bowlers were let down three times by Hafeez, including twice off successive deliveries from Junaid.On a pitch that did not offer much even on the fourth day, the bowlers gave Sri Lanka a hard time, producing false shots, going past the outside edge and hitting the pads. The batsmen countered in their own ways, Thirimanne using the sweep to ward off Ajmal, Sangakkara playing straight, and nudging and cutting when the opportunities came.Junaid produced the first real chance off the last ball of the 27th over when he induced Thirimanne to edge an attempted drive. It went low to first slip where Hafeez grabbed at the ball and grassed it. Hafeez was to deny Junaid and reprieve Thirimanne again, off the next delivery. If anything, this one was easier. Thirimanne had another escape as lunch approached, when he cut Ajmal straight to the gully fielder, who backed away and was hit on the body. It was Hafeez yet again.Junaid was to suffer a third time when Younis Khan was unsure whether he had taken Sangakkara’s edge cleanly after diving forward at second slip. Younis let off Sangakkara once again before lunch, on 56, dropping a tough diving chance at slip off, ironically, Hafeez.Thirimanne could not capitalise on the good fortune but Sangakkara continued to resist, even as wickets fell. He used the abundant short deliveries to cut and steer for boundaries on the off side and kept nudging and clipping for runs on the leg. Pakistan fed his strengths throughout the day. Sangakkara looted 81 off 42 deliveries square on the off side and another 51 off 33 square on the leg. Yet another cut shot to the point boundary off Junaid earned him his 11th second-innings Test century, off 173 deliveries.Angelo Mathews could not reprise his first-innings salvage effort, though. Umar Gul – who hadn’t bowled after sending down four overs in the morning – trapped him leg-before off the first delivery with the second new ball, after having got Tharanga Paranavitana right away with the first last evening.Almost inevitably, Pakistan’s fielding came to haunt them again as substitute fielder Wahab Riaz put down a mistimed pull by Prasanna Jayawardene off a disgusted Gul. Jayawardene was also fortunate to get away with a close leg-before shout against Junaid but by the end, he had frustrated Pakistan along with Sangakkara for 125 deliveries.With Sangakkara’s effort beginning to rival Taufeeq Umar’s first-innings marathon, Pakistan had no one to blame but themselves for what could have been.

ضربة جديدة.. يوفنتوس مهدد بخصم 20 نقطة أخرى

يزداد الوضع تعقيدًا لنادي يوفنتوس الإيطالي، وبات البيانكونيري مهددًا بعقوبة جديدة قد تدفعه للهبوط لدوري الدرجة الثانية “سيريا-بي”.

وبحسب صحيفة “كوريري ديلو سبورت” الإيطالية، سيطلب المدعي العام في الاتحاد الإيطالي لكرة القدم خصم 20 نقطة أخرى من يوفنتوس.

سبق وخُصم من يوفنتوس 15 نقطة بالفعل بسبب تضخيم قيمة التعاقدات وهو ما تم اعتباره مخالفات مالية لتعزيز مكاسب رأس المال للنادي الإيطالي.

ويوضح التقرير أن عقوبة خصم الـ 20 نقطة التي تنتظر يوفنتوس، ترجع إلى ما يسمى مناورات الأجور، وهي اتفاقيات بين النادي ولاعبيه فيما يتعلق برواتبهم أثناء فترة تفشي وباء كورونا.

يوفنتوس سبق وأعلن في بيانات رسمية أنه توصل لاتفاق مع لاعبيه على أن يتخلوا عن رواتبهم لمدة أربعة أشهر لمساعدة النادي خلال فترة وباء كورونا.

ومع ذلك يشرح التقرير أن عمليات التنصت على المكالمات الهاتفية ورسائل واتساب التي أكدها اللاعبون بما في ذلك الثنائي ماتياس دي ليخت وماتيا دي تشيلو، تظهر أن اللاعبين والنادي كانا يدركان دائمًا أن هذا لم يكن صحيحًا.

وبحسب المعلومات الواردة تم الاتفاق على تخلي اللاعبين عن شهر واحد من أجورهم، على أن يتلقوا القيمة المتبقية بطرق أخرى كالمكافآت وصفقات الرعاية، بما في ذلك مبلغ قدره 19.9 مليون يورو كريستيانو رونالدو لا يزال يريدها من يوفنتوس.

