Hamish Marshall led from the front as Gloucestershire boosted their hopes of a quarter-final place with a seven-wicket Friends Life t20 win over Worcestershire

05-Jul-2012
ScorecardHamish Marshall scored 72 as Gloucestershire narrowed the gap at the top of the Midlands/Wales/West Group•Getty ImagesHamish Marshall led from the front as Gloucestershire boosted their hopes of a quarter-final place with a seven-wicket Friends Life t20 win over Midlands/Wales/West Division leaders Worcestershire.The skipper hit a scintillating 72 off 49 balls, with six fours and a six, sharing a second-wicket stand of 142 in 15 overs with impressive debutant Ed Cowan – Australia’s Test opening batsman – as the hosts chased down a target of 160 for victory with 12 balls to spare.Worcestershire had posted 159 for 6 after winning the toss, Gareth Andrew top-scoring with 43 and captain Daryl Mitchell hitting 31 off just 13 balls. Spinners Ed Young and Muttiah Muralitharan stood out for Gloucestershire, conceding only 43 from their combined eight overs.It looked likely to be a testing target on a slow pitch. But after losing Benny Howell in the opening over for a first-ball duck, the home side quickly took control, Marshall reaching a 35-ball half-century, having been badly dropped on 14 by James Cameron at deep square off David Lucas.Australia A captain Cowan emerged from a sketchy start to also strike the ball handsomely, making his runs off 48 balls, with nine fours and two sixes. By the time Marshall was out only 17 runs were needed. The result put Gloucestershire on nine points, just one behind Worcestershire, Somerset and Warwickshire with each team having two games left to play.Worcestershire suffered a major blow when Moeen Ali was bowled by the second ball of the match from Ian Saxelby, having hit the first through the covers for four. The visitors struggled to gain any momentum as Phil Hughes drove a catch to mid-on off Liam Norwell and Vikram Solanki was taken at extra cover off Young.Cameron did his best to stabilise the innings with 32 off 32 balls before being caught at third man by Cowan, Gloucestershire’s new temporary overseas signing, off James Fuller.It was Mitchell who provided the necessary acceleration, hitting six fours, and taking the pressure off Andrew, who blossomed himself to strike two sixes and four other boundaries. After Young and Murali had bowled so economically the last four overs went for 55 as seamers Norwell, Fuller and Saxelby lacked control under the onslaught from Mitchell and Andrew.

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has banned Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium for five years

ESPNcricinfo staff18-May-2012

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has banned Shah Rukh Khan, the Kolkata Knight Riders owner, from entering Wankhede Stadium for five years as a result of his scuffle with security guards after the game between Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians on May 16. The IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla, however, said the ban was not final until the BCCI had its say on the matter.”The MCA managing committee is forced to ban Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium for a period of five years,” Vilasrao Deshmukh, the MCA president, said in Mumbai. “It was a unanimous decision. It applies to any match whether domestic or international at the Wankhede. We have taken a decision to protect the dignity of our association. BCCI is our parent body and we have written to them informing what had happened. We have no control over BCCI’s decision. We are also an independent body with the Wankhede being our property.”If rules are violated, action will be taken. It does not depend who the individual is. It’s a message to everyone, whosoever he or she may be, that stern action will be taken if there is any misbehavior. How can he go inside the ground without proper accreditation? Even I can’t go inside the ground if not invited for presentation ceremony.”Shukla said only the Indian board could make the final decision. “State bodies can only recommend but a final decision has to be taken by the BCCI. When the matter comes to BCCI, the board will decide [on the ban].”The incident took place after Knight Riders had beaten Mumbai Indians. Shah Rukh was accused of trying to walk on to the field of play after the game and MCA officials lodged a complaint against him the Marine Drive police station. They also said he had been drunk and abused officials.Shah Rukh, however, denied being drunk and said he was reacting to the “obnoxious” and “unpardonable” behaviour of officials at the stadium. He said he had not been present at the match but had gone there after it was over to pick up a large group of his children and their friends. Shah Rukh said he saw security guards manhandling the children and when he objected a group of officials came over and the altercation started.

أكد مصدر في النادي الأهلي في تصريحات خاصة لبطولات أن السويسري مارسيل كولر مدرب الأهلي تلقى خبرا صادما بإصابة قلب دفاعه ياسر إبراهيم قبل مواجهة القطن الكاميروني.

