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O Flamengo está a um passo de levar o “mundo de novo”, como pede a sua torcida com cada vez mais volume Rio, Brasil e Doha afora. Classificado para a final do Mundial de Clubes, após derrotar o Al Hilal por 3 a 1, na última terça-feira, o time de Jorge Jesus agora aguarda o vencedor do confronto entre Liverpool e Monterrey, nesta quarta, pela outra semifinal.

E o duelo foi como Jesus projetava: encardido e constando a competitiva equipe que têm os sauditas, pois o Flamengo suou para derrotá-la. As pernas podem ter pesado, sobretudo pela alta intensidade na marcação dos rivais, conforme apontou Gabigol, na zona mista do Estádio Internacional Khalifa.

Além disso, Gabigol respondeu a respeito da estadia do Flamengo na capital qatari, onde a delegação rubro-negra está desde o último sábado. O camisa 9 fez um resumo de com está sendo os dias no luxuosoGrand Hyatt Doha, hotel localizado emWest Bay e que a diária custa a partir de R$ 915.

– A gente está levinho, estamos tranquilos. Eu não trouxe videogame, mas acho que uns jogadores trouxeram.A equipe é muito brincalhona, é muito boba. Cada uma fica mais no seu quarto, na resenha, estamos muito preocupados em descansar, estamos bem tranquilos. Temos usado demais a fisiologia e os seus equipamentos. As pernas pesam pois é final de temporada, mas para final de Mundial a gente tira da onde não tem.

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Quanto ao fuso horário, que é de seis horas a mais em relação ao de Brasília, o elenco já está regrado para não sofrer com as consequências, assegura o clube. E Gabigol também falou sobre a alimentação, longe de ser uma dor de cabeça, já que o Rubro-Negro trouxe 60kg de feijão, além de de outros temperos e ingredientes do Brasil, por exemplo.

– A comida está gostosa, veio um chef do Rio antes para cá (Doha), trouxe feijão tem tudo (em relação à comida), o hotel é muito bom e confortável.

Estamos na final! Vamos juntos Nação 💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/vdJVZjbGcj

— Gabriel Barbosa (@gabigol) December 17, 2019

Por fim, Gabriel Barbosa teceu comentários, involuntariamente, a respeito da qualidade do gramado do palco da semifinal. O goleador pediu para que o campo servisse de lição para o futebol brasileiro:

– Foi muito linda a nossa chegada no estádio hoje. O Brasil pode se inspirar nisso e, principalmente, nos gramados. O futebol brasileiro quer ser muito a Europa, mas temos que começar pelos campos. Campo bom facilita os jogadores e aumenta a intensidade do jogo.

O Flamengo volta a treinar nesta quarta, às 11h (de Brasília; 17h no horário local), no Abdullah bin Khalifa. Em seguida, parte da delegação vai assistir ao duelo entre Liverpool e Monterrey, no Khalifa.

Chris Morris, the South Africa allrounder, has agreed to join Surrey for this summer’s NatWest T20 Blast competition

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Feb-2016Chris Morris, the South Africa allrounder whose exploits helped turn the tables on England in their recent limited-overs series, has agreed to join Surrey for this summer’s NatWest T20 Blast competition.Morris will arrive at Surrey in July as a replacement for the West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo, who will be departing for the Caribbean Premier League. He will be available for the final six group matches of the tournament, including four Friday night home fixtures at the Kia Oval.”I am delighted to have signed for Surrey to play T20 this year,” said Morris. “Playing county cricket has always been a big ambition of mine and I am delighted to be playing at the Kia Oval. I look forward to joining up with the boys in July and I hope to contribute towards a successful season for the county.”Alec Stewart, Surrey’s director of cricket, added: “Chris is an exciting three-dimensional cricketer with bat, ball and in the field and has shown his match-winning abilities in the recent South Africa v England 50-over and T20 series. He will give us a number of very good options when he joins us in July and everyone at the club looks forward to welcoming him this summer.”Morris made headlines throughout South Africa’s home summer, both on and off the field, where he was signed by the Delhi Daredevils for US$1,044,000 to play in this season’s IPL.He made his Test debut against England at Cape Town, scoring 69 in his maiden innings as well as clinging onto two outstanding one-handed catches in the slip cordon.His most outstanding moment, however, came in the fourth ODI against England at Johannesburg, when he blazed South Africa to a thrilling one-wicket victory with 62 from 38 balls, a victory that enabled them to come from 2-0 down to win the series 3-2.An NOC certificate was issued by Cricket South Africa this week, allowing Morris to play in England this summer. It will be his first experience in English domestic cricket, coming on the back of experience with the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League and the Highveld Lions in South Africa.

