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With Shane Jurgensen set to leave as Bangladesh coach after the proposed ODI series against India in June, the BCB is on the look-out for his replacement, board president Nazmul Hassan has said.”If anyone wants to leave then there is no reason to keep him as he won’t be able to give his 100%,” Hassan said. “Shane [Jurgensen] is staying until the India series and in the meantime, possibly by next week, we will hold a board meeting. We will take a decision on whether we will try to stick with him or look for an alternative. But surely, we are looking for a new coach.”Hassan had opened the debate by saying he “foresaw many changes” after Bangladesh went down to Hong Kong in the first round and lost all their matches in the Super 10s of the World T20. While he did not specify at the time which areas had been marked for change, he has now said the statement was meant for the team and the management. The BCB chief, however, believes that statements made by a few board directors could have influenced Jurgensen to resign.”I had said earlier that there will be a major reshuffle after the World T20, and that includes the team management, for the betterment of the team and everyone is aware of it,” Hassan said. “Firstly, the performance of the team was bad, which might have prompted him to resign. On the other hand, he could feel insecure after some comments from our directors. So, he might have felt that it was better for him to leave with some dignity.”Hassan also said that the BCB had not given any clear message to Jurgensen about the latter’s job being under threat. He did not rule out appointing a Bangladeshi coach, but said that would happen only if the board did not find a foreigner to take the job. After becoming a Test nation, the BCB has employed eight foreign coaches with the last three – Stuart Law, Richard Pybus and Jurgensen – resigning midway through their contract.”When a tournament ends and the performance of the team is not up to the mark, the coach is usually changed, ” Hassan said. “On most of the occasions, the coach is changed if the team fails while in some cases the coach steps down. But why he [Jurgensen] has stepped down is still not clear as he was not given any message by the board that he might get the sack.”If necessary we will give the responsibility to a local coach if we fail to find a replacement for Jurgensen. If we can’t hire a foreign coach then we will opt for a local one. But I’m sure the performance of the team won’t get any worse than what we have done recently.”

Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the Indian team management for not experimenting with the XI in the dead rubber against Afghanistan in Mirpur

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Mar-2014

Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the Indian team management for not experimenting with the XI in Wednesday’s dead rubber against Afghanistan in Mirpur, warning that it could breed complacency in the team.Fast bowler Ishwar Pandey has been part of the ODI squad for the recent New Zealand tour and the Asia Cup, but hasn’t got a look-in in either series despite India’s listless performances. Middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who is in the Asia Cup squad, also hasn’t added to the two ODI caps he earned in the low-profile Zimbabwe series last year.”Very hard to understand, to be honest with you, it’s baffling,” Gavaskar said on about India’s decision to go in with an unchanged XI. “Some of the players have been playing non-stop, they need a bit of a break before the World T20 starts, the second thing is if you are not going to give the reserve players a chance, then when are they going to play.”Pujara has become an integral member of the Test side, and averages 58.92 in domestic one-dayers but has found it hard to make the ODI XI. “Are you worried that Cheteshwar Pujara will score runs so that your favourites who are not consistent might have to make way?” Gavaskar asked. “Are you worried that Ishwar Pandey will pick wickets, and again some of your favourite bowlers might not be certain of a place in the team, what are you worried about?”Gavaskar also said the move will ‘breed complacency’ in the team. “The only thing that comes to my mind is that there is that worry and there’s probably a fear that if these guys do well, what happens to our favourites in the team.”This is what breeds complacency, guys know, (whatever I do, I’m in the team).”At the toss, Virat Kohli had defended the decision. “It is important the team gets confidence from playing one unit, you have to be patient with this side,” Kohli said. “We are in a transition phase as far as one-days are concerned, we have shown great fight in this tournament, people have to be patient with us, we surely have the talent, but we will have to wait for the experience to come.”India are already knocked out of the Asia Cup after final-over losses to Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and are playing their final league match against Afghanistan on Wednesday.

أثار المدير الفني لفريق برشلونة، تشافي هيرنانديز، الجدل بشأن مستقبل الجناح، عثمان ديمبلي، وإمكانية رحيله عن قلعة “كامب نو”.

