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ScorecardGareth Cross hit 64 to push Lancashire into a commanding position•Getty Images

Many more days like this and county cricket runs the risk of getting some rather decent publicity. In near perfect weather and on a good wicket Lancashire and Gloucestershire’s cricketers tussled for advantage in a game which neither side never completely bossed until the last hour of play.By then Glen Chapple’s batsmen were scoring more or less as they pleased against a tiring attack that was missing the left-arm spin of Ed Young, who has a wrist injury. At the close Lancashire’s lead was 327 runs and only some daft, ultra-cautious declaration will prevent them having a chance to force their third Championship win of the season on the final day.Perhaps the cricketer who personifies the search for hard-won advantage which this match has been all about is Gareth Cross. The Lancashire wicketkeeper-batsman made a hundred in his side’s last game against Hampshire but that game was as dead as last month’s Radio Times for a good proportion of his innings. More valuable was Cross’s 30 against Glamorgan or his 45 against Essex, both knocks which contributed important runs to eventual wins.On Friday, Cross signed up to do some more heavy lifting and this was all the more laudable given that he had been smacked in the mouth by the ball when keeping wicket in the morning session. Coming to the crease with Lancashire on 62 for 5, an advantage of a mere 150, and having lost five prime wickets to the Gloucestershire seam trio of Craig Miles, Liam Norwell and Graeme McCarter, Cross fought alongside Ashwell Prince – another cricketer who savours trench warfare – to build a potentially match-winning lead.Their 85-run stand had gone a long way towards achieving that goal when Prince chipped Benny Howell to Norwell at mid-off, but Cross then increased the tempo of the innings with Wayne White in some style. The pair added 67 in 12 overs before Cross was caught in the deep for 64 off the persevering Norwell. White completed his first fifty for Lancashire off 47 balls three overs before the close, but he would be the first to admit that Prince and Cross had earned him his licence to attack.”It was good to spend some time in the middle and continue from Hampshire,” Cross said. “I did a bit of work in the indoor nets in the winter on occupying the crease and, while I can play the shots, it’s also more risky to do that so I’m just trying to play to my ability. I’ve felt in good form all year and it’s nice to be making a contribution. If Ashwell or I had got out, we’d have been in trouble but he’s a calming influence and we played well, I think.”Yet each session of this day’s play produced players from each side whose qualities could be applauded by the good-sized crowd. In the morning Alex Gidman and Simon Kerrigan dominated proceedings, the Gloucestershire batsman completing his first Championship century of the season and the Lancashire spinner, bowling unchanged from the River End to take 5 for 40 in 14.2 overs.Indeed, at times the play constituted something of a duel befitting d’Artagnan et al, Gidman’s boundaries – he also hit Kerrigan and Kyle Hogg for sixes – being countered by the spinner’s wickets. Lancashire probably wanted something more than the 88-run first -innings lead they eventually gained whereas Gloucestershire entertained hopes of whittling the advantage down to less than 50. Both teams had to settle for less than their ideal; it made for splendid cricket.Gidman scored his century off 170 balls, hitting eight fours and two sixes in the process. On the point of lunch, he was caught by White at deep square leg off Kerrigan for 110. The large Liverpool crowd applauded him generously; his innings had determined the strength of Gloucestershire’s position. For his part Kerrigan finished with 5 for 68 in the innings and there is every chance he will add a few more on the final day of this game. If so, the name of Gareth Cross may be to the fore once again.

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O dia era 8 de março de 1975. O Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro, conhecido como Amigão, era inaugurado para abrigar os clubes de Campina Grande, na Paraíba. E, nesta quarta-feira, Botafogo e Campinense reeditarão a partida de inauguração no local, desta vez em uma decisão pela Copa do Brasil.

Na ocasião, o Botafogo foi convidado para fazer parte do memorável amistoso e não saiu do zero com o Campinense, por conta do popular romancista e ex-ministroJosé Américo de Almeida, paraibano e botafoguense. Oprimeiro gol saiu uma semana depois, dos pés de um jogador do Campinense:Pedrinho Cangula, em empate com o Treze (1 a 1), no Clássico dos Maiorais.

Em seguida, o Amigão recebeu a tradicional placa com informações a respeito do jogo de estreia. Como oobjeto estavadeteriorado, a organização do estádio optou por reformar a placa em forma de homenagem aos clubes envolvidos na inauguração. Ela ficou pronta nesta terça-feira.