تحدث حازم إمام لاعب منتخب مصر السابق وعضو مجلس إدارة اتحاد الكرة والمحلل الفني الحالي، عن فوز اتحاد جدة السعودي أمام نظيره أوكلاند سيتي النيوزلندي في افتتاح مشوارهما بكأس العالم للأندية 2023.

واستضاف ملعب استاد مدينة الملك عبد الله الرياضية مباراة اتحاد جدة وأوكلاند سيتي في الدور التمهيدي ببطولة كأس العالم للأندية، والتي حسمها العميد بثلاثية دون رد.

فيديو | الاتحاد يفوز على أوكلاند سيتي بثلاثية في كأس العالم للأندية ويصعد لمواجهة الأهلي

وقال إمام في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية SSC عقب المباراة: “أحداث اللقاء جعلتنا نتفائل بتسجيل أهداف أخرى في الشوط الثاني”.

وأضاف: “أطراف الاتحاد كانت تلعب بشكل جيد في الشوط الأول، لكن عادتنا في البلاد العربية الرتم يهبط في الشوط الثاني، وهذا طبيعي”.

طالع | القنوات الناقلة لمباراة الأهلي واتحاد جدة في كأس العالم للأندية 2023

طالع | موعد مباراة الأهلي والاتحاد السعودي في كأس العالم للأندية 2023

وأردف: “المدرب قام بإجراء تغييرات في الشوط الثاني من أجل إراحة اللاعبين لمباراة الأهلي الذي يمتلك عناصر قوية وستكون مباراة مختلفة عن مباراة اليوم”.

واستكمل: “هناك مكاسب كثيرة من المباراة، منها عودة أحمد حجازي ومشاركته 90 دقيقة، وفابينيو عاد من الإصابة، انتصار طبيعي ومهم للاتحاد”.

وواصل: “بنزيما يتحدث عن الجماعية في الأداء وهذا مهم للاعب مثله، بالتأكيد الأرقام عامل مهم، لكنه يتحدث عن الفريق بشكل عام، يقول إنه لا يهتم بالأداء الفردي بل بالأداء الجماعي”.

وأشار: “منذ فترة لم أرى الاتحاد يلعب كرة ثابتة وللأمام، كل الأساليب كانت متاحة في الشوط الأول، الشوط الثاني هبط نوعًا ما”.

واستأنف: “الأهلي فريق كبير دائمًا يلعب على بطولة، وحلمه التأهل لنهائي كأس العالم، الأهلي لا يلعب بشكل دفاعي بل يلعب بطريقة هجومية، ويمتلك لاعبين جيدين، ويمتلك مدربًا جيدًا”.

واستطرد: “لا يجب التأثر بكلام الإعلام وأن الأهلي مستواه متراجع، الأهلي لا يفوز في المباريات الأخيرة لكن يصل للمرمى ويسيطر على المباريات”.

وأضاف: “اللاعب المصري بشكل عام يظهر في المباريات الكبيرة، ويريد أن يثبت أنه ليس أقل من الأسماء الكبيرة، أعتقد أن الأهلي سيلعب على تسجيل هدف في البداية، وأعتقد أن الأمور التكتيكية ستختلف أيضًا، الاتحاد مثلا لن يفتح خطوطه بهذه الطريقة أمام أوكلاند، لأن الأهلي سيستغل هذا عن طريق بيرسي تاو وكهربا”.

