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يرفض إبراهيم سعيد المدافع المصري الدولي المعتزل، فكرة رحيل بيتسو موسيماني المدير الفني للنادي الأهلي، خلال الفترة الحالية.

وكانت إدارة الأهلي قد حرصت على توجيه اللوم للمدرب الجنوب إفريقي بعد خسارة نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، فيما أشار المدير الفني إلى احتمالية رحيلة عبر رسالة عبر حسابه الرسمي على موقع “تويتر”.

طالع أيضًا.. موسيماني يلمح برحيله عن الأهلي في رسالة مثيرة للجدل

وقال إبراهيم سعيد في تغريدات نشرها على حسابه بموقع “تويتر”: “ضد فكرى رحيل موسيماني حاليا من الأهلي، لأن البديل سيأتي على نفس اللاعبين والمفروض أن يحاسبه مجلس الادارة بعد نهايه الموسم ثم يتخذ قراره سواءً بالبقاء أو الرحيل”.

وأضاف لاعب الأهلي والزمالك الأسبق: “يورجن كلوب خسر الدوري الانجليزي وبطولة أوروبا ولم نسمع خبر التفكير في رحيله من ليفربول”.

وواصل: “ستعودون لاستقدام مدربين متواضعين مثل جاريدو وبيسيرو ومارتن يول وستظل في دوامة وستعود لقول الحادية عشر يا أهلي لمدة 10 سنوات مقبلة”.

واختتم: “اترك اللاعبين غير المفيدين للأهلي وضم البديل الذي يستحق، وأتمنى يكون هناك تفكير قبل القرار”.

يورجن كلوب خسر الدوري الانجليزي
وبطوله اوروبا
ومسمعناش عن خبر تفكير في رحيله من ليفربول https://t.co/i29tIbHEMp

— ibrahim saeed Hema(4) (@IbrahimsaidAdam) June 8, 2022

Liverpool have reportedly been monitoring the progress of Wolves’ Pedro Neto as manager Jurgen Klopp looks to strengthen his options at the top end of the pitch.

What’s the story?

According to Goal’s Neil Jones, the Reds’ recruitment team have been watching the highly-rated 21-year-old ahead of a possible move.

Klopp is believed to be in the market for another attacking addition this summer, with the likes of Divock Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri expected to depart Anfield as a result.

Diogo Jota 2.0

Neto has established himself as one of the Premier League’s most promising young forwards since arriving at Molineux from Lazio back in 2019.

He’s bagged 10 goals and provided a further 11 assists in 79 appearances for the Midlands outfit, but it was his consistently exciting and dangerous performances that really caught the eye last season.

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer was amongst the youngster’s admirers in 2020/21, praising Neto after he bagged a stunning winning goal against Southampton.

“A huge talent who is having a fine season. He changed the game and scored a great goal,” Shearer said.

The Portugal international was arguably Wolves’ standout performer last term and provided their biggest attacking threat following the prolonged absence of star striker Raul Jimenez.

As per WhoScored, Neto recorded an average of two shots per league game, two key passes and 2.1 dribbles, placing him in the top two amongst his teammates for each metric.

If Liverpool do follow up their interest in the skilful winger, then it will be the second consecutive summer that the Anfield outfit have raided Wolves for their most talented wide man.

Neto’s compatriot Diogo Jota swapped Molineux for Merseyside 12 months ago and enjoyed a fabulous first campaign with the 19-time English champions.

Although injuries significantly reduced his game time, Jota found the back of the net on 13 occasions in just 30 outings for Klopp’s charges.

Whether Liverpool make a move for the £31,5m-rated Neto this summer will largely depend on their ability to shift multiple fringe players out of the exit door, but if director of football Michael Edwards can offload the deadwood, then he must move for Neto this summer, he could very much emulate the success that Jota has had at Anfield.

And, in other news…James Pearce drops transfer update that’ll have Liverpool fans buzzing 

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Antes da bola rolar no Fla x Flu deste domingo, o Flamengo postou uma foto de um trio de respeito. Diego, Zico e Ederson se encontraram nos corredores do Maracanã e posaram para o registro. O Galinho de Quintino é o maior ídolo do clube e brilhou com a camisa 10, que hoje é dividida entre Diego e Ederson.

Diego veste a 10 na Libertadores, mas Ederson é o 10 “original”, inscrito com este número nas outras competições.