وغاب ياسر إبراهيم عن تدريبات الأهلي الخميس بسبب شكوى قلب الدفاع من بعض الآلام في عضلة السمانة وهو ما يهدد بغياب اللاعب عن لقاء الجمعة أمام الفريق الكاميروني في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وينتظر أن يعول كولر على خدمات رامي ربيعة في خط الدفاع بجانب محمد عبد المنعم في مواجهة الفريق الكاميروني في حال التأكد من غياب ياسر ابراهيم عن اللقاء بسبب الإصابة.

اقرأ أيضا..الأهلي يواجه القطن الكاميروني غدًا للحفاظ على آماله في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

ويتواجد الأهلي في المجموعة الثانية بجانب أندية القطن الكاميروني وصن داونز الجنوب إفريقي والهلال السوداني.

ويرغب لاعبو القلعة الحمراء في الفوز بالمباراة وحصد الـ3 نقاط للحفاظ على فرص تأهلهم إلى دور الـ8 من المسابقة القارية.

وكان الأهلي قد تعرض للهزيمة بخماسية أمام صن داونز في الجولة الماضية، ما صعب موقفه في التأهل من المجموعة.

وفاز الأهلي في مباراة وحيدة أمام القطن الكاميرون بالقاهرة، ولقي هزيمتين على يد الهلال السوداني وصن داونز بجانب تعادل وحيد مع بطل جنوب إفريقيا.

ويحتل صن داونز المركز الأول في ترتيب المجموعة الثانية بـ10 نقاط، ويحتل الهلال السوداني المركز الثاني بـ9 نقاط ويأتي الأهلي ثالثًا بـ4 نقاط، بينما يتذيل القطن الكاميروني الترتيب دون نقاط.

ScorecardMoeen Ali’s 85 enabled Worcestershire to work their way towards Sussex’s total•Getty Images

Moeen Ali battled to keep Worcestershire afloat in a hard-fought second day at New Road. Ali, the England Lions left-hander, made 85 from 179 balls as the home side reached 231 for 7 – still trailing by 84 – after their former seamer Steve Magoffin had shone with bat and ball for Sussex.Magoffin smashed an unbeaten 41 to secure a third bonus point while leading Sussex to 315 and then removed compatriot Michael Klinger in a faltering start by Worcestershire. Klinger (15) edged to second slip in his last championship match before Phil Hughes takes up Worcestershire’s overseas slot at the end of the month.Jimmy Anyon, who put on 59 for Sussex’s ninth wicket with Magoffin, made the first breakthrough with a full-length delivery cutting back at Daryl Mitchell (17). But it was Magoffin’s brisk pace and unerring line that did most to keep up the pressure. Nine of his first 18 overs were maidens and late in the day he came back with the new ball to remove Gareth Andrew for a full return of 2 for 28.Monty Panesar removed two top-order batsmen. With England usually playing only one spinner in home Tests, he has to be content with understudy role, but as he showed in the series against Pakistan earlier in the year, he has much to offer when paired with Graeme Swann on overseas pitches.Anything he can do for his county will keep him in the selectors’ thoughts – James Whitaker was a spectator at New Road – and straightaway he made an impact after being brought on to curb the attacking instincts of Vikram Solanki and Moeen. The change paid off in his third over. Solanki, having hit five fours in making 34, took up the challenge by venturing down the pitch but effectively yorked himself and the ball squeezed through to take the middle stump.New batsman James Cameron clattered a six onto the roof of the New Road Stand before Panesar took his revenge with a good catch by Chris Nash at short leg.Moeen, after some uncertainty, grew in authority and found an able partner in Matt Pardoe. Having saved Worcestershire from defeat by Surrey last week, Pardoe, a 21-year-old left hander, shared in a partnership of 96. They took the score to 206 for 4before falling to Naved Arif. Moeen was swishing across the line when given out lbw and Pardoe (28) nicked a routine catch behind the wicket.

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South Africa will play a Gabba Test for the first time in 49 years and Sri Lanka will return to the MCG for their first Boxing Day Test since Muttiah Muralitharan was no-balled for throwing in 1995, as part of Australia’s international schedule for 2012-1

