Two men who have watched Shikhar Dhawan closely over the years say that his positive frame of mind has translated into his prolific streak

Abhishek Purohit13-Aug-2013Ever since he cracked 187 off 174 against Australia on Test debut in March, Shikhar Dhawan has been the hot topic for the year 2013. And he keeps doing stuff that keeps making him a hotter topic. Man of the Series in the Champions Trophy. Another hundred in Zimbabwe. Now, a 248 in a one-dayer in South Africa. How is he doing what he is doing? How is it different from what he was doing all those years in domestic cricket? How is it different from what he did when he first played for India in 2010? Two men who have watched him closely over the years say that mostly, it is all in the head. Call it what you want – frame of mind, confidence, temperament, mental strength, self-belief; Dhawan’s positivity, along with improved shot selection, has translated into this extraordinary comeback, feel Vijay Dahiya and Lalchand Rajput.Dahiya, the former India and Delhi wicketkeeper, knows Dhawan from his days in junior cricket. He has played with him and later coached him. Was Dhawan always special and just ignored or has something critical fallen into place? Dahiya says he has never come across this avatar of Dhawan before.”I have not seen him batting before the way he is now, even in the nets,” Dahiya told ESPNcricinfo. “That kind of batting display is just phenomenal. There is no comparison. Last year, he had a pretty mediocre Ranji season, if you go by the standards he is setting right now. [Dhawan made 461 runs in 11 innings] which I think is alright for an opener in Indian first-class cricket when you end up playing seven-eight games. He had a fantastic Challenger Trophy [a domestic one-day tournament]. But what he is doing right now is something really special.”After a short, unsuccessful stint with the Indian one-day team, Dhawan was out for a couple of years before the sensational Test debut against Australia. Lalchand Rajput, the former India batsman and now India A coach, says that one knock has generated so much confidence, it continues to feed itself and extend Dhawan’s streak.”One good innings against Australia in the Test match … ” Rajput said. “Cricket is a game of confidence. If you are confident, you bat like a dream. Plus, playing the way he did in England in the Champions Trophy … He has gone from strength to strength and is batting at his peak now.”Dahiya concurs, saying not much has changed in terms of ability. “I think it is more mental,” Dahiya said. “I’ll say that skill-wise, he was the same. What I see now is that mentally he has become very strong. He is backing himself. He is extremely confident, which plays such an important role in any sport. He is playing all the shots against all bowlers in any conditions. That shows how confident he is.”Every time you see him batting, it looks like a display of cricket intelligence. A lot of players who make runs sometimes end up playing shots as if they are millionaires and don’t care about the value of their wickets. If you look at him, though, he is beautifully stretching his purple patch and making it count.”Also, I don’t think he is carrying any baggage. That is something you can’t see from the outside yet – the baggage of expectations. Every time he goes out there, he starts beautifully, understands what is required, and goes on from there. He takes his time to build and then flourishes.”

“I think it is more mental. I’ll say that skill-wise, he was the same. What I see now is that mentally he has become very strong. He is backing himself. He is extremely confident, which plays such an important role in any sport. He is playing all the shots against all bowlers in any conditions. Shows how confident he is.”Vijay Dahiya, the former India wicketkeeper

Rajput had witnessed a very different Dhawan from close quarters just a year ago, when he was coach on the A side’s tour of the West Indies, where the opener averaged 7.50 in the unofficial Tests. Rajput believes Dhawan has used the time away from the national side to tighten his game.”It is not only mental, it is about selecting the right balls [to go after] as well,” Rajput said. “He has matured now and is never satisfied. He wants to do well every game. Look at his conversion rate. If he passes 50 or 60, he gets a hundred, in Champions Trophy, in Zimbabwe, now as well, big hundreds.”In the West Indies [in 2012], he used to play too many shots too early, and as an opener, that is taking too much risk. He always had the shots but not the selection, but now he knows what shot to play and what to not play. He has really developed control over his off-side game.”Dhawan’s form has lasted half a year now. How long before international bowlers find a chink somewhere? Dahiya does not think that moment, although inevitable, has arrived yet. “Everyone will always have shortcomings,” Dahiya said. “It is for the opposition to figure them out. Right now, he has played against almost all the top sides and it does not look like people have sorted something out. We saw in Zimbabwe in one of the games he got out to a short ball but in the next game he was scoring off them. Again, I will say his frame of mind is brilliant right now.”

