Category Uncategorized

The PCB has overhauled the domestic system by separating the regional and department sides

Umar Farooq27-Sep-2012The PCB has overhauled the domestic system by separating the regional and department sides, the cricket committee headed by Javed Miandad announced on Thursday at the Gaddafi Stadium. The 2012-13 Pakistan domestic season will begin with the President’s Trophy Grade 1 between October 3 and December 7 which will be contested by corporate sides.The structure of domestic cricket in Pakistan has seen several changes over the years, with revamps almost every two years in the past decade. The format of the first-class tournament has now been changed with regions and departments playing separately though regions can recruit five players from departments of whom four can be part of the playing XI.The re-structuring mainly centered on the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, the country’s premier first-class tournament. Instead of having both regional sides and department sides, it will now have 14 regional teams, including a new one – Bahawalpur. These will be divided in two groups – the top eight will be in a super-eight group while the remaining six teams will play a plate-league. The two top teams from super eights will play the final.Either way, each team will at least play nine matches.In the President’s Trophy, ten departmental teams will play a round-robin league phase, with the top two teams making the final. The teams are: PIA, ZTBL, NBP, HBL KRL, SNGPL, WAPDA, SBP, UBL and PQA, who qualified for first-class cricket earlier this year.”The idea is to separate the regions from departments to create competitiveness among teams with equal strength,” Miandad, PCB director general, told a press conference. “Regions and departments have a huge difference in their strength and both weren’t matching the competition level so it was necessary to let regions play among those who are of their aptitude.”Miandad said the emphasis was on producing good quality and competitive players from regions. “Cricket has always been in a transition process and things have been changing for the betterment of the game.”The change will provide a culture of more competition rather than having dull and one-sided games. Each team, either department or regions, will play an equal number of matches in their respective event but for regions the revamped format will bring in more competition as teams will have an equal chance of making it to the top two of their respective groups.”The committee also said that the board approved having random dope tests in the upcoming season. The anti-corruption unit will strictly monitor matches while the preparation of pitches will also be supervised.”Another important decision was made to take dope tests during the season and that would be random while matches will be supervised by the anti-corruption unit confidentially. Also, the emphasis will also be on making quality pitches, ensuring that the ball does not start spinning on day one.”Apart from the two first-class tournaments, regions and departments will play a spate of domestic one-day tournament between March and April. The window for the national Twenty20 cricket tournament is yet to be finalised. However ESPNcricinfo understands that the regular 13 (now 14) regional team national Twenty20 will be reorganised as a premier T20 tournament.

تحدث أنطوان كومبوار، المدير الفني لفريق نانت الفرنسي، عن المحترف المصري مصطفى محمد بعدما سجل هدفًا مهمًا في مباراة اليوم ضد نيس.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات الجولة السابعة والعشرين من الدوري الفرنسي، حيث تعادلا بهدفين لمثليهما.

وكانت المباراة في طريقها إلى منح نقاطها الثلاث لفريق نيس، قبل أن يسجل مصطفى محمد هدف التعادل في الدقيقة 88، بعد دخوله كبديل في الدقيقة 65.

وقال كومبوار في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “ouest-france” الفرنسية: “لا توجد معجزات في كرة القدم، أظهرنا الكثير من الشخصية والرغبة، نكره الخسارة، كان لدينا 3 هزائم متتالية، وكان علينا وقف ذلك النزيف”.

وأضاف: “شعوري الأول هو أن أهنئ اللاعبين لأنهم لم يستسلموا أبدًا، هذه نقطة أخرى في سباق استعادة أنفسنا، ستكون مهمة، هذه مكافأة لجمهورنا العظيم، لقد دعمنا حتى النهاية، بعد ذلك هناك الكثير من الأشياء التي تحتاج إلى تصحيح”.