وأتم: “فيصل الغامدي لاعب وسط جيد، صغير السن يلعب بجانب كانتي وفابينيو، وسيحصل على كم خبرات كبيرة، اللاعبون الصغار سيتعلمون من النجوم الكبار كثيرًا، فيصل الغامدي إذا استمر على نفس الأداء والإعلام لم يمتدحه كثيرًا سيكون له مستقبل كبير، عليه أن يستغل فكرة أنه يلعب بجانب نجمين كبيرين”.

يذكر أنه بهذا الفوز يقتنص فريق اتحاد جدة بطاقة الصعود إلى ربع نهائي كأس العالم للأندية لمواجهة الأهلي بطل قارة إفريقيا.

وتحتضن المملكة العربية السعودية منافسات كأس العالم للأندية 2023، خلال الفترة ما بين 12 ديسمبر وحتى 22 من الشهر ذاته.

تحدث رولاني موكوينا المدير الفني لفريق صن داونز، عقب انتهاء مباراة الأهلي اليوم، التي انتهت بفوز الجنوب الإفريقي بهدف دون رد، وجاء ذلك ضمن منافسات بطولة دوري السوبر الإفريقي.

والتقى الأهلي مع صن داونز، على أرضية ملعب “لوفتوس” في بريتوريا، في ذهاب دور نصف نهائي الدوري الإفريقي.

وقال موكوينا في تصريحات خلال المؤتمر الصحفي عقب المباراة: “في الشوط الثاني ظلت الرسالة واحدة والهدف واحد، فخورون بكل داعمينا اليوم لأننا استطعنا الفوز”.

طالع | بالفيديو | الأهلي يخسر أمام صن داونز في ذهاب نصف نهائي دوري السوبر الإفريقي

وأكمل: “ممتنون لكل الأمة التي دعمتنا، وأمامنا مباراة الإياب في القاهرة”.

واستكمل: “تحكمنا في المباراة كاملة ولم يخلق الفريق المنافس أي خطورة، وتمكنا من إحراز هدف، أمامنا الشوط الثاني في القاهرة”.

وأضاف: “لا أعتقد أنني سأغير أي شيء، لقد كان أداءنا رائع في المباراة، ولن يكون هناك خلاف كبير عن أداء اليوم في مباراة الإياب”.

وأوضح: “تشكيل الفريق كان رائع وكان يوجد تناغم بين اللاعبين، في بعض الأحيان المدربين يريدون أن يمدحهم الجميع، لكن اليوم اللاعبين هم من يستحقون المدح، كانوا ينقلون الهجمات ويغيرون المراكز، هذا التناغم خلق العديد من الفرص، وتخطي العديد من العقبات في المباراة، جميع المراكز كانت تعمل بشكل أكثر فاعلية”.

وأتم: “علينا أن نضغط في القاهرة أمام الأهلي مثلما ضغطنا اليوم، الرسالة التي أرسلها أن صن داونز يستطيع التسجيل في القاهرة، ولدينا شيء مشابه خضناه في المباريات السابقة، خاصة في دوري الأبطال، فقد كان الضغط متشابه، ولكن علينا أن نحرز أهداف، لنرى ماذا سيحدث في القاهرة، ستكون مواجهة قوية، وهم بالتأكيد يعلمون قوة صن داونز”.

