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While this T20 series victory will be savoured it is still just the beginning. The bulk of the tour’s cricket is yet to be played and the challenges will only get bigger.

Firdose Moonda08-Oct-20151:32

‘I still have much to contribute’ – Duminy

In a strange way, perhaps there is something positive that can be taken out of the wash-out at Kolkata for South Africa. Although they are disappointed that they did not have the opportunity to play at the iconic venue, South Africa had plenty of time to process their position heading into the game and don’t want to get ahead of themselves despite the early success on tour.”We have only played two days of cricket and there’s 25 days of cricket left. We shouldn’t get too cocky and confident on what has happened as we India are a very quality side,” Russell Domingo, South Africa’s coach, said.While this T20 series victory will be savoured – because as Faf du Plessis explained in his post-match press conference, “It is really important to acknowledge how hard it is to come to India and to win any series,” – it is still just the beginning. The bulk of the tour’s cricket is yet to be played and the challenges will only get bigger. Already, Domingo, who is on his first trip to India, has found some elements overwhelming.”There’s lots of media, lots of questions,” he said when asked what makes India a particularly difficult place to tour. “The crowd support is immense, the passion for the game, the constant scrutiny from the media and public. So dealing with the all the noise, I’m not talking about the crowd noise alone but even the media noise. I put on the TV and the only thing I’m watching is the highlights of the game and constant analysis. Keeping our focus amidst all this noise is what is main goal.”South Africa have a mixed record on the field when it comes to dealing with such intensity. In limited-overs cricket, too much pressure has often undone them, especially in major tournaments. In Test cricket, it has brought out the best in them, especially recently. Slowly, they are starting to move away from the former, with more solid showings under stress in shorter formats as they set themselves them up for what they hope will be an eventual shedding of the chokers’ tag.Their performances so far will give them reason to believe they can, especially after the first game. South Africa came back from what seemed a lost cause in the chase to complete it successfully with some of their lesser lights – JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien – finishing the job. “The first one was a big one for us… 200 was a stiff target and chasing that gave us a lot of confidence going into the second T20,” Duminy said.In the second match, South Africa put right what they did wrong in the first. “We knew going into the second game that we needed to improve as a bowling unit. That was a big plus for us, the way we bowled, the discipline we showed within our bowling department,” Duminy said. “That is going to be a big tick for us in the T20 format. With the results that we have got here now, will give us a lot of confidence going into the T20 series against England and Australia and obviously the World T20 coming in a few months.”Before that, South Africa have this tour to concentrate on and they still have nine more matches to play. That equals 25 days of cricket and almost double that number traveling, practicing and being together. That’s a lot of time to rack up more good results or to drive each other mad but on the evidence of their first few days, there could be more of the former and almost none of the latter.”We enjoy each other’s company. It doesn’t matter which part of the world we are in. There are not too many arguments going on in the team room. We find ways of enjoying ourselves in a long tour,” Duminy said. “That is important for us especially when you are coming to a place where there is not a lot to do outside the hotel and you are coming to a place for such a long period of time. It can get you down at times so it is important that we gel as a unit and gel as a team.”We have got a great camaraderie within the team and everybody plays for one another. Everybody wants each other to do well and we enjoy each others’ successes. That is an important component for a successful team.” So far, so good.

Leicestershire have signed Australia batsman Joe Burns as an overseas player for part of the 2013 county season

