SACA unlikely to agree to Bangladesh series

The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) has said it is “unlikely” they will agree to Bangladesh’s proposal to play three ODIs and five Twenty20s in May

Firdose Moonda23-Apr-2012

The tour cannot take place if the SACA withholds permission•Getty Images

The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) has said it is “unlikely” they will agree to Bangladesh’s proposal to play three ODIs and five Twenty20s in May. SACA will meet with Cricket South Africa on Tuesday to discuss the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s offer but association chief executive Tony Irish told ESPNcricinfo it is doubtful they will rubber-stamp the fixtures.Should they withhold permission, the tour cannot take place, as Irish explained. “Because this will fall outside the Future Tours Programme, it needs the permission of SACA to take place,” Irish said. “And what I can say at the moment is that it is unlikely we will go through with it.”Irish said the main reason for SACA’s hesitancy is the packed schedule facing the national team. Most South Africa players are currently involved in the IPL or in county cricket, with the notable exceptions being Graeme Smith, who is recovering from ankle injury and Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Mark Boucher, who did not secure IPL deals.Bangladesh’s proposal to play the matches in May will leave South Africa without some of their players who are occupied in either India or England and could result in avoidable fatigue in a busy year. South Africa will play Zimbabwe in five practice Twenty20 matches in June, will then travel to England for over two months from July from where they will head to the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. They also visit Australia in October-November and host New Zealand in December.Jacques Faul, CSA acting chief executive, said timing would be the biggest consideration when the relevant stakeholders meet to make a decision. “We always want to play cricket and foster cricket but we’ve got to be careful with how much preparation and how much rest we give our team,” Faul said. “It is quite important how we pace the team.”Irish’s comments indicated that it was in the best interest of the players not to include an extra tour, as it may result in overload. “With the way the international season is scheduled, it is quite difficult to fit other matches in, unless they are on special request from the team,” Irish said. The five matches in Zimbabwe are an example of this, with the fixtures taking place after national coach Gary Kirsten asked for more T20s before the World Twenty20.Zimbabwe have made special arrangements to accommodate South Africa’s request for the practice matches. They moved the dates for maintenance work on the pitches in Harare and Bulawayo from June to July, which also resulted in them having to postpone their scheduled tour against Bangladesh to later in the year.This has left Bangladesh with no international cricket before the World Twenty20 and motivated them to seek fixtures from South Africa. Bangladesh have also mooted the idea of a tri-series between themselves, South Africa and Zimbabwe although that also appears unlikely to happen.

'Significant concerns' over UAE one-day plan

Australia’s cricketers will have “significant concerns” if they are asked to play one-day internationals against Pakistan in the extreme heat of the UAE in August

Brydon Coverdale21-Jun-2012

Australia’s players are waiting for final confirmation of their limited-overs schedule against Pakistan•AFP

Australia’s cricketers will have “significant concerns” if they are asked to play one-day internationals against Pakistan in the extreme heat of the UAE in August. The format and location of the series has not been officially confirmed, but the UAE is believed to be Pakistan’s favoured venue and the PCB director for international operations, Intikhab Alam, said last week three ODIs and three Twenty20s were likely to be played.But August is one of the hottest months in the UAE; in Dubai, for example, the average daily high temperature during the month is 41.3C. International cricket has never been played in the country in June, July, August or September, and while the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) is open to the idea of its players being asked to play Twenty20s, because the matches could start later and avoid the daytime heat, 50-over games are the major worry.”How wise is it to be going to a region that you know is going to get up to 45-plus at that time of year?” Paul Marsh, the ACA chief executive, told ESPNcricinfo. “That’s extreme heat. It’s also very humid. It’s of significant concern for us at the moment. The health and safety of the players needs to be at the forefront of any decision that is made.”The PCB was believed to have abandoned their plans for a Twenty20-only series, which would have mitigated the weather issue, but Marsh said his understanding was that permission was still being sought from the ICC to stage a six-match T20 series. According to ICC rules, the maximum length of a bilateral T20 series is three games, and while national boards can make proposals for longer series they cannot be played without ICC approval.”The common-sense approach would be that six Twenty20s is going to be better than three of each because of the weather conditions,” Marsh said. “We would rather see them play six Twenty20s if they have to play in the UAE because they could start later and it takes less time. But we have to wait and see what the ICC says.”If the decision is they can’t play six Twenty20s then you’re faced with the question of what do you do? I’m not an expert on heat but we’ll look at it from an occupational health and safety perspective. We have concerns about the health and safety of our players if they were to have to play 50-over games in those conditions.”A possible starting time of 5pm or 5.30pm has been floated for any ODIs played during the series, which would mean the matches could finish after midnight. However, Marsh said the ACA’s preference remained for the series to be composed entirely of T20s.”Five o’clock is still going to be pretty warm,” he said. “At least with a T20 you could start it at eight or nine o’clock and finish at 11 or midnight and then you’d be getting out of the heat of the day. A three-hour game versus an eight-hour game is obviously the issue.”Cricket Australia also has concerns about the weather in the UAE during August. James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, said last week that if the UAE was confirmed as Pakistan’s preferred venue the boards would need to do everything possible to reduce the players’ exposure to the extreme heat.”It’s a time of year when it is very hot and humid in the UAE,” Sutherland said last Friday. “It will be hot for our players and it will be hot for their players. We would expect both countries would have concerns about that and would be doing everything they can to minimise that effect.”

