Gayle, de Villiers seal comfortable Bangalore win

Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistan allrounder and debuting in the IPL as a British citizen, breathed life into a stuttering Kings XI Punjab innings which had once again been let down by its batsmen

The Report by Abhishek Purohit20-Apr-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAB de Villiers was involved in a match-winning stand with Chris Gayle•AFP

For a while, Kings XI Punjab showed some fight. Azhar Mahmood turned a middling total into a seemingly challenging one. Parvinder Awana jolted Royal Challengers Bangalore with three early strikes. But the visitors had Chris Gayle. And AB de Villiers. A nearly risk-free partnership of 131 at more than ten runs an over followed, shutting Kings XI out totally.At 25 for 3 facing an asking-rate touching nine-and-a-half, Royal Challengers should have been pushed much more than they were. That they were not was down to the class of Gayle and de Villiers and the lack of depth in the Kings XI attack.When they needed someone to increase the pressure after Awana’s initial burst, Kings XI instead had Harmeet Singh delivering innocuous legbreaks from a long run-up on a greenish pitch. They were also confronted with two batsmen who were so much in control of the situation that they did not even bother to attack as much as they usually do.Gayle kept the big strokes away as long as he could rein himself in but that did not deter him from scoring boundaries at will. Awana had just taken out Mayank Agarwal and Virat Kohli in the space of five deliveries. Gayle responded with consecutive fours off Praveen Kumar in the next over.Awana had Saurabh Tiwary top-edging to the wicketkeeper off the first ball of the sixth over. Gayle responded with another pair of boundaries. He softly turned deliveries through square leg for runs while de Villiers found his timing as soon as he arrived.De Villiers, in fact, went along at a faster clip than Gayle initially, tapering off towards the end as the latter finally decided to display his range with some huge straight hits.The game went to the last over only because Gayle and de Villiers fell on the brink of victory. In the end, Royal Challengers had just too much power for a ragged Kings XI unit. That Kings XI even set the visitors a reasonable chase was down to Mahmood, the former Pakistan allrounder debuting in the IPL as a British citizen. He breathed life into a stuttering innings after Kings XI had once again been let down by their batsmen. Coming in at No. 7 in the 16th over, Mahmood smashed 33 off 14 deliveries as Kings XI posted their highest total of the season.Despite three of five bowlers used going for around six runs an over, Royal Challengers discovered there were still enough weak links in their attack for even a shaky Kings XI line-up to exploit. Harshal Patel disappeared for 44 and Vinay Kumar for 40 as Kings XI took 51 off the final four overs.Kings XI had sleepwalked to 105 by the 15th over, and the departure of David Hussey off the last ball of that over had further dented their hopes of posting a decent total. Mahmood walked in and completely changed the tempo of the innings. Harshal was thumped over mid-off and midwicket for consecutive boundaries; Vinay was calmly dabbed between the wicketkeeper and wide slip for four.Royal Challengers had been on top till Mahmood’s arrival. Only Shaun Marsh and Hussey had dominated them in a three-over span. Even that partnership had been terminated before it could cause much damage. After playing some pleasing cover drives, Marsh was bowled for 26 as he tried to late-cut Andrew McDonald.Marsh’s fall came after Zaheer Khan, enjoying the bounce on the Mohali pitch and bowling with control from both sides of the wicket, had removed the Kings XI openers early. Stand-in captain Hussey, leading in place of the injured Adam Gilchrist, kept the home side going steadily but fell when they were in need of a late boost. It was to come from Mahmood, and gave their medium-pacers some leeway to exploit a favourable pitch. Awana did that, but Gayle and de Villiers were unstoppable.

Líder, goleador e até zagueiro: a noite de redenção de Diego Souza

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Diego Souza foi o principal personagem das duas últimas partidas do São Paulo no Morumbi, mas de maneiras diferentes. Contra o Fluminense, ele foi expulso ainda no primeiro tempo e viu a equipe sofrer para arrancar o empate por 1 a 1. Já neste sábado, contra o Bahia, marcou o gol da vitória por 1 a 0, ganhou minutos preciosos com sua experiência nos instantes finais e jogou até de zagueiro nos minutos em que Bruno Alves ficou fora de campo recebendo atendimento médico.

-A gente se resolveu ali. Perdemos o Bruno e, para não mexer no Jucilei no meio, acabei fechando junto com o Anderson. Não tem dificuldade, não, a gente faz o nosso melhor. Fechei até que o Bruno voltasse e graças a Deus não teve perigo nenhum – disse o camisa 9, que levantou a torcida diversas vezes nos acréscimos e teve o nome gritado após o apito final.

