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Michael Hussey’s Twenty20 Champions League duty for Chennai Super Kings has ruled him out of Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield opener, against Tasmania at the WACA ground

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Oct-2011

Michael Hussey’s Twenty20 Champions League duty for Chennai Super Kings has ruled him out of Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield opener, against Tasmania at the WACA ground from Tuesday.Having been the undisputed man of the series for Australia against Sri Lanka in September, plucking the match award in all three Tests, Hussey flew direct from Sri Lanka to India for the CLT20, and then back to Perth in time to train with the Warriors ahead of their first domestic fixture.However the national selectors have decided to withdraw Hussey from the match, allowing him time to rest and rejoin his family before flying off again as part of the Australia ODI squad to face South Africa. Their decision reflects the impact of the CLT20 on player schedules, for Ricky Ponting, Xavier Doherty and Mitchell Johnson, all due to fly to South Africa at the conclusion of the Shield match, will take part having missed the T20 event.Michael Brown, Cricket Australia’s general manager, said the call was made with consideration to Hussey’s workload, but also his outstanding batting form of recent times. As a point of contrast, Ponting has played nine days of cricket since the start of the Sri Lanka Test series – returning home mid-series for the birth of his second child – while Hussey has been involved in 18.”The NSP took into account all the various factors in making this decision,” Brown said. “Michael was Man of the Match in all three Test matches on Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka and has just returned from the CLT20, so his recent workload has been significant. Looking at all the coming international fixtures, it was decided that it is best for Michael if he sits out this week’s Sheffield Shield fixture in Perth, in advance of his Friday night flight to South Africa.”Queensland, meanwhile, have been dealt a one-two punch on the eve of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at the Gabba, losing the captain James Hopes and young batsman Chris Lynn to injury.Hopes suffered a jarred knee in the Bulls’ limited overs victory over the Bushrangers on Sunday night, while Lynn sustained a hamstring strain. It was thought prudent to keep the duo out of the match given that another one day fixture against Tasmania in Mackay following closely on the heels of the Shield game.Chris Hartley, the Bulls’ wicketkeeper, will captain the hosts in place of Hopes, having also deputised at times last summer.The withdrawals took place on the same day that CA announced the healthcare group Bupa had signed on as the Shield’s sponsor for the next three summers. The conglomerate replaces Weetbix after its own three-year association expired.”Health, sport and physical activity are a logical mix – CA and Bupa objectives are closely aligned, with each being committed to promotion of healthy lifestyles,” James Sutherland, the CA chief executive, said. “In particular, we are both committed to promoting physical activity as an important contributor to life-long good health.”The Sheffield Shield has a rich tradition, is a critically important part of Australian cricket’s success and it is pleasing to have Bupa’s support promoting its continued success.”The company had previously been engaged by CA as the provider of health insurance for the national team.

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Sem a presença de Gilson Kleina na área técnica por causa de uma suspensão, coube ao auxiliar Juninho comandar a Chapecoense na partida contra o Vitória, na noite desta quarta-feira, pela décima rodada da Série A, do Campeonato Brasileiro. Em campo, após falha de Apodi, Neilton balançou a rede de Jandrei e definiu o triunfo do time baiano: 1 a 0. Segundo o dirigente, o clube não merecia perder por chances apresentadas para os dois lados.

– No meu modo de analisar, não merecemos perder o jogo. Foi um jogo igual. Nós tivemos chances e eles também. Tomamos o gol, mas tivemos várias oportunidades e pressionamos bastante o time deles nos minutos finais, mas, infelizmente, não conseguimos fazer o gol de empate – disse.

Juninho também falou do desgaste da equipe, mas de acordo com ele, todos os times tem o mesmo problema e crava que a parada para a Copa será providencial.

– Não é só a Chapecoense, todos sentem. Se não tivesse a parada da Copa, seriam muitas lesões. Não tem como sair disso. O Cruzeiro também vai ter uma viagem longa, tudo desgasta.

