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Defendendo as cores do São Paulo desde os 11 anos de idade, o volante Luan renovou seu contrato com o Tricolor nesta segunda-feira. Depois de subir ao profissional e ganhar espaço com o técnico Diego Aguirre, o jovem jogador, de apenas 19 anos, estendeu seu vínculo até o fim de 2022. O antigo contrato do meio-campista ia até setembro do ano que vem.

Promovido ao time de cima no meio desta temporada, Luan estreou como profissional diante do Corinthians, no Morumbi, no dia 21 de julho. De lá para cá, passou a ser elogiado por todos no CT da Barra Funda e teve seu trabalho reconhecido pela diretoria, que lhe ofereceu um novo contrato.

– Agradeço ao clube e ao Aguirre, porque confiaram em mim. O André Jardine também foi importante, porque me deu suporte neste processo de transição da base para o elenco principal. O Diego Souza também me acolheu, passou tranquilidade, assim como os meus outros companheiros – reconheceu o jovem volante tricolor.

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Luan é mais um dos nomes de Cotia que ganharam espaço no Tricolor. Além dele, Liziero, Brenner, Caíque, Igor Gomes, Helinho, Anthony, Shaylon, Araruna, Rodrigo Caio, Lucas Perri e Lucas Paes integram o elenco profissional do São Paulo. Todos eles foram formados na base do clube.

– Estou orgulhoso e cada vez mais preparado para defender o clube. Sempre quis jogar no São Paulo, e desejo títulos para que a realização deste sonho seja completa. Esta renovação representa mais um degrau, porque passo a passo quero fazer história com esta camisa – agradeceu Luan, que tem cinco jogos como profissional e nem uma derrota sequer.

England must decide whether to accommodate Kevin Pietersen in their squad for the third Test despite a week of damaging headlines

George Dobell11-Aug-2012

The stability that underpinned England’s ascent to No. 1 in the Test rankings is most noticeably absent as they select their side for, arguably, the most important Test they have played since the Ashes were decided at The Oval in 2009.For several years, the announcement of England’s Test squad has been a welcomingly predictable episode. Barring injury or prolonged loss of form, life contained few surprises.But not this time. This time, as England try to select a team that must beat South Africa at Lord’s in order to retain their No. 1 status, the selectors are faced with a major dilemma: do they drop their best player or retain him in the knowledge that his presence risks compromising team spirit. In short, do Kevin Pietersen’s positive qualities outweigh his negative ones?The news that he has exchanged texts with members of the South Africa team comes in the same week that his post-match press conference at Headingley revealed the extent of the tension between the two parties.There can be, at this stage, no doubt that Pietersen’s presence is a distraction in the dressing room. As if the speculation about his possible World Twenty20 inclusion was not enough, there is also doubt about his Test future and his relationship with other players. Whatever the content of text messages sent to players in the South Africa side, the episode has done nothing to diminish the growing division and suspicion building between Pietersen and his England colleagues. Some of them have been ambivalent about Pietersen for some time. This new episode – an episode viewed as a betrayal by some – means that ambivalence is now one of the warmer emotions expressed towards him.He is respected as a player, though. If there were any doubts over his unrivalled skills – in England, anyway – with the bat, they were dispelled in Leeds. Pietersen was magnificent. He played the sort of innings that would demand inclusion in any team.That should probably be the bottom line for the selectors. Rather than over-complicating the process with talk of principle or team spirit, the selectors should stick to picking the best 11 individuals and trust in the players’ professionalism. Just as Pietersen and Andy Flower managed to work together after the debacle that saw Pietersen sacked as captain – and he was sacked as captain whatever revisionist ECB spin may suggest – and Peter Moores sacked as coach, so the players should be mature enough to work with those with which they may not naturally socialise.In truth, recent stories amount to little more than playground tittle-tattle. Does it really matter if a few England team-mates laughed at a parody Twitter account or if Pietersen was mildly mocking of his team-mates in a private text message? It is surely more important that everyone within the England dressing room concentrates on winning the Test and does not use issues from the past week to further their own agendas against rival factions.There is little doubt that the selectors are torn, though. Their appetite for Pietersen-related baggage is more than sated. If they could afford to be rid of him, they would surely take that chance.There are faults on both sides. Pietersen has a legitimate gripe by complaining about leaks emanating from the ECB and it is hard not to wonder if, in a more sophisticated dressing room, he might not have been managed better. Surely Mike Brearley, for example, might have coaxed the best from him as he did such diverse characters as Sir Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott and Phil Edmonds. Perhaps a little more carrot and a little less stick might have worked wonders on Pietersen?England, it should be noted, have won without Pietersen before. He played little role in the Ashes success of 2009 and none in the recent ODI victories over Australia. He is no more irreplaceable than any other England player of the past and, just as West Indies managed without Sobers and Australia managed without Bradman, England will manage without Pietersen.Chris Woakes is an option should England want to include an allrounder in the side•Getty Images

