ينتظر أحد لاعبي فريق مانشستر سيتي، محادثة حاسمة مع المدرب بيب جوارديولا، من أجل حسم مستقبله، وفقًا لما ذكرته تقارير صحفية اليوم.

ووفقًا لما أفاده الصحفي الشهير فابريزو رومانو، فإن كايل ووكر سيتحدث إلى بيب جوارديولا الأسبوع المقبل.

يأتي هذا في ظل التكهنات المنتشرة حول مستقبل كايل ووكر، حيث تشير التقارير الصحفية إلى اقترابه من نادي بايرن ميونخ.

وذكرت تقارير صحفية مختلفة أن بايرن ميونخ توصل إلى اتفاق مع اللاعب الإنجليزي حول ضمه، ولكن دون وجود لاتفاق مع بطل الدوري الإنجليزي.

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وأشار الصحفي إلى أن ووكر سيتحدث مع جوارديولا عندما يعود مانشستر سيتي إلى تدريباته الاستعدادية للموسم الجديد.

وأفاد أن تلك المحادثة ستكون حاسمة قبل القرار النهائي للاعب، سواء الخاص ببقائه في ملعب “الاتحاد”، أو رحيله في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي.

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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.”

ScorecardFile photo – Gautam Gambhir’s knock of 128 was his third first-class century of the year, and the third since January 2010•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

It was a distracting sort of day in Hubli. Even before Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement, taking the fizz out of the game, there was enough to sidetrack you. West Indies A used four wicketkeepers – one of them not even part of their XI, but allowed on humanitarian grounds, – on two separate occasions bees invaded the field forcing the players to lie prone for minutes, a batsman was hit-wicket and bowled to the same delivery, and the goods train kept honking its horns on the nearby railway track. Gautam Gambhir, though, managed to put all that aside, concentrated hard, got lucky when the concentration broke on the rare occasion, and scored his third first-class century of the year. He has scored only three since January 2010, which is why he finds himself out of the Test side.With Gambhir, for a majority of the innings, was a man with whom he has been discussing batting in the lead-up to the match, Cheteshwar Pujara. The two put on 207 for the second wicket to put India A in a position from where they can push for a win. At the end of the second day, they led West Indies A by 66 runs with seven wickets in hand. While Pujara remained unbeaten on 139, Virender Sehwag fell for a middling 38 after he had begun well and had the dispirited West Indies A attack at his mercy.If that soft dismissal wasn’t enough for Sehwag, he walked back to the news that his good friend, ODI opening partner, mentor and team-mate of 93 Tests, had retired. His reaction was a stunned “Oh, he is retiring?”Gambhir had already been dismissed by then. His century was not quite a scratchy effort, but it had periods where the conviction was missing. It isn’t entirely unexpected of a batsman fighting to come back to form. There were the reassuring off-drives and late cuts, and the milking of the spinners to go with it. Along the way he was helped by the generous fielding: 10 overthrows came his way to go with a dropped chance.Gambhir’s day began with two plays-and-misses in the first over, but he saw off the new ball well. Even during the spells when boundaries didn’t come regularly, he didn’t go out of his way looking for them. He left well on length, and reacted well to the fuller change-up deliveries, either driving them down the ground or clipping them to leg.The first blip in concentration came in the last over before lunch when Gambhir went driving at a wide delivery, but was dropped at second slip by Ashley Nurse. He was 56 then. Soon after lunch other elements would test his concentration. In the first over after the interval, wicketkeeper Jahmar Hamilton hurt his finger, handing the gloves over to Jonathan Carter, who looked pretty uncomfortable but there was no better option around. Soon Carter hurt his finger too, and Nurse had to don the gloves. While that was happening, bees attacked the field. The crowd went wild. Minutes were wasted, and the batsmen wondered what was going on.By the time Nurse took a knock himself, the match referee had allowed West Indies A to use the specialist wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton, who had sat out this game. Even as the surreal session went ahead, the odd delivery would jump out of nowhere. Gambhir was 85 when he tried his dab to third man, but was beaten by a stinger from Delorn Johnson.When Gambhir was 93, the tea break arrived. After the break he went from 93 to 99 without fuss, but grew awfully nervous on one run short of the hundred. The first two balls on 99 went well, but the next six were excruciating even as the 15,000 spectators cheered him on. He tried to rock back and cut, he tried to step out and loft, on the odd occasion he began to run after hitting straight, and also survived a loud lbw shout when he played Nurse across the line.Finally Nurse provided him a long hop, which Gambhir pulled in the air – not high enough to go over the head of a fielder – but in the gap between the two midwickets placed for him. Gambhir couldn’t carry on for much longer. When he went back to cut Narsingh Deonarine, he went too deep into the crease, the bat came down on the middle stump, after which the ball hit the stumps.Gambhir was given out bowled. Just like “bowled” takes precedence even though a decision against a batsman for any other method of dismissal is justified, the Tendulkar news was bound to take precedence.