Phillip Hughes has undergone surgery and remains in a critical condition after suffering a sickening blow to the head during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the SCG

Daniel Brettig at the SCG25-Nov-20143:50

Phillip Hughes receives frightening blow

Phillip Hughes has undergone surgery and remains in a critical condition after suffering a sickening blow to the head during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the SCG.Hughes was taken by ambulance to St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney after the incident on day one of the match. At approximately 5.20pm, the hospital confirmed that Hughes was out of surgery and remained in a critical condition in the intensive care unit. ESPNcricinfo understands Hughes was in an induced coma after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.At approximately 4.15pm hospital spokesman David Faktor had addressed the media and said Hughes was in surgery having arrived at the hospital on life support.”He arrived in a critical condition and remains in a critical condition. He is undergoing surgery as we speak,” Faktor said. “When he arrived he underwent a set of scans to establish the extent of his injuries and then a decision was made to perform surgery … All I could confirm is that he did sustain a head injury and that he is in a critical condition at the moment.”I understand he was ventilated at the scene and arrived at St Vincent’s already ventilated and on life support and he underwent scans and then he went to surgery.”Tim Nielsen, South Australia’s high performance manager, was at the hospital and said the outcome of the surgery was not likely to be known for some time.”As you’re aware Phil Hughes was injured today and he’s undergoing surgery,” Nielsen said. “The outcome of that surgery is unlikely to be known for 24-48 hours, we ask you to respect the privacy of his family and friends.”The Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland said: “We were all in shock and … pleasingly there was medical attention he was able to receive immediately at the ground and then to be transported to hospital and now we hope that whatever the procedure is that he’s going through, he comes through in the right way and gets the best possible care and recovery.”It’s difficult for [the players] being there and they’re all very close to Phil. He’s a really popular guy, not just here but around the world … Everyone knows and understands the way he plays his cricket. He’s fiercely determined, extremely proud of his achievements and I guess he’s a quiet achiever, but has the respect of all of his team-mates.”Hughes was taken to hospital after a sickening blow to the head left him motionless on the SCG pitch on day one of the match. Three ambulances and a medivac helicopter attended to 25-year-old Hughes after he was struck midway through the day. Play was suspended when he left the field and then abandoned after he was conveyed to St Vincent’s Hospital by ambulance. Players and officials were comforted at pitchside as Hughes was treated.Hughes had made 63, playing well against his former state and in contention for the spot to be vacated by the injured captain Michael Clarke in the team for the first Test in Brisbane next week.But in trying to push along his score, Hughes attempted a hook at the fast medium of Sean Abbott about 2.23pm, and was hit as he turned his head to one side, a blow that drew blood. Too quickly through his shot, Hughes was struck on the left rear side of the head, below the helmet.For a few moments he stood, bent over head down and reeling from the impact before collapsing, face first, onto the pitch – a second hefty blow to the head in itself. Distressed players gesticulated for assistance and team medical staff were quickly out onto the field, where Hughes was tended to before a motorised stretcher carried him, still motionless, from the ground.Play was suspended as he was treated in front of the Members Stand by the Cricket NSW doctor John Orchard, receiving mouth to mouth and also oxygen while players and officials waited for the arrival of an ambulance. David Warner stood by Hughes’ side for much of this time, while his Redbacks batting partner Tom Cooper removed his pads.Three ambulances eventually arrived, the first about 2.50pm, while a medivac helicopter also landed in the middle of the SCG. Efforts to get Hughes breathing again appeared to be successful, and it was eventually decided to take him to hospital by ambulance, which left the ground about 3.05pm en route for St Vincent’s Hospital.Andrew Jones, the Cricket NSW chief executive, said Hughes was receiving “the best available care”. “He received immediate treatment at the ground led by CNSW and CA Chief Medical Officer Dr John Orchard,” Jones said. “He was then taken to hospital by ambulance and is receiving the best available care.”For privacy and accuracy reasons we are not in a position to discuss the medical details and we would be grateful if you would respect the privacy of the Hughes family and all the players at this time. Players and staff from both South Australia and New South Wales are obviously very concerned for Phil’s health and, like Phil, are receiving appropriate support.”Phil grew up in NSW and is a former Blue and is held in the highest regard by his current and former team-mates. The thoughts and prayers of all at Cricket NSW and indeed everyone in Australian ricket are with Phil the very best for a speedy and full recovery.”The South Australian Cricket Association released a statement on Hughes: “On behalf of the SACA Board and administration, our thoughts and prayers are with Phil Hughes and his family at this time.”

