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Victoria will start their tilt at the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 tournament in October by coming up against their best bowler Dirk Nannes

Cricinfo staff29-Aug-2009Victoria will start their tilt at the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 tournament in October by coming up against their best bowler. Dirk Nannes was the only player to side with his away team for the tournament, but Victoria received US$200,000 as compensation for their man turning out for Delhi Daredevils when the outfits meet on October 9.A condition in Nannes’ IPL contract meant the decision was made for the left-arm fast bowler. “We’re all good mates [at Victoria] and they understand my decision,” he said. “It’s going to be a pretty hard-fought game. I don’t know who’s going to win, hopefully it’s me, but I don’t know.”He said it was an awkward choice but his itinerant playing career made it easier. “In the last 12 months I’ve played for six sides, or something like that, so we’re all used to playing against each other,” he said. “It’s going to be an interesting one. We’ll have a beer afterwards and we’ll go back and play together back home.”Nannes, who appeared in his first ODI for Australia against Scotland on Friday, has 24 wickets at 13.08 for the Bushrangers in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 competition and won’t be much fun for his state friends to face. David Hussey, the Victoria batsman, has been ribbing Nannes about his decision and is planning his tactics already. “We wanted him at Victoria for the Champions League,” he said. “Unfortunately Delhi have Dirk and we’ll have to take him down there and hopefully win the silverware.”

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, will miss his team’s two practice games against the Highveld Lions this week as part of his rehabilitation from a tennis elbow surgery

Cricinfo staff02-Sep-2009Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, will miss his team’s two practice games against the Highveld Lions this week as part of his rehabilitation from a tennis elbow surgery. However, the team physiotherapist Brandon Jackson assured that Smith was progressing well, and that he should be fit for the Champions Trophy warm-up match against West Indies in Potchefstroom on September 17.”Graeme’s elbow is healing well post surgery,” Jackson was quoted as saying in Cricket South Africa’s official website. “He is in week 11 of a structured 13-week return to full activity programme. He is currently batting against tennis balls and against underarm bowling with a cricket ball, together with intensive gym strengthening and boxing.”This excludes him from matches this week. We expect him to return to full batting activity in ten days’ time.”Smith first suffered the tennis elbow injury during the IPL in 2008 and that forced him to miss the last three ODIs against England in August. He was adviced to undergo surgery but was still fit to continue playing. He kept postponing the surgery, in order to make himself available for South Africa’s busy season later in the year, which included the tour of Australia. He finally went under the knife after the World Twenty20 and was confident of recovering before the Champions Trophy at home, starting September 22. He has already been named in South Africa’s squad for the tournament, as well as the Cape Cobras’ squad for the Champions League in India next month.

South African domestic first-class cricket resumed with the 2003-04SuperSport Super Sixes series kicking off in Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Durban

Wisden Cricinfo staff03-Jul-2009South African domestic first-class cricket resumed with the 2003-04SuperSport Super Sixes series kicking off in Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Durban.TournamentDay one reports
Griqualand West 129 for 4 (Bosman 34) v WesternProvince
ScorecardDespite asking Griqualand West to bat first under overcast skies at Newlands, Western Province could not fully exploit the overhead conditions. The threat of rain caused hold-ups throughout the day and when rain chased the players off for an early tea, Griquas had progressed to 129 for 4. Wendell Bossenger was not out on 25 after Loots Bosman had scored 34. No further play was possible after tea.Border 153 (Gamiet 45*, van der Wath 4-24) v Free State 122 for 4 (Liebenberg 35, Venter 28*)
ScorecardAfter winning the toss and batting, Border never made headway as the pace attack of Free State fired on all cylinders. Four wickets from Johannes van der Wath and two each for Allan Donald, Dewald Pretorius and Victor Mpitsang had Border all out for 153. Laden Gamiet, scoring an undefeated 45, was the only Border batsman able to withstand the heat.Bad light brought about an early end with Free State in command at 122 for 4. Gerhardus Liebenberg (35) and Kosie Venter (28 not out) were the maincontributors.North West 255 (Grace 102, Bailey 47, Tweedie 3-76) v KwaZulu-Natal 10 for 0
ScorecardKwaZulu-Natal sent North West in to bat on a lively pitch, and soon reaped the benefits of some good bowling. An 81-run fifth wicket partnership restored some equilibrium but when Ryan Bailey fell for 47 it was left to Graham Grace, with a determined 102, his first SuperSport hundred, to get the Dragons to a respectable score of 255. Ros Veenstra and Nixon McLean took two wickets each while Andrew Tweedie bagged three. North West managed to get three overs in before stumps was called with Natal 3 for 0.

خاطب كارلو أنشيلوتي وسائل الإعلام بعد فوز ريال مدريد على آينتراخت فرانكفورت في كأس السوبر الأوروبي.