George Dobell07-Mar-2013Leicestershire have signed Australia batsman Joe Burns as an overseas player for part of the 2013 county season. Burns will stand in for Ramnaresh Sarwan once the latter leaves for international duty with West Indies.Burns, 23, scored 145 runs, including a century, for Australia A against the touring England Lions in February. He was voted the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year by his fellow Australian players for his achievements in the 2012-13 season. All cricketers who have won the award since its inception in 2000 have gone on to represent Australia in at least one format. While Burns has yet to play international cricket, he can gain a work permit through a UK passport. He appeared briefly for Sussex second XI in 2010.Sarwan is expected to play the first five and last four Championship games of the season, leaving Burns to cover the middle of the campaign and the FLt20 competition. He will arrive on May 15 and leave on August 30 and his spell will comprise seven county championship games, the whole of the FLt20 competition and 11 CB40 matches.”I’ve heard great things about the club’s set-up and players and I am very motivated
with the ambition of promotion in the county championship,” Burns said. “I’m looking forward to joining up with the team in May and contributing to a successful and enjoyable
season.””We are delighted to have signed the up-and-coming batsman Joe Burns,” Leicestershire’s chief executive, Mike Siddall, said: “We are hoping he will have a similar impact at Grace Road as previous Australian overseas players, Brad Hodge and Michael Bevan. Joe is on the fringes of the Australian team and will be keen to impress during an Ashes year in England.”Leicestershire are expected to add another overseas player for the FLt20, with Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan believed to be a frontrunner for the role.

Full coverage of former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns’ libel suit against former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Mar-2012January 7, 2010
News – Chris Cairns to sue Lalit Modi
March 23, 2010
News – Distressed by Modi’s claims – Cairns
March 5, 2012
News – Accusation reduced my career to dust – Cairns
March 6, 2012
News – Cairns’ former team-mates allege fixing demands
March 7, 2012
News – Rumours made Cairns ‘barking’ angry
March 7, 2012
News – ICL officials had their own ‘agenda’March 8, 2012
News – Cairns fixing investigation ‘shambolic’ – Beer
March 9, 2012
News – Cairns’ fury as Modi fails to give evidence
March 12, 2012
News – Players stand by Cairns accusations
March 14, 2012
News – Judge refuses late witness for Modi
March 16, 2012
News – Cairns a ‘scapegoat’ court hears
March 26, 2012
News – Cairns wins libel case against Modi

Damien Wright, the Victoria fast bowler, has announced his retirement from Australian first-class cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Mar-2011Damien Wright, the Victoria fast bowler, has announced his retirement from Australian first-class cricket. Wright was part of the Australian first-class circuit for 15 years since his debut for Tasmania in 1997-98. He’s been part of three of the last four Sheffield Shield-winning teams, for Tasmania in 2006-07 and twice for Victoria, where he moved to in 2008-09. He joined Worcestershire in January this year and will be part of their domestic season starting April.”I guess I wanted to go out on my own terms whilst feeling satisfied and happy,” said Wright, who picked up 375 wickets in 116 first-class games. Victoria’s final Sheffield Shield game of the season, against Queensland, was also his last. “When our match against Queensland finished, I realised it was my time and the right moment for me to go out. I’ve been really lucky to be a part of several titles and achieve what I have during my career; it’s been an amazing journey and a ride I’ve really enjoyed.”Wright said he was grateful to Greg Shipperd, his coach at Tasmania and Victoria, for his mentoring. “I’ve been very lucky to have Shippy as a coach throughout my career in both Tasmania and now in Victoria,” Wright said. “He’s provided me with many opportunities, he started my first-class career off and now ironically I’ll finish it under him. I’m extremely fortunate to have him as a mentor – he is someone who has played a huge role in my career and I thank him for that.”Apart from his skills as a pace bowler, Wright was also an effective batsman in the lower order. He averaged 24.08 with the bat and among his all-round highlights was his performance for Tasmania in their Sheffield Shield win in 2006-7, where he claimed eight wickets and contributed 67 and 47 with the bat in the final. In 2009-10, he overcame injury after missing Victoria’s first five games to play a significant role with the ball in his team’s eventual success.He’s also Victoria’s bowling coach and hopes to continue that role.