Ederson está clinicamente liberado e treina sem limitações, mas ainda precisa ganhar mais ritmo antes de voltar a jogar. Já Diego está em recuperação de uma artroscopia no joelho direito.

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A clinical performance from Pakistan had them coast to a ten-wicket win in the inconsequential final Super Four match of the Asia Cup

The Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran04-Jul-2008
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

Abdur Rauf’s picked up three top-order wickets as Bangladesh were bowled out for 115 © AFP
A clinical performance from Pakistan saw them coast to a ten-wicket win over Bangladesh in the inconsequential final Super Four match of the Asia Cup. In a refreshing change at the National Stadium in Karachi, the bowlers dominated the proceedings in the first session but for Bangladesh it was the same old story as their innings folded at 115 all out – the tournament’s lowest total.On a pitch offering sideways movement and extra bounce, Abdur Rauf sliced through the top order with three wickets and Iftikhar Anjum bowled an astonishing six maidens – equalling the record for a Pakistani – to put the hosts on course. Half-centuries from openers Nasir Jamshed and Salman Butt helped complete the formalities with more than 30 overs to spare.The plethora of big scores that have been easily chased down hasn’t dissuaded captains from choosing to bat first, and Mohammad Ashraful continued the trend. While Sohail Tanvir extracted significant lateral movement from the pitch initially, it was Rauf who got the early wickets.On one of the cooler days of the tournament, on a difficult pitch, Bangladesh’s batsmen compounded their troubles with some ill-advised shots. Opener Nazimuddin attempted to pull a short delivery in the second over from outside off and only managed to top-edge it to Shoaib Malik at cover.Ashraful and Tamim Iqbal didn’t bring out their strokes except when the bowlers erred, but their steady approach lifted Bangladesh to 41 for 2. Ashraful hadn’t connected with an attempted hook in the ninth over but got hold of a short one from Rauf in the next to launch it over the midwicket boundary. Rauf’s next ball was a fast bowler’s classic reply: a snorter aimed at the body which forced Ashraful to give Misbah-ul-Haq a catch at point.Raqibul Hasan has shown a heartening and – for a Bangladesh batsman – rare ability to stick it out in the middle but this time he went for an ambitious hook first ball off Tanvir to hole out at short fine leg.With Bangladesh at a dicey 49 for 3, Rauf came up with the best over of the match. The first ball was a sharp bouncer which Tamim fended to slip, and Alok Kapali barely survived the next five torrid deliveries – a couple of well-directed bouncers, and a mixture of incoming and away-going deliveries.Iftikhar Anjum followed the Rauf formula of throwing in a surprise bouncer while also testing the batsmen against the deliveries which seamed off a length. Kapali struck three boundaries in Anjum’s first over but he was undone by the extra lift in the pitch as well. It was a superb comeback by Anjum, conceding only seven runs in his last nine overs and beating the bat on umpteen occasions. He finished with figures of 10-6-20-2 and was unlucky to not get more wickets.Saeed Ajmal backed up the good work of the fast bowlers, picking up two late-order wickets off his doosra, which the batsmen struggled to pick as Bangladesh folded in the 39th over.The flimsy total wasn’t going to be much of a challenge for a Pakistan batting line-up that convincingly chased down 309 against India on Wednesday. Jamshed provided the early momentum, repeatedly carting the bowlers in the arc between long-on and midwicket as Pakistan went into the dinner break at 23 for no loss.Shahadat Hossain extracted the same bounce which aided the Pakistan bowlers, and troubled both openers in the first over after the resumption but there were few alarms after that. Pakistan scored a boundary in virtually every over with a series of off drives off Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat.There was a brief lull after spin was introduced at both ends before Butt carved Abdur Razzak through extra cover in the eighteenth over. That opened the floodgates as Jamshed pummelled Mahmudullah over long-on for six and brought up his fifty with a swept four to midwicket. Butt also completed his fifty with three sweeps to the boundary off Razzak before an authoritative cut put Bangladesh out of their misery.Bangladesh are still without a win against challenging opposition since last year’s World Cup and the poor showing at the Asia Cup isn’t the sort of preparation they’d want ahead of a tough tour of Australia.

