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Making sound plans and sticking to them was how Pakistan overcame their fielding lapses and an unresponsive pitch in the first Test against Bangladesh

Umar Farooq in Khulna29-Apr-2015There are good days and there are bad days. Neither lasts forever. After spending 15 of the miserable variety in Bangladesh, Pakistan enjoyed a “flawless” one in Khulna according to spin coach Mushtaq Ahmed. The bowlers stuck to plans, catches were taken safely and batsmen chugged along at almost four runs an over. Mohammad Hafeez scored his eighth Test hundred and, with Azhar Ali, led Pakistan to finish 105 shy of Bangladesh’s 332 with nine wickets in hand.Four wickets. Pakistan’s yield after their bowlers had thrown everything at an unresponsive Khulna pitch all through the first day. But on the second, they wrapped up the Bangladesh line-up in a session. Six wickets for 96 runs because Pakistan decided not to let a flat track bog them down.Zulfiqar Babar and Yasir Shah might have economy rates over three, but they shared five wickets between them. Fast bowler Wahab Riaz chipped in with the other three and captain Misbah-ul-Haq had contributed by having the right men patrolling important areas in the field.”It was really tough to get wickets here but quality bowler does adjust in any condition,” Mushtaq said. “Our bowlers knew exactly how to test the batsmen and when to attack and contain.”Pitch at times wasn’t even helping spinners as the batsmen had enough time to adjust and play with freedom. But we had a plan with our field placements for them today to help the bowlers to get wickets. We didn’t believe that Bangladesh would collapse this way as the pitch was slow but our bowlers bowled very well and the fielders today supported them to make it our day.”Yasir was injured during the ODI series and recovered only two days before the Test. Yet his control was admirable and dismissed Bangladesh’s in-form captain Mushfiqur Rahim. Zulfiqar conceded 99 in 32 overs, the most by a Pakistan bowler, but trapped Shakib Al Hasan in the fourth over of the morning.”I was expecting Yasir Shah and Zulfiqar Babar to take more wickets, they deserved it after the way they bowled. But then again we missed a lot of chances the other day and it didn’t go well. But I believe they did well and combined well with the fast bowlers. We have done great to execute the plan.”So what did Pakistan do to reverse a tour where nothing had gone right? “If you focus too much on the opposition strength then you may undermining your strength so we rather spend time to see what we can do better,” Mushtaq said. “What we did between yesterday and today was to motivate players to quickly make up from the mistakes and do their best.””To avoid repeating the fielding mistakes [on the first day], Waqar made a plan to get the right fielders at the right places. So we knew Asad Shafiq is a good fielder at leg-slip. He took another vital catch at midwicket, an outstanding take that repaired day one’s mistake. So despite fielding for 120 overs, players still had the spark.”More of Pakistan’s plans fell in place with the bat. “The idea today was to avoid losing wickets and get as many runs as we can,” Mushtaq said.” This wicket requires some caution, but if you are not positive as well and don’t attack the bowlers, there are limited scoring options. Full credit goes to Hafeez. He played an outstanding innings even with the slowness of the pitch and of the outfield.”

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Uma cena curiosa marcou os minutos finais do empate do Santos com o Athletico-PR, no último domingo, na Vila Belmiro. O atacante Marinho pediu para cobrar a penalidade ao meia Carlos Sánchez, que negou. Na ocasião, o atleta marcou o gol. Em entrevista coletiva nesta quarta-feira, o uruguaio explicou e valorizou a pequena conversa entre eles.

Sánchez acredita que os jogadores do Peixe devem chamar a responsabilidade em momentos decisivos de qualquer torneio. Ele ressaltou a confiança em bater a penalidade.

-Não. Não houve discussão. Bom que jogadores queiram bater pênalti nesses minutos. É lindo ter uma competição assim, saber da responsabilidade. Eu estava confiante e em outro momento Marinho poderá bater. Não foi uma discussão, mas a bola estava ali naquele momento, peguei para mim e disse que bateria. Eu me sentia confiante de fazer e outro momento posso ter dúvida e deixar para um companheiro. Isso depende de cada jogo. Independentemente de quem bata, vamos seguir assim, nada vai mudar por um pênalti. Eu penso no grupo, ele também. Sempre buscamos o melhor pelo time – declarou o camisa 7.