ScorecardChris Woakes took four wickets to take his match tally to seven•Getty Images

Andrew Gale’s disappointment at letting a strong position slip away to hand Warwickshire the chance to claim a third straight win would have been felt more sharply had events elsewhere not favoured Yorkshire. Derbyshire’s surprise win at Hove guarantees his side stay top, while Durham’s defeat at Lord’s leaves the title rival whose results were concerning them most with some ground to make up. Moreover, he left the ground in steady rain, which he will not have minded at all if it is a foretaste of what lies ahead on the final day.Even so, it had been a poor day compared with the opening two, beginning with a sloppy opening session for which Gale could offer no excuse, not least because he was guilty of one of two bad drops that enabled Jeetan Patel to score 63 when he should have been out on 37 or 42. Jack Brooks spilled the first chance, on the square leg boundary, and Gales the second, at short midwicket. Adil Rashid, the legspinner, was the bowler feeling the pain.Those chances came during a stand of 99 between Patel and Keith Barker, who played some fine cricket shots in making 49 and felt he was unlucky to be given run out as he came back for a second to a firm stroke through cover off Rashid retrieved by Brooks. Patel, with less finesse, hit 10 fours and a six over long-on off Ryan Sidebottom that gave Warwickshire an unexpected lead.It was the kind of turnaround that gives one side a fillip and creates uncertainty for the other and it was no surprise in that respect that the eight overs Yorkshire had to negotiate before lunch brought more problems as Chris Woakes removed both their openers. Alex Lees, failing to move his feet, edged to third slip before Adam Lyth, playing across a full length ball, was leg-before.Yorkshire fought back after lunch, Gale seeking to make amends for his drop and Gary Ballance continuing to enjoy his run of form. They added 76 before Gale, trying to adjust to extra bounce, fended a ball from Boyd Rankin that looped to William Porterfield at gully.Yet more wastefulness followed as Rashid, whose early season form with the bat seems to have deserted him, fell to a poor attempted hook and Azeem Rafiq – batting despite a damaged wrist – was caught off bat and pad. When Ballance was bowled by a full-length ball from Woakes off an inside edge, Warwickshire were again firmly in control. Woakes then had Liam Plunkett caught behind – much to the obvious anger of the batsman, who was adamant he had not hit the ball – to finish the day with 4 for 31.When bad light and then rain curtailed play early, Yorkshire’s advantage looked dangerously small at 141, raising the prospect that Warwickshire might need less than half a day to forge a path to victory, should the weather be kind to them. If they pull it off, the gap between themselves and Yorkshire will be 21 points.”We were not at our best this morning, it was uncharacteristic,” Gale said afterwards. “We missed a couple of easy chances, my own included, and we did not bowl well enough, and we probably took a bit of that into our batting.”It would have been nice to be four or five down rather than seven but if we can get anything over 200 I think it will be game on tomorrow. And if there is rain about, results elsewhere have gone for us and it might be one of those days you look back on and think that things have gone our way even though we didn’t play well.”

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.

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O volante Luiz Otávio renovou seu contrato com o Paraná até o final de 2021. Aos 21 anos, o jogador revelado nas categorias de base do Tricolor vem sendo aproveitado neste início de temporada pelo técnico Dado Cavalcanti depois de ser emprestado ao CRB no ano passado.

– Estou muito feliz em ter renovado. Devo muito ao Paraná e foi aqui que eu aprendi a ser quem eu sou, tanto no campo como fora dele. Agradeço a comissão técnica e aos meus companheiros pela confiança dada nesse meu retorno ao clube. Espero corresponder da melhor forma possível em campo quando solicitado pelo professor para ajudar o time a alcançar seus objetivos na temporada – disse o jogador.

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Em campo, o meio-campista participou de sete das nove partidas realizadas pelo Paraná até o momento. Após não alcançar à semifinal da Taça Barcímio Sicupira Júnior, o atleta acredita que o seu clube tenha chances de alcançar voos maiores na Taça Dirceu Krüger.

– Infelizmente não conseguimos avançar de fase, mas aproveitamos a semana livre de treinamentos para aprimorar as nossas qualidades e corrigir os erros. O elenco tem muito potencial e acreditamos que podemos melhorar nosso desempenho no campeonato – conclui.