No próximo sábado, a Chapecoense recebe o Cruzeiro, às 19h, na Arena Condá, pela décima primeira rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Andrew Strauss endured another unproductive day at Uxbridge as Middlesex’s County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire ended in a dull draw

30-Jun-2011
ScorecardAndrew Strauss endured another unproductive day at Uxbridge as Middlesex’s County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire ended in a dull draw. Strauss finished the game as he had started it, fielding at first slip and failing to hold onto any catch that came his way, as Gloucestershire opted not to try to manufacture a result on the final day despite winning themselves a 134-run lead by wrapping up the Middlesex firstinnings for 325 inside the first hour.Gloucestershire, to the displeasure of a sparse crowd, then opted to bat through to the close at 229 for 8, refusing to set Middlesex a target and – more realistically – giving themselves an outside chance of a win which would have catapulted them above their opponents and into second place in Division Two.Strauss missed two catches in Gloucestershire’s first innings, with the declaration not coming until the third morning because of a weather-hit second day in which just 10.1 overs were bowled. He then scored only two before being trapped leg before wicket by Jon Lewis – and that became Strauss’ only innings of the match due to Gloucestershire’sultra-conservative approach.Needing time at the crease in a bid to recapture some batting form ahead of the Test series against India, which starts on July 21, Strauss will now have two weeks without any cricket before guesting for Somerset in their three-day tourist fixture against the Indians at Taunton, starting on July 15.Angus Fraser, the Middlesex director of cricket, confirmed that Strauss has no plans to play any club cricket in the next fortnight. Middlesex second XI, meanwhile, have no scheduled matches in this period.Middlesex required 27 runs to avoid the follow-on when they resumed on 283 for 7 and, despite the early loss of Tim Murtagh who fell lbw to Lewis for seven, a ninth-wicket stand of 39 between Chris Rogers and Anthony Ireland ensured the hosts would not be asked to bat again.Rogers was eventually bowled middle stump by David Payne for 148, made in just over six hours at the crease and featuring two sixes and 17 fours from 263 balls, and Payne then yorked Ireland (16) to uproot his off stump.Murtagh sent back Hamish Marshall (9), with a smart low catch in his follow-through, Chris Dent (19) and Chris Taylor (8) in an excellent new-ball spell, and when Steven Crook bowled first-innings centurion Ian Cockbain for eight the Gloucestershire second innings was wobbling a little on 65 for 4.Strauss, however, put down a relatively straightforward waist-high chance when Richard Coughtrie was on nought, off Crook. That would have left Gloucestershire on 75 for 5 but, instead, Coughtrie scored 40 and stayed with Kane Williamson, who made a fine 73 from 98 balls, to add 94 for the fifth wicket.The match drifted to the draw after tea, which Gloucestershire took 331 runs ahead at 197 for 6, with Strauss given one over of his left-arm slow-medium to relieve the boredom.

