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ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day at Headingley

Andrew McGlashan27-May-2013Quarter-century of the dayWith the aid of a fumble by the cover fielder, Alastair Cook moved further clear of England’s other Test century-makers with his 25th hundred. Such are the high standards now expected of Cook, it had been noted that he had not been quite at the top of his game since his previous hundred in Dunedin but he was back to his best in this innings. During the course of his innings he went past 10,000 runs across all international formats with the promise of many more to come.Youthful exuberance of the dayEngland’s second innings prompted much discussion about tactics, but when Joe Root came to the middle he just got on with his job with the same smile he was worn for the whole match. He was quickly into one-day (or Twenty20) mode and showed, again, how he holds no fear at this level. Against Neil Wagner, still maintaining decent pace despite New Zealand’s awful situation, Root calmly reverse swept the quick bowler through the vacant slip cordon for the most cheeky boundary of the match.Brute of the dayPerhaps Steven Finn had just heard about Watford’s failed attempt to reach the Premier League with defeat in the Play-Off final at Wembley because the delivery he produced to remove Dean Brownlie verged on unplayable. There had been signs of some uneven bounce and when Finn banged in a short ball – although not quite a full-on bouncer – it reared towards Brownlie and followed him as he tried to sway out of the line. His instincts took over and he fended at it with his gloves, the ball lobbing up to provide gully with a simple catch. Hostile fast bowling.Working over of the dayWhile Finn makes batsmen uncomfortable with pace and bounce, Graeme Swann does it with guile and deception. He had been all over Martin Guptill in the first innings – for his brief stay – and worked him over again second time around. He began by searching for the same gate that he spun through yesterday, but in the end it was the arm ball (or, as Swann would probably say, the one that didn’t spin) which took Guptill’s edge to slip. It has not been a happy Test return for him.

A Mathews impersonation

Plays of the Day from the match between Cape Cobras and Trinidad & Tobago in Chennai

Nitin Sundar at the MA Chidambaram Stadium04-Oct-2011The overhead smash
With conventional strokes not fetching too many runs on the Chennai pitch, the batsmen had to attempt outrageous innovations to get the ball off the square. In the 11th over of the game, Kevon Cooper produced an offcutter that was clocked at 109 kph. It landed short of a length outside off and virtually stopped on an advancing Owais Shah before bouncing extra. Shah calmly altered his swing, brought the bat down from over the right shoulder and clubbed the ball into the off side. The shot was stopped in the covers, but Shah got marks for effort.The reluctant runner
For a moment in the 13th over, the cricket turned into a comedy show. Sunil Narine bowled a full ball on Shah’s pads, and he on-drove it wide of the bowler. Shah called Dane Vilas for a single but changed his mind when he saw Narine, one of the slower fielders in the generally sluggish T&T line-up, sprint after the ball with a series of short and furious steps that suggested a lot of intent. Having tagged the ball, though, Narine was reluctant to put in the slide, and Shah belatedly decided to go for the single. By then Narine had picked up the ball and flung at the bowler’s end. If he had hit, Shah would have been on his way.The yorker
It wasn’t delivered by a bowler. In the 18th over, Shah got under a length ball and lofted it flat towards long-on. Cooper moved in for the catch, but suddenly realised he wasn’t going to reach the ball and stopped short. The ball landed barely a foot in front of him – the fielder’s version of the yorker – and Cooper did extremely well to stop it from either causing bodily harm, or escaping to the boundary.The pace factor
In his menacing opening burst, Dale Steyn steamed in from the pavilion end and sent down a series of super-fast outswingers at the clueless T&T openers. The fact that there was no bounce in the pitch meant they skidded past late pokes and thudded into the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Having beaten the outside edge on a regular basis, Steyn blasted out William Perkins with a beauty that straightened at lively pace to rap the pads. Slow pitch? Not when Steyn was doing his thing.The wasted freebies
In his second over, Rory Kleinveldt over-stepped three times in five balls, including once while bowling a free-hit. Despite two of them being hittable full tosses, T&T could manage a grand total of only one run off the free-hits. To make matters worse, Lendl Simmons was out slogging the only ball in a sequence of six off which he could have been dismissed. Was he expecting that one – the third legal delivery of the over – to be a no-ball as well?The Angelo-Mathews moment
In the 16th over of the chase, Sherwin Ganga connected well with a lofted on-drive that was set to carry over the long-on boundary. Andrew Puttick, the fielder in the deep, however, nearly pulled off a stunner with a gravity-defying leap straight out of the movies. Puttick back-pedalled to the edge of the field with his eyes on the ball and leapt upwards while arching his back. When he was fully horizontal, he thrust a hand out behind him, but the ball escaped his grasp and fell over the line for six.