On the eve of the opening clash against Deccan Chargers, Sourav Ganguly made his point straightaway that the best way to progress is by “executing” and not wasting time “planning

N Hunter11-Mar-2010On the eve of the opening clash against Deccan Chargers, Sourav Ganguly made his point straightaway that the best way to progress is by “executing” and not wasting time “planning.” The Kolkata Knight Riders captain felt there was no point dissecting the past, and the better alternative was to go out and play. It was trademark Ganguly – he did not spell out his enemy, but he made his point, subtly, leaving no doubts in anyone’s mind as to what he was referring to.Ganguly, along with the new coach Dav Whatmore and the entire Kolkata management have been working hard on an entirely new platform, which from the outset has been more transparent and importantly, simpler, compared to the Sudoku grid John Buchanan had asked the squad to solve in order to excel in Twenty20 cricket. Ganguly hasn’t forgotten the confusion and controversy that was created in the first two years of the IPL, but as the team’s seniormost player, he understands he cannot afford to create any further haze when his primary job is to lead the team in the right direction.”One needs to plan, especially when you are on the park. But I believe in execution. I don’t believe in too many ideas or team meetings,” Ganguly said, with a stern face, after a two-hour long training session at the Bandra-Kurla Complex ground. “I believe planning is 10% and execution 90%.”So batsmen played with straight, slanting and even upside-down bats as Whatmore offered them the freedom and space to understand what they were doing. At the other end, Wasim Akram mentored the bowlers including Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Mashrafe Mortaza and Jaydev Unadkat, the Under-19 bowler. Clearly, there was a sea change in the way the training session went about in the past.In the first two years, various coaches would be spotted, busy noting down various things, just like a nurse records a patient’s heartbeat, pulse etc. The paraphernalia was conspicuously absent today, replaced by more word-of-mouth signals, creating a different kind of buzz.”I would like to leave the player to play to his strengths. That’s how everybody has played and been successful. Maybe you can just tell them the amount of runs needed on the board or what has to be chased,” Ganguly said. “Other than that, if I keep changing (the player’s style) at this minute, it’s not going to help.”While the majority of the teams managed to devise the right processes, along with the right combinations in the first two years of the IPL, Kolkata were affected by a lack of clarity. As a consequence they have underperformed in first two editions. Still, there is hope. Ask Adam Gilchrist, the Deccan Chargers captain, who said he could relate to his opponent’s circumstances as he had been in the same spot that Kolkata now find themselves in: bottom of the barrel.”I know that feeling. I’ve started the tournament like that before,” Gilchrist said, denying the opening clash of the IPL tomorrow was a mismatch considering Deccan, the defending champions, are playing last year’s wooden-spoon holders. “I don’t think you can take it for granted that there are any mismatches in the tournament. Everyone starts afresh.”Ganguly has been stressing the same in his interactions with the squad, out in the open and behind closed doors. It is now up to the players to go out and express themselves.

أعلن عادل رمزي المدير الفني لنادي الوداد المغربي تشكيل فريقه أمام أهلي طرابلس الليبي، ضمن منافسات البطولة العربية للأندية.

الوداد يواجه أهلي طرابلس، على ملعب استاد مدينة الأمير سلطان بن عبد العزيز الرياضية (المحالة)، في الجولة الثانية من بطولة كأس الملك سلمان.

طالع أيضًا | القنوات الناقلة لمباراة الوداد والأهلي الليبي اليوم في البطولة العربية

ويتصدر السد القطري ترتيب المجموعة الثانية في البطولة العربية بنقطة واحدة، ويليه الهلال السعودي، وأهلي طرابلس ثالثًا، والوداد رابعًا، بنفس النقطة. تشكيل الوداد أمام أهلي طرابلس اليوم

حراسة المرمى: المطيع.

خط الدفاع: أبو الفتح، زولا، شتي، العملود.

خط الوسط: محروس، دراوي، مترجي، هلمود، أوناجم.

خط الهجوم: المترجي.