اقرأ أيضًا | سوء الحظ يلاحق يوفنتوس.. أليجري يعلن غياب بوجبا بعد انتكاسة جديدة

في حال إصدار هذا الحكم بالنظر لوضع يوفنتوس الحالي، الذي يملك في رصيده 23 نقطة بالمركز 13، سيصبح رصيده 3 نقاط في المركز الأخير، والذي إذا ظل به سيهبط بالفعل للدرجة الثانية.

يوفنتوس يستأنف على قرار خصم الـ 15 نقطة، أمام اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية الدولية.

جدير بالذكر أن يوفنتوس سبق وهبط لدوري الدرجة الثانية في عام 2006 فيما عُرف بقضية “الكالتشيو بولي”، المتعلقة بالتلاعب بنتائج مباريات الدوري، بالإضافة لسحب لقبي الدوري الإيطالي من الفريق لموسمي (2005-2006)، (2004-2005).

وبعد مرور تسع سنوات على تلك الواقعة، برأت المحكمة الرياضية الايطالية يوفنتوس من الاتهامات التي وجهت له حينها.

فيديو | طرد محمد كنو في مباراة الهلال والوداد بـ كأس العالم للأندية

حصل لاعب فريق الهلال السعودي على بطاقة حمراء، خلال المباراة الجارية الآن ضد الوداد البيضاوي المغربي، ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس العالم للأندية.

ويلتقي الوداد مع نظيره الهلال على أرضية ملعب استاد مجمع الأمير مولاي عبد الله الرياضي، وذلك في ربع نهائي مونديال الأندية.

وشهدت الدقيقة 92 من عمر المباراة في الشوط الأول الإضافي حصول لاعب الهلال السعودي محمد كنو، على بطاقة حمراء مباشرة.

طالع..مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة الأهلي وسياتل الأمريكي في كأس العالم للأندية

جاء طرد محمد كنو نتيجة تدخله العنيف تجاه لاعب الوداد المغربي، وغادر أرضية الملعب.

يذكر أن الفائز من مباراة الهلال والوداد يلاقي فلامنجو البرازيلي بنصف نهائي المونديال. طرد محمد كنو في مباراة الهلال والوداد في كأس العالم للأندية

 

Referência no elenco do Santa não deve ser opção contra o Globo

MatériaMais Notícias

Não será dessa vez que o torcedor do Santa Cruz poderá novamente ver em campo o experiente meia Carlinhos Paraíba com a camisa da equipe. Isso porque, segundo a última avaliação feita pela equipe médica em relação a sua lesão na coxa direita, ele ainda não reúne condições físicas de voltar a campo.

Com isso, ele está descartado para participar do jogo no próximo sábado (14) diante do Globo no estádio do Arruda válido pela 15ª Rodada do Brasileirão da Série C.

Inicialmente, o planejamento revelado pelo preparador físico do Santa Cruz, Flávio Trevisan, é fazer com que o atleta tenha o maior tempo possível para trabalhar no seu processo de transição antes de ser “posto a prova” em uma partida. Nos últimos dias, Carlinhos já tem corrido nos treinamentos com seus companheiros:

-Carlinhos Paraíba iniciou um trabalho intenso de transição. Como ele está há três semanas sem jogar, o ideal seria passar três semanas nessa fase. No entanto, nós vamos tentar antecipar isso. Acredito que, contra o Botafogo-PB (16ª Rodada), ele tenha boas chances de jogar.

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Imran Khalid century puts SNGPL in the driving seat

A round-up of the action from the second day of the fourth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two matches

