It remains to be seen whether the young quick can play a role on the fourth day in Brisbane

Andrew McGlashan27-Jan-2024Shamar Joseph has been cleared of a fracture to his toe after retiring hurt following a blow from a Mitchell Starc yorker, raising the prospect that he could yet play a part on the fourth day at the Gabba as West Indies aim to defend 216 for a famous victory.Starc speared the delivery into Joseph’s boot and it was initially given lbw before the third umpire called a no-ball, but by then Joseph was already on the ground in pain. He quickly took off his shoe and sock as the physio came out and it was soon decided he couldn’t continue and was helped off the field. His retirement brought an end to West Indies’ second innings. After initially being iced in the dressing room, it was later confirmed he would be heading for scans and they brought good news later in the evening.Related

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“He will continue to be monitored by the medical team and assessed tomorrow,” a statement posted on X said.Shamar Joseph’s injury had left West Indies with just two frontline quicks, Kemar Roach and Alzarri Joseph, supplemented by allrounder Justin Greaves and the offspin of Kevin Sinclair as they tried to earn a first victory in Australia since 1997 in what would go down as one of the biggest upsets of all time. By the close they removed Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne to keep their hopes alive although Steven Smith was looking solid.Alazarri Joseph said they were all wishing for the best for Shamar, but had to focus on the task at hand and retained belief they could secure victory.”At the end of the day the game has to go on and we have a job to do. Can’t worry about who’s not there,” he said. “Think we bowled pretty well. It’s just for us to come tomorrow and keep pegging away. We still have eight wickets to get, you never know what could happen on the fourth day. As long as we bowl the ball in the right areas we can still win this game.””I like the fight the boys have put in with bat and ball,” he added. “We’ll take quite a bit of confidence from this series but the game isn’t done yet so there could be more.”Shamar Joseph became an overnight sensation on his Test debut when he claimed Steven Smith with his first ball in Adelaide and went on to finish with 5 for 94. He also impressed with the bat at No. 11, making 36 in his first innings.In Brisbane, he removed Alex Carey in the first innings as West Indies threatened to secure a big lead before Australia drew nearly level before declaring.

Andries Gous, the South African wicketkeeper who holds the highest individual score of the 2024 ILT20 season, has declared himself available to play for co-hosts USA in the T20 World Cup in June.Gous, 30, represented South Africa’s Under-19s in 2013 and played domestically for Free State and the Knights. In 2021, he relocated to the USA with his family after signing a long-term deal with American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), the company which runs Major League Cricket, and is due to qualify for the national team in April.The USA have not played a men’s T20I since the 2022 World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, but have qualified for June’s World Cup automatically as co-hosts with West Indies. They have been placed in Group A alongside India, Pakistan, Ireland and Canada, against whom they will play the opening match on June 1 in Dallas.”If that opportunity arises, it’s always been a dream of mine to play international cricket, firstly, and secondly, to play at a World Cup,” Gous told MLC Network. “I think that’s every cricketer’s dream, to play at a World Cup: really testing yourself against the best in the world.”Just seeing the pool that USA is in, you’re definitely going to be testing yourself against the best in the world. It will be really awesome to play for USA, if we get the chance. We’ve still got to first make the side, but if the opportunity arises, it’s something that I’ll definitely take with both hands.”Gous represented Washington Freedom in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket and has also earned opportunities with Morrisville Samp Army, who play in the Abu Dhabi T10, and now with Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20. He hit a match-winning 95 not out off 50 balls on debut against Desert Vipers on Sunday.Corey Anderson, the former New Zealand international, also relocated to the USA and will be eligible to feature in the T20 World Cup. While playing for Hobart Hurricanes last month, he told the Tasmanian newspaper: “If the opportunity comes up, I’ll assess it. But I’m not focused on that at the moment.”

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Ciente de que Abel Ferreira é um dos nomes cogitados pela CBF para substituir Tite no comando da Seleção Brasileira, o Palmeiras definiu internamente que aguarda até o final do ano para que a entidade máxima do futebol lhe procure para tratar desse assunto.

Fora desse prazo, a diretoria entende que a CBF prejudicará o planejamento do clube e por isso criará empecilhos ainda maiores para liberar o português.A informação foi revelada ao LANCE! por conselheiros do Verdão ligados à presidente Leila Pereira.