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— Wydad Athletic Club (@WACofficiel) July 30, 2023

The other charges

• Internet rights: Charged with failing to disclose links to owners with interests in Internet rights

• Twitter comments related to Kochi franchise and the BCCI: Cleared of alleged disclosure of shareholding pattern of the Kochi franchise; charged of “misconduct” for tweet that threatened to “expose certain individuals in the BCCI” is upheld

• Planning a rebel league with clubs in England: Charged for indiscipline and actions “detrimental to the interest of the BCCI”

• Theatrical rights: Charged with awarding theatrical rights to a company without the approval of the governing council. The original company then assigned the rights to a third party after Modi’s approval

• Free commercial time deal: Charged for actions detrimental to the board after Modi signed an agency without permission of the governing council

• Proxy stakes in IPL franchises: Cleared of the charge

• Withholding information regarding relations with individuals who hold stakes in the IPL: Cleared of the charge

• Violation of invitation to tender due to a franchise agreement with Rajasthan Royals: Cleared of the charge

The BCCI’s disciplinary committee has found Lalit Modi, the former IPL chairman, guilty on eight different charges of “various acts of indiscipline and misconduct”. The charges, relating to irregularities in various financial and administrative matters of the IPL including the sale of franchise and media rights, were pressed by the BCCI in 2010 soon after Modi’s swift and dramatic exit from the league he founded.The 134-page report – prepared by a committee comprising senior BCCI functionaries Arun Jaitley, Chirayu Amin and Jyotiraditya Scindia – has been submitted to the BCCI and will be discussed at a special general meeting on September 25. It is believed that a life ban for Modi will be recommended and accepted at the meeting.In his reaction to the report, Modi pointed out several flaws in both the procedure and the findings. He alleged that Jaitley had a bias against him and also was the “strongest supporter” of N Srinivasan, the BCCI president. Modi said one of his main lines of defence was that the enquiry against him was “vitiated on account of malafide” because he had opposed Srinivasan’s conflict of interest as team owner and administrator. He claimed that Jaitley “did not allow any question to be put in respect of Srinivasan’s conflict of interest and virtually skirted the issue of Srinivasan’s conflict of interest in his report.” His response to the committee’s actual findings echoed his defence on the various charges.The committee found Modi guilty of rigging bids during the franchise auction in 2010, arm-twisting the Kochi franchise and threatening to terminate their franchise agreement in favour of another bidder, selling media and internet rights without proper authorisation from the BCCI and showing interest in creating a rebel T20 league in England without the knowledge of the BCCI and the ECB. The key charges that stuck:TV rights issue
In January 2008, World Sports Group India was granted global television rights for the IPL between 2008-2017 while Multi Screen Media Satellite (Singapore) pte Ltd. got the rights to telecast the matches in the Indian subcontinent between 2008-2012. On March 14, 2009, at 8 pm, the BCCI terminated its agreement with MSM on account of various “breaches”, including its failure to promote BIG TV, a ground sponsor. That left the Indian TV rights without a rights holder.At 3 am on March 15, WSG Mauritius, which had the same directors as WSG India, was granted the global and Indian broadcast rights for the IPL between 2009-2017. A fresh agreement with WSG Mauritius was entered into, under which WSG Mauritius had 72 hours to find a broadcast partner failing which the rights would revert to the BCCI. It was also expected to pay the BCCI Rs 112.5 crores as a signing fee – a sum the BCCI contended it never received.When WSG Mauritius failed to get a partner, it agreed the rights would revert back to the BCCI but WSG India would retain the global rights (excluding Indian subcontinent) till 2017. That still left the Indian rights without a rights holder.However, the BCCI contended, MSM and WSG Mauritius cut a deal while the India rights were parked with WSG so that WSG would let go of the rights; once the rights were released back to the BCCI, MSM could get them back. For this, the BCCI contended, MSM paid WSG an $80million facilitation fee – a fee the board says should have come to it. The BCCI further contended that WSG’s failure to honour the 72-hour clause, which effectively ensured it lost the rights, was only a mechanism for parking the rights till MSM came on board.Finally, the BCCI contended that all this was done with the knowledge and active participation, of Modi – who was a via media between MSM and WSG.There were three specific charges against Modi arising from this issue. First, that the agreement with WSG entered into on March 15 2009 was never intended to be performed; the report found this charge “not proved”. Second, that Modi, without any authorization of the board, did not insist on WSG repaying the Rs 112.5 crore signing fee; the committee did not agree with Modi’s defence that the payment was not insisted upon because the BCCI and MSM were in litigation, and held the charge as proved. Third, that Modi, despite knowledge of the nature and value of the facilitation agreement, obligated the BCCI to ensure its compliance vis a vis WSG Mauritius and further obligated the BCCI to make the payment if MSM defaulted – a “serious misconduct”. The committee held Modi’s defence – that neither he nor the BCCI were expected to know the nature and terms of the facilitation agreement – as “completely untenable” and held the charge as proved.Rigging bids
In 2010, the BCCI drafted an invitation to tender [ITT] for rights to two new franchises that were to be auctioned later that year. The BCCI claimed that Modi added – without formally informing the board – two “onerous conditions” to the ITT: the bidder should have a net worth of US$1bn and must provide a bank guarantee of Rs 460 crores [$100 million]. According to the BCCI, these conditions were not in the draft ITT, which was approved by the IPL Governing Council, and were added by Modi to the final document. Modi’s defence was that he had informed the then BCCI president, Shashank Manohar, verbally but the disciplinary committee concluded that Modi had acted without the authorization of the governing council. The panel reasoned that this was done to “exclude healthy competition and favour two bidders, which is evident from the fact that only two bids were received in pursuant to the ITT.”Arm-twisting franchises
The rights to the two new franchises in 2010 – Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers – were bought by Sahara Adventure Sports and Rendezvous Sports World Pvt Ltd respectively.The BCCI’s contention was that Modi was “favouring another bidder” and had threatened a “representative” of the Kochi franchise to give up the rights, failing which he could impose various sanctions that could harm the new entrant. The BCCI claimed that Modi’s threat was an “act of indiscipline and misconduct”.The disciplinary panel found that the charge stood against Modi because “despite being the successful bidder, Mr Modi made a roving enquiry on the ownership details of the Kochi franchise at the stage of signing the Franchise Agreement.” The report stated: “He goes out of his way in making intrusive questions about the ownership details of the Kochi franchise.” The panel said the act of arm-twisting was detrimental to the BCCI’s interest and “endangered the harmony and affected the reputation of the BCCI.”