ولعب برشلونة صباح اليوم، الأحد، مباراة الكلاسيكو أمام الغريم التقليدي ريال مدريد وحقق فوزًا كبيرًا بنتيجة 3-0 وديًا في أمريكا استعدادًا للموسم الجديد.

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وتحدث تشافي عن مستقبل ديمبلي في مؤتمره الصحفي، وقال: “سنرى، في فترة الانتقالات لا تعرف أبدًا ما يمكن أن يحدث”.

وتابع: “أرى عثمان سعيدًا مع برشلونة، لكن في النهاية، اللاعب هو من يحسم مصيره في أي نادٍ، إذا كان هناك شيء سيخبرنا به، لكنه من حيث المبدأ معنا وهو سعيد”.

وأضاف: “لا يمكنك التحكم في سوق الانتقالات، هناك أشياء تحدث واللاعب هو من يقرر، أرى ديمبلي متأقلم للغاية مع الفريق، هذا ما أخبرنا به وهو جزء من عائلتنا في برشلونة ولاعب مختلف”.

وأشاد تشافي بالموهبة الجديدة، فيرمين لوبيز، وقال: “دائمًا ما أقول إن اللاعب الذي يتدرب جيدًا سيحصل على الفرصة معنا، لقد لاحظنا أداءه في التدريبات ولذلك قمنا بالدفع به لأنه يتحلى بثقة كبيرة”.

وواصل: “في مباراة اليوم سجل وصنع هدفًا آخر وأعتقد أن شخصيته ستساعدنا كثيرًا خلال الموسم، وهذا ما نحتاجه من كل اللاعبين الشباب أن تكون عقليتهم هكذا، فهو لا يخاف ولديه جراءة كبيرة وصنع الفارق”.

وعن صفقة أوريول روميو: “رائعة، فهو لاعب ناضج ويفهم أسلوب لاعب الوسط الدفاعي ويجيد استخلاص الكرة ولديه صفات القائد”.

والأداء أمام ريال مدريد: “لم نكن جيدين جدًا في الكلاسيكو ولم نكن سيئين جدًا أمام آرسنال، نحن نعرف كيف تسير الأمور في الوديات، اليوم سنكون الأفضل في العالم وسيكون لدينا فريقًا رائعًا وفي يوم آخر سيعتبروننا في كارثة، هذا ما نعيش فيه ولكن علينا مواصلة التدريب من أجل الموسم”.

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Das quatro equipes que estão na semifinal do Paulistão, três ainda podem decidir o título em casa caso avance: Palmeiras, Corinthians e Santos. O São Paulo, por sua vez, não tem chance de mandar a segunda partida da decisão do Estadual.

Isso porque as equipes continuam somando pontos nas fases de mata-matas, além da pontuação conquistada na primeira fase. Os finalistas serão decididos no domingo, quando Palmeiras e São Paulo se enfrentam no Allianz, e na segunda, quando Santos e Corinthians duelam no Pacaembu. No Choque-Rei, a ida terminou empatada sem gols. Já no clássico alvinegro, o Timão venceu por 1 a 0 e tem vantagem para a volta.

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NA CASA DO PALMEIRAS

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O Palmeiras tem a maior pontuação até agora somando todas as fases do Paulistão, com 30 pontos. Basta avançar pelo São Paulo, no tempo regulamentar ou nos pênaltis, para poder decidir o campeonato no Allianz Parque.

NA CASA DO CORINTHIANS

O Corinthians só poderá decidir o Paulistão em sua Arena se passar pelo Santos e enfrentar o São Paulo na final. Isso porque o Timão tem 26 pontos conquistados até agora. Caso avance, independentemente da forma (vitória, empate ou pênaltis), o Corinthians teria menor pontuação que o Palmeiras e maior que o São Paulo.

NA CASA DO SANTOS

O Santos tem cenário parecido com o do Corinthians: só decidirá em casa se avançar para a final e enfrentar o São Paulo. O Peixe soma 27 pontos e pode chegar no máximo a 30, pontuação atual do Palmeiras.

O Santos tem jogado no Pacaembu, já que a Vila Belmiro está em reforma. Caso o Peixe esteja na final, o estádio na Baixada estará à disposição, e o clube poderá escolher onde mandar a partida.

