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Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka captain, has said that his team can do well in South Africa if they can manage to put runs on the board

Firdose Moonda in Benoni07-Dec-2011Sri Lanka’s Test squad have arrived in South Africa with an obvious weakness – their bowling. Tillakaratne Dilshan, their captain, chose to say almost nothing about it.”Any fast bowler who comes to South Africa likes to bowl here,” Dilshan said in Benoni, where Sri Lanka are preparing to play a warm-up match against an Invitation XI starting on Friday. And that was that.He made no reference to their missing quintet of seamers that includes Suranga Lakmal, their carrying of the perennially under-performing Dilhara Fernando, the responsibility that will sit on the shoulders of Chanaka Welegedara or the adjustments Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath will have to make to be effective in South Africa. He made no comments about the need to take 20 wickets to win a Test – something Sri Lanka have never done in South Africa.Instead, Dilshan’s plans for success in a country with some of the most seamer-friendly, pacy and bouncy pitches in the world did not involve the ball at all. “If the batting unit can put some runs on the board, we will do well in South Africa,” he said.Except that even in the batting department, Sri Lanka have not been their usual powerful selves. Only Kumar Sangakkara scored a century in their recent three-Test series against Pakistan, which they lost 1-0. Sri Lanka were bowled out in five of the six innings, three times for less than 260. “We know in the last few series, batting didn’t click,” Dilshan admitted.Yet when asked to identify the area which could prove match winning for Sri Lanka, Dilshan was adamant that it would be batting. If the line-up could use Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara as their kingpins and perform around them, Dilshan predicted they would do well. “The batting unit is experienced; Mahela and Sanga have played a little bit in South Africa. Those are experienced guys. We can build around them. Thilan [Samaraweera] has come back into the side, he is experienced guy in the middle order. Myself and the youngsters, like Chandimal, have to put their hands up.”Jayawardene and Sangakkara are two of the three players (the other being Fernando) to have played a Test in South Africa before, Sri Lanka last toured the country nine ago, in 2002. Dilshan admitted that his team will have to make a speedy adjustment to the conditions that are foreign to them. “We have played on and off one-day series in South Africa and that has helped a little bit,” he said. “But, everyone should get ready for these conditions as soon as possible.”The warm-up match will be Sri Lanka’s only opportunity to acclimatise to conditions and the pitch in Benoni should provide them with a good introduction to South African surfaces.Although not a particularly spicy pitch, it has recently produced a match in which wickets fell heavily. The SuperSport Series contest between the Titans and the Cobras in October saw the Titans dismissed for 112 in their first innings and nine wickets fell on the second day.Dilshan did say that some of his batsmen, including him, are already comfortable with such pitches. “Sanga, Mahela and myself really like bouncy tracks,” he said. “If we get runs on the board as a batting group in this three-day match and everyone can come into form, that will be important for us. We have to play our brand of cricket. If we can play our brand of cricket we can beat South Africa.”At the same time, Dilshan recognised that Sri Lanka had no room for mistakes. “We can’t make any mistakes. We have to be at 100% commitment for this series. Everyone should put their hands up and take responsibility.” Hopefully, that includes the bowlers as well.

Round-up of the fourth day of the fifth round of Division Two of the Quaid-E-Azam Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Nov-2010Peshawar barely hung on for a draw against Pakistan Television at the Arab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. A century from Raheel Majeed and his 154-run stand with Awais Zia had propelled PT to 271 for 7 in just 38.4 overs. Both scored at better than a run-a-ball and were intent on trying to force a win, as PT extended their lead to 322. And Peshawar were brave enough to make a dash for it. In a thrilling chase, opener Gauhar Ali set the tone with 48 off 54, while Sajjad Ahmed (67 in 97) and captain Akbar Badshah (80 in 100) consolidated what Gauhar had begun. At 224 for 4, there was still hope for Peshawar, on the back foot since conceding a first-innings lead, but a collapse followed where five wickets fell for 46. Seamer Saad Altaf and left-arm spinner Yasim Murtaza shared six wickets and took their side to the brink of a win, but the last-wicket pair of Mohammad Farooq and Sajjad Ahmed batted out a nervy phase to draw the game. Peshawar are second from bottom, while PT are seventh.