Ouvido pelo LANCE!, Ascânio Paceli, gerente do Amigão, contou que convidou dirigentes do Botafogo para que receberem a placar pouco antes de a bola rolar pela primeira fase da Copa do Brasil, por volta das 19h30 (de Brasília) – cabe destacar que a bola rolará às 21h30 (de Brasília).

– A placa será cedida ao Botafogo e ao Campinense pouco antes do início do jogo. É uma simples, mas singela homenagem aos clubes – comentou Paceli.

GRAMADO ‘PADRÃO FIFA’

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Recentemente, mais precisamente em dezembro, o Estádio Amigão passou por uma reforma e a reinauguração da praça esportiva, aos arredores. Já em relação ao terreno de jogo: o gramado tornou-se “padrão Fifa”. Além disso, o sistema de irrigação foi automatizado, com um novo sistema de drenagem.

Como há chance de chover enquanto Botafogo e Campinense duelarem na noite desta quarta, é bom os torcedores alvinegros estarem cientes de que isso não deve ser um empecilho para o espetáculo.

A hard line adopted by the Indian board towards English county players practicing in India has its roots in a much deeper dispute

Nagraj Gollapudi09-Feb-2013

A hard line adopted by the Indian board towards English county players practising in India has its roots in a much deeper dispute arising from the ECB’s refusal to allow IPL teams to play exhibition matches in Ireland and Scotland.The ECB holds the broadcast rights for both Ireland and Scotland and used its right of veto over televised fixtures in those countries to prevent what it saw as IPL infiltration on its own territory.This dispute over territorial rights flared up again recently when seven counties intending to send players to the Global Cricket School, a privately-run academy in Mumbai, switched instead to Sri Lanka after the ECB and GCS officials advised the counties that potential visa issues made this the best course of action.The counties – Yorkshire, Durham, Kent, Hampshire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire – failed to receive permission to visit India from a muted BCCI as a stand-off between the Indian and England boards failed to be resolved.Tensions surfaced at the end of the fifth IPL last year when the BCCI approached both Cricket Ireland and Cricket Scotland directly, to check if they were interested in playing exhibition matches against a team of IPL players from different franchises.It is understood that Cricket Ireland’s initial response to the offer was that they did not have sufficient funds to host the matches. In response, the BCCI said it would underwrite the players’ costs and that the arrangement would therefore be financially attractive.However, ESPNcricinfo has learned that the ECB then refused to sanction the matches in any circumstances because it was concerned that its lucrative broadcasting deal with Sky TV, which guarantees exclusive TV coverage of cricket in England, Ireland and Scotland, could be undermined in the long term by the alternative attraction of an IPL side playing in Ireland. The Sky deal underpins the survival of first-class cricket in England.Under the terms of the ECB’s deal with Cricket Ireland for 2008-13, it gained ownership of media rights for all Ireland’s home international matches. In return, Cricket Ireland receives an annual fee, the chance to play in some of England one-day competitions should it so wish and coaching support.Details of the new TV deal have yet to be officially revealed, but it would be natural both for Cricket Ireland to want to maximise its income whilst maintaining healthy relationships with the ECB. In the meantime, it remains uncomfortably placed between two boards in conflict.Asked to clarify their respective position, all the boards involved – BCCI, ECB, Cricket Ireland and Cricket Scotland – declined to discuss the issues publicly. But it is clear that the ECB and BCCI both viewed each other’s behaviour as hostile.A BCCI official did say, however, that although communication channels between the two boards had not been closed, the ECB had a lot to explain before English county sides could be automatically welcomed again for developmental visits to India.The official said: “Discussions are still on but it has to be a two-way process. We can’t see how we can allow the counties to send their players to practice here when the ECB refuses to allow the IPL players to play even in Ireland. They must explain why they did it.”Irked by the ECB refusal, the BCCI had assumed a tough stance of its own. Last November, the ECB was forced to apologise to the Indian board for not taking the necessary approvals for the England Performance Programme (EPP) squad’s tour of India.Simultaneously, the Indian board’s secretary Sanjay Jagdale pulled up the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), demanding an explanation as to why the MCA had allowed the EPP to play games in Mumbai without gaining clearance from the Board.In the letter dated November 29*, 2012, Jagdale noted: “The Chairman brought to the notice of the house that there were instances where foreign teams were invited by state associations to play matches and attend practice camps. He advised all members not to entertain any foreign team without the prior permission of the Board.”*11:59pm, February 9: The piece had initially stated that the letter by Sanjay Jagdale had been dated November 31, 2012. This has been corrected.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FICHA TÉCNICA