O gol contra o Bahia foi o 12º de Diego Souza na temporada, o oitavo no Brasileirão. Números idênticos aos de Nenê, que divide com ele a artilharia da equipe em 2018 e na competição nacional. Mas o centroavante são-paulino faz questão de não se colocar como protagonista, embora ocupe este posto desde o início da passagem de Aguirre pelo clube, quando decidiu rejeitar uma oferta do Vasco para tentar triunfar no Morumbi.

– Não sou eu que decido,mas sim o grupo. Não fomos totalmente superiores na partida, como costumamos fazer em casa, mas batalhamos para conquistar esta importante vitória. Acredito que merecemos o resultado positivo e, principalmente no segundo tempo, jogamos com autoridade para vencer – disse o herói da noite.

O Tricolor chegou aos 49 pontos e reassumiu a ponta do Brasileirão. Só sairá de lá nesta rodada se o Internacional vencer o Grêmio no Beira-Rio.

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وكيل والتر هودج يرد عبر "بطولات" على أنباء طلب فسخ عقده مع الأهلي

كشف محمد يوسف وكيل محترف السلة بالنادي الأهلي والتر هودج، حقيقة طلب اللاعب فسخ تعاقده مع القلعة الحمراء، بسبب تأخر مستحقاته المالية.

وكانت تقارير أفادت بطلب والتر هودج بالرحيل للدوري اللبناني، بسبب عدم حصوله على مستحقاته المالية مع ناديه الحالي الأهلي.

وقال يوسف خلال تصريحات خاصة لـ بطولات: “لا توجد أي أزمة بين والتر هودج والنادي الأهلي على الإطلاق، المحترف البورتريكي تقاضى كافة مستحقاته المالية منذ وصوله”.

طالع | الاتحاد السكندري يهزم الأهلي ويتصدر دوري سوبر السلة

وأضاف: “هودج لم يشتك نهائياً من تأخر مستحقاته المالية، خلال الفترة الأخيرة، وكل ما يثار حول طلب اللاعب فسخ تعاقده مع النادي الأهلي ليس له أساس من الصحة”.

وأتم: “والتر هودج لم يبلغ أحد من الجهاز الفني للنادي الأهلي بقيادة المدير الفني الإسباني أوجستي بوش، أو مسؤولي النادي الأهلي أنه لديه أزمة في المستحقات أو يريد فسخ تعاقده نهائياً خلال الفترة الماضية”.

يذكر أن والتر هودج كان قد أنضم إلي صفوف فريق سلة النادي الأهلي في يوليو 2022، بعدما رحل عن نادي الزمالك.

منتخب النرويج يُعلن إصابة هالاند وغيابه أمام إسبانيا وجورجيا

أعلن منتخب النرويج عن إصابة مهاجم الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي مانشستر سيتي، إيرلينج هالاند، قبل انطلاق مباريات تصفيات بطولة كأس أمم أوروبا، يورو 2024.

وتستعد النرويج لمباراتي إسبانيا وجورجيا يومي 25 و28 مارس الحالي ضمن إطار مباريات المجموعة الأولى والتي تضم أيضًا أسكتلندا وقبرص.

ونشر موقع الاتحاد النرويجي لكرة القدم اليوم، الثلاثاء، أن هالاند لن يتمكن من التواجد في هاتين المباراتين بسبب الإصابة بعد الفحوصات الطبية التي أجراها يوم أمس، الإثنين.

اقرأ أيضًا.. استبعاد ثلاثي منتخب إنجلترا قبل تصفيات يورو 2024

وأكد طبيب منتخب النرويج، أولا ساند، أن من الأفضل للمهاجم أن يعود إلى ناديه مانشستر سيتي ويتلقى العلاج هناك حتى يعود في حالة فنية وبدنية جيدة.

لم يتقبل هالاند الأمر بسهولة بحسب بيان الاتحاد النرويجي لكرة القدم، لأنه لن يستطيع الدفاع عن شعار بلده في تصفيات كأس أمم أوروبا يومي السبت والثلاثاء المقبلين.

الجدير بالذكر أن النرويجي كان يعاني من بعض الآلام في الفخذ بعد مباراة بيرنلي في كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي لكرة القدم يوم، السبت الماضي.