McKenzie's reawakening continues

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the fourth day between England and South Africa at Lord’s

Andrew Miller at Lord's13-Jul-2008Innings of the day 1

Neil McKenzie’s average is at last approaching something respectable
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From the fury of youth to the calm of maturity. Graeme Smith’s second Test century at Lord’s was, just like his first back in 2003, a triumph of a very considerable will. There, however, the comparisons end. The anger, bordering on hatred, that carried Smith to his incredible matchwinning 259 five years ago was nowhere to be seen today, as he swallowed his pride, sized up his task, and set out his stall to bat, and bat, and bat. His humility was especially evident in the coolly understated celebration of his century – a lingering glance to the heavens and a slow but deliberate raising of the arms. Though he fell to the new ball before the close, the warmth of the acclaim as he returned to the pavilion was due recognition for one very doughty fighter indeed.Innings of the day 2Smith stole the plaudits, but it was his sidekick who survived to the close. McKenzie’s second coming as an international cricketer, after three-and-a-half years in the wilderness, has been a remarkable tale of redemption. In this third match back, against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he and Smith shared in a world-record stand of 415 – not a bad memory to call upon when batting for two days is the task you’ve set yourself. And one match later, against India in Chennai, he chipped in with twin innings of 94 and 155 not out. In fact, in seven matches since his return, he’s scored 763 runs at 84.77, and boosted his Test average from an unworthy 33.24 to a respectable 39.87.Drop of the dayWho’d be an England wicketkeeper? No position comes in for greater scrutiny, especially on days of hard yakka such as these, when nothing less than the highest standards will suffice. In the 80th over of the innings, with the new ball around the corner and Kevin Pietersen turning his arm over to while away the minutes, he found a bit of rip outside Smith’s off stump, and induced the thinnest of snicks. Tim Ambrose, however, could do nothing more than parry the ball with his left mitt, and the rebound bobbled out of the reach of slip as well. It had all the makings of a Matt Prior-esque clanger.Wicket of the day… but then, to Ambrose’s intense relief, James Anderson made the breakthrough with the new ball. His first delivery was wild and called wide, as it jagged off the seam towards the slips, but it did enough to tip Smith’s equilibrium just a fraction. His next ball was right on target, and bounced as well, as Smith decided that attack would be the best form of defence and climbed into an imposing pull. The ball took the top-edge and ballooned out to point, where Pietersen was on hand to end a mighty innings and give England their only breakthrough of the day.Dummy of the daySometimes, fielders will resort to all sorts of knavish tricks to try and buy a run-out. More often than not, they end up looking rather silly in the process. Take Andrew Strauss’s cunning plan, shortly after tea, with South Africa rumbling along on 146 for 0, and looking utterly invincible. Smith clipped Panesar off his toes through midwicket, where Pietersen was lurking in the deep to cut it off. Strauss, however, took off on a swallow dive to give the impression he’d pulled off a miracle stop, but the only man he managed to fool was his own team-mate. Pietersen abandoned his own pursuit, and the ball dribbled over the ropes for four.Non-appeal of the daySometimes it’s worth going up for everything, just in case the umpire’s feeling twitchy. Unfortunately for England, when Smith was on 22, he played such an uncharacteristically rash shot – a swished pull across the line – that everyone was too astonished to enquire as to whether there might have been a nick as the back of his bat whizzed by. Paul Collingwood motioned as if to appeal, but no-one else bothered. Replays suggested there might have been a graze.