BAHIA 0 X 0 CRUZEIRO
Local: Pituaçu, Salvador (BA)
Data-Hora: 02/12/2018 – 17h
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Cartões amarelos: Elton, Flávio, Douglas Grolli, Luiz Henrique (BAH), Manoel(CRU)

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

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

Zimbabwe A will look for inspiration from last month’s T20 series win as they look to stop an unbeaten South Africa A in the final of the tri-series on Saturday.South Africa A have been dominant in the tournament, largely due to some responsible middle-order batting. In all four of their league games, there has been at least a batsman who has looked to bat throughout the innings to try to eliminate any slip-up. Colin Ingram, the highest run-getter in the series with 179 runs, right-hand batsman Reeza Hendricks who follows him with 163 runs, captain Faf du Plessis and opener Richard Levi have all played their part.In the third match, the only tight game South Africa have played in the tournament, No. 3 batsman Ingram and No. 9 Rory Kleinveldt managed to steer their side to a tight victory when the chase looked improbable at 114 for 5, and later 182 for 7, chasing 243. The match, according to Zimbabwe commentator Dean du Plessis, could have been won by the hosts. “Had Zimbabwe A held on to their catches and fielded better, the outcome may have been different,” he said in a Zimbabwe cricket media release. The win could have meant three wins in the tournament for them, and the same for South Africa.While batting has been the advantage for South Africa, Zimbabwe’s bowling has been the best of the three teams. Left-arm fast bowler Brian Vitori has been the most prolific wicket-taker with nine wickets, including a spell of 5 for 37 against Sri Lanka A on July 14. Elton Chigumbura, who has played 142 ODIs for Zimbabwe, took a match-winning spell of 6 for 24 in his second game of the tri-series, against Sri Lanka A on Thursday.South Africa have the benefit of the experience of players who have played for the national side like Wayne Parnell, who took 3 for 10 in their opening match in Harare, and captain du Plessis, but the hosts can topple the favourites if top-order batting performs.”Yes, there has been some good bowling at times, but all the batsmen have been very reluctant to express themselves and to up the tempo,” Dean du Plessis said. “Strong teams such as South Africa are very good at tightening the screws while applying pressure, but they are also only human and once you take the game to them by playing attacking and aggressive cricket, they will begin to feel the pressure like any other team.”Zimbabwe have defeated Sri Lanka twice in the tournament, including the convincing eight-wicket victory on Thursday courtesy Chigumbura. Having already eliminated one of the stronger teams, Zimbabwe will hope to add another big scalp in the final.

Denesh Ramdin has been recalled to keep wicket and Marlon Samuels to bat in the middle order while Kraigg Brathwaite and Carlton Baugh have lost their Test places in the West Indies squad for the tour of England due to begin in May.The West Indies selectors named their 15-man squad for the tour on the final morning of the home Test series against Australia, also including the uncapped fast bowler Shannon Gabriel alongside Assad Fudadin, who was named in the squad for the Dominica Test.The offspinner Shane Shillingford has leapfrogged Devendra Bishoo with two strong displays in the final two Australia Tests to claim the sole spinner’s berth, with WICB chairman of selectors Clyde Butts saying that the panel expected pace to be West Indies’ primary weapon on early season English pitches.Bishoo and Brathwaite, who made three ducks and 11 in his final four innings of the Australia series after starting with a doughty half-century, will instead be playing for West Indies A against an India touring team at home. Adrian Barath and Kieran Powell were both included for England despite not passing 50 against Michael Clarke’s tourists.”We are going to England early in the season, where the conditions tend to favour the quick bowlers more than the spinners,” Butts said. “Young Gabriel continues to impress the selectors in both regional and A-team cricket, and we feel it is a good time to introduce him to the team. We feel he will be an asset to the team in England and has a bright future in West Indies cricket.”Shillingford has bowled very well against the Australians and we expect a lot from him in England. Bishoo has done well for West Indies in the last year or so, but he has lost some of his confidence and the selectors feel playing him in the A team against India A will give him the chance to regain that confidence.”We have got to continue to build for the future and we believe that Barath and Powell have bright futures in the game. We also feel this way about Kraigg Brathwaite, but he too, has lost some of his conviction and the selectors also feel playing him in the A team against India A will give him the chance to regain that confidence. None of the other openers in the region have stood out and we are hoping to strengthen this part of our cricket in future regional tournaments and the A-team tours.”

