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Graham Onions claimed a five-wicket haul on a shortened day to hand Durham a useful 60-run lead over Yorkshire

David Hopps at Chester-le-Street25-Apr-2013
ScorecardHigh five: Graham Onions claimed his first five-wicket haul of the season to take his tally to 16•Getty Images

Batting is a tough proposition in Durham in April and it gets no tougher than when Graham Onions is scowling at you at the end of his run. Durham traditionally refers to itself as the land of the Prince Bishops, but when Onions gets the ball in his hand it becomes the land of the High Fives. He even high fives in slightly menacing fashion. You get the impression that it is best not to mess up a high five with Onions, never mind put a catch down in the slips.Under northern skies, nobody can match Onions’ threat. Stern-faced and hostile, with jet black hair, he gives the impression that he might have been chiselled from the landscape itself; the harshest side of the hill, the one forever exposed to the blast of northerly winds. Nobody carries a county side with more resolve, nobody suggests more often that they are capable of turning a game single-handedly.He nagged away constantly, unpicking the merest hint of a slovenly technique, his length full and insistent, his bouncer quick enough to keep a batsman honest. Yorkshire, newly promoted and not yet hardened to their challenge, surrendered five wickets to him and will have to meet him with more acumen second time around if they are to recover a first-innings deficit of 60. They came into Division One with a long unbeaten run behind them, but they are struggling to up their game.While Onions rests, Durham privately wonder whether they have the capacity to maintain their first division status. When they throw him the ball, they feel like world beaters. Drizzle prevented play until after 4pm but, when Onions was finally allowed on the prowl, two England players, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, succumbed to his 10-over spell, as did another batsman increasingly attracting glowing reports, Gary Ballance. Add his two wickets overnight, and he had five of the first six Yorkshire wickets to fall.Onions had an inactive time with England in the winter, when the wickets were deemed too unresponsive to suit him. He might have anticipated as much in India, as the Test series was contested on turning decks, but to arrive in New Zealand in the New Year to find the pitches unusually moribund was deeply frustrating. He never made England’s final XI; en entire winter spent waiting and watching. Nobody took more wickets in Division One last season – 64 at only 14.98 – and he looks bent upon retribution.Root suffered for sluggish footwork, half forward at best and bowled off stump. Until then, his 49 had been made with good tempo, which was good to see after his travails of the winter when spinning pitches in India, followed by turgid surfaces in New Zealand, allied to England’s need to show defensive intent and his own limitations, all contributed to dogged Test innings of near-strokelessness.Bairstow’s dismissal was a soft one. Onions stopped at the end of his run and waved his two fielders on the hook 10 yards finer. He banged in the bouncer wide of off-stump, Bairstow tried to paddle it to the leg side and plopped it into the hands of Mark Stoneman at deep square leg. It has to be said that with a shot like that Bairstow did not look as if he had been chiselled from any sort of landscape at all. Ballance then edged to the wicketkeeper.With Onions spent, Yorkshire might have imagined that the threat had subsided, but four overs later Ben Stokes had Adil Rashid lbw and, in the following over, Tim Bresnan slashed at Chris Rushworth and Paul Collingwood clung on in the slips. Under blue evening skies, Liam Plunkett, remained undefeated against his former county but two more wickets for Stokes brought Durham a useful first-innings lead.

A late-hitting spree from Elton Chigumbura and Nazmul Hossain Milon helped Sylhet Royals to a four-wicket win over Duronto Rajshahi

The Report by Mohammad Isam20-Jan-2013
ScorecardElton Chigumbura’s all-round performance gave Sylhet Royals their second win•BCB