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Na avaliação interna da cúpula alviverde, segundo apurado pelo L!, seria no mínimo ‘aceitável’ que a CBF demonstrasse que de fato teria ou não Abel como um de seus favoritos ao posto.

Isso possibilitaria ao clube, por exemplo, começar a avaliar substitutos, na pior das hipóteses (a do português deixar o Parque Antártica). E desta forma manter boa parte do planejamento traçado para 2023 (a reapresentação do plantel está marcada para o dia 2 de janeiro).

O nome do substituto de Tite, que deixou o selecionado nacional após a eliminação nas quartas de final da Copa do Mundo do Qatar, para a Croácia, é mantido em sigilo dentro da CBF.

A entidade definiu que anunciará o substituto do comandante da Seleção Brasileira nas últimas duas Copas do Mundo apenas em janeiro do próximo ano.

– Não falo nem com os meus familiares sobre esse assunto. Por isso, nenhum dirigente ou funcionário da CBF está autorizado a falar do futuro da Seleção. Quem falar sobre isso, não estará dizendo a verdade, além de causar danos ao trabalho da imprensa e levar desinformação aos torcedores. Isso é um desrespeito. Todo o processo será feito com total isenção, tempo e estudo necessários – disse Ednaldo Rodrigues, presidente da CBF.

De férias, o comandante palmeirense vem curtindo as praias brasileiras. Estava na Bahia, onde encontrou com o ex-volante do Santos, Preto Casagrande, que fez uma postagem o definindo como o futuro técnico da Seleção.

Sobre o assunto, em si, tanto Palmeiras quanto Abel, que tem contrato com o clube até o fim de 2024, não se manifestaram publicamente agora. Mas comentaram o assunto em outras ocasiões.

– Já tenho um clube verde. E amarelo também. Não faço planos a longo prazo. Vivo por aqui e agora. Vivo 100% o momento aqui. Não faço planos para frente. Não é da minha forma ser e estar. Se me perguntassem há três anos se queria treinar o Palmeiras, eu ia te responder da mesma maneira. Tenho clube, contrato, gosto de estar onde estou. É um assunto que não controlo e não depende de mim – disse o treinador, em março.

Já a presidente Leila Pereira apontou que, apesar de esperar que Abel cumpra o seu contrato, o liberaria para a Seleção.

– Claro que eu liberaria (para a Seleção), seria uma honra para qualquer profissional e para o clube um técnico representando o nosso país. Na minha cabeça, pretendo manter não só o Abel, mas os profissionais que trabalham conosco. Ninguém faz nada sozinho, é um grupo de pessoas extremamente capacitadas. Meu trabalho é que toda essa equipe fique conosco o máximo de tempo possível.

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Big picture – Chattogram won’t be like Sylhet at all

For the second Test series in a row between these teams, Sri Lanka’s seamers are defining the contest. In 2022, it had been Asitha Fernando and Kasun Rajitha who claimed 24 wickets between them in the two-match series in Bangladesh. This time, Sri Lanka go to Chattogram with their quicks having taken all 20 wickets in Sylhet – the first time a Sri Lanka pace attack has achieved this since 1986.Beyond the big win in Sylhet, Sri Lanka’s having found a lower-middle-order batter who has found immediate success at the top level – Kamindu Mendis – will buoy them further.It seems unlikely, however, that the pitch in Chattogram will much resemble the moist seam-conducive surface that Sri Lanka stomped to a four-day victory on. Pitches in Chattogram tend to be much better for batting, and it is the spinners who tend to prosper there. On that front, Bangladesh will feel they have Sri Lanka covered.Related

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The return of Shakib Al Hasan from the eye complaint that saw him unavailable for the tour so far will give them the most confidence. Not only is Shakib among their best batters, he is also vastly experienced as a bowler on the Chattogram deck, having claimed 64 wickets across 19 Tests there – by a distance the most for any bowler at this venue. With him are Taijul Islam, who has the second-highest Chattogram wicket tally of 47, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who is third with 34.Sri Lanka’s main spinner Prabath Jayasuriya, meanwhile, will be playing only his fourth Test overseas, and has four career wickets away from home. Offspin-bowling allrounder Ramesh Mendis, who is the likeliest to come in to the XI if Sri Lanka opt for a second frontline spin option, is even more inexperienced overseas, having played just two away from home.Sri Lanka have never lost a Test in Bangladesh, and such was the margin of victory in Sylhet that they will begin the second Test with some confidence. Bangladesh will think of the game in Sylhet as something of an aberration, however. In Chattogram, with Shakib in their ranks, they will feel – and be, possibly – a different team entirely.