He is not easy to replace, though. With Ravi Bopara still absent for personal reasons – an episode that may have damaged his own Test career irreversibly – there is no obvious replacement for Pietersen. Jonny Bairstow, fresh from his century against Australia A, might be considered, so might Eoin Morgan, who has the character if not the technique to flourish at this level.Chris Woakes is a more rounded solution. If Pietersen were dropped, Ian Bell, James Taylor and Matt Prior could shuffle up a position with Woakes coming in at No. 7. It is asking a great deal of anyone to come into such an important game against such high-quality opposition but Woakes has the ability, with bat and with ball, to shine. Just as importantly, he has a rock solid character that will not be flustered by the occasion. England will never have a moment of worry about the ego of Woakes.Graeme Swann is sure to be named in the team on Thursday – omitting him at Leeds was a huge error of judgement – with a late choice required over which of Steven Finn, Graham Onions and Tim Bresnan plays alongside Stuart Broad and James Anderson. All are likely to be named in the squad, with home ground advantage likely to favour Finn, despite a disappointing display at Leeds.Whatever is revealed in Sunday’s squad announcement, it seems we are coming to the end of the Pietersen story. In the long term, we may reflect on the episode as one of the great wasted opportunities in the history of England cricket. Talents like Pietersen appear rarely. That the ECB have failed to handle him – a man who must be considered one of their most precious resources – does not reflect well on them.Make no mistake, though. However much England cricket misses Pietersen over the coming weeks and months, he will miss it more. His premature departure, at this point seemingly inevitable, will leave him many years to reflect upon the mistakes that have led him so far along this path. He will surely come to regret that he has allowed his pride and a series of petty incidents to have built up into a career-threatening scenario.Pietersen might also reflect long and hard on his own role in his alienation. As Oscar Wilde almost said, to fall out with one team may be considered unfortunate, but to fall out with Natal, Nottinghamshire, Hampshire and England? You do not have to be a genius to work out the common denominator.

كشفت تقارير صحفية أن نادي مانشستر سيتي مستعد لتفعيل الشرط الجزائي في عقد لاعب وسط سيلتا فيجو، لضمه من الدوري الإسباني، خلال موسم الانتقالات الصيفي المقبل.

ويسعى مانشستر سيتي إلى تعزيز مركز الوسط في ظل التكهنات المُثارة حول مستقبل إيلكاي جوندوجان وبرناردو سيلفا في ملعب “الاتحاد”.

وحسبما ذكرت صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية، فإن مانشستر سيتي يتطلع إلى الحصول على خدمات اللاعب جابري فيجا من صفوف سيلتا فيجو.

ويستقطب اللاعب صاحب الـ20 عامًا اهتمامًا كبيرًا من أندية أوروبا، ولكن يبدو أن مانشستر سيتي هو من سيفوز في سباق المنافسة على ضمه.

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وأوضحت أن مانشستر سيتي جاهز لتفعيل الشرط الجزائي في عقد جابري فيجا، المُقدر قيمته بـ 40 مليون يورو، لإبعاده عن سيلتا فيجو في صيف هذا العام.

وأشارت إلى أن بطل الدوري الإنجليزي مستعد لمنح جابري فيجا عقدًا لمدة خمس سنوات، مقابل 60 مليون يورو سنويًا، في محاولة لإغرائه والفوز بخدماته وسط اهتمام أندية أخرى.

ويتواجد جابري فيجا على رادار أندية أخرى مثل ريال مدريد وليفربول.