SÃO PAULO NÃO TEM CHANCE

O São Paulo não tem chance de decidir o Paulistão em sua casa. Em qualquer cenário, o Tricolor será visitante no jogo de volta da final. A equipe soma 22 pontos e pode chegar no máximo a 25, menos que os três rivais têm atualmente.

ScorecardMosaddek Hossain produced a superb all-round display with a century followed by three wickets to help propel Bangladesh Under-19s to a 38-run win against England Under-19s. The home side suffered their second successive defeat after their 46-run loss to Pakistan on Tuesday.The visitors amassed 286 for 4, propped up by Mosaddek’s unbeaten 110 off 113 balls as he struck nine fours and a couple of sixes. He also added 156 for the third wicket with opener Sadman Islam, who made 86 off 126 balls. Tom Barber was England’s most successful bowler on the day, picking up two wickets.The home side’s reply was going smoothly until Mosaddek’s offspin caught them napping. He collected three wickets, including that of captain Ben Duckett who made 56. Haseeb Hameed top scored with 67 off 96 balls while Will Rhodes smashed three sixes in his 32, but it was not enough. Seamer Rifat Pradhan also took three wickets, though he was slightly expensive.Bangladesh take on Pakistan in the next match of the tri-series on Friday, at Market Harborough.

Andrew Jones, the former Cricket Australia head of strategy, has been named as the new chief executive of Cricket New South Wales

ESPNcricinfo staff24-May-2013Andrew Jones, the former Cricket Australia head of strategy, has been named as the new chief executive of Cricket New South Wales. Jones will take up the role vacated by David Gilbert, who spent 11 years in the position before resigning in January amid instability at the organisation and calls for his sacking from Brett Lee.Jones, 40, is president of the University of New South Wales Cricket Club and a former player for the team, and he joined Cricket Australia in 2010 having consulted for them since 2004. At Cricket Australia he managed the Argus review and the development of the Strategy For Australian Cricket 2011-15 project.”I am excited and humbled in equal measure to be asked to lead Cricket New South Wales,” Jones said. “I was never a first-class cricketer, but I am aiming to provide the first-class leadership the fans, players, past players, volunteers, country colleagues, staff and board in this state expect.”When New South Wales cricket is strong, Australian cricket is strong and it is my aim to return this state to its rightful position as a leader of Australian cricket. To achieve that we will need to harness the great depth of experience and passion we have throughout the state. With everyone working together I am excited about the challenges that lie ahead.”Jones has previously served as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and Centaurus Partners. John Warn, the Cricket New South wales chairman, said Jones was a good fit for the role.”The board is extremely happy to have found a candidate with the all-round credentials of Andrew Jones,” Warn said. “When we started the process of seeking a new chief executive, the absolute priority was finding the individual who had the right balance of business and cricketing backgrounds.”Andrew is someone who understands business, has consulted to CNSW at various times and has worked closely with the board of Cricket Australia in his previous role. He is also connected at grass-roots level, as the current president of the University of New South Wales Cricket Club, and has a tremendous passion for the game of cricket and a strong sense of the history and traditions of cricket within this state. I am thrilled that he is going to be joining us.”

يلتقي فريق ريال مدريد، مساء اليوم الأربعاء، مع خصمه فريق رايو فاليكانو في بطولة الدوري الإسباني.

ويستضيف ملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو” مباراة الفريقين، في إطار منافسات الجولة السادسة والثلاثين من الليجا.

ويمتلك ريال مدريد 71 نقطة في المركز الثالث، في حين أن رايو فاليكانو يحتل المركز الحادي عشر برصيد 46 نقطة.