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In the spotlight – Shakib Al Hasan and Kamindu Mendis

Shakib Al Hasan turns heads wherever he goes of course, but the freshly elected member of parliament from the Magura constituency might be especially worth keeping a close eye on in this match. It’s not only his first international as an MP, it’s also his first game against Sri Lanka since he had appealed for – and earned – a timed-out dismissal against Angelo Mathews in the ODI World Cup. Mathews slammed Shakib and Bangladesh for making that appeal, and echoes of the anger it caused at the time were present through the course of the limited-overs series. If Shakib sees value in pushing Sri Lanka’s buttons again, it seems unlikely that his new status in Bangladesh’s legislature will stop him from stirring more controversy.Three Test innings into his career, Kamindu Mendis has scores of 64, 102, and 164. Though he burst into the international cricket consciousness as a fingerspinner who could operate with either arm, his batting has always been his primary suit. And since he debuted for Sri Lanka in 2018, he has clearly taken his batting up several levels, improving his ability to deal with the moving ball in particular, a skill that served him nicely on the spicy deck in Sylhet. There will be greater tests in store for him, as oppositions study his game and design strategies to exploit his weaknesses. But he seems set now to keep that spot in the lower-middle order during what is a relatively busy Test year.

Pitch and conditions

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium has Bangladesh’s best batting pitch. Batting first, sides have averaged 380 in the last five Tests here. The weather is likely to be warm, with the odd chance of a shower on days one and five.Asitha Fernando should get into the Sri Lanka XI in place of Kasun Rajitha•AFP/Getty Images

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Shakib will likely displace Shahadat Hossain in Bangladesh’s XI. Nahid Rana’s pace is exciting but whether he will be effective on Chattogram’s generally placid surface is a question Bangladesh will consider. Hasan Mahmud could be an option for them.Bangladesh (possible): 1 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 2 Zakir Hasan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 4 Mominul Haque, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Shoriful Islam, 10 Khaled Ahmed, 11 Nahid Rana/Hasan MahmudWith Rajitha out with a back injury, Sri Lanka will likely bring Asitha straight into the XI, partnering him with left-arm quick Vishwa Fernando. If one of the seamers from Sylhet has to miss out, Lahiru Kumara is the likeliest to be omitted in favour of another spinner.Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Dimuth Karuanaratne, 2 Nishan Madushka, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), 7 Kamindu Mendis, 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Prabath Jayasuriya, 10 Asitha Fernando, 11 Vishwa Fernando

Stats and trivia

• The three most recent Tests between these teams in Chattogram have all ended in draws
• Asitha claimed 13 wickets at an average of 16.61 on his last trip to Bangladesh, though his figures in Chattogram were 3 for 72
• Following his 87 not out on day four of the first Test, Mominul Haque needs 25 to complete 4000 career Test runs. He will be the fourth Bangladesh batter to the milestone – behind Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Shakib – if and when he gets there
  

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  “It looks like he has lost weight. He’s been training. He has had a good BPL. He’s had a good start to the Dhaka Premier League. He’s happy and that’s the only place we want Shakib. We want him happy.”
  “Why should I talk about him? He’s not in my team.”

Umpire Lyndon Hannibal not penalising Wafadar Momand’s high full toss to Kamindu Mendis did not go well with Sri Lanka’s captain

Andrew Fidel Fernando22-Feb-2024Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has said outright that umpire Lyndon Hannibal should find another job, after Hannibal had deemed a high full toss as a legal delivery during a tense final over in the third T20I against Afghanistan in Dambulla.Hasaranga’s scathing comments came after Hannibal, the square-leg umpire, did not call a no-ball when a Wafadar Momand delivery passed batter Kamindu Mendis well above waist height without pitching. Kamindu had shuffled down the pitch, but the delivery nevertheless would have likely arrived higher than his waist had he been standing upright at the popping crease. This would constitute a no-ball as per the ICC’s playing conditions.Still, Hasaranga was extraordinarily critical, though he did not refer to Hannibal by name.”That kind of thing shouldn’t happen in an international match,” Hasaranga said of the incident. “If it had been close [to waist height], that’s not a problem. But a ball that’s going so high… it would have hit the batsman’s head if it had gone a little higher.Related