A late assault from Elton Chigumbura and Nazmul Hossain Milon helped Sylhet Royals to a thrilling four-wicket win over Duronto Rajshahi. Even though both sides were in command in different stages of the game, victory was finally clinched by the Royals thanks to a brilliant all-round show from Chigumbura.Duronto had the game all but wrapped up when they reduced the Royals to 80 for 6 in the 14th over in pursuit of 148 runs. But the match changed its course when Chigumbura cracked Abul Hasan for a six and a four in the following over. After an eight-run over off left-arm spinner Monir Hossain, the pair launched into Sean Ervine, who gave away two sixes in his 18-run over. It helped the Royals cut down the asking run-rate drastically from over 11 per over to 27 off 18 balls. Chigumbura added another six and two more boundaries, before Milon finished the game with a boundary off the first ball of the last over. The pair added 70 runs in just 34 deliveries, though Milon did survive after being caught off a no-ball in the 19th over. Chigumbura, having a lot of experience in Bangladeshi conditions, was unbeaten on 43 off just 21 while Milon, a big-hitting sensation locally, made 33 off 22.Before the final assault, it was the young Duronto spinners who kept things tight with their accuracy and flight. Naeem Islam jnr, Taijul Islam, Monir Hossain and Farhad Hossain shared all six wickets among them. Tamim Iqbal’s plan was to use his experienced seamers for the latter overs, but it backfired along with his decision of not making Farhad complete his quota of four overs after he had conceded just five runs. The faster bowlers – Abul, Ervine and Ziaur Rahman – gave away 74 runs off 5.1 overs, and it hurt Duronto badly.The Royals however would be somewhat disappointed after giving away such a good start with the ball, and having to fight so hard to win the game.Jahurul Islam pulled the Duronto innings out of an early scare, as he batted confidently. Offspinner Sohag Gazi had captain Tamim Iqbal caught and bowled off the first ball of the match, and soon, Duronto’s experiment of using Mukhtar Ali as an opener also backfired when he was caught behind off the same bowler, in the third over.From 9 for 2, Jahurul added 63 for the third wicket with Moeen Ali, who batted scratchily for 35 deliveries to make just 24. Jahurul however struck five fours and a six in his 38-ball 50, and ensured his team reached a decent score before getting out in the 19th over. Ziaur also hit a six and three boundaries in his 19-ball 21 before Ervine and Farhad scampered to put up a respectable total.The Royals bowlers were initially led by Gazi’s two wickets but Chigumbura’s three wickets and offspinner Mohammad Nabi’s four tight overs ensured control. Dirk Nannes, who flew in the day before, looked tame and as a result, went wicketless despite being the most experienced in the attack.Before their next matches in Khulna, Duronto would eagerly want their foreign signings to arrive as they have had to function with just 12 players.

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Pode não ser o time dos sonhos, e o próprio presidente do Vasco, Alexandre Campello, afirmou, em meados de dezembro, que ainda não seria. Mas o Vasco começa 2019 com mais do que um esboço para entrar em campo. O diretor de futebol, Alexandre Faria, já havia exposto que os quatro reforços ainda não apresentados chegariam ao Rio nesta quarta-feira. Equipe e elenco vão ganhando forma.

Fernando Miguel segue como titular, após a saída de Martin Silva, e não há desespero para repor o vazio deixado pelo uruguaio uma vez que há Jordi para ser reserva. Alguns nomes foram oferecidos, como João Ricardo, mas a negociação não evoluiu.

Nas laterais, Rafael Galhardo tem a concorrência dos já acertados Cáceres e Claudio Winck. Na esquerda, enquanto Ramon está lesionado, Henrique compete com Danilo Barcelos, que também pode atuar como meio-campista.

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Para o miolo de zaga, Leandro Castan permanece e há também Werley, Henríquez e Ricardo Graça. E ainda Breno, apesar dos constantes problemas físicos. Deste modo, a negociação que não avançou para a renovação de Luiz Gustavo acabou minimizada.

Andrey, Raul, e Willian Maranhão são três dos volantes mais utilizados por Alberto Valentim, e assim deverá continuar sendo, a princípio. Marcelo Mattos ainda se recupera de longo problema físico.

Ainda no meio-campo, Bruno César foi contratado para ser o grande nome da criação. Para acompanhá-lo o Cruz-Maltino tem Thiago Galhardo e Guilherme Costa, que volta de empréstimo e será avaliado pela comissão técnica durante a pré-temporada, que será em Atibaia (SP) e começa no dia 7.

