According to Geoff Allardice, the ICC’s general manager of cricket, the playing conditions did not allow the third umpire or match referee to intervene

Nagraj Gollapudi27-Jul-2019The International Cricket Council has come out in support of umpire Kumar Dharmasena for his controversial awarding of six overthrows, instead of five, to England in the World Cup final on July 14 at Lord’s. In their first public statement of the incident, the governing body insisted the ‘right process’ was followed.The overthrow, which allowed England to resuscitate the chase from what had seemed a very difficult position a ball earlier – when they needed nine off three deliveries – resulted in six runs after the balls skimmed off Ben Stokes’ bat to the third man boundary after he had dived to complete his second run.Dharmasena said the decision was a collective one as he had consulted his on-field partner Marais Erasmus, a conversation that was audible to rest of the match officials.”They (on-field umpires) had to make a judgement call on the day as to whether the batsmen had crossed when the throw was released,” ICC’s general manager, cricket operations Geoff Allardice told ESPNcricinfo in a wide-ranging interview. “After everything that went on during that delivery, they got together over their comms system and made their decision. They certainly followed the right process when making the decision.”While there is no time limit for match officials to ascertain their decisions, Allardice said the playing conditions did not allow the third umpire or match referee, both of whom had access to the TV, to intervene.”They were aware of the law when they made the judgment about whether the batsmen had crossed or not at the time,” he said. “The playing conditions don’t allow them to refer to such a decision to a third umpire. The match referee cannot intervene when the umpires on the field have to make a judgement call like that.”ESPNcricinfo LtdHe also said the entire final would be “considered” by the ICC’s Cricket Committee, led by former India captain Anil Kumble. However, the committee is not scheduled to meet until the first quarter of 2020.Allardice also emphatically stated the importance of having a winner, when asked if there were questions raised about a shared World Cup, at the ICC Annual Conference in London last week.”The consistent view has been that the World Cup final needs a winner and a Super Over was in the playing conditions to decide a tied Final in each of the last three World Cups (2011, 2015 and 2019).”Countdown clock to combat slow over-rates
The Cricket Committee has also given the nod to a stop clock to combat slow over-rates in limited-overs cricket. Allardice said this will be trialled over the next nine months in select matches to judge its effectiveness.”In a T20 innings, the clock would start at 85 minutes when the first ball is bowled, and countdown to zero. The aim is that players, umpires and fans will know that when the clock gets to zero the bowling team should have started the last over. If there is a delay or interruption in the match due to an injury or a DRS review then the umpire will push a button on a timer that adds time back onto clock.”

Everton and Ukraine full-back Vitaliy Mykolenko admitted he does not understand football after his Scotland prediction against Germany went wrong.

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• Mykolenko predicted Scotland to win against Germany
• Admitted he doesn't understand football
• Germany thrashed Scotland 5-1

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Ahead of the Euro 2024 opener between Germany and Scotland, the Ukraine international had made a prediction that either Scotland would upset the hosts with a win or would hold them to a draw. However, in reality, the Germans routed the Scots 5-1 to begin their journey on a high.

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  After his prediction went wrong, Mykolenko publicly admitted that he did not understand football as Scotland managed to take just one shot against the host nation and had only 27 per cent possession throughout the game.

• WHAT MYKOLENKO SAID

  Speaking to a reporter, the 25-year-old said, "I was for the Scots, and I said there would be a draw or the Scots would win, but I realised that I don't know anything about football because they didn't even make a single shot."

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  The Toffees defender will be in action on Monday as Ukraine begin their Euro 2024 journey against Romania at Allianz Arena in Munich.

MatériaMais Notícias

No jogo de dois times que não sabiam o que era perder no Campeonato Pernambucano, o aniversariante Náutico se deu melhor contra o Salgueiro e venceu por 3 a 2 para ficar ainda mais isolado na liderança do campeonato estadual. Os gols foram feitos por Erick (duas vezes) e Kieza por parte dos visitantes enquanto Tarcísio e Felipe Baiano marcaram para o último campeão do torneio.

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A EFICIÊNCIA REINOU

Se na primeira etapa tanto o Carcará como o Timbu tiveram seus momentos de superioridade em relação ao volume de jogo, quem acabou sendo mais efetivo no momento de maior demonstração técnica foi o Alvirrubro onde Erick estava em noite inspirada.

No primeiro lance, ele aproveitou o passe pra trás dado por Jean Carlos e teve frieza para se livrar do marcador e bater bem para inaugurar a contagem na cidade de Salgueiro. Três minutos depois, ele contou com uma boa dose de sorte misturada ao oportunismo no choque entre o goleiro Lucas e o centroavante Kieza para só ter o trabalho de tocar pro fundo das redes adversárias.