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“If you can’t see that, that umpire isn’t suited to international cricket. It would be much better if he did another job.”Sri Lanka needed 11 runs off the last three balls when this occurred. As the delivery was deemed legal, and Kamindu made no contact with the full toss, they ended up needing 11 off the last two.After the umpires deemed it a fair delivery, Kamindu was seen asking for the no-ball, and is understood to have also requested a review. However, the current ICC playing conditions do not allow player reviews for umpire decisions that do not involve potential dismissals. In fact, umpires themselves cannot initiate third-umpire reviews on no-balls, unless there is a dismissal at stake.”There was a situation where you could review those calls before, but the ICC has got rid of that,” Hasaranga said. “Our batsmen tried to review that. If the third umpire is able to check the front-foot no-ball, he should check this kind of no-ball as well. There’s no reason why they can’t. They didn’t do even that, so I’m not sure what was going on in his (the square-leg umpire’s) mind at the time.”The ICC’s playing conditions define this kind of no-ball as: “Any delivery, which passes or would have passed, without pitching, above waist height of the striker standing upright at the popping crease…”Sri Lanka went on to lose the match by three runs to give Afghanistan their only victory of the tour, although the hosts won the series 2-1.

Atalanta's CEO has confirmed that Inter have submitted an offer for Ademola Lookman and that the player has made clear he wants to leave this summer.

• Lookman's move to Inter stalled
• Inter not ready to change their offer
• Nigerian's agent working behind the scenes

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  Inter had submitted a bid worth €45 million (£39m/$51m) for Lookman, falling short of the €50m (£42m/$54m) Atalanta had demanded. According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Inter will not be raising the bid if Atalanta refuse it, causing concerns that the attacker could miss out on his preferred transfer. The Nigerian's entourage has been working behind the scenes to convince Atalanta to let him go and the latest developments, according to , suggest Atalanta may be willing to settle for €48m (£38m/$55m).

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  Lookman joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig in 2022 and was a vital cog in Gian Piero Gasperini's Europa League-winning side in 2024. However, as the summer window arrived, numerous clubs started to show interest and he made clear that he wants to leave, as chief executive Luca Percassi confirmed on Wednesday.

• WHAT LOOKMAN'S AGENT SAID

  Percassi said: "Lookman has been expressing his desire to leave for some time. It's no secret. In all our discussions, he was a player who should have left this summer, following our club's philosophy of one sale per year. But the transfer market always brings unexpected things, you know well what happened with Mateo Retegui. For Lookman, despite so much interest, there had never been anything concrete until yesterday when the first official proposal arrived. Inter is a very friendly company, I saw [president Beppe] Marotta yesterday. We have a great friendship and professional relationship. In these days, we will evaluate with great serenity the offer we have received, and then give an answer. I can only say that the timing and exit values of the Atalanta players are decided only by the club."

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  Lookman has dual citizenship of Nigeria and England, and has won the U-20 World Cup with the Three Lions back in 2017. In 2024, he was the recipient of the African Footballer of the Year award.

أعرب أحمد حسام ميدو، نجم الكرة المصرية السابق، عن استيائه من حالة أرضية ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي، كاشفًا سبب تدهور النجيلة.

وكتب ميدو عبر حسابه الرسمي على منصة “إكس”: “استاد القاهرة أتعمل عليه حفلة كايروكي يوم ٢٨-٦ الملعب أتدمر تمامًا وشوفت صور بعد الحفلة، النجيلة كلها باظت”.

وأضاف: “ماعنديش أي مشكلة إن في حفلات تتعمل على استاد القاهرة، بس لازم تتأكد إن النجيلة هتتحمى من قبل منظمين الحفلة، لكن اللي حصل في النجيلة في الحفلة دي جريمة، وأنت داخل على موسم جديد وده الملعب الرئيسي بتاع البلد”.

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واختتم: “ملعب هيئة قناة السويس ملعب جميل جدًا، ولكن المسافة بعيدة على الجمهور إنه يسافر المشوار ده، في ماتشات المفروض تتلعب في استاد القاهرة”.

