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Stats highlights from the last match of the group stages, between Pakistan and Ireland in Adelaide

Shiva Jayaraman15-Mar-20154:51

Insights: Pakistan’s tight death bowling

0 Hundreds by Pakistan batsmen in this World Cup before Sarfraz Ahmed’s unbeaten 101 in this match. Before this game, Pakistan were one of two teams – Afghanistan being the other – whose batsmen hadn’t hit a century in this World Cup.0 Centuries by Pakistan wicketkeepers in the World Cup before this game. Moin Khan’s 63 against South Africa in 1999 was their highest before Sarfraz’s 101 in this match. The last century by any Pakistan batsman in the World Cup was Imran Nazir’s 160 against Zimbabwe in 2007. This was also Sarfraz’s maiden ODI hundred.7 Hundreds by wicketkeeper-batsmen in this World Cup. Overall, there have been 15 centuries by wicketkeeper-batsmen in World Cups, 11 of which have come in the last-two World Cups. Kumar Sangakkara has hit five of these.0 Captains from Associate Member teams to hit a century in the World Cup before William Porterfield. Canada’s Ashish Bagai and Netherlands’ Peter Borren had both scored 84 in the previous World Cup against New Zealand and Ireland respectively, which was the previous highest by an Associate captain in the World Cup.Sarfraz Ahmed’s maiden ODI century was the first by a Pakistan wicketkeeper in the World Cup•Getty Images4 Hundreds by Ireland’s batsmen against Test teams including Porterfield’s in this match. Apart from Ireland’s four hundreds, there have been only three hundreds from Associate Nations against Test teams in the World Cup. Kyle Coetzer of Scotland, Ryan ten Doeschate of Netherlands and John Davison of Canada are the three batsmen to score them. As many as five of the seven hundreds by Associates against Test teams have come in the last two World Cups.4 Number of century partnerships by Pakistan openers in the World Cup. Before the game against Ireland, the last such stand was between Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez against West Indies in the last World Cup.32 Runs conceded by Pakistan in the batting Powerplay – the most they have conceded in these overs in this World Cup. Pakistan have had the best economy in the batting Powerplays in this tournament, conceding runs at just 4.31 runs an over.1999 The last time both Pakistan openers got 50-plus scores in a World Cup game was when Saeed Anwar hit an unbeaten 113 and Wajahatullah Wasti got 84 against New Zealand in the semi-finals of the 1999 edition. Including this match, there have been only four such instances for Pakistan in the World Cup.52 Runs Pakistan’s first wicket had added in five innings in this World Cup before this game. The partnership between Sarfraz Ahmed and Ahmad Shehzad was Pakistan’s first fifty-plus opening stand in this World Cup.8 Number of batsmen to get out hit-wicket in the World Cup before Misbah-ul-Haq in this match. Regis Chakabva was the last player to be dismissed in this manner, against UAE earlier in this World Cup.

England’s batsmen did not appear to know whether to stick or twist on the opening day, but should have followed the lead of their captain

George Dobell at Chester-le-Street09-Aug-2013After the apocalypse, when the first few survivors emerge from their bunkers and caves, it seems safe to assume they will find only two types of creature unscathed: a certain type of hardy insect and, marking his guard and waiting for his next ball, Alastair Cook.There is more than something of the dung beetle about Cook. There are times when he makes his job appear hideously unattractive, when he appears unequal to the struggle, when his batting is so grindingly unattractive that you want to hide your children’s eyes from it. He is as much cockroach Cook as captain Cook.But Cook has always been more interested in substance than style. And despite the fact that he was clearly not at his best on the first day of this Test, he provided an example to his team-mates in determination and persistence.Cook’s innings was torturous. He batted as if his feet were set in concrete and as if the bat handle were laced with barbwire. He never looked comfortable and barely timed anything sweetly.But he survived. He survived for almost four hours. He fought and he concentrated and he refused to give it away. He saw the shine off the ball and the energy out of the bowlers. He put so great a price on his wicket that it took an excellent delivery, a peach of a ball that pitched outside off and nipped back, to finally prise him out.The point that Cook understands better than any of his team-mates is that there is no hurry. There are times in Test cricket when it is necessary to score quickly and seize the initiative. But generally, particularly as an opening batsman, the priority is survival and accumulation. The runs follow. They may come slowly, but they come a lot less slowly than they will if you’re back in the dressing room ruing your dismissal.There is no need to try to steal the initiative with aggressive batting. It can be gained with more certainty and more security by stealth. It can be gained by refusing to give the opposition a chance and by gradually wearing them down and batting them out of the game. It doesn’t have to be gained the Kevin Pietersen way. Draws, at least draws where the weather has not intervened, have become almost an anachronism in Test cricket in England and Cook understands that the game still allows the time to build an innings over a day or more.