اقرأ أيضًا | تقييم مصطفى محمد بعد هدفه القاتل في تعادل نانت مع نيس

وواصل: “لا تعجبني كلمة معجزة، ولكن نعم كانت نقطة التعادل بعيدة المنال، وضعنا غير مناسب، يجب أن نفعل ما هو أفضل بكثير”.

وفيما يتعلق بالمصري مصطفى محمد وسبب عدم مشاركته كأساسي في الكثير من المباريات، قال كومبوار: “الأمر يتعلق بالخيارات الفنية، لدينا لاعبين آخرين، جانجو وديلورت”.

واستكمل: “أنا أفضل هذا الموقف، حيث يدخل كبديل ويسجل، هذا الأمر جيد بالنسبة لنا، أنا أثق به (بـ مصطفى محمد)”.

انتهت مباراة الأهلي والداخلية بالتعادل الإيجابي بهدف لكل فريق في اللقاء الذي أقيم بينهما ضمن منافسات الدوري المصري.

وأقيمت مباراة الأهلي والداخلية على أرضية ملعب استاد الأهلي we السلام في إطار منافسات الأسبوع الـ20 من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

وسجل محمود كهربا لاعب الأهلي هدف فريقه بالدقيقة 70، بينما تعادل رشيد أحمد لصالح الداخلية في الدقيقة 90 من عمر المباراة.

وبعد مباراة اليوم واصل الأهلي تصدر ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 41 نقطة، جمعها من الفوز في 12 مباراة والتعادل في 5 مواجهات، ولم يتلق أي هزيمة.

طالع | ترتيب الدوري المصري بعد تعادل الأهلي أمام الداخلية

كما شهدت مباريات اليوم فوز المصري على حساب إنبي بنتيجة 2-1، وهي ذات النتيجة التي فاز بها سيراميكا كليوباترا على البنك الأهلي. ترتيب هدافي الدوري المصري بعد تعادل الأهلي مع الداخلية

1- مابولولو (الاتحاد السكندري) 9 أهداف.

2- أحمد سيد زيزو (الزمالك)، أحمد الشيخ (غزل المحلة) 8 أهداف.

3- رمضان صبحي (بيراميدز)، 7 أهداف.

4- أحمد ياسر ريان (سيراميكا كليوباترا)، رزقي حمرون (فاركو)، رفيق كابو (إنبي) 6 أهداف.

5- محمد شريف (الأهلي)، مصطفي فتحي، فخري لاكاي (بيراميدز)، مصطفى عبد الرؤوف (حرس الحدود)، كريم بامبو (البنك الأهلي)، جوزيف أوشايا (المقاولون العرب)، حسام حسن (سموحة)، محمد حمدي زكي (أسوان)، مروان حمدي (المصري) برصيد 5 أهداف.

حددت وكيلة مهاجم الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي مانشستر سيتي، إيرلينج هالاند، سعر بيعه إذا كانت هناك بعض الأندية التي ترغب في شراء هداف الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز في الموسم الحالي.

ووصل عدد أهداف هالاند حتى الآن إلى 26 في 24 مباراة فقط من البطولة، وهو مرشح لكسر الرقم القياسي لأكثر عدد أهداف في الدوري الإنجليزي برصيد 34 هدفًا باسم، آلان شيرر.

وتحدثت الوكيلة، رافيلا بيمنتا، الذي أصبحت مسئولة عن جميع اللاعبين الذين كانوا لدى الإيطالي الراحل، مينو رايولا، مثل بول بوجبا، جيانوليجي دوناروما إيرلينج هالاند والعديد من الأسماء المشهورة في كرة القدم.

اقرأ أيضًا.. جوارديولا متسائلًا بعد تعادل مانشستر سيتي مع نوتينجهام: ماذا يمكنني أن أقول

وقالت عن هالاند في حوارها مع شبكة “Telefoot” الفرنسية: “إيرلينج شخص بسيط للغاية، لم يتأثر بكل تلك الأضواء المسلطة عليه، لا يعرف كيف أصبحت شهرته في كرة القدم”.

