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Angelo Mathews embarks on the Champions Trophy as a largely untested commodity. Can he use this platform to successfully secure his position at the helm and lead Sri Lanka to success?

Andrew Fidel Fernando27-May-2013

Both on and off the field, Angelo Mathews gives few emotions away. There was a time when he was among the team’s most exuberant men, but experience, and the onset of responsibility, have seemingly dulled his zest for public elation. He is now equally stoic with a dozen microphones set before him.As Sri Lanka departed for the Champions Trophy in England, Mathews had little to say, aside from trotting out worn-out assurances that the side would seek to capitalise on its strengths, and had set its sights on the semi-finals as their first target. Four months into his tenure, Mathews is already proficient in the art mastered by all jaded captains – that of talking without saying much at all. Only, Sri Lanka’s problems in the approach to the tournament did not need vocalising. The IPL has laid them bare.Nine of Sri Lanka’s probable first XI travelled to India for the tournament, and only Thisara Perera and Sachithra Senanayake have returned with any semblance of form behind them. Of the three Sri Lankan captains, Kumar Sangakkara dropped himself from the side, mid-season, citing a poor run, while Mathews himself surrendered the captaincy when his own place in an ailing team became threatened. Mahela Jayawardene remained at the helm of Delhi Daredevils throughout the tournament, but the team finished dead last, with him having done barely anything with the bat to prevent it.Among the others, Tillakaratne Dilshan failed to fire in five outings, while Jeevan Mendis and Kusal Perera largely warmed the dugout benches during the last two months. Lasith Malinga meanwhile, who had been among the IPL’s safest bets in previous seasons, was as bipolar for his franchise as he has been for Sri Lanka in the last 18 months.Over the past week, the team has arrived piecemeal from across the Palk Strait and headed immediately into Champions Trophy training sessions, to join the six non-IPL cricketers who have been at it for almost a month.”I’m not really worried about our form,” Mathews said. “The IPL is completely different to what we will play now. We are professionals, and we know how to prepare for a tournament like this. The boys are pretty confident of themselves. The guys who were in India and Sri Lanka have all trained well, and there was a training tournament here. When we prepare for the Champions Trophy, we put in a lot of effort, and as a team we are ready for this.”Despite his optimism, Mathews will know the team has further to go than if they had all embarked on their flight to England with runs and wickets to commend them. However, there is also truth in his assertion that the Champions Trophy is a different beast. Alongside Pakistan, Sri Lanka have been the most consistent side at major tournaments in the last six years, making it to four finals in their last six ICC events. Their results leading in to each tournament have not always suggested they would progress to the final.On each of those occasions, the team has ignited at the beginning of the tournament, finding, as a collective, gears that elude them in many bilateral affairs. By the time the group stage is complete, they have been marked as favourites, and have ridden that momentum to the final, where vexing decisions and uncharacteristic nerves have hastened their ultimate demise.Chief among the reasons for their sudden surge has, in the past, been leadership. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara matured as cricketers before they were handed the reins, and have proven shrewd as captains in major tournaments.Mathews may possess a steel temperament, but he has not yet shown himself as a canny leader, and his batting form is a law unto itself – failing abruptly just when formidable scores are beginning to cluster together. His bowling has been more consistent, and it is this that has helped make him a vital part of the Sri Lanka side since his arrival. He is yet, however, to truly establish himself on the international stage in the way that almost every Sri Lankan captain has before him.The Champions Trophy is his biggest assignment yet, as captain, and his challenge has been magnified by the state of his own game, as well as those of the side’s senior batsmen. If Mathews can stir up the familiar courage Sri Lanka teams have embraced in recent tournaments, he will emerge a secure leader, and repay the faith he has been afforded. If he cannot, he will remain a young captain on trial, with plenty still to prove.

Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann has conceded the batting inadequacies on such gaudy display at Lord’s will take time to be rectified, not only within the Test team but at the domestic levels beneath

Daniel Brettig at Lord's19-Jul-2013Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann has conceded the batting inadequacies on such gaudy display at Lord’s will take time to be rectified, not only within the Test team but at the domestic levels beneath. Lehmann spoke frankly of his side’s abject slide from 42 for 0 to 128 all out, saying he had criticised the team heavily within the dressing room. He also revealed Shane Watson’s wrong-headed referral of his lbw, the day’s obvious pivot point, had been triggered by his partner Chris Rogers.Across the day television cameras panned often to Lehmann, not least because he has chosen to listen to the commentary on radio. At Trent Bridge he had made his disgust plain when decisions went against his side, but here he offered expressions apparently drawn from the phrase “if you didn’t laugh, you’d cry”. But he was plain in his distaste for the way Australia had batted, giving up virtually all their pretensions as Ashes challenges in the space of little more than a session. Asked whether he had read the riot act to his players, Lehmann replied: “Yep. Done and dusted. That will stay in the rooms.””The top order failed again and we need to make sure we’re learning from our mistakes and probably haven’t done that from the first innings at Notts to the first innings here,” Lehmann said. “We showed glimpses but we’ve got to bat better. It was more one-day batting than Test match batting. We know we have to improve our batting over periods of time and bat a lot more than 55 overs. We believe the plans are right. Our shot selection was poor today. Simple as that. I think eight out of the 10 were self-inflicted to be perfectly honest.”Since his appointment Lehmann has spoken often of letting his players express themselves on the field, but not without certain boundaries. The issues witnessed at Lord’s, from another squandered start by Watson to panicked shots by Usman Khawaja and Phillip Hughes, have also been glimpsed plentifully in Australian domestic matches, particularly now that the Sheffield Shield has been splintered by the dominance of the Big Bash League.”There’s freedom but there’s also rules within that, and at the moment we’re not following them as a batting group,” Lehmann said. “Some of the shots today were certainly not what we talk about and using match awareness is the biggest thing for us, and making sure we’re playing them at the right time in the right circumstances.Look away now: Darren Lehmann watches Australia collapse•Getty Images

“Domestic level we haven’t made enough hundreds either. Batting time is hard work and you see the England players have had a lot of hundreds in their top five. It’s going to take time for the players to trust and believe they belong at this level. They certainly have all the attributes to play at this level, there’s no doubt about that. It’s the execution and the match awareness. All state coaches would be saying the same thing about how to play long innings because in state cricket we don’t have too many of those either.”As for the fraught use of the DRS, which had the domino effect of clouding Rogers’ thinking after wrongly approving Watson’s decision to refer his lbw so the left-hander did not review his own dismissal, a freak departure to a Graeme Swann full toss that was sliding past leg stump.”Bucky Rogers got that wrong with Shane, he told Shane to take it,” Lehmann said. “That’s just the way it goes sometimes, and then he should have used one on himself but he probably didn’t want to after wasting one. As long as they learn from it that’s the thing. We’ve certainly got the bowling side of it right with the referrals. Now the batters have to get that right.””I think he’s close to having a big score, but I don’t want to keep saying that either to be perfectly honest,” Lehmann said. “We want him to make big scores. He’s a very good player and we’ve had a couple of good starts to be fair, 0 for 84 in the second innings of Notts and 0 for 42 here. We should be making big runs from there, a lot more than 128.”As for how Australia can improve, they need look no further than Ian Bell, twice already a centurion in this series. “He just stays within his limitations doesn’t he,” Lehmann said. “That’s Test matching batting at its best.”

لم يتخل نادي آرسنال عن آماله في إمكانية التعاقد مع اللاعب ديكلان رايس، من صفوف وست هام، في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي.

ومن المعروف أن اللاعب الإنجليزي يُعد هدفًا طويل الأمد بالنسبة لنادي آرسنال.

ويريد ديكلان رايس مغادرة صفوف وست هام في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي، رغم رغبة النادي في الاحتفاظ به.

