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يرى عادل عبد الرحمن لاعب الأهلي السابق، أن مواجهة الوداد المغربي أفضل للمارد الأحمر من صن داونز في نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الأهلي يواجه الوداد في المباراة النهائية لدوري أبطال إفريقيا هذا الموسم، بعدما تأهل الفريق المغربي على حساب صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي.

وقال عبد الرحمن خلال تصريحات لبرنامج “بوكس تو بوكس” المذاع على قناة ETC: “الأهلي يستطيع تقديم مستوى أفضل أمام الوداد المغربي، لكن مواجهة صن داونز كانت ستكون أصعب خصوصًا أنه فريق هجومي مميز”.

طالع | موعد مباراة الأهلي والوداد في نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وتابع: “الأهلي لعب بتشكيلة أساسية أمام الترجي التونسي، باستثناء علي لطفي الذي شارك على حساب محمد الشناوي، ولذلك نستطيع أن نقول إن مارسيل كولر استقر على تشكيل الأهلي وقام بتثبيته تماما، فهو يعمل الآن مع 18 لاعبًا في المرحلة الحالية”.

وأضاف: “كولر في بداية الموسم قام بعمل تدوير كبير بين اللاعبين، والآن استقر على معظم العناصر الأساسية التي تشارك في المباريات الهامة، وهو يمتلك ميزة رائعة بوجود أكثر من عنصر يصلح للعب أساسيًا، ولديه فكر تدريبي خاص به كعادة المدربين الأجانب”.

وأتم: “كولر متحفز للفوز في جميع المباريات، ووصل لقناعة بقدرة لاعبيه على تنفيذ ما يطلبه وتحقيق الانتصارات، كما أنه متأكد من القدرات البدنية للاعبيه ومدرب الاجمال يستحق الإشادة، وهو ما جعله يشارك بالتشكيل الأساسي من جديد أمام الترجي في لقاء الإياب”.

Sri Lanka have a number of young players in their squad keen to get an experience of Australian conditions before the 2015 World Cup

Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne10-Jan-2013

In choosing their squad for the start of this series, Australia’s selectors made no attempt to hide the fact that they were starting to plan for the 2015 World Cup. Sri Lanka might not have trumpeted it, but they too are looking ahead to that tournament. They have been for some time. While they haven’t rested veterans and other key players for this series – Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Rangana Herath are all in their mid-30s – they have ensured there is plenty of youth in the group.There is Akila Dananjaya, the 19-year-old offspinner who emerged last year as a net bowler who had seemingly mastered the doosra and the carrom ball. There is Kushal Perera, the uncapped 22-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman. There is Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne and Thisara Perera, all of whom have become ODI regulars in the past two years, yet are still in the 22-23 age group. Those last three already have experience of conditions in Australia, where the next World Cup will be held. Further exposure will be invaluable.”It’s a very young squad. I think after the last World Cup we’ve gone in that direction, when we came to Australia for the triangular [series] as well last year we had a very young team,” Jayawardene said ahead of the first ODI in Melbourne. “Chandimal, Thirimanne, all those guys are regulars in the one-day team, so going forward you need to look at that [the World Cup]. It’s in about another two years’ time so all those guys will be looked at.”The couple of young spinners we’ve bought in, Ajantha [Mendis] is coming back after an injury layoff, Akila Dananjaya is here as well so those guys will get the exposure they require to bowl in these wickets. We’re definitely looking at developing a side for the next four or five years.”While spin might not be the weapon that it can be at home in Sri Lanka, the quality of Mendis, Herath and Dananjaya will make them difficult propositions for Australia’s batsmen – even considering the new rules that allow only four fielders outside the circle. Jayawardene said Mendis would draw confidence from his strong record against Australia in the shorter formats, though mostly in T20, and for Dananjaya the trip would be a valuable learning experience.”Ajantha is a class act and he’ll come in with a lot of confidence, knowing that he has had a lot of success against them, but it’s just another game of cricket,” Jayawardene said. “He has to deliver. We’ve got a lot of variations in our bowling line-up. That’s something that we will try and make use of to create some problems for that line-up. Most of our spinners are looking forward to the opportunity of bowling in these conditions and trying to improve their tricks and see how they can become better bowlers outside Sri Lanka.”We’ll see how it goes with Akila. We wanted him to come and learn. [He may get] an opportunity – we’ve got a lot of cricket, seven matches is a lot of games. Hopefully he will get a bit of a taste of Australia as well. We just want him to develop into a bowler that we want him to be. This is the start of it. This is his first tour away from Sri Lanka. It will be a good investment for us.”We’ve had the opportunity to play in Australia the last three years now, so most of the guys have had that opportunity. The guys who haven’t had that opportunity, it will be great for them, especially on different wickets because every venue will provide us with a different surface. We need to adjust to those surfaces pretty quickly. That will be a challenge and the guys will learn from that.”But spin isn’t Sri Lanka’s only weapon in the limited-overs games. The presence of Lasith Malinga, who has spent the past few weeks in the Big Bash League convincing Australians he is unplayable, is a major boost. David Hussey said this week Malinga, his Melbourne Stars team-mate, was in the form of his life. That kind of hype cannot hurt the Sri Lankans.”I saw what Huss has [said about Malinga],” Jayawardene said. “He’s got people thinking, that’s good. It’s good to know that people are thinking about it obviously and they’ll probably expect those deliveries to come at them as well. We’ve got a few other guys who have got that x-factor in our line-up. As long as one or the other clicks and gets the job done for us on the day.”