أشاد المدير الفني لمنتخب كوريا الجنوبية الأول، بيدرو بينتو، بأداء لاعبيه بعد الفوز في مباراة مصر الودية بنتيجة 4-1 في اللقاء الذي أقيم على ملعب “سيول كأس العالم 2002”.

ونجح منتخب كوريا في السيطرة على المباراة في آخر استعداداتهم في توقف يونيو لبطولة كأس العالم 2022، وسجل اللاعبين 4 أهداف بقيادة مهاجم توتنهام وهداف الدوري الإنجليزي، سون هيونج مين.

اقرأ أيضًا.. طه إسماعيل وأحمد حسن وعبد ربه لمجلس اتحاد الكرة: احترموا أنفسكم وقدموا استقالتكم

تحدث بينتو بعد المباراة في المؤتمر الصحفي، وقال: “لعبنا مباراة جيدة بشكل عام، لم نمنح الخصم الكثير من الفرص لتهديد مرمانا، سيطرنا وسجلنا 4 أهداف بطرق مختلفة وكان ذلك منذ البداية”.

وأضاف: “سعيد بأداء اللاعبين وأعتقد أن أداء اللاعبين وروحهم القتالية الأبرز بعد نهاية معسكرنا في يونيو”.

وعن النواقص التي يراها في كوريا الجنوبية: “علينا أن نحافظ على ما قدمناه ونبني للمستقبل، تصحيح الأخطاء التي فعلناه أثناء المباريات الأربع، كانت هناك أخطاء في كل مباراة، وبالتأكيد، سأعمل على تصحيحها”.

وتابع: “لقد خسرنا أول مباراة أمام البرازيل 1-5، لكننا فزنا على تشيلي 2-0 وتعادلنا مع باراجواي 2-2 بعد ذلك وفزنا اليوم 4-1 لذلك رد فعل اللاعبين كان رائعًا”.

ومشاركة سون كمهاجم في 3 مباريات من الأربع: “أحيانًا سأعتمد عليه في هذا المركز”.

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Na visão de Abel Braga, vários motivos fizeram a vitória do Fluminense especial neste domingo. Além de iniciar o Brasileiro com vitória por 3 a 2, o treinador destacou a qualidade do time do Santos e relembrou que o clube terminou o ano de 2016 com uma sequência de 10 jogos sem vencer na competição.

-Nôs começamos o Brasileiro em um momento mental muito difícil. Não foram só três derrotas. Soma os 10 jogos sem vencer do Brasileiro de 2016. Pegamos uma equipe forte, bem treinada, então foi complicado. Hoje tentei mexer com o mental deles. – afirmou Abel Braga na coletiva após a partida, antes de mandar:

– Valeu muito a vitória, estamos muito contentes, mas não somos o patinho feio do Campeonato Brasileiro – decretou o experiente treinador do Fluminense.

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FIM DE JOGO! Fluzão estreia no Brasileirão reencontrando a vitória e com três pontos no bolso. #FLUxSAN pic.twitter.com/eQET412Yyt

— Fluminense F.C. (@FluminenseFC) 14 de maio de 2017

O Fluminense se reapresenta nesta segunda-feira, às 15h30, no CT Pedro Antonio. Deixando de lado o Brasileirão, o Tricolor se prepara para enfrentar o Grêmio, em Porto Alegre, pela Copa do Brasil na próxima quarta-feira.

Confira outras respostas do treinador Abel Braga após a vitória sobre o Santos:

AVALIAÇÃO DO JOGO

As substituições do Santos complicaram muito. Vladimir, né? Tá louco. Jogamos com três atacante com 3 a 1, troquei um atacante por outro, mas quando o Vladimir entrou tive que botar um volante. Valeu muito. Já iam ser 4 jogos sem vencer. Hoje, o Santos está na frente do nosso coletivo. Nós vamos chegar, mas vamos oscilar também. Os 11 titulares todo mundo sabe, mas não são super-homens Não sei se quarta vai ter mudança. Domingo tem Atlético-MG fora. Início bom (risos). Eles estão de parabéns.

RETORNO DO SCARPA
O Scarpa vai sofrer ainda, ele sentiu. Por isso que tem que ser aos poucos. Ontem falei com ele. Fez um treino quarta-feira excepcional, estávamos em Montvidéu. Testamos ele e foi muito bem. Não tinha o que esperar. Ele entrou no bolo e o jogo deu oportunidade. Botei para ele segurar a bola, mas o Santos foi muito para cima e ele acabou puxando o contra-ataque, por isso ele abafou. Mas é normal, vai começar a pegar o ritmo aos poucos e recuperar a posição dele dentro do time.