وأضاف: “ليس لدي أي شك بعد كل ما قدمه هالاند في الموسم الحالي أن قيمته السوقية قد وصلت إلى مليار يورو، أعرف ما أقوله جيدًا هذه ليست توقعات، ربما هو أفضل لاعب في الوقت الحالي بالعالم ولا نحتاج للانتظار إلى المستقبل”.

وإصابة بوجبا: “هناك مشاعر إيجابية تجاه بول بعد كل ما مر به، لقد الأمر مظلم للغاية قبل كأس العالم، سيعود بكل تأكيد، لا يمكن أن يكون المستقبل أسوأ مما كان عليه الماضي”.

وفيراتي: “لاعب رائع، ما زال يتمتع ببعض صفات الأطفال، باريس سان جيرمان مكانه المناسب، لا أتخيل رحيله أبدًا عن حديقة الأمراء”.

ودوناروما: “الأفضل في العالم، كل الانتقادات التي يتعرض ليس لها أي معنى، من الطبيعي أن يتذبذب مستوى لاعب أو آخر ويعود مرة أخرى لمكانته الطبيعية، على الجميع التحلي بالصبر والهدوء”.

Karachi Blues strode towards their first win of the season by taking nine wickets on the third day against Zarai Taraqiati Bank at the National Stadium. ZTBL were at a precarious 128 for 7 overnight, and despite Sohail Tanvir’s 72 they could only manage 192 before being bowled out. Karachi Blues enforced the follow-on, and the ZTBL top order again folded cheaply. From 32 to 4, half-centuries from their captain Imran Nazir and Zohaib Khan helped ZTBL push the match to the fourth day, though they were still 34 runs behind Karachi with only four wickets in hand.Habib Bank Limited were left to chase 367 against Abbottabad at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium after Danish Karenia’s five-for restricted Abbottabad to 250 in their second innings. The major contributions came from Rameez Ahmed and Riaz Kail who both made 58, the latter unbeaten, while opener Fawad Khan made 48. Ahmed was Kaneria’s first victim, and he added two more to have Abbottabad in some trouble at 154 for 6, but Mir Azam (33) and Kail added 69 for the seventh wicket to set up a challenging total. HBL were 43 for no loss at the close of play.It was slow progress for Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground but they finished the day at a solid 305 for 9, ahead of National Bank of Pakistan by 292. The first innings for both teams had been low-scoring affairs but Islamabad built on the platform provided on Thursday by the top order. The overnight batsmen, Umair Khan and Zeeshan Mushtaq, both went on to make half-centuries before cameos from Umair Mir and Shehzad Azam pushed the total beyond 300. The most effective of the NBP bowlers was medium-pacer Uzair-ul-Haq who took four wickets.Water and Power Development Authority were in sight of victory after Faisalabad collapsed in their second innings in Sargodha. Fast bowler Imran Khan and left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar ran through the Faisalabad line-up after they were in a strong position at 145 for 3, an overall lead of 229. Faisalabad lost seven wickets for 29 runs to set WAPDA a target of 259. Imran finished with 5 for 37 while Babar took 3 for 44. WAPDA’s top three failed to convert starts and they were 102 for 3 at one stage before unbeaten fifties from Aamer Sajjad and captain Naved-ul-Hasan took them to 205, 54 short of a win.Pakistan International Airlines consolidated their position against Rawalpindi at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, bowling them out for 224 for a first-innings lead of 124 before cantering to 185 for 2 in their second innings. Babar Naeem’s half-century carried Rawalpindi past 200 from their overnight score of 168 for 6 before Ali Imran took 5 for 54 to wrap up the innings. PIA had a strong start with Kamran Sajid (63) and Agha Sabir (34) putting on 65 upfront. Sheharyar Ghani was unbeaten on a brisk 58 with Faisal Iqbal for company as PIA ended the day 309 in front.Sialkot ensured they will get first-innings points as their match against State Bank of Pakistan at the Jinnah Stadium headed for a draw. Sialkot consolidated on their strong overnight position of 187 for 2 – their captain Mansoor Amjad top-scored with 91 to lead them to 316 for 3, just 26 short of SBP’s first-innings score. Sialkot then collapsed dramatically, losing their final seven wickets for 42. Fast bowler Waqas Ahmed finished with five wickets for SBP, though with three days completed and the third innings of the match having just commenced an outright result is unlikely.