يواصل الإيطالي الاحتفال بالألقاب، وقد أصبح بالفعل المدرب الذي حصل على أكبر عدد من الألقاب مع ريال مدريد.

وتغلب ريال مدريد على آينتراخت فرانكفورت بهدفين دون رد، وسجل له ديفيد ألابا وكريم بنزيما.  أهداف مباراة ريال مدريد وفرانكفورت

وقال أنشيلوتي لـ”موفي ستار”: “لم تكن مباراة سهلة، لقد كانوا منغلقين جدًا، ووجدنا صعوبة في العثور على الإيقاع سجلنا هدفًا ثم سيطرنا جيدًا، دائمًا في بداية الموسم لا يمكنك أن تتوقع أن تكون في أفضل حالاتك، لكننا فزنا لبدء موسم جيد”.

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وأضاف مدرب ريال مدريد: “أعتقد أن الجو الجيد يمكن أن يجعلنا نحقق نتائج أفضل، الأجواء جيدة والفوز يساعد على التحفيز، عليك أن تكون متحمسًا ويكون لديك أمل”.

وعن التغييرات والتناوب، أوضح الإيطالي: “التغيير كان لإنهاء المباراة، سنخوض مباريات حيث سيلعبها من لم يلعبوا اليوم، لدينا مباراة يوم الأحد وسأقوم يوم الأحد بتحديث الفريق قليلًا”. مراسم تتويج ريال مدريد بطلاً للسوبر الأوروبي

Andrew Symonds could gain his first indication of whether he remains in Australia’s plans on Friday

Peter English02-Apr-2009
Australia may be calling Andrew Symonds © Getty Images
Andrew Symonds could gain his first indication of whether he remains in Australia’s plans on Friday as he waits to learn whether he has been forgiven for his season of indiscretions. The preliminary squad for the World Twenty20 in England in June has to be announced by Monday, but Symonds had not received an official clearance from Cricket Australia on Thursday afternoon.If Symonds makes the 30-man list it will increase his chances of being included in the limited-overs trip to play Pakistan in the UAE later this month. Symonds, 33, would usually be a certainty for these engagements, but he was suspended from the South Africa tours following a series of incidents and ordered into an extensive rehabilitation.James Sutherland, Cricket Australia’s chief executive, said at the time of the ban Symonds would have to undergo a formal review of his progress to win back his international status. Symonds, who has been having regular counselling sessions, finished the Australian summer in Queensland’s Sheffield Shield team and struggled for form with the bat.His troubles started when he was sent home from Darwin last August for going fishing and on the final night of his Test return in November he was involved in a dispute at a Brisbane pub. He avoided punishment and stayed with the Australian side until limping through the second Test against South Africa in Melbourne.Surgery on a knee problem kept him out for a month and his list of misdemeanours grew when he called Brendon McCullum “a lump of s***” during a radio interview. In March his counsellor Deidre Anderson praised Symonds’ improving behaviour when he departed a Brisbane bar after being asked to leave along with some Queensland team-mates. At the Bulls’ awards dinner last week there were concerns from former team-mates that Symonds would be lost to the game if the focus on his actions continued.In eight first-class games for Queensland in 2008-09 he scored 197 runs with a top of 52 and also struggled during the one-day competition, averaging 24.50 in six matches. His bowling was useful towards the end of the season, but if Australia want him it will be for his batting.

South Africa has edged out England to be named host nation of the 2009 IPL. The decision was made after a meeting between the IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, and the Cricket South Africa chief executive, Gerald Majola, in Johannesburg on Tuesday