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O Palmeiras saiu na frente na final do Brasileiro sub-20 com a goleada por 4 a 1 sobre o Vitória, no Barradão. O centroavante Aníbal fechou o placar com gol por cobertura, quando o Verdão já tinha um jogador a menos. Para ele, a atuação alviverde foi quase perfeita.

– Fizemos um excelente jogo. Trabalhamos muito bem durante a semana, foi um jogo pensado. Conseguimos a vitória muito importante e agora a gente vem com um pouquinho mais de tranquilidade para o segundo jogo – pontuou o camisa 18.

-O resultado foi excelente, mas nada está concluído. Sabemos o potencial do Vitória, por isso não podemos achar que tem nada definido. Vamos entrar quinta com força máxima para conseguir dar esse titulo para os torcedores e nossos familiares – completou.

Logo depois do gol de Aníbal houve uma confusão generalizada, inclusive com invasão de torcedores do Vitória, o que obrigou o árbitro a encerrar o jogo em Salvador (BA). O atacante preferiu valorizar o lance, considerado um dos mais bonitos de sua carreira.

-Se não foi o mais bonito é um dos mais bonitos. Entrou para a galeria. Esse aí eu gostei bastante.Sensação inexplicável marcar um gol bonito desse numa final. Estou muito feliz, ainda mais por ser uma final de brasileiro na qual toda a minha família estava assistindo ao jogo- comemorou.

-Ainda posso melhorar bastante. Tenho mais 2 anos de sub-20 para trabalhar bastante e conseguir chegar ao profissional com condições de me adaptar o mais rapidamente possível – encerrou.

A partida de volta está marcada para a próxima quinta-feira, às 19h15, no Allianz Parque. O Verdão busca o título brasileiro sub-20 pela primeira vez em sua história.

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ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between India and England in Mumbai

David Hopps22-Nov-2012Match factsNovember 23-27, 2012
Start time 0930 local (0400 GMT)Monty Panesar could return for England but Stuart Broad is a doubt•AFP

Big PictureIndia’s victory in the opening Test in Ahmedabad went perfectly to plan. England capitulated against India’s spinners, just as everybody suspected they might, and even Alastair Cook’s wonderfully defiant hundred after England followed on had the air of a new Test captain merely delaying the inevitable.It will all deepen the conviction that India are strong favourites in this four-Test series, poised to avenge their thrashing in England last summer. But Mumbai always has good bounce and urban legend has it that early morning moisture and a final-session sea breeze often keep the seamers interested. England won here in 2006 and, if it was four surprisingly cheap wickets for Shaun Udal’s offspin that attracted the attention, India’s collapse to 100 all out in their second innings had been sparked by the pace of Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson.It would be doubly unfortunate for England if they compounded their error in not playing two spinners in Ahmedabad by opting this time for two seamers just when conditions most favoured pace bowling. But as green as the pitch looked on practice day, it is expected to be shaved bare by the start of play. MS Dhoni, unsurprisingly, wants it to spin.Form guideIndia: WWWLL (Completed matches, most recent first)
England: LLDLD
Players to watchAs Sidharth Monga has memorably observed elsewhere, Virender Sehwag would have liked nothing better than to move from 94 Tests to 100 with a six. Instead, he got there in scratchy fashion, with only one half-century in 10 knocks until his career-affirming hundred in Ahmedabad. No Test batsman performs more audaciously or with such an uncluttered method. Attention will be on him even more than usual.For England, much attention will be focused on Monty Panesar, whose left-arm spin is now seen as their route back into the series. It is hard to imagine a surface in his career that demanded his selection more than Ahmedabad or a time in his career – with tours in the UAE, Sri Lanka and now India – when he should have been more in demand, yet the reality is only three Tests in more than three years and a career that has stalled since the emergence of Graeme Swann.Pitch and conditionsWill the Test pitch last the course? Three weeks ago Mumbai played Railways on the same surface, encouragement for Sachin Tendulkar, who warmed up with a century, and even more so for India’s spinners who can anticipate residual wear.Team newsEngland will surely play Panesar alongside Graeme Swann, while there will be a new face in the middle-order, with Ian Bell returning home on paternity leave. Stuart Broad’s illness could also open up a fast-bowling position. For the hosts, Umesh Yadav’s bad back is likely to hand Ishant Sharma a recall. India’s spinners, Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin, can anticipate no let-up in their workload.India (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 Ishant SharmaEngland (probable) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Nick Compton, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Samit Patel, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty PanesarStats and trivia England have never lost more than eight Tests in a calendar year. Already this year they have lost seven – and they have three Tests to play.Panesar is expected to return to the scene of one of his greatest fielding escapades – in Mumbai six years ago, he badly missed MS Dhoni at long-off, the ball landing several yards away, before catching a similar opportunity in the same spot minutes later.England won in Mumbai in 2006 to the tune of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”, the dressing room song championed by the captain at the time, Andrew Flintoff.Harbhajan Singh’s 22 wickets at the Wankhede have come at less than 20 runs each.In the last Test at the Wankhede – India v West Indies last November – the match finished as a draw with scores level, only the second such occasion in Test history.Quotes”If it does not turn I can come and criticise once again.”
“I’m not concerned at the reaction of some players. I am concerned about the last game, and that we learn from that, and I’m concerned that we improve on the field.” “