West Indies Test squad to tour England

Darren Sammy (capt); Kirk Edwards (vice-capt); Adrian Barath; Darren Bravo; Shivnarine Chanderpaul; Narsingh Deonarine; Fidel Edwards; Assad Fudadin; Shannon Gabriel; Kieran Powell; Kemar Roach; Denesh Ramdin; Ravi Rampaul; Marlon Samuels; Shane Shillingford

Baugh’s omission may mean the end of his West Indies playing days, as he again failed to bridge the gap between the 20s he consistently makes in international matches and the centuries he has compiled in regional competition.”Baugh has been good behind the stumps, but his batting has not quite lived up to expectations, hence the selection of Ramdin,” Butts said. “Before he got injured in the camp prior to the series against Australia, Denesh was showing good form both behind the stumps and with the bat.”Samuels has returned after asking to be exempt from selection for the Australia series in order to participate in the IPL, his cause aided by the fact that numerous young players did not step up quite as hoped in his absence. “Marlon since his return to the team has not done badly for us and the selectors feel that he is an asset to the team,” Butts said. “He had asked to miss the Australia matches for a stint at IPL.”There was no sign of Chris Gayle in the squad as the series clashes with the latter part of the Indian Twenty20 tournament, though he remains a possible inclusion for the limited-overs portion of the tour having reached an agreement with the WICB. West Indies’ first tour match is against Sussex at Hove from May 5. The first Test begins at Lord’s on May 17.

ESPNcricinfo can today provide the facts that prove the legality of Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action

George Dobell08-Feb-2012

ESPNcricinfo can today provide the facts that prove the legality of Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action.Ajmal was Man of the Series against England after taking 24 wickets in the three-Test series and playing a prominent role in Pakistan’s first Test whitewash against England.Ajmal caused confusion when he gave a TV interview following the series and appeared to indicate he had been given dispensation by the ICC to bowl above the 15-degree tolerance limit.Countless fans have contacted ESPNcricinfo through social networking sites and by email asking us to clarify the situation regarding Ajmal. After a thorough investigation, including extensive discussion with the ICC, these are the facts. Ajmal’s action is well within the ICC range of tolerance. While he does bowl with a bend in his arm, it does not straighten more, on average, than about eight degrees.His arm does come through at a bent angle but that is allowed so long as it doesn’t straighten beyond the tolerance level.The figure of 23.5 degrees mentioned by Ajmal is the average angle of his arm at the beginning of delivery. The ICC put Ajmal, along with other bowlers, under constant scrutiny and evidence suggests that there has been no significant deterioration in Ajmal’s action since he was tested in 2009. Contrary to widespread belief, Ajmal’s off-break and quicker ball actually cause his arm to straighten more – though only a fraction more – than his much-debated doosra. The ICC is reluctant to discuss bowling actions in detail because officials fear the subject is too complicated to explain.For the full story read senior cricket correspondent George Dobell’s piece from Dubai.

Tim Paine, Australia’s heir-apparent wicket keeper, has been ruled out of the rest of the season and faces an uncertain future in the game