Forfeits an option to set up result

The last two days have witnessed barely two hours of cricket in total but the match position offers an opportunity for a meaningful finish nonetheless

Jon Culley at Trent Bridge08-Jun-2012
ScorecardAndre Adams went over on his ankle but was able to walk off unaided•PA Photos

The last two days have witnessed barely two hours of cricket in total but the match position offers an opportunity for a meaningful finish nonetheless, one way or another, possibly involving forfeits.Lancashire used the 12.5 overs possible on day three to their advantage as Kyle Hogg and Simon Kerrigan, not normally the most formidable of last-wicket pairs, extended their partnership to 70 before bad light brought play to a close with the total on 321 for 9, providing the defending champions with a batting point they probably had not expected.Kerrigan, who has 22, had not even got off the mark in half his 10 previous Championship innings this season and not made more than six. Yet he and Hogg, whose 44 is his highest of the season, skilfully avoided laying a bat on the better balls to come their way.It might not have been the case, perhaps, had they seen more of Andre Adams, who had to leave the field after bowling only four deliveries, having gone over on his right ankle as he attempted to bowl a fifth. He stayed down for a minute or two as team-mates anxiously summoned the physio, although he was able to walk off unaided.Given that he is the country’s leading wicket-taker on 40 dismissals, including five in this innings, the loss of Adams would be a serious blow to Nottinghamshire’s plans to regain the title. The initial indications, however, are that it is not a serious injury.”The fact that he was able to walk off is a good sign and we’ll have to reassess him in the morning, although at the moment we are not particularly worried,” the county’s director of cricket, Mick Newell, said.There were concerns that blame might attach to the surface conditions after prolonged heavy rain but Newell said there was no issue over safety.In the event, the rest of the players followed in behind Adams in leaving the field at that point. The floodlights were in use, as they had been since play began at 4.30pm, but the natural light had deteriorated to a point at which umpires Jeff Evans and Michael Gough felt that the artificial light had taken over. They brought the players out again once subsequently, but only briefly.

Can battered New Zealand survive?

Preview of the second ODI between West Indies and New Zealand in Kingston

The Preview by Abhishek Purohit06-Jul-2012Match factsSaturday, July 7
Start time 0930 (1430 GMT)
New Zealand have to get Chris Gayle early•AFP

Big PictureYou haven’t played together as a team for three months. Forget warm-up games, you arrive for a long tour in completely different conditions from home without even a camp for the entire squad. One of your best batsmen, also your first-choice wicketkeeper, who has already had a month’s break, is “rested” for the limited-overs leg of the tour. After you get hammered in the Twenty20s, there emerge reports of his arriving sometime “midway” during the ODI series, but scarcely anyone has a clue when exactly he is expected to reach, while his side gets thrashed again in the first ODI.Another of your top batsmen is trading blows in a boxing ring, an allrounder is busy playing domestic T20s in England, and to top it all, you have lost your regular captain to injury in the first match of the tour. Welcome to an ongoing demonstration on How Not To Approach A Cricket Tour, or New Zealand’s tour of West Indies.That they have managed to make fellow strugglers West Indies look like some dominating force says it all. It was expected that their batsmen would have no clue against Sunil Narine, but tackling slight swing and bounce was supposed to be no great task. Their batting has looked utterly incapable in Florida and in Jamaica so far. Ross Taylor is expected to be out for some time; Brendon McCullum is now expected to arrive on July 10*.What can this tattered New Zealand side do to turn around what is quickly becoming a horror tour? For starters, they can pray for a halt to the injuries before they run out of 11 fit players.West Indies must be overflowing with confidence. Albeit playing with one medium-pace allrounder too many, including the captain, they appear a powerful side in these conditions; wonder why they don’t win more often. Can they find some consistency?Form guide West Indies WLLLW (completed games, most recent first)
New Zealand LLLLWWatch out for…New Zealand have to get Chris Gayle early. Three matches, three brutal fifties, three easy wins. At least that will ensure there is some sort of contest. At the moment, Gayle is just biffing straight sixes, without expression and with minimal follow-through.The visitors have lacked the kind of starts Gayle has given West Indies. And have never recovered thereon. Martin Guptill has to somehow revive his Derbyshire form.Team newsBarring injuries, West Indies should stick to the same XI which won by nine wickets on Thursday.West Indies: (possible) 1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Dwayne Smith, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Sunil NarineAndrew Ellis joined the injury list in the first ODI. New Zealand have Doug Bracewell and Trent Boult available. It was an interesting decision to play legspinner Tarun Nethula ahead of the experienced offspinner Nathan McCullum on Thursday. Probably it was influenced by the fact that West Indies have only left-hander, Gayle, in the top nine. At least New Zealand have a few bowling options left. Wicketkeeper Tom Latham is the only batting replacement available in the squad, but last heard, he had cut his eye during training. If this wasn’t actually happening, it would be tragi-comic.New Zealand: (possible) 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Daniel Flynn, 4 Kane Williamson (capt), 5 Dean Brownlie, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Nathan McCullum/Doug Bracewell, 10 Tarun Nethula 11 Kyle MillsStats and trivia New Zealand’s nine-wicket loss in the first ODI was their heaviest defeat against West Indies (in terms of wickets) since January 1995 In 64 ODI innings, Dwayne Smith has batted all the way from the opening position to No. 9, barring No. 4.Quotes”We’re not high in confidence at all and they are, so that’s probably hurting us. We need to find it in the next game or two, otherwise the series will be gone before we even know it.”