وسبق أن تقدم آرسنال بعرضين لنادي وست هام من أجل حسم صفقة وست هام، ولكن تم رفضهما، وتدخل مانشستر سيتي في سباق المنافسة كذلك.

ويرغب وست هام في الحصول على ما لا يقل عن 100 مليون جنيه إسترليني، للموافقة على رحيل نجم الفريق.

اقرأ أيضًا.. مانشستر سيتي يتقدم في سباق المنافسة على ضم رايس

وحسبما ذكرت صحيفة “ميرور” الإنجليزية، فإن آرسنال لم يفقد آماله تجاه إمكانية حسم صفقة ديكلان رايس هذا الصيف.

وأوضحت أن وصيف الدوري الإنجليزي يستعد لتقديم عرض ثالث للمطارق، يقترب من المبلغ المطلوب.

كما أفادت صحيفة “ديلي ميل” الإنجليزية أن وست هام يعتقد أن عرضًا ثالثًا من آرسنال، أقرب بكثير من السعر المطلوب، سيصل قريبًا دون تحديد التوقيت.

ويثق آرسنال في قدرته على التغلب على مانشستر سيتي لتوقيع رايس، وقد بذل الكثير من الجهد لإقناع لاعب خط الوسط بالانتقال إلى شمال لندن.

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Um dos reforços do Santos nesta temporada, Christian Cueva não vê problema em atuar como um falso 9. Com apenas 1,69 m, o peruano tem o hábito de ser um meia clássico, aquele que arma a equipe.

Inicialmente, Cueva foi contratado para disputar vaga com o meia Jean Mota. Porém, a ascensão do camisa 41 fez com que o peruano jogasse mais avançado.

– Gosto de mais atrás, mas não tive problema para jogar como falso 9, penso que treinador roda muito as posições sobretudo de ataque. Não tenho problema também na direita ou esquerda. Se acostuma numa posição habitual, mas não tenho problema em qualquer posição. Também não sou um 9 de área, mas enquanto eu jogar, estou feliz – disse.

Contra o Oeste, neste sábado, às 19h, no Pacaembu, Cueva deve ficar mais recuado e armar a equipe. O duelo é válido pela nona rodada do Paulistão. Uma vitória simples classifica o Peixe para a segunda fase do torneio estadual.

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Atuando no estádio Rei Pelé, em Maceió, o Náutico foi extremamente eficiente ao vencer por 2 a 1 a equipe do CRB pela antepenúltima rodada do Nordestão. Triunfo esse que colocou o Timbu na quarta posição do Grupo B, dentro da região dos classificados a próxima fase.

Com isso, o time da casa se complica no torneio e corre o risco de deixar o G4 caso o Altos vença o Botafogo-PB no próximo sábado (16).

BOBEOU, TOMOU

A zaga do time pernambucano, no começo da partida, cometeu diversos erros de posicionamento e também na troca de passes, algo que proporcionou aos donos da casa um início promissor.

Porém, na primeira bobeira que o time alagoano cometeu com o domínio inseguro do defensor Claudinei, o Timbu capitalizou. Odilávio tomou a bola do zagueiro do CRB já bem próximo a meta adversária e, na saída de Edson Mardden, tocou com tranquilidade no canto oposto.

NERVOSISMO MUDO DE LADO

Precisando de qualquer maneira vencer para seguir aspirando uma vaga no mata-mata, a partida onde tinha começado bem se complicou bastante para o Galo da Praia. Situação essa onde o nervosismo acabou sendo elemento marcante e influenciando nos seguidos erros de passe e tomadas de decisão do Alvirrubro de Maceió.

JOELHO SALVADOR

Em meio a uma verdadeira pobreza de ideias por parte dos anfitriões, a melhor oportunidade criada pelo CRB encontrou um inspirado Bruno como obstáculo. Após cruzamento rasteiro de Willian Barbio, Hugo Sanches tocou sutilmente de pé direito e o goleiro do Náutico, com o joelho, conseguiu evitar o que fatalmente seria o gol da igualdade no estádio Rei Pelé.