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Oct-2011A century from Imran Khalid helped Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) take complete control of their game against Hyderabad at the Niaz Stadium in Sind. SNGPL amassed 461 for 7, with Khalid making an unbeaten 101. He was well supported by Khurram Shehzad, who made 91, and Jahanzeb Abdullah, who made an attacking 84 from 81 balls, with ten fours. Having taken a first-innings lead of 364, SNGPL then made early inroads into Hyderabad’s second-innings, as Bilawal Bhatti picked up two more wickets and Adil Raza one to leave their opponents all but defeated on 32 for 3, still trailing by 332 runs.New-ball bowler Tabish Khan picked up seven wickets as Karachi Whites knocked over Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) for 122 at the National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex in Karachi, giving them a first-innings lead of 138. Karachi then extended that lead to 172 for the loss of two second-innings wickets. Tabish took three of the first four wickets to fall to reduce KRL to 42 for 4. He also claimed three of the last four wickets to fall to end up with figures of 7 for 38 from 22 incisive overs.Peshawar took an 87-run first-innings lead over United Bank Limited (UBL) at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, thanks to left-arm spinner Noor-ul-Amin’s five wicket haul. Having started the day on 63 for 0, UBL had progressed to 112 for 2 when ul-Amin had Saad Sukhail caught for 21 and that triggered a collapse that resulted in UBL losing their last eight wickets for 61 runs. Peshawar were in a little bit of trouble in their second innings at 40 for 2, but recovered to 115 for 3, with Sajjad Ahmed unbeaten on 40, to stretch their lead to 202.Opener Mohammad Ahmed led Multan to 162 for 2 in reply to Lahore Ravi’s first-innings total of 383 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The hosts’ Usman Salahuddin could only add six to his overnight 125 but wicketkeeper Mohammad Zohaib kept the innings ticking, narrowly missing out on his century when he was caught off the bowling of Haziq Habibullah for 97, but ensuring his side posted a healthy score. Ahmed led Multan’s response with a well-crafted 90 not out, adding 89 runs with Naved Yasin, who is on 39.Quetta held the upper hand over Lahore Shalimar at the Lahore City Association Ground thanks to an incisive bowling performance. Having begun the day on 212 for 6, Quetta lost Badar Ali early edging a delivery from Imran Talib to the keeper when on 99, having added just one to his overnight score, but a last wicket partnership of 51 between Gohar Faiz and Shahzaib Ahmed pushed their score to 276. Lahore Shalimar lost early wickets before captain Fahad-ul-Haq and Adnan Raza steadied the innings, taking their team to 154 for 3 before Raza fell for 31. His wicket started a mini-collapse, with three more wickets falling for the addition of 30 runs. At stumps, Lahore were 183 for 7, with ul-Haq on 57.

Tremlett fighting back to fitness

Chris Tremlett hopes to use his time with the England Performance Programme to prove his fitness and form

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Nov-2011Chris Tremlett, the England fast bowler, hopes to use his time with the England performance programme (EPP) in South Africa to prove his fitness and form ahead of England’s Test series against Pakistan.He has been sidelined with a back injury since the first Test against India in July and will be joined in Potchefstroom by fellow pace bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who both missed the recent tour of India, and Graham Onions as he continues to edge towards a full England return after a serious back injury in 2010.”The next two weeks I’ll be in the indoor school and building up to 80%,” Tremlett told . “When I get to South Africa I’ll hopefully be able to bowl flat out from day one and with the conditions out there and bowling outside hopefully it’ll be the perfect place to do it.”I’ve had two or three months rest and recuperation,” he added. “It’s been a bit tedious, the training I’ve had to do. I’ve had to build up my training each week but I’m at the stage where I’ve been running for the last month and my strength work’s really gone up and I’m ok to bowl now.”Having taken 36 wickets in seven Tests since his return in Perth last year, Tremlett is targeting a return to Test cricket against Pakistan but knows there is no certainty of a slot in the team.”All fingers crossed I get through South Africa with no injury worries,” he said. “Hopefully I get selected on the tour. There’s no guarantees these days but in my mind it’ll all be fine, I can go to Dubai, find my form I had last year and get back in the team. Obviously there are other guys knocking on the door so I need to find my form pretty quickly.””The last time I went out to play I was bowling well. It doesn’t help that you don’t bowl for a few months but at the same time my confidence is still very high even though I’ve had an injury so it’s just a case of getting the form I had as quickly as possible.”I’m back in the nets now back going through my action. It’s just trying to remember all the little things and nit-pick everything together as quick as I can and hopefully bowl as well as I was before the injury.”Tremlett was aiming to return for the Oval Test against India, in August, but failed a fitness Test which was the start of a much longer rehabilitation.”It was frustrating at the time. The diagnosis of my back was a bit more serious then I first thought. But at the same time it’s been nice to have a break and make sure I get everything right,” he said. “As a year as a whole it’s been great, obviously it was frustrating to miss out on the last few Test matches but now I’m just looking ahead, trying to be positive for next year.”England travel to UAE for a three-Test series against Pakistan in January, followed by four ODIs and three Twenty20s, before a two-Test series against Sri Lanka beginning at the end of March.