PRESSIONOU, MAS LEVOU

Apesar da vantagem importante que já tinha constituído na etapa inicial, o Timbu não diminuiu o volume e se manteve no retorno do intervalo mais perto de marcar o terceiro (seja no chute “mascado” de Kieza em que Lucas Ferreira pulou bem para defender ou na batida firme de Rafinha que estourou na trave esquerda do adversário) do que uma possível reação do Salgueiro.

Entretanto, se no primeiro tempo quem demonstrou eficiência foram os visitantes, dessa vez foi o Carcará que Capitalizou duas chances quase que consecutivas para igualar as coisas no Salgueirão. Primeiro, em ótimo passe de Felipe Baiano onde Tarcísio foi preciso na batida para vencer Alex Alves e, depois, no chute de Felipe Baiano que se aproveitou do corte parcial da zaga do Timbu.

PRESENTE GARANTIDO?

Quando o momento anímico da partida parecia conduzir o confronto para maior chance de virada dos anfitriões, a estrela de Kieza fez diferença. Além de receber o passe de Rhaldney e ser derrubado dentro da área na penalidade marcada pela arbitragem, foi o próprio centroavante que assumiu a responsabilidade de bater no canto direito e fazer o terceiro tento do Náutico.

FINAL DE EMOÇÃO

Para dar um toque considerável de emoção e angústia, o zagueiro Camutanga acabou expulso por uma falta frontal no experiente Ciel em confronto onde o time da capital precisou exercer todo o seu poder de resistência defensiva para, aos 51 minutos, comemorar sua quinta vitória consecutiva no estadual.

FICHA TÉCNICA DA PARTIDA
​SALGUEIRO 2 x 3 NÁUTICO

Local: Estádio Cornélio de Barros Muniz e Sá, em Salgueiro (PE)
Data e hora: 07/04/2021 – 21h30 (de Brasília)
Árbitro:Gilberto Castro Júnior
Assistentes:Francisco Chaves e Dhiego Cavalcanti
​Cartões amarelos: Felipe Baiano, Sinho, Elenilson (SAL) / Vinicius, Jean Carlos, Hélio dos Anjos, Wagner Leonardo, Djavan, Marciel (NAU)
Cartões vermelhos: Camutanga, Hélio dos Anjos (NAU)

GOLS: Erick (24′ e 27’/1°T) (0-2), Tarcísio (24’/2°T) (1-2), Felipe Baiano (27’/2°T) (2-2), Kieza (32’/2°T) (2-3)

SALGUEIRO (Técnico: Daniel Neri)

Lucas Ferreira; Sinho, Elenilson, Richard e Alan Pires; Bruno Sena, Moreilândia (Aruá, aos 10’/2°T) e Felipe Baiano; Tarcísio, Ciel e Alison Araçoiaba (Héricles, aos 39’/1°T).

NÁUTICO (Técnico: Hélio dos Anjos)

Alex Alves; Hereda (Williams Bahia, aos 43’/2°T), Camutanga, Ronaldo Alves e Rafinha (Wagner Leonardo, aos 27’/2°T); Djavan (Marciel, aos 27’/2°T), Rhaldney, Jean Carlos (Luiz Henrique, aos 42’/2°T) e Vinicius; Kieza e Erick (Bryan, aos 27’/2°T).

MatériaMais Notícias

Em jogo pela segunda fase da Copa do Brasil, o Vitória enfrentou o Rio Branco-ES no Manoel Barradas, o Barradão. Superior durante os 90 minutos, a equipe de Rodrigo Chagas desperdiçou inúmeras chances no primeiro tempo, mas na volta do intervalo fez dois gols nos cinco primeiros minutos e fez o placar de 2 a 0 para avançar para a próxima fase do torneio nacional.

Com a ida para a terceira fase, o Vitória vai receber R$ 1,7 milhão como cota de participação. Agora o Rubro-Negro baiano aguarda sorteio para saber quem será seu adversário na próxima etapa da Copa do Brasil.

VITÓRIA MELHOR NO COMEÇO

O jogo começou movimentado. Jogando em casa, o Vitória tomou as iniciativas e teve mais chances de perigo principalmente com o garoto David, que deu trabalho para a defesa do Rio Branco nos primeiros minutos. Seu companheiro de ataque, Samuel, por pouco não marcou um golaço de voleio aos 10 minutos.

O Capa-Preta apesar de mostrar muita vontade, encontrou muitas dificuldades para furar o bloqueio defensivo do Vitória.