Ian Westwood’s hundred held Warwickshire together in Taunton in a match both they and Somerset must surely win to retain Championship ambitions

Tim Wigmore15-Aug-2014
ScorecardIan Westwood held Warwickshire together in Taunton•Getty Images

A cursory glance at Warwickshire’s score might suggest that Somerset had ample reason to cheer. This is Taunton, after all, and, though the pitch is more competitive than many recognise, a first day score of 334 for 9 is seldom one that would leave the bowling side feeling perturbed.It is also to Somerset’s great credit that, with a month to go of the season, a significant chunk of a hearty crowd felt obliged diligently to check upon the progress of the Division One leaders Yorkshire. This time last year, Somerset were rather more concerned with the fate of Derbyshire and Surrey at the other end of the table.Yet that only made five squandered chances – three eminently catchable – all the more frustrating. On a wicket that was unusually green, explaining Marcus Trescothick’s decision to insert Warwickshire, Somerset may regret their fecklessness. It has been a recurring theme of an otherwise admirable campaign: one suspects that a revised Championship table, supposing that all teams had taken every catch, would show Somerset proudly perched at the table’s head.A single moment would have given Somerset particular cause for regret. Ian Westwood, counter-punching after Varun Chopra’s airy drive to the fourth ball of the day, offered a regulation catch to Lewis Gregory at gully on 24, cutting Peter Trego. Gregory spilled the chance, and then bumped into Nick Compton to compound his woe.Westwood would not depart until he had made another 105 runs – he was eventually snared in an almost identical position, with Gregory now the bowler. In between times, Westwood had contributed an innings of skill and defiance, defending assiduously while brutally pulling anything short in length. It was a worthy way for Westwood to end a two-year wait for a first-class century.Without it, Warwickshire would have been in a royal mess and their own Championship hopes – they began the day only four behind adrift of Somerset – swiftly evaporating. After Will Porterfield played on to Gregory, both Jonathan Trott and Sam Hain – or Trott present and Trott future, as some would have it – fell in quick succession.Jones decides against cricket career

Chris Jones, the Somerset opening batsman, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 23. “After much thought, and deliberation, I have decided to call time on my cricket career,” Jones said in a statement. “While it has been a relatively short career, I feel very privileged to take so many memories and friends with me. Somerset has been a massive part of my life for the past 10 years and so it’s, inevitably, very sad to be leaving at the end of the year. I, however, feel now is the right time to leave to pursue other avenues of interest in my life.”
Jones made his first-class debut for Somerset against Lancashire four years ago, just before beginning an economics degree at Durham University. Last year, he scored 130, his only first-class century, against the Australian tourists days after being awarded a first from Durham. Because of university commitments, he had to wait until 2014 to enjoy an uninterrupted county season. In eight first-class games this year, Jones scored 339 runs at an average of 28.25, including a vital 87 in the victory over Northamptonshire last month.

It was a rather uncharacteristic Trott innings. He cut his first ball for four, steered a full toss through third man for another boundary, second ball, and then scampered a quick single. If it was un-Trott like, it still felt ominous for Somerset.But that was reckoning without Craig Overton. A brutal lifter outside offstump demanded Trott’s edge – it was not a loose shot, but a ball that no batsman could refrain from playing at. Any bowler would cherish getting Trott out in that fashion – especially a player who still describes himself as a batting allrounder.It all served as a reminder of what a tremendous prospect Overton is. His Championship tallies for the season – 306 runs at 34; 35 wickets at 27 apiece – hint as much. He is still developing pace andlearning to marry it to accuracy. In time, the prospect of both Overton twins – Jamie’s frustrating season continued as he was named 12th man after a spell back at Devon – bowling in tandem will be a salivating one.Hain’s dismissal, to an airy cut, was a product of pressure: he took 34 balls over his seven. When Tim Ambrose, reprieved at first slip by Trego, then flashed loosely against him – Trego was the second bowler of the day to claim the wicket of a batsman he had previously dropped – Warwickshire were 144 for 5.Such a score rarely triggers Warwickshire panic, such is the strength of the club’s lower order. But with Chris Woakes detained by England and Keith Barker missing the game with an elbow complaint, it was a lower order that felt unusually vulnerable. To deplete Warwickshire’s bowling, Boyd Rankin and Chris Wright were also absent, the latter with a stress fracture in the back that will rule him out for the season.If the situation had a whiff of crisis about it, Rikki Clarke has made an art out of crisis management. Alongside Westwood, he steered Somerset nearer a position of parity, benefiting from a tricky dropped chance by Overton at third slip.Another venomous delivery from Overton was the cue for another exuberant celebration, but again Somerset were left frustrated. With a physique that looks as if it could be transferrable to rugby, Richard Jones biffed George Dockrell for a couple of straight sixes, benefitting from a missed chance from Marcus Trescothick off Trego. As the shadows of the evening sun lengthened, Jeetan Patel and Oliver Hannon-Dalby looted the tiring Somerset bowlers.