July 7, 2012, 06:20 GMT – The preview has been updated with Brendon McCullum’s expected date of arrival in the Caribbean

مجموعة مصر | فيديو.. غينيا تخطف فوزًا صعبًا من إثيوبيا في تصفيات أمم إفريقيا

فاز منتخب غينيا على إثيوبيا، بثلاثية مقابل هدفين، اليوم الإثنين، ضمن تصفيات إفريقيا المؤهلة لبطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا 2024.

منتخبا غينيا وإثيوبيا يلعبان في المجموعة الرابعة بتصفيات كأس أمم إفريقيا، رفقة مصر ومالاوي.

طالع أيضًا | منتخب مصر يختتم تدريباته استعدادًا لمواجهة مالاوي في تصفيات أمم إفريقيا

وأحرز نابي كيتا هدف غينيا الأول في الدقيقة 4، ثم تعادل منتخب إثيوبيا عن طريق كينين مركنيه في الدقيقة 34.

وبعد 8 دقائق سجل موريبا هدف التقدم لغينيا، ثم عزز مورجان من التقدم في الدقيقة 70.

وعدل كيتيكا النتيجة بإحرازه الهدف الثاني لإثيوبيا في الدقيقة 90+5، لينتهي اللقاء بفوز المنتخب الغيني.

بهذا الفوز، يحتل منتخب غينيا صدارة المجموعة بشكل مؤقت بـ 9 نقاط من 4 مباريات، وتأتي مصر في المركز الثاني بـ 6 نقاط من 3 مباريات، وتليها مالاوي بـ 3 نقاط من 3 مباريات، وتتذيل إثيوبيا الترتيب بـ 3 نقاط من 4 مباريات.

يذكر أن منتخب مصر يواجه مالاوي، في الثالثة عصر غد، على استاد بينجو الدولي، في الجولة الرابعة من التصفيات المؤهلة لكأس أمم إفريقيا 2024. أهداف مباراة غينيا وإثيوبيا في تصفيات كأس أمم إفريقيا

Após gol e assistência, Oya celebra boa fase no sub-20 do Corinthians

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O meia Fabrício Oya vive uma das melhores fases da sua ainda breve carreira. Líder no elenco do Corinthians sub-20, o jogador fez um gol e deu uma assistência na vitória sobre a Portuguesa por 2 a 1, no Canindé, no último sábado, pelo Paulista da categoria.

Com o triunfo, o Alvinegro garantiu classificação antecipada para a próxima fase do Estadual. Com 11 pontos, o time lidera o grupo 14. Feliz com a boa vitória, Oya celebrou o momento vivido com a camisa do Corinthians.

– Uma grande vitória da nossa equipe, que garantiu vaga na próxima fase. Fico muito feliz em poder ajudar com gol e assistência. É uma fase especial da minha vida e espero aproveitar da melhor maneira possível – ressaltou o camisa 10, que recentemente renovou contrato com o clube por três anos.

Na atual temporada, Fabrício Oya entrou em campo em 38 oportunidades. Ao todo, o camisa 10 marcou 12 gols e deu 11 assistências para gol. Ele é considerado uma das promessas da equipe para o futuro.

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Muzhange included in Zimbabwe squad

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Aug-2012Zimbabwe squad for World Twenty20

Brendan Taylor (capt), Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Craig Ervine, Graeme Cremer, Ray Price, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu, Richard Muzhange, Brian Vitori, Prosper Utseya, Forster Mutizwa
Non-travelling reserves: Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Shingirai Masakadza, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Richmond Mutumbami

Richard Muzhange, the 21-year old Mid West Rhinos medium-pacer, is the only new face in the 15-man Zimbabwe squad for the ICC World Twenty20 to be led by Brendan Taylor.Brian Vitori, the left-arm fast bowler, is the only other member of the squad yet to play a Twenty20 international, although he’s already represented his country in Tests and ODIs.”This is one of the hardest squads we’ve had to pick for a while because we had quite a few players competing for places,” Heath Streak, the Zimbabwe bowling coach, told ESPNcricinfo. “Most of these guys are the ones that played against South Africa and Bangladesh in the tri-series. They did well there and we hope they will do well at the World Twenty20. We are in camp now and we will be playing some warm up matches there.”Ray Price, the left-arm spinner, missed the tri-series against South Africa and Bangladesh with an injury but has now returned to the squad.Zimbabwe are in Group C in the World Twenty20, along with South Africa and hosts Sri Lanka. They will play the opening game of the tournament against the hosts on September 18 in Hambantota.

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