Pragyan Ojha, who took his sixth five-wicket haul, in his 24th Test, said he never felt threatened when the batsmen attacked him

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When Shivnarine Chanderpaul came out to bat in his 150th Test, he danced down and chipped Pragyan Ojha for a six over midwicket first ball. India sent a fielder back to deep midwicket. In the next over, Chanderpaul swept him for four, and India had protection for that too. This was not a defensive move. It was just India knowing that West Indies didn’t have enough confidence in themselves to properly bat out time.India’s strategy remained the same to most of the West Indies batsmen except Marlon Samuels, with whom they probably felt the need to strike early because he could settle down and hurt India. When Mohammed Shami bowled to Samuels, India had four slips and a gully, but no boundary rider. With Chanderpaul, they knew they wouldn’t incur enough damage even if he batted till the end because he doesn’t hit out or farm the strike, and more often than not, the others don’t hang around.Ojha, who took his sixth five-wicket haul, in his 24th Test, to dismiss West Indies cheaply on the first day of the Test for the second time in the series, said he never felt threatened when the batsmen attacked him. “I think it’s very simple you know,” Ojha said. “In a Test match, when a batsman isn’t sure about his defence, he wants to go after you and disturb your line and length. I wasn’t thinking about what he was doing, I was just thinking about my bowling because I knew there was a lot of bounce in the wicket, and if I keep hitting the right areas, it will be difficult for them.”Pragyan Ojha’s sixth five-wicket haul helped bundle West Indies out for 182•BCCI

And right areas Ojha hit. That the five-for came in Tendulkar’s last match made it more special, Ojha said. “It’s a great feeling, getting a five-wicket haul in a special Test match like this,” he said. “Always, getting a five-wicket haul in a Test match is a special feeling.” He dedicated the haul to Tendulkar.Ojha felt the pitch helped the spinners, as did his accuracy. “I think there was some bounce in the wicket and as the ball got older it started turning a bit,” Ojha said. “So it was all about sticking to your basics and keeping tight lines and length and putting pressure.”Ojha said he didn’t mind being overshadowed by Tendulkar’s 38 not out in the final session of the day. “Whatever it is, this Test match belongs to Sachin paaji,” Ojha said. “It’s a special one for all of us. Definitely we all want him to get a lot of runs in this special match, and I don’t mind getting overshadowed.”Ojha is one of the few India players who got some time off to go and play domestic cricket before the start of this season, and he is thankful for that. “I think all the credit goes to domestic cricket,” he said. “I always feel it’s important to go back to domestic cricket and perform there. If you perform there consistently, what our seniors have advised, is that the selectors will notice you.”

يستعد نادي مانشستر سيتي لمنح مدافع الفريق، ناثان آكي، عقدًا مغريًا للاحتفاظ بخدماته لفترة أطول من عقده الحالي.

ومن المقرر أن ينتهي العقد الحالي للاعب الهولندي مع بطل الدوري الإنجليزي، في صيف 2025.

ووفقًا لصحيفة “De Telegraaf” الهولندية، فإن مانشستر سيتي سيمنح ناثان آكي عقدًا ضخمًا نظير تطوره الرائع تحت قيادة المدرب بيب جوارديولا.

وأوضحت أن ناثان آكي، سيضمن بمقتضى العقد الجديد، أن يكون واحدًا من أكثر اللاعبين الهولنديين أجرًا في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، حيث يتصدرهم مدافع ليفربول فيرجيل فان دايك.