Scorecard
A fired-up Katherine Brunt bowled England to victory with a career-best 5 for 18•Getty Images

Katherine Brunt bowled England to a 34-run win in the final of the NatWest Women’s Quadrangular series with a career-best 5 for 18 – her third five-wicket haul in one-day internationals – as England continued their successful run this summer.Australia had been impressive with the ball too, with Sarah Coyte picking up four top-order wickets, but England eventually reached 230 mainly thanks to Lydia Greenway’s fluent fifty and a rapid 43 from wicketkeeper-batsman Sarah Taylor.Brunt started Australia’s slide early, nipping out Meg Lanning and Leah Poulton in quick succession as their chase got off to a faltering start. Shelley Nitschke, playing in her final match for Australia, was denied a grand finish as she had her stumps rattled by Brunt, the third wicket falling with just 33 on the board.Alex Blackwell and the in-form Jess Cameron sparked something of a recovery, but when Isa Guha bowled Blackwell for 34 and left-arm spinner Holly Colvin picked up the big wicket of allrounder Lisa Sthalekar soon after, Australia were 80 for 5 and England in control.Cameron responded with some brutal batting that gave Australia hope, slamming eight fours and two sixes in a 77-ball 75. She took her team to within 80 runs of their target before Brunt returned and had her caught by Guha as England seized the ascendancy once again. Brunt had her fifth wicket when Coyte holed out to Arran Brindle, and England stormed to the win soon after.They hadn’t been quite so dominant with the bat, however, and needed to rebuild after Coyte got past both Danielle Wyatt and Laura Marsh to reduce England to 19 for 2 after they had lost the toss and been inserted in bowler-friendly conditions.Captain Charlotte Edwards and the experienced Claire Taylor slowly repaired the damage, grinding their way to a 36-run partnership before Edwards was trapped in front of her stumps by Sthalekar’s offspin for 31. England slipped once again when Taylor cut Nitschke to point with the score at 88, but Greenway and Sarah Taylor immediately set about the bowling with some enterprising batting.Greenway used the sweep to good effect and also cracked the only six of the innings over long-off as she and Taylor added 82 for the fifth wicket. Taylor fell before she reached fifty, and Greenway was eventually dismissed to give Coyte her fourth wicket, but Brindle slammed 27 from just 18 balls to boost England to what was ultimately a match-winning total.

Upul Tharanga, the Sri Lanka opening batsman, will face an ICC inquiry after testing positive for a banned substance during the 2011 World Cup, ESPNcricinfo understands