سكاي: لجنة حكام الدوري الإنجليزي تتخذ قرارًا هامًا قبل شهر رمضان

كشفت شبكة “سكاي سبورتس” عن قرار هام قد تم اتخاذه من قبل لجنة الحكام برابطة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز والدرجة الأولى الإنجليزية قبل بداية شهر رمضان المبارك.

ويستطلع هلال شهر رمضان المبارك مساء اليوم الثلاثاء، من أجل تحديد موعد بدء الشهر الكريم في العالم بأكمله ولكن هناك طلب توجهت به لجنة الحكام للحكام في المباريات التي ستقام ليلًا في تلك الفترة.

وطُلب من الحكام السماح للاعبين بالإفطار خلال المباريات المسائية خلال شهر رمضان المبارك وسمحوا بفترة توقف طبيعية لأي لاعب أو شخص مسلم صائم قبل استئناف المباراة.

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من المتوقع أن يصوم العديد من اللاعبين في بطولتي الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز والدرجة الأولى وعلى رأسهم جناح ليفربول ومنتخب مصر، محمد صلاح، بجانب رياض محرز في مانشستر سيتي ونجولو كانتي في تشيلسي.

سيحتاج اللاعبون المسلمون إلى الإفطار بمجرد غروب الشمس، وبالتالي، فبعض منهم سيضطر للإفطار خلال المباريات حين يأذن المغرب في إنجلترا، وبالتالي، سيسمح لهؤلاء اللاعبين وجميع الأشخاص الصائمين بالإفطار أثناء المباريات من خلال تناول السوائل والمكملات الغذائية.

هذه ليست المرة الأولى التي ستتوقف فيها المباريات للسماح للاعبين من أجل الإفطار، فقد حدث الأمر في مباراة ليستر سيتي وكريستال بالاس في شهر رمضان بالعام الماضي بعد اتفاق الناديين مع الحكم جراهام سكوت ليفطر الثنائي ويسلي فوفانا وشيخو كوياتي بالإفطار أثناء المباراة.

Zé valoriza gol marcado pelo Bota na Fonte Nova: 'A gente pode reverter'

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Apesar de poupar alguns jogadores, o Botafogo teve uma boa atuação contra o Bahia nesta quinta-feira, pelas oitavas de final da Copa Sul-Americana, na Fonte Nova. Mesmo com a derrota por 2 a 1, o confronto está em aberto, e o técnico Zé Ricardo afirma que o alvinegro pode reverter o resultado.

-Fizemos um planejamento e queríamos levar a Sul-Americana em aberto para o Rio. Não vencemos, mas é um resultado que a gente pode reverter. Não vai ser fácil, mas com apoio do torcedor é possível – disse.

Apesar do placar negativo, o treinador consegue enxergar uma ‘luz no fim do túnel’ para o alvinegro, que, por conta da regra do gol qualificado fora de casa, se classifica para a próxima fase com uma vitória simples na partida no Estádio Nilton Santos, que será realizada no dia 3 de outubro.

-Melhor que foi com a diferença mínima, ainda mais com um gol marcado aqui. Agora vamos pensar no Vitória, mas alimentando a esperança de passar para as quartas de finais – afirmou.

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Karunaratne takes SL A lead to 263

Opening batsmen Dimuth Karunaratne followed up his first innings half-century with an unbeaten 99 in the second innings to put Sri Lanka A in a strong position in Durban

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jul-2012Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsOpening batsmen Dimuth Karunaratne followed up his first innings half-century with an unbeaten 99 in the second innings to put Sri Lanka A in a strong position in Durban. He was involved in a crucial 110-run opening partnership with Dilruwan Perera, who scored 51, to build on Sri Lanka A’s first innings lead of 46 runs.The day had started with the South Africa A side on 211 for 8. But Sri Lanka A’s hopes of achieving a big lead were dented by an 82-run ninth wicket partnership between Wayne Parnell and Simon Harmer. By the time the stand was broken, Parnell had scored 70 – the top score in the innings.However, when Sri Lanka came into bat for the second time, South Africa A bowlers struggled to make inroads. After a century opening stand, Karunaratne continued solidly and took Sri Lanka A past 200 putting Sri Lanka A in a position to square the two-match series.