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O técnico Jorge Sampaoli ganhou o meia-atacante Yeferson Soteldo como reforço de última hora para enfrentar o River Plate-URU, nesta terça-feira, às 19h15, no Pacaembu, pelo jogo de volta da primeira fase da Sul-Americana.

O jogador sentia dores na coxa direita desde quinta-feira e sequer foi relacionado para enfrentar o Palmeiras, no último sábado. No treino desta segunda-feira, no CT Rei Pelé, o venezuelano treinou sem limitações.

Soteldo é um forte candidato a ser titular ao lado de Derlis González no ataque do Santos. A provável escalação é: Vanderlei; Victor Ferraz, Gustavo Henrique, Felipe Aguilar e Copete; Alison, Diego Pituca, Carlos Sánchez e Jean Mota; Soteldo e Derlis González.

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A atividade desta segunda foi totalmente fechada à imprensa. Vale lembrar que o lateral-esquerdo Orinho, o volante Jean Lucas, o meia Christian Cueva e o atacante Rodrygo são baixas certas no Peixe.

O Santos precisa de uma vitória simples para se classificar à segunda fase do torneio continental. A torcida santista não estará presente no estádio devido a uma punição da Conmebol, pela invasão ao gramado no duelo contra o Independiente, na Libertadores de 2018.

David Warner, who has reported on the fortunes of Yorkshire since 1975, has been installed as president of the Cricket Writers’ Club at their annual general meeting at Lord’s.