Vindo de uma vitória por 2 a 1 contra o Cascavel, na primeira rodada da segunda taça do Paranaense, o Paraná volta a campo no próximo domingo (17) contra o Rio Branco, às 16 h, no Estádio Estradinha.

Leicestershire closed their Friends Life t20 campaign in style, racing to a 10-wicket win over Yorkshire with 7.5 overs to spare in a one-sided game

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ScorecardLeicestershire closed their Friends Life t20 campaign in style, racing to a 10-wicket win over Yorkshire with 7.5 overs to spare in a one-sided game at Grace Road. The Foxes bowled out Yorkshire for 105 in 17.2 overs and then Josh Cobb and Greg Smith knocked off the runs in 12.1 overs.Foxes captain Cobb, who claimed remarkable figures of 3 for 9 off his four overs, followed that up by hitting an unbeaten 52 off 44 balls, clinching victory with a straight six off Will Rhodes. Smith made 39 off 30, hitting seven fours.The massive defeat sentenced the Vikings, last year’s beaten finalists, to bottom spot in the North Group with five points from 10 matches. It was Leicestershire’s fourth win but, like Yorkshire, they failed to make it through to the quarter-final stages.The Yorkshire innings was a feeble affair after they had won the toss. Only opener Alex Lees showed any real resistance, top-scoring with 32, but it summed up his side’s day when he was run out in an almighty mix-up with Jack Leaning as they tried to take a quick single off a ball that had been signalled a wide. Lees hit five boundaries in his run-a-ball innings.The next highest scorers were Adam Lyth and Azeem Rafiq, who both made 12, but there were no partnerships of note as wickets fell in rapid succession.Cobb, who opened the batting and bowling, did the main damage as his occasional spin picked up the wickets of Gary Ballance, Leaning and Rhodes. Shakib Al Hasan took 2 for 26 and Rob Taylor 2 for 24 while 20-year-old Tom Wells held on to three catches.In contrast, Yorkshire dropped two vital catches, with Cobb put down by Lyth at cover when he was on 13 and Smith let off by Iain Wardlaw at third man on 7. They proved costly misses as the Foxes capitalised by taking 34 runs off the eighth and ninth overs, bowled by Moin Ashraf and Rafiq, and strolled to victory.

ScorecardNick Compton gave a timely reminder of his ability•Getty Images

There was no England selector at Taunton yesterday so in the spirit of co-operation, here is a summary for the next meeting of the top table. NRD Compton v Surrey, Taunton, September 12: Runs 66. Balls: 88. Dollars (looking like): A million. A few facts to gather dust ahead of the announcement of the Ashes squad on September 23.Observing Compton in this form begs the question why England seemingly drew such a heavy line under his Test career. Opting to open with Joe Root in the Ashes was one thing; allowing Compton’s exclusion to be seen as perpetual banishment was quite another.England, it seemed, observed a couple of tortuous innings against New Zealand and took a view, but watching his clear-headed strokeplay at Taunton begged the question of exactly which opener would offer more reliable opening cover for the tour of Australia? Compton remains short of 1,000 first-class runs this season – so does every Somerset batsman – but he averages 48 which is respectable enough. Michael Carberry, incidentally averages 40 for Hampshire in Division Two. To opt for Varun Chopra would be a gamble on an untried player at international level.There was a time just before lunch when it was possible to imagine that this was a top-of-the table encounter, not a match between two candidates for relegation. Compton, in league with Craig Kieswetter, was central to that, counterpunching with style against a highly-regarded Surrey pace attack. The quality of the strokeplay was as good as you could wish to witness. Taunton was a good place to be.In this troubled Somerset season, home supporters drank it in like they might soak up the last sunshine of summer, regarding it as all the sweeter because they knew how ephemeral it would be.Kieswetter fell softly on the stroke of lunch, driving loosely to cover; and soon after the resumption, Compton became one of two wickets in an over for Jade Dernbach as he tried to guide behind square on the off side and played on. It was a frustrating end, but he was the only Somerset batsman to give the impression of permanence.At 133 for 6, the Somerset scoreboard had a familiar ring to it, but they found something within themselves to reach 260, securing two priceless batting bonus points and a first-innings lead of 65. Surrey’s second innings began briefly, but bad light stole 20 overs from the day.If enterprise was the impression as Compton and Kieswetter added 62 for the fourth wicket, the stand of 68 between Peter Trego and Craig Meschede for the seventh wicket was a judicious one. A brilliant catch by the 18-year-old debutant, Dom Sibley, at deep cover silenced Trego. Piyush Chawla also dug in for 32 at No. 10; a late overseas acquisition respecting the opportunity he has been given.But all that felt like struggle; it was the hour up to lunch that raised the spirits. Compton drove vigorously and Kieswetter’s dash was backed up by rapid running between the wickets. Compton was dropped off Dernbach on 42, a challenging low catch to Vikram Solanki at second slip, diving across Gareth Batty at first, and Meaker was ill-served by several thick edges to third man (fashionably unguarded), but the overriding mood of a stand of 62 in 12 overs was one of optimism.Somerset had begun the day with a little victory, denying Surrey a batting bonus point as Alfonso Thomas snaffled the last two wickets without a run added. But Surrey struck back immediately when Somerset lost both openers for nought, with Marcus Trescothick dragging on third ball – a reward for Dernbach’s insistent line.Trescothick’s immediate desire to retain the Somerset captaincy had been reasserted in timely fashion in his column in the . “What I can say is I love captaining Somerset as much as I love the club itself and at this point I have no intention of handing over the reins,” he said. “I know there are people who have looked at my shortage of runs this season and linked it to the added pressure of being skipper – but I have been doing the job for four seasons and I don’t believe it has any adverse effect on my form. I enjoy the challenge and it remains my dream to lead the team to the success we all crave.”Success was not the word that sprung immediately to mind. Survival will do for a start.