ATUAÇÃO DO HENRIQUE DOURADO

Futebol é assim. Ele nãoaprendeu a jogar comigo. As pessoas reclamam de até de reserva do reserva, mas o que está jogando muito hoje não valia nada (em 2016). No momento que estava a equipe, substituindo o Fred, ou quem paga é o atacante ou o zagueiro. É assim. Estou feliz. As pessoas tem que se perguntar: fui injusto com esse cara? No futuro, quando estivermos mais mecanizados, nós podemos aproveitar a saída de área dele e fazer a entrada diagonal do Richarlison e Welllington Silva.

It’s an exciting time to be involved in Twenty20 and the top six Associate nations get their chance at the big time when the World Twenty20 Qualifiers begin in Belfast on Saturday. The two finalists will quality for the World Twenty20 in England next year

Cricinfo staff01-Aug-2008
Thomas Odoyo will be a key player for Kenya, who face a tough challenge to live up to their billing as favourites © Getty Images
It’s an exciting time to be involved in Twenty20 and the top six Associate nations get their chance at the big time when the World Twenty20 Qualifiers begin in Belfast on Saturday. The two finalists will quality for the World Twenty20 in England next year, as will the third-placed side after Zimbabwe pulled out of the tournament.Ireland, fresh from their European Championship success, will start in good spirits but will face stiff competition from pre-tournament favourites Kenya and arch-rivals Scotland, who both played in the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa. Canada, Netherlands and Bermuda are the other three teams involved.With the concept of Twenty20 internationals still relatively new to the Associate teams, all six sides will start on a similar footing although Ireland will feel they have their noses ahead for three simple reasons: they are playing at home, are at full strength and have shown excellent form of late in the Intercontinental Cup and the European Championships.”We’d always back ourselves, but we know it’s going to be difficult,” said Ireland captain William Porterfield. “There’s so much at stake, not just in financial terms, but in terms of prestige. The competition in England is going to be an incredible experience, and we’d like to be there,” he said.Porterfield said his team’s chances for next year’s event would not end even if it failed to qualify for the final. “The fact that it looks like there is going to be a third place with the likelihood of Zimbabwe withdrawing, then it takes a wee bit of the pressure off.”It means if we lose in the semi-final, then we’re going to have a second chance to qualify. That third and fourth-place place-off game will probably be the most tense match of the entire competition.”These six teams last got together in a qualifying tournament in Nairobi in January-February 2007, for the World Cricket League Division 1. Ireland finished fifth then, while Kenya defeated Scotland by eight wickets in the final.But, despite that pedigree, Kenya captain Steve Tikolo says his team are behind Ireland and Scotland in the pecking order. “In the Twenty20 format anything can happen but I think Ireland and Scotland are the two favourite sides because they are playing in familiar conditions while we are coming from hot conditions.”We have worked extremely hard in England on a pre-event tour and have made sure we have all the resources and have all bases covered.”Tikolo, who has played all of Kenya’s 23 matches in World Cups, stressed the importance of this tournament for Kenya cricket. “We have to qualify for next year’s event because it’s extremely vital to the development of the game in Kenya,” he said. “There is no point in having a good team that cannot perform.”Tournament ScheduleSaturday August 2
0930 Kenya v Netherlands
1300 Ireland v Scotland
1630 Netherlands v Canada
Sunday August 3
0930 Scotland v Bermuda
1300 Kenya v Canada
1630 Ireland v Bermuda
Monday August 4
0930 Semi-final one: Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
1300 Semi-final two: Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A
1630 Third and fourth-place play-off
Tuesday August 5
0930 Fifth and sixth-place play-off1300 FinalThird seeded Scotland defeated Ireland in the World Cup Qualifier 2005 (formerly the ICC Trophy) and captain Ryan Watson said despite injuries his team had the ammunition to fire in the tournament. “We have a strong squad, with players who are ideally suited to this form of the game,” he said. “In John Blain and Dewald Nel, I feel we’ve got the best new ball attack among the Associate teams. It’s such a bonus to have guys who take wickets up front, and they do it consistently to peg back the opposition.”I open the batting in the one-day format, and I see no reason to change that. Gavin Hamilton has started to open and has done quite well. We’ll also have Navdeep Poonia and Kyle Coetzer available from the counties so we have options.”Unfortunately we’ve been hit with a few injuries,” he added. “Our former captain Craig Wright misses out as he has a back injury. That combined with the loss of Gordon Goudie means that there is an opportunity for the others to step up.”Looking ahead at the clash against Ireland on the opening day, Watson said: “An opening fixture with Ireland in Ireland is about as tough as it gets. As a tournament opener this should be a great one for fans of both countries.”Netherlands’ preparation for the Belfast tournament has been up and down. They failed to qualify for the final of the European Championships in Dublin and installed Jeroen Smits as captain in place of Peter Borren just this week.Smits, the 36-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, was not included in the original side and comes in place of 31-year-old batsman Bas Zuiderent. “I wasn’t originally supposed to be in the squad, but we’ve had a few injuries, and I’ve been asked to come back in and help out,” he said.Smits said his team will target third place in the tournament. “We’re in a tough group, but then there are no easy fixtures when you are at this level. Canada and Kenya are strong teams, but you have to look at yourself and your own strengths. If we play to our potential, then we will be hopeful of making it. Our focus is, of course, to finish in the top three.”Canada and Bermuda are the dark horses of the tournament. Both have struggled in the Intercontinental Cup but Twenty20 cricket brings sides closer together. Bermuda, are coached by the former West Indies batsman Gus Logie and he said his team need to stay focused throughout the tournament.”Since this is a new concept, players aren’t experienced enough which gives us a good chance to produce good results. It’s a fast paced format and you have to match that pace and the 11 players need to fire to get the desired results.”