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Apr-2013David Warner, who has reported on the fortunes of Yorkshire since 1975, has been installed as president of the Cricket Writers’ Club at their annual general meeting at Lord’s.Warner follows directly in the footsteps of the distinguished cricket writer and broadcaster, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, whose memorial service will be held on Tuesday at St. Paul’s Cathedral today.”It is the greatest honour imaginable in cricket journalism and for it to go to someone whose career has been mainly involved in covering county cricket is a strong indication of the high regard of the CWC for the game at this level,” Warner said. “My predecessors in this post have all been men well established on the Test scene and with an international reputation.”Warner reported on Yorkshire matches home and away for 33 years for Yorkshire regional papers. He still covers all home games for the Press Association and is the Yorkshire correspondent for the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack in addition to editing the Yorkshire CCC Yearbook.The Cricket Writers’ Club was formed in 1948 and its first chairman was E.W. Swanton. Alan Gibson became the CWC’s first president in 1982 and he was succeeded by the former England captain, Tony Lewis, Michael Melford, John Woodcock, Derek Hodgson, Robin Marlar and Christopher Martin-Jenkins.

Round-up of the Ram Slam T20 matches played on March 8, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Mar-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsCameron Delport smashed an unbeaten 58-ball 103 to lead Dolphins to their first win of the tournament in six games. Delport hit nine fours and five sixes for his maiden T20 hundred, taking Dolphins to 179. After the early loss of Divan van Wyk, Delport was accompanied by Ravi Bopara in an 83-run stand. David Miller then joined Delport and produced an unbeaten 23-ball 39 to add 80 runs in less than eight overs with Delport.Knights’ reply was led by Rilee Rossouw who made 44 off 28 but did not get much support during his stay. Loots Bosman and Dean Elgar were dismissed in the first six overs and once Rossouw departed in the 11th over, Obus Pienaar tried to keep the Knights in the hunt but his 32 off 21 also went in vain. Yusuf Abdulla was the most successful Dolphins bowler with 2 for 17 which kept Knights to 165 for 6.Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsLions continued their stay at the top of the table when they chased Cape Cobras’ total of 117 with five wickets left. After Cobras were asked to bat, Richard Levi was dismissed for a duck. Dane Vilas steered the innings with a knock of 30. Once he was bowled in the 14th over, the middle order could not convert the start into a big score. Sohail Tanvir took two wickets in an over to limit Cobras to 117 for 6.Lions opener Quinton de Kock also got out for a duck and Gulam Bodi departed for 10 in the fifth over. Alviro Petersen’s 36-ball 46 put Lions back on track along with Tanvir who made 28 off 24. Both Petersen and Tanvir fell in the same over to Beuran Hendricks but their 49-run stand had taken them close to victory. Jean Symes and Dwaine Pretorius made sure they won with 10 balls to spare.
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsA fifty from Christiaan Jonker and a four-wicket haul from Wayne Parnell got Warriors their fourth win in six matches to take them to second position in the points table. After scoring 150 for 9 when put in to bat, Warriors restricted Titans to 140 for a 12-run win.Jonker and Ashwell Prince put on 75 upfront in 9.4 overs, of which Jonker made 50 off 33, hitting ten boundaries. But both were dismissed within seven balls and Samit Patel was dismissed four balls later by Roelof van der Merwe. Before JJ Smuts and Adrian McLaren could convert their starts, they were bowled for 19 and 28 respectively. Alfonso Thomas then took three wickets, including two in the last over, to keep Warriors to 152.Wayne Parnell removed Henry Davids first ball and struck again to dismiss van der Merwe. in his second over. Jacques Rudolph made a 36-ball 32 and Titans were scoring at under six runs per over which kept the pressure mounting. Scott Styris tried to keep them in the game, with three sixes and two fours, but Parnell took two more wickets, including that of big-hitting Albie Morkel, and Titans could not go beyond 140.