Nissanka, Asalanka and Hasaranga sizzle as Sri Lanka level series 1-1

Hridoy’s fighting unbeaten 96 in the first innings gave Bangladesh a total that looked solid at the halfway stage

Madushka Balasuriya15-Mar-2024

Pathum Nissanka is congratulated by Charith Asalanka after reaching his century•AFP/Getty Images

Bangladesh fought to the end but the 185-run fourth-wicket partnership forged by Pathum Nissanka (114) and Charith Asalanka (91) proved enough in Chattogram, as Sri Lanka secured a narrow three-wicket win to level the series 1-1.Bangladesh’s fighting spirit brought the game close, but they were also aided by the indecision and doubt shown by the Sri Lankan batting unit. While the eventual margin of victory – three wickets and 17 balls to spare – suggests a relatively comfortable win, Sri Lanka had somehow got themselves into a position of clutching defeat from the jaws of victory when they briefly slid from 228 for 3 to 251 for 6.The wobble left them needing 36 off 53 with the last recognised pair of Dunith Wellalage and Wanindu Hasaranga at the crease. Bangladesh’s exceptional ground fielding combined with the pair’s reluctance to take risks meant the equation dropped down to 20 off 26.Related

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But any lingering nerves were settled when Hasaranga finally took matters into his own hands to strike two sixes and a four in the space of five deliveries to kill the game. He fell with just two left to get, leaving Wellalage to secure the winning runs.Set a target of 287, Sri Lanka had fallen to 43 for 3 when Nissanka and Asalanka came together, and following an early period of fortune where some edges and mis-hits ended up safe, they set about their work.

While keeping the asking rate in check through their stand, Nissanka ended on a 113-ball 114 while Asalanka’s 91 came in 93 balls. Their dismissals within eight deliveries of each other weren’t ideal, but looking back, they had done enough.The Bangladesh fighting spirit that had forcibly made this into a contest was evident not just late in the evening, but also in the afternoon. After two innings of substance from Soumya Sarkar and Najmul Hossain Shanto, it was Towhid Hridoy’s slow-burn innings and late onslaught that saw them hit back after Sri Lanka had set them on course for a far lower total than their final score.Hridoy, who had come into bat in the 13th over, ended unbeaten on 96 off 102, an innings and strike rate that belied the acceleration he provided at the death to boost an innings that looked in danger of losing steam. Along with Taskin Ahmed, whose cameo of 18 off 10 also provided excellent support, the pair put on 50 off just 23 deliveries as Bangladesh scored 80 off the final ten overs – 54 of which came in the final five.Towhid Hridoy made a stellar 96*•AFP/Getty Images

Before that, Hasaranga – who had gone wicketless last time out – had threatened to derail Bangladesh’s efforts by grabbing four wickets for 45 runs. Dilshan Madushanka also proved pivotal grabbing two wickets early on, and also completed a superb take in the deep to dismiss Sarkar. But worryingly for Sri Lanka (and perhaps even Mumbai Indians at the IPL), Madushanka walked off the field midway through his seventh over clutching his left hamstring.Indeed Madushanka was key to Sri Lanka’s early offence, removing Litton Das and the dangerous Shanto – who had twice earlier been reprieved, first by a dropped chance and the second time by Sri Lanka’s failure to review a caught behind – before providing the fielding moment of the game to dismiss Sarkar.After Sarkar had nailed a reverse sweep off Hasaranga destined for the ropes, Madushanka sprinted to his right and threw himself at the ball grabbing an incredible take with both hands in full flight. Sarkar stood there in disbelief, while the shouts of jubilation from Hasaranga provided insight into the pasting he had suffered at the hands of Sarkar in the lead-up.One scalp then brought two, as a moment of madness from Mahmudullah saw him charge Hasaranga and swing all around a googly to find himself stumped miles out. This meant Bangladesh had suddenly gone from 130 for 2 to 130 for 4, and Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim were thrust into a sticky situation, but they excelled with their 57-ball stand of 43.But just as Mushfiqur started to shift gears, Hasaranga struck once more. A tossed-up leg break on leg stump saw Mushfiqur miss a sweep, and the resulting appeal was both loud and long. But with umpire Masudur Rahman unmoved, Sri Lanka went for the review, which vindicated their excitement with three reds.When Hasaranga then dismissed Mehidy Hasan Miraz a couple of overs later, Bangladesh were suddenly in danger of floundering at the pivotal moment in their innings – much like Sri Lanka had two days earlier – but Tanzim Hasan Sakib in a 33-ball innings of 18 proved an able and stubborn deputy, holding up one end as Hridoy kept the scoreboard ticking over. Hridoy and Taskin imparted the final flourish to take Bangladesh to a competitive total, but unfortunately for the home side, it was not enough.