A recent report has suggested that Rangers are battling with Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur to sign Caleb Chukwuemeka this summer, and the teenage forward could be an excellent long-term addition to Steven Gerrard’s squad at Ibrox.

What’s the word?

According to The Daily Record, Rangers are one of several sides to show a keen interest in the Northampton Town forward this summer, although he is currently being driven by a potential move to the Premier League.

He could well join his brother, Carney, at Aston Villa, whilst Spurs recent decision to send Kion Etete on loan to the Cobblers may well have sweetened the deal in their favour, which suggests that Rangers are currently playing catch up in the race to sign him.

Would Chukwuemeka be a good signing?

Although Chukwuemeka has made just 28 senior appearances in his career thus far, scoring two goals, he certainly seems to be highly regarded by a lot of teams higher up in the footballing pyramid.

Whilst the 19-year-old probably wouldn’t be challenging for a place in Gerrard’s first-team straight away, considering the plethora of options the 41-year-old manager has available to him in attack, he could be an excellent option for the future if he can realise his obvious potential at Ibrox.

Former Northampton boss Keith Curle was full of praise for the teenage forward last season, saying:

“He showed good understanding and good composure. I don’t think he struck the ball as cleanly as he wanted to but that’s Caleb because he has a little bit of magic.

“Every outfield player has a job when we’re out of possession and it comes more naturally to some players than others. Caleb is a forward-thinking player and it’s not as natural. Give him a ball to chase when he might get a goal out of it, the lad finds a yard. We need to find that yard when he’s going the other way and he’s got to track a runner.“It’s all part and parcel of the game and when he understands that and it becomes second nature, he’ll be a very good player.”[freshpress-quiz id=“593776”]Chukwuemeka’s contract at Northampton is set to expire at the end of this season, so he could be a very cheap, low-risk transfer for Ross Wilson to complete this summer, so he should definitely try and bring him to Ibrox.And, in other news… Wilson heading for huge Rangers mistake with “warrior”, fans will be gutted

After one victory against South Africa, Kevin Pietersen believes England can win the Ashes next summer