خالد الغندور: الزمالك يختار بين 4 مدربين أجانب.. والاتجاه نحو صغير السن

أكد خالد الغندور الإعلامي الرياضي، أن مسؤولي الزمالك يدرسون أكثر من سيرة ذاتية للتعاقد مع مدير فني جديد، خلفًا للبرتغالي جوسفالدوا فيريرا.

وقال الغندور في تصريحات عبر فضائية “الزمالك”: “المدربون المرشحون لتدريب نادي الزمالك من المدارس الألمانية أو الإيطالية أو البرازيلية أو البرتغالية”.

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وتابع: “الزمالك اقترب من الاستقرار على المدير الفني الجديد، هناك 4 سير ذاتية معروضة على المسؤولين”.

وأكمل: “مسؤولو الزمالك توصلوا لاتفاق مع اثنين من الأربعة مدربين، الأول في العقد الخامس من عمره ولديه مشروع، والثاني مدرب كبير جدًا في العقد السابع ولديه استراتيجية مختلفة”.

واختتم: “الاتجاه العام داخل الزمالك التعاقد مع المدرب صغير السن، خلال هذا الأسبوع سيتم الاستقرار على المدير الفني الجديد للأبيض”.

Pimpão revela que houve mudança crucial nos pênaltis e diz: 'É loteria'

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O Botafogo não conseguiu avançar às quartas de final da Copa Sul-Americana. Nesta quarta-feira, no Nilton Santos, o Alvinegro caiu para o Bahia nos pênaltis e, logo após a dura eliminação, Rodrigo Pimpão fez uma revelação curiosa sobre uma situação que poderia ter mudado o classificado da noite.

De acordo com o treinado, Pimpão afirmou que seria o sexto cobrador, na primeira penalidade das alternadas, mas disse que Moisés chamou a responsabilidade no momento decisivo – o que não reflete culpa. O camisa 6 perdeu, assim como Marcinho – o Bahia venceu por 5 a 4 nos pênaltis.

– Na hora o Moisés falou: “Posso ir?”, eu disse que podia. Não tem que culpar ninguém, sabemos que pênalti é loteria – disse Pimpão, na saída de campo, à “TV Globo”.

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Quem abriu o placar no tempo normal, que terminou por 2 a 1 para os cariocas, foi o próprio Rodrigo Pimpão. Com o gol, o atacante igualou Sinval e tornou-se, com oito gols, o maior artilheiro de competições internacional do Botafogo. Ele também falou sobre o feito, minimizado pela queda no torneio.

-Nada disso teria acontecido se o Botafogo não tivesse aberto as portas pra mim. A gente fica triste sim. Desatenção nossa, acabamos sendo eliminados, mas não podemos nos abalar agora porque tem o brasileiro pela frente.

ZÉ FALOU SOBRE OS PÊNALTIS

Na entrevista coletiva, Zé Ricardo foi questionado a respeito da situação envolvendo Moisés e Rodrigo Pimpão.

– Trabalhamos muito pênalti, da lista de 8 só quem não estava ali era o Brenner, que é um dos batedores. Quando entrou no alternado tinha Moisés, Pimpão e Igor Rabello. Como foi falado, Pimpão poderia abrir, Moisés pediu para bater na frente – comentou o treinador.

O Botafogo, agora, folga nesta quinta-feira e se reapresenta na sexta. O próximo desafio será o clássico contra o Vasco, pelo Brasileiro, na terça (9).

Geoff Allardice ICC's new general manager

Former Victoria batsman Geoff Allardice has been named the ICC’s new general manager, cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Jul-2012Former Victoria batsman Geoff Allardice has been named the ICC’s new general manager, cricket. Allardice, who had previously worked with Cricket Australia, takes over from South Africa’s Dave Richardson, the ICC’s newly appointed chief executive.Allardice, 45, worked with the Australian board over the past decade, most recently as general manager, cricket operations. He played 14 first-class games and four list A matches for Victoria between 1991 and 1994.Richardson, talking about Allardice’s appointment, said he was a “great addition to the ICC team”. “Geoff has a wealth of knowledge and experience, gained during his time with Cricket Australia,” Richardson said. “I am looking forward to working with him and deploying his undoubted talent at the ICC.”

بالمواعيد | مباريات ليفربول في أبريل.. 4 مواجهات نارية ضد كبار إنجلترا

ينتظر فريق ليفربول جدولًا مليئًا بالمباريات المهمة في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، خلال شهر أبريل الجاري.

وكان ليفربول قد ودع كأس رابطة الأندية الإنجليزية ثم كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي، قبل خروجه مؤخرًا من دوري أبطال أوروبا على يد ريال مدريد من دور الـ16.