Brydon Coverdale19-Jul-2012South Africa will play a Gabba Test for the first time in 49 years and Sri Lanka will return to the MCG for their first Boxing Day Test since Muttiah Muralitharan was no-balled for throwing in 1995, as part of Australia’s international schedule for 2012-13. The summer will also feature a Twenty20 against Sri Lanka at Sydney’s Olympic Park on January 26, the first time in a decade Adelaide Oval has missed out on hosting the national team on Australia Day.Australia will also play an international in Canberra for the first time, a one-dayer against West Indies, who will visit for a five-match ODI series in February. The one-day tri-series, which was reinstated last summer when India and Sri Lanka competed, has not surprisingly been ditched again, and both Sri Lanka and West Indies will play separate limited-overs series against Australia.The international season will begin at the Gabba on November 9 with the first Test against South Africa, who will then move on to play Tests in Adelaide from November 22 to 26 and Perth from November 30 to December 4. South Africa’s desire to play cricket at home around the Christmas-New Year period meant the only option was to play them earlier in the season.The Gabba match will be South Africa’s first Test in Brisbane since 1963, when Ian Meckiff was no-balled for throwing and Graeme Pollock made his Test debut. Australia have not lost a Test at the Gabba since 1988, when West Indies beat them, and facing Dale Steyn and his colleagues at the venue could provide them with their toughest challenge yet to keep that record alive.Sri Lanka’s three-Test series begins in Hobart on December 14, and it could be an extra special match for the Tasmanian fans. If Ricky Ponting plays all three Tests against South Africa he will be in line to break Steve Waugh’s all-time record of 168 Test appearances for Australia and he will do so at his home ground, Bellerive Oval.Sri Lanka will then play the MCG Boxing Day Test for only the second time, and while the first holds dark memories for the Sri Lankans after Muralitharan’s no-balling, both teams have moved on since then. Ponting is the only man who played in that Test who is likely to be part of this year’s Boxing Day encounter, and the Sri Lankans have enjoyed success at the MCG in the shorter formats over the past few years.The Test summer finishes with the third Test against Sri Lanka, at the SCG from January 3 to 7, before the limited-overs part of the season kicks in. From January 11 to 23, Sri Lanka play five ODIs at the MCG, Adelaide Oval, Gabba, SCG and Bellerive, before two Twenty20 internationals in Sydney on January 26 and Melbourne on January 28.It will be the first time since 2003 that Adelaide Oval has not hosted the national team on Australian Day, a decision that came about largely because the venue is being redeveloped and will have a reduced capacity this summer. Adelaide’s Australia Day tradition is expected to resume when the ground’s redevelopment is complete.The final part of the international summer will consist of five ODIs and a T20 against West Indies from February 1 to 13. As part of Canberra’s centenary celebrations, Manuka Oval will host an ODI on February 6, and the other one-dayers will be held at the WACA, SCG and MCG, before the Gabba finishes the international season with the one-off T20.”Over the last 12 to 24 months we’ve seen some young and exciting talent injected into the Australian men’s team and those changes are starting to reap the rewards of the hard work led by Michael Clarke and Mickey Arthur,” James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, said. “The Australian men’s team has a chance to test themselves early in the summer against a very strong South African side and the series is a great way to start the program.”We’re also fortunate to have Sri Lanka back again. They play a very entertaining and attacking style of cricket and as we saw last year have a passionate and vocal fan base around Australia. This year we also return to head-to-head Commonwealth Bank Series and a highlight will be the Australian men’s team first international match in Canberra.”The match is part of a big year of celebrations for Canberra and fans will be spoilt for choice with West Indies playing in the city twice and Sri Lanka once over the course of the summer. The Test and one-day series are again complemented by KFC T20 Internationals, including the Australia Day blockbuster at Sydney Olympic Park that I’m confident will draw a bumper crowd after last year’s first international match at the venue.”Australia’s schedule for 2012-13
Nov 2-4: Australia A v South Africans, Sydney

Nov 9-13: Australia v South Africa, 1st Test, Gabba
Nov 22-26: Australia v South Africa, 2nd Test, Adelaide Oval
Nov 30-Dec 4: Australia v South Africa, 3rd Test, WACA

Dec 6-8: CA Chairman’s XI v Sri Lankans, Manuka Oval, Canberra

Dec 14-18: Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Bellerive Oval
Dec 26-30: Australia v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, MCG
Jan 3-7: Australia v Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, SCG

Jan 11: Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, MCG
Jan 13: Australia v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Adelaide Oval
Jan 18: Australia v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI, Gabba
Jan 20: Australia v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI, SCG
Jan 23: Australia v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Bellerive Oval

Jan 26: Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st T20I, Sydney Olympic Park
Jan 28: Australia v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I, MCG

TBC: Prime Minister’s XI v West Indians, Manuka Oval, Canberra

Feb 1: Australia v West Indies, 1st ODI, WACA
Feb 3: Australia v West Indies, 2nd ODI, WACA
Feb 6: Australia v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Manuka Oval, Canberra
Feb 8: Australia v West Indies, 4th ODI, SCG
Feb 10: Australia v West Indies, 5th ODI, MCG