وكانت مباراة الدور الأول بين الفريقين هذا الموسم قد انتهت بخسارة ريال مدريد بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدفين. موعد مباراة ريال مدريد ورايو فاليكانو

من المقرر أن تنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة الثامنة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة ريال مدريد ورايو فاليكانو

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Half-centuries from Mathew Sinclair and Ben Smith gave Central Districts their second win of the HRV Cup, a seven-wicket victory against Auckland

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Jan-2013
ScorecardHalf-centuries from Mathew Sinclair and Ben Smith gave Central Districts their second win of the HRV Cup, a seven-wicket victory against Auckland, who now have to win both their remaining games and hope other results go their way in order to make the playoff. Central Districts are bottom of the league and have no chance of progress. Auckland, however, are fourth and need to win two games and also hope Northern Districts lose both of their remaining games.Central Districts’ victory was built on a 106-run stand for the third wicket between Sinclair and Smith. Chasing 182, Sinclair made 71 off 52 balls and Smith 59 off 31 deliveries. Sinclair fell with the scores level and Central Districts won with three balls to spare. Smith’s innings was his best of the tournament.Auckland had set a competitive total at Pukekura Park after a wobbly start – they were 59 for 4 in nine overs after winning the toss. Colin de Grandhomme led their fightback, scoring a half-century off 20 balls before he was dismissed for 55 off 24. Craig Cachopa made 49 off 33 deliveries to lead his team to 181. Bevan Small and Andrew Lamb took two wickets each for Central Districts.

With the series against England level at 1-1 India need Sachin Tendulkar to deliver more than ever, the former captain Rahul Dravid has said

Siddhartha Talya27-Nov-2012With the series against England level at 1-1, and following the poor performance in Mumbai, India need Sachin Tendulkar now more than ever, former captain Rahul Dravid has said, and he has backed him to perform in the rest of the series.Tendulkar has not scored a half-century in his last ten Test innings and has managed just 29 runs in the three innings he’s played against England so far in which he’s been dismissed each time to spin. Dravid, however, said Tendulkar looked better than he did in the previous home series against New Zealand, and “who better than Sachin” to deliver in the next two games.”I thought he was a little scratchy and looked a little under-prepared against New Zealand,” Dravid said of Tendulkar, who prepared for the England series with a century for Mumbai in their opening game of the Ranji Trophy against Railways at the Wankhede Stadium. “Here, I know it seems strange to say after he’s had three failures, but he’s actually looking quite good.”He’s played a couple of straight drives, he’s played a couple of shots that when I was playing with him, you knew he was playing well if he was playing those shots.”Tendulkar, Dravid said, had also been a little unlucky in this series. “He’ll be disappointed with the shot he played to get out in Ahmedabad on a relatively flatter wicket, and then to see other people score runs. Here, he was a bit unlucky: the first ball that really spun on the first morning was the one that got him. Until then there weren’t too many balls spinning. And then he played for the spin in the second innings and the ball straightened on a track on which every ball was spinning.”India need him now more than ever. At 1-1 in a tight series, it’s going to be very important for senior players to stand up and who better than Sachin to do that.”India went in with three specialist spinners for the Mumbai Test, on a surface that turned from the outset, but Dravid said, given that the conditions in Kolkata would be different, India would be better off with a combination of two spinners and two seamers.Sachin Tendulkar has played ten Test innings without a half-century•BCCI

“It’s a different kind of soil, it does not break up,” he said. “It’s black soil, red soil [like in Mumbai] tends to deteriorate very quickly and if you leave it dry, it can turn and bounce a lot more than the black soil does.”I think that’s a blessing in disguise from India’s point of view. They might have to work harder for the wins but it’ll also give their batsmen a chance to be able to put up big scores, and to be able to show they are good players of spin.”Dravid admitted Dhoni had problems using his spin resources in Mumbai, especially with the availability of two other part-time options. “He’s going to have to re-look at his combination, simply because it’s going to be difficult to manage three spinners and especially having Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag in the side who can also bowl spin.”The combination they had in Ahmedabad was the best one, where they had two seamers and two spinners. Hopefully we’ll see a normal Kolkata wicket. India have a great record in Kolkata, we’ve had a lot of success in Kolkata, because it is a typical subcontinental wicket. As it starts off, you can play your shots, there is something in it for the fast bowlers but it does spin.”Umesh Yadav will miss the Kolkata Test due to injury, and Ashok Dinda has been included in the squad having been named as cover last week. Should Dinda be picked in the XI, Harbhajan Singh, who bowled the least number of overs among India’s spinners in Mumbai, may be left out.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels both made centuries to power West Indies to 315•WICB