Endrick dá conselho para jovens do Palmeiras e exalta papel do pai em sua carreira

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O atacante Endrick, do Palmeiras, deu conselhos aos jogadores mais jovens do Verdão e ainda falou sobre a importância do papel do pai na sua carreira, em entrevista exclusiva à Goal. Reserva pelo terceiro jogo seguido, ocamisa 16 ainda não entrou em campo pelo mata-mata do Campeonato Paulista, perdendo a titularidade para Giovani e Tabata.

> Palmeiras avança em conversas com o Bragantino para ter o atacante Artur

– Conselho que eu sempre falo é de ser sempre humilde, de sempre estar com os pés no chão, não ligar pra críticas, não ligar pra nada e só fazer o seu. Por você, pela sua equipe, pela sua família, que tudo vai dar certo e sempre acreditar que tudo é possível e sempre com os pés no chão. Acreditando em Deus, porque sem ele você não consegue fazer nada e você tem que estar junto com Deus e acreditando bastante.

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Até aqui, Endrick disputou 11 jogos pelo Paulistão, mas não marcou nenhum gol e não distribuiu nenhuma assistência. Devido à seca de gols, o atacante virou alvo de parte da torcida palmeirense. Houve também a cena em que o jovem foi visto chorando no banco de reserva após ser substituído contra o Bragantino.

Mesmo passando por esse momento difícil, o camisa 16 continuará buscando retomar sua titularidade para disputar sua segunda final pelo profissional. Com isso, Endrick fez questão de exaltar o papel que o seu pai desempenha na sua carreira.

– Papel muito importante, meu pai é um cara que sempre está comigo, um cara que sempre está trabalhando, dá conselhos, sempre está junto comigo, acompanhando nos jogos. Creio que o papel dele é um dos mais importantes na minha vida, tenho que agradecer muito a ele. Não vejo muito mais aquele vídeo que viralizou, que tudo mundo viu, mas eu agradeço muito a ele por sempre estar ao meu lado e acreditar em mim.

– Ele é um pai maravilhoso, creio que não é só ele, a minha mãe também, todos da minha família, todos tem um papel muito importante pra mim. Mas meu pai é um cara que tem um papel gigantesco na minha vida e creio que eu possa dar muitas alegrias pra ele – completou o atacante, eleito para o NXGN Nine, prêmio global dado aos nove melhores jovens jogadores do mundo.

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Vale lembrar que Endrick já está vendido ao Real Madrid, mas só se juntará à equipe espanhola em julho de 2024, quando completará 18 anos.

Em busca do bicampeonato estadual, oPalmeiras enfrentará o Água Santa no dia 2 de abril, ainda sem local definido, pela grande decisão do Paulistão. Como teve melhor campanha, o Verdão decidirá o título no dia 9 de abril no Allianz Parque. O Alviverde quer conquistar seu segundo troféu no ano. O primeiro foi o da Supercopa do Brasil diante do Flamengo.

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Michail Antonio follows Gareth Bale in joining TNT Sports punditry team after West Ham contract snub amid horror car crash recovery

Michail Antonio has joined TNT's punditry team for the new Premier League season after not being offered a new West Ham deal following his car crash.

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    TNT Sports have announced their lineup for the upcoming Premier League season, with Antonio joining former Tottenham and Real Madrid star Bale on the roster. They will be flanked by former England international Fara Williams, ex-Scotland ace Jen Beattie and Bristol City first-team coach Anita Asante.

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    This comes soon after it was announced striker Antonio would not be offered a contract extension at West Ham. The 35-year-old cheated death in early December 2024 when he had a horrific car crash before being airlifted to hospital and undergoing surgery on serious leg fractures. Many feared he would not play again but even though he has, his time with the Hammers is now over.

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    Jamaica international Antonio, who is now a free agent, still harbours desires to play football again at the highest level.

    He told : "I'm speaking to clubs right now to see where the best offer is for me to go, and we'll just see how it goes. To be honest, there's a mixture, we're talking to clubs here, we're talking to clubs abroad, but I'm going to leave it very vague – talk to clubs in England and abroad."