Feb 13: Austalia v West Indies, Only T20I, Gabba

BJ Watling, the New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman, has said that he is prepared to face a “barrage of spin” on their Caribbean tour. New Zealand left for their tour, which begins with two Twenty20s against West Indies in Florida, on Sunday.Watling, 26, said that he expected the Caribbean pitches to be similar to the ones that Australia played on during their series in April. “I’m preparing for a barrage of spin,” Watling told the Waikato Times. “From what we saw when Australia toured there, and what we’ve been hearing, they [the pitches] weren’t the greatest. They were low and slow, and with a lot of turn.”(West Indies) can perform on the day and have the potential to be very good. We’ll be well-prepared because we’re going to have to be right on our game. The two teams aren’t renowned for their consistency, so we’ll be looking to be the more consistent – we want to come out on top in key situations.”Watling, who made his Test debut in 2009, scored his first Test century against Zimbabwe in January this year. However, he missed the South Africa series due to a hip injury. He said that he was fit and looked to make up for lost time. “It was good for me to get out there and catch some balls, get my workloads up and just good to get outside. The injury felt really good – I tested it out a lot last week and it held up well. I’ve been doing my rehab and it’s got better and better. I will definitely get a decent workout, but I’m confident I’ll get through it.”In Brendon McCullum’s absence, Watling is expected to take the gloves in both the ODIs and T20s on the tour, but in the Tests he would compete with Kruger van Wyk. “I was obviously quite surprised to make the Twenty20 leg – I don’t think my domestic performances have been that great, but now I have the opportunity to prove myself.”Edited by Carlyle Laurie

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

كشفت تقارير صحفية إسبانية، أن نادي برشلونة صرف النظر عن التعاقد مع الدولي البرتغالي، روبن نيفيز، لاعب وسط فريق ولفرهامبتون الإنجليزي.

برشلونة ارتبط كثيرًا بالتعاقد مع نيفيز خلال فترات الانتقالات الماضية، لكن النادي اتخذ قراره النهائي، بالانسحاب من صراع التعاقد معه.

طالع أيضًا.. مهاجم مانشستر يونايتد يعترف: كنت قريبًا من التوقيع مع برشلونة في يناير

وكشفت صحيفة “سبورت” الإسبانية، أن صفقة اللاعب البرتغالي لن تكون مفيدة قانونيًا للنادي من الناحية المادية، بالإضافة إلى أنه كان من المفترض أن يكون خليفة بوسكيتس في وسط ملعب برشلونة، لكنه لم يعد يلعب في مركز لاعب الوسط المحوري.

رغم كل شيء، كان لابورتا قد توصل لاتفاق مع خورخي مينديز وكيل اللاعب، ولكن لن يسفر ذلك الاتفاق عن شيء، وأصبح الآن مانشستر يونايتد الأقرب لضم اللاعب.

تشيلسي أيضًا ضمن الأندية التي كانت تتنافس على ضم روبن نيفيز، وكذلك ليفربول الذي يريد إحياء وسط ملعبه من جديد، لكن حتى الآن مانشستر يونايتد هو المتقدم في المفاوضات.

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Em busca de um final de temporada positivo, o Flamengo conta com uma torcida do outro lado do mundo. Trata-se do atacante Diego Maurício, revelado na Gávea e que hoje defende o Gangwon FC, da Coréia do Sul. O jogador de 27 anos “luta” contra o fuso-horário para, quando possível, acompanhar as partidas do clube onde foi criado.

– É difícil por causa do fuso-horário, mas sempre que dá eu acompanho sim. Tenho acompanhado bastante, fui criado lá dentro, desde os meus oito anos e tenho uma identificação muito grande – afirmou o jogador ao LANCE!.

Autor de sete gols e cinco assistências na Liga, Diego Maurício é um dos destaques na equipe, que está no meio da tabela: o Gangwon FC é o sexto colocado entre os 12 clubes da K League.

Depois de sair do Flamengo em 2012, o atacante já atuou em cinco ligas estrangeiras. As experiências na China, Coréia do Sul, Portugal, Arábia Saudita e Rússia são positivas, avaliou Diego Maurício.

– Não teve o pior país. Todos foram bons, tempos de muito aprendizado, não só pra mim, como pra minha família. E todos os países que passei e que eu estou hoje, só tiro coisas boas – afirmou o atacante, antes de comentar que há tratativas por sua permanência:

– Espero chegar aos 100 jogos pela minha equipe. Sou muito feliz aqui, todos do clube e os fãs me respeitam e me tratam super bem – finalizou o brasileiro.

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