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COMEÇOU COM TUDO, INCLUSIVE SORTE

Se na etapa inicial o time de Recife precisou de seis minutos para abrir a conta, no segundo foram apenas dois. Depois de limpar bem a marcação, o meio-campista paraguaio Jiménez bateu de fora da área e, com a bola quicando na frente de Edson Marrden, morreu no fundo da rede.

JOGO PERIGOSO

Percebendo o avanço das linhas do Galo da Praia de maneira um tanto quanto desordenado, o Náutico tentava adentrar na zaga adversária basicamente pelos contra-ataques. Porém, faltou mais precisão no último passe para colocar o trio de ataque formado por Robinho, Thiago e Odilávio em condições de aumentar a dianteira.

CHORADO, CHORADO

Em uma das poucas vezes que o CRB teve frieza e qualidade para, na base da jogada individual, furar a defesa pernambucana, Danillo Bala pedalou e bateu para boa defesa de Bruno. No rebote, Felipe Menezes foi um tanto quanto desajeitado para a bola, mas tocou com força suficiente para ela entrar mansa na meta do Náutico.

FINAL TENSO!

As posturas estavam absolutamente claras: Enquanto o CRB descia de toda maneira buscando ao menos o tento da igualdade, o Náutico “gastava” o tempo usando a posse de bola, principalmente no campo ofensivo, se valendotambém da experiência de Jorge Henrique.

Mohammad Nabi ran through the Namibia line-up with a six-wicket haul and Nawroz Mangal’s unbeaten fifty tightened Afghanistan’s grip on the opening day in Windhoek

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Aug-2013

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMohammad Nabi ran through the Namibia line-up with a six-wicket haul and Nawroz Mangal’s unbeaten fifty tightened Afghanistan’s grip on the opening day in Windhoek. Barring Stephan Baard’s 72 at No 3, no Namibia batsman was able to score more than 30 as the hosts were dismissed for 190 in the 65th over.Namibia began well after winning the toss, Xander Pitchers and Pikky Ya France putting on 49 for the first wicket. Pitchers was the first to go, caught behind off Shapoor Zadran. Nabi took over after that, sending back Ya France and Craig Williams. Sarel Burger, the home captain, fell for a duck to Rahmat Shah as Namibia slipped to 65 for 4. Baard steered the innings past 100 but Nabi removed him in the 48th over and it was down Bernard Scholtz to push Namibia close to 200. Nabi finished with 6 for 33, his maiden five-for in all formats.Afghanistan crawled to 62 for 1 in 29 overs, opener Shabir Noori taking 89 balls for his 8 before going leg-before to Burger. Mangal did most of the scoring, hitting eight boundaries in his unbeaten 51.

يستعد نادي ميلان الإيطالي تقديم العرض الثالث والأخير من أجل التعاقد مع الأمريكي، كريستيان بوليسيتش، جناح نادي تشيلسي الإنجليزي.

ووفقًا لصحيفة ديلي ميل، فإن ميلان سيصرف النظر عن التعاقد مع بوليسيتش حال رفض تشيلسي العرض الأخير، بعدما رفض العرض الأول المقدر بـ17 مليون دولار، والثاني المقدر بـ24 مليون دولار.

كان ليون الفرنسي المنافس الأبرز لفريق ميلان من أجل التعاقد مع بوليسيتش، وقدم عرضا يُقدر بـ27 مليون دولار لكن اللاعب الأمريكي رفض الانتقال إلى ليون وصمم على الرحيل إلى ميلان فقط.

اقرأ أيضًا.. رسميًا | تشيلسي يُعلن رحيل سيزار أزبيليكويتا.. والإسباني يودع برسالة عاطفية

انتقل بوليسيتش إلى تشيلسي قادمًا من بوروسيا دورتموند الألماني، في صيف 2019، بمبلغ 64 مليون يورو، ولديه عقد يمتد حتى 30 يونيو 2024.