Australia’s aura may have vanished but the players’ self-confidence remains untainted, with Shane Watson insisting the team still has a chance of victory

Peter English at the SCG05-Jan-2010Australia’s aura may have vanished over the past year but the players’ self-confidence remains untainted, with Shane Watson insisting the team still has a chance of victory. Pakistan have controlled the second Test for three days and should level the series on Wednesday after the hosts scrambled to an 80-run lead by finishing at 8 for 286.Michael Hussey, who reached an unbeaten 73, is the last major hope and will have Peter Siddle (10) and Doug Bollinger as his only allies. “I definitely think we’re still in it,” Watson said. “It’s obviously not a day that we really were hoping for. It would have been nice to get 200 in front, but while Hussey and Siddle are there we are still a chance to get, hopefully, best-case scenario, 150 ahead. It would be a target that if everyone goes well and bowls well, it gives us an opportunity to win the game.”Watson was the standout batsman with his smooth 97 and after the strong performance showed he was a student of the history of his adopted home ground. He remembered the time in 1993-94 when a team was bowled out in the fourth innings for 111 at the SCG in a chase of 117. The only problem was that it was Australia doing the tumbling that day.”We’ve got to still give ourselves a chance to try and have a decent enough target to bowl at,” he said. “The wicket is still doing a bit, the new ball is still seaming and bouncing and some are keeping a bit low, there’s still enough there for the bowlers.”The legspinner Danish Kaneria provided the main trouble for Australia with 4 for 117 before hobbling off shortly before the end with cramp, but Australia have the bigger impediment. Starting their second innings 206 runs behind, their journey was always uphill, but after Watson and Phillip Hughes (37) put on 105 there was hope of the 400-plus total needed to scare the Pakistanis.While only three wickets had fallen when the deficit was wiped out, the problems began with Michael Clarke’s exit, lbw to Mohammad Asif on 21, and in 18 overs Australia lost 5 for 40. “The way Phil and I started I thought we were going to be able to bat the way we wanted to,” Watson said, “but we weren’t able to string the bigger partnerships together.”Unless rain or a Hussey-inspired miracle intervenes, the hosts will end their ten-match winning streak against Pakistan, the world’s No.6 side, and continue their recent trend of losing momentum as soon as they start looking good. The ruthless Melbourne win was last week, but it was also a year ago.

أكد رمضان صبحي لاعب فريق بيراميدز أن فريقه سيسعى بقوة هذا الموسم لتحقيق بطولة، مشيرًا إلى أنه يخوض غمار كل المنافسات وعينه على حصد اللقب.

وقال صبحي في تصريحات مصورة للمركز الإعلامي بنادي بيراميدز: “نخوض كل البطولات بدافع الفوز بها، سواء دوري الأبطال أو الدوري المحلي أو الكأس، فهذا هو هدفنا في الموسم المقبل”.

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وأضاف: “سنحارب ونؤدي بنسبة 100%، وبالتأكيد أتمنى الفوز ببطولة إفريقيا مع بيراميدز وهذا مهم جدًا بالنسبة لي”.

وأردف: “كأس العالم للأندية مهم وعظيم ونرى فيه أفضل الفرق، حدث يتمنى أن يشارك فيه كل اللاعبين، وهذا الهدف يأتي بعد هدف الفوز بدوري أبطال إفريقيا”.

وتابع: “كل هذا يأتي بالعمل والاجتهاد، نسعى ونجتهد ووارد ألا يحالفك التوفيق ولكن في النهاية يجب أن تكون قد أديت ما عليك”.

وواصل: “النادي أدى ما عليه بالتعاقد مع لاعبين على أعلى مستوى بعد دراسة نواقص الفريق، الناس هنا محترفين بشكل كبير، سواء إدارة أو جهاز أو لاعبين”.

وأتم: “لا ينقصنا إلا التوفيق حتى نحقق بطولة، من وجهة نظري هذا النادي يستحق أن يكون في مكانة أفضل، وكل ما في أيدينا هو السعي”.

يذكر، أن فريق بيراميدز سيشارك هذا الموسم في بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا باعتباره وصيف الدوري المصري الموسم المنقضي.

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O zagueiro Kaique Rocha recebeu proposta em definitivo do Al Nasr Sports Club-EAU. No entanto, o estafe do atleta tem reunião com a diretoria do Santos nesta terça-feira. A informação do interesse foi inicialmente publicada pelo ‘UOL’.