Matt Prior believes he is one good innings, and just needs “one or two things to click”, before he turns his form around at the top of England’s order. Prior had to take on the opener’s role after Kevin Pietersen, the original choice to partner Andrew Strauss, had to leave early for a hernia operation. His two digs at the top have been forgettable, a brain-freeze stumping against Bangladesh and a wasted start against West Indies when he was beaten for pace and movement by Andre Russell.Prior doesn’t know just yet if he will get another chance to set that record straight. “When I was told I would be opening when KP went down, it wasn’t a done decision for the whole tournament,” he said three days before the quarter-final against Sri Lanka. “There wasn’t a decision made that I would be opening for the rest of the competition.”Do I want to open? Of course I do,” he added. “I love opening the batting. It gives you the best opportunity to bat 50 overs and get a big score for your team. It hasn’t gone to play, and that’s a frustration for me, but I don’t feel far away. I know that if I do open, a big score is around the corner. I am hitting the ball well, one or two things going my way, and I will get a big score.”One of the reasons why Prior might not open again is that he himself is not sure if the opening slot is the best utilisation of his strengths as a batsman. “My stats would suggest not,” he said. “I haven’t scored the runs that I would have wanted, which is hugely frustrating for me. I know I can play that role really, really well. I seem to do the hard work, and then get out, which is hugely frustrating.”Over here, one of my key strengths is moving the ball around in the field, especially when the spinners are on, and that’s a part of my game that I back. Probably it has to be utilised as well. Whether that means I open or bat a little bit further down the order, I don’t really know. All I know is that wherever I am batting, there will be a reason for it.”Prior still believes he has the technique to do well when opening. “I have opened in county cricket,” he said. “Obviously it is a step up, we all know that. In Test cricket I have scored hundreds. When people mention technique and all that, it’s just not it at all. You don’t score hundreds in Test cricket if you have got a poor technique.”His opportunities at the top of England’s one-day order have been numerous, with 35 of his 67 appearances coming as an opener, dating back to the tour of Zimbabwe in 2004-05. However, he has managed just two half-centuries in those games, the most recent being a run-a-ball 67 against Australia at Adelaide back in January.”It’s just that something hasn’t clicked,” he said. “Early on in my one-day career, when I opened, I felt pressure to take that role on as a pinch-hitter. And that sort of gave me a poor start. I was getting to 20s and 30s, and then sort of carried on playing too many shots, and getting caught in the deep or whatever it might be. Going into this phase of my ODI career, I am trying to find a different tempo.”I have done that at times, but just not had a great run of luck,” he added. “Things like going back to the Australia series, the Sydney game, I do the hard work [18 from 23 balls] and then Mitchell Johnson bowls me an absolute beauty. Just little things like that, where you start thinking, ‘Hang on a minute, this is just not meant to be’.””But you are only one innings from turning it around. And it does turn around very very quickly,” he said. “The belief in my ability that I have and my team-mates have is still there. We know we are in the quarter-final, and that’s very exciting. If I do open, I have got an opportunity to put my hand up, play an innings that gets us into the semi-final of the world cup. What’s gone before is irrelevant. Certainly if you play that innings, people in this job have very short memories. I have got a huge amount of belief, and I just need one or two things to click. That big innings is around the corner.”Prior can expect to find out his batting position by Thursday’s practice session at the latest, but he said that would not pose a huge problem in the preparation side of things. “We have been on tour for a long time,” he said. “We have hit a lot of cricket balls, we have played a lot of cricket balls, bowled a lot of cricket balls over the last six months.”It’s not the netting, it’s more the mental side of the game. Who are you going to be facing? Who are you going to come out against? The situation of the game you might be confronted with. It’s obviously different from opening to batting in the middle order. You want to find that as soon as possible. The more time you have, the better. That’s a vital part of getting ready for the game, the mental side of it.”

Michael Clarke, the stand-in captain, and the coach Tim Nielsen have disagreed over Australia’s Test batting tactics in the aftermath of the side’s horrible Ashes loss. The lack of runs was a key problem for the hosts throughout the 3-1 series defeat and it has become clear that there was a clash over the best method of survival.Nielsen, who has been in charge since 2007, said the batsmen had to learn how to adjust their mind-sets to avoid losing wickets at crucial times, which was a feature of the campaign. However, Clarke, who replaced the injured Ricky Ponting in Sydney, said he told his men not to alter their attitude in the second innings, when they were attempting to hold off the rampaging tourists.”[It was] 100% to play their natural game,” Clarke said of his instructions. “For me, if I try to occupy the crease and block, I know I’m going to have no chance for success. Every individual is different, but you have to stick to your game plan. You have to play your way.”Nielsen disagreed after watching his batsmen fall around breaks in play at vital stages of the past five Tests. “They are little things we need to improve, it’s not about saying you can’t play a cover drive or a cut shot or can’t catch the ball,” he said. “Players don’t get to this level without being able to do that, but it’s us improving as a group to identify those times and realising that sometimes you need to put your own game on the back burner.”It is not unusual for a coach and captain to have different views. Nielsen was angry this week with Stuart Clark, the former Test bowler, for suggesting Nielsen and Clarke had problems in the West Indies during the World Twenty20. Clark had written about the pair’s relationship for the Sydney Morning Herald at the start of the final Test.”It is my belief Clarke will want full control, and this might mean Nielsen has to take a back seat on several fronts,” Clark wrote. “It might be better if he provides support and guidance to Clarke rather than a dominant hand.”He should then ensure the rest of the side are having their requirements met – be they extra netting time, throwdowns, catching, fielding work, bowling work or just sitting down and talking to players about their fears and concerns. This might take away from the more glamorous work of deciding when to declare or who should be 12th man, but it’s still a very important part of building a successful team.”Nielsen insisted he did his best during the Ashes but could only point to three players – Michael Hussey, Shane Watson and Peter Siddle – who had improved over the past six months. Before the season he signed a contract to the end of the 2013 Ashes and James Sutherland, Cricket Australia’s chief executive, delivered a surprising vote of confidence.”He’s doing a great job with the development of players and at the same time we have some significant changes in the personnel within the Australian team and team management,” Sutherland said. “The decision that was made, the board’s very comfortable that Tim’s contract should be renewed through that period. Tim’s fine.”Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said after the match that his panel had done “a very good job” during the series. When Nielsen was asked if he rated his own performance the same way he said: “We’ve done our very best, no doubt about that. We did everything we thought we could do and we tried everything we could have.”While Nielsen ran out of answers for his team, his support staff also struggled to lift the players. Every time Australia bowled the wicket looked flatter and slower, with Troy Cooley suffering badly in comparison with David Saker, England’s Australian bowling coach. Justin Langer’s batting advice was either ignored or not useful, and the fielding was also disappointing.”The planning was there, it was just our inability as a group to do what we wanted to do with bat and ball,” Nielsen said. The players have been the only ones to accept blame for the side’s worst series of results in history.