Nkrumah Bonner’s unbeaten 111 helped Sagicor High Performance Centre to complete a 3-0 whitewash over Bangladesh A in the one-day series

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jun-2014
ScorecardNkrumah Bonner made his third List A century•WICB Media/Kenmore Bynoe

Nkrumah Bonner’s unbeaten 111 helped Sagicor High Performance Centre to complete a 3-0 whitewash over Bangladesh A in the one-day series in Barbados.The hosts had won the first game by 117 runs and the second by three wickets.Choosing to bat, the visitors were bowled out for 221 in 44.4 overs, losing their last six wickets for just 21 runs. Shuvagata Hom made 66 off 70 balls with seven fours while Nurul Hasan, promoted to open the innings, made 45.Carlos Brathwaite and Jonathan Carter took three wickets each while Nikita Miller picked up two wickets.In reply, Bonner led the charge for the home side with his third List A hundred. He shared 98 runs for the opening wicket with Andre Fletcher, after which he held on as three more wickets fell, before completing the win in, coincidentally, 44.4 overs.Bangladesh A will play two T20s on June 14 and 15 before heading home.

Nepal have hit some heights recently but they were unable to sustain the dizzying altitude achieved by winning their first World T20 match as they came up against the hosts, Bangladesh

Alan Gardner in Chittagong18-Mar-2014Nepal have hit some heights recently – coming from “the roof of the world” should mean they can handle them – but they were unable to sustain the dizzying altitude achieved by winning their first World T20 match as they came up against the hosts, Bangladesh, who had the bit between their teeth during an eight-wicket win.Victory against Hong Kong, although by a huge margin, had been founded on steady batting followed by disciplined attack with the ball against nervy opponents. Bangladesh were always going to ramp the pressure up a few notches, with reputation as well as qualification on the line, and although Nepal put in another solid display after being inserted they were unable to achieve the required upwards curve at the end of their innings.Nepal’s coach, Pubudu Dassanayake, was understandably pleased with the way his team had acquitted themselves in their first encounter with a Test-playing nation but regretted that the batting fell away again, this time to more costly effect.”They went through the plans well,” he said of his players. “We wanted to be 90-100 for not too many down in the 15th over. They did what we asked of them. But what we lacked was a good finish. If we had got 140-145 things might have been different. Overall I’m very happy with the quality of shots they played and the aggression that they showed. It was a good game for us, despite the result.”Nepal were 86 for 3 after 15 overs, with Paras Khadka and Sharad Vesawkar well set after coming together with the score on 39. Fourteen runs came in the 17th over but they otherwise struggled to find the boundary, a situation compounded at the end when Al-Amin Hossain conceded just a single and a wide from the final six balls.As happened two nights ago, Khadka was forced to rebuild after Nepal’s openers perished for insubstantial scores. Dassanayake said that Al-Amin’s dismissal of No. 3 Gyanendra Malla for 13 was key and backed Subash Khakurel and Sagar Pun to continue developing into an effective partnership at the top of the order.”In the last two games I’ve been happy with the way Subash and Sagar shaped up,” he said. “We’ve had an issue with the openers for a while but we started believing in them and they have begun to play as a pair, as a partnership. They are showing the quality, but still they have to get more runs. That will come. Paras is leading from the front and showing his quality at this level. We missed Gyanendra a bit today, when he was dismissed early. He’s another one who can score at this level.”Nepal first planted a flag in world cricket by winning the Plate Championship at the 2006 Under-19 World Cup, with a team featuring Khadka, Vesawkar, Malla and spinner Basant Regmi, who claimed 1 for 14 from three tidy overs against Bangladesh. All of Nepal’s players are homegrown, in contrast to many Associates, and Dassanayake praised the system that has underpinned their impressive rise through the tiers of ICC competition, culminating in what has been a hugely impressive debut World T20 appearance.”Looking at Nepal, the national team and the youngsters, they’re very sound technically,” he said. “The most important part is that they train very hard and play very hard. That is what we are, our brand of cricket. If you saw the qualifiers in Dubai, we fought in every game to the last ball. Top-quality fielding, the bowlers stuck to plans, the batsmen were well aware of what was needed in a chase, how to plan an innings. Today was a bit different, because of the occasion of playing against a Full Member country.”Dassanayake stressed Nepal would not be looking beyond Afghanistan, their final opponents, but qualification for the Super 10 is still not beyond them, should Bangladesh suffer a shock against Hong Kong on Thursday. The way the hosts clinically disposed of Nepal suggests that is unlikely, with a significant swing in run rate required, and the coach was happy that his side had prevented the contest becoming a mismatch.”Batting 20 overs comfortably against a top quality team that is also the home side is an achievement,” he said. “We did have a few plans that we could not execute during the bowling part of the game but this is part of the learning process. The boys have shown that they are up to it.”

A few days ago, West Indies barely had enough fit players to field an XI but, almost out of nowhere, they produced an outstandingly powerful display to square the one-day series 2-2