وتقتصر مشاركات ليفربول في الوقت الحالي على الدوري الإنجليزي، حيث يسعى جاهدًا إلى إنهاء الموسم في المراكز الأربعة المؤهلة إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا النسخة المقبلة.

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ويمتلك ليفربول 42 نقطة في المركز السادس في جدول الدوري الإنجليزي، بعد خوض 26 مباراة. جدول مباريات ليفربول في شهر أبريل

ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي، الجولة التاسعة والعشرين من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “الاتحاد”، يوم السبت 1 أبريل، في تمام الساعة الواحدة والنصف ظهرًا بتوقيت القاهرة.

ليفربول وتشيلسي، مؤجلة من الجولة الثامنة من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “ستامفورد بريدج”، يوم الثلاثاء 4 أبريل، في تمام الساعة التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة.

ليفربول وآرسنال، الجولة الثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “الأنفيلد”، يوم الأحد 9 أبريل، في تمام الساعة الخامسة والنصف عصرًا بتوقيت القاهرة.

ليفربول وليدز يونايتد، الجولة الحادية والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “إيلاند رود”، يوم الإثنين 17 أبريل، في تمام الساعة التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة.

ليفربول ونويتنجهام فورست، الجولة الثانية والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “الأنفيلد”، يوم السبت 22 أبريل، في تمام الساعة الرابعة عصرًا بتوقيت القاهرة.

ليفربول ووست هام، الجولة الثالثة والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “لندن الأولمبي”، يوم الأربعاء 26 أبريل، في تمام الساعة 8:45 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة.

ليفربول وتوتنهام، الجولة الرابعة والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، ملعب “الأنفيلد”، يوم الأحد 30 أبريل، في تمام الساعة السادسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة.

Pará comenta duelo com o Paraná: 'Temos que fazer um grande jogo'

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Na briga pelo título do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Flamengo vai à Curitiba, no domingo, enfrentar o Paraná pela 30ª rodada do Brasileirão. O rival ocupa a lanterna do campeonato e não vence há 15 rodadas. Apesar disso, o elenco rubro-negro mantém os pés no chão e espera dificuldades no Durival Britto.

Antes do treino desta sexta-feira, no Ninho do Urubu, Pará falou sobre o confronto. Para o lateral-direito, o Flamengo precisa repetir o bom desempenho das últimas rodadas para voltar com os três pontos de Curitiba.

– Sabemos que será um jogo difícil. Mesmo eles estando nessa situação, é uma grande equipe e tem um treinador que quer tirar o time dessa situação incomoda. Independente disso, temos que fazer um grande jogo – afirmou.

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Ainda de acordo com o camisa 21, há margem para evolução do Flamengo nesta reta final do Brasileirão. Pará entende que Dorival Jr está conseguindo fazer os ajustes necessários durantes as semanas livres para treinos no Ninho.

– Ainda temos muito para crescer e evoluir. Está nítido que o Dorival tem conseguido colocar o que vem treinando nas semanas. As coisas acontecendo da melhor maneira possível e acredito que estamos no caminho certo – disse.

Na preparação para o duelo no Durival Britto, o treinador do Flamengo optou pelos treinos fechados. Apenas o aquecimento estão liberados aos jornalistas, o que acontecerá também nesta sexta-feira, no Ninho do Urubu. No sábado, antes do embarque para Curitiba, o elenco trabalho com os portões fechados.

Sem jogadores suspensos, o Flamengo tem apenas uma dúvida para o duelo. O meia Diego, recuperado de lesão, já está treinando com o elenco desde o início da semana, mas Dorival Júnior não confirmou sua presença contra o Paraná. O volante Willian Arão é quem herdou a vaga do camisa 10 no meio de campo. Já na meta rubro-negra, Diego Alves reassume a posição e César vai para o banco.

Confira mais respostas do lateral-direito Pará:

1. A opção por Diego ou por Arão no time titular altera o estilo da equipe?

São posições completamente diferentes. O Arão é um segundo volante que tem a chegada forte. O Diego é aquele armador clássico que todo time quer ter no elenco. Quem entrar vai dar conta do recado, juntamente com os outros que atuarem.

2. Você conquistou a titularidade após a Copa do Mundo. Com a chegada de Dorival, tem focado mais na parte defensiva ou ofensiva?

Minha preocupação é defender bem primeiro. Todos estão trabalhando forte o sistema defensivo para não tomar mais gols bobos. Estamos fazendo o nosso trabalho e graças a Deus com o Dorival os nossos centroavantes estão tendo oportunidades. Contra o Fluminense, o Uribe fez dois gols e espero que quem jogar domingo possa marcar de novo.

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