كشف مصدر بالنادي الأهلي، عن طلب مارسيل كولر المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم، عودة لاعب الأحمر المعار لصفوف فيوتشر.

الأهلي يستعد لمواجهة طلائع الجيش يوم الجمعة المقبل، في إطار منافسات الجولة الخامسة من بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وقال المصدر في تصريحات خاصة لـ “بطولات” إن مارسيل كولر طلب عودة كريم نيدفيد لصفوف الفريق الموسم المقبل عقب انتهاء إعارته.

واختتم: “إدارة الأهلي تواصلت مع اللاعب وتم إبلاغه بعودته لصفوف الفريق الموسم المقبل”.

طالع أيضًا.. كولر يكشف عن طلبه من لاعبي الأهلي في مباراة المقاولون العرب

جدير بالذكر أن الأهلي كان قد وافق على إعارة كريم نيدفيد في وقت سابق إلى نادي فيوتشر لمدة موسمين.

فاز الفريق الأول لكرة اليد بنادي الزمالك على فريق الأولمبي بنتيجة 39-27، وذلك في إطار مباريات المرحلة الأولى من دوري المحترفين.

 طالع | الأهلي يشكو قناة الزمالك ويوجه تساؤلًا إلى المجلس الأعلى للإعلام

وأقيمت المباراة على صالة النادى الأوليمبي بمحافظة الإسكندرية.

وانتهى الشوط الأول بتقدم الفارس الأبيض بنتيجة 17-13.

اقرأ أيضًا | مرتضى منصور يعلن تقدم 18 لاعبًا من فريق يد الزمالك بشكوى لفسخ التعاقد

ومن المقرر أن يواجه الفريق غدًا الجمعة سموحة السكندري في تمام الساعة الرابعة عصرًا، على صالة محمد حسن حلمي بنادي الزمالك.

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Emprestado pelo Palmeiras, Daniel jogou todas as partidas do Votuporanguense na Série A2 do Paulista e, enfim, conseguiu a sequência de jogos que vinha sentindo falta. Com contrato com o Verdão até 2019, o meio-campista de 21 anos comemora o bom momento no interior de São Paulo.

– Tem sido uma sequência muito importante até aqui. Votuporanguense, Palmeiras e o professor Rafael Guanaes me deram essa oportunidade de estar aqui, disputando um dos melhores estaduais do país, com uma equipe de alto nível e muito competitiva. Espero evoluir a cada dia, seguir aproveitando as oportunidades e ajudar o clube a conquistar o principal objetivo, que é o acesso para a A1 – disse o jogador.

O Votuporanguense está na oitava colocação da A2, com 12 pontos, dois a menos que o primeiro time na zona de classificação para a semifinal da competição.

