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Michael Clarke said that this Wanderers Test was one of his most special Test matches given the way Australia had fought back after being hammered by South Africa in Cape Town

Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers21-Nov-2011

Just over a week ago, Australia were bowled out for 47. It was an indignity that had not been suffered by men in the baggy green in more than a century. They lost the Cape Town Test before lunch on the third afternoon. The bright future that beckoned Michael Clarke’s side after their series victory in Sri Lanka seemed to have been extinguished. It was standing-room only in the last-chance saloon.Early on Sunday, things didn’t look much better. Australia trailed by 209 and South Africa had seven wickets in hand. At 1-0 up, they could bat like Bill Lawry and still take the series. In a previous era, Shane Warne or Glenn McGrath might have taken the ball and forced the match in a different direction. In more recent times, winning from such a poor position has been next to impossible.Few spectators expected a gettable chase. But a six-wicket haul from the teenager Pat Cummins set up a target of 310, and half-centuries from the under-pressure Ricky Ponting and Brad Haddin, as well as the rookie Usman Khawaja, set up Australia’s win. Mitchell Johnson, whose bowling has been poor and makes him no certainty for the first Test of the home summer against New Zealand, got Australia home along with Cummins.Last week, Clarke bemoaned a loss that was as painful as any he had experienced. The contrast could hardly have been more apparent after Australia’s two-wicket win, the highest successful chase ever achieved at the Wanderers, and a victory that concluded in fading light late on the fifth afternoon.”I didn’t score many runs in this Test match but it feels like I just got my first double hundred for Australia, I couldn’t be happier,” Clarke said. “This is one of my greatest Test matches, no doubt. A big part of that is the way we got beaten in Cape Town. To be able to fight back and the rollercoaster throughout the Tests, the light, the weather, the chasing, the record last-innings total, for so many reasons it’s one of my most special Test matches and I’ll remember it for a long time.”Winning from any position was a hallmark of the great Australia sides of the past. Clarke’s side is not great, but this victory will give them confidence. Young men like Cummins, Khawaja, Phillip Hughes and Nathan Lyon might just begin to believe that they are never beaten. The challenge is not to fall backwards.Late in 2008, Graeme Smith’s side chased down 414 at the WACA to beat Australia, and although they won the series, within four months they had lost to Australia at home as their self-belief waned. Australia’s next series is against New Zealand, and that will be followed by a tough four-Test battle against India.”I think it will certainly help, we will continue to grow in confidence,” Clarke said. “I said after Sri Lanka we would bring confidence into this series because of our success there and I hope we do the same; take momentum into the Australian summer. There will be some challenges that lie ahead and we’ve already seen that in Sri Lanka and on this tour, but we’re getting better.”Not that it wasn’t a nervous time for Australia as the chase came down to the wire. Clarke was bowled early on the final day, the victim of a fine ball from Vernon Philander, but also through a significant gap between bat and pad. When Ponting fell for 62, Australia still needed 145 runs with five wickets in hand. Clarke had been nervous the previous day; he was even jumpier on Monday.”I started counting the runs down from 190 [required] yesterday,” Clarke said. “I was next in the batting, I was walking back and forth while the boys were batting, they would get a single and I would say ‘189 more of those, Huss’, ‘188 more of those, Huss’. When I came here today I thought we were in a really good position. I thought the way Usman and Ricky batted the night before was outstanding.”They played really positive cricket so I was confident we could win the game today. I would have liked Ricky and I to have spent more time out in the middle but that’s the way it goes. A lot of credit goes to our middle order batting in tough overcast conditions with a bit of rain around. We managed to hang in there and the youngster [Cummins] decided as he did in the one-day series to finish it off with ease.”As a result, Australia will fly home without having lost the series in any format on this trip. It is an outcome that has left Clarke proud and buoyant. “We drew the Twenty20 series, we’ve won the one-day series and now we have drawn the Test series against a fantastic opposition in their own backyard,” he said. “We should be so proud of that. That’s an amazing performance by Australian cricket in my opinion.”

كشفت تقارير صحفية أن نادي ليفربول لديه رغبة في التعاقد مع مهاجم فرنسي، من أجل تعزيز صفوف الفريق، في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي المقبل.

ويعاني ليفربول على الصعيد الهجومي في الوقت الحالي، لدرجة جعلت هداف الفريق منذ استراحة كأس العالم قطر 2022، لاعب ليستر سيتي فوت فايس، بعدما سجل هدفين عكسيين لصالح الريدز في مباراتهما بشهر ديسمبر الماضي.