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وأشارت إلى أن آكي يتحصل حاليًا على راتب أسبوعي قدره 150 ألف يورو، حوالي 8 ملايين يورو سنويًا مع المكافآت.

وأفادت أن الراتب السنوي لـ ناثان آكي مع بطل الدوري الإنجليزي سيصل إلى عشرة ملايين يورو، حسب العقد الجديد.

وأكدت أن جوارديولا يشارك عن كثب في مسألة تجديد عقود اللاعبين، وأشار لمسؤولي النادي أن آكي لديه قيمة كبيرة في الفريق.

Sri Lanka Cricket’s hunt for the next national coach is not necessarily confined to its two-man shortlist of Marvan Atapattu and Mark Davis, CEO Ashley de Silva has confirmed

Andrew Fidel Fernando20-Nov-2013Sri Lanka Cricket’s hunt for the next national coach is not necessarily confined to its two-man shortlist of Marvan Atapattu and Mark Davis, CEO Ashley de Silva has confirmed.SLC had narrowed its field of candidates down to Atapattu and Davis on November 6, stating they would carry out a final round of interviews with these two applicants. However, while either man could still end up with the job, it is possible the SLC will look further afield, if the board’s executive committee deems it necessary.The committee appointed to nominate the next coach will present its proposals to the executive committee over the next fortnight, and at least one of those proposals precludes both Atapattu and Davis from the position. De Silva, who is part of the coach-nomination committee, said the committee would be “giving some options” to the executive committee.”The committee to nominate a coach met last week, and we will make our proposal to the executive committee,” de Silva said. “Once the executive committee ratifies something, we will release it to the press. The executive committee meeting will hopefully be sometime next week – the date has not yet been set.”SLC was underwhelmed with the 11 candidates who initially applied for the role, and kept its application process open long beyond the initial deadline. The board also approached several high-profile coaches, including Greg Chappell and Tim Nielsen who turned SLC down, while talks with Steve Rixon broke down, largely over the question of pay.The coach-nomination committee does not have a specific individual in mind, if neither Atapattu nor Davis are deemed suitable by the board. However, Dav Whatmore who coached Sri Lanka to a World Cup win in the first of his two stints with Sri Lanka, has recently become free, after the Pakistan Cricket Board chose not to extend his contract.Atapattu has been Sri Lanka’s batting coach since 2011, before he was promoted to the position of assistant coach in March this year. Davis is a relatively low-profile candidate, currently among the coaching staff at Sussex. He played first-class cricket in South Africa and England.Current coach Graham Ford finishes his tenure with Sri Lanka at the end of January, after the team’s away tour against Pakistan. He had opted not to renew his contract with SLC, citing family reasons.

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O atacante Rodrygo vive seus últimos momentos no Santos. O jogador, que atuará no Peixe até o fim de junho, promete dar ‘dor de cabeça’ a Sampaoli na escalação da equipe até lá.

Na última quinta-feira, Rodrygo já fez jus à promessa. Ele começou como titular, criou oportunidades, se movimentou pelos lados e marcou o segundo gol do Peixe na partida.

-Dei uma sorte no gol. Entendo a parte do Sampaoli. Quero estar jogando e ser titular, mas como eu vou embora, sei que ele quer um time até o final do ano. Mas sempre que eu estiver por aqui, vou dar dor de cabeça para ele – afirmou Rodrygo, em entrevista coletiva, nesta sexta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé.
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​Com o término da Copa do Brasil marcado para setembro, Rodrygo disputará o torneio nacional até as oitavas de final. Entretanto, o camisa 11 seguirá torcendo de longe para os companheiros conquistarem o título e receber a medalha de campeão na Espanha.

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– Busco aproveitar ao máximo a cada dia que eu estou aqui. Cada dia falta menos tempo. Vou jogar a quarta fase da Copa e espero estar bem e ajudar o time. Espero que eles ganhem o título e mandem a medalha para mim – disse o atacante.