– É um campeonato curto, quem quer se classificar tem pouca margem de erro. Estamos próximos do G4 mesmo deixando de ganhar alguns pontos e tendo empatado nas últimas três rodadas. Pensando jogo a jogo temos totais condições de voltar a vencer e nos classificarmos. Nossa equipe tem qualidade e acredita muito na classificação – avisou.

Daniel chegou a treinar com o grupo do Palmeiras que foi campeão da Copa do Brasil em 2015 e disputou a Copinha em 2015 e 2016. Pela Série A2 do Paulistão, ele soma um gol diante da Penapolense e uma assistência em oito partidas disputadas.

Struggling Gloucestershire virtually ended Middlesex’s hopes of reaching the Friends Provident t20 quarter-finals by beating them by six wickets with four balls to spare at Uxbridge

11-Jul-2010
ScorecardStruggling Gloucestershire virtually ended Middlesex’s hopes of reaching the Friends Provident t20 quarter-finals by beating them by six wickets with four balls to spare at Uxbridge.The match saw Steven Finn return to the Middlesex team for the first time since he bowled England to victory in the second Test against Bangladesh at Old Trafford in June but he conceded 30 runs in two overs and was promptly withdrawn from the firing line.Finn was struck for five fours and a six as William Porterfield and Aaron Redmond launched Gloucestershire’s pursuit of a target of 186 with an opening partnership of 78 in seven overs. Neil Dexter, the Middlesex captain, stemmed the flow of runs by bowling Redmond and having Hamish Marshall caught behind in the space of seven balls.Porterfield, who had hit 64 off 32 balls with three sixes and seven fours, was then unluckily run out when Franklin’s drive was deflected into the stumps at the bowler’s end but Franklin and Chris Taylor regained the initiative with a fourth wicket stand of 61 in six overs.Middlesex, beaten by Hampshire on the same club ground the day before, owed their total to Dawid Malan’s 86 off 44 balls, including six sixes and five fours, after they had made another poor start, losing David Warner and Jackson Thompson inside the first four overs.Warner, the Australia Twenty20 specialist, who has made only 188 runs in 11 innings for Middlesex, was caught and bowled by Steve Kirby for one and Thompson, an India-born left-hander who once played for Gloucestershire, was caught at extra cover off Anthony Ireland for 14.Owais Shah gave the innings some momentum, following his 80 against Hampshire with 27 off 19 balls including a six and four fours before he was brilliantly caught on the midwicket boundary by Gemaal Hussain off Richard Dawson, and then Neil Dexter joined Malan in a fourth wicket partnership of 85 in eight overs.Dexter had struck 38 off 30 balls with two sixes and two fours when he was well caught by Porterfield, leaping high in front of the sightscreen, off Kirby and Middlesex were on course for 200 until they failed to make the most of the closing overs.Tyron Henderson was caught by Marshall running in from long on off Ireland and three wickets went down in the last over with Scott and Smith running themselves out and Malan bowled when making room to hit Kirby through the offside.

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A Ponte Preta estreou no Campeonato Paulista vencendo o Corinthians, atual campeão brasileiro, por 1 a 0, no Pacaembu. Orgulhoso do elenco de jovens, Eduardo Baptista elogiou o desempenho dos jogadores e enfatizou tempo curto para entrosamento.

– É um time de jogadores que se conheceram há 12 dias. O grande mérito foi ter sido organizado. Todos jogaram muito determinados. Foi uma vitória espetacular, emblemática contra o campeão brasileiro – enfatizou o treinador.

Freando a empolgação, o técnico da Macaca reforçou que o trabalho tem que continuar e que o time ainda precisa melhorar.

– Estamos pegando os meninos pela mão. O time tem espaço para crescer, foi um bom resultado, mas só. Ainda temos muito a evoluir. É um trabalho de reconstrução, de rejuvenescimento da Ponte. A caminhada é longa e vamos ter oscilações. Precisamos ter equilíbrio para conduzir – disse Eduardo.

Apesar da avaliação promissora, Eduardo não esquece que o grupo alvinegro ainda tem lacunas a serem preenchidas.

O próximo desafio da Ponte está marcado para domingo, às 19h30, contra o Linense, no Majestoso. Será a estreia da Macaca diante da torcida em 2018.