Alex Brown and Ajay S Shankar24-Mar-2009South Africa has edged out England to be named host nation of the 2009 IPL. The decision was made after a meeting between the IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, and the Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive, Gerald Majola, in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The IPL also announced that a final schedule for the 59 matches and the host venues for the eight franchises will be released shortly.Cricinfo understands that the IPL’s opening ceremony will be held in Cape Town, and that the defending champions Rajasthan Royals will play the first game. The tournament will commence on April 18, a week later than initially scheduled, and a day after the one-day series between South Africa and Australia ends. Sources said Johannesburg, Durban, Centurion, Port Elizabeth, East London and Cape Town would be the host venues.However, it’s understood that negotiations between the two boards were not as smooth as it was initially expected with England remaining in contention as an active alternative for hosting the IPL during most of Tuesday afternoon’s meeting.South Africa had been considered the favourite to host the IPL’s second season after IPL officials voiced concerns over the effect England’s springtime weather might have on the tournament. England also faced issues in the form of cost, scheduling and the likelihood of conflict between television rights holders. South Africa’s chances were further boosted after the country’s government got actively involved in wooing the IPL, throwing in assurances on security and speedy clearance of visas for players and officials.”A lot of factors were considered by us while evaluating the final choice for the host venue,” N Srinivasan, secretary of the Indian board, said. “However, in the final analysis I think it was the South African weather, which prevailed and tilted the balance in favour of the Rainbow Nation.”David Collier, the ECB chief executive, said he understood the hurdles that would have had to be cleared to stage the tournament in England. “We all recognised the difficulties and logistical issues involved in areas such as security when the G20 is meeting in the UK next week and the climatic challenges,” he said.In the event, the IPL’s decision to move to South Africa has been greeted with relief by the league’s franchises and players. Muttiah Muralitharan, who plays for Chennai Super Kings, said it was the right decision for the league because “the game must go on, else cricket would die”.Why South Africa got the nodThe weather was the most important factor. The IPL realised that rain could seriously affect “as many as 70% of the matches” if the tournament was held in England.Top officials within the South African government and Cricket South Africa gave assurances that the IPL will receive the full red carpet treatment.Less logistical problems as South African domestic season concludes before the IPL’s scheduled start while in England the county season will just get underway.The cost of running the tournament in South Africa would be substantially less than in England.Supersport owns the rights both for the IPL and for international cricket played in South Africa while there would have been a clash between Sky TV and Setanta in England.Vijay Mallya, the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, said that though he would have preferred England, the weather had proved a decisive factor. “To be honest, I would have preferred England to South Africa,” Mallya said. “You could have taken one good flight from 5-6 places in India to England and it would have been cheaper. Besides, an average Englishman loves his cricket. The stands there would have been full of crowd. I guess weather conditions clinched the issue for South Africa. In England, there were chances that matches would have been rained off. Both teams sharing the point affects the competitiveness of the event.”There had been much speculation as to where the IPL’s second season would be based after Cricinfo identified South Africa as a possible destination last Friday. Senior officials from the IPL and CSA denied the report at the time, but had since been locked in intense discussions to finalise the unprecedented switch.With the decision now made, the real work begins. Security arrangements – which forced the tournament out of India – will need to be arranged, and an estimated 400 players and officials will require visas and accommodation. In all, 59 matches will be held over a five-week period ending on May 24.With time of the essence, logistical issues delayed the opportunity for a considered response from the ECB, whose chairman, Giles Clarke, and Collier, had been on opposite sides of the world in Australia and Guyana respectively, when contacted by IPL officials on Saturday. The pair reconvened for the first time at Lord’s on Tuesday morning, by which stage discussions with CSA were well underway.”It is very important for world cricket that this tournament is staged, but ultimately it is a matter for the BCCI where it is staged,” Clarke told Cricinfo hours before the IPL decided on South Africa. “We’re happy to help, but if it’s not staged here, we’ve got a great deal to do this season anyway. That is how we see it. It is not a competitive situation from our point of view, at all. It can be staged here, the government is keen support it, but the most important thing is that this tournament goes ahead, wherever it is staged.”England had initially emerged as the preferred venue to host the tournament after a powerful lobby within the BCCI and the Indian team management felt that such a move would help in preparing for the World Twenty20 in June.

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O técnico Mano Menezes comandou mais um treinamento na tarde desta sexta-feira, na Toca da Raposa II, visando ao confronto diante do Palmeiras, marcado para domingo, às 16h, no estádio Mineirão. Para a partida, válida pela 12ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, o treinador celeste revelou que vem pensando em diversas alternativas no intuito de realizar eventuais correções na equipe.

Na opinião do treinador celeste, ele e sua comissão têm estudado bastante as diferentes possibilidades de formação, além da semana cheia para treinamentos, para que o Cruzeiro faça um jogo forte no domingo.

– Temos que recuperar algumas coisas. Fomos cobrados por jogar de uma forma. Depois, pensamos que poderíamos ter um comportamento diferente, propondo mais, correndo riscos. O risco está mais ligado ao benefício que o prejuízo. Essa é a nossa discussão interna, recuperar a identidade que perdemos da equipe. Sem identidade, sem saber o que somos, não chegaremos onde queremos chegar – avalia.

– Perdemos um pouco de equilíbrio, pelas características que temos. Ou teremos um homem mais de contenção, o Hudson, ou um atacante, que passa a ser o Sóbis pelo lado, com Ábila ou Sassá por dentro. Outro jogador que tem no meio disso é Rafael Marques, que também faz lado de campo, mas tem um pouco mais de desenvoltura. Ou um atacante mais agudo que pode ser o Elber – complementou.