A intenção do time árabe é contar com Kaique a partir de julho. Nas últimas semanas, o zagueiro também recebeu uma proposta do Genoa-ITA. Vale lembrar que, com vínculo de formação até fevereiro, o defensor pode assinar um pré-contrato com qualquer outra equipe a partir de agosto.O atleta de 18 anos tem o desejo de permanecer no Santos.

Duas opções apareciam na carta do Genoa: transferência de Kaique no meio do ano, com o Santos recebendo o valor de 2 milhões de euros (cerca de R$ 8,5 milhões) pela negociação ou o zagueiro assinar um pré-contrato com o time italiano. O Peixe, porém, ainda não respondeu.

Por lei, o Santos tem a prioridade em assinar com Kaique por ser o clube formador do zagueiro. O defensor é visto com bons olhos pelos clubes europeus por ser capitão da Seleção Brasileira sub-17.

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Uma proposta pelo primeiro contrato profissional não é segredo no Santos. O Peixe tem 100% dos direitos econômicos do atleta e define a multa rescisória em 100 milhões de euros (cerca de R$ 419 milhões). Kaique tem contrato com o Peixe até o fim de fevereiro de 2020.

O Santos também conta com os zagueiros Luiz Felipe, Gustavo Henrique, Felipe Aguilar, Lucas Veríssimo e Wagner Leonardo no elenco.

South Africa brought Floyd-like edge to the word pink as they welcomed a clearly undercooked Indian side to the country with a 141-run hammering

The Report by Sidharth Monga at the Wanderers05-Dec-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsPink wasn’t pretty for India: Quinton de Kock punished the Indian bowlers•AFP

South Africa brought Floyd-like edge to the word pink as they welcomed a clearly undercooked Indian side to the country with a 141-run hammering. Quinton de Kock, the baby face in baby pink, combined ferocity and cheek in his 135, and assisted by supporting fifties from Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy, gave India 359 to chase. On a pitch made to look placid by their bowlers, the India batsmen were on a hiding to nothing against a six-man pace attack that was at them from the start, when it took them 16 balls to even touch a Dale Steyn delivery.During that first spell, Steyn caused India more trouble than the visiting bowlers did in the whole South African innings. On their first day of international cricket on this trip, the India bowlers were given the best of conditions: they won the toss, bowled when the pitch was at its freshest, and avoided the dew. However, with the exception of Mohammed Shami, they didn’t test the batsmen for long enough, and when they did their fielders were off their game. Amla could have been run out on 7, and should have been caught on 8, but was let off by the India openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma. De Kock, too, survived a half chance early in the innings, but that was all impression the bowlers created.Amla started scratchily, he scored just 65 out of the 152-run opening stand, but de Kock looked in fine touch from the start. The third ball he faced was a leg-side half-volley from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and he tucked into it. The last ball of that over was short and wide, and was cut away for four more. Mohit Sharma at the other end produced a fine fourth over, but he saw a top edge from de Kock fall short of the diving Shami at third man, and Rohit at cover did not come in to take a loopy leading edge from Amla. Two overs earlier Dhawan had missed the stumps from pretty close at mid-on.Amla would rub it in by soon taking 14 off three balls to reach 23 off 29: a punch through cover, a walk across the stumps to play the pick-up over midwicket, and then a cut past point. De Kock needed no such acceleration, and his 27 off 23 had taken South Africa to 53 in nine overs. Shami began with a maiden, and it was about the time when Dhoni goes to his spinners for control back in India. At the Wanderers, however, the ball didn’t grip and the pitch didn’t slow down; R Ashwin bowled too short, and Ravindra Jadeja too fast.It was not all milking from the opening pair: they found boundaries in six of the seven overs between Nos. 22 and 28. After 11 overs of spin for 62, MS Dhoni had to go to pace, not least because South Africa had called for an early Powerplay in the 30th over. An offcutter from Shami, and a mistimed chip from Jacques Kallis gave India two wickets in that 32-run Powerplay. During that period de Kock smacked a Mohit slower ball for six, and then took two singles to bring up his century. It was just a sign of things to come.As Dhoni went back to spin in the 36th over, de Kock and AB de Villiers began to push into a higher gear. Without any violence – mainly through chips over mid-off, a late cut and one slog sweep – de Kock went from 101 off 102 to his eventual 135 off 121. When Virat Kohli, who took de Kock’s return catch, gave the batsman a send-off, little did he know the wrath that awaited India. De Villiers and Duminy hit the bowlers around at will. Most of it was just clearing the front leg, and smacking length balls to all the stands. De Villiers even hooked a six from one knee. This was a statement of intent: we can do what we please.The yorkers were few, the slower balls easily picked and dispatched, and de Villiers and Duminy added 105 in the 7.4 overs they batted together. Between them the two hit nine sixes and eight fours. De Villiers had scored 77 off 47 when he fell, which looked sedate in comparison to Duminy’s unbeaten 59 off 29. An even hundred came off the last six overs.Then it was over to the other wing of the welcome committee. Conditions couldn’t have looked more different. The ball began to seam, swing and bounce. Dhawan looked comfortable during two Lonwabo Tsotsobe overs, but top-edged the first ball from Morne Morkel. Steyn softened Rohit up well and proper, but it was Virat Kohli who fell first to a shortish delivery from Ryan McLaren that seamed away to take the edge. In the next two balls, McLaren delivered the good-old one-two to Yuvraj Singh: a bouncer into the crash helmet followed by a fuller one that took the top of off stump.Suresh Raina came in, didn’t fancy the strike, called Rohit through for a poor run. Rohit should have said no. He now had a lot of time to go over his innings. The contest was finished well before it became 65 for 4 in the 16th over. Even as South Africa bowled their less-menacing bowlers, MS Dhoni’s 65 only delayed the inevitable.