Our position is our fault – Trott

Jonathan Trott admitted England had been the architects of their own downfall after losing nine wickets of the opening day of the fourth Investec Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street. Choosing to bat on a slow but blameless surface, England subsided from a position of 107 for 1 to end to the day on 238 for 9.

“We’re disappointed as we got ourselves into a good position and then got ourselves into a bad position,” Trott said. “As a group, we’re disappointed that we’ve ended the day probably behind.

“Generally in cricket you get yourself out. It can be due to good pressure from the opposition and you end up playing a shot to a ball you shouldn’t. It’s not too often you get unplayable deliveries.Generally the fault is on yourself as a batsman and I think we could all say that today. It was a little bit uncharacteristic of us as a side. We put a lot of value on our wicket, so when that doesn’t happen, there a few disappointed guys.

“250 is an average score at Durham. We could say we’re at par, but clearly we’re not. We didn’t have the best of days towards the end.”

Trott defended England’s slow scoring rate, but accepted they had not played the offspin of Nathan Lyon very well. He did insist, however, that England could still win the game.

“You look at his figures and say we didn’t play him the best,” Trott said. “My dismissal started it. We’re disappointed because we were getting out in soft ways. The ball wasn’t really turning a huge amount, so the guys are disappointed and keen to put it right.

“You don’t have to go out there and score like a one-day game. You hang in there and wait for your time. You earn the right to score runs in Test cricket.

“But we have a similar score to the one we made at Trent Bridge. We ended up winning that game, so hopefully we can do the same here.”

But while Cook made Australia work for his wicket, some of his colleagues gave theirs away as if contributing to a charity. While much of the day was characterised by grim defiance, several of the batsmen – Cook apart – fell to aggressive strokes or playing at deliveries they would have been better leaving alone. To lose four wickets on the first day of a Test to a finger spinner on a pitch offering little or no turn speaks volumes for the self inflicted nature of England’s problems.There was little balance to their approach. Jonny Bairstow, surely desperately in need of a strong second innings performance to retain his place, went scoreless for over an hour at one stage then he squandered that resistance by falling to an unnecessary sweep. While Jonathan Trott batted beautifully to help England to a promising platform of 107 for 1, the flick he attempted across the line that resulted in his dismissal was unnecessary.The same word – unnecessary – may be used to describe Pietersen’s stroke, pushing at a non-turning off-break angled across him and edging to the keeper, or, perhaps the nadir of the innings, Ian Bell’s decision to skip down the wicket four balls after tea in an attempt to hit over the top and lofting a catch to mid off. Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad fell to strokes so gormless that it is tempting to try to sell them a time share. It was all so unnecessary.England’s problem was not that they blocked too much for too long; it was they did not do it for long enough. They seemed so uncomfortable with the policy of defence, so full of the need to assert themselves, that they perished in an unnecessary attempt to break the shackles. They should have had the mental strength to know that ending the day on 160 for 1 was quite adequate.There is an irony here. Earlier this summer, Nick Compton was dropped, in part, due to a perceived inability to score with the requisite impetus. Despite having registered two centuries in his previous five Tests, England replaced him with men who were deemed more positive. Even in the two games prior to his dropping, Compton seemed uncomfortable with his natural game, like a man forced to drive too fast in dangerous conditions. He did not play his natural game.This sent out a message to England’s other batsmen. It told them, possibly subconsciously, that they had to be more assertive. That they had to push on. That their run-rate mattered. It was, in retrospect, a significant error on the part of the England management.The problem actually stems back further than that. Since they reached the No. 1 Test ranking, England have lacked the patience to build formidable Test totals. Whether that is due to sated hunger or whether other sides have worked out methods to bowl to them is debatable.Certainly England’s struggles here owed much to the pressure built by Australia’s bowlers. While the seamers did not use the new ball quite as well as they might have done – Cook and Joe Root were barely forced to play – the ability to ‘bowl dry’ and to build pressure on England was executed brilliantly by a very well disinclined attack.But England had done the hard work. They had seen off the new ball, the bowlers at their freshest and the pitch at its most lively. They had built the foundations. All of which just goes to make their largely self-inflicted collapse all the more galling.