It is a rarity these days for West Indies to enter a series as overwhelming favourites but it hasn’t taken them long to show how much of a gulf exists between them and New Zealand. On the same Sabina Park track on which New Zealand stuttered to 190 two days ago, West Indies bludgeoned 315 in the second ODI. It was a more comfortable win than the 55-run margin suggests, and despite BJ Watling’s enterprising innings, New Zealand never really threatened to pull off a win.Contrasting centuries from local heroes Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels kept the Jamaican crowd entertained in the morning, as the innings unfolded with the noisy chorus of vuvuzelas in the background.In the blockbuster , the police chief memorably deadpans, “We are going to need a bigger boat,” on seeing the giant killer shark for the first time. International bowlers will have similar sentiments on seeing Chris Gayle walk out to bat. Once again he made a cricket ground seem tiny as he hit nine sixes in another exhibition of his ability to make power-hitting look effortless.With his father, sister and several other family members watching, Gayle destroyed New Zealand’s listless bowling to reach his 20th ODI hundred, a new West Indian record as he went past the great Brian Lara’s tally. It was also his fifth fifty-plus score in six innings since his international exile ended last month.New Zealand’s bowlers were looking to exploit some of the early morning moisture in the track, but their only success was dismissing Lendl Simmons. He fell for his sixth successive score under 20 after returning to the West Indies side, chasing an away-going delivery from Tim Southee in the fourth over. Any hopes of keeping the batsmen under pressure were swiftly and brutally dashed. In the next over, Gayle launched New Zealand’s bowling spearhead Kyle Mills for three sixes over mid-off.Though he repeatedly dispatched the ball into the stands, Gayle’s innings was not all slam-bang. There was plenty of discretion as he regularly let deliveries go through to the keeper or watchfully defended them. When he did decide to attack, his shots were almost always in the V, unlike the Twenty20-era slogger’s preferred thwack to midwicket.After the early punishment, New Zealand’s quicker bowlers adapted their line to Gayle, targetting the middle and leg stump as they managed to slow him down a touch. Still, there were the gentle offerings of an array of part-time slow bowlers for Gayle to feast on. A murderous straight hit off Daniel Flynn took him to 98, and a tickle down to fine leg for four off Kane Williamson in the 30th over brought up his century. He did a celebratory jig, before sinking to his knees with his hands aloft as the Jamaican crowd cheered their biggest cricketing idol.Gayle had plenty of time to go on past his career-best score of 153, but in the 38th over, one of his shots – finally – didn’t carry past the rope, landing instead in the hands of deep midwicket. That only allowed the other Jamaican batting star, Marlon Samuels, to take centrestage.Unlike Gayle’s boundary-filled innings, Samuels’ knock was more about the singles – taking 51 of them, and even pushing Gayle to come back for several quick twos. Though Samuels didn’t maintain as high a strike-rate as Gayle, he wasn’t too far off a run-a-ball. He reached his half-century off 57 deliveries, though he had hit only a couple of fours and a six.Even when Samuels started finding the boundaries regularly, there was a marked difference to the Gayle style – three consecutive cover-driven fours off Tim Southee in the 39th over were all about timing and placement, and little about power-hitting.Two of West Indies’ middle-order powerhouses, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, failed to make an impact, and New Zealand managed to shackle the scoring as Samuels slowed down in sight of the century. Samuels scored only in singles in the last seven overs of the innings before finally reaching his first ODI hundred since 2006 in the final over. Despite Darren Sammy’s quickfire 31, West Indies gathered only 33 runs in the final five overs, but the total still proved far too much for the inexperienced New Zealand batsmen.The chase got off to a reasonable, though not explosive, start. Rob Nicol fell early after hitting a couple of boundaries, Daniel Flynn played an edgy innings before departing in the 12th over with the score on 62. New Zealand then lost momentum as Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson struggled to pull off the big hits. When Guptill was dismissed midway through the innings, the asking-rate was nearing eight, and the game looked lost.Williamson and Watling tried to revive the innings through a quick 70-run stand, but though both compiled half-centuries, they had too much to do. Williamson was done in by a full swinging ball from Rampaul in the 37th over virtually ending the contest, though Watling improved his highest score in ODIs for the second game in a row and kept fighting till the end.