وحسبما ذكرت صحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية، فإن ليفربول أحد الأندية الراغبة في الحصول على خدمات اللاعب الفرنسي راندال كولو مواني من صفوف آينتراخت فرانكفورت.

سجل كولو مواني 9 أهداف في 18 مباراة في الدوري الألماني مع فرانكفورت، منذ انتقاله في صفقة مجانية قادمًا من نانت في الصيف الماضي.

اقرأ أيضًا | دفعة لـ كلوب.. فان دايك يُلمح لاقتراب عودته إلى ليفربول

ونال كولو مواني شهرة كبرى منذ كأس العالم بسبب فرصته الضائعة في الوقت القاتل في نهائي المونديال بين فرنسا والأرجنتين، عندما سدد كرة تجاه مرمى الخصم، ولكن الحارس إيميليانو مارتينيز تصدى ببراعة.

وأشارت الصحيفة إلى أنه بالرغم من اهتمام ليفربول بضم كولو مواني، إلا أنه قد يتراجع عن ذلك بسبب السعر المطلوب من نادي آينتراخت فرانكفورت الألماني.

وأوضحت أن مسؤولي فرانكفورت حددوا القيمة المالية لـ كولو مواني بما يصل إلى 100 مليون يورو.

تلقى نادي بيراميدز إخطارًا من الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم “كاف”، بشأن تحديد مواعيد مبارياته في دور المجموعات من بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.

ويقع بيراميدز في المجموعة الثالثة رفقة مواطنه فيوتشر، وأسكو كارا التوجولي والجيش الملكي المغربي.

ويشارك فريق بيراميدز في بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية للمرة الرابعة على التوالي.

طالع أيضًا | بيراميدز يوجه طلبًا لـ لجنة الحكام بعد التعادل مع سيراميكا كليوباترا: الوضع أصبح لا يُحتمل مواعيد بيراميدز في كأس الكونفدرالية 2023

الجولة الأولى: بيراميدز ضد الجيش الملكي المغربي، يوم الأحد 12 فبراير، الساعة 9 مساءً، استاد الدفاع الجوي.

الجولة الثانية: فيوتشر ضد بيراميدز، يوم الأحد 19 فبراير، الساعة ٦ مساءً، على استاد السلام.

الجولة الثالثة: بيراميدز ضد أسكو كارا التوجولي، يوم الأحد 26 فبراير، الساعة 6 مساءً، على استاد الدفاع الجوي.

الجولة الرابعة: إسكو كارا التوجولي ضد بيراميدز، يوم الأحد 8 مارس، الساعة 6 بتوقيت القاهرة، على استاد دي كجوي بالعاصمة لومي.

الجولة الخامسة: الجيش الملكي المغربي ضد بيراميدز، يوم الأحد 19 مارس، الساعة ٩ بتوقيت القاهرة، على استاد الأمير مولاي عبد الله بنزيمة الرباط.

ولم يتم تحديد الموعد النهائي لمباراة الجولة السادسة والأخيرة والتي تجمع بين بيراميدز وفيوتشر على استاد الدفاع الجوي، انتظارًا لما ستسفر عنه مباريات وترتيب المجموعة قبل الجولة الأخيرة.

Malaysia, Guernsey and Fiji were the victorious teams on the opening day of the World Cricket League Division Six in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Sep-2011