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka, in East London

Firdose Moonda at Buffalo Park14-Jan-2012Banner of the day
International cricket rarely comes to East London, so when it does the fans go all out. Despite the gloomy weather, Buffalo Park was a sell-out and people packed the grass embankments with umbrellas, picnic baskets and signs of support for the team. One fan thought he was at a rugby match, and had a “Go Bokke” poster, a reference to the Springboks, the South African rugby team. A second sign said: “Mom send money, beer is expensive.” But the banner of the day went to this beauty about Hashim Amla: “Some say that Hashim’s beard holds special powers. Its street value is higher than Rhino horn. We know him as Hashim the boundarinator Amla.”Catch of the day
Dale Steyn does not have a typical fast bowler’s physique. He is not particularly tall or gangly; he is more of a stocky quick with fitness that cannot be matched. He has already pulled off some breathtaking moves in the field against Sri Lanka, but his catch to dismiss Mahela Jayawardene topped them. Jayawardene has struggled for runs but looked in better form at Buffalo Park. He smashed Morne Morkel down the ground for four and then moved swiftly inside the line of the next delivery to glance it down the leg side. The scoop went in the air towards Steyn, who moved to his left, timed his jump and snatched the ball from the sky.Shot of the day
Hashim Amla has found sublime form in the 50-over format in the last two years and got South Africa off to a dream start. While Graeme Smith searched for areas to score runs and ways not to get out, Amla played some of the shots of the match. Off the 13th ball he faced, he stepped out to a length ball from Nuwan Kulasekara and drove him inside-out over extra cover for six. No watchmaker could time a shot sweeter, and there was an element of brutality about it that you would not expect from a man nicknamed the Monk.Hiccup of the day
In the last 12 months, South Africa have stumbled in run-chases that should have been strolls three times: against India in Johannesburg, England in Chennai and then New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-final in Dhaka. Surely, there would not be another crumble. When AB de Villiers was run out, after dabbing the ball to short third man, whispers of the dreaded c-word began. South Africa needed 44 runs to win off 56 balls, with six wickets in hand. This time, they got home.Lost chance of the day
Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka captain, has flattered to deceive throughout this tour, with the only sign of his capabilities being a 79-ball 78 in the third Test. In East London, he wasted another opportunity when he got overanxious after nine run-less balls at the start of Sri Lanka’s innings. Dilshan pushed the ball to cover point and hesitated in setting off for a run. By the time he decided to go through with the run, Faf du Plessis had pounced on the ball and thrown down the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Dilshan was only just short of the crease, but it meant he had gone through two ODIs of the series without scoring a run.Bluff of the day
Runs had started to come more easily for Sri Lanka when Dinesh Chandimal decided to get adventurous. He tried to pull a Dale Steyn short ball but edged it past the stumps. Morne Morkel at fine leg gave chase, as did AB de Villiers from behind the stumps. It was always going to be Morkel who reached the ball first, but when de Villiers got halfway to it he turned and affected a mock throw to keep the Sri Lanka batsmen on their toes. The stunt fooled no-one but was a sign of de Villiers’ keenness to constantly stay ahead of the game.