هنأ ياسر إبراهيم لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالأهلي، جماهير المارد الأحمر بعد الفوز على الزمالك، خلال المواجهة التي جرت بينهما ببطولة الدوري المصري.

الأهلي واجه منافسه الزمالك، في إطار الجولة 31 المؤجلة من عمر بطولة الدوري، على أرضية استاد القاهرة الدولي، وفاز عليه برباعية مقابل هدف.

وقال ياسر إبراهيم في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “أون تايم سبورتس”: “اللاعبون كلهم كانوا رجالاً، فلم يبخل أحد بنقطة عرق أو قصر بمجهود، حسمنا الدوري مبكرًا، لكننا نعرف أهمية هذه المباراة”.

طالع | محمد شريف ردًا على أنباء رحيله عن الأهلي: “إللي عنده حاجة يطلعها”

وأضاف: “نواجه الزمالك المنافس لنا في الدوري وفي مصر، كان يمكن أن نزيد النتيجة أكثر من أربعة أهداف”.

وأتم: “أُبارك لجمهور الأهلي الداعم لنا في كل مكان، مكسب معنوي لنا ولجماهير النادي”.

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Neste 8 de março, Dia Internacional da Mulher, o Botafogo divulgou umacampanha e ações especiais através de seu site e redes sociais, como forma de homenagem. O clube informou que não cobrará a entrada de alvinegras uniformizadas para o jogo diante do Madureira, no Estádio Nilton Santos, na próxima segunda, quando terá alocução de uma mulher, Fernanda Maia, pela primeira vez em sua história.

Além disso, o Botafogocompartilhou um vídeo da BotafogoTV sobre a campanha institucional “Não se Cale! – O Botafogo contra o feminicídio!”.

Confira os conteúdos na íntegra:

“O Botafogo abre os olhos para o cenário em que vivemos. De acordo com dados da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), o Brasil é o 5º país em mortes violentas de mulheres no mundo. Chegou a hora de mudar esse jogo. Neste Dia Internacional da Mulher, o Clube aproveita a força histórica da data para lançar a campanha institucional “Não se Cale! – O Botafogo contra o feminicídio!”. Um vídeo, em tom de manifesto, apresenta o posicionamento contra as alarmantes estatísticas e se soma às iniciativas em prol da mudança desse quadro. E mais: no jogo entre Botafogo e Madureira, pela Taça Rio do Carioca, o time entrará em campo acompanhado por mulheres vítimas da violência e com uma alusão à campanha estampada no uniforme.

– O Botafogo usa a força de sua marca para levantar essa importante bandeira. Estamos todos imbuídos para que essa campanha contribua na reversão desse quadro alarmante – destacou Nelson Mufarrej, enaltecendo o Dia Internacional da Mulher como um marco na sociedade, aproveitando para parabenizá-las por esse dia especial.