انتهت أحداث مباراة اتحاد جدة والشباب بفوز الأول بهدفين مقابل هدف، في اللقاء الذي جمع بينهما مساء اليوم الخميس ضمن منافسات الدوري السعودي.

الاتحاد واجه الشباب، على ملعب مدينة الملك عبد الله الرياضية في جدة “الجوهرة المشعة”، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الـ24 من بطولة دوري روشن السعودي.

واستطاع اللاعب عبد الرزاق حمد الله تسجيل هدفي فوز الاتحاد على الشباب من ركلتي جزاء خلال أحداث اللقاء، ليرتقي إلى المرتبة الثانية برصيد 17 هدفًا.

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بينما أحرز كريستيان جوانكا هدف تعادل الشباب، من ركلة جزاء، ليحتل المرتبة الخامسة في سلم ترتيب هدافي الدوري السعودي. ترتيب هدافي الدوري السعودي بعد مباراة الاتحاد والشباب

1- أوديون ايجالو (الهلال)، عبد الرزاق حمدالله (اتحاد جدة): 18 هدفًا. 

2-أنديرسون تاليسكا (النصر): 16 هدفًا.

3- فراس البريكان (الفتح)، كارلوس جونيور (الشباب): 12 هدفًا.

4- كريستيانو رونالدو (النصر)، كريستيان جوانكا (الشباب): 11 هدفًا.

5- مراد باتنا (الفتح): 10 أهداف.

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De olho na melhora da renda, o Vitória cogita mandar os jogos da próxima temporada na Arena Fonte Nova. Com isso, o Barradão, histórica casa do Rubro-Negro, ficaria em segundo plano.

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Em conversa com a imprensa, o vice-presidente do Leão, Francisco Salles, explicou a situação e os planos do clube para utilizar o estádio.

‘Sobre o tema da Arena Fonte Nova, estamos mantendo entendimentos com a Arena para definir qual modelo vamos utilizar. Se vamos jogar todos os jogos do ano na Arena, se vamos jogar alguns jogos. Em verdade, a Arena não vem sendo utilizada pelo Esporte Clube Vitória com intensidade nos últimos anos. Coisa que será diferente no próximo ano. Primeiro, porque precisamos mais do apoio da nossa torcida, precisamos de mais recursos. E tenho certeza que, para a Arena e para o Governo do Estado, será muito importante a presença do Vitória’, afirmou o dirigente.

Mesmo com a ideia de jogar na Fonte Nova, o Vitória gostaria que algumas lojas com artigos oficiais também fossem instaladas na arena, algo que já acontece com o Bahia.

‘Se formos para lá, fizermos um acerto para mandar uma quantidade razoável de jogos ou todos os jogos, vamos querer espaço físico, ter um espaço para receber os sócios, vender nossos produtos e, obviamente, vamos exigir uma padronização para nosso clube se sentir em casa’, afirmou.

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Em Pituaçu, Bahia e Cruzeiro encerraram a temporada com um empate sem gols. Com o placar, o Esquadrão de Aço fica na 11ª colocação, com 48 pontos. Já a Celeste termina o campeonato na 8ª posição, com 53 pontos.