The man widely acknowledged as the best pure wicketkeeper in the world talks about his struggles, his skills and his influences

Interview by Jamie Alter12-Nov-2009People know so little about Prasanna Jayawardene. When did you first take up the game?
I was bitten by the bug at a young age, and knew I wanted to play for my country. I used to knock the ball around in our small house or outside in the garden with siblings and cousins, but the focus was always on wicketkeeping. It came to me when I was very young. It was just something that felt right. I think I was a natural [keeper].Who were your early heroes?
Watching the 1996 World Cup was very special, and seeing Romesh Kaluwitharana bat and keep wicket was inspiring. Then of course there was Ian Healy, who was my main hero.Did you ever meet him?
I love Healy. I used to watch him any chance I got on television. I spoke to him in Australia in 2007, and he gave me some good tips. We discussed feet movement and keeping to legends like Warne and Murali, as well as his experiences of playing all around the world. He said I had excellent anticipation and footwork. I was very happy that day.The 1998 Under-19 World Cup was your big ticket to the top…
Yes, I was selected as Sri Lanka’s Under-19 captain for the World Cup in South Africa. I was awarded best wicketkeeper, after which the national selectors called me up for the England tour in 1998-99. I was the second wicketkeeper to Romesh Kaluwitharana, who taught me many things – most importantly anticipation and ball collection. I only got about two to three first-class matches on tour. I was batting too low. [In each innings he batted at No. 8, and he made a pair against Glamorgan.]It seemed like you were fast-tracked into the Sri Lankan team after touring England with the Under-19 side in 1998, but you stepped back after Kumar Sangakkara’s arrival in 2000. Then there was the return of Kaluwitharana. Like Adam Gilchrist and Brad Haddin, you have had to wait on the sidelines.
It was an extremely difficult time. You know how good you are, but you watch guys come ahead of you. At that time the selectors told me to focus on my batting, so I went back to the domestic circuit and worked hard. I made my Test debut in 2000 in Kandy and I didn’t do anything in that game, but after that I didn’t get a chance. A week after my Test debut I was dropped.In 2002 I got another chance, but for a couple of games only, and then in 2004 a couple more, and so on. It was very frustrating. Wicketkeeping is a tough job. It requires a daily routine and you’ll only improve when you play at the highest level. If you get a match or two every couple of years, it just won’t do.How much of this constant in and out was due to your inconsistent batting?
In hindsight, probably a lot. My wicketkeeping was fine, I’d like to think. Earlier in my career my coaches told me I had problems with my footwork… that I was too early into the shot with my front foot – basically that I was bringing my front foot too early. I worked on that. I was told by my coaches that there was little wrong with my technique but that I had to start scoring runs.You made your first-class debut after the World Cup, with Nondescripts Cricket Club. Then you changed clubs four times and struggled to find a permanent batting spot at any of them.
At NCC there was lots of talent. My role was mostly behind the stumps. I did not score a lot of runs, but kept my place because of my wicketkeeping. There were limited batting opportunities, so that allowed me to concentrate on my keeping. But then my batting suffered. I lost my place and moved to Sebastianites, where I could bat at No. 3. I then moved to Sinhalese Sports Club. I was there for one season and then moved to Colombo Cricket Club to see if I could cement a permanent place. That didn’t happen and I went back to NCC and spoke to Sangakkara. With him away on national duty I got plenty of time to keep wicket, but at No. 8 my batting suffered. Then I moved to Bloomfield, where I liked the environment – and it showed as I began to score runs. I scored runs with Sri Lanka A as well, and that put me back on the map. I haven’t left Bloomfield since.

“You have to watch the ball very closely and properly, and make sure never to go for it early. It’s about patience, but there’s hardly any time to reach. You have to look at the line and length, and then wait for the ball to come to you. But then when you do go collect it, you’ve got to be very fast in doing the next part, especially down the leg side”