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Neil McGarrell, 41, has been named USA’s captain in a 15-man squad for the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier next month in the UAE. McGarrell, who played four Tests and 17 ODIs for West Indies between 1998 and 2001, made his debut for USA in 2012 against Canada, and takes over from Steve Massiah, who had been captain for seven years. Massiah was retained in the squad along with Orlando Baker, who captained USA to an 8-0 record in a stand-in capacity at the 2013 ICC Americas Division One Twenty20 tournament in March.Adam Sanford, 38, and Imran Awan are also making their way into the squad as fast bowlers. Sanford, who played 11 Tests for the West Indies from 2002 to 2004, played for USA in a series of trial matches against Bermuda this past weekend, and is set to make his official debut for USA in their opening match against Canada in Abu Dhabi on November 15. Awan, once considered one of the fastest bowlers in the Associate world, hasn’t played for USA since 2010 after struggling with his accuracy.USA’s lack of experienced pace bowlers was apparent earlier this year during the ICC World Cricket League Division Three competition, where they finished third. Seamer Usman Shuja, who was dropped ahead of WCL Division Three, was not brought back into the squad for the tour to the UAE, though he had been included in a list of 28 probables in September. Timroy Allen has decided to return for USA after announcing his retirement following the end of WCL Division Three in May to focus on work and family commitments. Allen has subsequently been named vice-captain for the tour.Three players from USA’s tour of Bermuda for WCL Division Three earlier this year are not in the squad for the qualifier. USA’s batting will likely struggle in the absence of Sushil Nadkarni and Rashard Marshall. Nadkarni had to withdraw due to work commitments, and it is believed Marshall was unavailable for the same reasons. Medium pacer Naseer Jamali is the third player not retained. Only five players who played for USA at the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in 2012 – Baker, Muhammad Ghous, Elmore Hutchinson, Japen Patel and Steven Taylor – will be traveling back to the UAE in November.Besides Sanford, the only other player in the squad yet to play in an official match for USA is Srinivasa Santhanam. An allrounder originally from Tamil Nadu, Santhanam now plays for Microsoft Cricket Club in Seattle. The Pacific Northwest, and Microsoft CC in particular, has been a growing source of talent for the USA in recent years, with former USA spinners Samarth Shah and Saurabh Verma also hailing from the club, while Naseer Jamali plays in the Seattle area.USA has been placed in Group A along with Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Namibia, Uganda and the UAE. USA finished 12th at the qualifier in 2012, but posted a noteworthy upset of Scotland at the event. The top six teams in this year’s qualifier will advance to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.USA Squad: Neil McGarrell (captain), Timroy Allen (vice-captain), Danial Ahmed, Imran Awan, Orlando Baker, Barrington Bartley, Akeem Dodson (wk), Karan Ganesh, Muhammad Ghous, Elmore Hutchinson, Steve Massiah, Japen Patel, Adam Sanford, Srinivasa Santhanam, Steven Taylor (wk).

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Bruno Henrique foi um dos protagonistas do título carioca do Flamengo. Fora do segundo jogo da decisão, no último domingo, no Maracanã, por conta de uma suspensão, o camisa 27 esteve presente no estádio e, ao LANCE!, falou sobre a emoção de vivenciar a primeira conquista pelo Rubro-Negro.

– Muito feliz pelo título, podendo ajudar a equipe, fazendo gols importantes. Está todo mundo de parabéns pela conquista. Nem tenho o que falar sobre o título (no Maracanã), isso é para poucos. Conquistar campeonatos pelo Flamengo, com essa torcida maravilhosa. É diferente. Poder conquistar o primeiro título e ainda ser artilheiro, só tenho a agradecer – afirmou.

Apesar do título carioca, o Flamengo já pensa na Libertadores. Na próxima quarta-feira, o Rubro-Negro enfrenta a LDU, no estádio Casa Blanca, no Equador, às 21h30, pela quinta rodada da fase de grupos. Em caso de vitória, o Rubro-Negro se garante na próxima fase. Bruno Henrique afirmou que o troféu traz inspirações para mais conquistas.

– Conquistar é sempre bom. Esse é um combustível. Ganhar títulos é muito bom. A gente que quer sempre ganhar também quer comemorar. A gente tem continuar nessa crescente para poder conquistar (a Libertadores), está todo mundo de parabéns.

