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Sunrisers Hyderabad appeared to be coasting towards their target of 161 after a strong opening stand, but managed to drag it to the last over to win by seven wickets and upset Royal Challengers Bangalore’s plans of making the playoffs

The Report by Kanishkaa Balachandran20-May-2014
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Sunrisers Hyderabad appeared to be coasting towards their target of 161 after a strong opening stand, but managed to drag the chase into the last over to win by seven wickets and upset Royal Challengers Bangalore’s plans of making the playoffs. Sunrisers needed 20 off the last two overs but Darren Sammy’s salvo took them through with two balls to spare. Despite the victory, Sunrisers still need other results to go their way, as do Royal Challengers – both have ten points with two remaining games.A predominantly one-sided chase turned competitive at the start of the 17th over, when Sunrisers needed 35 off 24 with nine wickets in hand. David Warner, set on 59, carved a high full toss from Varun Aaron straight to cover and his exit increased the required rate as Yuvraj Singh bowled a tight 18th over, giving away just seven runs. It came down to 17 off ten and a boundary was needed. Naman Ojha then sent the ball soaring over the second tier at deep cover and Aaron had his revenge when Ojha tamely scooped the next ball to cover.Darren Sammy didn’t need any sighters as he bashed his first ball flat over the straight boundary, bringing the equation down to less than a run a ball. He sealed the win by chipping a slower ball from Mitchell Starc over cover, giving Sunrisers a foot in the door as the scramble for fourth place got tighter.Just as pleasing for Sunrisers was the fact that Shikhar Dhawan, who was relieved of the captaincy for the sake of his batting form, scored his first fifty. Sunrisers were dominant in the Powerplay, scoring 51. Dhawan scored boundaries off more conventional strokes while Warner wasn’t afraid to play the reverse sweep against Muttiah Muralitharan. Royal Challengers used five bowlers inside the first ten overs but they had to wait till the 13th over for their first breakthrough. It came via a run-out, as Warner pushed the ball to backward point and set off but Dhawan wasn’t quick enough to beat Yuvraj’s throw.The spinners did well in parts to keep the runs down, but when Warner struck Yuzvendra Chahal for consecutive sixes, the pressure was released. Royal Challengers did well to stay in the game after Warner departed, but 160 was only competitive, but insufficient.Royal Challengers began sluggishly, scoring just two boundaries in the Powerplay. Sunrisers, in contrast, scored nine. Chris Gayle limped his way to 14 before falling cheaply and Yuvraj fell for a chancy 25-ball 21.Royal Challengers managed only 48 off the first ten overs, but in the second half the innings picked up. Kohli took 19 off a Karn Sharma over with big hits down the ground and in two overs, they had scored 31. Sammy leaked 19 off his only over as Kohli and AB de Villiers helped themselves to a six each.Kohli, who hadn’t scored a fifty in the competition, finally got the monkey off his back. He lofted Irfan Pathan over long-on but was caught the following ball in attempting to clear long-off. He wasn’t smiling in the end though, as Royal Challengers were left expecting favours from other sides to go through to the last four.

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Ataque que mais vezes balançou as redes em 2019, com 63 gols em 38 jogos, o Bahia tem também no seu sistema defensivo uma arma para ir bem nesse Campeonato Brasileiro. Se na frente Gilberto, Artur e Fernandão tem decidido, mais atrás quem vem segurando as pontas é o volante Gregore.