Malaysia, Guernsey and Fiji were the victorious teams on the opening day of the World Cricket League Division Six in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.Adverse weather conditions meant one of the three games was shortened and the Duckworth-Lewis method applied after the rain clouds arrived in the late afternoon bringing thunder and lightning. No re-calculations were required for Fiji’s match against Nigeria, or Guernsey’s against Jersey, while hosts Malaysia had their game abandoned against Kuwait but not before D/L was imposed.After a delayed start at the Selangor Turf Club cricket ground, Malaysia’s Suresh Navaratnam dismissed Irfan Bhatti with his second delivery as the hosts made a spirited start against Kuwait. Watched by a small crowd of supporters at a venue that is surrounded by the Selangor Turf Club racetrack on the south-side of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia then removed Aamir Javed five overs later when the 22-year-old was bowled by Hassan Ghulam, while Navaratnam dismissed Sibtain Raza not long after for just one run.Captain Hisham Mirza briefly steadied the innings but the slide continued when he fell for 22, with six wickets being lost before the score had passed 100. After a series of sloppy shots Kuwait were bowled out for 151 in the 47th over, Navaratnam collecting figures of 4 for 15.Faris Almas had his stumps rearranged by Abdullah Akhunzada as Malaysia’s chase suffered some early blows, but captain Suhan Alagaratnam and Ahmed Faiz added an unbeaten 54 for the third wicket and put their side ahead of the required rate before the rains arrived. After a lengthy stop in play, the match was called to a halt and Malaysia won by 38 runs after D/L was calculated.”I am very happy to have won,” said Alagaratnam. “One win and we’re building momentum. I was surprised Kuwait chose to bat, the wicket was a bit sticky early on. Our bowlers, especially Suresh [Navaratnam], did really well and the spinners played a big part. It’s a little disappointing not to have finished the match but we know our strengths and I was glad to see how fast we were to the ball when fielding.””We’re very disappointed to have lost,” added Kuwait captain Hisham. “Our batsmen couldn’t cope with the early swing. If we win the toss tomorrow, I will think hard about bowling first.”We’re missing Mohammad Murad, he’s the kind of bowler that gets early breakthroughs and he works well with Saad Khalid. Nevertheless we’re looking forward to the rest of the tournament. One strong team would have lost today. We can bounce back.”At Kinrara Oval, Jersey took on local Channel Island rivals Guernsey in the sides’ hotly anticipated first round game. Stuart Le Prevost’s side won the toss and elected to bat against Peter Gough’s bowling attackGuernsey’s star allrounder Jeremy Frith made his intentions for the tournament clear after the 33-year-old smashed his way to 80 runs to be the cornerstone of the side’s innings. Frith departed after being caught by Jersey’s Ben Stevens off the bowling of Gough.Ross Kneller ably assisted Frith for some time, with the 28-year-old right-hander hitting a half-century, while after their departure Le Prevost and David Hooper added important runs. Jersey’s bowlers shared the spoils with captain Gough the pick of the attack with 2 for 11.Jersey initially looked like making light work of their target of 252, knocking off 131 runs before a wicket was lost. The fortunes began to change after a passing rain shower forced the teams from the field. Dean Morrison had been run out for 59 before the brief interval, and when the teams returned to the field Ben Stevens departed without a run to his name after being bowled by Jamie Nussbaumer.Nussbaumer then dismissed in-form batsman Ed Farley who dragged the ball onto his stumps to depart for 64, gathering thunderclouds adding to the drama at Kinrara. Corey Bisson added a hard-fought 29 but Jersey captain Gough managed just 17 runs.As thunder and lightning struck around the ground and the rain clouds converged, Jersey began to lose wickets and at six down in the 44th over, it began to look as though the threatening downpours might end the match. Jersey moved ahead on D/L after a 19-run over off Stuart Bisson, but the rain held off and a reinvigorated Guernsey bowling attack fought their way back into the game.Jersey fell just short despite Edward Farley’s half-century•ICC/Peter Lim

With two overs remaining, Jersey needed 14 with just one wicket in hand, and after some tight bowling the target was 10 from the final six deliveries. Tim Ravenscoft bowled James Faudemer with the second ball of the over to secure a nerve-wracking win.”Obviously gutted about today with the fact we couldn’t score a victory but to keep them down to 250 on such a good batting track was good,” said Gough. “I was really pleased with the way our two young lads worked out in the middle. Corey Bisson and Sam de la Haye both worked really hard and now it’s about improving for tomorrow.””I think we were 15 to 20 short of runs on the board and then we didn’t bowl well to begin with which didn’t help us,” added Frith, who was named man of the match. “I am a little disappointed that I didn’t make it to a hundred and got us to 270 but fundamentally today got us two points. Jersey played fantastically and all credit to them, they probably deserved to win. It was a tough game out there but it’s good to walk away with a win and take the two points.”Fiji got their tournament off to a flying start at Bayeumas Oval, beating the promoted Nigeria by 63 runs. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Fiji lost wickets early on but the Rika brothers, captain Joe and his brother Colin, came together and were soon batting fluently in the morning sunshine.Their fightback was cut short when the Fijian captain was removed by Kunle Adegbola, but Colin Rika’s 40 helped his team pass 100 before the lower order took up the challenge. Wicketkeeper Maciu Gauna made an unbeaten 37 from just 35 deliveries while No. 10 Mohammad Khan’s quickfire cameo helped Fiji reach 203 for 8.In reply the Nigerians simply could not handle the veteran Iniasi Cakacaka’s canny offspin, the 43-year-old dismissing key batsmen Ramit Gill and Sean Philips on his way to 4 for 27. Despite the best attempts of Oluwaseun Odeku, who reached 29, Nigeria were bowled out for 140 in 41 overs.the side was on its way to be all out for 140 when Lomani took two bottom order wickets and the victory was sealed for Fiji when Joshua Ogunlola was run out.”It was great to start off with a win and the boys are feeling good,” said Joe Rika. “Iniasi [Cakacaka] did really well to come back after making a duck with the bat, to come back and take four wickets was a great effort. The boys are really happy and we’re looking forward to our next match tomorrow.”