Jesse Ryder will miss the fourth one-day international against West Indies in Wellington on Saturday because of “inadequate preparation”

Cricinfo staff09-Jan-2009
Jesse Ryder: “I thought I had reached the point where I could control my drinking better, but that is obviously not the case” © Getty Images
New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder will miss the fourth one-day international against West Indies in Wellington on Saturday because of “inadequate preparation”. Ryder missed a team meeting on Thursday morning and was unable to train in the afternoon after a late night of drinking.Ryder was fined after a disciplinary hearing for missing both the meeting and training. New Zealand have called up Mathew Sinclair as a replacement and he will bat at No 3.”We are all disappointed that this has happened. Since February last year, we have witnessed encouraging signs from Jesse both on and off the park,” Justin Vaughan, chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, said. “These vast improvements meant Jesse was recently given more latitude in his personal decision making. In hindsight, this was premature. However while it is a drinking-related issue, it does not compare with last February in its severity.”In February, Ryder had put his hand through a window while trying to gain access to a toilet area that had been accidentally locked. The injury occurred in Christchurch the morning after New Zealand’s ODI series win against England and it later emerged that he was also out drinking until 1.30am on the eve of a game. He had to undergo surgery and was sidelined until September.Ryder apologised to his team-mates at training for his latest indiscretion. “I have not only let myself down, but also my team-mates, support team and the cricket fans in general,” Ryder said. “I thought I had reached the point where I could control my drinking better, but that is obviously not the case.”I am only now starting to appreciate the size of the challenge that I face. I am totally committed to overcoming this problem and understand I will have to work even harder with the support group around me.”The five-ODI series against West Indies is currently level at 1-1.

The Pakistan board has sent a show-cause notice to Mohammad Yousuf, formally banned him from all forms of cricket in Pakistan and demanded he pay them more than Rs10 million (US$ 125,000 approx) as costs incurred on litigation with the ICL. Yousuf signed with the unauthorised league earlier this week, a year after the PCB lured him away from it with the promise of a lucrative IPL contract.”We have sent him [Yousuf] a show-cause notice and if he doesn’t return the money, we will file a lawsuit in a civil court to recover money,” Shan Gul, the PCB’s legal advisor, said.Yousuf initially signed with the ICL in September 2007 but the board managed to get him back in to their fold even as the league took the matter up in an arbitration court. A stay order was passed on Yousuf’s participation in the IPL, though an appeal was later filed by the PCB on Yousuf’s behalf in the Bombay High Court.The notice accused Yousuf of misconduct and of deceiving the PCB. “In view of your misconduct the PCB acting in term of clause 13.1 read with 1.4.2 has decided to terminate your contract with immediate effect. The contract, therefore, stands terminated as of today. Furthermore, the PCB hereby bans, forbids and stops you from playing any form of representative cricket [department, association, club] in Pakistan. This ban also applies in the case of teams under PCB’s jurisdiction but playing outside Pakistan.”Separately, the PCB is entitled to recover from you costs [in the form of expenses] incurred by the PCB on your long drawn out litigation with the ICL. Since you by your conduct and action have deceived the PCB and compromised the very stance for which Rs one crore sixty eight thousand were spent by the PCB for your benefit all payments [if any] to you by the PCB are immediately stopped so as to offset PCB’s aforementioned expenses.”

Mushtaq Ahmed, the former Pakistan and Sussex legspinner, has been appointed as the ECB’s spin-bowling coach

Cricinfo staff23-Oct-2008
Mushtaq Ahmed twirling away for Sussex © Getty Images
Mushtaq Ahmed, the former Pakistan and Sussex legspinner, has been appointed as the ECB’s spin-bowling coach.Mushtaq retired from first-class cricket this summer, and will work with spinners in England’s Test and one-day squads, in addition to the ECB’s development programmes. The ECB said that Mushtaq will be looking to sever his ties with the ICL as soon as possible.”We are very excited that a bowler of Mushtaq’s standing has decided to join our team of specialist coaches based at the performance centre at Loughborough,” David Parsons, the ECB performance director and former head spin coach, said. “He will have a role to play at all levels of the game. His primary task will be to mentor our leading spin bowlers in the Test, one-day and performance squads but we also believe he can help encourage youngsters at the grass roots of the game to take up and learn the art of spin bowling.”Hugh Morris, the ECB’s managing director, said: “It’s critical we nurture and develop the next generation of England spin bowlers using the expertise and knowledge of former players such as Mushtaq. Spin has been integral to the success of the world’s best cricket teams and we are keen to ensure that there is a constant flow of spin-bowling talent into the England set-up.”Mushtaq, 38, last played for Pakistan in 2003. Overlooked by his country, he carved out a very successful county career, and in 2003 he became the first bowler in five years to take 100 wickets in the English season. That was instrumental in guiding Sussex to the first Championship title in their history, a feat he and they repeated in 2006 and the following season. He has bowled over 26,000 overs in all competitions, taking 598 wickets. He ended his first-class career with over 1400 wickets, and is currently playing for the Lahore Badshahs in the ICL.