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Parabéns a todas as mulheres! Neste 8 de março, uma notícia boa para as Gloriosas: as Alvinegras com camisa do Botafogo não pagam ingresso no jogo com o Madureira, segunda-feira, no Estádio Nilton Santos! Basta chegar ao estádio e ir direto para as catracas de acesso! #NãoSeCale pic.twitter.com/CRLSPlQcKB

— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) 8 de março de 2019

No jogo de segunda, haverá uma série de ações em homenagem ao Dia Internacional da Mulher. Alvinegras com a camisa do Botafogo terão entrada gratuita. Pela primeira vez, uma o Estádio Nilton Santos terá a locução de uma mulher: Fernanda Maia. Nesta sexta, sábado e domingo, haverá 50% de desconto para Mulheres no tour de General Severiano. Já no tour do Nilton Santos o desconto será válido na sexta-feira e segunda.”

MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has put his side’s crushing loss to Mumbai Indians down to a lack of focus following their seven-game winning streak in IPL 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff06-May-2013MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has put his side’s crushing loss to Mumbai Indians down to a lack of focus following their seven-game winning streak in IPL 2013. The batting in the chase of 140, Dhoni said, was “a comedy of errors”.”Before the match our coach Stephen Fleming was a bit worried about us being complacent. I think that was on the cards after winning seven games in a row. Mentally we were not into this game at all,” Dhoni said after the game. “We should have got 140. There was a comedy of errors, especially, in the batting department.”Super Kings folded for the lowest score in IPL 2013, bowled out for 79 in the 16th over. The Mumbai Indians bowlers were very efficient, but several of the batsmen threw away their wickets. While it was a nightmare evening for the team, Dhoni said he was happy they were shaken up at this stage of the tournament. “I think it was a good wake-up call for us,” he said. “With a few more games to go, we got it at the right time.”Coach Fleming reflected Dhoni’s thoughts: “It was the first day in the tournament which we would like to forget. I guess the positive part about this defeat is that it happened now. Four more games are left [for Super Kings in the round-robin stage] and it’s a pretty long tournament to maintain your standards.”But winning seven in a row was a pretty good effort. The nature of the competition is such that it [winning eight consecutive games] has not been done before. There is a reason for that because getting up every day, performing well and being consistent is tough work. Today we were not just good enough to do that.””There was a comedy of errors, especially, in the batting department.”•BCCI

Both Dhoni and Fleming agreed that Super Kings’ bowlers did a good job. “The way we started the match was fantastic. We also got wickets at regular intervals,” Dhoni said. “[Dwayne] Bravo bowled really well. It was a mistake on my part that I didn’t give him another over. Having said that, death bowling still remains a concern.”Fleming said the pitch was a bit different from the usual offerings in the IPL, but that did not justify his team’s implosion. “It was a little different to what we have been playing on. The spongy nature of the Mumbai wicket made stroking the ball a bit difficult. There wasn’t a lot of sideways movement or lot of spin. Just the nature of the bounce was a bit different to any other pitch. But that’s not an excuse for being bowled out for 70-odd.”For the second time in the tournament, R Ashwin received a rather baffling promotion up the order. In the game against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Ashwin opened with Super Kings chasing 120. Here, with Super Kings 18 for 4, he came out at No. 6 ahead of Dhoni. Fleming said that decision was taken to try to stabilise the innings before the finishers came in. “Ashwin is a capable bat. The most important thing was stopping the wickets.”In not chasing a big total, it did not matter wasting two-three overs. We have faith in Ashwin and thought if he can get a 10 to 20-run partnership going with Hussey it may change the game with the likes of Dhoni and [Ravindra] Jadeja to come.”

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O primeiro grande jogo do Campeonato Mineiro, o clássico entre Cruzeiro e Atlético-MG, que será disputado neste domingo, no Mineirão, às 11h, já tem a arbitragem definida. Wanderson Alves de Souza, árbitro da CBF, será o responsável pelo apito, válido pela terceira rodada da competição.

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O árbitro já esteve no comando do clássico, em 2017, em jogo pela Primeira Liga, quando o Cruzeiro venceu o Galo por 1 a 0, gol de Arrascaeta.

Outro duelo comandado pelo árbitro foi o clássico de 2018, também pela primeira fase do Mineiro.