The Report by Andrew McGlashan08-Jan-2014
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsKirk Edwards celebrated his maiden ODI hundred•Getty ImagesA few days ago, West Indies barely had enough fit players to field an XI but, almost out of nowhere, they produced an outstandingly powerful display to square the one-day series 2-2. Their victory by the overwhelming margin of 203 runs – New Zealand’s second heaviest ODI defeat – was based around hundreds from Kirk Edwards and Dwayne Bravo who formed a 211-run stand for the fourth wicket in West Indies’ highest ever one-day international total.For Edwards it was his maiden ODI hundred while Bravo’s was just his second in a 154-match career where his runs return have been far below what they should have been for his talent. The overall total of 363 for 4 surpassed a mark from back in 1987 when West Indies scored 360 against Sri Lanka. Although West Indies had taken the opening match in Auckland, there would have been long odds on this team producing such a performance after two insipid displays in Queenstown and Nelson.They could hardly have wished for better conditions to try and overturn their poor batting form; a flat pitch, small ground and a fast outfield. Brendon McCullum was happy to bowl first, backing his team in a chase, but the final carnage was probably 80 runs more than he would have wanted. This was one of those occasions when mishits reached the boundary and chip shots clear them, but that is to take nothing away from the performances of Edwards and Bravo, who both produced textbook one-day innings consisting of a period of rebuilding, then increasingly fierce strokeplay as the innings progressed. The fact they did not join forces until the 25th over highlighted how dominant they were.Edwards had not previously passed fifty (which he reached with a flick for six over midwicket) in the first ten matches of his career, but was able to start his innings from a rare position of strength after Kieran Powell, who raced to 73 off 44 balls, had dominated an opening stand of 95 in 12 overs. His hundred came from 90 deliveries with an inside edge past the stumps – the second fifty requiring 28 balls as he cut loose in excellent batting conditions. He favoured the leg side, where he hit two of his four sixes, but also drove strongly through the covers as McCullum struggled to stem the flow.Bravo had joined Edwards with the innings at a tipping point on 143 for 3 after New Zealand had hauled back the early charge but after a few overs of consolidation – aware that West Indies did not have a huge amount of batting to follow – opened his boundary account with a six over long-off and produced the stylish strokeplay that has been so often lacking during his international career.This, though, has been a good series for him with the bat and he moved to his hundred from 79 deliveries (his second fifty taking just 25 deliveries) in the penultimate over of the innings which was followed by his third six, straight towards the sightscreen off Kane Williamson.The last 10 overs – six of which cost double figures for the bowlers, including 21 off the 44th bowled by