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    While Antonio tries to find a new team to play for, the veteran forward wants to play at the 2026 World Cup with Jamaica.

    He added: "That's one thing I've not managed to achieve for myself, to be playing in the World Cup, and Jamaica are very close to it. It's not just that, I just wouldn't want my career to come to an end by a car crash, literally. So I've got something to prove to show that I can come back, I can come back and play well, which I was doing for the last ten years."

Shoaib Bashir to debut, James Anderson recalled for second Test against India

Jack Leach, Mark Wood make way after England’s 28-run victory in first Test

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Miller: Bashir debut another ‘no fear’ pick from England

Shoaib Bashir, the 20-year-old Somerset offspinner, will make his Test debut at Visakhapatnam on Friday, after being named as Jack Leach’s replacement in England’s XI.Bashir linked up with the squad midway through their 28-run victory in Hyderabad last week, after suffering complications with his India visa, but will slot straight into the team as a replacement for Leach, whose impact in that match was hindered by bruising to the left knee, sustained while fielding on the first day.Ben Stokes, England’s captain, confirmed one other change on the eve of the Test, with James Anderson returning to the team as the lone seamer, in place of Mark Wood, who went wicketless in the same role at Hyderabad.Related

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It will be Anderson’s 184th Test cap, and his first of 2024, and will complete one of the most lop-sided Test attacks ever fielded, with the rest of England’s specialist bowlers in a spin-heavy attack boasting a total of three Test caps.Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Stokes said he was confident that Bashir’s complicated passage to India would not impact on his performance, adding that his chance to sit in the dressing-room during the latter stages of the Hyderabad Test had allowed Bashir to assimilate with the team environment.”He was just taking it all in to be honest, landing [from the UK] that early, then coming in and seeing what had gone on,” Stokes said. “I think he really enjoyed being in that dressing-room [on day four]. There’s no worries and no issues for me that he’s been away from the group for a period of time, then coming back in to make his debut. It’s not like he’s forgotten how to bowl.”Stokes added that it had been left to Brendon McCullum, England’s head coach, to break the selection news to Bashir. “I went up to him [afterwards],” Stokes said. “I knew that he knew, and he just gave me a big hug. I told him I was going to tell the media so he didn’t have to keep it quiet. He looked very excited.”Shoaib Bashir is set to replace the injured Jack Leach•Getty Images

Rehan Ahmed, the legspinner, retains his place after a limited role in Hyderabad, having debuted in Karachi in December 2022, while Tom Hartley will receive his second cap, having claimed second-innings figures of 7 for 62 to seal England’s first-Test victory.Neither Rehan nor Bashir was born when Anderson made his Test debut at Lord’s in May 2003, while his own Test cap number – 613 – is a full 100 caps shy of the 713 cap that Bashir will receive before the start of play on Friday. At the age of 41, Anderson is about to enter his 22nd year as an international cricketer, but Stokes had no qualms about bringing him back into the fray.”Jimmy’s experience, the class that he has, is great and I think it also goes under the radar how good his record in India is,” Stokes said. “Considering what Jimmy is known for – ‘the swing king’ and all that – it just proves how good a bowler he is. He has different skillsets that I will be able to exploit in Indian conditions.”It’s not just picking Jimmy for the new ball, it’s the other stuff he possesses as well. It’s great that Jimmy is doing good things for the old boys out there. It’s huge credit and lots of people should look up to Jimmy considering he is where he is at 41.”On the Vizag pitch itself, Stokes predicted that it might be a good wicket for “maybe a day or two”, but expected it to take more and more spin the deeper the game gets.”It might play a little bit better initially than it did last week, but we don’t like to go in with too many pre-conceived ideas, we like to have some kind of idea because, obviously, that’s how we pick the team. Then we just play what’s in front of us.”I think we always knew what we wanted. We looked at the pitch yesterday and again today just to see what change would happen after a day. If anything it just looks a little drier than yesterday.”Obviously the forced change, Bash coming in for Leachy, was a simple one: one spinner out, one spinner in.”England XI 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Tom Hartley, 10 Shoaib Bashir, 11 James Anderson.