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Embora seja o artilheiro do Santos na temporada, com 12 gols, Sánchez tem ‘sofrido’ com o rodízio do técnico Jorge Sampaoli. Antes da partida contra o Athletico-PR, o atleta foi reserva diante de Fortaleza e Chapecoense.

-Sim, me incomodo. Não gosto, nenhum jogador gosta, mas são decisões do técnico. Se não quer contar comigo, aceito, não gosto, mas aceito. E quando eu jogar, tentarei ajudar para dar confiança ao técnico. Quem não joga tem que seguir da mesma maneira. É normal essa situação, às vezes ele toma decisões e atleta precisa ter responsabilidade e calma, não ficar bravo e tentar ajudar a equipe da forma que for – disse Sánchez.

O Santos voltou aos trabalhos na manhã desta quarta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé. O Peixe é o segundo colocado do Brasileiro, com 37 pontos, dois a menos que o líder Flamengo, adversário deste sábado, às 17h, no Maracanã, pela última rodada do torneio nacional.

* Sob supervisão de Vinícius Perazzini

Najibullah Zadran’s blistering half-century helped Afghanistan A crush a star-studded Pakistan A by 54 runs in a Twenty20 match in Islamabad

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ScorecardNajibullah Zadran smashed four sixes and four fours in his half-century•Getty Images

Najibullah Zadran’s blistering half-century helped Afghanistan A crush a star-studded Pakistan A by 54 runs in a Twenty20 match in Islamabad. In a game shortened to 15 overs a side, Najibullah’s 32-ball 67, that included four fours and the same number of sixes, propelled Afghanistan to a strong 154 for 4 before their bowlers stifled Pakistan’s chase and restricted them to 100 for 9.Opting to bat, Afghanistan started with a flurry of boundaries against Umar Gul and Mohammad Irfan but lost three wickets in three overs to be reduced to 48 for 3 after six. Najibullah was aggressive from the outset, his second scoring shot a six off Raza Hasan, and did not let the scoring rate drop. Afghanistan were 92 for 4 after 10 overs and raised the tempo further in the last five.Sixty-two runs came in those overs, with Bilawal Bhatti leaking 21 in the 13th. Najibullah started that over with a brace of boundaries, which brought up his fifty off 26 balls, before Samiullah Shenwari smashed consecutive sixes off the last two balls. Then Shenwari ensured a solid finish with 13 runs from the last over bowler by Anwar Ali and was unbeaten on 27 off 14 balls.Mohammad Nabi then struck with the first ball of Pakistan’s innings, catching Nasir Jamshed off his own bowling. Sohaib Maqsood was dismissed in the next over but the innings suffered the momentum-robbing blows between the ninth and the 11th overs as Pakistan lost four wickets for four runs to be reduced to 71 for 7. They could only add a further 29.

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Na Arena às 21h30 (horário de Brasília), o Grêmio busca agregar o que pode ser chamado de “melhor dos mundos” frente ao Libertad na partida de ida das oitavas de final da Copa Libertadores: abrir uma vantagem importante pensando no confronto e retomar o seu melhor futebol.

Após a pausa para a Copa América, o Imortal realizou somente três jogos com o que pode chamar de sua escalação principal onde demonstrou irregularidade de desempenho apesar de ainda não ter perdido: dois empates (Bahia, na ida da Copa do Brasil e no GreNal) e uma vitória, diante do Bahia, também pela CDB.

Do outro lado da eliminatória, o trabalho do time de Assunção foi retomado de maneira ainda inicial pelo fato de que a temporada nacional, no seu segundo semestre, está em fase inicial. Pelo Clausura paraguaio, foram dois triunfos frente a Sportivo San Lorenzo (1 a 0 como visitante) e Guaraní, novamente por 1 a 0.

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Sem problemas físicos ou mesmo em relação a cartões amarelos/vermelhos, a escalação do Tricolor não deve fugir muito do habitual com André recebendo mais uma oportunidade de começar entre os titulares. Everton, que viajou recentemente para o Ceará alegando “problemas particulares a serem resolvidos”, já voltou a Porto Alegre e deve começar jogando.

A mesma tônica de ter todos os principais atletas a disposição também vale para os paraguaios com o adendo de que Óscar Cardozo vinha sendo preservado fisicamente. Após ter disputado a Copa América pela seleção paraguaia, ele ainda não entrou em campo.