Corey Anderson – produced some severe damage as West Indies scored 117 runs; the five-over block from 40-45 brought 75 runs. Although it was a tough ground to defend on, New Zealand’s bowlers did not help themselves by often delivering a hittable length.Powell, the tall left-hander, set the tone in the opening over when he collected consecutive boundaries off Tim Southee and in the paceman’s next over another pull carried for six. His innings kicked into a higher gear during the sixth over of the innings, from Mitchell McClenaghan, which cost 19 runs including another six: this time it was caught, one-handed, by a supporter in the crowd which earned the lucky man a prize of NZ$100,000.Powell’s fifty came off 28 balls and he was eyeing a rapid hundred when he went to sweep McCullum and was taken on the boot. Replays showed it would have missed leg stump but Powell declined to use the review available. In the 14 overs following Powell’s wicket, there were only three boundaries, the pressure helping to bring about Lendl Simmons’ wicket when he drove to point, but it was the only period where New Zealand were not chasing the game.Given what the home side achieved in Queenstown – albeit in a reduced game – they could not immediately be ruled out of the chase, but hunting down such a vast total is a very different challenge when compared to setting one. It needed a hundred from one of the top four, but instead they were all dismissed by the 11th over.Martin Guptill was beaten by a nip-backer from Bravo, Jesse Ryder top-edged behind square, Williamson walked across his stumps to the impressive Jason Holder and Ross Taylor edged a delivery that turned from Nikita Miller. When Brendon McCullum skied into the deep, the challenge was already verging on the impossible and the sight of him losing his bat trying to slog Miller was apt given he will see this as a series victory that his team let slip from their grasp.The final mention, though, should go to West Indies. The last two wickets came courtesy of a superb running catch from Bravo and a direct hit by Holder. They were as brilliant today as they had been woeful earlier in the series. It was only a shared series, but given their recent woes it probably felt like a lot more.

كشفت تقارير صحفية ، أن الدولي الكولومبي، رادلميل فالكو، لاعب كرة القدم الأول بنادي رايو فاليكانو بالدوري الإسباني، مطلوب في الدوري السعودي.

اللاعب الكولومبي يلعب في رايو فاليكانو منذ الموسم قبل الماضي، بعد مسيرة شهدت تقلبات عديدة من أتلتيكو مدريد وموناكو ومانشستر يونايتد وتشيلسي، وأخيرًا جالطة سراي، وقبلهم جميعًا بورتو البرتغالي.

طالع أيضًا.. لإعادة إحياء مسيرته.. بالوتيلي مطلوب في الدوري السعودي

فابريزيو رومانو الصحفي الإيطالي، المختص بالانتقالات وعقود اللاعبين بشبكة سكاي الإيطالية، أكد بأن راداميل فالكاو، مطلوب في الدوري السعودي هذا الصيف، في إطار تطوير دوري روشن.

وأشار رومانو إلى أن هناك أندية سعودية بأت الاتصالات بالفعل مع راداميل فالكاو لاستكشاف الخطوة المحتملة بالتعاقد معه، ولكن لم يكشف عن هوية أي نادٍ.

صاحب الـ105 مباراة دولية سجل خلالها 36 هدفًا، يبلغ حاليًا 37 عامًا، لديه عقد مع رايو فاليكانو ينتهي في يونيو 2024، ويمكنه التوقيع لأي فريق مجانًا في يناير المقبل، إذا لم يرحل هذا الصيف.