What is your relationship with Sangakkara like?
Sangakkara is a real gentleman. He’s been very kind to me, and he’s the one who gave me this chance. I’d have probably never got it without him.You made a mark in the home series against England in 2007. Your technique, reflexes and energy were really on view. There was a brilliant stumping of Matthew Hoggard down the leg side…
That was an important series, more so because I scored runs. We also had some tense periods in the field and Murali bowled a lot of overs. It gave me a lot of confidence – especially because we won.India’s tour in 2008 was a key one for you. You were keeping against Ajantha Mendis in his first series and had Murali bowling too, and you did very well. Your stumping of Gautam Gambhir at the SSC stands out in the memory. You also scored runs in tough situations. Was that a confidence-boosting series?
Murali is a legend and keeping to him has always been special, and in that series suddenly Mendis arrived. But because I’d worked so hard at my wicketkeeping over those rough years I didn’t find keeping to them so hard. I did the basics well. I watched the ball and I waited. And I didn’t have much problem reading Mendis. He hardly bowled a bad ball, which obviously helped me. I’m good at judgment, and I’ve worked a lot with Murali. You pick up small cues and you make sure you remember them. I did not drop a single catch off the two of them. It was a good series, personally.Many former and current international players, including Healy, say you are the best when it comes to standing up and keeping to spinners, because you are so light on the feet and soft with the hands.
Keeping to spin is the most difficult, but it is also extremely satisfying if you do it well. I have to do the basics well against every spinner, be it Murali or a club bowler. That is how I have always gone about it. I cannot afford any mistakes. Especially with Murali and Mendis in Tests, I have to keep focused. I cannot relax.Healy says wicketkeeping is a lot about powerful sideways movement. You are very light on your feet, especially against spin. Do you move on the heels or on the balls of your feet?
I try to stay low, to rise with the ball. I move on the balls of my feet. If you move on the toes it can upset your rhythm. I also try to just watch the ball, purely the ball. From the hand, where it pitches, what it does off the pitch. You have to forget about the batsman in front of you. It’s tough.How much of wicketkeeping is about anticipation?
Wicketkeeping is about being late and fast. You have to watch the ball very closely and properly, and make sure never to go for it early. It’s about patience, but there’s hardly any time to react. You have to look at the line and length, and then wait for the ball to come to you. But then, when you do go collect it, you’ve got to be very fast in doing the next part, especially down the leg side.I don’t think I’ve ever seen you go for a catch one-handed.
A one-handed attempt is not safe. You must try to go for the ball with two hands. Wicketkeeping is about safety.Do you count your drops?
I want to take every chance, even at the club level. If I drop one I feel very guilty and I remember it for long after the match. It adds pressure.Do you sledge?
No I don’t. I just focus on wicketkeeping. It has happened that I am appealing too much and the batsman has come after me, saying various things. It does get me aggressive and a little bit talkative. But I try to keep my cool and focus.PJ at his best•AFPA wicketkeeper is the side’s motivator. Watching you on television and live, we’ve not much seen you in discussion with the bowlers or the captain. In fact Ranjit Fernando, a former wicketkeeper, says this is one area where you lack.
I am fully involved in the game. I do have chats with the captain and the bowler, but generally our bowlers have done the right things so I haven’t had to suggest what to do. Earlier my confidence may have been affected, somewhere deep inside, because of the few matches I had played.Coming to your batting, we’ve seen on a few occasions that you have come to the crease and taken pressure off the senior partner by rotating the strike and playing your shots. I remember seeing you do this against South Africa in 2006, England in 2007 and against India last year.
The last few series I got runs in difficult situations, and I think I scored them at a good rate. But there also hasn’t been a lot of pressure because in most cases by the time we are five or six down we have at least 500 on the board. So that way I don’t get a chance to do much. If we are 90 for 4 or 100 for 5 and I walk in, then I have to do something. When such situations have happened, I have done well.Mahes Goonatilleke, who is widely regarded as the finest wicketkeeper produced by Sri Lanka, says you are a sharp listener and learner, and has no doubts that you are the best wicketkeeper in the world. He also told me it is a misconception that you are not a very good batsman.
I spent some time with him and he gave some useful tips. We worked on ball collection, anticipation, reflexes and such. It’s an honour to be compared with greats from the past, both Sri Lankan and international.See, as I said before, having to bat so low in my club level, initially my batting suffered. But the hard work has paid off. I admit I went though a phase of scoring 30s and 40s in Tests, but I think the maiden Test century, against Bangladesh, showed I could deliver. My batting against England was also decent. In the past I’ve been accused of not scoring enough runs as a wicketkeeper. I have a ways to go, but I am confident of where I am at.

Marcus Rashford is set to join Barcelona on a season-long loan with a purchase option but the Catalans will have to pay to send him back.