أكد فرج عامر رئيس نادي سموحة إتمام انتقال حسام حسن لصفوف الفريق السكندري قادما من الأهلي بداية من الموسم المقبل، معلقا على صفقة انضمام إمام عاشور لصفوف القلعة الحمراء.

وكان حسام حسن مهاجم الأهلي قد انضم إلى صفوف سموحة على سبيل الإعارة في الموسم الجاري، قبل أن يتم انتقاله بشكل نهائي.

وقال فرج عامر في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة تن: “سنجدد إعارة محمد مغربي في الموسم المقبل، وكذلك مصطفى سعد ميسي سنتحدث عنه حسام حسن انتقل لسموحة بشكل نهائي قادما من الأهلي”.

وبسؤاله عن رأيه في صفقة انضمام إمام عاشور لـ الأهلي، أوضح: “نحن في عصر الاحتراف وانضمامه للأهلي شيء طبيعي، ولو كنت في القلعة الحمراء والقرار بيدي وسنحت لي الفرصة لضم إمام عاشور لن أتركه أبدًا لأن لو فعلت عكس ذلك سيكون خطأ كبير”.

طالع |عدلي القيعي يعلق على التعاقد مع إمام عاشور.. ويصرح: يتم ابتزاز الأهلي بكلمة المبادئ

وأردف: “إمام عاشور قيمة كروية، وعندما بدر شيء تجاه النادي الأهلي اللاعب كان في سن صغير وكان يلعب في الزمالك وليس الأهلي، لن نضخم في أمور لن يكون منها عائد”.

وأكمل: “إمام عاشور قيمة فنية كبيرة جدًا والأهلي ينقصه لاعب مثله، وقادر على الانسجام مع أي فريق وسيكون له دور كبير في الأهلي وسيعوض غياب حمدي فتحي”.

واختتم: “إمام عاشور لاعب دولي صغير السن وإضافة كبيرة جدًا، لاعب مصري بمواصفات أوروبية ومستواه ثابت”.

Paul Collingwood should steer Durham away from trouble in their crucial match against Nottinghamshire as they closed in on the Championship title

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ScorecardPaul Franks trudges off after becoming the last man out for Notts•Getty Images