Scotland have included four English county regulars in their fifteen-man squad to play in South Africa next month

Firdose Moonda26-Sep-2012Scotland have included four English county regulars in their fifteen-man squad to play in South Africa next month. The players are eligible for Scotland because of a change in ICC regulations which allows cricketers with British passports and Scottish parentage, instead of only those who were born or live in Scotland as was the case before, to play for the country.The quartet are Matt Machan who plays for Sussex as a top order batsman, Robert Taylor, the 22-year-old Leicestershire allrounder and wicketkeepers David Murphy of Northamptonshire and Richard Coughtrie from Gloucestershire. Integrating the players into the squad is part of Scotland’s long-term plan to build a side that will be able to qualify for the 2014 World Twenty20 and the 2015 World Cup.”Cricket Scotland has always taken great pride in its teams having a majority of home grown cricketers, who are products of our excellent age group and academy system,” Andy Tennant, the head of performance said. “This will always be our aim. However where we can supplement our squad with eligible Scots who have been developed elsewhere, we will.”One other uncapped player has been included in the squad, allrounder Michael Leask, while the rest of the party includes familiar faces such as Richie Berrington and Gordon Goudie. They are missing two regulars with regular captain Gordon Drummond having work commitments and Kyle Coetzer on honeymoon.The squad will spend a month in South Africa from October 6. They will be based in Potchefstroom, considered one of the best facilities for training purposes given its proximity to the university and equipment available there. It was used by England for a bowling camp late last year, is the venue of choice for Australia during ICC tournaments in South Africa and it was the base of Spanish football team ahead of the 2010 World Cup.They will play matches under first-class conditions, plus 50-over and 20-over fixtures mostly against South African amateur sides, Highveld Strikers and North-West Dragons. The camp begins with a marquee match day on October 9, when Scotland play IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders and South African franchise Highveld Lions on the same day. Both KKR and the Lions will be preparing for the CLT20, which will be hosted in South Africa.Squad Richie Berrington, Richard Coughtrie, Josh Davey, Alistair Evans, Ryan Flannigan, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Moneeb Iqbal, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, Calum MacLeod, Preston Mommsen (capt), David Murphy, Safyaan Sharif and Rob Taylor