Líder de desarmes certos do Brasileirão 2018, junto com Cuellar, do Flamengo, com 115 roubos de bola, segundo dados do Footstats, o jogador de 25 anos aparece novamente no topo do ranking nesta edição. Passadas sete rodadas do campeonato, o cabeça de área já acumula 23 recuperações de posse, três a mais que o zagueiro Lucas Verissimo, do Santos, o segundo. Veja o top 10:

LÍDERES DE DESARMES DO BRASILEIRÃO 2019
– Dados do Footstats

1º – Gregore – Bahia – 23 desarmes certos
2º – Lucas Verissimo – Santos – 20desarmes certos
3º – Fabinho – Ceará -19desarmes certos
4º – Fagner – Corinthians – 18desarmes certos
5º – Marcos Rocha – Palmeiras – 17desarmes certos
Cuesta – Internacional – 17desarmes certos
7° – Diogo Barbosa – Palmeiras – 16desarmes certos
Geromel – Grêmio – 16desarmes certos
Fernando Sobral – Ceará – 16desarmes certos
10º – Cuellar – Flamengo – 15desarmes certos
Márcio Araújo – Chapecoense – 15desarmes certos
Caio Henrique – Fluminense – 15desarmes certos
Ricardo Graça – Vasco – 15desarmes certos
Lucas Mineiro – Vasco – 15desarmes certos
Matheus Henrique – Grêmio – 15desarmes certos
Gabriel Dias – Fortaleza – 15desarmes certos

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ScorecardPakistan Under-19’s bowling attack restricted England Under-19 to 168, before a 96-ball 63 from Saud Shakeel helped Pakistan to a three-wicket win in Abu Dhabi.Pacers Zia-ul-Haq and Irfanullah Shah led the attack for Pakistan, who after electing to field, bundled England out in 43 overs. The opener Ryan Higgins top-scored with 80 off 84 balls, but received little support from the rest of the batsmen. Zia finished with 3 for 32, while Shah and Karamat Ali chipped in with two wickets each to run through an England batting order in which seven of their players failed to get into double digits.England made a bright start during the chase as the seamer Josh Shaw picked up three early wickets to leave Pakistan rattling at 39 for 4 in the 11th over. But Imam-ul-Haq and Shakeel led the recovery, adding 71 for the fifth wicket, before the former fell for 49 in the 31st over. Saifullah Khan was immediately dismissed in the next over, but Shakeel and Zafar Gohar contributed 53 for the seventh wicket to all but seal Pakistan’s second straight win of the tournament.

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Nesta segunda-feira, Cuca falou com a imprensa após seu primeiro treino como técnico do São Paulo. Entre outros assuntos, deixou claro que pretende manter a base do trabalho feito por Vagner Mancini, a quem teceu elogios, nos últimos nove jogos. À vontade, o treinador assegurou estar 100% bem e recuperado após problema de saúde descoberto no ano passado.

– Estou totalmente liberado dentro do tratamento que fiz, estou 100%, graças a Deus pude corrigir um erro que tinha sem ficar doente. O estresse que é nosso meio, quantos profissionais sofrem, não é só o Cuca… Planejava para o dia 15, mas antecipamos para o dia 1 com licença médica. Dentro desse processo, estamos fazendo com que o São Paulo fique mais fortalecido nesses jogos finais. Não abrimos mão do conhecimento do Mancini nem da presença do Cuca. Era fácil olhar de cima, do camarote. Estou aqui para trabalhar, vamos trabalhar – disse, e seguiu:

– Infelizmente, esse ano o São Paulo foi eliminado da Libertadores e com isso veio uma perda grande não só em nível financeiro, como técnico e emocional. Todos perdem. Vim a algumas reuniões, traçamos planejamento e mexemos com a juventude. O Mancini foi extraordinário na tocada do projeto formatado. Descobriu-se grandes jogadores em um rumo novo. A vida é feita de oportunidades. O que vai ser mantido? Quase tudo. Quem está treinando melhor, é quem vai se manter.

O treinador pretende estimular a competição sadia internamente para ver o São Paulo evoluindo ainda mais na temporada.

– Quem está correndo atrás vai buscar o lugar de quem é titular. Independentemente de quantos anos tenha o dono da posição. O torcedor está envolvido, querendo participar e assim vamos engrenando. Tomara que possamos nos fortalecer ainda mais dentro do projeto que montamos. É possível que venha mais algum além de Pato e Tchê Tchê.