ESPNcricinfo staff29-May-2011Upul Tharanga, the Sri Lanka opening batsman, will face an ICC inquiry after testing positive for a banned substance during the 2011 World Cup, ESPNcricinfo understands. The cricketer is reported to have tested positive for prednisolone, a drug that is used to treat asthma, a condition from which he is said to suffer.Sri Lanka Cricket’s Interim Committee secretary Nishantha Ranatunga, however, denied any knowledge of the incident. “Officially we know nothing about the case,” he told , a Sri Lankan newspaper. “SLC has not received any complaints or reports about the use of the banned substance called prednisolone from any organisation or agency.” The ICC refused to make an official comment about the case.Farveez Maharoof, the Sri Lanka allrounder, said the allegations are not an issue to the team in England even though Tharanga is likely to be part of the one-day squad. “We haven’t spoken about it as a team, so it hasn’t been a distraction,” he said after the fourth day’s play in Cardiff. “We’re here to do a job and here to play a good test match. We’re planning to do well in this Test match and we’re not bothered about what is outside.””He’s a nice guy, a quiet guy, he’s come to the UK a few times and played pretty well, and in the World Cup he has done well,” Maharoof added. “He’s an established opening batsman in our team, and he’s a genuine guy.”According to the ICC’s anti-doping code, “It is each player’s personal duty to ensure that no prohibited substance enters his/her body. A player is responsible for any prohibited substance found to be present in his or her sample. Accordingly, it is not necessary that intent, fault, negligence or knowing use on the player’s part be demonstrated in order to establish an anti-doping violation under Article 2.1; nor is the player’s lack of intent, fault, negligence or knowledge a defence to a charge that an anti-doping rule violation has been committed under Article 2.1.”However, if a player needs to take a drug that is on the World Anti-Doping Authority’s (WADA’s) banned list in order to treat an illness, he is required to apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). The Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee (TUEC) evaluates all applications for TUEs received by ICC.Under the dope-testing process, if a player’s A sample is found to contain a banned substance, he will have the option of asking for his B sample to be tested as well. If his B sample is also found to be positive, then the player could face a provisional suspension until the ICC carries out its inquiry; if the B sample is negative, the investigation is discontinued. It is uncertain how far into the process the ICC is with regard to the Sri Lankan cricketer.

عرض محامي على النجم الأرجنتيني ليونيل ميسي مليون دولار مقابل البشت الذي كان يرتديه أثناء رفع كأس العالم.

قدم أحمد البرواني، المحامي وعضو البرلمان العماني، العرض الضخم على أمل الحفاظ على الملابس التاريخية في الشرق الأوسط.

وقال البرواني عبر “تويتر”: “من سلطنة عمان أهنئكم بفوزكم بكأس العالم قطر 2022.. البشت العربي رمز الفروسية والحكمة، أنا أعرض عليك مليون دولار (829000 جنيه إسترليني) مقابل ذلك البشت”.

البشت، وهو الرداء الذي ارتداه ميسي لحظة رفعه لـ كأس العالم في قطر، هو عباءة تقليدية للرجال في العالم العربي يرتديها غالبًا أفراد مرموقون.

ارتداء البشت مخصص للمناسبات الخاصة، ويُنظر إليه على أنه علامة على التقدير والاحترام.

كما كشف البرواني عن نواياه بالرداء، وقال لصحيفة “ذا ناشيونال”: “كنت في الملعب أشاهد تلك اللحظة على الهواء مباشرة عندما قدم أمير قطر البشت لميسي”.

اقرأ أيضًا | “فيفا” يفتح تحقيقًا بشأن احتفالات الأرجنتين بـ كأس العالم قطر 2022

مضيفًا: “هذه اللحظة أخبرت العالم أننا هنا، وهذه هي ثقافتنا، يرجى معرفتها جيدًا، سيتم عرضها للاحتفال بلحظة الفخر تلك، ولمساعدتنا على إعادة إحيائها، ولتذكيرنا أيضًا بأنه يمكننا (فعل أي شيء)”.

بعد المباراة النهائية، تم الكشف عن أن البشت الذي ارتداه ميسي بقيمة 1650 جنيهًا إسترلينيًا.

علاوة على ذلك، تم صنع اثنين من الأثواب الخاصة لميسي قائد الأرجنتين والقائد المنافس هوجو لوريس في حال انتصرت فرنسا بدلاً من الأرجنتين.

كان الخياط المقيم في قطر محمد عبد الله السالم مسؤولاً عن صناعة الملابس.

عند صنعها، قال: “في البداية، لم نكن نعلم متى طُلب منا تصميم هذا البشت الذي كان لبطل كأس العالم”.