FICHA TÉCNICA
GRÊMIO X LIBERTAD

Local: Arena Grêmio, Porto Alegre (RS)
Data-hora: 25/07/2019 – 21h30 (horário de Brasília)
Árbitro: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
Assistentes: Gabriel Popovits e Martin Soppi (ambos URU)
VAR: Diego Haro (PER)

GRÊMIO:Paulo Victor; Leonardo, Geromel, Kannemann e Cortez; Maicon, Matheus Henrique, Alisson, Jean Pyerre e Everton; André.Técnico: Renato Portaluppi.

LIBERTAD:Martín Silva; Iván Piris, Luis Cardozo, Paulo Da Silva e Matías Espinoza; Adam Bareiro, Cristian Riveros, Alexander Mejía e Blas Cáceres; Iván Franco e Óscar Cardozo. Técnico:​ José Chamot.

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As equipes Sub-15 e Sub-17 do São Paulo entraram em campo na manhã deste sábado (29) pelo Campeonato Paulista. As equipes enfrentaram o Oeste, em Barueri, com vitória por 1 a 0 do Sub-15 e empate por 2 a 2 do Sub-17.

Pelo Sub-15, Palmital garantiu a vitória aos nove minutos do segundo tempo. Com o triunfo, o time do técnico Menta chegou a 33 pontos e fica na liderança do grupo 9. Ainda resta uma rodada para o final da primeira fase da competição.

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Já o Sub-17, após ver o rival ficar na frente, conseguiu empatar com dois gols do lateral Nathan, aos 36 e 46 minutos do segundo tempo.

Os garotos voltam a campo no próximo sábado (06) no CFA Laudo Natel e enfrentam o Nacional às 9h, pelo Sub-15, enquanto o Sub-17 joga às 11h, contra o mesmo adversário, em Cotia.

ScorecardRumana Ahmed and Lata Mondal were the key performers for Bangladesh Women in their 43-run victory in the first ODI against Pakistan Women in Cox’s Bazaar.Ahmed was the top scorer in a low-scoring contest, making 44 in the middle order to prop up a faltering innings. Bangladesh had slumped to 33 for 4 but Ahmed stayed firm at one end until her team reached 100. Shaila Sharmin scored 22 to steer Bangladesh to 133 for 6, but the innings folded after her dismissal. Bangladesh were eventually all out for 152 in 49.3 overs. Qanita Jalil took 3 for 26 in ten overs for Pakistan.Pakistan’s chase got off to a terrible start. Lata Mondal and Jahanara Alam cut through the top and middle order and the visitors were reduced to 63 for 8. Asmavia Iqbal’s 40 at No. 8 helped Pakistan limp past 100 but they were dismissed for 109 in 44.1 overs. Mondal finished with 4 for 35 in eight overs, while Alam took 3 for 22 in ten.

Wriddhiman Saha made a defiant 108 to avert an innings defeat, but Maharashtra, needing a mere eight runs to reach their first Ranji Trophy final in 21 years, got there in two overs

The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy in Indore20-Jan-2014
ScorecardDomnic Joseph got the ball to keep low almost at will and accounted for three wickets•Dainik Dabang Dunia