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O contato com Mancini e o apreço pelo futebol que vem sendo apresentado pelo São Paulo nos últimos jogos fez com que Cuca optasse por manter o treinador interino ao seu lado na reta final do Campeonato Paulista – na primeira atividade no CT da Barra Funda, os dois passaram o tempo todo conversando.

– Com o Vagner nós tínhamos três caminhos: eu ficar fora observando no camarote, eu tomar as medidas já como treinador e ele voltar a ser coordenador e a terceira era agregar tudo em cima dessa semifinal de Paulistão. Não sabemos se será um jogo ou três. Tomara que três. Fiz o mais correto e justo. Quero Vagner comigo nos treinos e no jogo, os jogadores vão se sentir mais protegidos, mais fortes para os desafios – agregou Cuca.

Veja outros pontos da entrevista coletiva do treinador:

Retrospecto do São Paulo
“É uma pressão que existe em cima de ganhar clássicos, mas uma evolução natural que está ocorrendo. Os meninos estão se soltando, ganhando confiança. E as oportunidades, que é o mais importante. Eles vão ter a oportunidade de quebrar o tabu no domingo que vem. Eu não sei o que vai acontecer, mas temos uma oportunidade.”

Confronto contra o Palmeiras
“É o destino, né? Logo na minha volta, um jogo decisivo na casa do Palmeiras, onde fui muito feliz em 2016 e 2017. São coisas que acontecem na nossa carreira, um grande desafio, tomara que a gente possa sair de lá com a vitória.”

Tempo afastado do futebol
“É muito estranho, eu estava trabalhando, junto com o Pássaro, é estranho estar longe. De uma forma geral, foi tudo muito bem conduzido tanto pelo Raí quanto pelo Mancini, deram uma motivada geral em todos, inclusive no torcedor, que é muito importante para esses meninos. Ter o direito de errar. Estão recuperando a autoestima, é um passo gigantesco para as conquistas.”

كشفت تقارير صحفية عن رغبة نادٍ سعودي كبير في ضم جناح منتخب مصر، محمود حسن تريزيجيه، المحترف في طرابزون سبور المنافس في الدوري التركي.

وارتبط تريزيجيه في الفترة الماضية بإمكانية العودة إلى الأهلي مرة أخرى وكذلك باهتمام من قبل نادي أهلي جدة لكن دون عرض رسمي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. النصر السعودي ينافس الهلال على برناردو سيلفا بعد توقف صفقة زياش

وبحسب شبكة “TRT Spor” التركية أن نادي الهلال يرغب في ضم تريزيجيه لأنه مطلوب بالاسم من قبل مدربه الجديد، جورجي جيسوس، والذي كان يدرب فناربخشة ويعرف إمكانيات اللاعب جيدًا من الدوري التركي.

كان الهلال قد تعاقد في سوق الانتقالات الصيفية مع اسمين كبيرين هما كاليدو كوليبالي مدافع تشيلسي السابق بالإضافة إلى روبن نيفيز لاعب وسط ولفرهامبتون السابق.

وطلب جيسوس من إدارة الهلال التعاقد مع تريزيجيه قبل انتهاء الميركاتو الصيفي، وزعمت الصحيفة أن وكيل تريزيجيه قال إن الهلال سيقدم عرضًا بقيمة تتخطى 10 ملايين يورو إلى طرابزون سبور.

Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi has vowed to make a comeback to Pakistan’s one-day squad, claiming that he is “better than most”. He was dropped from the side for the upcoming tours of Scotland, Ireland and England for the Champions Trophy in June, along with batsman Umar Akmal and fast bowler Sohail Tanvir.”The decision to drop me from the side is taken by the captain (Misbah-ul-Haq),” Afridi told the . “It isn’t a big thing if the captain does not want a player but in cricket, being in and out is a one-off thing. It happens and I will soon come back.”I am still better than most. I know I have ample cricket left in me and I can represent Pakistan for the next few years. Players usually get dropped but I appeal to my fans to pray for me.”Afridi, 33, had been dropped from Pakistan’s squad for the ODI series in India in December 2012, but was chosen for the trip to South Africa because of his skill as a legspinner. He failed to take a wicket in 37 overs, though, and scored 126 runs in four innings with a high score of 88. Since the start of 2012, Afridi’s taken only 15 wickets in 21 ODIs, and five of those came in one game against Afghanistan. His batting average during this period was 19. He managed to score only 70 runs and take three wickets in four matches for his domestic side last month.”I have been training for the England tour. I want to insist once again that I will walk away before being a burden on the side but for a while I understand I have to work hard to come back,” said Afridi.However, Afridi could be playing Twenty20 games for Hampshire this season. Due to visa issues, he was forced to miss the T20 matches for the county last year. In 2011, he had a successful stint with the county, taking 17 wickets in 10 matches at 11.17.

“When you have 18-19 runs to defend in the last two overs, you give the 19th over to your best bowler,” Anil Kumble says

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Apr-20252:38

Can RCB and DC both finish in the top four?

Axar Patel has been getting positive reviews for his leadership in his debut season as captain in the IPL, but did he get it wrong against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Sunday night? RCB had the upper hand against Delhi Capitals (DC) as the match neared its closing stages but, as Anil Kumble, Wasim Jaffer and Sanjay Bangar pointed out after the game, shuffling the order of the bowler Axar used at the death might have made a difference.When the 17th over started, RCB needed 38 runs from 24 balls. Quite simple, ordinarily, but this wasn’t a pitch where run-scoring was easy. Mukesh Kumar bowled, and Krunal Pandya and Virat Kohli took 12 off him. Dushmantha Chameera gave away nine off the next. And then it was suddenly all over as Mukesh was hit for 6, 4, 4, 4 in the 19th by Tim David. Mitchell Starc had an over left. And Vipraj Nigam had bowled just one.”I don’t know [what DC were thinking]. When you have 18-19 runs [the requirement was 17 from two overs] to defend in the last two overs, you give the 19th over to your best bowler, to take it till the end,” Kumble said on ESPNcricinfo’s Time Out show. “I was surprised that he gave the ball to Mukesh and not Starc. The result might have been the same, but the intent was wrong.”Related

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The intent was likely to give Starc eight-nine runs to defend off the last over, perhaps because of what he had achieved in that thriller against Rajasthan Royals (RR).”It must be the hangover from the [game against RR]. Axar must have thought that since Starc had defended nine runs in that last over, so let’s give this to Mukesh and see,” Bangar said. “It might have worked, but the thought process was wrong. Your best bowler should have bowled that over. Even if Starc had conceded, say, 12 runs, you have a legspinner [Nigam] for the last over if you don’t want to bowl Mukesh. Spinners sometimes create magical moments. It was a mistake on Axar’s part.”Was there a lack of faith in Nigam’s abilities, perhaps? Nigam is a newbie, but hasn’t done badly in his debut season for DC, with nine wickets so far at an economy rate of 9.34. But in nine games, he has bowled only 23 overs out of a possible 36. The left-handed and in-form Krunal’s presence in the middle might have forced Axar to ignore the legspinner.”I felt he [Axar] didn’t show enough trust in Vipraj,” Jaffer said. “Maybe he could have been given two-three overs too. Maybe it could have had an effect. Because at that stage [if a wicket had fallen], two overseas batters [David and Romario Shepherd] would have been there and they might have found it tough. Jitesh [Sharma] was the main batter left then.”Fortunately for DC, the loss hasn’t pushed them out of the race for the playoffs. They are still at No. 4 with six wins out of nine. Their next three games are against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) – the first two are among the bottom-four teams on the table, and PBKS have also been up and down, so DC would back themselves to win more often than they lose before their last two games, tough assignments against Mumbai Indians (MI) and Gujarat Titans (GT).