وأتم: “لقد فوجئنا بأن البشت الذي كان يرتديه ميسي كان من متجرنا، وشعرت بالفخر عندما علمت أن متجرنا كان الخيار الأول للمسؤولين لتصنيع هذا البشت”.

Wellington managed to mess up a chase they had under control for all but the last two overs, handing Auckland a two-run win at the Basin Reserve

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Dec-2010

Wellington managed to mess up a chase they had under control for all but the last two overs, handing Auckland a two-run win at the Basin Reserve. Chasing 126 in a game shortened to 12 overs, Grant Elliott and Neal Parlane had put Wellington in charge. The duo smashed the Auckland bowling all around, adding 67 runs for the third wicket off 30 deliveries. At 108 for 2 with 14 balls left, the game was Wellington’s to lose, and they somehow contrived to do so. Parlane was the first to depart, run out by Lou Vincent for 40 off 23 balls. In the next over, Colin Munro took two wickets in three balls, leaving Wellington seven to get off the last over. Elliott faced only one of those six balls, and watched helplessly as Luke Woodcock used up the remaining five to make three, leaving Wellington short.Auckland’s top four batsmen had earlier chipped in with vital contributions to take their side to 125 for 5, which proved just enough in the end. The narrow win keeps them on top of the points table, and comes after they won by a run against Canterbury two days ago.

Auckland 5 4 1 0 0 16 -0.228 632/86.5 573/76.2 Northern Districts 4 3 1 0 0 12 +1.492 510/62.5 530/80.0 Central Districts 5 2 3 0 0 8 +0.361 728/97.3 707/99.3 Canterbury 3 2 1 0 0 8 +0.175 452/59.4 444/60.0 Wellington 5 2 3 0 0 8 -0.525 706/91.1 758/91.4 Otago 4 0 4 0 0 0 -1.364 576/74.5 592/65.2

Rangers turn their attention away from Premiership action for now as they face the prospect of a UEFA Europa League semi-final clash.

The Gers play in the first-leg of their last-four meeting tonight in Germany as they look to set up a tasty second-leg at Ibrox under the lights next week.

Gio van Bronckhorst’s men come into the game off the back of four straight wins in all competitions, beating Motherwell 3-1 in their last domestic outing.

In their Premiership victory last weekend, one player let themselves down as Leon Balogun was given his marching order by the referee in the 28th minute. Although the red card does not rule him out of this clash, Rangers need as much positive momentum as possible heading into this match and playing a player off the back of a low like that could be a mistake.

Therefore, van Bronckhorst must bring Calvin Bassey back into the starting XI to play next to Connor Goldson at the heart of the defence.

Leicester youth coach Steve Beaglehole previously dubbed him as “phenomenal” and that is exactly what he has been for the Gers since the Dutch head coach came through the door. 

In the Premiership this term, he has averaged an impressive SofaScore rating of 6.95 and he has been rewarded for his form by winning the club’s Men’s Young Player of the Year award. He has shown that he can excel at left-back and centre-back and his versatility is another reason why he has been phenomenal for van Bronckhorst as he has been able to slot into multiple positions whilst maintaining a high standard of performance.

Journalist Josh Bunting has described his improvement this season as “ridiculous” as the £6.4k-per-week gem has gone from playing eight times in the league last term to 27 outings in the current campaign.

Bassey has also caught the eye in Europe with an average score of 6.91 in the competition. He has made 2.6 tackles and interceptions per game and won an impressive 70% of his ground duels – showing that he has been physically dominant for the Gers at the back.

The Nigerian brute has been a reliable, quality, player for van Bronckhorst in all competitions and that is why he must now be unleashed against RB Leipzig tonight. Balogun must be dropped after his red card and replaced by the 22-year-old, who has shown that he can put in excellent displays in the Europa League.

AND in other news, Huge boost: Gvb issues UEL injury claim that’ll leave Rangers supporters buzzing…