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O meia Boschilia tem aproveitado ao máximo o período de “intertemporada” no Coritiba. Um dos jogadores mais experientes da equipe treinada por Antonio Oliveira, ele falou sobre a importância do tempo de treinamento para a sequência do ano.

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Vivendo sua segunda temporada no Coxa, Boschilia não esconde que vê o ano de 2023 como um grande desafio para a equipe. Em meio à preparação do time, então, o meia falou sobre a sensação de estar à disposição e definiu o período como proveitoso.

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– Estou feliz, me sentindo bem por estar participando dessa intertemporada com a equipe, podendo estar com o grupo nesse período de preparação. Vai ser um restante de temporada muito desafiador e disputado para nós, tanto a Série A quanto o restante da Copa do Brasil – apontou.

– Tem sido um período proveitoso. Obviamente que não queríamos ter esse período sem jogos, queríamos estar na decisão do Estadual, mas temos de tirar proveito de todo este tempo que temos de treinamento, de preparação, para encontrar o nosso melhor e já voltar aos jogos em um bom nível – acrescentou em seguida.

Depois de encerrar sua participação no Campeonato Paranaense, o Coritiba agora trabalha de olho na Copa do Brasil e no Brasileirão. Assim, Boschilia reconheceu a dificuldade dos torneios e falou sobre a expectativa da equipe por chegar forte no Brasileiro.

– A partir de agora é só decisão, na Copa do Brasil teremos um confronto muito duro com uma equipe grande, como é o Sport, e no Brasileiro a gente costuma falar que são 38 finais, né? Temos de chegar fortes – finalizou.

O Coritiba volta a campo nesta quarta-feira (12). A equipe paranaense enfrenta o Sport no primeiro jogo da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil. A bola rola às 19h, no estádio Couto Pereira.

تحدث صحفي شبكة “سكاي سبورتس”، فابريزيو رومانو، عن آخر التطورات المتعلقة بمستقبل جو جوميز، مدافع ليفربول.

جوميز ابتعد عن المشاركة مع ليفربول بشكل أساسي خلال السنوات الأخيرة، وأصبح بديلًا فقط، ما جعل اللاعب يفكر في الرحيل عنن أبطال الدوري الإنجليزي الموسم الماضي.

طالع.. محمد صلاح يروي لحظة انهياره في مباراة بورنموث.. ويصرّح: لم أندمج مع لاعب ليفربول الجديد

وأكد رومانو عبر حسابه الرسمي على “تويتر”، أن جوميز مطلوب من الدوري الإيطالي، حيث يسعى إي سي ميلان لضمه.

وأضاف أن ميلان قدم عرضًا رسميًا صباح اليوم الأحد للتعاقد مع جوميز، حيث لا تزال المفاوضات جارية مع إدارة ليفربول.

وأوضح أن ميلان رغبته هي ضم جوميز بشكل نهائي وليس على سبيل الإعارة، حيث غادر مالك ثياو صفوف النادي الإيطالي من أجل اللعب مع نيوكاسل يونايتد، بينما يريد ميلان ضم مدافع بديل له.

وأردف أن إدارة ليفربول سوف تسمج لـ جوميز بالرحيل عن صفوف الفريق خلال فترة الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي، وذلك حال التعاقد مع مارك جويهي، لاعب كريستال بالاس.

وقدم ليفربول عرضًا رسميًا لكريستال بالاس من أجل ضم جويهي، حيث ينتهي عقده مع الفريق اللندني بنهاية الموسم الحالي.

انتقد ريتشارد ماسترز، الرئيس التنفيذي للدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، التصرفات العنصرية التي حدثت تجاه جناح نادي بورنموث، أنطوان سيمينيو، خلال مواجهة ليفربول، يوم الجمعة الماضي بـ الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وتعرض سيمينيو إلى هتافات عنصرية من قبل أحد مشجعي ليفربول خلال مواجهة الريدز مع بورنموث، مما أثار غضب الوسط الكروي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. فان دايك: ما حدث في مباراة ليفربول وبورنموث لا يمكن وقوعه

وأكد ماسترز في تصريحات إلى “بي بي سي سبورت”، أنه تم اتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية والقبض على الشخص المتورط في الهتافات العنصرية تجاه سيمينيو.