بالفيديو | الرجاء يكشر عن أنيابه بـ خماسية أمام فايبرز في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

حقق الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الرجاء المغربي الفوز على فايبرز الأوغندي، اليوم الجمعة، ضمن منافسات بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الرجاء سحق فايبرز بخماسية نظيفة، على ملعب محمد الخامس، في افتتاح دور المجموعات بدوري الأبطال.

طالع أيضًا | ترتيب مجموعة الزمالك في دوري أبطال إفريقيا بعد الهزيمة أمام شباب بلوزداد

وافتتح حمزة خبا الخماسية في الدقيقة 5، وعزز جمال هركس بالهدف الثاني عند الدقيقة 11، ثم سجل محمد زريدة الهدف الثالث في الدقيقة 38.

ونجح يسري بوزوق في تسجيل الهدف الرابع للرجاء في الدقيقة 59، قبل أن يختتم رويجه أهلو الخماسية عند الدقيقة 71.

وتمكن الرجاء بهذا الفوز من احتلال المجموعة الثالثة في دوري أبطال إفريقيا والتي تضم فايبرز وسيمبا التنزاني وحوريا الغيني. أهداف مباراة الرجاء وفايبرز في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

Mano comemora triunfo, elogia apoio da torcida e tem cautela com Barcos

MatériaMais Notícias

O Cruzeiro só tem a comemorar nesta quinta-feira. De virada, o time Celeste bateu o rival América-MG por 3 a 1, no Mineirão. O técnico Mano Menezes elogiou o apoio da torcida, mesmo no momento em que levou o primeiro gol da partida. Com isso, os gritos motivaram os jogadores que responderam em campo.

-Hoje o torcedor foi brilhante. Não estávamos falando de número de torcedores. Na segunda, a presença foi brilhante. Hoje, quando levamos o gol, o torcedor chamou para ele o que é mais importante, chamou a equipe – disse o técnico.

Mano também comentou sobre a estreia de Hernán Barcos. O comandante falou que o atacante é experiente, porém precisa se adaptar ainda as partidas e o ritmo do Brasileirão.

-Quando a condição legal veio, e com o que havíamos conversado sobre as condições do Barcos, era melhor estrear hoje. Ele ainda está com menos carga de trabalho em relação à nossa realidade. Jogou bem, é experiente. A bola na área é muito familiar para ele – opinou.

-Barcos é muito inteligente para fazer o pivô, fazer o giro e abrir espaço para os jogadores. Tecnicamente é muito bom e vamos ter que preencher o espaço para quando ele sair da área. Foi uma boa amostragem, saio contente com tudo o que o Cruzeiro fez hoje – complementou.

O comandante também falou da qualidade da equipe do Cruzeiro. Ele ressaltou a importância de rodar o time para que não seja surpreendido dentro das quatro linhas.

– A qualidade do elenco do Cruzeiro é incontestável. Não somos imbatíveis, não somos o melhor time, não somos o melhor elenco, mas temos um ótimo elenco. O adversário você o enfrenta e tenta vencer. Ao rodar o time, temos que nos adaptar às características – elogiou.

Trechos da coletiva.

GIRAR O TIME
Precisamos agregar, que é ganhar mais, como ganhamos Ariel e Robinho jogando muito bem. Esse é o caminho nesse momento. Estávamos com quatro volantes pendurados. Dois tomaram hoje. No próximo teremos Bruno Silva, Lucas Silva, Romero.

CALENDÁRIO
Nesta semana jogamos segunda, hoje, e daqui três dias de novo. É difícil você querer que os atletas tenham força de competição com tantos jogos assim. Vamos rodar. Tenho segurança para isso, porque tenho qualidade no elenco do Cruzeiro.

ARRASCAETA
É um jogador que está se sentindo muito a vontade aqui no Cruzeiro. Cresceu muito técnica e taticamente. A preocupação sempre era um segundo ou terceiro meia em um dos lados do campo, porque o lado sempre é duro para o jogador.

MESCLAR O TIME
Quero mexer o menos possível para não descaracterizar a equipe. Só vou fazer isso em alguma situação específica. Meu objetivo na rodagem é que os jogadores tenham menos desgaste possível no número máximo de jogos.

RANIEL
Entrou e fez gol novamente, o que nos deixa muito contentes. Sabemos da capacidade que ele tem. Vamos continuando com trabalho e serenidade, porque sabemos do nosso nível.

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