It was surely fitting that Paul Collingwood should steer Durham away from trouble in their crucial match against Nottinghamshire.When Collingwood was appointed captain of Durham’s Championship side in July 2012, the team were bottom of Division One and without a victory that season.But, little over a year later, Collingwod has helped transform them and, as captain, led them to 13 wins in 20 games. If they win this match, they will have won a club record five Championship matches in succession and, more importantly, a third title in six years. Coming into this game requiring a maximum of 21 more points, they now require a further 17, in the unlikely event that Yorkshire should take full points from their final two games. For Collingwood, who earlier in his career was known as a reluctant captain, it is a remarkable achievement.It is even more remarkable bearing in mind the obstacles he has faced. Coming into this season, Durham had the disadvantage of a 2.5 point penalty for breaching the salary cap last year and financial constraints that prohibited the signing of an overseas player. Injury then robbed them of the services of senior batsman Dale Benkenstein, while the head coach, Geoff Cook, suffered a heart attack in June that cast a cloud over the club for several weeks. Thankfully, Cook is recovering well. England calls, Lions calls and injuries have all added to the burden.The obstacle on this occasion was a tricky pitch. Until Collingwood came to the crease, 15 wickets had fallen within the first 48 overs of the day and there was an outside chance that Nottinghamshire, despite having succumbed to their lowest score since 2010, might take a first innings lead. The highest stand of the game had been only 20 and no individual player had surpassed 17. Andre Adams, who claimed 4 for 27 in an excellent 13-over opening spell, was proving as demanding as ever.But first with Scott Borthwick and then with Phil Mustard, his predecessor as captain, Collingwood put the quality of this pitch into perspective. In a style that would be familiar to those who witnessed his many rearguard innings for England, Collingwood refused to be drawn into pushing at anything wide and, in allowing the ball to come to him, avoided the hard-handed prods that undid so many others.While others drove, he deflected; while others chased, he nudged; while others perished, he was patient. It is no coincidence that he survives into day two having batted longer than anyone else.Perhaps just as importantly, Collingwood’s partnership with Mustard – 121 runs in 35 overs – will have alleviated Durham’s concerns about the possibility of incurring a points penalty for preparing a poor pitch. While Jack Birkenshaw, the ECB’s Pitch Liaison Officer, will return to watch the second day’s play before reaching a verdict on this surface, there is no chance whatsoever that the maximum sanction of 24 points will be imposed. Even the lesser sanction, eight points, is highly unlikely.While it is true that the pitch offered assistance off the seam, to define it as “excessive” – the criteria by which it could incur a penalty – would be harsh. In truth, some excessively poor batting and some admirable bowling were the more relevant ingredients in a day that, in all, saw 18 wickets fall. The early start and autumnal weather might also be relevant and it is worth noting that a similar Durham attacked bowled out Derbyshire for only 63 on Saturday. In such conditions, they pose a desperately tough challenge.Collingwood defends pitch

Paul Collingwood dismissed any suggestion Durham should be penalised for preparing a sub-standard pitch despite seeing 18 wickets fall on the first day of the Championship match against Nottinghamshire. Instead Collingwood credited some “exceptional” seam bowling and some “disappointing” batting for the low scores.
“To bowl a side out for 78 on any wicket is an exceptional effort,” Collingwood said. “The pitch actually looked one of the flatter ones we have had here this season, but it did just enough. There was none of the extravagant movement you see here sometimes. We just have an exceptional bowling attack – Graham Onions’ averages are ridiculous over the last couple of years – and there was some disappointing strokeplay. I don’t think you can grumble about the pitch.”

Perhaps Nottinghamshire’s decision to bat first was questionable. Given the reputation of this surface as something approaching a seam bowler’s paradise, choosing to bat at 10.15am in mid-September was something of a surprise. To be fair though, Durham have batted first in every Championship game on the ground this season whether they have won the toss or not, so perhaps Nottinghamshire’s attempt to adopt a similar method was not so far wide of the mark as the scoreline suggests. Collingwood later confirmed that Durham, too, would have chosen to bat first.The execution of the decision was far more at fault. Faced with some probing bowling from the excellent pairing of Graham Onions and Chris Rushworth, who have 63 and 51 wickets respectively this season, Nottinghamshire produced a feeble performance. Some batsmen – such as Samit Patel and David Hussey – pushed too hard at the ball, some – such as Riki Wessels – played around the ball, some – such as Chris Read or Adams – missed slogs and some – James Taylor – did not play a stroke at all.It was a wretched display of batting and resulted in Nottinghamshire being bowled out 20 minutes before lunch for their second-lowest total this century (following the 59 they made against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge in 2010) and their lowest ever against Durham. James Whitaker, one of the England selectors, can only have left more impressed with Onions, though whether he feels performances in such conditions are relevant to the challenges to come in Australia is debatable.On the bright side, it should enable Nottinghamshire to leave in good time for the YB40 final against Glamorgan at Lord’s on Saturday. The start times on each day of this game have been brought forward to 10.15am to enable Notts to catch an 8pm flight booked for Friday. There seems little chance of them missing it and a contingency plan has been put in place to allow them to fly on Thursday. Graeme Swann, who will feature in the side on Saturday, was in Durham to bowl in the nets with the white ball.One man travelling in the other direction – a little further, actually – was Ben Stokes. The allrounder, who had been on duty with England, underwent a scan on his hamstring at 8am on Tuesday morning and, after receiving an all clear, embarked on a 313-mile drive from Southampton to Durham, where he replaced Usman Arshad in the side. Within minutes he was batting and, attempting a firm drive at a wide ball, was caught at third slip without scoring.Fortunately for Durham, they were rescued by Collingwood and Mustard. While Collingwood, save one lofted on drive and a powerful pull, played few memorable strokes, Mustard accelerated after a slow start and, as Notts’ bowlers became more tired and frustrated, reeled off a succession of firm drives. His individual score was only one fewer than Notts managed in total.