As opções para o ataque são Yago Pikachu, Maxi López, Marrony e Ribamar, primeiro reforço apresentado. Os demais contratados deverão vestir a camisa vascaína nos próximos dias.

Muttiah Muralitharan ripped through the Adelaide Strikers to send the Melbourne Renegades back to the top of the Big Bash ladder with a crushing 48-run win at Etihad Stadium

The Report by Andrew Fuss02-Jan-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Muttiah Muralitharan and Marlon Samuels took three wickets each•Getty Images

Muttiah Muralitharan ripped through the Adelaide Strikers to send the Melbourne Renegades back to the top of the Big Bash ladder with a crushing 48-run win at Etihad Stadium.Murali was virtually unplayable as he skittled the visitors’ middle order on his way to 3 for 18 off four overs. He clean-bowled the dangerous Nathan Reardon – beating him in flight – before catching Kieron Pollard and Theo Doropolous plumb off front in consecutive deliveries to end any hopes the Strikers had of a middle-order revival.Nathan Rimmington helped build the pressure early for the Renegades removing both openers and going for just seven runs in his first two overs. The visitors never got going after that and only Johan Botha (31 off 31) and Michael Neser (29 not out off 24) offered any real resistance as they crumbled to 107 all out. Marlon Samuels helped clean up the tail to finish with 3 for 16 off three overs.Earlier, Tom Cooper revived the hosts following a sluggish start with a hard-fought 59 off just 46 balls. Cooper combined with Ben Rohrer (35 off 27) for a 46-run partnership in the middle overs to set the hosts up for a late onslaught in which they produced 37 runs from the final three overs.The visitors will be left to rue some poor death bowling as Neser, Putland and Richardson all struggled to bowl to their fields when it mattered most as the Renegades posted a more than competitive total of 155 on a low and slow drop-in deck.Perhaps the highlights of the match came in the field, with Pollard taking a spectacular one-handed catch running back with the flight off his own bowling and Will Sheridan and Aaron O’Brien holding sharp chances inside the circle.The Renegades are now virtually assured of a top four finish while the Strikers are right back in the pack, sitting at fourth for the moment ahead of the Scorchers and the Heat, who have game in hand against the Stars on Thursday night.The result sets up some tantalising fixtures over the final games of the tournament, with the Strikers set to play the Hurricanes and the Scorchers in matches that will shape the top four.

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A chegada de Gilson Kleina deu resultado para a Ponte Preta, que conquistou sua terceira vitória seguida na Série B. Nesta sexta-feira, a Macaca superou o Figueirense por 2 a 1, no Moisés Lucarelli, em Campinas. Com isso, Rogério Micale segue sem vencer no comando dos catarinenses. Os gols da partida foram marcados por Léo Santos e André Luís, para os campineiros, e Henrique Trevisan, para os catarinenses.

Com o resultado, a Ponte sobe três posições e vai para sétima posição, com 46 pontos. O Figueirense, por sua vez, não vê um triunfo há um mês e está na 11ª colocação, com 41 pontos.

Na próxima partida, o time comandado por Gilson Kleina enfrenta o Fortaleza, às 20h30, no Castelão, na sexta-feira. O próximo desafio de Rogério Micale será contra o Criciúma, no Orlando Scarpelli, às 16h30, no próximo sábado.

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يعقد أعضاء اتحاد الكرة المصري اجتماعًا طارئًا مساء اليوم الثلاثاء، لحسم موقف مباراة السوبر المصري ومنافس الأهلي في المباراة.

واعتذر نادي الزمالك عن خوض مباراة السوبر أمام الأهلي المقرر له يوم الجمعة 5 مايو في الإمارات.

وحدد أعضاء الجبلاية السابعة مساءً لبحث موقف السوبر المصري، ومنافس الأهلي بعد اعتذار الزمالك.

وكان مجلس إدارة الاتحاد المصري وجه خطاباً جديد لنادي الزمالك لإعلان موقف الفارس الأبيض النهائي، وفي انتظار الرد حالياً.