ScorecardWarwickshire suffered their first defeat in the Clydesdale Bank 40 this season as Kent’s bowlers and the weather combined to condemn them to a thumping 10-wicket reverse at Canterbury.Rain interrupted the Warwickshire innings at 94 for 7 and, after a restart at 8.41pm, Kent – set 96 to win in 26 overs – cantered to victory under the St Lawrence Ground floodlights. The hosts needed just 16.3 overs, with young opener Sam Billings hitting a stylish maiden one-day half-century.Billings, 21 in two weeks’ time, drove and pulled the ball with promise to finish unbeaten on 58, from 54 balls, stroking Keith Barker through extra-cover for his ninth four just before hitting the winning run. At the other end, Kent captain Rob Key remained 24 not out.It was an disappointing way for Warwickshire to lose their 100% record, after three wins in as many games, but the Group C leaders were already in deep trouble when the rain came to drive the players off at 6.23pm.Kent seamer Mark Davies undermined the innings after Warwickshire had chosen to bat with a brilliant new ball spell of 8-3-10-3, and then James Tredwell and Darren Stevens made further inroads as Rikki Clarke, Darren Maddy and Chris Woakes tried to stage a recovery from the depths of 9 for 4. Clarke, with 39 from 56 balls, batted impressively and was joined in stands of 43 and 40 by Maddy and Woakes, who was 25 not out when the rain arrived.Maddy reached 18 before being bowled by Tredwell’s third ball, in the 14th over, as he shaped to cut and was beaten by a ball which turned a long way back into him. When Clarke was bowled by a superb off-cutter from Stevens, which also seemed to stay a little low, and was followed back to the pavilion by Keith Barker – lbw for a third-ball duck in the next over from Tredwell – the Warwickshire innings was deep in trouble.The explosive start to the game had earlier seen Varun Chopra depart in the second over, caught at the wicket by Geraint Jones trying to square cut a ball from Matt Coles. Then the accurate Davies struck in his second, third and fourth overs down the Nackington Road slope.Will Porterfield edged behind, fellow left-hander Jim Troughton was taken at second slip from another beauty that again moved away off the seam, and Tim Ambrose spliced an attempted pull straight up in the air.After the initial eight-over powerplay, Warwickshire were on 16 for 4 but Maddy lofted Azhar Mahmood straight for four, and then pulled him for another boundary and Clarke managed to hit Davies for the only boundary he conceded with a rasping pull which brought up Warwickshire’s 50.Woakes also played some fine strokes but Kent’s bowlers had tightened their grip again before the weather intervened as the hosts put their shock defeat to the Unicorns behind them.

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O Corinthians tem pressa para contratar um novo técnico e analisa Levir Culpi, que está livre no mercado desde que foi demitido do Gamba Osaka (JAP) no fim de julho. O Timão anunciou nesta quarta-feira que Osmar Loss deixará o cargo de treinador e voltará a ser auxiliar.

Outros nomes ainda são analisados pela diretoria, como Dorival Júnior, também livre no mercado. O presidente Andrés Sanchez está em São Paulo, enquanto o diretor de futebol Duílio Monteiro Alves e o gerente Alessandro Nunes estão com a delegação em Fortaleza.

Por conta do clássico contra o Palmeiras, no domingo, e do jogo diante do Flamengo, na quarta-feira que vem pela ida da semifinal da Copa do Brasil, o Corinthians pensa em fechar com o novo técnico nos próximos dias. Há grande chance, inclusive, de o escolhido já ser anunciado nesta quinta.

– Sobre perfil temos que ver a gora, o mercado, filosofia do clube, profissionais que estão aqui. Mas tem que ser rápido, lógico. A gente pretende na sexta-feira, no mais tardar sábado, já ter um treinador trabalhando pra já estar presente no jogo (contra o Palmeiras) – disse Duílio Monteiro Alves.

Osmar Loss foi “rebaixado” após a derrota por 2 a 1 para o Ceará. Ao todo, ele comandou o Corinthians em 25 jogos: dez vitórias, cinco empates e dez derrotas, com 46,6% de aproveitamento.O Timão retorna nesta quinta-feira para São Paulo.

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The Pakistan board has offered its cooperation to the ECB, should the England board decide to hold an inquiry into Danish Kaneria’s alleged involvement in the Westfield spot-fixing case