Daniel Brettig14-Dec-2011

Tim Paine, Australia’s heir-apparent wicket keeper, has been ruled out for four months and faces an uncertain future in the game after being told his battered right index finger requires extensive bone-graft surgery.A series of breaks to Paine’s right index finger, starting with an exhibition Twenty20 match in Brisbane last summer, and unsuccessful surgery to repair the damage in September, has left the 27-year-old with a digit not up to the rigours of batting and keeping wicket.The new round of surgery, which takes place today, will seek to correct damage left by the use of plates that have broken when Paine has attempted to resume training.”Tim Paine’s recovery from surgery for a fractured finger has been slower than expected,” Cricket Australia’s doctor Trefor James said. “Tim has been reviewed by specialists and CA medical staff.”It is clear that the fracture has not healed as expected and the best course of action is for Tim to undergo further surgery. This will be performed today (Wednesday) and it is expected that Tim will be unavailable for a further 3-4 months.”Paine played four Tests in 2010 and acquitted himself well, making scores of 92 and 59 in the Mohali and Bangalore matches against India. He was dropped to make way for the return of Brad Haddin at the start of last year’s Ashes summer but he has been widely considered a future leader of the national team.He captained Australia A on a successful mid-2011 tour of Zimbabwe, but is now unsure of when or if he will be back in contention for a Test spot. Paine was also captain of the Hobart Hurricanes Twenty20 team.”I’m obviously disappointed with this latest setback. I am hopeful that I can get the injury right and recover fully so that I can get back to playing cricket in the near future,” Paine said.His absence will widen the window for the Victoria ‘keeper Matthew Wade to press for Haddin’s spot in the national team.

كشف مصدر مسؤول داخل النادي الأهلي، عن طلب إدارة إنبي ضم لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم، خلال فترة الانتقالات الشتوية الجارية.

وأوضح المصدر لـ بطولات، أن إنبي طلب ضم كريم الدبيس على سبيل الإعارة لنهاية الموسم الكروي الحالي.

وأشار إلى أن محمد عقرب وكيل اللاعب، اجتمع بالمسؤولين في النادي الأهلي وأبلغهم برغبة إنبي في ضم الدبيس الذي يلعب في مركز الظهير الأيسر.

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ومن المقرر أن تعرض إدارة القلعة الحمراء موقف كريم الدبيس على السويسري مارسيل كولر المدير الفني للفريق، من أجل حسم قراره بشأن اللاعب.

ويستعد المارد الأحمر لمواجهة أوكلاند سيتي النيوزيلندي في أول مبارياته ببطولة كأس العالم للأندية.

ويتصدر الأهلي ترتيب بطولة الدوري، برصيد 37 نقطة، بعد أن تغلب على البنك الأهلي بهدف دون مقابل سجله محمد شريف.

James Franklin, the New Zealand allrounder, is shocked at missing out on a central contract after what he felt was a strong summer in the national side. Franklin, 30, was last week left out of the 20-man contract list for the second year in a row, and he said he was disappointed after playing all three formats for New Zealand over the past six months.”I can’t change what they have done,” Franklin told the . “This is a tough one. Last year I was half expecting it, but this one has come out of the blue and I’m a bit bitter. In my last 14 one-day innings I’ve averaged 54, but they’ve made their decision. To miss out entirely on a Test ranking is a hard one for me to fathom. I feel I have a huge amount to offer in the longer form of the game.”The national selection manager, Mark Greatbatch, said Franklin was unlucky to miss out, and while his best performances were excellent, he did not display the sort of consistency New Zealand wanted. Franklin conceded he didn’t have impact he would have liked at the World Cup, coming on the back of an outstanding series against India in December.”If I pinpoint anything I didn’t do, which I wanted to do, it was my World Cup performances,” Franklin said. “But there were a couple of early games when I didn’t get a bat or bowl so I suddenly felt I had no form. Because it was a World Cup, it got microscoped a fair bit and that seemed to be the last point of memory in terms of sorting out contracts.”One of the factors highlighted by Greatbatch was Franklin’s disappointing bowling in recent times. Although he began his international career as a bowler who could bat, Franklin has become more of a batting allrounder and he believes that is an area that he needs to work on.”There is stuff to tidy up in my bowling – there is no two ways in that,” he said. “My stats say I’m a good first-class bowler but that hasn’t always been the case at the next level. I need to get the venom back I had four to five years ago when I was in the mid to high 130s.”He also said his passive exterior – he is not the kind of bowler who shows serious aggression towards a batsman – should not be held against him. “People have been going on about that for years,” he said. “I remember one of the selectors saying that years ago. I am what I am. I’m not a 21-year-old, I’m 30, I’ve played a bit now.”There are things to tidy up in my game but the cop-out of being angry and all that stuff is not who I am. I like to win and do well but getting in someone’s face and showing anger is a cop-out. I don’t need to do that – that is not me.”Last year, Franklin considered using his Irish passport to become a local player in county cricket, but the lure of playing in a World Cup stopped him from taking that path. Again this year he is reluctant to turn his back on New Zealand while hopes of an international comeback remain.