وقال: “لا ينبغي لأي لاعب في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز أن يتعرض لهذا النوع من الإساءة، سواء في مكان عمله أو عبر الإنترنت. من المهم أن نواصل تأكيد ذلك، لقد قدمنا دعمنا لأنطوان، كما فعل الجميع”.

وأضاف: ”أعتقد أن الجميع يدركون أن البروتوكول يخضع للمراقبة، وبمجرد أن أوضح أنطوان لحكم مباراة ليفربول وبورنموث ما حدث، أوقف أنتوني تايلور اللقاء وتحدث إلى كلا المديرين ومسؤول أمن الملعب”.

وأردف: ”سمح لهم ذلك بتحديد هوية الشخص ومرافقته خارج الملعب، وأعلم أنه تم احتجازه من قبل الشرطة، هكذا ينبغي أن تسير الأمور، إنها مشكلة للمجتمع، تتسرب إلى كرة القدم، ولا ينبغي أن تحدث في ملعب كرة قدم، ولا عبر الإنترنت”.

وأتم: “هذا يجعل الناس مثلي ومثل غيري من مسؤولي كرة القدم المسؤولين عن اللعبة يفكرون مرتين فيما يمكننا فعله لضمان عدم حدوث هذه الأشياء في المستقبل”.

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A expectativa no Morumbi era a de que Arboleda, enfim recuperado de uma cirurgia no tornozelo esquerdo que o tirou dos gramados desde junho, fosse relacionado para a vitória do São Paulo sobre o Atlético-GO por 2 a 1, na quinta-feira (27). Nos vestiários após o jogo, contudo, o técnico Rogério Ceni admitiu que teve de adiar seus planos por um ‘vacilo’: esqueceu do limite de estrangeiros.

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Seguindo a regra da CBF, apenas cinco atletas não brasileiros podem ser relacionados para as partidas do futebol local.Mesmo com Gabriel Neves contundido, a volta de Arboleda fez com que o São Paulo estourasse o limite. Isso porque o elenco ainda conta com os argentinos Calleri, Galoppo e Bustos, o venezuelano Ferraresi e o colombiano Colorado. Esse último, inclusive, foi titular do jogo ao lado de Calleri.

A situação ‘bugou’ a cabeça de Ceni. Arboleda chegou a se concentrar com o elenco são-paulino. Mas na hora de decidir os relacionados o treinador percebeu que tinha um estrangeiro a mais.

– Quando eu fiz a lista, fazia tanto tempo que não tínhamos seis estrangeiros, que eu esqueci que tinha de cortar um nome – admitiu o treinador, que não economizou nos elogios a seu camisa 5.

– Ele é um cara ponta firma, queria tê-lo no banco no dia de hoje, para ele se adaptar, se ambientar, sentir de novo essa presença de jogo.

O plano de Ceni tem a ver com a Copa do Mundo. Arboleda é dado como nome certo entre os convocados do Equador para o Mundial deste ano, no Catar.

O LANCE! apurou que o planejamento é de que ele entre em campo pelo menos em dois dos quatro jogos restantes do Tricolor no ano para ganhar ritmo.

A confusão de Ceni pode ter sido motivada por outro movimento de bastidores. A diretoria são-paulina estuda naturalizar Arboleda como brasileiro para que ele deixe de contar como estrangeiro a partir de 2023.

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Jadeja’s role with the ball and on the field, and cameos from India’s top order, topped off yet another dominating win