طالع | اتحاد الكرة يرد عبر “بطولات” على أنباء إلغاء مباراة السوبر بعد اعتذار الزمالك

يذكر أن اتحاد الكرة تواصل مع أندية أخرى لمواجهة الأهلي في السوبر، تحسباً لبقاء نادي الزمالك علي موقفه.

وتقام بطولة السوبر المصري على ملعب محمد بن زايد في الإمارات، وذلك عن موسم 2022.

Kevin Pietersen described his innings of 182 in Mumbai as ‘pretty satisfying’ but said it would mean more if England went on to win the Test

David Hopps25-Nov-2012

There must have been days during his exile from England’s dressing room that Kevin Pietersen feared he would never play again a Test innings as magnificent as the one he produced in Mumbai.There must have been days when he feared he would never play another Test innings at all.His response to that suggestion, a strikingly downbeat response for someone who had just produced one of the most memorable innings in Test history, was to shrug that he never looked as far ahead as the next day.”I never know what is going to happen tomorrow,” he said. “I don’t take myself that seriously. I do everything on a day-to-day basis. What will be, will be. I live my life day to day.”It sounded a cop out until one reflected that a lack of forethought had been evident the moment he embarked upon his rebellion against the ECB and ultimately became estranged from much of the England dressing room in the process.Day-to-day living looked the way to go as Pietersen turned 180 degrees on the boundary edge at the Wankhede Stadium to acknowledge the applause of the crowd. India loves his star quality, his individuality and his capacity to entertain.No Englishman, one would wager, comes anywhere near to his popularity. Boris Johnson, in Delhi to drum up trade with India as Mayor of London, could take back billions in trade deals if he was seen out for dinner with Pietersen.Pietersen produces great moments, and revels in them, but he rarely cares to assess them. “It will mean a lot more if we win tomorrow but it was a pretty difficult wicket,” he said. “You knew at some stage a ball had your name on it so to play as well as that was pretty satisfying.””We have come here to learn, we have come here to try to win, and we want to front up to the challenge. The captain asked that of us before the Test.”Along with that captain, Alastair Cook, he reached 22 Test hundreds, equalling the best by any England batsman. The sweep shot – often derided during England’s troubled year – had been well executed by both batsmen during a third-wicket stand of 206 that began to turn the Test in England’s favour.”I think some of the greatest batsmen who have come to India and been successful have been very good sweepers – our coach for one,” he said, recalling Andy Flower’s unbeaten double hundred for Zimbabwe in Nagpur.”It messes around with the lengths that the spinners bowl and it messes around with the fields. It negates that little leg gully that can cause issues if the spinners bowl straight to you. As long as you play it well and pick the right ball it’s fine. If you play it sixth or seventh ball and miss it like I did in Ahmedabad you look like a clown.”I wasn’t playing well at all in Ahmedabad. I didn’t trust my defence as much as I trusted my defence in this Test match and as a batter if you don’t trust your defence you try too many things, you try to force the issue.”So I went and did a lot of hard work as I always do and luckily it had paid off. I like to keep things simple. I just didn’t go into that Test match trusting my defence. I don’t think the warm-up matches going into that Test match tested my defence. It is just about keeping things simple and doing the basics right.”It was not a day for him to celebrate, certainly not in the company of an English media that, in some cases, had been critical of him in a personal way not seen to such an extent since Geoffrey Boycott began his own self-imposed exile from England nearly 40 years earlier. The hurt is not easily forgotten.The much-vaunted reintegration process with the England dressing room has been completed. Perhaps he needs another one with the media.He spoke in more relaxed fashion on ESPN Star Sports to Sourav Ganguly, a former India captain who also had his detractors and who saw him at his lowest moments when they worked alongside each other in a studio in Colombo during World Twenty20 after England refused to pick him.How did it feel to be back? “It feels really good, thanks Sourav,” he said. “I was with you for two weeks through the turmoil but, no, this is great. I’m back playing cricket for England, it’s amazing to get back into the Test scene and to get some runs on a wicket like this and hopefully help us win a Test match, would be magnificent.”Not that he was prepared to claim that the game was already won, with the memory still fresh of England’s collapse to 72 all out against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in January.”It’s definitely a cliffhanger, for sure,” he said. “You’ve seen the wicket now, it’s spinning, bouncing, from straight, from off-straight. It’s going to be a tough time to go out there and hopefully we don’t have to face too many. We don’t want to have to chase a 100 or 120 on there; we tried that once this year and failed in Abu Dhabi.”