PARA FORAAAA!

O Rio Branco fez uma boa trama pela esquerda em uma das raras oportunidades do Capa-Preta no primeiro tempo. Arthur chegou próximo da área esquerda e cruzou a meia altura na meia-lua, Geovane Lobo não conseguiu dominar e ela sobrou para Vandinho, que chutou aos 23 minutos e assustou o Vitória na chance mais clara de gol até aqui.

DOMÍNIO RUBRO-NEGRO NO PRIMEIRO TEMPO

A bola ficou no pé do Vitória durante todos os 45 minutos, praticamente. A equipe comandada por Rodrigo Chagas tinha mais tranquilidade para trabalhar a bola no ataque e teve algumas chances para abrir o marcador no Barradão. David, Samuel e Vico foram alguns dos personagens que poderiam ter balançado as redes na etapa inicial. O último citado ainda acertou a trave nos acréscimos do período.

O Rio Branco, por sua vez, assistiu o Vitória jogar e teve remotas oportunidades no campo de ataque. A arma do Capa-Preta era tentar roubar a bola dos mandantes e sair no contra-ataque rápido, o que fez com que a equipe do Espírito Santo deixasse a desejar nos primeiros 45 minutos. O destaque do time foi o goleiro Diogo, que evitou como pôde os gols do Leão.

VOLTA DO INTERVALO TEVE GOLS RELÂMPAGOS DO VITÓRIA

Melhor no primeiro tempo, o Vitória deve ter ligado o alerta nos vestiários em relação a ser efetivo nos chutes. No segundo e terceiro arremates do Rubro-Negro na etapa final, David e Gabriel Bispo fizeram dois gols com apenas cinco minutos de jogo.

O primeiro foi de David, que aproveitou escanteio cobrado por Vico e subiu sozinho para fazer o primeiro aos três minutos. Dois minutos depois, a defesa do Rio Branco errou, Gabriel Bispo ficou com a bola, invadiu a área e chutou na saída de Diogo.

RIO BRANCO TEVE DUAS CHANCES E O VITÓRIA RESPONDEU NA TRAVE

Aos 15 minutos, Rafael Castro levou a melhor na dividida contra Wallace Reis e arriscou, mas o atacante mandou por cima. Dois minutos mais tarde, Gugu fez bom levantamento na área em cobrança de falta, mas Luan cabeceou para fora.

A resposta do Vitória veio rápida. Vico pegou a sobra e de canhota chutou da entrada da área, a bola, porém, pegou em cheio no travessão.

QUE FOMINHA!

O Vitória poderia ter feito o terceiro e matado o jogo próximo dos 30 minutos, mas Ygor Catatau, que entrou no segundo tempo, recebeu passe em profundidade e ficou cara a cara com Diogo. Ele tinha a opção clara de tocar para David, mas o camisa 20 chutou e viu o arqueiro adversário fazer a defesa.

VITÓRIA SEGUIU FIRME ATÉ O FIM

Mesmo com o placar confortável, o Vitória seguiu firme para tentar ampliar o placar. Aos 44 minutos, David chutou colocado e Gott, que substituiu Diogo, defendeu. Já aos 47, Catatau invadiu a área pela direita e chutou e Gott fez nova defesa.

FICHA TÉCNICA
VITÓRIA X RIO BRANCO-ES – SEGUNDA FASE DA COPA DO BRASIL
Estádio: Barradão, Salvador – BA
Data e hora: 7 de abril de 2021, às 19h (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Thiago Luis Scarascati (SP)
Assistentes: Alex Ang Ribeiro (SP) e Daniel Paulo Ziolli (SP)
Gramado: Regular
Cartões amarelos: –
Cartões vermelhos: –

GOLS: David, 3’/2ºT (1-0), Gabriel Bispo, 5’/2ºT (2-0)

VITÓRIA (Técnico: Rodrigo Chagas)
Lucas Arcanjo; Raul Prata (Van, aos 30’/2ºT), Marcelo, Wallace Reis e Pedrinho; Gabriel Bispo (Maykon Douglas, aos 31’/2ºT), Cedric e Alisson Farias (Walter, aos 30’/2ºT); Vico (Ygor Catatau, aos 20’/2ºT), Samuel (Eron, aos 37’/2ºT) e David.

RIO BRANCO (Técnico: Wesley Martinelli)
Diogo (Gott, aos 35’/2ºT); Gugu, Luan, Petróleo e Arthur; Gian (Ronicley, aos 11’/2ºT), Gil Mineiro e Geovane Lobo (Matheus Bidick, aos 16’/2ºT); Paulinho, Rafael Castro e Vandinho (Douglas Dias, 36/2ºT).