MatériaMais Notícias

O Corinthians sabe que dificilmente Balbuena não será vendido nesta janela de transferências do meio do ano, a mais movimentada da Europa. Com uma multa rescisória de cerca de 4 milhões de euros (R$ 17,4 milhões), valor considerado baixo, o Timão sabe que a concorrência pelo zagueiro pode aumentar as cifras da negociação.

O empresário do jogador disse que “houve interesse reiterado da Lazio (da Itália), também do Celta (de Vigo, da Espanha), mas existe uma proposta melhor, mais firme”. O jornal português Record publicou que o Sporting (POR) está perto de fechar com o zagueiro por 7 milhões de euros (R$ 30 milhões).

Com a concorrência, possivelmente uma negociação custará mais de 4 milhões de euros. Porém, o Corinthians pode não ver o lucro aumentar, já que a tendência é de que os empresários de Balbuena peçam essa diferença em luvas (bônus pela assinatura de contrato). Ou seja, embora os clubes europeus tenham sinalizado que podem pagar um valor maior pela operação, apenas a multa pode ser repassada ao Timão e o restante do dinheiro ir para o jogador e seus agentes.

Assim, o Corinthians aguarda por alguma proposta pelo zagueiro. O diretor de futebol Duílio Monteiro Alves disse que ainda não chegou alguma oferta oficial, mas admite que a saída de Balbuena é uma situação “mais evidente”.

– Para nós não chegou nada, temos conhecimento da entrevista do empresário do Balbuena, que citou alguns clubes interessados nele, mas até agora não chegou nada ao Corinthians. Seria a situação mais evidente, vamos dizer assim, poderia ser uma possibilidade. Mas, para nós, não chegou nada – disse Duiílio.

Balbuena renovou em abril seu contrato até o fim de 2021. Como o antigo vínculo ia apenas até o fim desta temporada, o Corinthians aceitou colocar a multa pelo zagueiro em 4 milhões de euros. O Timão detém 100% dos direitos econômicos do jogador.

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رحب مسؤولو الأهلي بإعارة لاعب الفريق إلى نادي سموحة خلال فترة الانتقالات الشتوية الجارية.

ويستعد الأهلي للمشاركة في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية، والتي يفتتحها بمواجهة أوكلاند سيتي مساء الأربعاء 1 من فبراير المقبل.

وعلم “بطولات”، أن الأهلي يرحب بإعارة محمد مغربي مدافع الفريق إلى سموحة حتى نهاية الموسم الجاري.

طالع | مستشار الأهلي يحضر مع كهربا تحقيق لجنة الانضباط بشأن شكوى الزمالك

وعاد محمد مغربي إلى صفوف الأهلي قبل بداية الموسم الجاري، بعد قطع فترة إعارته إلى تيبليتسه التشيكي.

ولم يحصل مغربي على أي فرصة للمشاركة مع الأهلي خلال الموسم الجاري تحت قيادة مارسيل كولر المدير الفني للفريق.

وكان الأهلي قد حصل على خدمات خالد عبد الفتاح لاعب سموحة على سبيل الإعارة حتى نهاية الموسم الجاري مع بند أحقية الشراء، مقابل رحيل الثنائي حسام حسن وزياد طارق.

دخل ناديا ليفربول وآرسنال في صراع على صفقة قوية من صفوف الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنابولي، من أجل تدعيم خط الوسط مع نهاية الموسم الحالي.

ويبحث ليفربول وآرسنال عن تعزيز الفريق بطلب من المدربين، يورجن كلوب وميكل أرتيتا، وكلاهما يرغب في الحصول على خدمات اللاعب المتألق، خفيشا كفاراتسخيليا، بحسب موقع “90min”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. بوروسيا دورتموند يرد على أنباء اهتمام ليفربول وريال مدريد بضم بيلينجهام

كان ليفربول متابعًا للدولي الجورجي منذ بداية الموسم، خاصة وأن نابولي تنافس مع الريدز في مجموعة دوري أبطال أوروبا وتألق كفاراتسخيليا بدرجة كبيرة لفتت الأنظار.

ويعد كفاراتسخيليا أحد أبرز اللاعبين في صفوف نابولي بالموسم الحالي، حيث ساهم في تصدر فريقه لجدول بطولة الدوري الإيطالي حتى الآن.