Wriddhiman Saha made a defiant 108, added 160 in 117 balls with Bengal’s nine, ten and jack, and left Maharashtra’s seamers nursing bruised economy rates. But the day still belonged to Samad Fallah, Anupam Sanklecha, and Domnic Joseph.Through the course of Maharashtra’s first innings, the Holkar Stadium pitch seemed to have eased out entirely. But for the second time in the match, Fallah, Sanklecha and Joseph extracted considerable life out of it. Over the course of the first two sessions on the third day, they had reduced Bengal – who had begun their innings with a deficit of 341 – to 188 for 7, before Saha and the tail-enders averted innings defeat. Maharashtra, needing a mere eight runs to reach their first Ranji Trophy final in 21 years, got there in two overs.Bengal had negotiated the morning session reasonably well to go to lunch on 116 for 3. They would have been happier, though, if Arindam Das was still at the crease. Das, who had put on 52 with Sudip Chatterjee for the third wicket, had moved to 34 when he pulled Sanklecha to Akshay Darekar at midwicket. Sanklecha had also taken the first wicket of the morning, trapping Abhimanyu Easwaran lbw with a fast, full inswinger.The left-handed Chatterjee – who starts from a wide, Eoin Morgan-ish crouch – continued batting positively after Arindam’s dismissal, driving Fallah confidently past cover before lunch and pulling him for another four soon after the interval, to move to 49. At this point, the left-arm seamer decided to come from around the wicket. In his next over, he got one to straighten a little and brush Chatterjee’s inside-edge. Wicketkeeper Rohit Motwani, hurling himself to his right, dropped the catch, and added a sheepish voice to a bizarre lbw appeal from Maharashtra’s fielders.It didn’t matter. Fallah angled his next ball across Chatterjee. The batsman shaped to let the ball go, decided against it, and poked at it, and Motwani gobbled up a far easier chance. It was Fallah’s 200th first-class wicket.Suddenly, the ball began to do things off the pitch. Domnic Joseph, a tall fifth-stump metronome, was getting it to keep low almost at will. He moved his line closer to the stumps, and a shooter narrowly missed Laxmi Ratan Shukla’s off stump. Next ball, Joseph showed he didn’t need eccentric bounce, getting the ball to cut in off the pitch and bowl Shukla through the gate.Sanklecha, who replaced Joseph, struck immediately too, with a brute of a delivery that took off from a good length and kissed the shoulder of Sandipan Das’ bat on its way to Motwani. Bengal were 163 for 6. Seven overs later, Joseph came on from the other end and trapped Saurasish Lahiri in front.Sourav Sarkar, walking in at number nine, decided there was little to be gained by hanging around, and proceeded to clout Sanklecha over mid-on for two fours in one over. He then gave himself room to lift Fallah and left-arm spinner Akshay Darekar over the covers for two more fours. Going for another big hit off Darekar, he was caught at deep midwicket off a no-ball. Right after tea, he tried again, off a perfectly legal delivery from Darekar, and holed out to long-on.At this point Saha – who had come in at the fall of the third wicket – had just moved into the 40s. He changed gear, smacking Sanklecha straight over his head for four and slashing Fallah over gully to reach 50. He celebrated the landmark by clubbing the next ball over the deep square leg boundary.Ashok Dinda played with similar abandon, before Joseph had him caught-and-bowled, top-edging an attempted swat over midwicket. In walked the Falstaffian figure of Shib Paul. In the first innings, he had been bowled slogging at his first ball. Could Bengal’s No. 11 take Saha from 75 to a century, and help Bengal score the 46 they needed to make Maharashtra bat again?He could. Paul demonstrated a decent front-foot stride and a straight bat in defence, and a good eye in attack, striking three fours including a nonchalant flick, with upraised back leg, off Fallah. Saha, farming as much as he could of the strike, moved purposefully through the 80s and into the 90s. A straight six off Darekar took him to 96, and the remainder of the over brought a paddle sweep for two and a single to keep the strike.In the next over, Saha tonked Joseph down the ground for four to bring up the century. The fielders converged for the final ball of the over. Saha spanked it past midwicket for four more to take Bengal into the lead.It grew to seven before Darekar took the last wicket of the match, and the first by a spinner, Paul holing out to long-on. Saha was undefeated. His innings hadn’t changed the fate of the semifinal, or even taken it to a fourth day, but it meant something that it had gone into a fourth innings. Bengal were without him for most of the season, and without Mohammed Shami and Manoj Tiwary for all of it. They had exceeded expectations to reach the semifinal. Now, even if it was too late, they had shown up.

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O meia Everton Ribeiro comandou a vitória do Flamengo por 6 a 1 sobre o San José, pela Copa Libertadores, em confronto válido pelo Grupo D. Após o jogo, o atleta destacou a vitória e diz que o time deu grande passo para continuar na liderança da competição.

– Sim, a gente se credencia a sair como primeiro colocado, mas temos que por em prática, continuar trabalhando bem, fazendo bons jogos e agora, fora de casa, sabemos que é difícil, mas vamos ver o que acontece – disse Everton Ribeiro:

– Me sinto bem, cada vez mais a equipe jogando bem, me ajuda muito. Tô solto, feliz de estar podendo jogar, cada vez estar melhorando mais para ajudar o Flamengo – complementou.