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Tottenham have mapped out a first team plan for one teenage talent yet to make his debut, and Spurs apparently hold him in extremely high esteem.

Postecoglou breeds positivity at Spurs

Ever since manager Ange Postecoglou's arrival last summer, the north Londoners have undergone a very positive upward trajectory, both on and off the field.

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Postecoglou's electric brand of high-pressing, aggressive football has won plenty of admirers as Spurs fiercely contend for a top-four place and subsequent Champions League qualification.

They sit among the English top fight's highest goal-scoring sides, losing just five times so far, and you could argue that a large part of that was down to Postecoglou losing the likes of Micky van de Ven and James Maddison to injury for months.

Pundits like Ian Wright have expressed their surprise at Spurs' sheer transformation under their popular manager, with Tottenham's head-turning form even helping them to beat the likes of Bayern Munich and Barcelona to January transfer targets.

Timo Werner

Arrival (loan)

Lucas Bergvall

Arrival (buy-to-loan-back)

Radu Dragusin

Arrival (permanent)

Djed Spence

Exit (loan)

Japhet Tanganga

Exit (loan)

Ashley Phillips

Exit (loan)

Sergio Reguilon

Exit (loan)

Alejo Veliz

Exit (loan)

Ivan Perisic

Exit (loan)

Eric Dier

Exit (loan)

Radu Dragusin was chased by Thomas Tuchel's side while the La Liga giants had their eyes firmly on young midfielder Lucas Bergvall. However, Spurs eventually beat both in races for each player, with Postecoglou's side hijacking Barca's deal for Bergvall on deadline day.

"It felt better in the stomach. They are both incredible clubs," said Bergvall on why he chose Spurs over Barca.

"It was a very difficult choice, it was 50-50 for a very long time, but it felt like the next step for me was Tottenham. It was not very easy to say no to Barcelona, it took a very long time to decide. It was a tough decision.

"We talked a little before. In general, how the club works, how they work, how they train, what the days look like. It wasn't a persuasive talk like that. He just said the club was great and I noticed that when I got there. I got an incredible reception, it's a very family club but incredible people."

Currently back out on loan at Djurgardens IF, the 18-year-old will link up with Spurs properly in the summer.

Tottenham map out first team Bergvall plan

Football Insider and journalist Wayne Veysey have an update on the youngster and how he could be utilised in north London.

Indeed, it is believed Tottenham are planning to integrate Bergvall straight into Postecoglou's first team later this year, and those within Spurs view him as a "generational talent".

The Swede penned a five-year deal worth around £8.5 million in the winter window, yet despite his tender age, there is a belief at the club that he's more-than capable of being thrusted straight into senior action.

After the rare taste of defeat against Birmingham Bears, normal service resumed as Lancashire Lightning eased home with nine balls to spare on a night on which one sensed they would not have broken into a sweat even had the temperature been 10 degrees warmer.With Alex Davies dominating with a masterful 75 at the top, finding the boundary 10 times but impressing also with some skilful shot placement backed up with superb running between the wickets, the absence of their leading scorer, Glenn Maxwell, through a minor hamstring injury was barely noticed.Supported with vigour by Liam Livingstone at the start, with measured calm by Steven Croft through the middle overs and improvisation by Dane Vilas at the end, Davies underlined the depth of resources in the current Lightning squad that sees them with a five-point cushion at the top of the North Group, albeit from a match more than everyone else.