ولكن العقبة هي عدم موافقة نابولي على رحيل اللاعب على الإطلاق نظرًا لأهميته للمدرب، لوتشيانو سباليتي.

National selector Alistair Campbell believes Zimbabwe’s preparations for their return to Test cricket will stand them in good stead, but admitted that mental strength remained the team’s greatest challenge

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Jul-2011

National selector Alistair Campbell believes Zimbabwe’s preparations for their return to Test cricket will stand them in good stead, but admitted that mental strength remained the team’s greatest challenge. Zimbabwe are due to return to Tests with a one-off match against Bangladesh, starting on August 4.”Obviously there will be nerves flying around on our side because everyone will be watching how we are going to perform,” Campbell said. “But the players realise the expectations and they would need to give a good account of themselves. Of course, there is going to be pressure on the boys as they may push too hard to impress.”But in any professional sport you need to apply the mental strength and be able to play under pressure. In our case we have to improve on that part. I believe the more we play at the highest level the more we will be able to improve.”Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe is due to start with a three-day warm-up match against a Zimbabwe XI in Harare, starting on Saturday. The match will provide valuable practice in long format cricket for Bangladesh, as they haven’t have played a Test since the Old Trafford match almost 14 months ago.While a few members of the Test squad – such as offspinner Nasir Hossain, national regular Junaid Siddique and the recalled Mohammad Ashraful – played a couple of unofficial Tests for Bangladesh A against South Africa A in April, Bangladesh’s preparations have been limited to a long fitness camp and some two-day games against the Academy side before the tour. Still, captain Shakib Al Hasan believes that they go into the series as favourites.The Zimbabweans have sought to test themselves against A sides from South Africa and Australia. While team success has been lacking, there have been good individual performances from both batsmen and bowlers and coach Alan Butcher argued that Zimbabwe would click if both groups performed well during the course of a match.”The boys have shown improvement in their performance. Of course in the end people look at results, but we need to appreciate their efforts and see where they went wrong and work on that for future matches,” he said. “On a day our batting performs well the bowling will not be very good and when our bowlers do well then our batting line up crumbles hopelessly. So we need to work on having both departments standing up strong.”Campbell reinforced Butcher’s statements, saying Zimbabwe needed more exposure in order to develop as a team. He stressed, however, that there was no question of Zimbabwe’s readiness to face Bangladesh.”We are really excited that we have more commitments coming up in the next two to three months. Facing opposition that includes players like Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus should help raise our confidence,” said Campbell.”We are very ready for it because we have our experienced players like Tatenda Taibu, Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor and Elton Chigumbura all showing signs of good form. These are the people who should carry us through and again we have seen younger players like Brian Vitori doing well. I’m sure this young man has a lot to offer and we will consider him for Test cricket in the future.”But there are few things that need to be ironed out to be able to play competitively at Test level. We have some of our players like Craig Ervine who has been short on runs and this is a cause for concern.”Tino Mawoyo has also showed great promise facing some of the quality bowlers from Australia,” he added. “Probably Craig and Tino would need to get more time in the middle of the crease in the warm up game against Bangladesh at the weekend.”Both players will be in the squad to play the warm-up match against the Bangladeshis. Taibu, who missed the four-day games against Australia and has been out of action for several weeks after injuring his thumb during pre-season training, has also been included, and the match will also give one final chance for a clutch of promising young seamers to push for Test selection.”Obviously it’s good that Taibu is back to full fitness and he’ll be looking forward to getting a run,” said Campbell. “We have deliberately rested some of the players as we feel it’s an opportunity for some of the guys to make an impression before the final squad is named.”

يواجه فريق الكرة الأول بالنادي الأهلي، نظيره الزمالك، في المباراة القادمة، ضمن منافسات قمة بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ويلتقي الأهلي مع الزمالك، في إطار الأسبوع الرابع عشر من عمر مسابقة الدوري، وذلك على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي.

واستطاع الأهلي التأهل إلى نهائي كأس مصر بعد الفوز على سموحة بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف، في المباراة التي أقيمت بينهما اليوم الثلاثاء في الدور نصف النهائي.

طالع | فيديو | كهربا يُسجل هدف الأهلي الثالث أمام سموحة موعد مباراة الأهلي القادمة أمام الزمالك في الدوري:

تقام مباراة الأهلي والزمالك يوم السبت الموافق 21 يناير الجاري في تمام الساعة 8:30 بتوقيت القاهرة، 9:30 بتوقيت السعودية.

ويتصدر الأهلي ترتيب جدول الدوري المصري برصيد 31 نقطة، بينما يتواجد الزمالك في المركز الثالث بـ 26 نقطة.