Andrew Miller at The Oval11-Aug-2008
Kevin Pietersen: targeting Australia already © Getty Images
“If we play like we played this week, we’ll beat Australia,” declared Kevin Pietersen, only minutes after becoming the fourth man in the last 30 years to win his first Test as England captain. If that seemed a tad of an over-reaction to a comfortable but unspectacular dead-rubber triumph, then it was merely an extension of the up-and-at-’em attitude that has revived English spirits at the end of a disappointing series. Pietersen has never stood on ceremony at any stage of his career, and this moment of victory was not likely to change that pattern one iota.”This is a very exciting stage, but a starting stage,” he said. “The key is to turn up to every single Test match like we turned up to this one. With the structures and the players we’ve got, the type of attack we’ve had in this game, the way we’ve gone about the game and the way we’ve been up for it every single day, and the emotions that the guys have come out with, it’s not far away from a perfect start. It’s the way we want to play our cricket in the future.”The fact that England have now slipped one place from fourth to fifth in the ICC Test rankings clearly has no bearing on the hyperactive thought-processes that Pietersen has been putting himself through in the week since he assumed the role of England captain. An arduous winter looms in India, followed by a springtime tour of the Caribbean and then a possible home Test series against Sri Lanka (IPL commitments pending). But Pietersen knows full well that there’s only one contest that really captures the public imagination, and as such, he’s wasted no time in firing the first shots of the 2009 Ashes.”I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the last five days, and I’ve definitely done a bit of thinking about Australia next year,” said Pietersen. “Certainly, a lot more than I would have if I was a player. It’s about getting the structure right for a long amount of time so the players can feel comfortable and know their role, and deliver. I think that’s very important, over the next nine months, for the boys to learn their roles and deliver next year.”Quite what the Australians will make of Pietersen’s long-term ambitions remains to be seen – clearly they won’t consider his hubristic approach to be out of character. Nevertheless, there’s no doubt that England have hit upon a certain something in the course of this contest. The form and fitness of Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff means that England’s attack has been stripped bare and reassembled since the start of the summer, with James Anderson finally confident enough to play a starring role in his own right, and Stuart Broad finding his niche as the junior player in a five-man set-up.It is a formation that has the capacity to rattle a few opponents in the coming months, but not even Pietersen, surely, will be kidding himself that he’s found the answer to the England’s post-2005 malaise after one half-decent win. After all, when England last took on South Africa, in the winter of 2004-05, not only did they emerge victorious in a contest that was far more keenly contested than this one, they did so with a team that contained nine of the eleven men who went on to defeat Australia the following summer.How many of the current eleven can feel confident about their futures just now? Andrew Strauss’s first fifty of the series cannot mask another flaccid performance from a player who revived his career against the Kiwis, but who averaged 24 on the last Ashes tour and hasn’t gone big against any senior opponent since the Shoaib-less Pakistanis toured England in 2006. Ian Bell’s form has shrunk away since his 199 at Lord’s, while Tim Ambrose played this match with an expression as hang-dog as if he had already been droppedIn fact, aside from Pietersen, Flintoff and the version of Harmison that turned up at The Oval this week, there’s no-one else who can declare with any certainty that they will be in the team that opens the Ashes at Cardiff next summer. Nevertheless, Pietersen’s confidence was clearly contagious during the contest just gone. He hasn’t got long to formulate a squad that can live up to his ambitions, but his positive and aggressive outlook is a useful starting point.”It’s been a good fun five days, and I’ve got a real happy tiredness,” said Pietersen. “It’s about that excitement at the start, but I want to be a guy who talks to the players and they think: ‘Yeah, he really truly wants me to do well here.’ It’s important to have that relationship with your players and your coach where you really want to perform for each other, and you know they’ll do anything on the planet for you. It’s a recipe for success.”Pietersen was particularly pleased to see the pride and passion come flooding back into England’s game during this match, and for that he reserved a special mention for Harmison, who arguably hasn’t looked as enthused by international cricket since his blood-letting first morning of the 2005 Ashes at Lord’s.”Big Steve came back in after a time out and he was magnificent,” said Pietersen. “I said to Stevey, when I told him he was playing, I want you open, I want you to bowl fast and straight, and bowl like the old Steve Harmison. He said he’d do his best and his best was good enough.”He’s a huge player, absolutely huge, and we’ve seen this week how important he is for us,” said Pietersen. “I’m going to be looking after Steve as best I can, but also looking to get the best out of him as well. I think now he’s experienced international cricket again, which he loves, and with the smile he’s got now, I’m definitely going to get the best out of him.”Such is Pietersen’s confidence in his new-found leadership abilities, he added that he had even been trying to coax Harmison out of his one-day retirement. “It would be lovely to have him coming in first-change with the white ball, but you don’t always get what you want in life,” he said. Compared to that particular ambition, the Ashes might actually be a doddle.

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