Umar Farooq18-Feb-2012The Pakistan board’s integrity committee has offered its full cooperation to the ECB, should the England board decide to hold an inquiry into Danish Kaneria’s alleged involvement in the Mervyn Westfield spot-fixing case, Taffuzul Rizvi, the PCB’s legal advisor, has said.Kaneria, the former Pakistan and Essex legspinner, was not on trial in London, where former Essex bowler Westfield was sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to the charge of accepting or obtaining corrupt payments. Kaneria’s name, however, dominated the proceedings in court as he was presented as the influential figure who led Westfield astray.Westfield, 23, had admitted to accepting £6000 in return for conceding a set number of runs in an over during a Pro40 match against Durham in September 2009. Kaneria, who was arrested along with Westfield in 2010 only for charges to be dropped due to a lack of evidence, could now face an investigation by the ECB.”This match was an England domestic match, so it’s in the ECB’s basic jurisdiction, but since Danish is a Pakistan player we are obviously looking into the matter with a lot of concern,” Rizvi told ESPNcricinfo. “The stance of the PCB is one of zero tolerance towards any player with questionable integrity.”The judgment of Westfield raised a lot of questions but in law everybody is innocent until proven guilty. A detailed inquiry is required and the integrity committee will resume its proceedings in due course. The PCB will be working closely with the ECB to get to the bottom of this matter.”ESPNcricinfo understands Kaneria did not give an undertaking to return to England nor was he asked by the Essex Police to return to face any inquiry.Despite the latest developments concerning Kaneria, he is captaining Sind in the Pentangular Cup final, which began today in Lahore. The PCB did not prevent Kaneria from playing the match because it did not want to act in haste. “Even Westfield was suspended after he was sentenced so there should not be a knee-jerk reaction,” Rizvi said. “The integrity committee has taken up a detailed inquiry proceeding and obviously fairness has to be followed in all proceedings.”Kaneria has always pleaded his innocence and his lawyer, Farogh Naseem, reiterated that his client had been cleared. “At the time of the police inquiry, Kaneria was not charged and [was] cleared,” Naseem said. “The ICC cleared him. We feel that Kaneria was discharged in the case.”

Salman Butt told a jury at the alleged spot-fixing trial on Tuesday that he had no knowledge of any discussions to arrange pre-determined no-balls at the Lord’s Test last year

Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court18-Oct-2011

Former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt told a jury at the alleged spot-fixing trial on Tuesday that he had no knowledge of any discussions to arrange pre-determined no-balls at the Lord’s Test last year.His lawyer, Ali Bajwa QC, quizzed him on the build-up to the now-tainted game last August and also on what happened during the match when three no-balls were delivered at exactly the time when agent Mazhar Majeed had predicted to an undercover journalist.Bajwa asked Butt whether he was aware of the conversation between Majeed and the journalist at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London that three no-balls were to be bowled at specific times. “Not at all,” Butt replied.Bajwa then continually asked questions of his client while the court was again shown video of the no-balls, which were delivered by Mohammad Amir on the first ball of the third over, by Mohammad Asif on the sixth ball of the tenth over and on the second day, after rain curtailed play early on day one, by Amir off his third ball of his third full over.After Amir’s first no-ball was shown, Butt was asked about what the prosecution described as the “performance” that saw Amir then check his spikes and looking repeatedly at the crease, as Butt came across and sprinkled sawdust on the crease. Bajwa also allowed Butt the opportunity to explain why he was fielding at mid-off as it is where “most captains field” and where he had been in previous games.Bajwa even picked up on the little endorsement sticker shown on the back of England batsman Alastair Cook’s bat, as the jury has been told about the money Butt earned from Majeed for such a sticker on his bat. Equally, Bajwa noted how many opportunities Butt had to speak to his bowlers during the fall of wickets when England crashed to 47 for 5, alluding to the fact that if he was fixing why would he need to do it just before he was about to bowl a ball.Butt and Amir did in fact come together for a discussion directly before the third no-ball was bowled. “What had happened to cause the conversation before Amir’s second no-ball?” Bajwa asked his client. “(Jonathan) Trott was stepping forward at him so Amir wanted to bowl short at him. It was an intention to push him back even if it hits him. It would take a lot of guts to still come forward after that,” Butt explained. “We wanted to push him back because it would give us a better chance of getting him out. I asked Amir if he wanted a short leg but Amir told me he didn’t because he didn’t want Trott to know what was coming’Bajwa also asked Butt whether there was any “further” conversations between him and Majeed on the evening after the first two no-balls had been bowled. And Butt, quick to notice the phrasing of the question replied: “There was no previous so how can there be further (discussions).”Butt and Asif are facing charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following the Lord’s Test in August last year when they allegedly conspired with Majeed, teenage fast bowler Amir and other people unknown to bowl pre-planned no-balls. Butt and Asif deny the charges.The case continues.

أكد محمد أحمد سلامة، عضو مجلس إدارة نادي الاتحاد السكندري، أن محمود علاء مدافع زعيم الثغر من العناصر الأساسية داخل النادي، مشيرًا إلى أن الجميع يرى تأثير اللاعب مع الفريق حتى الآن.