يأتي ذلك في ظل شكاوى متكررة من عدد من أندية الدوري المصري، وعلى رأسها الأهلي والزمالك، بشأن سوء أرضية استاد القاهرة وتأثيرها على أداء المباريات.

وكشفت مصادر مطلعة أن وزارة الرياضة تتجه لإغلاق استاد القاهرة لمدة 10 أيام متواصلة لإجراء أعمال صيانة شاملة للأرضية، تمهيدًا لاستقبال المباريات الرسمية بجودة أفضل.

ومن المقرر أن يُعاد فتح الملعب يوم 30 أغسطس الجاري لاستضافة مباراتي الأسبوع الخامس من الدوري المصري، حيث يلتقي الأهلي مع بيراميدز، بينما يلعب الزمالك أمام وادي دجلة، كما سيستضيف الاستاد مباراة منتخب مصر أمام إثيوبيا يوم 5 سبتمبر المقبل ضمن تصفيات كأس العالم.

Stuart Pearce admits Evangelos Marinakis “polarises opinion”, but the Nottingham Forest legend says you “can’t knock” the Reds’ enigmatic owner.

Enigmatic Greek returned Reds to big timeHas invested heavily at the City GroundCourts controversy but is a model ownerFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Greek shipping magnate Marinakis completed a takeover at the City Ground in 2017. Big plans were drawn up at that stage, but it took five years for Steve Cooper to deliver on an ambitious remit and return Premier League football to Trentside.

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Marinakis has made his mark on the English top-flight since then, with elaborate recruitment drives, emotional online statements, banning of certain pundits, marches onto the pitch and threats of legal action against rivals seeing him make plenty of headlines.

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The 57-year-old, who also owns Olympiakos and Rio Ave, has become box office in his own right. Forest icon Pearce, speaking in association with the online casino Casino.org, told GOAL when asked for his opinion on Marinakis: “He’s come to the club, put his money into the club, he’s larger than life in regard to how he is and what he is.

“To be fair, the proof is in the pudding. Where Forest are at the moment, in Europe, the fact that he has got them promoted under his tenureship, I think he is doing a lot right. He polarises opinion a little bit in some of the things he does, but there is a real passion for the club to do well. He wants to drive it. You can’t knock it.”

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Marinakis has attracted criticism from some, but could be considered the model owner in many ways – with it impossible to question his commitment of passion and funding to the Forest cause. Pearce added: “I think the big thing is some of the things we don’t see, behind the scenes, what’s the relationship with the manager like on a daily basis, and various other bits and pieces. Are they enjoying working for him? All of those things go into the mix as well. That is something we won’t be privy to.

“Forest are looking as strong as they have been for a number of years, which is an understatement – you are going back 20-30 years now for the last time we were in Europe. The proof is in the pudding, he’s put his money into the football club, they have got a wealth of talent on the playing list and the fans are making that football club bounce at the moment – with the home games being sold out. I think that is more of an indicator as to how he’s doing.”

Australia’s Darcie Brown, who got 5 for 21, felt day two could be “interesting”, given it was “a bowler-friendly wicket”

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The heartbreak of being without superstar Marizanne Kapp did not derail South Africa’s confidence and focus, said debutant quick Masabata Klaas after the tourists endured a torrid initiation to Test cricket against Australia at the WACA.South Africa’s hopes of a major upset in their first Test against Australia were rocked when Kapp was ruled out due to illness. She had been absent from training in the lead-up to the match, but was expected to play. The South Africa camp had hoped she could pull through on match day, but she did not feel well enough. “We only found out when we had to play that she’s not going to play,” Klaas told reporters after day one of the Test.After being sent in to bat, South Africa’s batting wilted against sustained pressure from Australia’s quicks, who bowled a disciplined line outside off stump that had batters perishing to loose shots. Without the mighty presence of Kapp, South Africa lost eight wickets in a humiliating first session before being routed for just 76 in their lowest ever Test score in an innings that lasted 31.2 overs.”I don’t think so,” Klaas said when asked if South Africa were rattled in the wake of Kapp’s absence. “We’re confident enough and have a strong batting line-up, so I won’t say that her not being here affected the team.”While it was a difficult day for South Africa, Klaas was a shining light on her debut as she ripped open Australia’s top order by dismissing Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath cheaply. Her performance earned praise from Kapp, who also voiced on social media her lament that South Africa did not select young quick Eliz-mari Marx.