ويريد بوليسيتش الخروج من تشيلسي للحصول على دقائق لعب أكثر، حيث خاض 24 مباراة في الدوري الإنجليزي للموسم المنقضي، بدأ منها 8 فقط، وبلغ متوسط الدقائق للمباراة 35 دقيقة، وسجل هدفا وحيدا وصنع مثله.

كشفت تقارير صحفية، أن نادي بايرن ميونخ حسم صفقة التعاقد مع الدولي الكوري الجنوبي، كيم مين جاي، لاعب فريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي نابولي الإيطالي.

بايرن ميونخ ارتبط بالتعاق مع اللاعب الكوري الجنوبي منذ بداية سوق الانتقالات الصيفية، بعد تألقه في الموسم الماضي وقيادة نابولي للفوز ببطولة الدوري الإيطالي.

طالع أيضًا.. رسميًا.. لاعب بايرن ميونخ السابق ينتقل إلى جيرونا

فابريزيو رومانو، الصحفي بشبكة “سكاي” الإيطالية، والموثوق في سوق الانتقالات وعقود اللاعبين والمدربين، أكد أن بايرن ميونخ توصل لاتفاق مع نابولي بدفع 50 مليون يورو نظير انتقال كيم مين جاي إلى ملعب أليانز أرينا.

وينضم اللاعب الكوري الجنوبي، لخلافة لوكاس هيرنانديز لاعب فريق بايرن ميونخ السابق، والذي أصبح على أعتاب الانتقال إلى باريس سان جيرمان الفرنسي.

ويستعد بايرن ميونخ عن الإعلان الرسمي للصفقة، بعد أن نجح اللاعب في اجتياز الفحوصات الطبية، ويتبقى فقط التقاط بعض الصور بقميص العملاق البافاري.

Shikhar Dhawan made his third century and along with Dinesh Karthik, set up a comfortable win for India

The Report by Abhishek Purohit26-Jul-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsShikhar Dhawan made his third ODI century•AFP

Zimbabwe were expected to provide stiffer opposition to India if the toss went in their favour. It did, and twice, once each with ball and bat, Zimbabwe were in dominating positions. Holding on to them was something different, though, and both times, they fell apart, first against Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik, and then, via a batting collapse.Zimbabwe’s bowlers had a clear opportunity to embarrass India, who realised how difficult it was to bat first at Harare Sports Club with the 9am start. Four of their top five batsmen had fallen cheaply, but the one who hadn’t, Dhawan, made Zimbabwe pay for letting him get away three times. Dhawan made his third century in 17 ODIs, and revived India in a 167-run fifth-wicket partnership with Karthik, who made only his second fifty after comeback.Had the Zimbabwe quicks shown more control, and had their fielders caught better, India would have been in a bigger hole. Dhawan played possibly the most charmed innings of his short international career. He was caught behind off a Kyle Jarvis no-ball when on 3, dropped by the wicketkeeper off the same bowler when on 14 and handed a third life on 70 when deep square leg misjudged what should have been a straightforward catch. To his credit, Dhawan did not let anything loose go waste despite all the wickets and all the chances.Apart from sending down numerous wides and no-balls, Zimbabwe often bowled on the pads to Dhawan, who picked up several boundaries through the leg side – pulling, whipping, nudging and lofting. Just after the costly no-ball to Dhawan, Jarvis conceded four leg-byes, and also gave the batsman overpitched deliveries outside off stump, which were driven for fours.Dhawan was losing partners quickly, though. The same batsmen who could have hardly been bothered in the chase on Wednesday were made to struggle. The new balls swung, seamed, bounced, and skidded. Brian Vitori struck with his first ball, after having been left out in the first game. Rohit Sharma, having said just before his 100th ODI started that one needed to be careful against the new balls as an opener, chased a widish good length ball, and edged to slip.Virat Kohli, coming off a match-winning hundred, looked largely solid before he pushed Jarvis to mid-on, departing in anger after twice asking for the third umpire to check whether the ball had carried. Ambati Rayudu was brought crashing down from his debut half-century in a painful 25-ball existence during which he was put down by the bowler Vitori and was beaten on numerous occasions. For once, Suresh Raina – who has made no secret of his desire to bat up the order – had plenty of overs, but nudged his 11th delivery down the leg side to the keeper.At 65 for 4, Dhawan looked intent to make good use of his lives and Karthik was in superb touch. Unlike the top order, Karthik left deliveries for a while outside off and waited for the bad balls. Both Dhawan and Karthik ensured the lone spinner, Prosper Utseya, was taken for runs.India’s charge was arrested suddenly when Karthik was run out after a mix-up in the 43rd over, and Dhawan dragged an attempted sweep onto his stumps in the 44th. Zimbabwe were to pay for their slow over-rate, though. Taylor used Sean Williams’ part-time spin for the last over, which was taken for 23 by Vinay Kumar and Mohammed Shami.Zimbabwe pushed India with the bat as well early, but again, could not hold onto a strong position. And once more, it was Vusi Sibanda who threw away another start after dominating the bowlers with powerful hits. Four balls later, Brendan Taylor ran himself out. Soon, it became a flood. Williams, Hamilton Masakadza and Malcolm Waller fell to the spinners to make it 133 for 6.Only a few overs ago, Sibanda was pulling boundaries at will as India’s quick bowlers overdid the short ball on a pitch which had eased out considerably. Vinay Kumar, in particular, was targetted. Sibanda’s second-wicket partnership with Masakadza was worth 64 at close to seven an over and the India bowlers were looking flat.The situation quickly changed when Unadkat was brought back in the 21st over. Sibanda, who had reached his fifty off 57, immediately went after him, but mishit to midwicket. Panic set in with Taylor’s run-out, and Zimbabwe had only themselves to blame for a big defeat, though Prosper Utseya and Elton Chigumbura reduced the margin.