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علق البرازيلي ريكاردو المدير الفني لنادي المريخ السوداني على خسارة فريقه أمام الزمالك، اليوم الجمعة، في بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الزمالك فاز على المريخ بأربعة أهداف لثلاثة، على استاد القاهرة، في ختام دور المجموعات بدوري الأبطال.

طالع | ترتيب مجموعة الزمالك في دوري أبطال إفريقيا بعد الفوز على المريخ

وقال ريكاردو عقب المباراة :”الفريقان لعبا مباراة مفتوحة، والزمالك استطاع أن يسجل هدفين في الدقائق الأولى بسبب عدم تركيز لاعبي المريخ”.

وتابع: “بدأنا نتماسك ونلعب بشكل أفضل وسجلنا ٣ أهداف، وأعتقد أن هناك هدفًا تسلل على الزمالك”.

ووأضاف: “سجلنا ٣ أهداف في الزمالك بالقاهرة لأننا كنا الأفضل، و ليس بسبب سوء مستوى الأبيض خلال الفترة الأخيرة”.

واختتم: “الزمالك فريق كبير ويلعب على أرضه”.

Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has said his team’s batsmen must break their habit of failing to turn fifties into centuries after another disappointing series with the bat

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Aug-2012

Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has said his team’s batsmen must break their habit of failing to turn fifties into centuries after another disappointing series with the bat. New Zealand lost the series 2-0 after West Indies earned a five-wicket victory in Jamaica and the result means the teams swap positions on the ICC Test rankings table, with West Indies moving to seventh and New Zealand falling to eighth.A major part of the problem for New Zealand was an absence of big scores from their batsmen. The opener Martin Guptill was the leading scorer from either side across the two Tests with 277 runs but no New Zealander managed a century, while Chris Gayle, Kieran Powell and Marlon Samuels all reached triple figures for West Indies.”It’s been around for a while,” Taylor said of the lack of centuries. “If you go through the last 15-odd years, guys have been scoring a lot of fifties but they haven’t been going on to score those hundreds and hundreds are what get you in Test matches and put you on the front foot and hopefully win them. But when you’re only getting fifties, sometimes it might be enough but more often than not it won’t be.”Taylor’s observation was sound, for in the past 15 years New Zealand batsmen have made 84 Test centuries, easily the fewest among the eight countries that played Test cricket throughout that period. The next lowest was West Indies, whose batsmen made 121 tons during the same time.In the past decade the figures are just as stark for New Zealand, whose batsmen have made fewer hundreds than Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid combined. Taylor said New Zealand’s inability to put together big partnerships and fight through important moments in the two Tests proved costly against West Indies, and they would need to improve ahead of their tour of India.”Obviously us batters are not performing as consistently as we would like and the bowlers were bowling well in periods but not the whole time,” he said. “Losing crucial wickets at crucial times in both Test matches have hurt us … We need to address our issues very quickly and we’ve got India coming up in just over a week and a half’s time, so we need to regroup quickly and play a lot better than we have here.”However, Taylor said there were some positives to come from the series, despite the result.”Martin Guptill was the highest run scorer in the Test series, between both teams,” Taylor said. “He didn’t get a hundred but his lowest score was 41. He struggled a bit during the T20s and one-dayers but showed what a quality player he can be and runs at the top of the order has been something we haven’t done as consistently as we would like. He was consistent.”The bowlers, [Trent] Boult with the new ball was very promising and something to work on. [Neil] Wagner, I think has given us something to think about, the energy that he brings to the team.”New Zealand have little time to regroup ahead of the India series, which begins with a Test in Hyderabad on August 23.