A partida marcou a despedida de Zé Rafael do clube baiano. Na próxima temporada, o jogador defenderá o atual campeão brasileiro, o Palmeiras.

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O jogo
O duelo foi agitado desde os primeiros minutos. Embalado pela festa da torcida, o Bahia se lançou ao ataque, mas quem teve a melhor chance foi o Cruzeiro. Sassá abriu espaço pelo lado direito e soltou a bomba. A bola pegou na trave e assustou o goleiro Anderson.

Aos poucos o Bahia foi se aproximando da grande área do rival e começou a criar chances. Na principal, Nilton soltou a bomba e a bola triscou o poste. Melhor em campo, o Esquadrão de Aço voltou a assustar a Raposa. Léo cruzou na medida para Edigar Junio, sozinho, cabeceou por cima do gol.

No segundo tempo o ritmo do jogo caiu. As duas equipes não apertavam como na etapa inicial e poucos lances eram criados. Um pouco mais disposto no ataque, Nilton fez jogada individual e levou perigo em chute de fora da área.

Aos 26 minutos o Cruzeiro teve a melhor oportunidade do jogo. Sassá foi lançado, tocou na saída do goleiro Anderson, mas Lucas Fonseca deu um carrinho e evitou o gol quase em cima da linha.

No fim, os dois times administraram o resultado e o jogo encerrou sem nenhum gols.

FICHA TÉCNICA

BAHIA 0 X 0 CRUZEIRO
Local: Pituaçu, Salvador (BA)
Data-Hora: 02/12/2018 – 17h
Árbitro: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (RJ)
Auxiliares: Luiz Claudio Regazone (RJ) e Thiago Henrique Neto Correa Farinha (RJ)
Público/renda: 27.776 pagantes/R$ 338.691,00
Cartões amarelos: Elton, Flávio, Douglas Grolli, Luiz Henrique (BAH), Manoel(CRU)

BAHIA: Anderson; Flávio, Douglas Grolli, Lucas Fonseca e Léo; Nilton, Elton, Ramires (Luiz Henrique, aos 26/2ºT) e Zé Rafael (Vinicius, aos 18/2ºT); Edigard Junio (Clayton, aos 19/2ºT) e Gilberto. Técnico: Enderson Moreira.

CRUZEIRO: Rafael; Ezequiel, Manoel, Cacá e Patrick; Lucas Romero, Lucas Silva e Éderson; Raniel, David (Alejandro, aos 43/2ºT) e Sassá (Laércio, aos 40/2ºT). Técnico: Mano Menezes.

كشف إريك تين هاج المدير الفني الهولندي لفريق مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي، عن رأيه حول مركز ماركوس راشفورد الأفضل ما بين المهاجم والجناح.

راشفورد هذا الموسم سجل 29 هدفًا حتى الآن، محطًمًا كل أرقامه السابقة، ليؤكد بلا شك أنه المصدر الرئيسي للخطورة والأهداف في مانشستر يونايتد، بعدما لعب في دور الجناح الأيسر والمهاجم.

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شبكة “سكاي” البريطانية، نشرت فيديو للمدرب الهولندي، يتحدث خلال مؤتمر صحفي عن مركز راشفورد الأفضل، وقال: “أعتقد أنه يستطيع اللعب في كلا المركزين، في بعض الأحيان يعتمد الأمر على المنافس، وأي دور يناسب راشفورد في المباراة”.

وأضاف: “المهم بالنسبة لي هو تأثيره، يمكنه جلب اللاعبين حوله، ويضع نفسه في وضع صعب ومن ثم تجده أمام المرمى بكل سهولة، أنا سعيد وراضٍ عن دوره كمهاجم، ولكن أيضًا عندما يلعب في الجهة اليسرى، له تأثير كبير على نتائجنا”.

واختتم: “لقد أثبت ماركوس راشفورد أنه قادر على اللعب في كلا المركزين، يمكن القول إن الجناح الأيسر هو المكان الأكثر خطورة، لكنه عندما يلعب في مركز المهاجم، يسجل العديد من الأهداف أيضًا ولا يتأثر”.