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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.” “

Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has been recalled by Pakistan for the Twenty20s against Australia in August, and September’s World Twenty20.

Umar Farooq17-Jul-2012

Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has been recalled by Pakistan for the Twenty20s against Australia in August, and September’s World Twenty20. Kamran, who last played for Pakistan in the 2011 World Cup, was cleared by the PCB’s integrity committee earlier this month.Batsman Imran Nazir, who last played for Pakistan in February 2010, and allrounder Abdul Razzaq have also made the squad for both tournaments. None of these three players has a central contract.”Each player in the side has a role and has been selected accordingly,” Iqbal Qasim, Pakistan’s chief selector, told ESPNcricinfo. “Razzaq and Imran are utility players and can make a difference. Imran is a good fielder, while Razzaq can also be useful as a seamer on Sri Lankan pitches [during the World T20] and can score some quick runs.”Mohammad Hafeez, who was named Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain ahead of the just-concluded Sri Lanka tour, will continue to lead. According to the PCB release that announced the squad, Hafeez has been named captain ’till the end of 2012′.Squad for Australia T20s, World T20

Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal (wk), Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Sami, Sohail Tanvir
In: Kamran Akmal, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Nasir Jamshed
Out: Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shahzad, Hammad Azam, Haris Sohail, Shakeel Ansar

Asad Shafiq has been picked following his solid Test series in Sri Lanka, during which he scored two half-centuries and a hundred in five innings. He has scored 192 runs in 10 Twenty20 internationals for Pakistan.Opener Nasir Jamshed is also back, after recovering from a fracture of the index finger that ruled him out of the Sri Lanka tour. He is one of four openers in the squad, along with Nazir, Kamran and Hafeez.Speaking after the news of his selection broke, Jamshed said was looking forward to the competition among the openers. “Winning back the opportunity [to play for Pakistan] is always hard, and I am glad to have [my place] back. I have recovered [from the injury] and am sensing tough competition for the opening slot. But being a left-hander, it differentiates me from the other [three].”The players to miss out from the Twenty20 squad that played in Sri Lanka are Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shahzad, Hammad Azam, Haris Sohail and wicketkeeper Shakeel Ansar.There are no changes on the bowling front, with Saeed Ajmal and 20-year-old Raza Hasan being the specialist spinners, and Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Sami the quicks.”Raza, though young, isn’t a new name,” Qasim said. “He has been performing and [taking into account] the need for a left-arm spinner, he is the best [option] at the moment.”Sami, along with Gul, is our strike bowler. They may not be in form, but with ample experience under their belt they can bounce back and play their role.”The message from Pakistan’s selectors in picking their squad for the Australia series and the World Twenty20 seems to be a green signal for tried and tested hands and an amber light for promising youth. The most bizarre omission is that of Junaid Khan, who, in his brief career, has made a name for himself in Tests and has been making strides in limited-overs cricket as well. He’s been passed over for Mohammad Sami but, given Sami’s inconsistency, could have been a more effective complement to Umar Gul. Junaid, still in his second year of international cricket, bounced back from a heel injury to pick up 14 wickets – including two five-fors – in the recent Tests against Sri Lanka.Also to suffer is the highly-rated allrounder Hammad Azam, who has lost out to Abdul Razzaq. Azam seemed to have answered the selectors’ call for a new allrounder in 2010, when he was picked in the national squad for the World T20, but his growth has been hampered by inconsistent selection. Razzaq’s last appearance for Pakistan was in November 2011, after which he was overlooked on grounds of form and fitness. He was not handed a central contract recently, so his recall raises more questions over the selectors’ rationale.And Ahmed Shahzad, 20, appeared to be in the selectors’ Twenty20 plans before the Sri Lanka tour but has now lost his place to Imran Nazir – who will be making his fourth T20 comeback for Pakistan since 2007. Nazir was last recalled in 2010, for the series against England in the UAE, but was sent back to the fringes after scoring 2 and 4.
Umar Farooq