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Adam Rossington (40) and Dwaine Pretorius (38) top scored as the Steelbacks posted 157 for 7 but even on a used pitch that gave the slow bowlers something to work with there was a never even a hint of a wobble from their opponents, who surely have one foot in the quarter-finals, not least with Maxwell set to return for Friday’s game against Birmingham.Northamptonshire are not completely out of the picture, even in eighth place, but they will have to go some to qualify from here.What had been shaping up as a pretty decent powerplay for the home side stalled rather dramatically after a bemused Richard Levi, aiming to chip into the legside field, was caught at third man off a leading edge in the fourth over. Adam Rossington worked a four off his hips in the same over to take the total to 37 for 1 after four but Richard Gleeson conceded only three in the fifth over and Saqib Mahmood just a single in the sixth, in which the Steelbacks lost another big wicket when Josh Cobb holed out to deep square leg without scoring.Lancashire, who had won the toss and fancied there would be something in the conditions for their bowlers after a miserably wet day, then took the pace off and put the squeeze on some more before Rossington and Alex Wakely eased the pressure with a boundary each as Northamptonshire reached the halfway stage at 69 for 2.On a slow pitch against disciplined bowling, the Steelbacks struggled to build any momentum, picking up only a couple of boundaries in the next five overs. A full swing of the bat from Wakely sent the ball over the rope at deep midwicket, but in the same over of an impressive spell of legspin by Livingstone came another setback as Rossington failed to clear the fielder at long-on.Livingstone cleverly bowled Wakely in his next over to finish with a tidy two for 24 before Rob Keogh and Pretorius gave the innings some belated substance with a flurry of big blows, the latter walloping Matt Parkinson for consecutive legside sixes on his way to 38 off 22 balls before the legspinner thudded the next delivery into his pads.The two had added 52 in five overs, most of them in a furious assault against Mahmood and Parkinson that accrued 37 in 12 deliveries. But James Faulkner tightened things up again with a superb final over that conceded only four and claimed two more wickets as he finished with 3 for 36.Needing just under eight an over to overhaul the Steelbacks and claim their sixth win after three no-results in their first 10 matches, Lancashire could not have asked for a more emphatic statement of intent from their openers than Davies provided by smashing the first three balls of Ben Sanderson’s opening over to the rope.Livingstone took up the gauntlet, needing little time to loosen up as lofted three of his first nine deliveries for six and though he was out looking for a fourth, well caught at deep mid-wicket, Lancashire were ahead of the game at 55 for 1 after the powerplay, even though the Steelbacks dragged the rate back a little in overs five and six.The torrent of boundaries had dwindled to a trickle as Lightning reach the halfway point at 83 for 1 after some largely tidy work by Graeme White and Keogh but Davies and Croft were content with ones and twos with wickets in hand and the scoring ahead of the required rate.Davies took advantage of a couple of loose deliveries from White to raise his boundary count to eight as he passed 50 in 38 balls before Faheem Ashraf checked Lancashire’s progress a little by yorking Croft in an excellent over that went for just two singles.But Davies continued to play splendidly, rarely passing up the opportunity for an easy boundary that came his way all too often and never keen to settle for singles if a two was available as the target came down to 34 off the last five.By now, the Steelbacks’ heads had dropped as Vilas warmed to the task and chopped Sanderson away twice through the offside before the game ended in a manner that aptly reflected the crumbling nature of the home side’s cricket as Vilas swatted away a Nathan Buck full toss which Wakely’s misfield at deep backward square turned into the winning boundary.

Stone has had a recurrence of the lower back injury that had kept him out of England’s tour of the Caribbean earlier this year

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Aug-2019

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Fast bowler Olly Stone has joined James Anderson and Mark Wood in the list of injured England fast bowlers after hurting his lower back during a training session on Tuesday.The injury is a recurrence of the stress fracture in his lower back that ruled him out of England’s Caribbean tour earlier this year.Stone has been ruled out for at least two weeks – meaning he is likely to miss both the second and third Ashes Tests – and will undergo a scan on Wednesday afternoon to determine the exact severity of the injury.”It’s really disappointing for Olly that he’s been ruled out of action for such an important two weeks of cricket because of a reoccurrence of his back injury,” said Warwickshire’s sport director Paul Farbrace.”At the moment there’s a bit of inflammation, but he will undergo a scan later this afternoon so that we know the full course of treatment that he can undertake with the club’s medical team and with the support of the ECB.”In the meantime, he needs to rest up before he can get his body strong again and ready to deal with the demands of being a fast bowler.”Stone’s career has regularly been set back by injuries. In 2016, he suffered a freak knee injury while celebrating a wicket in the T20 Blast playing for Northamptonshire, which kept him out for over a year.Last year, he broke into England’s squads for the tour of Sri Lanka, and was picked for four ODIs, impressing with his pace despite only taking one wicket in his 16 overs.But after being named in the Test squad to play the West Indies, he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back only days after arriving in Barbados.Only weeks after making his comeback for Warwickshire in the County Championship, Stone took 3 for 29 on his Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s, and according to coach Trevor Bayliss, was one of the bowlers in contention to come in for the injured Anderson in the second Ashes Test.Stone’s injury effectively leaves Jofra Archer and Sam Curran as the two candidates to replace Anderson at Lord’s. Archer himself was sent away to “give him time to get absolutely ready and fit” as he continued his rehabilitation from a side strain suffered during the World Cup, but he proved his fitness by bowling 12.1 overs for Sussex’s 2nd XI yesterday, taking 6 for 29 and adding a rapid century for good measure.Another potential replacement, Lewis Gregory, who was named in the squad to play Ireland, is also out of contention after suffering a stress injury to a bone in his left foot.