West Indies A tightened their grip on the four-day game in Mysore after their spinners ran through India A’s lower order on the third day

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ScorecardVeerasammy Permaul took 5 for 85 as the home side capsized•BCCIWest Indies A tightened their grip on the four-day game in Mysore after their spinners ran through India A’s lower order on the third day. The home side lost their final seven wickets for 61 runs as Nikita Miller and Veerasammy Permaul showed off the depth in West Indies’ spin stocks and wrested a 184-run first-innings advantage.Miller, who bowled an unchanged spell of 26 overs either side of lunch, told the , “It’s a pitch where you don’t want to bowl too slow because the batsman will have enough time. You want to bowl slightly fast. That was the plan and we executed it.”We don’t want to give the Indians the upper hand,” Miller said. “So, we are looking at getting some more runs on the board, get a decent lead and take it from there.”Manpreet Juneja, the Gujarat batsman, followed up his recent impressive outings against New Zealand A with an 84 that steadied the hosts but his dismissal sparked a collapse that put the visitors in charge. India had moved on to 184 for 3 before Juneja was trapped lbw by left-arm spinner Permaul. The rest of the batsmen were clueless against the spinners, with only the wicketkeeper-batsman Rohit Motwani providing any resistance. He was unbeaten on 28 as the visitors ripped through the tail to secure a lead that big enough to allow them the option of enforcing the follow-on, an option they didn’t take.That lead was stretched further by an aggressive 68 from Kieran Powell, who dominated an opening stand of 112 with Kraigg Brathwaite. Offspinner Parvez Rasool, who was the most successful bowler in the first innings, then struck twice as West Indies ended the day on 130 for 3, ahead by 314.Juneja, however, remained undaunted by the prospect of a tall final-day chase. “I think it is possible (India A win),” he said. “West Indies is on top as of now. If we have a decent target in sight, we might just go for it.”

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Corinthians e Ferroviária decidem quem será semifinalista do Campeonato Paulista em jogo nesta quarta-feira, às 21h30, na Arena. Na ida, os times empataram em 1 a 1 em Araraquara, deixando a decisão da vaga completamente aberta. Qualquer novo empate leva a partida aos pênaltis.

Confira os detalhes do duelo:

Local: Arena Corinthians, em São Paulo (SP)
Data/horário: 27 de março de 2019, às 21h30, quarta-feira
Árbitro: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira
Assistentes: Miguel Caetano Ribeiro da Costa e Luiz Alberto Andrini Nogueira
VAR: Rodrigo do Amaral
AVAR 1: Fabrício Porfirio de Moura
AVAR 2: Vinicius Furlan
Onde assistir: TV Globo e tempo real do LANCE!

CORINTHIANS: Cássio; Michel Macedo, Manoel, Henrique e Danilo Avelar; Ralf e Júnior Urso; Sornoza, Pedrinho, Clayson; Gustagol. Técnico: Fábio Carille.

Desfalques: Fagner (com a Seleção Brasileira)

FERROVIÁRIA:Tadeu; Diogo Mateus, Rayan, Rodrigão e Arthur Henrique; Anderson Uchoa, Tony e Léo Artur; Felipe Ferreira, Diego e Lúcio Flávio.Técnico: Vinícius Munhoz.

Desfalques: Ninguém

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