Hathurusinghe wants Bangladesh youngsters to step up in 'exciting' transition period

Head coach wants to “move on” from senior players and called this phase “a changing guard for Bangladesh cricket”

Mohammad Isam26-Nov-2023Head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has said that Bangladesh need to “move on” from the senior players, calling the current transition phase an “exciting” one for the cricket in the country, ahead of the upcoming home Test series against New Zealand.Regular captain Shakib Al Hasan, his deputy Litton Das, and Taskin Ahmed, the leader of the pace attack, have all been ruled out of the series. Shakib is recovering from a finger injury, Taskin is managing his shoulder niggle, while the BCB has given Litton a paternity break.Related

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“It’s challenging to lose that much of experience from any team, especially for Bangladesh,” Hathurusinghe said. “Those guys have been part of the Bangladesh team in every format for more than 15 years. Some of them for ten years. It is however something to look forward to, to see what the youngsters can do.”I think it’s a time that we need to move on from some of the players that have played for a long time. They are not going to be there forever. But this is happening because of many reasons. I think it’s exciting, and it’s an opportunity for some of the youngsters to make their name and then have a long career.”At a time when Bangladesh were enduring a tough time at the World Cup, having lost six out of their seven matches, Hathurusinghe had said that his work has to “start after the World Cup”, adding that he couldn’t do much before the tournament having been appointed just seven months prior. Two weeks after their World Cup exit, he called the phase “a changing guard for Bangladesh cricket” and said that his focus was on developing a team with young players.”I think every team takes pride in winning at home,” Hathurusinghe said. “We are no different. We are looking to win games in our own conditions. We will try to compete on away conditions. That’s the plan. We are very aware of our limitations and strengths. So we are not going to predict big things. We are developing a team now. It’s just a kind of a changing guard for Bangladesh cricket.”The exciting thing is, there are good young players. The challenge is these guys haven’t played enough cricket leading up to [the Test match]. So our planning has to be a little bit better than this going forward and making a bigger pool of players available for every position in bowling and batting. Players challenging the others who are in the team, make our team better.”One immediate concern ahead of the first Test in Sylhet on Tuesday is that most of the Bangladesh players haven’t played red-ball cricket since June. The Bangladesh players who returned from India after the World Cup in mid-November were part of the last NCL first-class match. Hathurusinghe believed that was the most they could do to adjust to the longer format in this short turnaround period.”We used the NCL matches for the guys who played the World Cup as preparation,” he said. “Most of the batters made use of that opportunity. Most of the other players have been playing NCL. This is almost like a new-look Bangladesh team for various reasons. Not by design. I think we are ready as we can be and I’m looking forward to this Test series.”Bangladesh will bank on the vast experience of his spin bowling duo Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who are the side’s second and third-highest overall Test wicket-takers respectively. They have a combined 328 Test wickets, of which 228 are at home. In the last ten years, Taijul has been Bangladesh’s most successful bowler at home too. The pair has also been head and shoulders above the rest of the Bangladesh bowling attack.”There is experience in Taijul and Miraz. Taijul has 177 Test wickets. Definitely he’ll be a leader of the attack and Miraz is playing since 2016 if I remember correctly,” Hathurusinghe said. “Then there’s young (Hasan) Murad and Naeem Hassan. I think playing on this condition and this heat, those guys, spinners mainly, will play a big role.”Sylhet has hosted just one Test so far, when Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 151 runs in 2018. Hathurusinghe said Bangladesh, too, were not sure of how the pitch would behave.”We haven’t played as much Test matches [in Sylhet]. One, I think, if my memory serves right. So it’s new for us as well. We don’t know how the wicket is going to behave because we don’t have history here. We will just go by what we see in front of us. It is an unknown at the moment.”

كوكي يرد على هجوم ديوجو كوستا بسبب ركلة جزاء ألفاريز أمام ريال مدريد

رد كوكي، لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي أتلتيكو مدريد على تصريحات زميله السابق ديوجو كوستا، بشأن ركلة جزاء جوليان ألفاريز أمام ريال مدريد في دوري أبطال أوروبا.

وانتقد ديوجو كوستا رد فعل لاعبي أتلتيكو مدريد بعد قرار الحكم بعدم احتساب ركلة جزاء جوليان ألفاريز والتي كانت سببًا في تعثر الفريق أمام ريال مدريد بدوري أبطال أوروبا.