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Glauber, zagueiro formado nas categorias de base do Botafogo, teve um dia para jamais ser esquecido. Nesta sexta-feira, o defensor de 18 anos assinou a renovação de contrato com o Alvinegro até dezembro de 2022 e, de praxe, foi chamado pela comissão técnica da Seleção Brasileira para integrar os treinos da equipe comandada por Tite nos próximos dois amistosos.

Dessa forma, Glauber, que foi relacionado por Zé Ricardo para os últimos jogos do Botafogo no Estadual, será um desfalque para o duelo contra o Fluminense, no próximo domingo, às 19h, no Maracanã. O zagueiro viajará para Portugal neste sábado e vai iniciar a rotina de treinamentos na próxima segunda-feira. O Brasil vai enfrentar Panamá, em Porto, e República Tcheca, em Praga, nesse período de amistosos.

– Estou até sem palavras para descrever esse momento. Primeiro pela renovação com o Botafogo, clube que me ensinou tudo, onde estou desde 2013 e que eu tenho um carinho enorme. Essa renovação me deixa muito feliz, é um sinal de que o meu trabalho está sendo valorizado. Então, vou seguir me dedicando para retribuir tudo isso algum dia. E agora esse convite para participar da rotina de treinos da Seleção nos amistosos, é uma sensação espetacular. Estou muito feliz. Vai ser uma experiência incrível para a minha carreira, espero aproveitar da melhor forma possível. – comemorou o atleta.

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Glauber é o segundo jogador da base que teve contrato renovado nessa semana. Antes dele, o lateral-esquerdo Lucas Barros também teve seu vínculo prorrogado até dezembro de 2022. Ambos estiveram na última Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior e começaram a fazer a transição para o time profissional.

-Aqui no Botafogo, nós (jovens) ganhamos muitas oportunidades. O professor Zé conversa muito com a gente e passa muita confiança durante os treinos e os jogos. Acredito que isso também ajuda nesse nosso processo de subida, mas eu estou muito tranquilo, quero estar sempre ajudando o clube seja no Sub-20, no profissional ou até mesmo representando pela seleção – completou.