O foco do Flamengo será contra o arquirrival Vasco. Domingo, os dois times começam a decidir o Campeonato Carioca, às 16h, no Maracanã. O próximo duelo pela Libertadores será só no dia 24, contra a LDU, em Quito.

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كشف لويس إنريكي المدير الفني الجديد لفريق كرة لقدم الأول بنادي باريس سان جيرمان عن مساعديه في الجهاز الفني للفريق الفرنسي خلال الموسم المقبل.

باريس سان جيرمان أعلن اليوم الأربعاء، عن تعيين الإسباني لويس إنريكي مديرًا فنيًا للفريق، خلفًا لـ كريستوف جالتييه، بداية من الموسم المقبل.

طالع أيضًا | إنريكي عن مستقبل مبابي: لا يمكنني تقديم أسرار.. ومستعد للتحدي مع باريس سان جيرمان

صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، أكدت أن الأعضاء الجدد في فريق لويس إنريكي على عكس ما كان في المنتخب الإسباني، أيتور أونزو محلل الفيديو، بالإضافة لـ خواكين فالديز طبيب نفسي، ومعه رافائيل بول مدرب الأحمال.

وأكد إنريكي في تصريحاته بالمؤتمر الصحفي، أنه سيضع اللمسات الأخيرة على بعض عقود المساعد الأخير وهو المدرب العام، وقد يتم الحسم يوم 10 يوليو الجاري.

لويس إنريكي المدير الفني الأسبق للعديد من الأندية أبرزها روما وبرشلونة، استقال من تدريب إسبانيا بعد الخروج من مونديال قطر 2022 أمام المغرب من دور الـ16، ومنذ ديسمبر الماضي لم يتول قيادة أي فريق.

Shane Watson has likened his new opening partnership with Chris Rogers to the union with Simon Katich that represented the most productive phase of his career

Daniel Brettig at New Road02-Jul-2013Only one innings into his Ashes opening partnership with Chris Rogers, Shane Watson has likened it to the union with Simon Katich that represented the most productive phase of his career. Punishing in power and unimpeachably correct in technique, Watson felt so assured in his strokeplay with Rogers at the other end that he coshed a century before lunch against Worcestershire, ultimately finishing with 109.Watson also said that Rogers had proved a valuable ally in the middle, offering advice on English climes and also gee-ups whenever he felt the allrounder might have been flagging in concentration. Having never batted with Rogers before, it was not difficult to imagine Watson wondering why it had taken so long. Whatever the reasons, both can now make up for lost time in the Investec Ashes.”It’s great to be able to bat with Chris, it was my first experience of batting with him and we had a good start.” Watson said. “He’s certainly a very experienced and knowledgable cricketer and to be able to bat with him he certainly kept me going and just through how he’s able to sum up conditions and continue to provide his knowledge while we’re out batting.”I thought he gave me a few really good pointers out there, especially early on, with him understanding the English conditions even better than I do. My combination with Simon Katich in the past was maybe along similar sorts of lines so it was really nice to be able to get a good partnership going the first time we got a chance to bat together.”Batting alongside Katich in 15 Tests from mid-2009 to late 2010, Watson compiled his two Test centuries and a host of other sizeable scores, before injury and the start of Michael Clarke’s captaincy conspired to bring an end to Katich’s international career. Watson opened with Phillip Hughes before shifting down the order, but coveted the position now returned to him by the new coach, Darren Lehmann.”It brings out the best in my personality … it really does get me up and going,” Watson said. “Every time I go out to open the batting I know I’m going out to face a brand new ball and it’s always going to be doing something whether it’s swing or seam. The bowlers are also at their freshest as well. It certainly gets my blood going and gets my mind switched on immediately as well.”That switching on appeared to happen the moment he walked out to bat first at Taunton last week, a swift 90 followed up by an even more brazen display at New Road. While the preceding six months had been largely barren for Watson as a first-class player, he said the period had helped him develop a few elements of his batting and may now be reaping the benefits.”I felt like over the past six months, even though in Test cricket especially I haven’t been able to score the runs that I’ve wanted, the things I’ve been working on with my batting have been coming together,” he said. “I just hadn’t been able to put them into practice.”I definitely feel like in my game I’ve been able to iron out a few of the issues I’ve had over the previous year or so. You never know, it’s not going to guarantee me success, that’s for sure, but I feel batting-wise I’m in a really good place.”