وواجه ريال مدريد نظيره أتلتيكو مدريد في دور الـ16 من دوري أبطال أوروبا، نسخة 2024/2025، وخسر الأخير بسبب ركلات الترجيح.

ومن ضمن ركلات الترجيح، سدد الأرجنتيني جوليان ألفاريز، واحدة بنجاح ولكن لم يتم احتسابها بسبب أن المهاجم لمس الكرة بقدمه مرتين عندما ضرب الكرة، بعد تدخل تقنية الفيديو.

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وكان كوستا قد قال في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “موندو ديبوريفو”: “لا تنتهي ركلات الترجيح ونحن فيها، كان راؤول جارسيا أو جودين أو أنا سنوقف المباراة، ويتم طردنا، يجب أن يكون لديك حضور قوي”.

بينما أتى رد كوكي وأوضح: “لم نكن نعرف ما الذي علينا فعله في هذا الموقف، حدث كل شيء بسرعة كبيرة لدرجة أننا بالكاد نجد وقتًا للرد، لكل فرد شخصيته الخاصة، وطريقته الخاصة في إدارة الفريق”.

Daniel Sams, Lewis Gregory split six wickets as Rockets defend modest total

Defending champions Trent Rockets kicked off their Men’s Hundred campaign with a six-run victory over 2021 winners Southern Brave in a low-scoring contest at Trent Bridge, Daniel Sams and Lewis Gregory taking three wickets each.Sam Hain’s 63 off 39 balls rescued the Rockets from 54 for 5 with support from Imad Wasim – a last-minute substitute after Rashid Khan’s 11th hour withdrawal – but with Chris Jordan’s 3 for 18 the stand-out performance in a solid bowling display, 133 from 100 looked below par.Yet, on a slow pitch that was offering the bowlers some help, it was too much for Brave, who were 41 without loss from 37 balls but lost five wickets for 32 in the next 28, a position from which they never recovered, despite some late heroics with the bat from Jordan, bowled out for 127 from 99 balls.Related

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Asked to bat first, Rockets lost their top three batters for 25 inside the powerplay. Alex Hales miscued Craig Overton to mid-wicket and Dawid Malan sent up a steepler off the same bowler that James Vince had plenty of time to get under. In between, George Garton produced a beauty to bowl Tom Kohler-Cadmore.Neither Colin Munro nor Gregory fared any better at imposing themselves, the former skying one from Tymal Mills that was comfortably caught at mid-off, with skipper Gregory hit squarely in front by Jordan to perish for two as Rockets reached the 50-ball mark at a miserable 54 for 5. Scoring chances were generally scarce as the Brave attack kept their discipline, backed up for the most part by some excellent fielding.Hain at last gave a subdued home crowd some excitement when Overton returned for his final set to be hit for three boundaries in a row, the middle one a falling-over scoop that carried over the rope and he and Imad were able to put together something of a recovery.They added 78 in 49 balls – 48 of them in the last 25 – before both fell in a dramatic finale to the innings that saw Jordan run out Hain then bowl Imad and Matt Carter with his next two deliveries before Luke Wood survived the hat-trick ball.The priority for Brave in the chase would have been to lose no early wickets and though they were merely level with Rockets for runs after their opening 25, the difference was that the wickets fallen space on the scoreboard still showed zero.Things looked much less comfortable at halfway. Devon Conway’s top edge off Gregory pinged off his helmet to point, then Imad entered the attack with two wickets in eight balls. His first delivery did for Vince, stumped going down the pitch to one that spun away, before Finn Allen, who had looked the man most likely to carry Brave home, holed out to long-on, leaving Brave 51 for 3 from 48 balls.As panic set in, Garton skewed Matt Carter to short fine leg and Tim David, looking to ease the pressure, picked out Hales at long-on, before another slightly freakish delivery saw James Fuller caught behind off glove and pad to leave Brave six down for 89, needing 45 from 22 balls.Leus du Plooy was caught behind in a scoop attempt, Jordan pulled Wood for six, was dropped at short third on 16 – a gallant one-handed effort by sub fielder John Turner – but was yorked by Sams for 22 off 11 with nine needed from three before Overton was run out and Mills leg before.

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