England’s openers delivered a lesson in old-fashioned Test-match batting after their bowlers had dismissed India for 316 at Eden Gardens

The Report by Siddarth Ravindran06-Dec-2012
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Alastair Cook scored his 23rd Test hundred, a record for England•BCCI

Last week, England trounced India on the sort of raging turner MS Dhoni has routinely demanded this season. This week, on the sort of flat track at Eden Gardens where India’s batsmen have thrived in the past few years, England delivered a lesson in old-fashioned Test-match batting. The vast opening stand built on the advantage provided by the immaculate bowling on the first day, and by stumps England were at 216 for 1, just 100 behind, and India were looking as flat as the pitch.The records continued to tumble for Alastair Cook. He now has the most Test centuries for an England batsman, became the youngest batsman to 7000 Test runs, and has five hundreds in five Tests as captain. He also has the most runs by an England captain on an India tour, breaking the 51-year record set by Ted Dexter, who was honoured by the Cricket Association of Bengal at the start of this Test.Cook was helped by a surface that offered little to the bowlers, a lightning outfield, and by what could prove one of the costliest mistakes of the series – Cheteshwar Pujara, fielding at first slip instead of his usual short leg, had a low chance from Cook but perhaps hindered by the shin pads he had on, couldn’t get down in time to clasp it. Cook was on 17 at that stage, and had survived a probing spell from India’s quick bowlers.After that, though, Cook was rarely under pressure. The effortless punches through cover made an appearance, the more powerful cuts were deployed against wide deliveries, and the spinners were attacked early on. In his 151st Test innings, Cook hit only his ninth six, launching R Ashwin, who was again unable to maintain a consistent line and length, over long-on. The sweep was used effectively against the spinners, quick singles were taken, and after a couple of hours of getting properly set, the scoring picked up in the last half hour before tea.Despite the volume of runs he has made, Cook hasn’t made a name as a quick run-getter in Tests, but he scored almost twice as much as his batting partner Nick Compton in their 165-run stand. The dawdling strike-rate didn’t bother Compton, who watchfully played out everything thrown at him by the India attack. It was only after he was well set that he brought out some of his strokes, including a down-the-track swipe over Pragyan Ojha’s head for six.With Cook seamlessly taking over the captaincy, and Compton already putting on two 100-plus partnerships for the first wicket, Andrew Strauss has not been missed. Compton brought up his maiden Test half-century with a controlled hook off Ishant Sharma, and with England in command, the only energetic Indians were the ones in the stands entertaining themselves with a series of Mexican waves.India had been tight with the new ball, hardly giving away anything loose. But as the ball lost its shine, the attack also began to fade. The spinners dropped it short or strayed on leg stump far too often, and the England batsmen regularly took a run after pushing the ball straight to a fielder who was supposed to cut off the single.Cook cruised to his 23rd Test century, with a paddle-sweep, and Compton also showed his confidence with a field-bisecting on-drive for four to move to 57. The next ball, though, he was adjudged lbw though he seemed to have gloved Ojha while attempting a paddle-sweep. There was no respite for India yet, as Cook continued to find the boundary regularly, and Jonathan Trott coolly moved to an unbeaten 21 as he searched for his first big score of the series.James Anderson had shown his reverse-swing mastery on the first day, and though India also got the old ball to swerve around a bit, the settled England batsmen weren’t troubled by it much. Zaheer Khan’s strike-rate for the year ballooned towards 100 (career strike-rate 59.2) and Ishant Sharma, playing his first Test since the Adelaide Test in January, was wicketless again, and his strike-rate this year is now an astonishing 208.The pair didn’t make too much of an impact with the bat either, in the morning. Zaheer, for a change, didn’t get out attempting a slog, falling lbw while playing down the wrong line while trying to defend Panesar. It was Ishant, generally seen as a sensible tailender, who was dismissed after failing to get the bat down in time following an uncharacteristically high backlift.It was left to No. 11 Prgayan Ojha to provide MS Dhoni company, as he added a half-century to his prolific run at Eden Gardens. India were bowled out for 316, at least 100 short of what was considered a good total on a flat track. With Cook still hungry for more, and England’s more aggressive batsmen yet to get their chance here, India face another tough day in the field on Friday.