طالع | مرتضى منصور: انتقال محمود علاء كان جزء من صفقة مروان عطية.. والعمل في استاد الزمالك سيبدأ خلال أيام

وقال سلامة في تصريحات تلفزيونية ببرنامج “كورة كل يوم” عبر قناة الحياة: “محمود علاء مستمر مع الفريق حتى نهاية الموسم الحالي، وزوران مدرب الفريق مصمم على استمرار اللاعب”.

وتابع: “لا يحق للزمالك قطع إعارة محمود علاء، ولا يوجد بند في عقده ينص على ذلك، واللاعب سيعود للزمالك حال موافقة الاتحاد فقط”.

يذكر أن مرتضى منصور رئيس مجلس إدارة نادي الزمالك، قد طالب بقطع إعارة علاء وعودته للفريق، بعد فشل المفاوضات مع مروان عطية لاعب الاتحاد السابق الذي انتقل إلى النادي الأهلي خلال الانتقالات الشتوية الجارية.

In a low-scoring match at the Harare Sports Club, Australia A trounced South Africa A by 60 runs, topping the table with 10 points after their second victory in two games

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jun-2011
ScorecardIn a low-scoring match at the Harare Sports Club, Australia A trounced South Africa A by 60 runs, topping the table with 10 points after their second victory in two games.Choosing to bat, Australia got off to a promising start with openers Aaron Finch and David Warner putting on 52. Their stand was followed by solid performances from the middle order, before John Hastings’ 28 off 20 balls in a 45-run eighth-wicket partnership finished things with a flourish. Rory Kleinveldt was the most economical of the wicket-taking bowlers, giving away just 32 runs in 10 overs for his two wickets.Despite a modest target of 215, South Africa never quite settled into a rhythm, losing wickets at regular intervals. Kleinveldt, who came in at No. 9, combined with Ethy Mbhalati for the highest partnership of the innings – 48 for the 10th wicket – but it proved to be too little too late. Hastings removed Kleinveldt in the 34th over – one of his four scalps in a miserly nine-over spell – to end South Africa’s innings on 154.South Africa take on Zimbabwe XI on July 2 at the same venue.

Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori and Francois du Plessis have all been fined for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct following an incident during South Africa’s run-chase

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Mar-2011

Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori and Francois du Plessis have all been fined for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct following an incident during South Africa’s run-chase in their quarter-final against New Zealand in Mirpur on Friday.The incident occurred at the end of the 28th over, when there was an altercation between du Plessis and some of the New Zealand players following AB de Villiers’ crucial run-out. Mills, who was not in the playing XI for New Zealand, ran onto the field with drinks during the short break after the wicket and together with Vettori and several other New Zealand players became embroiled in a heated exchange with du Plessis and de Villiers, who had remained on the field to offer support to his team-mate. The exchange ended with du Plessis shoving Mills and umpire Rod Tucker stepping in between the players.The disciplinary charges were laid by on-field umpires Tucker and Aleem Dar, third umpire Kumar Dharmasena and fourth umpire Nigel Llong. They were then considered by match referee Roshan Mahanama, who imposed the sanctions.Mills was fined 60% of his match fee for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which is a Level 2 offence relating to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players”. He was also fined a further 60% of his fee for breaching Article 2.2.11 of the code, a Level 2 offence which relates to conduct that is “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”. That means Mills, who has been ruled out of New Zealand’s semi-final clash by injury and replaced in their squad, will have to pay 120% of his original match fee as punishment.Vettori was fined 50% of his match fee, also for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the Code, and a further 40% of his match fee for breaching Article 2.1.8 which is a Level 1 offence that relates to conduct “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”. Du Plessis, meanwhile, has been fined 50% of his match fee for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the code, a Level 2 offence.”It was a very important time of a crucial match for both sides but there is never any excuse for deliberate physical contact in international cricket,” said Mahanama. “Vettori and Mills continued to act inappropriately and contrary to the spirit of the game throughout, hence the second charges were laid against them. In determining the punishment I have taken into consideration the fact that none of these players has previously been involved in similar breaches of the code.”Mills pleaded not guilty to the charges and his case was thus considered in a full hearing by Mahanama in the presence of the four umpires, Mills and the New Zealand team manager. He was found guilty after Mahanama heard oral submissions from Mills and the match officials and considered video evidence of the incident. Mills has a right to appeal both findings and has 24 hours from receipt of the decision to lodge a notice of appeal. The other two players pleaded guilty to the offences and accepted the proposed sanction so there was no need for a formal hearing in respect to those charges.