Shashank Kishore19-Oct-20231:43

Pujara: Jadeja is more accurate than a bowling machine

The sameness to a Virat Kohli innings in a middling chase is no criticism of his batting. The beauty of it lies in the repetitive nature of it, a mark of his hunger to make every start count. On Thursday, it helped deliver ODI century No. 48, which takes him that much closer to the man who he hoisted on his shoulders on that famous April night in 2011, before delivering an epic line that made a country of more than a billion shed happy tears.Kohli’s knock, which turned into a race between his hundred and a victory towards the end, was preceded by a run-torrent from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. The pair’s 88-run opening stand in a chase of 257, which seemed well short of a par score, was an exhibition of batting aesthetics dreams are made of. Rohit, with his lazy elegance, ferocious cuts and monstrous pulls did the early running, and Gill took over the mantle to slowly get into top gear.And after the two fell against the run of play, caught in the deep to shots they’d back themselves to execute 99 times out of a hundred, Kohli ushered everybody aboard his train of ODI batting that has delivered runs unfailingly. Fleeting cameos from Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul topped off a dominating win, India’s fourth, that now puts them level at the top with New Zealand, their next opponents on Sunday in Dharamsala.It was one that had been set up by Ravindra Jadeja, both with the ball and on the field with his catching. His figures of 2 for 38 may not seem blockbuster at first glance, but it played a massive role in pulling Bangladesh back from an innings that was at one point running at a breakneck speed.From 10 for 0 in five overs, the next four went for 37. Tanzid Hasan soon got into gear and raced towards a maiden ODI half-century off 42 balls. He hooked Jasprit Bumrah, toyed with Shardul Thakur and took him for 6,4,6 in a forgettable opening over and laid down a marker for the innings. But as spin came on, Kuldeep Yadav delivered an opening in the 15th to break a 93-run stand.Hardik Pandya gets treatment after injuring his ankle•ICC via Getty ImagesIn between that, India had a jolt with Hardik Pandya hobbling off three balls into his opening over, after twisting his left ankle in his follow-through. You wondered then if the absence of a sixth bowling option would hurt them. It didn’t as Shardul bounced back from his opening over to bowl eight more, even picking up a wicket before Mahmudullah hurt his figures in his final over.Pandya didn’t return for the rest of their innings and wasn’t needed with the bat either, but once the euphoria of the result dies down, realisation of how massive Pandya is to the balance of the team will dawn sooner.Even as Kuldeep slowed the innings down, Jadeja brought the crowd to life with his accurate wicket-to-wicket stuff that sent back Shanto. By now, runs had reduced to a trickle and the pressure to up the ante also got Litton chipping one straight to long-off to give Jadeja a second wicket. At 137 for 4, the innings was in build-rebuild-build mode.Mushfiqur Rahim played an array of neat paddles and sweeps to keep the scorecard ticking in the hope of taking the innings deep, but the resultant pressure from Towhid Hridoy’s struggles – he was on 14 off 32 – with 14 overs left, led to him trying to be a bit more enterprising, especially with Hridoy unable to capitalise after playing himself in.One such chance off a Bumrah cutter found an acrobatic Jadeja diving full-stretch to his right to pull off a sensational grab to send back Mushfiqur for 43. It was as exhilarating as Rahul’s stunning grab at full stretch down leg to dismiss Mehidy Hasan a while earlier. The superhit moments on the field continued when Bumrah dismantled Mahmudullah with a pin-point yorker, but not before the allrounder’s 46 had somewhat lent respectability to Bangladesh’s total.Ravindra Jadeja trapped Najmul Hossain Shanto in front•Getty ImagesIt set up the kind of chase teams can be wary of, not sometimes knowing how hard to go up top. But India’s plans seemed clear. Rohit wasn’t going to tamper with the fundamentals of his reinvigorated game that centers on taking the attack to the opposition in the powerplay. But on 48, he went for a pull that was right out of the screws, except it found deep square.Kohli had two free hits off his first four balls that he converted into a boundary and a six to fire his innings into orbit straightaway. There on, he didn’t look back. He drove well, ran hard, manuovered spin expertly, and also treaded caution especially against the skiddy Hasan Mahmud.Like Rohit, Gill too fell against the run of play after tantalising with some languid shots to signal, signs of dengue seemingly a thing of the past. Shreyas Iyer would have perhaps been a tad disappointed at not seeing the game through especially after playing himself in, but the timing of his dismissal was hardly a reason to fret for India. Rahul calmed the nerves before he reined his game in to allow Kohli to get to the landmark.At one point, India and Kohli both needed 19. You wondered briefly if No. 48 had to wait. But it didn’t need to. With two needed, Nasum fired one down leg in anticipation of a wide that wasn’t given. One ball later, Kohli stepped out and hacked a low full toss into the deep midwicket stands to seal victory.