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West Indies’ entire second innings lasted less than a session after tea on the third day in Hamilton, leaving New Zealand a target of 122

The Report by Abhishek Purohit20-Dec-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsTrent Boult took the first three West Indies wickets•Getty ImagesWest Indies had lost 16 wickets on the third day in Wellington to lose by an innings. If one thought their standards couldn’t plummet any further, one was to be proved wrong on the third day in Hamilton. In far friendlier conditions for batting than Basin Reserve, their entire second innings lasted less than a session. It began after tea, and ended so swiftly that New Zealand had time left to face a couple of overs in their second small chase of the series.It was supposed to be a test by spin for New Zealand, and Sunil Narine did as well he could, bowling 42.3 overs, 36 of them on the trot, to take 6 for 91. Ross Taylor batted through that examination to make his third hundred of the series and cut New Zealand’s first-innings deficit to 18. Both feats, outstanding as they were, were consigned to the sidelines by the depressingly familiar drama that West Indies served up after tea.Granted New Zealand’s four-man pace attack, three of them left-armers, were relentless with their tight lines and fuller lengths. Granted there was a bit of cloud cover that afforded some swing. Granted New Zealand came back from their sloppy catching in the first innings with some outstanding grabs. But the pitch was still the same slow one on which the sides had scored 367 and 349.After such scores, it was effectively a second-innings shootout. West Indies shot themselves in the foot instead. It was the same weakness again, an inability to tackle the inswing the left-armers were generating.Their left-handers kept poking at deliveries leaving them, even Shivnarine Chanderpaul falling prey to the malaise, and New Zealand kept snapping up sharp catches in the slip cordon, the highlight being Kane Williamson’s one-handed blinder at gully to send back Chanderpaul for 20 off Neil Wagner. The right-handers drove loosely at inswingers, they prodded at ones going straight across them, they even managed to get strangled down the leg side.The longest anyone lasted was Marlon Samuels, who made 8 off 38 deliveries. The most runs anyone made was captain Darren Sammy, who struck six fours in a hopelessly frenetic 24 off 17 to nudge West Indies into three figures.Like in Wellington, Trent Boult did most of the damage, removing the top three within nine overs on his way to 4 for 23. Wagner and Corey Anderson, a terrific second pair of seamers, kept up the pressure to prise out three more, and Boult returned to trap first-innings centurion Denesh Ramdin in front.Having watched the left-armers take the first seven wickets, Tim Southee helped himself to the final three in one over with his outswingers, also reaching 100 Test victims in the process. West Indies had been blown away for 103 in 31.5 overs, 12 leg-byes helping them scrape past 100.Before tea, Taylor finished with 28 more than 11 West Indies batsmen and the leg-byes put together to pilot New Zealand past 300. Brendon McCullum and Corey Anderson gave it away in the morning, aggression causing their downfall, while Taylor ticked along solidly and calmly, at his own pace, never in doubt.West Indies weren’t able to exert pressure to the extent they had on the second evening, when their specialist spinners Narine and Veerasammy Permaul bowled in tandem. Instead, Darren Sammy gave himself a spell of nine overs at the start, bowling alongside Narine as West Indies worked with the old ball throughout the session. Whatever pressure Narine exerted wasn’t maintained for long enough.Taylor carried on from the second evening, unruffled by the odd delivery misbehaving or by what was happening at the other end. Even as Narine jagged the odd straighter one past the bat, Taylor handled the offbreaks superbly, playing late and softly. West Indies took the second new ball in the 99th over, immediately after lunch, and the change earned them the wickets of BJ Watling and Taylor, who departed after taking 20 runs off Sammy in the 105th over.Wagner and Southee cut the deficit further but the tail could not survive too long against Narine, and he spun out the last three to go to 18 wickets from three Tests against New Zealand. The one over he bowled in the evening signalled that the target of 122 wouldn’t be chased down easily.West Indies had stopped New Zealand short of chasing 112 in Dunedin, but that was on the final day with assistance from rain. Narine is now their only hope, however slender, with two days left. For if you can’t bat, you can at least hope.